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Advocates hope boxes boost crime reporting Golden brown might soon be the new green as Nanaimo residents follow increasing water conservation measures set out by the City of Nanaimo and the Regional District of Nanaimo. Conservation Level 2 water use restrictions come into effect Monday (June 15) in the city that will limit residents to watering lawns and washing vehicles to just two days a week. The RDN is already at Level 3 restrictions.
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No one in the Nanaimo area can remember ever going to such extreme watering restrictions. And it’s not officially summer for another 10 days. The City of Nanaimo will increase water conservation in the city’s boundaries to Level 2 on Monday (June 15), following a bulletin from the provincial
government that the Island, Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii are experiencing Level 3 drought conditions. “I don’t know that we’ve ever gone to Level 2 watering restrictions,” said Bill Sims, the city’s manager of water resources. Level 2 restrictions mean no watering is permitted between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Washing driveways and parking lots is prohibited. Residents living in evennumbered addresses can water on Wednesdays and Saturdays, while odd-numbered addresses can water on Thursdays and Sundays. Residents can wash vehi-
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cles or boats only on their watering day. The Jump Lake reservoir is about 95 per cent full, but summertime draw-down began a month earlier than usual. Sims said the city is confident enough water is available throughout the summer if conservation begins now. “We’re bracing for and taking a conser vative approach that it’s going to be a hot, dry summer,” Sims said. “We’re walking a balance here.” The Regional District of Nanaimo is continuing with its Level 3 restrictions, which began last week, said
Julie Pisan, drinking water and watershed protection program coordinator. “We’re taking a conservative approach not just from lack of rain but because of lack of snowpack,” she said. “We don’t know the impact of a low snowpack into the fall. “Even with rain in June, we could still get a drought in July, August and September.” The snowpack for the year is one per cent of normal, Pisani said, adding the RDN has never gone to Level 3 restrictions in all of its water systems. See ‘RESIDENTS’ /7
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On the street people learn to keep their mouths shut, but volunteers hope they’ll open up with a pen. Locked metal boxes have been installed across the city for people to slip in anonymous crime tips. It’s just one initiative of the Community Action Team, a peer-based group that aims to make the streets safer for sex-trade workers. While a small percentage of the city’s sex trade is done on the streets, the RCMP reports that it’s where prostitutes are most at risk. CAT, a joint effort of the Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society and Haven Society, started two years ago It gives people with a mission to take workers that chance to sex-trade out of isolation and say, you know give them a place to check in and report what, we need violence. It’s been doing help here. research on the sex trade in Nanaimo and has installed four boxes. A $12,500 city grant is expected to help CAT continue its work, including a website, training and more anonymous places to report crime. Aimee Chalifoux, a CAT volunteer and former street kid, said it’s about keeping people safe. She wishes a system like the locked boxes existed years ago – she would have used it. One of the first things learned on the streets is to keep your mouth shut about what you see and hear, or get labelled a rat, she said. With the boxes, people can report crime in privacy. A volunteer from CAT picks it up, records the data and reports it to the RCMP. “You don’t necessarily feel comfortable telling somebody what’s going on, but to be able to write it down and put it in a locked box where no one can access, I just think it’s great,” Chalifoux said. “It gives people that chance to say, you know what, we need help here.”
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