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Dale Olinyk, owner of Northern Kayak, puts the finishing touches on this handcrafted cedar-strip kayak from his shop in Salmo on the weekend. Read about Olinyk’s new venture in Route 3 magazine next month.
Fort Shepherd closed to motorized vehicles indefinitely VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times
The gate is not opening anytime soon to motorists at Fort Shepherd since a wildlife steward witnessed off-roaders tear through the property. The land located on the west shore of the Columbia River, across from Waneta, has become a popular playground for off-road enthusiasts. Use of the area by all-terrain vehicles, motorbikes, and off-road trucks has increased considerably over the past decade. Though there are signs warning motorists to stick to the main
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Battered chairs, ripped out drywall, broken cement and household junk dumped along the Casino Road river bank are grim reminders of what lies beneath the winter white. The illegal dump was easily visible from the south east side of the Old Trail Bridge, but not so easy for the Emcon road crew to clean up last week. A sizable snow pile is blocking access to the bank, impeding more dumping at the site, for now. On the flipside, workers did pick up 140 kilograms of mostly wallboard and furniture, but the snow barrier hampered the job and chunks of concrete remain behind until later this spring. The stretch of river bank is outside Trail boundaries, so Larry Abenante from city public works, reported the dump to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB), as the land lies in Area B. Abenante typically dispatches a work crew from Career Development Services (CDS) to clean up illegal dumps no matter the boundary, such as regional district turf surrounding the Sunningdale water towers. However, the steep bank and unsafe conditions for CDS workers, some with physical challenges, had Abenante forwarding the request to the RDKB. The matter becomes slightly muddied because anything outside municipal boundaries is Crown land, and responsibility for maintenance, includ-
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