Revelstoke Times Review, July 22, 2015

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REVELSTOKE

REVIEW Wednesday July 22, 2015 Vol. 118, No. 29

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Personal history: Les Handley - 2 National parks funding - 5 MLA Report – 6 Caribou release – 10 Charlie Burton – 12

Amongst the wildflowers

Nike from Nigeria enjoys a break in the wildflowers while hiking in Mount Revelstoke National Park on the weekend. Nike was one of 65 new immigrants and international students who took part in Learn 2 Camp on the weekend — a nationwide initiative set up by Parks Canada in 2010. The participants were brought together by the International Students Activity Program at Thompson Rivers University, and Kamloops Immigration Services. With help of staff from Mountain Equipment Co-op, they set up camp near the Nels Nelsen Ski Jump and learned practical skills like setting up tents, cooking, lighting campfires, bear safety, fire safety and how to prepare for a hike. ~ Photo by Rob Buchanan, Parks Canada

Heli-ski lodge proposed for South Revelstoke area We don’t like to come after the fact and reward people who have gone forward and built something with a use that wasn’t according to the zoning bylaw. ~ Loni Parker, Area B Rural Revelstoke director ALEX COOPER

alex.cooper@revelstokereview.com A controversial proposal has come forward to turn a new lodge near the base of Revelstoke Mountain Resort into a bou-

tique heli-skiing operation. Hansford Land Corporation, the owner of the lodge at the end of Leidloff Road, applied to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District for an Official Community Plan amendment and re-zoning that would al-

low for the property to be used as a fivebedroom luxury heli-ski lodge. However, the fact they built the lodge first and are seeking the re-zoning after the fact irks Loni Parker, the director for Area B Rural Revelstoke. She told the Review the

application is the result of a bylaw enforcement complaint. "When they first started building, the information that was given to us was that it was a single-family dwelling," she said. "These are the kinds of things that make all the director on the CSRD board irritated. Clearly there are rules. They should have known what the zoning is in that area. "We don't like to come after the fact and see Heli ski, page 3

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