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JUNE 16, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 72
Round 2 in wine war
Council serves up city hens
COUNCIL VOTES TO VOTE AGAIN ON SAVE-ON’S BID
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Chickens have come home to roost in Kamloops. At a public hearing Tuesday night, Kamloops council finally put an end to the drawn-out issue, voting 6-3 in favour of allowing even small city lots to own a limited number of egg-laying hens, subject to various rules in the bylaw, which will come into effect on June 21. Until now, only properties a minimum of one acre in size were allowed to house hens in a coop. Councillors Marg Spina, Donovan Cavers, Arjun Singh, Dieter Dudy, Denis Walsh and Tina Lange voted in favour of allowing hens, while Mayor Peter Milobar and councillors Ken Christian and Pat Wallace cast votes in opposition.
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Fulton Field will soon be home to “no drone zone” signs, but the airport’s manager wants to look at expanding their footprint. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, announced a program this week to bring signage to the nation’s airports. They are designed to encourage safe flying of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), or drones, particularly for aircraft safety. Kamloops Airport manager Fred Legace said it’s a welcome move, noting airport staff found an abandoned drone on the airport side of the fence last year. The operator was forced to abandon it due to the fence security. “It ran out of gas and landed
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drone signage. Legace said discussion will include also placing the no-drone signs in parks and areas where people gather. While he would like to see signage expanded, Legace said he recognizes enthusiasts should be directed to approved spaces. “They’re talking about areas where they can’t [fly[,” he said. “How about where they can?” On its website, Transport Canada recommends drones stay at least nine kilometres from airports without permission of the agency. Transport Canada also recommends keeping drones within 300 feet of the ground, at least 500 feet from people, animals, buildings, structures or vehicles, away from busy streets and bridges and freeways and away from first responders at emergency sites.
A pledge by SaveOn-Foods representatives Tuesday to further restrict wines it will sell in its Sahali store was enough to convince two councillors to uncork debate on the contentious issue. Kamloops council voted in favour of reconsidering a variance application to allow the grocery store in Columbia Square to sell wine in one of its aisles, occupying 1,400 square feet of the store. Two councillors, Tina Lange and Marg Spina, flip-flopped from a vote last month that denied Save-On permission to sell wine, meaning council will receive a new report from staff, will hear more public comments and will again vote on the application. No date has yet been set for the next series of meetings.
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where we found it,” Legace said. On another occasion, Legace was forced to confront a remote aircraft operator who was flying his machine at the softball diamond beside the airfield. “He was there flying and it was 200 or 300 feet in the air,” Legace said, noting current Transport Canada rules are difficult to enforce because it requires Transport Canada inspectors. RCMP officers are expected to be trained, however. Transport Canada is looking at changes in rules governing the use of UAVs, including establishing categories of drones, simplifying registration and bringing in requirements for marking. The Kamloops Airport Authority Society has a meeting scheduled next week that includes an agenda item on
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When the provincial government brought in legislation last year allowing B.C. wines to be sold in grocery stores that had the applicable licences, Kamloops council amended its bylaw to ban new liquor sales from within one kilometre of existing liquor stores without council approval. Shortly after, SaveOn-Foods bought the wine-selling licence from Discover Wines, which had operated metres away in the same strip mall. Last month, following much discussion from the B.C. Wine Institute, local winery owners, Save-OnFoods and owners of private liquor stores in the city, council voted 5-2 against Save-On’s request, with Spina, Lange, Pat Wallace, Denis Walsh and Donovan Cavers opposed and Ken Christian and Dieter Dudy in favour.