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No smoking permitted in any RDN park or trail The Regional District of Nanaimo is closing trails within its jurisdictions effective July 18 due to high risk of fire. This closure affects the RDN’s Arrowsmith CPR Regional Trail that runs from Cameron Lake up to the old Arrowsmith ski hill. Hikers looking to climb Mount Arrowsmith and Mount Cokely are advised that the private logging roads providing access to the back country are being closed by the landowner. Keep apprised of access to private forest lands by following the Island Timberlands blog at blog.islandtimberlands.com. The closure is in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service’s open burning ban within the Coastal Fire Centre region. The RDN also established a campfire ban at both Horne Lake Regional Park and Descanso Bay Regional Park campgrounds. Outside of the two designated RDN campgrounds, fires of any kind are always prohibited in RDN regional and community parks and trails. Use of CSA or ULC approved propane cooking stoves, barbeques and portable fire pits is still allowed at the campgrounds. To report a wildfire, call 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on your cell. In addition, there is no smoking permitted at this time in any RDN park or trail. For updates on conditions at RDN parks and trails, including the status of campfire bans at the RDN’s two campgrounds, visit www.rdn. bc.ca/parks. — NEWS Staff/RDN news release
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REC Commission to look into upgrades
Votes to recommend Regional District staff look into pool, track upgrades MICHAEL BRIONES michael.briones@pqbnews.com
The District 69 Recreation Commission has decided to get the regional district to start working on three top priority items now rather than wait after the October municipal elections. The commission at its special summer meeting held July 19 at Oceanside Place
voted to recommend to the Regional District of Nanaimo board to direct staff to begin the process of looking into the minimum Ravensong pool upgrade proposal to address critical user concerns, the replacement of the old track at Ballenas Secondary School to a rubberized track and field faculty, and the search for a suitable land for a future outdoor and indoor sports facility.
The decision was welcomed by Ravensong Aquatic Centre user group who has been collecting signatures calling for a short-term solution to the overcrowding conditions at the pool and also the Oceanside Track and Field Club. “I am very, very pleased that commission has decided to get things moving as they were concerned that things would Continued on A4
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