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Feedback was mixed on a proposed re-vamp of Revelstoke’s Trans-Canada High-way intersection at an open house last Wednesday.

“There’s mixed reactions,” said David Kneeshaw, an engineering consultant with McElhanney, the consulting firm contract-ed to re-design the intersection. “Everyone who’s listened to how this should operate

has agreed it will be better. A lot of people have said it’s not as good as they would like.

“We still have to work with real world situations. There will still be lots of cars.”

Preliminary plans to re-design the inter-section of Victoria Road and Mutas Road, where McDonald’s, A&W, Tim Horton’s and Shell are located, were presented to the public at the open house. The intersec-tion has become increasingly congested in recent years, especially on busy summer

weekends, when backed up traffic over-flows onto the highway.

The plan presented eliminates the possi-bility of making a left hand turn from Victo-ria Road into the Shell station, and turning left from the McDonald’s/A&W loop onto Victoria Road. Kneeshaw said those move-ments, as well as people trying to cross Vic-toria Road from one side to the other, are the main causes of the congestion.

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Approval comes after chamber protests business tax rates

ALEX [email protected]

Revelstoke council approved its bud-get last Monday, despite protests from the Chamber of Commerce that it needed to shift the tax burden away from businesses.

Council held a 90-minute special budget meeting on Monday, Feb. 29, that started with a plea from the Chamber of Commerce to reduce the tax burden on business, and ended with a split council approving the fi-nancial plan as it was presented to the public at the end of January.

Council chambers was filled with business people eager to find out how they would vote.

The plan includes $21.7 million in spend-ing, a two per cent tax increase on residen-tial properties, and a one per cent tax in-crease on business properties.

Councillors Aaron Orlando, Gary Sulz and Linda Nixon voted in favour of the financial plan as presented, while coun. Connie Broth-ers and Mayor Mark McKee voted against it. Couns. Scott Duke and Trevor English were both absent from the meeting.

There is a catch. The budget was back on the agenda for the March 8 meeting of coun-cil. Dawn Levesque, the city’s corporate ad-ministrator, explained that was because the text of the bylaw was supposed to be in front of council before they voted. It wasn’t on the

City engineer Mike Thomas (rght) listens to feedback on the proposed changes to the Trans-Canada Highway intersection. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

Intersection reactions

Big crowd at highway intersection open houseALEX COOPER

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see Intersection, page 11 see Budget, page 4

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At Flowt Bikes and Skis, a bike enthusiast can find what they're looking for.

"We just wanted to have a really welcom-ing feel, whether you're an experienced bik-er or you've never had a bike before and are just looking for something to cruise around town in,” says new owner Dan Nelson.

Nelson bought Flowt in June 2015 from the store's founder Brendan McIntosh. He has been in the bike business for more than 20 years, and has lived in a several commu-nities across Canada, from Edmonton to Victoria, before moving to Revelstoke five years ago.

"It's an amazing place to ride," he en-thuses. "I've been riding mountain bikes since 1992. Lots of places have good trails, but Revelstoke has varying terrain to offer and I've never seen a bike trail system grow so quickly. The Revelstoke bike community has more passion than anywhere I've seen. It helps makes Revelstoke such a gem."

Nelson feels it's important to not be in-timidated by the seasoned riders who live and play in Revelstoke. "You can learn to mountain bike at any time, any age," he says. As such, he has a few tips for those getting into mountain biking and looking to purchase their first bike.

First, Nelson emphasizes the importance of getting a bike that fits. "The most ex-pensive bike in the world wont give you the best experience it it's too big or too small," he says.

Second, consider getting full suspension. "There are some great hard tails out there and they are cheaper, but the advantage of a full suspension is that it makes the ride more fun,” he says. “It shortens the learning curve and if you have more fun while you're learning, you're more likely to stick with the sport.”

Third, think about buying something you can grow into. "I don't mean size," Nelson laughs. What he does mean is quality.

"While you don't have to break the bank getting something really high end, if you can afford to, get something that still has a decent level of performance,” he says.

“Then, as your skills develop over the next year or two, you don't have to upgrade your bike right away."

Another piece of advice: If you don't know whether you prefer cross country of downhill, consider purchasing an all moun-tain bike.

"Ten years ago, people had multiple bikes depending on what terrain you wanted to ride," Nelson says. "Now, the technology has blurred the distinction between differ-ent kinds of bikes. Now you can purchase a bike that can handle most terrain, some-

thing light enough to do cross country but sturdy enough to go down Boulder as well."

Last of all, don't stress about being able to afford all the bells and whistles. "You can buy a whole lot of accessories that can im-prove your ride but they aren't really neces-sary. What you really need is a bike, helmet, water carrier and a kit with a spare tube, pump and tool. And maybe a pair of bike shorts," Nelson says.

If you have children who are getting into biking, check out Flowt's buy-back pro-gram. When a child grows out of a bike

purchased at Flowt within one year, Flowt will buy the bike back at half of its original cost. Flowt also sells the used bikes which, Nelson points out, are often outgrown be-fore they are out used and are in excellent condition.

With a bike scene as vibrant and acces-sible as Revelstoke's and both Flowt and Skookum (and another store about to open) able to help you out with a selection of great bikes, there is, as Nelson says, no better time to get into the bike scene.

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The Revelstoke Advisory Planning Com-mission expressed concern about the po-tential scope of vacation rentals in the Mackenzie Village development.

"What potentially we could have is a de-velopment that goes through over the 12 to 15 years that is all vacation rental," said commission member Bill MacFarlane. "So what we have there is a neighbourhood within Arrow Heights that is not residential based, but is essentially a transient popula-tion."

MacFarlane spoke at the meeting of the APC on the proposed 1,200 unit Arrow Heights development on Tuesday, Mar. 1.

The developers David & Shelley Evans ex-pect one-third of the units to go to retirees looking to downsize, one-third to families, and the remainder to seasonal workers or second-home owners. The units would range in size from small 360-square-foot apartments to large single-family homes. They would sell for as little as $99,000.

The proposed zoning allows for all units across the 35-acre property to be vacation rentals.

The city is holding a public hearing on the development at the community centre this Tuesday, Mar. 8, at 6 p.m. There will be a one hour open house where people will be able to view the plans and ask questions of the city and the developer, followed by the formal hearing at 7 p.m. As well, Dean Stra-chan, the city's manager of development services, said anyone with questions can contact him at city hall.

Third reading of the re-zoning bylaw is scheduled for immediately after the hear-ing. If approved, it would need to signed-off by the BC Ministry of Transportation be-fore final adoption by council.

Vacation rentals were the main concern of the APC, who made six recommenda-tions to council. MacFarlane hedged his concerns by saying that it wasn't likely all 1,200 units, would become vacation rent-als, but that possibility scared him.

"This potentially has the ability to role out completely as a vacation rental, com-mercial residence in Arrow Heights that is in direct competition with other hotels in town, including the ski hill," he said.

MacFarlane's fears about vacation rentals were echoed by the other five members of

the APC. “I’d like to see more restrictions on vacation rentals in this development,” said Cara Armstrong.

Strachan told the APC that if vacation rentals were becoming an issue, council could always go back and amend the zoning to take away that use before all phases are finished.

“You wouldn’t get to phase 10 and build-out and then realize you have an issue," he said. “To get to 15 years and not realize would be a failure of planning.”

Nathan Weston asked that council look at ways to make vacation rentals contribute to tourism marketing, pointing that a high number of rentals would detract from hotel revenue.

There were other concerns expressed by the APC. MacFarlane said the develop-ment didn't fit with the policies for the Ar-row Heights neighbourhood in the Official Community Plan. He pointed to the policy that calls for the city to "manage land use development patterns to encourage perma-nent residency that minimizes the poten-tial negative impact of significant numbers of vacation homes and residential units."

The APC also wanted to make sure the

city collected sufficient development cost charges (DCCs) to cover future infrastruc-ture needs, such as upgrading the sewer treatment plant and the Illecillewaet bridge.

Other concerns surrounded who would be buying the units, and how the target markets were identified.

One positive that was noted is it would add a significant amount of new housing stock to town. "If this project can move forward and have some single family homes people can afford, it is a big win," said councillor Scott Duke, who chairs the city's planning com-mittee and was at the APC meeting.

That comment was seconded by APC member Mike Watson. "One of the reasons I haven’t bought is because of the quality of the houses," he said.

***The APC's recommendations to council

are as follows:"THAT Council consider the following

concerns of the Advisory Planning Com-mission:

— Concerned that the composition of the Nichol Road development may have a high percentage of vacation rentals, and the potential impact this may have on the com-

munity.— Vacation rentals and the lack of finan-

cial contribution to the community (accom-modation tax).

— Concerned about how the developer is defining “growth and population” in regards to transient and permanent resi-dence, and how it effects the surrounding neighborhood.

— Concerned about how the target mar-ket was defined.

— Concerned that the developers pro-posal does not relate to the Arrow Heights neighborhood in regards to the OCP, Sec-tion “Secondary/Neighborhood Planning”, Sub-Section “Arrow Heights Neighbor-hood”, “Manage Land use development patterns to encourage permanent residen-cy that minimizes the potential negative impact of significant numbers of vacation homes and residential”.

— Ensure that Development Cost Charg-es Bylaw is reviewed for this project and how the Bylaw relates to the long term im-pacts on City infrastructure."

See page six for developer David Evans' re-sponse to the APC.

APC makes recommendations on Mackenzie VillageALEX COOPER

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The Advisory Planning Commission discusses the Mackenzie Village proposal in council chambers on Tuesday, March 1. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

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This Integrated Pest Management Plan applies to BCTS operating areas within the Revelstoke, Golden and Okanagan timber supply areas. The closest communities within the plan areas are Golden, Revelstoke, Sicamous, and Seymour Arm. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Integrated Pest Management Plan applies, unless otherwise identified in the plan.

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table at last Monday’s meeting, so it will need to be voted on again. It is expected to pass again, though there is the possibility that a councillor changes their vote, or that couns. Duke or English vote against it, in which case, the budget would have to be de-bated again, and could have to go back out for public comment. Visit the Review online for a report on the vote.

CHAMBER PRESENTS CONCERNS

The meeting began with a presentation by Judy Goodman, the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. It has been an ongoing concern from the business commu-nity that their taxes are too high and they pay an unfair share of the city’s taxes.

The Chamber made five recommenda-tions about the budget process to council.

Goodman’s presentation focused on the taxation issue.

She advocated for council to shift the tax burden away from businesses and onto resi-dences, saying it wasn’t fair for businesses, which represent about 20 per cent of as-sessed values, to be paying 50 per cent of the taxes.

She called for council to reduce the ra-tio of business taxes to residential taxes to 3.5:1 for 2016, and said the ratio should be reduced to 2:1 by 2020.

“We need to create fairness in the proper-ty tax system and its essential to retaining and attracting business to our community,” she said.

She said the high taxes prevent busi-nesses from expanding, and people from purchasing existing businesses.

“Our community can’t sustain this im-balance,” she said. “When businesses are paying more in tax, they’re not going to be building new buildings.”

The chamber’s proposed the tax on residential properties go up by $29 per $100,000 in value, while the tax on busi-nesses would go down by $66 per $100,000 in value. Industry would see even larger tax reductions. The burden would continue to shift towards residential properties until the 2:1 tax ratio is reached.

“Unfortunately, that’s where we need to move because you’re not going to create fairness and get rid of the disparity without making that move,” Goodman said.

Graham Inglis, the city’s director of fi-nance, responded by showing that the ratio between business and residential taxes was largely a function of assessments, which have gone up significantly more for resi-dences than businesses.

He said moving to a 3.5:1 ratio would require an eight per cent tax increase on residences, and a three per cent reduction on businesses, if spending levels are maintained.

How taxes are divvied up is up to council. “That’s the prob-lem you have to struggle with, and I don’t envy you,” Inglis said.

COUNCIL DEBATES FINANCIAL PLAN

Coun. Brothers argued in fa-vour of lowering taxes on busi-nesses, saying it would help property values.

“Right now the burden is on the businesses, as I can see it,” she said. “We have to deter-mine as a council how we rec-tify that.”

Coun. Sulz questioned shifting taxes onto residents. He noted that businesses can write-off property taxes as a business expense, whereas homeowners have to pay them on their after-tax income, which makes them a bigger burden.

“If residents have a limited pot of dollars to pay out in the community, will they be spending less dollars in the local businesses to support them?” he wondered.

Coun. Aaron Orlando said there was a need to pass a budget soon so city staff could get started on capital projects. He said council should aim to reduce the ratio to the provincial average (about 2.6:1) but shouldn’t fall into the trap of chasing it.

“I think it will take time for us to shift slowly and gradually,” he said.

Mayor McKee raised the issue of spend-ing. “Are we comfortable on the amount of money we’re spending?” he said. “I don’t hear anyone talking about possible cuts.”

He asked for proposals on spending cuts. “I’m looking for solutions instead of ques-tions and problems, and quite frankly I don’t see a lot of solutions. If we’re not 100 per cent happy I don’t want us to be rushing through and approving a budget.”

McKee then asked for someone to put forward a motion. Nixon moved that the budget be given third reading as it stood, without any changes. She said council would have to sit at the table together and tackle the budget line-by-line for next year.

Nixon, Orlando and Sulz voted in favour of the budget, while McKee and Brothers voted against it.

“I’m comfortable we’ve done our due dili-gence,” said Sulz.

“I still think we can be doing more work on it,” said McKee.

CHAMBER CRITICAL OF BUDGET VOTE

The Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce said it was disappointed with the city’s budget vote in a news release issued on Wednesday.

“Adopting a fair contribution system, reduced spending and attraction of new construction would contribute to a more productive economy where businesses can thrive and increase employment and ser-vice, bringing value to the community at large,” stated chamber president Randy Driediger.

The chamber noted the city ranks as one of the highest spending municipalities in the province, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.

The chamber criticized council for not ad-justing the tax rates on each class, and ap-proving the budget without all councillors present.

Judy Goodman, the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, presents the organization's budget concerns to council. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

Chamber calls for 3.5:1 business to residential tax ratio

Budget, from page 1

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Please be advised that a Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers located in Suite 102 – 103 Second Street East, Revelstoke, B.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. for each of the following three Zoning Amendment Bylaws:

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2061The purpose of the Bylaw is to add a High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) subzone to the existing High Density Residential District (R4) to permit vacation rental use for single family dwellings only. This will permit existing single family dwellings zoned High Density Residential District (R4) to apply to rezone to the subzone to allow for vacation rental use.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2060The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 2077 Mountain Gate Road from Single Family Residential District (R1) to Single Family Residential Vacation Rental District (R1v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2062The purpose of the Bylaw is to rezone the subject property located at 412 Fourth Street West from High Density Residential District (R4) to High Density Residential Vacation Rental District (R4v) subzone in order to allow for the Vacation Rental use of an existing single family dwelling.

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The City of Revelstoke held the first open house regarding building a splash park in town at the community centre last Monday.

The Feb. 29 meeting was well attend-ed, mostly by local parents and families. Founder and head of the splash park ini-tiative, Amanda Hathorn-Geary, as well as Laurie Donato, the city's director of parks, recreation and culture, were on site to answer questions and explain the presentations.

Armed with red (no) and green (yes) stickers, and sent to information boards, people were encouraged to green light or red light various parks in Revelstoke that could potentially host the splash park. Another board displaying various kinds of splash equipment was enthusiastically covered with green stickers by local chil-dren and parents.

"Currently the top contenders regard-ing location are Farwell Park and Queen Elizabeth Park," Donato says. Farwell Park, the location the splash park com-mittee has been campaigning for due to the park's existing history of having a wading pool, and its location away from schools and many private residents, wasn't the clear front runner. This is in part due to location, as parents found Queen Elizabeth Park appealing due to its proximity to residential areas.

Despite Farwell park having once had a wading pool, Donato said the infrastruc-ture is in in need of massive upgrading.

One parent asked Donato why the city couldn't just re-open the wading pool to save costs. Donato replied by saying that in addition to upgrades, a wading pool runs on a system similar to the indoor pool, requiring constant maintenance and chemical balancing.

Two design options were presented to council earlier this year: a flow-through system that would cost $378,000 to in-stall, and $22,000 per year to operate; and a recycled-water system that would cost $615,000 to install, but only $8,000 to run.

Hathorn-Geary, who has campaigned for the splash park from its incep-tion, worked with park designers out of Kelowna to price out possible designs and costs. She is pleased with the public feed-back and the interest in using the flow-through water system.

Hathorn-Geary has a BA in Outdoor Recreation Parks & Tourism and once worked at the Granville Island splash park in Vancouver. She believes the flow-through design is best for Revelstoke.

"It has much cheaper instalment costs,” she said. “It also requires much less main-tenance. As someone who worked at a place that used both systems over time, having a system of water catching and recycling requires daily chemical balanc-ing and a much higher cost of instalment. Water savings are also mitigated quickly when you have to dump reserves due to a dirty diaper in the system."

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through fundraising and grants. The city would to take on annual maintenance and water costs. This is another reason Hathorn-Geary is support-ing the flow throw option. "Since we are raising the capital for the project, using the flow through system means it's potentially achievable in three years,” she said. “Otherwise we're looking at more nine to ten years."

City council supports the project and will have final say on the splash park's location, and which water system is used.

Splash park open house well attended by families

Children provide feedback on splash park features at an open house last week. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review


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Editor,Re: APC makes recommendations on

Mackenzie Village, page 3I have always offered to be available to

clarify questions or concerns of the pub-lic or the Advisory Planning Commission. I have been open and honest about my plans for the property, and have attended past APC meetings. I am a member of the community and only want what’s best for Revelstoke. I have tried to be open, hon-est and approachable throughout this process. Despite my desire to be forth-coming and honest, I now find the need to clarify several inaccuracies through a series of letters to council and the Review.

First, with regard to the time-line, this is a realistic projection based on the de-velopment of 50,000 to 100,000 square feet of real-estate per year, subject to market demands. We are not proposing to build the entire project in one shot as this would make no sense from an economic or practical standpoint.

There is no basis for the assumption the entire project will become a transient population. This is pure speculation, unrealistic, and invokes a sense of fear where it isn’t warranted. As Mr. Strachan mentioned, the city will have the ability to manage this process.

The intent of the vacation rental zone isn’t to create an entire neighbourhood of vacation rental suites, but to offer flexibil-ity for home buyers. The rationale behind allowing vacation rentals is to prevent the types of problems we’re seeing with the illegal vacation rentals. By allowing va-cation rentals with the purchase of each unit, it means that:

a) The vacation rentals will fall under the regulations set by the city (something not being done with illegal vacation rent-als). This means vacation rentals would be pay taxes to the city. Additionally, units in Mackenzie Village would be required to contribute money to the Revelstoke Ac-commodation Association.

b) It provides flexibility for the pur-chaser to be able to supplement their in-come or contribute to their mortgage.

c) It sets an expectation for people

who are buying, so they know they’re buying into a vacation rental zone. The alternative is buying a house in another neighbourhood with the expectation it is single-family, and finding out there are vacation rentals nearby.

d) It takes the strain off our neighbour-hoods. Rather than buying a home else-where and having to re-zone to allow for vacation rentals, Mackenzie Village would be the main area for that, leaving more existing homes available for purchase by residents.

Lastly, on vacation rentals, it is in my best interest and the city’s best interest to manage the number and impact of va-cation rentals, to ensure a diverse, active and attractive place to live for residents, seniors, and seasonal workers and second home-owners.

We have a lot of people who want to call Revelstoke home who cannot because of the lack of suitable housing. There seems to be a total misconception that I am go-ing to be building homes for $99,000 and that is spreading fear amongst the local residents about the quality you can build for this price what that will do to their own property values.

Firstly, the price of $99,000 would be for an entry level apartment. This type of housing allows for a young person to get into Revelstoke’s housing market at a reasonable price. While many people may not want to live in a small apartment of 300–400 square feet, I think most people have at some point.

Secondly, the value of the surrounding neighbourhood is going to go up as a result of this rezoning, not down. It removes a large portion of single-family lots from the market and provides alternative housing styles and needs for our community that will grow the population. The alternative is another 100+ single family lots in an already saturated market that depresses prices of lots and existing homes.

Thirdly, I have provided a series of im-ages that illustrate the style and quality of housing that I will be pursuing. These im-ages show the use of local materials, de-tailing and form that is consistent with a

high level of design. It is not my intention to build vinyl boxes, but rather to build something desirable and attractive.

Any resort community needs a strong owner vacation rental market that works in conjunction with the other hotel offerings. This is not competition, but complements this market place. Many people do not want to stay in hotels and will only come here if we have suitable vacation rentals. I am proposing a covenant be put in place so these rentals contribute to RAA.

Finally, as the designated areas will be strata managed, there is a greater ability to have bylaws put in place by the strata to manage issues such as noise and park-ing that other areas cannot do. If there are issues the city can remove the vacation rental zoning on future phases.

Prior to beginning design, the OCP was reviewed. Mackenzie Village meets a vast majority of the OCP goals and poli-cies. This includes innovative strategies that have yet to be implemented in any neighbourhood design in Revelstoke such as having natural stormwater treatment, biomass district energy, a neighbourhood commercial node that is walkable and is linked by walking and cycling paths, a range of unit sizes and many other sus-tainable design principles.

In regards to development cost charges, the financial report that was provided to the city shows not only will this develop-ment contribute significantly more in DCCs than a single-family development, but it also won’t cost the city money in the long run. With a higher density and almost $8 million in DCCs, and account-ing for the cost of replacing and main-taining infrastructure, Mackenzie Village would provide $1.3 million annually. By comparison a typical single-family devel-opment would cost the city $15,000 per year. While there may be a strong desire to keep building single-family residential, the city cannot afford it. A mix of density and housing that is able to pay for itself is key to the city’s long-term financial sus-tainability.

David EvansDeveloper, Mackenzie Village

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Thursday, March 10CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTH COLUMBIA Greg Utzig of Kutenai Nature Investigations gives a talk on the potential long-term impacts of climate change on lo-cal ecosystems. At the community centre at 7 p.m. Suggested donation of $5-10.CARLY DOW & MADELEINE ROGER Singer-songwriters, live at the Craft Bier-haus.BASS COAST FEST: THE MUTINY TOURThe Bass Coast Festival presents Mat the Alien, b2b and The Librarian, live at the Traverse.

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— Most Valuable Player – Brady Mende— Top Scorer – Kyle Berry— Best Defenceman – Kyle Baron— Rookie of the Year – Tommy Bodtker— Unsung Hero – Jeff Bochon— Most Dedicated – Michael Lenoury— Most Sportsmanlike – Louie Federico— Most Improved – Ullar Wiatzka— Most Inspirational – Wyatt Gottschalk— Community Honour Award – Ryan Hozjan— Volunteer Award – bus driver Don WattThe team also honoured captain Kenny

Batke, Baron, Jackson Fulton and Mende, who all played their last season of junior hockey this year. The first three have all committed to play hockey at university.

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The Revelstoke Grizzlies' award winners and the team's coaches. Back row, from left: Ryan Parent, Kyle Baron, Brady Mende, Jackson Fulton, Ullar Wiatzka, Kyle Berry, Kenny Batke, Michael Lenoury, Ryan Hozjan, Louie Federico, Rostislav Prihonsky and Don Watt. Front row, from left: Tommy Bodtker, Wyatt Gottschalk, Jeff Bochon and Darren Komonoski . ~ Photo by Mavis Cann, Revelstoke Review

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Revelstoke will be given a rare treat on Saturday morn-ing when award-winnig pia-nist Philip Chiu and soprano Suzanne Rigden perform in Grizzly Plaza. Chiu is the win-ner of the 2015-16 Priz Goyer, which goes to the best emerg-ing classical music performer in Canada. The concert is being hosted by Mica Heliskiing, who will then be bringing the two performers to Mica for a show on a mountain top inside their tenure in the North Rockies. The shows are being filmed by the classical music video chan-nel nonconcerto for Canada's 150th anniversary. Before they fly up north, you can see them in Grizzly Plaza on Saturday, Mar. 12, at 9 a.m. ~ Photo from philipchiu.ca

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Last weekend, from March 5-7, 20 Rev-elstoke Nordic athletes braved the coastal rains to challenge more than 400 skiers from across the province at the BC Championships in Whistler.

The multi-sport nature of the competi-tions makes the BC Winter Games a memo-rable event for young athletes. Racing aside, athletes confirmed that the opening and closing ceremonies, along with the post-race activities and interactions with competitors from other sports were event highlights. Revelstoke results from the 2016 BC Winter Games in Penticton:

Interval Start Classic4th - Simon Blackie, 2001 Boys6th - Kolibri Drobish, 2002 Girls6th - Erik Brosch, 2001 Boys8th - Miika Park, 2001 GirlsFree Technique Sprints6th - Simon Blackie, 2001 Boys9th - Kolibri Drobish, 2002 GirlsMixed Technique Relays (as part of

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ers joined the rest of their Revelstoke team-mates at the BC Championships held at the 2010 Olympic venue in the Callaghan Valley near Whistler. The world-class trail network provides challenging and inspiring courses for all athletes. Competitors were treated to

three days of racing, with a sunny Saturday sandwiched in between coastal downpours on Friday and Sunday. Revelstoke Nordic ski-ers performed incredibly well, placing a best-ever third overall out of all B.C. clubs at the championships.

Top Revelstoke results include:Free Technique Sprints1st - Ruby Serrouya, Pee Wee Girls 2, 200m

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2.5km1st - Alana Brittin, Juvenile Girls 2, 7.5km2nd - Erik Brosch, Juvenile Boys 1, 7.5km2nd - Elizabeth Elliott, Juvenile Girls 2,

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Beth Granstrom, Junior Women 3x3.75kmOn Saturday evening, a banquet presented

aggregate awards for the BC Cup Series. Rev-elstoke was well represented:

1st - Ruby Serrouya, Pee Wee Girls 21st - Alana Brittin, Juvenile Girls 22nd - Maeve Macleod, Bantam Girls 12nd - Elizabeth Elliott, Juvenile Girls 23rd - Simon Blackie, Juvenile Boys 1The BC Championships marked an end

to the competitive season for our youngest skiers. Our seven Juvenile athletes will now taper their training as they lead into the Ski Nationals in Whitehorse, from March 19-26.

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Ruby Serrouya powers her way to a win in the sprints at the BC Championships in Whistler last weekend. Serrouya won both her races and finished first overall in her age group. ~ Photo by Rob Buchanan, Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club

MATT SMIDERRevelstoke Nordic Ski Club

A pair of snowbikers take off on the track for the Snowarama drag races on Sunday. The races were part of a big weekend of events for the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, which started with the annual Vintage Ride on Satur-day. Snowarama saw dozens of people rev up their snowmobiles as part of a fundraiser for the BC Lions Society Easter Seals camps. A full report on the

weekend was not available as of press time. ~ Photo by Kayla McKay

What a drag!

Editor,Just a short note on the Mt Beg-

bie gym issue, and the City of Rev-elstoke turning down the offer from the Revelstoke School District. (City declines acquiring Mount Begbie El-ementary gym, Mar. 2 issue of the Review)

How can the incredibly feeble comments by councillor Scott Duke, and by Dean Strachan, form the basis for this important deci-sion? Your article includes input from Aaron Orlando as well, input that begs the question of exactly how much work he or any of the

others did on this issue. In you article Orlando states

that, “We don’t know what we’re getting into.” He further states that it is built in 1993 and we “don’t know what shape it’s in.”

Well excuse me, but the next paragraph points out the answer

to those questions/concerns, with a bit of beta from Mike Hooker, who provides insight into the con-dition of the building and the costs to run it.

Your article further states that Strachan says the recommenda-tion to decline came from Laurie Donato of the parks department. Donato says the committee dis-

cussed the issue and there was “high level discussion because we didn't have a lot of information on the table at the time.”

How could you have “high level discussion," about anything when you have no information? A quick call to Mike Hooker would have an-swered most of Donato's concerns. This, apparently, was too much ef-

fort for someone at her “high level!”

As to the “demand for use“ of the facility, I be-lieve Donato once again did not do her home work. There is a strong need for this type of building, already built and with its mechani-cal systems in place. We could do much with this facility, from the box-ing club to installing a climbing wall, to use by some of the many com-munity groups here in town that are looking for space.

Sincerely, Pat WellsRevelstoke

MORE INPUT NEEDED ON

FARWELL HOTELEditor,Re: New hotel proposed

for Farwell area, Feb. 24, 2016.

Firstly, let me ques-tion why the public in-put part of this process involves only written submissions. This is not sufficient for the issue at hand: the drastic and negative alteration of a neighbourhood to suit another development.

There is far too much going on development-wise in this community to expect residents (tax-payers) to stay abreast of it all. To go forward with-out a public meeting is a farcical attempt to meet the requirements of pro-cess.

There are many nega-tive impacts associated with this proposal — too many for the average citizen to just up and ad-dress with a letter to city hall. Simply looking at the impact as it relates to the redesign of the high-way is a major undertak-ing around traffic flow and pattern.

Dean Strachan based his decision to support the non-acquisition of Mount Begbie gym at least partly on the fact that Fourth Street is “a busy roadway and it's only going to get busier.” Well, the area he refers to is basically the south end continuation of Victoria Road, which, as we all


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“What happens when those vehicles are doing that is it creates gridlock there,” he said. “The biggest safety concern is when people are jam-ming up the road, the backup can encroach on the highway. That’s where the high speed traffic is and that’s a real safety concern for (the Minis-try of Transportation).”

Drivers coming off the Trans-Canada High-way who want to turn into Tim Horton’s will be expected to drive down Victoria Road to Wright Street, around a proposed roundabout, and back up Victoria, where they can turn right into Tim Horton’s.

Drivers who want to turn out left of McDon-ald’s and back to the highway will instead have to turn right, go around the roundabout, and then head back to the Trans-Canada.

Drivers coming from town will still be able to turn left to get into McDonald’s/A&W, and driv-ers going back to town will be able to to turn left out of the Shell/Tim Horton’s onto Victoria Road.

“By doing what we did, we can allow people from town to access any of these businesses and get back to town again without crossing the high-way,” said Kneeshaw.

The other major change is that it’s no longer possible to loop around from Frontage Road, which connects Subway to Shell, and onto Bend Road and back to the intersection of the Trans-Canada and Highway 23 North. Kneeshaw said the issue with keeping the Frontage/Bend loop in place is that it forces drivers turning in and out of the Shell Station to cross that road.

“By getting rid of it, things work far smoother, but we do lose some things in the process,” he said. “We’re going back to look at some compro-mises there.”

About 100 people came out for the open house and several concerns were raised. Many people wondered how big tractor-trailers will navigate the roundabout, especially in the winter.

“It won’t work,” said Peter Bernacki. “Let’s treat them like they don’t know nothing, because it’s going to be trouble.”

He suggested keeping the intersection as is, hiring flaggers for the busiest days, and delaying any work until a “foolproof” design is created.

Mike Curran said they should close off access in and out of the Shell station from Victoria Road, and force people to get there via the Highway 23 North intersection.

“You have to be able to move the volume some-where else and still have the ability to get the customers to the business they want to go to, in-

stead if making a gi-ant congestion pile,” he said. “If people want to go to Tim Horton’s, they’re go-ing to go Tim Hor-ton’s.”

Conversely, Tanya Secord said the so-lution wasn’t fair to Shell and Tim Hor-ton’s, since it blocks the left turn access for people coming from the highway.

“I don’t think it’s user friendly,” she said. “My big thing is it’s not a fair plan.”

Others questioned the need for a sec-ond roundabout at Laforme Boulevard and Fraser Drive. Mike Thomas, the city’s director of en-gineering, said that wasn’t in the plans for the short-term, but could be put in place in the future if more development takes place on the other side of the highway. “It’s some-thing to manage that traffic demand in the fu-ture, but not in the short term,” he said.

A meeting was held earlier in the day with the consultants, city council and the affected busi-ness owners to get their input.

The Review contacted the owners of McDon-ald’s and Tim Horton’s. The former said they were out of town until Wednesday night and hadn’t had enough time to consider the proposal. The latter wrote they “don’t really have anything to say,” in an e-mail responding to a request for an interview. We are awaiting feedback from A&W and have not contacted Shell, Super 8, or the owners of the new Petro Canada.

Kneeshaw said they would be taking the feed-back and refining the design.

“I would say we have a few out of the box things we want to look at to answer the questions that have been asked today,” he said. “We’ll tune this up, but my feeling is it will stay more or less the same.”

The city hopes to begin construction on the project this fall. McElhanney's contract includes project management.

Intersection, from page 1

Engineer David Kneeshaw (at right, in the blue shirt) answers questions at an open house on the pro-posed Trans-Canada Highway intersection changes. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

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Overdose deaths on the rise in region

An increase in overdose deaths is accom-panying an increase in availability and type of illicit drugs in southeast B.C.

According to Interior Health and AN-KORS (Aids Network Outreach & Support Society) recent BC Coroner statistics show there has been a gradual increase in opioid related overdose deaths over the last 24 months across B.C., including communities within Interior Health. In addition, com-munity agencies continue to receive reports about individuals experiencing fatal and non-fatal overdoses.

Dr. Trevor Corneil, Medical Health Of-ficer for Interior Health said that with a general increase in the number of overdose deaths, related to illicit drugs, more than 80 per cent of them have an opioid involved or detected post mortem. The majority of overdose symptoms are being reported af-ter using opioid drugs such as OxyContin and heroin.

“The availability of drugs on the illicit market has been increasing,” Dr. Corneil said in an interview with the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. “The number of options and types of drugs within that market have been increasing, and we don’t have a lot of control over that.”

Dr. Corneil said it is important to know there is not one particular group being af-fected.

“We have those people with significant mental health issues and significant addic-tion problems who are dying, but we also have recreational users. People don’t realize that there are recreational injection drug users. Those people are at risk as well.”

Every year, at least since 2008, has shown a gradual but steady increase in the number of overdose deaths.

“In Interior Health in 2008, there 20 overdose deaths related to illicit drugs, and in 2015 there were 60,” Dr. Corneil said. “So every year it was more than the year before — basically a straight line heading up.

“Into this year, we already have some pre-

liminary numbers from January — they’re preliminary because the data is fluid in the sense that coroners are constantly adjust-ing or changing decisions that are made around the final cause of death. But the pre-liminary number for January is 15 overdose deaths for the region. It’s a trend, unless the February total was nine. I wouldn’t call it a spike yet, until we have a couple more months of data.”

No specific statistics for Revelstoke were available.

‘A MARKET CLEARLY HAVING SOME SUCCESS’

Information coming forward shows there is not one specific “bad batch” of drugs. The majority of overdose symptoms are being reported after using opioid drugs such as OxyContin and heroin.

“What’s interesting is that we’re seeing it everywhere. Certainly the bigger cities are being impacted, but so are the smaller cities. Where this was really a ‘never occur-rence’ in the Cranbrook/Trail area, we’ve see anywhere between one and three every year for the past three years, and that is likely to increase.”

There has been a lot of recent publicity concerning the painkiller fentanyl, which has become a problem in terms of substance abuse. But Dr. Corneil says Fentanyl is “only one piece of the puzzle.”

“We have seen an increase in fentanyl — fentanyl has flooded the market in the last five years. About a third of cases have fen-tanyl detected in the system post-mortem. But two thirds of the cases are not fentanyl related. If you pulled out all those cases, you would still see increasing trends that speaks to access and a market (market for illicit drugs) clearly … having some success.

“Heroin is the same drug it always was. The problem is that like fentanyl it’s an opi-ate, and opiates suppress the respiratory system in a very uncontrollable way. You have to be really knowledgeable as a user if you’re going to try and use it safely, or at least in a safer way. That’s why we speak a lot about education and knowledge aware-ness, testing, using smaller doses or hits be-fore your usual amount so you know what you’re using.”

Interior Health has several harm reduc-tion programs to help users, including a Take Home Naloxone program that trains participants to recognize and respond to

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“And of course access to treatment is essential, these are opportunities to get people into treatment when they’re ready, and I think that’s the direction we need to go,” Dr. Corneil said.

‘SAFE INJECTION SITES IN OUR FUTURE’

The subject of safe injection sites, as exist in Vancouver, is likely to become a subject of discussion across the province, and perhaps a reality, Dr. Corneil said.

“There’s been a lot of questions about safe consumption sites, or safe injec-tion sites as they’re also known,” he said. “They’ve been shown to be very effective for a specific population — those who are heavy users or those who are brand new to using, particularly the injection route. In British Columbia we know the Appeals Court in B.C., also the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that these are in fact health care sites and therefore can be exempted under Section 56 of the Controlled Sub-stances And Drugs Act.”

The federal government in fact has re-cently given approval for a second safe injection site in Vancouver.

“Certainly indication are that the cur-rent government is showing interest in

evidence and acknowledging that these do work,” Dr. Corneil said. “It has begun to open up the discussion for these as op-tions for people.

“Will we see one in Interior Health? Very possibly in the next year or two. We’re looking at feasibility right now, whether stakeholders are interested, and once we have a proposal that makes some kind of sense we’ll be able to bring that to

the community and engage stakeholders and community members in that discus-sion.”

Interior Health and its partners like ANKORS offer a variety of programs in-cluding: withdrawal management, opi-oid replacement therapy, counselling, and housing supports. In Revelstoke, substance use supports are available at Queen Victoria Hospital.

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A fire alarm failed to go off inside a Revelstoke apartment building after a blaze broke out in one of the units last week.

Dozens of people were forced from their homes after a unit in Revelstoke's Columbia Garden apartment building caught fire late last Wednes-day afternoon.

The fire started sometime around 5 p.m. on Mar. 2. Multiple fire trucks, police and ambulance rushed to the scene, while the residents of the apartment complex evacuated the building.

"When we arrived on scene, smoke was coming from the side of the building on the second floor," said fire chief Rob Girard.

An attack team was sent in to the building to fight the fire from the inside. Another team smashed the window to the apartment and at-tacked from the outside.

The fire was quickly extinguished, but firefight-ers were checking the building to see if it spread to the roof structure. They found the fire was con-tained to the one second floor apartment.

"It looks like it's just contained to that room at this point," said Girard.

Josh, who lives in the apartment with two room-mates, said he was at a friend's place nearby when the fire started. He was told there was smoke com-ing from the building.

"I got out here and there was smoke pouring out of the right window," he said.

He said he went inside briefly to see if his room-mates made it out. "The smoke was already half-way down the stairwell."

His two roommates made it out safely and un-harmed.

Many people were milling about outside, wait-ing to find out if they could go back home. Girard said they would inspect the building first.

"Were going to need to make a determination now as to how habitable those units are and how far down we can go," he said, referring to the ones next to the apartment that caught fire.

Girard credited the quick response of the fire de-partment with preventing the fire from spreading further throughout the building.

“This building has a lot of residents and I am very proud of our quick response time of four min-utes," he said.

Twenty-two fire fighters and a full complement of vehicles responded to the fire.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.According to several residents, the fire alarms

didn't go off inside one wing of the apartment complex and that some residents didn't know of the fire until firefighters knocked on their door.

One commenter on the Review website wrote her daughter slept through the whole ordeal.

Girard confirmed the alarms didn't go off and said it was a concern. He said they spoke to the building manager and they addressed the issue.

"All buildings do testing and all buildings can have problems with alarm systems," he said. "To the best of my knowledge, it's been repaired."


Revelstoke firefighters attack a blaze at the Columbia Gardens apartment building last Wednesday, Mar. 1. ~ Photo by Alex Cooper, Revelstoke Review

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Melissa Hemphill has been contracted by Com-munity Connections to conduct a feasibility study for a food recovery program.

"The food recovery program is to get food that is not fit for sale but is fit for consumption to vulner-able citizens," she told the Review.

Community Connections received $4,300 from the Columbia Basin Trust to conduct the feasibil-ity study. Their goal is to collect food that is close to or at its best-before date, or leftover food from a banquet, and get that to people in need through the food bank.

"It's part of an attempt to decrease food waste, because food waste is a huge issue in terms of en-vironmental impact," she said.

Hemphill said food waste in landfills produces methane, which is a greenhouse gas, making this an environmental as well as social concern. "En-vironmentally food waste is a really big deal," she said.

According to a 2014 Solid Waste Management strategy produced by the City of Revelstoke, 32 per cent of all garbage that gets put out on the curb consists of food waste.

Hemphill started the feasibility study last month with a meeting of local stakeholders. She said she invited 75 businesses, though only nine showed up. "We had some key people there and some great conversations," she said. She has spo-ken to Cooper's about arranging pickup and deliv-eries of food that has reached its best-before date.

"Best before dates are not expiry dates, their freshness guidlines," she said.

Through the program, they're hoping to increase the quantity, quality and variety of food available to food bank clients.

Donors would be protected by the provincial Food Donor Encouragement Act, which states that someone who donates food isn't liable for injuries or death as long as the food is fit for human con-sumption.

Part of the study will be looking at ways for the food bank to collect and store the food.

Last week, Hemphill and Patti Larson, the man-ager of the food bank, went out collecting "rescued food" to see how much food the program might be dealing with. In three days, they collected more than 100 pounds of food worth about $500.

"Hopefully we can come up with some arrange-ments to get more food going to the food bank," said Hemphill.

Community Connections

conducting food waste study


know, has an incredibly busy north/west end. There needs to be a serious slowdown in devel-

opment in this community until the residents can get a handle on how it all fits — not the Chamber of Commerce, not the Revelstoke Tourism group, not the Revelstoke Accommodation Association, nor any of the other groups of merchants and de-velopers that seem to be doing all the pushing in Revelstoke.

Pat WellsRevelstoke

Letters, from page 10

revelstoke review, march 09, 2016

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