As I write this, mid-March, things are closing up fast. We’re hunkering down for a stretch of ‘alone time’ as we try to reduce the effects of Coronavirus. Most of my upcoming committee meetings are cancelled, we are being asked to attend CSRD board meetings remotely. CSRD buildings such as Arenas and Community Centres will be closed except for priority events. Fortunately, the staff at the office are able to continue many of their tasks by going into the office…
The Town Hall meeting, scheduled for March 22, 2020 will be postponed due to Coronavirus concerns. I hope to re-schedule for early May.
Contact for AIM roads: 778-646-2300 or aimroads@acciona.ca Well we made it through the Great New Years Darkness of 2020. Wasn’t that a storm and botch of epic proportions!! We’re fortunate in a number of ways; it wasn’t too cold, and friends and neighbours looked after each other. Hydro did their best and brought in crews from other areas of BC to help get us back and running as quickly as possible, but still, some were out for at least 6…
On January 18th from 8:30am – 3:00pm at the Prestige Harbour Inn (251 Harbour Front Dr NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2W), the BC Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative is hosting an agriculture and wildfire risk reduction workshop aimed at agricultural producers from all sectors, wildfire response and emergency personnel, and local government representatives. Producers will gain vital knowledge to prepare themselves and their operations for wildfire. Producers will have the opportunity to: Learn local wildfire behavior, threat, and…
We had a great Community Safety meeting last night with about 130 residents coming out to see what is happening and how we can make our community safer. Sargent Barry Kennedy from the Chase RCMP detachment began the evening giving us some info about what has been happening in our area. There was a good question and answer session with a variety of questions and comments detailing our frustrations with the crimes and criminals in the area as well as…
Wednesday October 2nd, 7pm sharp, Celista Hall. An open town hall meeting is being held at Celista Hall to continue the conversation about North Shuswap Community Security. We will not gather to rant about the crime in our area. It is an opportunity to put our heads together and make some plans for how to deal with it in a legal, progressive way. The RCMP will be invited to discuss their efforts and how we can best help them. We…
…but nary a drop of community water for Scotch Creek. Yes, it seems our application for a grant to help with the building of a Scotch Creek community water system has been denied. We were hoping to get 73% of the cost from a federal infrastructure grant. But that is not to be. It’ll likely be a few years before that generous a funding opportunity comes up again. (My cynical side suggests a year before the next federal election..?) So,…
Bylaw 5798 and the Alternative Approval Process Some community awareness is happening about this Youth Programming tax bylaw. That’s great! Up until Friday I’ve had maybe one call on it, but I’ve had a few emails and a few calls this weekend. Here is the process we’re going through right now:– your CSRD Director (me) feels in general that a program or service has a community benefit, and that the cost is not unreasonable. In this case, roughly $12,500 from…
WEATHER REPORT for the summer was just released and suggests we will have another hot, dry June-August. Not exactly what I would like to hear. My preference would be for it to rain every day (between 1am and 5am). Failing that, maybe every third or fourth day. Extra vigilance will be needed from everyone. Keep an eye out for smokers tossing butts, let them know we don’t appreciate it. Keep campfires low, while we can still have them. And protect…
At this time of year many calls I receive are about the state of the roads. The reality is that the CSRD has no control over what happens with the roads, it’s up to Ministry of Transport and their budget. But, I can make requests and give suggestions as well as get information. So here is what I know… Graders will be out re-shaping local gravel roads starting this week. New gravel will not be going on until the fall….