TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2015
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STABBING IN QUALICUM
ONE WIN AWAY FROM B.C. PLACE
Three people still in hospital after incident on Wednesday
Junior Whalers make it to provincial semifinal after beating Holy Cross
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PARKSVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT VOTE
Yes side wins in a landslide Only 19 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot; 80 per cent said yes JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
Mayor Marc Lefebvre said he is “delighted” to see Parksville voters have given the city permission to borrow $5.6 million for the constriction of a new water treatment plant. Eighty per cent of those who cast a ballot in the referendum Saturday were in favour of the borrowing. Only 18.6 of approximately 9,600 eligible voters cast ballots. ‘Yes’ had 1,437 votes to 357 for the ‘no’ side. “I made water my first priority when I ran for mayor and that hasn’t changed,” Lefebvre said on Sunday. “I was told by Island Health that if the referendum didn’t pass we would have to do it anyway — it’s much better to have the mandate.” Lefebvre said the next step is to develop detailed plans and then issue a request for proposals. He said the earliest a new plant could be up and running would be late 2017. See CITY NOW SEEKS EXTENSION, page A4
NANOOSE BAY DEVELOPMENT
New Fairwinds plan JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
The president of the Fairwinds Community Association says she is excited about changes coming to the Schooner Cove area, a development that shifted scope and could be up and running this summer. Vancouver-based Seacliff Properties purchased Fairwinds for an undisclosed price in July of this year. The development in Nanoose Bay has a championship golf course, 700 homes and zoning approval for 2,100 more home sites on 750 acres of undeveloped land. A full buildout could more than double the population of Nanoose Bay. Some of the plans called for the re-development of the Schooner Cove area to include shops and a pub. In a letter to the residents’ association last week obtained by The NEWS, Seacliff ’s Ian Porter said a revised plan calls for the use of the existing building at Schooner Cove instead of new structures. See SUMMER OPENING, page A9
J.R. RARDON PHOTO
VERY HIGH FIVE: 70-year-old Mary Bendsen of Qualicum Beach, bottom, shares a high five with her niece, pole-dancing guru Fawnia Mondey, during a photo shoot at Qualicum’s Pole Sisters Studio last Thursday. See story page A7.
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