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Negotiations par for the course Negotiations with rightof-first refusal corridor property owners won’t scuttle rail corridor purchase deal. ...............................
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Scott Wilson and his son Fynn enjoying the sun and activities on Sunday at Beasley Park where the yes campaign in the referendum held a public rally.
Threat of invasion A local filmmaker has seen for himself what happens when zebra and quagga mussels invade a North American water system. He’s documented the devastation. ...........................
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Yes campaign corridor rally KEVIN PARNELL When Lake Country resident Scott Wilson gets up every morning and heads to work, he doesn’t fire up the car and drive there, he gets out his bike, straps on the helmet and commutes via bicycle. And it’s more than just a pedal down the street to a Lake Country business. Like many in Lake Country, Wil-
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son works in one of the neighbor communities— for him it’s a construction job in Kelowna— and despite the more than 20 kilometres between his home and work, he jumps on his bike and heads to work, normally riding along Highway 97, what he calls the safest route for cyclists to get between Lake Country and Kelowna. “It’s not that bad, it’s
safer than Glenmore road,” said Wilson, with one of his two sons at the Lake Country Rail Trail Action team’s rally on Sunday at Beasley Park in Lake Country. A father of two and a resident of Lake Country for the past eight years, Wilson says he is supporting Lake Country’s efforts to purchase the rail corridor that YES CAMPAIGN A2
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Like a David vs. Goliath contest KEVIN PARNELL Guy Bissonette says he’s prepared to let the chips fall where they may when it comes to Lake Country’s April 25 referendum but adds running a no campaign has been like the ancient battle fought between David and Goliath. Bissonette says some Lake Country residents have legitimate concerns about the costs of the purchase but speaking about those concerns has
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THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED ARE NOT BAD RESIDENTS. THEY DON’T LACK COMMUNITY SPIRIT. Guy Bissonnette
cast him and others in a negative light. He said he has been hung up on by a Kelowna radio talk show host and ignored by the Kelowna media in general during the campaign as he has tried to articu-
late his concerns. “It’s been frustrating (running) a no campaign in that pretty well anything the mayor or council says no one questions,” said Bissonette. “The media has done their best to paint a bad picture of anyone that is opposed to it. Those people that are opposed are not bad residents. They don’t lack community spirit. They are just saying there is a bet-
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