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Cannabis facility meeting

Cannabis facility meeting

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An interesting meeting at Celista Hall today re: the Garland Road cannabis production facility. About 300 residents came out to hear the company discuss the facility, job opportunities and have questions answered. The meeting lasted a full two hours and there were some concerned community members asking some pointed questions of the company reps. Not all went away feeling great, but we have to recognise that there will always be some drawbacks to any change. Those that came looking for…

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I’m in!

I’m in!

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Ok, I’m officially indoctrinated! Just spent two days at the CSRD offices. Day 1: Get new phone number and email… 250-517-9578 and JSimpson@csrd.bc.ca. The rest of the day we listened to a very good lawyer discuss how we might get ourselves in trouble. Things like Conflict of Interest, how to run a public hearing so everything counts, not discussing a situation after a public hearing as it’s not fair to the public that don’t have access to that information, etc,…

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Website setup

Website setup

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This website is being built to provide information to the Area F – North Shuswap population about the various activities and issues that arise. I encourage dialogue and feedback on any of the issues presented here.

And thus it begins…

And thus it begins…

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Be careful what you wish for, it just may come true. And it has for me this year! The election was exciting and a lot of work. But I walked down a lot of streets that I’ve never been on before, talked to a lot of people and saw a lot of beautiful vista’s of the lake that reminded me of the spectacular asset we have. That was very enjoyable during the fine fall days of the election. I am…

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Seymour Arm

Seymour Arm

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I spent a couple of days in Seymour Arm this week including the Seymour Arm Community Association AGM. It’s been a couple of years since I was up there and didn’t have “representing them” on my mind at that time. It was an interesting trip with this new perspective. The drive up was great, the forest service road was in really good shape and made the trip a breeze. Crossing the narrow bridge into the community I looked out at…

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Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams

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pipe dream: noun  – an idea or plan that is impossible or very unlikely to happen – Cambridge English Dictionary So this is what I’ve had for, well, a long long time. The pipe dream of getting water and sewer service into Scotch Creek. Between the current Official Community Plan and the rules laid down by Interior Health, development, or even grandpa subdividing his too large lot, has been on hold. The only thing that would begin to open the…

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Cannabis is Coming!

Cannabis is Coming!

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Where would you like your friendly neighbourhood cannabis store? The Electoral Area Directors for all CSRD areas (A,B,C,D,E and F) got together on June 7th, and one of the topics was a cannabis policy, regulating areas where retail and production facilities might locate. Regulating the location of cannabis retail and production facilities is a good thing. There are a number of public comfort issues such as smell and distance from minors that should be seriously considered. The CSRD staff has…

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