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Dr. Jeff Somerville, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, centre, is collared by Nanaimo RCMP Cpl. Norm Smith, left, and 2015 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team member Const. Mihai Ilioi at Woodgrove Centre. Police trumped up charges against a number of hapless citizens who were forced to raise donations to bail themselves out of prison in this year’s Tour de Rock Jail ’n’ Bail fundraiser to fight childhood cancer. The event raised more than $9,500.
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The Ecoforestry Institute Society has upped the ante in its bid to acquire Wildwood Ecoforest in Cedar. The society has been attempting to purchase Wildwood from The Land Conservancy, which holds it in trust. The non-profit conservancy is dealing
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with a multimillion-dollar debt load and has been looking to sell. The society wasn’t successful with a previous offer of $600,000, but its most recent offer of $900,000 could get consideration. Prior to a 2 p.m. deadline Monday, the conservancy requested a week extension, according to the society. “We still need to get TLC to accept the offer,” said Kathy Code, society spokeswoman. “We understand there’s still a private offer on the table, so we
believe [our offer] exceeds that in every way, cash wise and also in terms of stewardship. We’ve been managing the property for 14 years, so we have quite a deep knowledge of Wildwood.” Code said the offer is a combination of donor money and creditor forgiveness, under the conservancy’s court-approved plan of arrangement. The new deadline for the conservancy to accept the new deal is Tuesday (Aug. 4) at 2 p.m. The society remains optimistic.
“This is the first time actually that TLC has offered to actually acknowledge the bid and offer to negotiate with us, so we are hopeful on that front,” said Code. John Shields, The Land Conservancy’s director of operations, was contacted for comment, but did not return calls. Wildwood was sold by Mer ve Wilkinson, late sustainable logging pioneer, to the conservancy in 2000, with the expectation it remain in the public domain.
Water is a top priority for Lantzville’s byelection candidates as the community continues to grapple with the issue of supply. More than half of the political hopefuls running in Lantzville’s byelection see water as a top priority according to a News Bulletin questionnaire, but all 12 candidates have ideas to address a supply agreement with the City of Nanaimo. Increasing water capacity remains important to the District of Lantzville, but no clear course has been taken on a supply solution 11 months after signing a 20-year agreement with the City of Nanaimo. Earlier this year, a district report showed there was little consensus among councillors on how to move forward and in the 2014 municipal annual report, the mayor said there are still “operational, financial and consultative processes and procedures” to undertake before connections can move ahead. For more The district also byelection recently learned in a coverage, please wellfield report that it see pages 17-19 could expand its own or visit www. system with upgrades. nanaimobulletin. Five byelection candicom. dates want to see progress on the water agreement, including by hiring a consultant, while others want to re-visit the deal with Nanaimo, launch a referendum and create a long-range plan on water of which the deal would only be one aspect. Candidate Joan Moody wrote in her questionnaire that Lantzville should move forward as soon as possible with a connection to Nanaimo and she’s interested in a consultant to determine how to proceed and what financial resources would be required. Competitor Mark Swain believes the previous council did a good job constructing the agreement and that it needs commitment to move it forward. See ‘CANDIDATES’ /4
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