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March 23, 2016
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Distracted drivers Police step up the campaign to nab drivers fiddling with phones. ...............................
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Lake Country sees a surge in development permit applications. ...............................
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KEVIN PARNELL/LAKE COUNTRY CALENDAR
FRIENDS EMA (right) and Macy feed an emu at the Kangaroo Creek Farm, open for Spring Break.This year the farm features an expanded Outback section, tripling the farm’s size. For more, see the story on page A3.
▼ DISTRICT BYLAWS
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Lake Country to review gravel pit permits
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KEVIN PARNELL
■ Safeway
Staff at the District of Lake Country have begun a comprehensive review of its soil removal portfolio after it was found that more than one of the many gravel
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mining operations in the district were not operating with the proper municipal permits. The issue came to light at last week’s Lake Country council meeting, when council unanimously approved a tem-
porary use permit for Interior Gravel Products to allow for rock crushing and screening on the site of its gravel pit, west of Highway 97. Council heard that the company had been granted a mining permit
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in 2010 from the provincial government and had started working the pit in 2013, including screening and crushing of rock. However, despite the provincial government approval, the operators never received the proper
permit from Lake Country to process the gravel on site, as required under Lake Country bylaws. “We’re currently working very hard on our soil removal portfolio,” Lake Country planner Paul Dupuis
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told council. “In the process of reviewing the file, we found there wasn’t a temporary use permit so we’re looking to rectify that.” When it comes
SEE GRAVEL A3