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RDEK invoices MMBC for lack of serviceSTEVE HUBRECHT
The Regional District of East Koote-
any (RDEK) is sending a large bill to
Multi-Material BC (MMBC), charging
the organization for recycling services
the RDEK says it had to do on MMBC’s
behalf.
The RDEK board of directors voted
unanimously at their Thursday, April
7th governance and regional services
meeting to send a $764,000 invoice to
MMBC for costs the RDEK incurred
collecting and processing recyclable
materials identifi ed in the Recycling
Regulation of B.C. as part of the Pack-
aging and Printed Paper Stewardship
Plan operated by MMBC.
The MMBC organization took over
responsibility for most recycling pro-
grams in B.C. in May 2014, and ever
since local offi cials and residents have
been pointing to the drop in recycling
in rural part of the province, including
here in the East Kootenay.
“When MMBC came out, the rural
communities were upset because
what they were proposing wasn’t go-
ing to meet our needs,” said Radium
Hot Springs mayor Clara Reinhardt,
adding that the RDEK directors are not
truly expecting the
invoice to be paid.
“We’re mostly
trying to get peo-
ple’s attention and
show that one size
doesn’t fi t all when
it comes to recy-
cling programs,”
she said.
“The RDEK has consistently and con-
tinually been in touch with MMBC and
the Minister of Environment about the
lack of service that we have received
in our region. Essentially, we want the
service, and since we are not getting
it, we decided to bill MMBC for the
cost that we are incurring. We’ll see
what happens next,” said RDEK Area F
director and vice-chair Wendy Booth,
who was not present at the meeting.
The request for a decision by the di-
rectors on the matter was written by
RDEK environmental services man-
ager Kevin Pater-
son and outlines
that, prior to May
2014, MMBC told
the RDEK that its
yellow bin program
would “not fi t” the
MMBCs service
model.
In the yellow bin
program, 739 large yellow dumpster
bins are placed in East Kootenay
communities, usually near business-
es, schools or in other prominent lo-
cations, for commercial, residential,
industrial and institutional use to col-
lect recyclable materials.
“The RDEK was not permitted to en-
gage with MMBC in any contract ne-
gotiations for service delivery. MMBC
subsequently issued a request for pro-
posals whereby only one submission
was received. Because the submission
was considered to be too expensive,
no service was provided to to the res-
idents of the Kootenay region,” wrote
Paterson. “To date, the only East Koo-
tenay location funded by MMBC is
operated out of the Cranbrook bottle
depot. The RDEK has maintained recy-
cling services to its residents through
continued taxation and provision of
the yellow bin program.”
Reinhardt said that RDEK staff calcu-
lated how much of its yellow bin waste
was coming from residential sourc-
es and consequently how much was
spent by the RDEK on work MMBC
was supposed to do.
We’re mostly trying
to get people’s
attention and show that
one size doesn’t fi t all
when it comes to recycling
programs.CLARA REINHARDT
MAYOR, RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
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Invermere fi nancial statements show large surplus for 2015
STEVE HUBRECHT
Invermere council resolved to accept last year’s
fi nancial statements at its most recent council
meeting.
During the Monday, April 11th meeting, accounting
company BDO representative Harley Lee gave a brief
presentation to council on the statements, which
council then resolved to accept with little discussion,
as council members had already reviewed the state-
ments at a Committee of the Whole meeting earlier
in the day.
“It’s a good report and that’s what we strive for,”
said Coun. Greg Anderson, thanking Lee for his audit-
ing and Invermere chief fi nancial offi cer Karen Cote
for her diligent efforts in preparing the statements.
The statements outline fi nancial assets of $15.8 mil-
lion and liabilities of $14.3 million, for total net fi nan-
cial assets of $1.5 million. In addition, the district has
tangible capital assets (items including building and
equipment) worth $75 million.
In terms of revenue, the district reported a total
of more than $9.1 million in 2015, which included $4
million coming in from municipal taxes; $1.4 million
from provincial grants; $89,000 from regional grants;
$363,000 from service, penalties and interest charges;
$397,000 from contributions from developers and
others; $857,000 from water services; $1.1 million
from sewer services; $125,000 from interest income;
$70,000 from a Municipal Finance Authority actuarial
adjustment; and $698,000 from other revenue.
The district’s total expenses for 2015 were more
than $8.1 million, including general government ser-
vices of almost $1.4 million; protective services of a
bit more more than $1 million; transportation ser-
vices of $1.3 million; environmental health expenses
of a bit more than $300,000; public health and welfare
expenses of $46,000; $570,000 for community devel-
opment; $1.1 million for recreation and cultural ser-
vices; $1.2 million for water operating and adminis-
tration; and more than $1 million for sewer operating
and administration.
Invermere’s actual $9.1 million in revenue in 2015
was higher than the budgeted $8 million, and its
actual expenses of $8.1 million were lower than the
budgeted $8.5 million, which left the district with an
annual surplus of a more than $1 million.
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was its fi rst time in Invermere. PHOTO BY BREANNE MASSEY
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Paterson outlined the calcu-
lations in the request for the
directors’ decision, explaining
that if a bin was located behind
a locked gate at a business,
for instance, then 100 per cent
of those recyclables were as-
sumed to be commercial, and if
the bin was located in a residen-
tial neighbourhood then 100 per
cent of those recyclables were
assumed to be residential.
“There were various per-
centages applied to each bin
depending on its location and
some assumptions were made
as the percentage splits,” he
wrote.
In the end, about 52 per cent
of the recyclables collected
in 2015 in the 739 yellow bins
(roughly 3,370 tons) were from
residential sources. The RDEK’s
current contract price for the
yellow bin program is $275 a
ton, which, less $48 a ton (the
average market price for re-
cyclables sold in 2015), works
out to a net cost of more than
$764,000 spent by the RDEK col-
lecting residential recyclables
last year.
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Smoke from grass fi res sparks complaints
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STEVE HUBRECHT
Invermere bylaw offi cer Mark Topliff’s
monthly report ignited brief discussion at
the most recent Invermere council meeting
about people burning grass in spring.
Topliff’s March bylaw report mentioned
there had been two complaint calls about
smoke caused by burning grass and that
“nothing can be done about this.”
“We don’t have a burning bylaw in town?”
asked Coun. Paul Denchuk at the Monday,
April 11th meeting.
Invermere chief administrative offi cer Chris
Prosser responded that fi res under a certain
size — typically a half metre by a half metre
— do not requiring a burning permit.
Denchuk suggested there is a potential
safety risk associated with burning grass
and pointed out that, in the past, people
have gotten into trouble with fi res getting
out of control.
Prosser said that there have certainly been
such incidents in the past, including one on
the Toby Benches several years ago.
Invermere mayor Gerry Taft said that at least
the grass burning was happening prior to the
fi re ban that typically comes in the summer,
although he added that, given the current
warm and dry conditions, that timeframe
could soon change. Prosser pointed out that
warnings on the dry conditions and potential
for wildfi res have already been issued.
Speaking after the meeting, Denchuk said,
“I guess my concern is that we live in a really
dry region and grass fi res can get away from
people.” He pointed out there was a small
grass fi re last summer in Invermere on the
embankment behind Gerry’s Gelati in down-
town Invermere.
Invermere fi re chief Roger Ekman con-
fi rmed with The Echo that the grass fi re be-
hind the gelati business started as a result
of a local resident using a whipper-snipper,
which struck a rock, causing a spark that
ignited the grass. Although the fi re was not
caused by burning grass, dry conditions do
mean “(small grass fi res) can get away easi-
ly,” said Ekman.
Denchuk added that he understands people
in rural areas use grass burning as a means
of fi re suppression, but added that even in
these instances, it is possible for the fi re to
get out of control, as was the case with Toby
Benches grass fi re.
“It could be a risk and I think we have bet-
ter ways to get rid of our yard waste. It’s free
at the landfi ll, and soon we’ll have a regional
composting program,” he said.
Topliff confi rmed with The Echo that no
burning permits are required for fi res less
than a half metre by half metre, and that
there is no requirement for such fi res to be
in a fi re pit or otherwise contained, and this
covers most grass burning, as long as it is
relatively short in duration.
“If they are going to be burn-
ing grass all day long, them they
need to notify the fi re depart-
ment,” said Topliff, adding that
the major concern in the com-
plaints he’s received is much
more to do with the health im-
pacts of the smoke such burning
creates, rather than the risk of
fi res getting out of control.
“For most,it’s a health issue.
That’s 90 per cent of the con-
cern,” he said.
Topliff added that he recently
did his own grass burning, doing
so in 10-foot (three-metre) sec-
tions and pausing to let the air
clear out between each section,
saying it helps aerate the lawn
and puts carbon back into the
ground.
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Radium council confi rms UBCM attendanceBREANNE MASSEY
At the regular April 13th Radi-
um council meeting, Village of
Radium Hot Springs mayor Clara
Reinhardt and Coun. Tyler McCau-
ley confi rmed their attendance
for the Union of BC Municipalities
(UBCM) Convention at the Victo-
ria Conference Centre from Sep-
tember 26th to 30th. The theme
at this year’s UBCM is to create
strong, collective and unifi ed voic-
es in local government.
Finals readings for four bylaws
Councillor Ron Verboom made a
resolution to pass the fi nal read-
ings of four bylaws for housekeep-
ing purposes last week.
The Village of Radium Hot
Springs council unanimously
passed the Sewer System Regu-
lation and User Charge Amended
Bylaw No. 418, 2016 at their regu-
lar council meeting on April 13th
to adjust user rates and fees of the
recently upgraded sewer system.
In addition, the Radium coun-
cil unanimously passed the Wa-
ter System Regulation and User
Charge Amended Bylaw No. 419,
2016 at the meeting. The water
rates imposed with this change
came into effect on January 1st.
The Village of Radium Hot
Springs council unanimously
passed the Financial Plan Bylaw
No. 420, 2016 to coincide with its
fi ve-year plan, which was recently
created by chief fi nancial offi cer
Karen Sharp, along with the Tax
Rates Bylaw No. 421, 2016.
There were no objections or dis-
cussions to the resolutions, which
allowed council to unanimously
move forward.
Water Sustainability Act
A valuable resource for current
and future generations is being
protected by new legislation that
aims to conserve ecosystems.
On February 29th, the province
created the Water Sustainabil-
ity Act to replace and improve
the old Water Act by protecting
stream health, regulating ground-
water and usage concerns.
The Village of Radium Hot
Springs council accepted written
correspondence from Mary Polak
on behalf of the Ministry of Envi-
OUNCILC RIEFSB
ronment at their April 13th council meeting.
Polak’s letter to council indicated the new
act and regulations will help protect water
fl ows for fi sh by including new and improved
requirements for groundwater use and licens-
ing, well construction and maintenance, and
dam safety and compliance after being in-
formed by public comment and the province’s
policy intentions papers that were released
last summer.
For more information, visit www.gov.bc.ca/
water.
OPENING DOORS... M i c h e l e N e i d e r w i t h F a m i l y Dynamix presented information about affordable housing possibilities and challenges to the Village of Radium Hot Springs council at their regular April 13th council meeting. Council accepted the presentation a s i n f o r m a t i o n and encouraged Neider and with her colleagues at Family Dynamix to pursue an application for affordable housing funding through the province.
PHOTO BY
BREANNE MASSEY
April 25, 2016, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Turtle Dayat Elizabeth Lake
April 25
NICOLE TRIGG
From time to time, politicians get the
chance to make some waves and rock
the boat. Or they create that opportu-
nity themselves to draw attention to a
cause worth fi ghting for. In this case, the
Regional District of East Kootenay board
has decided to send a small tsunami to
Multi-Material BC in protest of the organi-
zation’s handling of residential recycling
services in the East Kootenay region.
On the MMBC website, it’s proudly stat-
ed that “MMBC is delivering more conve-
nient and consistent recycling services
to B.C. residents, with many communities
receiving curbside collection for the fi rst
time.”
But here in the East Kootenay, the op-
posite has been the case. With MMBC
refusing to absorb the RDEK’s yellow bin
program then offering just one MMBC
depot for the entire region, the RDEK is
still paying for recycling services. Mean-
while, MMBC is still collecting fees (paid
by businesses that supply packaging and
printed paper) that are supposed to fi -
nance residential recycling programs
throughout the province.
At the UBCM convention back in Sep-
tember, it was noted that 400 businesses
still weren’t paying their share to MMBC
— as required by the province’s recycling
regulation — to help recover the paper
and printed packaging they generate, in-
cluding B.C.’s newspaper industry, which
argues newspapers are already heavily
recycled and the fees would be cost-pro-
hibitive. The counter argument was that
if these fees were paid the program would
then be able to expand. In the meantime,
as Radium mayor Clara Reinhardt has
said, they don’t actually expect MMBC to
pay RDEK’s $764,000 invoice, but the ploy
will get some attention and at the very
least, set the stage for a UBCM debate at
this fall’s convention.
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PINIONO
UMOURH
Recycling rollout leaves a lot to be desired
Why does community matter?
On the surface, this may seem
like a silly or rhetorical ques-
tion; it’s something that we
always assume is just a truth
— of course community is im-
portant. When you drill down
and try to fi nd out why, to try
to understand the reasons, ex-
amples are usually what come
to mind.
A relatively recent local exam-
ple is the generosity and caring
that came out during the fund-
raising campaign to help Tim
Goldie and family during what,
sadly, turned out to be a very
short battle with cancer. Anoth-
er even more current example
a little further away is how the
community of Golden is stand-
ing in solidarity and presenting
a united front in favour of their
rafting industry and against in-
dustrial giant Canadian Pacifi c
Rail and their interpretation of
Transport Canada rules.
There are other less dramatic
examples of the importance of
community, whether it is the
constant and under-recognized
volunteer efforts that occur
in every facet of our valley, or
the safe streets,
great schools and
awesome publics
services we all
take for granted
— these all matter,
make our home
great and give us
our sense of com-
munity.
It’s a tired issue:
people are tired
of the debate, tired of hearing
about it, tired of the whole
thing. It isn’t about the skiing,
it isn’t about the development,
it isn’t about the road, it isn’t
about the Ktunaxa’s spiritual
claims, and it isn’t even about
a Netfl ix documentary. It’s
about community. An area of
land with a group of people can
happily and successfully func-
tion as a community without
any kind of municipal status or
local government recognition.
In most cases, they
don’t even need
a mayor to write
columns in a news-
paper. However, an
area with no peo-
ple and with no
buildings — with
nothing — that has
a municipal status
and an appointed
mayor and coun-
cil? That isn’t a community,
and they shouldn’t have a say
on anything. They most defi -
nitely shouldn’t have a vote on
regional issues.
If the rules don’t change, as it
stands today, the municipality
that isn’t a community and the
mayor who isn’t really a mayor
(only on paper) will get a full
voting seat and have no choice
but to attend Regional District
of East Kootenay (RDEK) meet-
ings come January 1st, 2017.
The RDEK board has asked
the Province at a minimum to
delay any voting seat until at
least 2020 and to tie that voting
seat to a base minimuam level
of population and taxable as-
sessment.
Whether or not the Province
will make any changes and
clean up this mess is unclear.
What is right and wrong, what
is community and what is not
— that is very clear.
Gerry Taft is mayor of the
District of Invermere and a Re-
gional District of East Kootenay
director for the Columbia Valley.
He can be reached at taft.gerry@
gmail.com.
Jumbo mayor could soon vote on RDEK board
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Your agent works for youIn my last column, I spoke about
some of the agency obligations
we as Realtors have and that are
in contrast to some actions of
agents on the coast. This week,
I’d like to expand on exactly what
an agency relationship means to
our clients when helping them
buy or sell a home.
Buying or selling a home is a
signifi cant fi nancial transaction.
With the costs involved and the
prices of homes nowadays, buy-
ers and sellers expose themselves to more
risk today than they ever have. In life, as in
real estate, we can never eliminate risk, but
we can take steps to manage it.
When you ride a bike, you may choose to
wear a helmet. This is managing risk similar
to using a professional to help you through a
real estate transaction. There will always be
some that don’t wear a helmet, that is, until
they fall, and then they’ll never ride without
one!
The agency relationship requires us to put
our clients’ needs and interest above our
own. We work as a conduit and advisor. We
don’t tell our clients what to do. In fact, it’s
just the opposite. Our clients tell us what to
do and we have to do that to the best of our
abilities.
Let’s go over the agency obligations now.
The duty of undivided loyalty means that
your agent works for you and not for any-
one else without your expressed permission.
Your agent isn’t allowed to represent anoth-
er person in the same transaction unless
you agree and it’s entirely at your discretion
whether you agree to this or not. An agent
acting for two parties is called a limited dual
agent and limitations are placed on the du-
ties of agency under this arrangement.
As agents, we must act within the scope of
authority given to us by our clients. Basically,
our clients tell us what to do, what we have
to do it and nothing more. We cannot over ex-
tend or let our thoughts or feelings come into
the play when performing specifi c actions for
our clients. Often conversations with our cli-
ents result in them taking our advice. This is
what people expect from us and it’s what we
are here for, but, at the end of the day, we
operate within the scope set by you — the
client.
Sometimes real estate transactions are ini-
tiated for less-than-awesome reasons such
as death, divorce, disputes be-
tween family members and so on.
Regardless of the reason, it’s our
job to work with our clients and
protect their interest. If a seller
has to sell because they are go-
ing through a divorce then this is
information we want to limit oth-
er people having. A buyer might
fi nd this out and put in a much
lower offer than they would oth-
erwise. It’s our job to protect this
information. Conversely, if you’re
a buyer, it’s your agent’s job to try and fi nd
information like this because it’s their job to
represent your best interest, which may be
getting the lowest price on the house. Either
way, this means our clients can speak with us
openly about their situation and motivation
for buying or selling. We are not allowed to
disclose any of this information without their
expressed consent.
When we perform actions on behalf of our
clients, we must do so using reasonable care
and skill. We are viewed as experts and, with-
in the law, as minor as the word “reasonable”
may seem, it carries a whole lot of weight
when our clients are relying on us for help.
One example of not using reasonable care
and skill could be listing a commercial prop-
erty when you have never done so before and
have no expertise in that area of real estate.
As a Realtors, we will still be viewed as the
experts regardless of our actual knowledge.
The agency relationship is the keystone of
our industry and it goes a long way to helping
clients through a signifi cant and risky trans-
action and making sure they are getting the
help they need from us or other profession-
als. These duties under the agency relation-
ship carry a lot of weight and we take that
very seriously.
If you have any questions about agency or
how working with a Realtor works, then visit
your local brokerage and ask. You can also
visit the the BC Real Estate Council website
for more information at www.recbc.ca.
*This column is for entertainment only and
not intended to be construed as advice in
any way. Information should be independent-
ly verifi ed and all sellers and buyers are en-
couraged to contact their Realtor for help
with buying and selling. This is not intend-
ed to solicit business. No chipmunks were
harmed in the writing of this column.
Geoff Hill is a licensed Realtor with Max-
PINIONO
Well Realty Invermere, holding
a trading services licence since
May 2008. Originating from West
Vancouver, he came to the valley
for the snow and stayed for the
people and lifestyle. Geoff enjoys
volunteering with the local fi re
department and roller derby team
as well as playing roller derby and
many other sports himself.
ASYEReal Estate is
EOFFGHILL Making treaties
in under 600 yearsB.C.’s fi fth mod-
ern treaty took
effect April 5, for-
malizing self-gov-
ernment for the
Tla’amin Nation
on B.C.’s Sunshine
Coast.
The settlement
includes Crown
and reserve land
in the Powell Riv-
er area, in a tradi-
tional territory that includes
Lasqueti, Texada and Cortes
Islands as well as Comox on
Vancouver Island.
It transfers 6,405 hectares of
former provincial Crown land,
including forest and miner-
al rights, plus a $33.9 million
capital transfer and a $7.9 mil-
lion economic development
fund. Since the agreement
was signed two years ago, the
Tla’amin have endorsed a con-
stitution that Chief Clint Wil-
liams said ensures transparent
and accountable government.
“I think it gives us a little
more leverage in speaking
with B.C. and Canada, as we
will own the land that we’re
trying to conduct business
on,” Williams said.
Tla’amin elder Elsie Paul had
a more personal take on the
long-awaited treaty.
“We can’t be stuck where
we’ve been stuck forever,
where we’re on
reserve land, just
for us,” she said.
“It feels like you’re
trapped there. And
hopefully, those
gates have opened,
to also welcome
people to come to
our community.
“Because in the
past, in my grow-
ing up years, we
never had friends, people from
Powell River or anywhere else.
We were not allowed to have
visitors, and we were not al-
lowed to mingle in town with
white people.”
Communities can also look
to the example of the Tsaw-
wassen First Nation, which
has attracted $1 billion in new
investment since its treaty was
implemented in 2009.
Aboriginal Relations Minister
John Rustad said the Tla’amin
treaty shows the B.C. Treaty
Commission is still working,
despite having gone without a
chief commissioner since the
province refused to appoint
one a year ago.
Rustad said that was a signal
from the B.C. government that
it can’t carry on at the cur-
rent pace, which has seen one
treaty on average every three
years.
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PINIONOCountdown to childbirthWhen I announced my pregnan-
cy to the Echo and Pioneer staff, a small cohort of female coworkers with adult children promptly in-formed me that it’s important not to worry about the embarrassing but often overlooked details of one’s changing body during this hormonally glorious time.
“Don’t worry, you won’t be ashamed about anything af-ter childbirth,” ex-plained Amanda, our sales rep.
Her insight was le-gitimate and I am al-ways willing to con-sider good advice, so last weekend when I arrived at the hospital with my shirt on backwards assuming I was in early labour (but wasn’t), this sound advice came back to me as I giggled about the mix-up and my own disappointment.
He might not be ready, but I sure am.
This scenario has undoubtedly taught me two important life les-sons: 1) false labour is no joke; 2) and, as one emergency doctor told me in jest during a different trip to seek help at the local hos-pital, “pregnancy is stupid.”
And it is a bit stupid how dra-matically pregnancy changes your body, mind and spirit.
As a result, my deepest sympa-thies go out to those patient people (who I do not envy) who actively chose to work in the ba-by-catching business. It is not a
task that I could do, or one that my stom-ach could easily tol-erate.
Two days later, when I was sitting back at the news-room, I told Amanda about my latest con-fusion and insisted that I reserved the right to continually embarrass myself
until Mini-Me arrives in the real world.
Her only response was pure, un-adulterated laughter.
It dawned on me then that there will be some obvious changes on the horizon, but when the bam-bino stubbornly stayed put (for now), I quickly discovered the waiting game has begun and I am counting the days.
Breanne Massey is a report-er for The Valley Echo and can be reached at [email protected].
REANNEBMASSEY
ECORDROff the
In the story titled “Proposed logging with-
in view of Canal Flats opposed” in the April
13th Valley Echo, it was incorrectly stated
that Canfor plans to carry out conventional
logging operations on the Kootenay Forest
Service road near the Village of Canal Flats.
To clarify, the cut block in question is part
of the village’s Interface Fire Protection
project. Invermere-based Summit Valley
Contracting will be doing the selective log-
ging in the area, and have been working with
Canfor to obtain the licences for the work,
while Canfor is taking on the mapping and
the public consultation for Summit Valley.
The public notice provided by Canfor to
Canal Flats council at their March 29th meet-
ing did not explain in detail the forest ac-
tivities proposed for this block, which led
council to believe it was a new logging op-
eration.
The Valley Echo regrets any confusion this
article may have caused.
Clarifi cation: Canfor logging near Canal Flats
“And so if you do the extrapolation, we have
203 bands, that’s over 600 years of negotia-
tions,” Rustad told me. “And even if we could
fi nd a way to accelerate that to the point
where we’re celebrating a new treaty every
year, that is still 200 years of negotiations.
“And that is why we didn’t go forward with
a chief commissioner. We have to fi nd a way
to be able to do something more effectively.”
It gets worse. The Lheidli T’enneh First Na-
tion near Prince George completed a treaty
after years of work, only to see it rejected by
a community vote in 2007. After nearly a de-
cade, a second vote is scheduled for this fall.
And the Yale First Nation was to implement its
treaty this month, but the new council for the
160-member village in the Fraser Canyon con-
fi rmed to Rustad last week that they want out.
The Yale agreement has been controversial
from the start, with the larger Sto:lo Nation
viewing the community as a splinter group
controlling fi shing sites contested for thou-
sands of years. But the new Yale council is
more sympathetic to the Sto:lo, so the latest
setback could turn into a positive.
There have been previous efforts to deal
with aboriginal rights and title on a broader
scale. The latest one foundered after aborigi-
nal leaders rejected a province-wide proposal
offered by former premier Gordon Campbell.
Similar to the Sto:lo, the Tla’amin have a
history of territorial overlap with the Kla-
hoose, Sechelt and others.
Paul said there is a tradition of working to-
gether in her home region.
We’re building relationships with our neigh-
bours, as well as building relationships with
our neighbouring First Nations communi-
ties,” she said.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and
columnist for Black Press. Email: tfl etcher@
blackpress.ca. Twitter: @tomfl etcherbc.
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OMMUNITYC
19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8Ph: 250-489-2791 • 888-478-7335
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering adoption of an amendment to the Steamboat-Jubilee Mountain Official Community Plan area boundary so that it will match the plan area boundary of the proposed Toby Benches OCP.
Bylaw No. 2677 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Steamboat-Jubilee Mountain Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1926, 2006 – Amendment Bylaw No. 10, 2016 (Miscellaneous / RDEK).”
A public hearing will be held at: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce 651 Highway 93/95
Invermere, BC Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F and Electoral Area G.
If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:
• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;
• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or
• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGAll submissions will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda posted online. Personal contact information such as phone and email will be removed from written submissions. Questions about the disclosure of your personal information may be referred to the Corporate Officer at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.
This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contactKris Belanger, Planner at 250-489-6903 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335 or email [email protected].
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE - BYLAW 2677Bylaw Amendment - Miscellaneous/RDEK
Regional District of East Kootenay
Fundraising Opportunity
The RDEK is establishing a collection area for bottle / can collection at the Columbia Valley Landfill and is looking for a non-profit club or organization interested in maintaining the collection area.
The successful candidate will collect the bottles and cans, return them to the bottle depot for refund and keep the proceeds.
If your club or organization is looking for a fundraising opportunity and has the committed volunteers to consistently collect the bottles and cans from the designated area at the Landfill, we want to hear from you!
Please send a letter of interest to:
Jim PensonRDEK Solid Waste Superintendent
19-24th Ave. South
Cranbrook, BC V1C 3H8
Email: [email protected]
If you have questions or would like additional information, contact Jim toll free at 1-888-478-7335.
Community Greenhouse education
co-ordinator Ally Candy holds up a bunch
of radishes she picked from a gardening bed
inside the greenhouse.
PHOTO BY BREANNE MASSEY
Groundswell’s Rent-A-Plot deadline fast approaching
Gardening hobby-
ists and green thumb
enthusiasts have
been invited by the
Groundswell Net-
work Society to rent
a plot in the perma-
culture garden at the
Community Green-
house.
On Thursday, April
28th at 6:30 p.m.,
the Groundswell
Network Society will
be hosting an ori-
entation night for
registered partici-
pants and creating
a rotational water-
ing schedule for the
raised garden beds in
the outdoor garden.
Those not yet regis-
tered are encouraged
to contact Ground-
swell to arrange a
gardening plot before
the orientation night
takes place.
People can apply
online the website or
contact Groundswell
via email at info@
groundswellnetwork.
ca. Successful appli-
cants will receive ac-
cess to the plot with
great soil in a deer-
free area.
“There’s also a
third layer to what
we’re offering this
season,” said Pat-
sy Lussier, Ground-
swell’s co-ordinator
for the Rent-A-Plot
and operations man-
ager. “For people
who can’t quite com-
mit to the season,
we’re going to have
quite a few programs
here that require
people to get in-
volved with time and
work in exchange for
produce, so come
and put your hands
in the dirt and work
with us.”
Up to seven return-
ing gardeners rang-
ing from seniors to
families with young
children have con-
fi rmed their spots in
the program. There
are nine open spaces
being offered to the
community on a fi rst
come, fi rst served ba-
sis with plots ranging
from $20 to $55 ($1.50
per square foot).
The price includes
supplied water and
soil in a fenced-off
area at the Commu-
nity Greenhouse, but
participants are re-
quired to bring their
own seeds to plant.
In addition, there
are fi ve new commu-
nity beds that were
built for gardening in
this year’s program.
For those commu-
nity gardeners who
don’t have time to
commit to a sea-
sonal program such
as Rent-A-Plot, the
U-Pick program will
begin during open-
ing hours in May
(9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday as
well as from 3 to 7
p.m.). More informa-
tion will be released
to the Columbia Val-
ley community this
spring.
There will also be
casual opportunities
for volunteers who
are willing to spend
time working to har-
vest produce in ex-
change for permacul-
ture knowledge and
fresh produce.
“We’ve had every-
body from seniors to
families with young
children involved
here,” said Ally Can-
dy, the Groundswell
Network Society’s
education co-ordi-
nator. “And we have
everybody from be-
ginning gardeners
— people who have
never done it before
— to really experi-
enced gardeners, so
there’s a mentorship
that happens with-
in the group itself
and also, from the
Groundswell per-
spective, we men-
tor people and help
them along in their
gardening experi-
ence as well.”
For more infor-
mation about the
program, email
greenhouse@ground-
swellnetwork.ca or
visit www.ground-
swellnetwork.ca.
BREANNE MASSEY
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Windermere farmers reap the rewardBREANNE MASSEY
Edibles Farm have yielded national recogni-tion in the heart of the Columbia Valley.
The Windermere-based agricultural business was recently awarded top honours during Slow Food Canada’s 2016 National Summit that took place here in the valley from April 6th to 10th. Owners Lin and Oliver Egan won the Slow Food Heroes Award for British Columbia after edging out several nominees from across the province, from the Columbia Valley, the Lower Mainland, Thompson-Okanagan, Vancouver Is-land and the Gulf Islands. Each year, the award is given to fi ve regions across Canada: British Columbia, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
“We were so thrilled that Lin and Oliver were chosen,” said Slow Food Columbia Valley lead-er Alison Bell in an email.
The Egans have operated Edibles Farm, for-merly known as Edible Acres, for the past nine years in Windermere as part of a collabora-tive partnership with Winderberry Nurseries, which is owned by Lin’s parents, Jack Steed-man and Glenda Wah. Last year, the Edibles Farm transitioned into Edibles Farm + Cafe + Catering in a strong effort to include family members such as Anna Steedman and Randy MacSteven in the business.
Along with their farming family, the Egan cou-ple is raising two sons, Cade and Riley.
Lin has made contributions to both the East Kootenay Agricultural Plan and the Slow Food Canada National Summit. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Global Resource Systems with the University of B.C. while Oli-ver completed a certifi cate in recreation lead-
ership and spent three years studying econom-ics. His appetite to learn about horticulture has helped him and Lin succeed at Edibles Farm.
Edibles Farm is most widely recognized for being the fi rst Certifi ed Organic Farm with a highly popular Community Supported Agri-culture (CSA) program in the East Kootenay region of B.C.
In addition, the Windermere-based business comes equipped with 55 different varieties of vegetables.
Criteria for the Slow Food Canada Food Hero Award includes: ingenuity and entrepreneurial activity promoting a healthier food system; so-cio-political commitment to promoting a sus-tainable food system; excellence in corporate commitment to sustainable foods or enacting corporate policy changes; commitment within government to enact socially forward policy changes.
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A look back through Th e Valley Echo's archives over the last 50 years
REMEMBER WHEN?
50 years ago (1966):
A story of congrat-
ulations was published
for valley resident Todd
Fisher, who had gradu-
ated from the RCMP Re-
cruit Training Depot in
Regina. Fisher was ready-
ing for his fi rst job post-
ing, in Saskatchewan.
40 years ago (1976):
Invermere post-
master John Koralewicz
announced that the local
post offi ce would start
locking its front door
(denying local residents
access to their mailbox-
es) each evening. The
move came after a week-
end of particularly dis-
gusting vandalism to the
post offi ce, which had
somebody vomit in the
outside mail chute on Fri-
day night, spread human
faeces on the walls and
fl oor of the mail box area
on Saturday night, and
throw more human fae-
ces down the inside mail
chute on Sunday night.
30 years ago (1986):
Local MLA James
Chabot announced
funding for three major
highway projects in the
East Kootenay, including
building a new bridge
over the mouth of the Co-
lumbia River in Athalm-
er. Chabot made the
announcement in April
and estimated that work
would begin two months
from then.
25 years ago (1991):
J. Alfred Laird
Elementary School stu-
dents together with lo-
cal environmental group
East Kootenay Environ-
mental Society (now
Wildsight) and commu-
nity volunteers planted
trees around the Toby
Creek canyon and around
the school yard. The stu-
dents and volunteers
planted aspen, birch and
larch and the effort was
funded by a $2,500 Global
Relief Work grant.
20 years ago (1996):
Two local students
earned special recogni-
tion for their words and
artwork commemorating
Remembrance Day. Edge-
water Elementary School
students Wyatt Kohorst
and Danny Schnider had
submitted entries to the
Royal Canadian Legion’s
province-wide Remem-
brance Day Art and Essay
Competition in Novem-
ber 1995 and April 1996.
They learned that Wy-
att had placed second,
earning a $75 prize, and
Danny had placed third,
earning a $50 prize.
15 years ago (2001):
Local judo prac-
titioners were thrilled
when Olympic silver
medallist Nicholas Gill
visited the valley to work
out with the Invermere
Judo Club. Gill was the
the fi rst Canadian to
win the world university
games, the fi rst Canadi-
an to win three medals
at the world judo games,
and the fi rst Canadian to
win two medals at the
Olympics.
10 years ago (2006):
Village of Radi-
um Hot Springs council
approved a motion that
opened the door to cre-
ation of a cat licensing
bylaw. The move was an
attempt to deal with Ra-
dium’s then-sizable fereal
cat population.
TREETSTHES
What do you think of
grass burning? Good
idea or bad idea?
What do you think of grass burning? Good idea or bad idea?“I don’t know. I suppose it could spread. I wouldn’t do it on my lawn.”
Riley Hayward
“I don’t have a problem, as long as it’s done safely. It renews the soil and prevents larger fi res. But it’s not good if you have asthma. I see the reasons for it, but I compost my lawn waste.”
Debra Griffi th
“Bad idea.”Brian Sheehan
A10 invermerevalleyecho.com Wednesday, April 20, 2016 The Valley Echo
APRIL 2007 - Invermere Fire Rescue members conducted an interface fi re burn of dry grass along 7th Avenue in Invermere, hoping to cut down on the number of inevitable grass fi res that occur every spring.
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THE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20TH
• The 2016 Columbia Valley
Golf Junior Tour kicks off at
Windermere Valley Golf Course. For
information or to register visit www.
columbiavalleygolftrail.com/jrtour.
• 8 a.m.: Radium Hot Springs Sunrise
Rotary meets for breakfast every fi rst
and third Wednesday from April thru
October at The Springs Golf Course.
Breakfast $10. Everyone welcome.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: Summit Youth Centre
(SYC) YCC Challenges program.
• 6 p.m.: SYC games and trivia night.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST
• TBA: Invermere Curling Centre AGM.
• 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC Graphics Course.
• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym. Come play
sports with us. Everyone welcome.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: Martin Morigeau
Elementary School in Canal Flats
Grade 2/3 class fi eld trip Family
Fundraiser. Food, music, silent
auction, etc. Everyone welcome!
• 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.: Wild Ideas at
Circle Cafe, hosted by Wildsight.
April’s discussion topic is
Permaculture www.wildsight.ca/
wildideasinvermere.
• 6:30 p.m.: Texas Hold Em’
Tournament at the Invermere Legion
every Thursday. $35 buy in
• 7 - 9 p.m.: Artist Reception at
Pynelogs featuring: Vic Panei,
Elizabeth Segstro, Darlene Purnell &
Janis Dyck & Colin Bell. Live DJ and
cash bar. Show runs until May 1st.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND
• 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Celebrate Earth Day
at the Groundswell Network Society’s
community greenhouse Interactive
open house, adjacent to DTSS.
• 2 - 8 p.m.: Craft and Home Based
Business Fair at Christ Church
Trinity.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC YCC Challenges
program.
• 6:30 p.m.: Turkey Dinner at Branch
71 Legion in Invermere. $17.50.
Reservations recommended. Call
250-342-9517. Meat Draw and 50/50.
• 6:30 p.m.: Kick Up Your Boots DTSS
athletic department fundraiser. Silent
auction, door prizes, refreshments
and snacks. Music by The Flatliners
and Valley Forged. Tickets $10 adults,
$7 students, or $25 family pass.
• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic
at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent
from the valley. All ages, licensed bar.
First Friday of every month.
• 7:30 p.m.: SYC Rockband competition.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Cycling Society annual
bike and gear swap at Invermere
Community Hall. Bring gear in from
9 - 11 a.m.. Sale from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Pick up unsold gear and money at 1
p.m. Toonie charge to bring gear in.
Fundraiser to help cycling society
build and maintain trails.
• 10 a.m.: Valley Pride/Pitch In. Help
clean up the Columbia Valley. Check
with local community organizers for
details and meeting places.
• 2 - 8 p.m.: Craft and Home Based
Business Fair at Christ Church
Trinity.
• 7 p.m.: It’s All About the Word,
Poetry Reading and book signing with
Richard Therrien and live music with
Bruce Childs at Pynelogs Cultural
Centre. Admission by donation at the
door. Supported by CV Arts and the
Invermere Public Library.
• 7 p.m.: SYC Pool Tournament.
• 10 p.m.: Burlesque show at the
Horsethief Creek Pub & Eatery in
Radium. Tickets $10 in advance or
$12 at the door.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24TH
• 12 p.m.: The Windermere Valley
Youth Centre hosts a celebrity
luncheon for Shuswap Indian Band
chief Barb Cote in the Quartz Grand
Hall at Copper Point Resort.
MONDAY, APRIL 25TH
• Join SYC for Employment Readiness
Training or Skills for Life! Program.
Must pre register.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC YCC Challenges
program.
• 6:50 p.m.: Ladies Night Out ‘Heart
Clutter’ with guest speaker Marnie
Rilling. Lake Windermere Alliance
Church. Tickets $15 at Inspire Floral
Boutique downtown Invermere or
call Eileen 250-270-1275.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH
• 4 -6 p.m.: SYC Cooking night. Join
us for Free Food and nutritional
education.
• 7 p.m.: Cinefest at Pynelogs presents
Grandma. Tickets $12 at the door.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of
Invermere meets every Wednesday
at the Curling Rink.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC YCC Challenges
program.
• 6 p.m.: SYC games and trivia night.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH
• 4 - 6 p.m.: SYC Graphics Course.
• 4 - 8 p.m.: SYC open gym. Come play
sports with us. Everyone welcome.
• 7 p.m.: The Truth About Cancer
Series, #6 NOCEBO Effect, Healing
Vaccines, Advanced Detoxing &
Going inside a German Cancer Clinic.
DTSS Theatre. Admission by optional
donation.
FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH
• 12 p.m.: Soup lunch at the Edgewater
Legion. $6. Last Friday of each month.
• 5 - 7 p.m.: SYC YCC Challenges
program.
• 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic
at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent
from the valley. All ages, licensed
bar. First Friday of every month.
• 7:30 p.m.: SYC Karaoke night.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH
• 6 p.m.: The Hospice Society will be
hosting its 4th Annual Butterfl y Gala
at the Radium Course Banquet Hall.
Tickets are $50 and available at the
Circle Cafe, Sobeys, Meet on Higher
Ground in Radium Hot Springs,
Smoking Waters CC in Fairmont and
the Village offi ce in Canal Flats.
• 7 p.m.: SYC Movie night and free
popcorn.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH
• 8 a.m.: Radium Hot Springs Sunrise
Rotary meets for breakfast every fi rst
and third Wednesday from April thru
October at the Springs Golf Course.
Breakfast $10. Everyone welcome.
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of
Invermere meets every Wednesday
at the Curling Rink.
THURSDAY, MAY 5TH
• 7 p.m.: The Truth About Cancer
Series, #7 Healing Cancer with Clean
Electricity, Unique Water,Natural
Sunlight & Combining Superfoods.
DTSS Theatre. Admission by optional
donation.
FRIDAY, MAY 6TH
• 7:30 p.m.: Christ Church Trinity
hosts the Valley Voices Spring
Concert. Tickets available at Meet
on Higher Ground in Radium, Purple
Cow Gift Shop in Fairmont, and
Inspire Floral Boutique in Invermere
(formerly The Book Bar). Tickets $10/
adult and $5/children.
SATURDAY, MAY 7TH
• 7:30 p.m.: Christ Church Trinity
hosts the Valley Voices Spring
Concert. Tickets available at Meet
on Higher Ground in Radium, Purple
Cow Gift Shop in Fairmont, and
Inspire Floral Boutique in Invermere
(formerly The Book Bar). Tickets $10/
adult and $5/children.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH
• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of
Invermere meets every Wednesday
at the Curling Rink.
THURSDAY, MAY 12TH
• 7 p.m.: The Truth About Cancer
Series, #8 Cannabis, Nature’s Epigenetic
switches, Peptides & Healing with
Micronutrient Therapies. DTSS Theatre.
Admission by optional donation.
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Just last month, the Columbia Valley Metis Association
held an inclusive Kitchen Party event celebrating their
culture, which has now been given a huge boost of
support by the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling.
FILE PHOTO BY MARLENE CHABOT
Supreme Court ruling recognizes Metis, non-status Indians
BREANNE MASSEY
A landmark victory for non-status Indians and the
Metis Nation in Canada means more than 600,000 Ca-
nadians can move forward with national recognition.
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled
that non-status Indians and Métis are considered “In-
dians” under Section 91(24) of the 1867 Constitution-
al Act on Thursday, April 14th. The ruling extends the
federal government’s responsibilities to approximate-
ly 200,000 Métis and 400,000 non-status Aboriginal
people who are not affi liated with specifi c reserves.
“As President of Métis Nation British Columbia, I am
so proud and thankful to be Métis and to represent
Métis people in our province,” said Bruce Dumont,
Metis Nation of BC (MNBC) president in a recent
press release. “All Métis should feel great pride today
given this decision because the Supreme Court of
Canada has confi rmed what the federal government
has disputed for the last nearly 150 years — that the
federal government has an obligation to recognize
and accept it has unfulfi lled obligations to the Métis
people in this country. It is now time to get on with
that task.”
According to the Metis National Council website,
“Metis” means a person who self-identifi es as Metis,
is distinct from other Aboriginal Peoples by having a
combination of ancestry from both European and Ca-
nadian ancestry, and is accepted by the Metis Nation.
According to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Can-
ada0, the term “non-status Indians” refers to people
who identify themselves as Indians, but who weren’t
allowed to register under the Indian Act (for exam-
ple, descendants of an Indigenous woman who lost
her status when she married a non-status Caucasian
man). Some of them may be members of a First Na-
tion.
MNBC has plans to review all 27 pages of the deci-
sion and anticipates it will be working closely with
the other members of the MNC Board of Governors
to continue on the path of reconciliation with Canada.
“We helped build this country, and our ancestors
beginning in the 1700s played pivotal roles in help-
ing to make British Columbia part of Confederation,”
said Mr. Dumont. “Métis have always worked hard
and contributed to this great country – now it is time
for our federal government and our provincial gov-
ernment to accept this important legal ruling and to
begin the task of reconciliation.”
MNBC will also be working with the Government of
British Columbia to begin addressing the implications
of this important decision on Métis in this province.
“This is a landmark ruling that will have broad con-
sequences and impacts,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a recent CBC report, adding that the gov-
ernment will need to study what those impacts might
be. He added, “But I can guarantee you one thing, the
path forward will be together as we move forward.”
For more information about the Columbia Valley
Metis Association (CVMA), visit their page “Colum-
bia Valley Metis Association” on Facebook. CVMA
president Debra Fisher could not be contacted for a
comment about her reaction to the decision before
The Echo went to press. The Echo newsroom will be
following up with the CVMA shortly.
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Worship, Every Sunday:10:30 a.m. Children and Youth Sunday School
at 10:30 a.m at Christ Church
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1st and 3rd Sunday, March - Dec. 9 a.m. at All Saint’s, Edgewater
2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - Oct. at
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250-342-6167Pastor: Father Gabriel
Confession: 1/2 hr. before Mass
Canadian Martyrs Church712 - 12 Ave, Invermere
Saturdays, 5 p.m.Sundays, 9 a.m.
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SpringsSundays, 11 a.m.
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lakewindermerealliance.orgApril 10rd10:30 a.m.
Worship and Life Instruction“Heavenly Headlines - Jesus
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Worship ServicesSundays1:30 p.m.
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Akisqnuk First NationAssistant Accountant
The Akisqnuk First Nation located in Windermere, B.C. is seeking a full-time Assistant Accountant. As the Assistant Accountant you will be responsible for reconciling the sub-ledgers to the general ledger on a monthly basis, performing payroll duties, preparing monthly bank and other reconciliations; preparing working papers amd supporting schedules for monthly and annual financial statements, and creating other financial spreadsheets using Excel as required.
For qualifications and a full position description, please visit www.akisqnuk.org .
Please submit your cover letter and resume to:Lorna Pollock CPA, CASenior Financial Officer3050 Hwy 93/95 Windermere, B.C. V0B 2L2Fax: 250-342-9693Email: [email protected]
*Deadline for submissions: April 25, 2016
Thank you to all applicants, however, only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Akisqnuk First NationSenior Financial Officer
Due to the upcoming retirement of the current Senior Financial Officer, the Akisqnuk First Nation located in Windermere, B.C., is seeking the right person to take over the management of it’s financial affairs.As the Senior Financial Officer you will be responsible for the overall financial management and reporting of the financial affairs of the Akisqnuk First Nation: managing finance, accounting, payroll, benefits, taxation; developing and implementing accounting policies and procedures and, providing overall guidance in all financial aspects of the Akisqnuk First Nation, including investments.
For qualifications and a full position description, please visit www.akisqnuk.org .
Please submit your cover letter and resume to:Lorna Pollock CPA, CAInterim Senior Administrative Officer3050 Hwy 93/95 Windermere, B.C. V0B 2L2Fax: 250-342-9693Email: [email protected]
*Deadline for submissions: April 25, 2016
Thank you to all applicants, however, only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Akisqnuk First NationSenior Administrative Officer
The Akisqnuk First Nation located in Windermere, B.C. is seeking a full-time Senior Administrative Officer. The Akisqnuk First Nation, one of the four Ktunaxa Bands, is growing in terms of governance and economic development and is seeking the right person to lead this growth.
As the Senior Administrative Officer you are the overall driving force in developing a long-term integrated community development strategy and identifying, assessing, and coordinating resources to implement this strategy. You shall promote and assist with building capacity within the Community to implement the additional powers and authorities that come with self-government. You will be responsible for the successful leadership and general management of the organization according to the vision, objectives and strategic direction set in conjunction with the Band Council.
For qualifications and a full position description, please visit www.akisqnuk.org .
Please submit your cover letter and resume to:Lorna Pollock CPA, CAInterim Senior Administrative Officer3050 Hwy 93/95 Windermere, B.C. V0B 2L2Fax: 250-342-9693Email: [email protected]
*Deadline for submissions: April 25, 2016
Thank you to all applicants, however, only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAYPhone: 250-489-2791 Toll Free: 1-888-478-7335
Email: [email protected] Website: www.rdek.bc.ca
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Don and Laurie Stober to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the bylaw will amend the zoning designation of the subject property to permit an auxiliary dwelling unit accessory to the single family residence and accommodate subdivision. The subject property is located at 888 Swansea Road as shown on the attached map.
Bylaw No. 2687 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 309, 2016 (Windermere / Stober)” will amend the designation of Lot 2, District Lot 7567 and 4596, Kootenay District, Plan NEP69388 from SH-1, Small Holding Residential Zone to R-1(C), Single Family Residential – Auxiliary Dwelling Unit Zone.
A public hearing will be held at: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce 651 Highway 93/95
Invermere, BC Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G, and the District of Invermere.
If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:
• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;
• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or
• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All submissions will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda posted online. Personal contact information such as phone and email will be removed from written submissions. Questions about the disclosure of your personal information may be referred to the Corporate Officer at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.
For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].
Regional District of East Kootenay PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
BYLAW 2688Bylaw Amendment - Edgewater/Ruault
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BYLAW 2687
Bylaw Amendment - Windermere/Stober
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BYLAW 2676
Bylaw Amendment - Toby Benches OCPThe Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering adoption of an Official Community Plan for the Toby Benches area. The Official Community Plan is a long-term strategic planning document that will establish policies for land use in the area.
Bylaw No. 2676 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Toby Benches Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2676, 2016.”
A public hearing will be held at: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce 651 Highway 93/95
Invermere, BC Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.
If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:
• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;
• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or
• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All submissions will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda posted online. Personal contact information such as phone and email will be removed from written submissions. Questions about the disclosure of your personal information may be referred to the Corporate Officer at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.
This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Kris Belanger, Planner at 250-489-6903 or toll free at 1-888-478-7335 or email [email protected].
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Ken and Diana Ruault to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the bylaw will amend the zoning designation of the subject property from C-1, Community Commercial Zone to C-2, Service Commercial Zone which will permit a variety of commercial uses, including vehicle repair services. The subject property is located at Selkirk Avenue as shown on the attached map.
Bylaw No. 2688 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 310, 2016 (Edgewater / Ruault)” will amend the designation of Parcel D (DD KW74850A), Block 6, District Lot 353, Kootenay District, Plan 1185 from C-1, Community Commercial Zone to C-2, Service Commercial Zone.
A public hearing will be held at: Edgewater Community Hall 4818 Selkirk Avenue
Edgewater, BC Monday, May 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm
The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G, and the Village of Radium Hot Springs.
If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing:
• inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays;
• mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or
• present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.
Submissions cannot be accepted after the public hearing.All submissions will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda posted online. Personal contact information such as phone and email will be removed from written submissions. Questions about the disclosure of your personal information may be referred to the Corporate Officer at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.
For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email [email protected].
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Volunteers help clear Lot 48 for conservation
LESLEY MARIAN NEILSONSubmitted
At the end of March, a group of volunteers gathered on the east side of Columbia Lake to clear out an area where small conifer trees were starting to encroach onto formerly open grassland habitat.
On March 20th, 17 members of the Lake Windermere District Rod & Gun Club and the Canal Flats Wilderness Club joined the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s stew-
Volunteers at work slashing and cutting the unwanted
growth in order to restore open grasslands on Lot 48.
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ardship staff on the conservancy’s Columbia Lake-Lot 48 conservation area for a day of slashing small coni-fers and pruning the lower limbs of larger established trees.
“This work benefi ts the native bunchgrass commu-nities and improve the winter range for elk, deer, and sheep, including other grassland-dependent species,” said Richard Klafki, stewardship co-ordinator for the Nature Conservancy of Canada in the Kootenays. “The pruning allows the animals — particularly bighorn sheep — to feel more comfortable as they move down into the opened up areas because they can see and avoid predators more easily.”
In the past, wildfi res kept forests from overtaking the low elevation grasslands of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Additionally, First Nations people used fi re to maintain grasslands and dry open forests thereby improving browse for ungulates, preventing shrub in-growth, and encouraging other resource uses.
Over the past century, with the increase of perma-nent human settlement in the valley, wildfi res have been suppressed in order to protect local communi-ties. This has allowed a dense forest to creep ever on-
ward into the grasslands. Plants and animals that had evolved to live in open areas are losing the habitat they need to survive.
“The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s mission is to protect ecologically important lands and habitats that support rare and at risk species. Sometimes we do this by restoring land that has been damaged or altered. Restoration and land stewardship is an important part of how we achieve our conservation goals,” said Klafki.
Volunteers like the club members who helped out on Lot 48 contribute valuable person-power to the enormous task of tending over 2,700-hectares of con-servation lands that the Nature Conservancy of Can-ada (NCC) owns and manages in the Rocky Mountain Trench.
“The people that come out and help us clear forest ingrowth, or treat invasive plants, or clean up garbage are making a real and direct contribution to conserva-tion in their community,” said Klafki. “And they have a great time doing it too.”
To fi nd out about volunteer opportunities with the NCC in the Columbia Valley, email [email protected] or call 250-342-5521.
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