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Flex fares coming? : P. 7 North Cowichan considers bylaw for medical marijauna grow-ops Craig Spence THE CHRONICLE
Floating lanterns decorated night sky Rotary Light Up the Night fund-raiser brings in $5,967 for polio eradication, draws over a thousand Organizers were ‘blown away’ by the response to the second annual Light Up the Night, at Transfer Beach Thursday, Feb. 18; and so were many of the colorful lanterns – 350 in all – which were launched by a crowd estimated at a thousand people, participating in the event. A breeze carried the lanterns up and away, out of the amphitheater and into the night sky. The event, organized by the Rotary Club of Ladysmith, was witnessed not only by those in attendance. “We were totally blown away when our Facebook page went viral and we had over 80 thousand views,” said the Rotary’s Cheryl Leukefeld. She said they sold out of lanterns within 15 minutes of setting up at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. launch. After expenses the event raised $1,151 for Polio Plus, Rotary’s drive to combat and eradicate polio, including donations from people who arrived too late to buy a lantern to send aloft. With matching funds from the Canadian government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that translates into $5,967 raised. “Rotarians all over the world have been working on this since 1986,” Leukefeld said, “and with the help of the Gates Foundation and communities just like ours, we actually can see the end in sight.”
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Hundreds of candle-powered lanterns were launched over Transfer Beach Feb. 18 during the Rotary Club of Ladysmith’s Light Up the Night fund raiser CRAIG SPENCE
North Cowichan has referred a report from staff on where to permit Medical Marijuana Grow Operations (MMGOs) to its Agricultural Advisory Committee, which will likely meet in late March. Staff had recommended MMGOs only be allowed in Industrial 1 and 2 zones because of the size of the facilities and security requirements that come with large scale production of marijuana. But the AAC will be asked to consider a bylaw that allows commercial MMGOs in agricultural and industrial zones, with the proviso that there be a 92 metre setback of the facilities from adjacent properties on agricultural land. Meetings with the RCMP were a factor in the staff recommendation. “The municipality covers a very large area and many agricultural properties are in remote See Grow Ops, Page 3
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