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Keeping a lid on the urban herd
City applying for another wildlife management permit TRE VOR CR AWLEY
Cranbrook is seeking a wildlife permit from the provincial government that would give the city the option of conducting a deer cull in the 2016 calendar year if approved by council. The issue came up at city council on Monday evening, as a recom-
mendation from the Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee. The provincial government sets the limit on how many deer can be culled, but Cranbrook is seeking a permit of up to 34 animals, with a budget of $17,000 at $494 per animal. Just because the city is pursuing a wildlife
permit doesn’t mean there will be a cull, said Councillor Norma Blissett, who also noted that the application process was being done in a
public meeting. “We want to be clear to the public that this is what we’re applying for, this isn’t a secret and this is a public meeting
where we are asking the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations for a permit to cull deer in 2016,” Blissett said.
“So that is out there. Whether or not we go ahead with it, we’ll discuss later, but we are making that request, just because there was
some confusion last year in talking about the translocation as well as the cull.
See CITY, Page 5
Council rezones property for duplex housing TRE VOR CR AWLEY
City council voted to rezone a piece of property from single-family dwelling to allow for a two-family dwelling units, after getting an earful of opposition from residents in the neighbourhood. The rezoning proposal of the 5.5-acre property, located at 1701 30th Ave. North, sparked a backlash at a February public hearing. At the time, the developer — Eagle Ridge Land Sales Corp — was applying for an R3 designation, which would enable the construction of tri-plex and quadplex housing. However, the developer submitted an amended proposal to change the zoning from the existing ‘Single Family Extended Residential Zone: R1’ to ‘Two-Family Residential Zone: RD,’ which limits any multi-family housing structures to only duplexes.
The property itself is divided by a southern portion and a northern portion, with an existing development at Eagleridge Crescent sandwiched in between. The southern portion of the property will remain zoned at Single Family Extended Residential Zone: R1. It wasn’t a unanimous decision; councillors Tom Shypitka and Wesly Graham were opposed to the rezoning change, while councillors Norma Blissett, Isaac Hockley, Ron Popoff Danielle Cardozo and Mayor Lee Pratt were in favour. Issues that neighbouring residents brought forward to council included decreased property values, increased traffic and loss of privacy, as the northern portion of the property is on a slope overlooking homes on Kokanee and Kelowna Crescent.
See REZONING, Page 3
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Kootenay Dance Academy students have been bringing in some impressive competition results all the while preparing for their showcase at McKim this Friday, May 13 and the year-end production May 27 and 28 at Key City Theatre. The production revue, titled “Heaven by the Sea, “is a tribute to all the sights, sounds & amusements of Coney Island during its historical peak the first half of the 20th century.
Northern fires hit home for CDART
New animal emergency rescue organization holding workshops weekend in Wasa, May 14-15 BARRY COULTER
The devastating events in Northern Alberta have got the attention of the country, and paying particular notice are members of the newly formed East Kootenay chapter of the Canadian Disaster Emergency Response Team (CDART).
CDART provides emergency services for pets, livestock and other animals during wildfires, floods, severe storms, environmental disasters, or anything that requires the evacuation of residents from their homes. Though only two months old, sign-up response
has been great, with volunteers joining up in droves. CDART has planned an education workshop weekend in Wasa, this Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15, and organizer Ron McConnell says the fires of Northern Alberta and Northern B.C. will very much
on people’s minds, both those attending and those giving workshops. CDART East Kootenay has offered their services to the responders in Fort McMurray if they feel they are needed, McConnell said.
See CDART, Page 4