16 OCTOBER 2015 EAGLE WATCH GALA!

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• 35 years into the Squamish Estuary Management Plan and I learn in the Council meeting on Fortis BC pipeline drill test development permit that the District of Squamish has the development permit area extending into the Squamish Estuary Management Plan Area … this means that Fortis BC has only to meet the guidelines of the development permit(not the objectives) and can then proceed to drill

•  a vote for Council to defer their decision on support for the development permit passed and a couple of weeks will be all that is available for Council to gather info on this project
•  to see info on the 7th Ave Transportation Corridor in the OCP to service one business, the Squamish Terminals, use this link:http://1drv.ms/14upOeF

  

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SEMP and Stopping Fortis BC

Hello

Best not to allow the Fortis BC Project.

In the event that DOS Council wisely refuses the Fortis BC Project…

and the BC Government over rules …

The Squamish Estuary Management Plan has it’s own criteria for

habitat loss in the form of compensation

for example:  the transportation corridor

is to be offset by the digging of a swan slough to the west of the present swan slough

as the present swan slough would be filled in

for the road and double track from what is no longer just an Industrial Park,

to one business, the Squamish Terminal

The Squamish Terminal, owned by www.griegstar.com, Star Shipping of Norway

polluting our wild salmon estuary.

Grieg also owns www.grieg.no  Grieg Seafood, farmed salmon polluting wild salmon migratory routes.

Therefore:

There must be Compensation for the industrial activity of not only the intrusion of a helicopter pad

for the purpose of drilling test holes for the Fortis BC Pipeline

there must be compensation for the risk of a pipeline accident which would endanger the entire estuary including the areas protected from Industrial intrusion in the SEMP (Squamish Estuary Management Plan)

Looking on the squamish.ca website

searching

Estuary

http://squamish.ca/our-services/environment-and-sustainability/estuary/

then the section for 1999 Squamish Estuary Management Plan

http://squamish.ca/assets/PDF/3.14.4-Squamish-Estuary-Management-Plan-1999.pdf

Perhaps a suitable compensation in my opinion would be the removal of the

transportation corridor from the OCP which is the 7th Ave Connector

and the flood-gating of the present spur line to the terminals

and more

Certainly there will be a loss of food as well as habitat and this needs to be addressed

as compensation for the wildlife immediately affected

Restoring flora and fauna does not immediately become food and habitat

nor does it restore the synchronicity of the estuary

In the event of an accident to the gas pipeline

there must be extensive and aggressive containment and restoration

that must be agreed upon by the community

The danger and noise of the compressor station is also part of the Fortis BC project

It would be possible for Squamish Council to rezone the lots which are undeveloped

so they better suit the present uses of the Industrial/Business Park

Perhaps Commercial Zoning?

Fortis BC is certainly welcome to plan to put their pipeline elsewhere

outside the District of Squamish

The fact is the Provincial Government can overrule the District of Squamish Council.

In this event the SEMP compensation and protection mechanisms must also be implemented

including extensive and long term community involvement.

This fact, that the BC Government can overrulle the DOS Council,

should not be taken into account when the DOS Council decides whether or not to

oppose the Fortis BC permits.

The District of Squamish Council must respond to the community from which it was

elected.

Again, extensive and long term community involvement is necessary as this is not just about THREE

30 X 30 metre helicopter pads for boring TEST holes.

This is about the pipeline which will affect the entire estuary if there is an accident.

The Squamish Estuary Management Plan was achieved after decades of intense community

involvement.

The millions of dollars in relocation costs by West Barr attest to the validity of the SEMP and

how the compensation was achieved by West Barr leasing an area on the east shore of Howe Sound five times the size of the log sort in the Central Squamish Estuary

This relocation process has taken 15 years, and is to be followed by the logging operators

in the SODC area also moving to their leases on the east shore of Howe Sound.

Industry has been allowed in the Squamish Estuary in the SEMP

A review process is part of the SEMP

THIS industrial proposal by Fortis BC must also adhere to the

compensation rules of the SEMP.

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely

Deb McBride

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Squamish Estuary Advisory Committee to Council

Link
http://seactoc.wordpress.com

WHAT’S MY NUMBER

YEAH…  BACK ON THE INTERNET TODAY!

313 Voters gave me their trust election.

When I spoke in opposition to Squamish council I knew 313 voters were with me, and so did Council.

We need a Official Community Plan that solves problems not one that creates them.

Those who vote for me, trust me, Debra McBride,

to represent their vote to Squamish Council.

MY RESPONSES

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NO TO WLNG Must be the biggest issue because not all candidates know their position on it.

In the 10 municipal elections I have entered it is the only issue to have a protest march to protect the estuary and Howe Sound from WLNG, Fortis BC pipeline from the compressor station through the estuary to tankers for export.

What is fracked at one end and spilling at the other has no place on the planet.

Long time issues for me each election and in the forefront in 2014 are:

• The estuary is also being threatened by the 7^th Ave. Connector and the concept of using it as a dike.
• No road and double-track through the estuary should go to one business, the Squamish Terminal.
• No estuary is a parking lot for boats and I oppose the Squamish Oceanfront Development marina.
• No…

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Elect Deb for Squamish Councillor… Debra McBride

1 Minute to begin the Chamber of Commerce All Candidates Meeting with Sea to Sky Community Services assistance and Quest U Students

Good evening, I am Debra McBride I am # 10 on the Ballot.

For over 30 years I have tried to oppose Squamish Councils.

The only time voters can effectively oppose is at the election polls.

If you elect me to Squamish Council I will know when to say “NO” for you.

Know that I have opposed the high-density housing sites including Kingswood and the old mill site, in this flood plain, our estuary.

A traffic disaster greets folks who come to Squamish to have fun.  

Imperative is a commuter bus from Whistler to Vancouver for out-of-town workers and visitors.

Locally, rider numbers justify full schedules daily on buses and handi darts.

 There’s NO justification for Woodfibre LNG

or the Fortis BC pipeline

from the noisy compressor,

through our estuary

or for the tankers to export the fracked.

No co-operation. No compromise.  

For Squamish Off-Road Cycle Assoc. meet with outdoor recreation groups

So Right! Eco-Tourism success in Squamish gives us a healthy environment and jobs. As an event promoting volunteer it became obvious to me that Squamish is the fun capital! We’ve got whales!

Our estuary without federally funded dredging and with help from local groups is being restored.

I say NO to WLNG, Fortis BC and tankers.

Our challenge: to make eco-tourism viable year-round.

Squamish eco-tourism based on free environmental assets requires a broad range of jobs, transportation and accommodation solutions, added daycare and a well-funded emergency network.

For the thousands of visitors we need:

• Year round campgrounds that allow for trailers and long term stays. Present campground zonings must remain and more need to be added to protect our pristine waterways in our easily accessible forests.   A tree-protection bylaw is a necessity.   Mature trees are beautiful life-giving jewels.
• Transportation solutions must include more passenger train options, a commuter bus and full schedules daily for local buses and the handi-dart.
• Drop-in daycares would allow parents to play too.
• Our ever-present emergency crews need more funding and quicker access to medi-vac helicopters.

Summer events with amazing world-class competitions and music drew thousands of folks who would be quite happy to have fun in Squamish year-round. Our challenge is to make eco-tourism viable year round.

 

DOS STAFF and Council should say what I say!

NO TO WLNG! NO TO FORTIS BC! NO TO TANKERS!

and:  From Ted Prior via Facebook SS

This goes to Council Nov. 4
DOS STAFF:
RECOMMENDATION!
That Council approve the following resolutions:
THAT Council authorize Development Permit No. 370 issued to FortisBC Energy Inc. for the propertiesAND THAT the Mayor and General Manager of Corporate Services be authorized to execute the
Development Permit.
1. Purpose:
This report presents Development Permit No. 370 (Attachment 1) for Council consideration to
allow for the proposed geotechnical borehole investigation located in the Squamish River
Estuary. one thing on the agrnda for 6 oclock

 

to Gagandeep at Squamish Reporter, the 500

Few know who brought me back to the Council Chambers podium after deciding that the elected council should deal with voters complaints.

Kelsey, the Shaw Cable TV camerman, editor and know it all behind the scenes of

all council meetings.

Hearing my discontent with council, Kelsey told me a story. One person spoke up, influenced one council member and made a difference.

Almost election time anyway so enough with the time out, back to politics.

The Equestrian Community was at the finishing line of a two-year project for approval from council to build new barns. It was an opportunity to make a little speech in support and I ended when all laughed at my saying “ they really do need a new barn”. One person consulted with me as to the wisdom of speaking up, and did great!   Council even passed 3^rd Reading after the Public Hearing! Full circle! Thanks to Kelsey!

The Official Community Plan was initiated in the early 1980’s after a community survey, which established a greenway along the Mamquam Blind Channel! I began telling everybody at the meetings that we needed to protect the Squamish Estuary. Another story comes from this time of the request to relocate the log sort in the central estuary because the owner did not want to harm the estuary. This week, in 2014, this is being accomplished! I was a part of it by sheer persistence and insistence that space be made available for the move. It didn’t matter that the Public Involvement Work Group to the Squamish Estuary Management Plan had been dissolved in 1982/3 or that it was 1999. The new site is owned by Squamish First Nations, so the future there will be interesting, considering the forest management now taken on by Squamish First Nations.

Squamish, is a town of old timers and new comers. What guides Council to zone the Mamquam Blind Channel for tall buildings and industry?   Luckily, the economy and lack of federal dredging funds has given new eco-tourism businesses and the estuary a chance to show how extraordinary and valuable is Squamish Estuary BC.

Giants of the bird and whale varieties have become common as pollution is diluted and buried by Mother Nature. Migrating birds have tried to resume their territorial stances. Squamish Council has other plans, especially for one of the last SEMP Planning Areas, the Upper Mamquam Blind Channel.

The Public Hearing process on Kingswood and the conditions to 3^rd Reading are passing quickly.   What a horror for the birds and the people living in little houses there and those who will be having traffic accidents as they enter or try to exit Squamish, BC. And just when the highway was not so often called Killer.

Now! In comes the long awaited and much dreaded tanker, LNG, pipeline Fortis BC plan. Need some tree huggers on Council to say NO to WLNG, the Tankers and FORTIS BC!

One would be me, Deb McBride, with decades of experience opposing government plans for destruction.

VOTE TO ELECT DEB FOR SQUAMISH COUNCILLOR

DEBRA MCBRIDE

10 on the BALLOT

I have been defending the estuary for more than 30 years and now in my 9th election.  I opposed the Industrial zoning for what was a forest in the early ’80’s and is now an industrial site for a monster compressor on 12 acres soon to be owned by Fortis BC to put a pipeline through the Squamish Estuary after first clearing three:  30 X 30 metre areas which will be both disruptive and eliminate food and shelter supplies for the wild in the Squamish Estuary Wildlife Management Area.  I am a founding member/director of the original Squamish Estuary Conservation Society in the 1980’s and have battled on the Squamish Estuary Management Public Involvement Work Group for decades after it was eliminated by government.  Present Council has ignored the Squamish Estuary Management Plan process of having a separate review of environmental impact by projects on and bordering the Squamish Estuary such as Fortis BC holes/clearings and KINGSWOOD.  KINGSWOOD borders the last of 2 Planning Assessment Areas in the Squamish Estuary Management Plan.  Other societies on which I was a founding member and or director in the 19i80’s are doing great:  Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Sea to Sky Community Services Society, Howe Sound Women’s Centre. Mountain FM benefited when I volunteered to take minutes of Council meetings for Mountain Monitor, the weekly interview with the Mayor, also the Brackendale Art Gallery from my PR work, cooking and cleaning, the Newport Gallery as PR person, the Sea to Sky FreeNet Society as computer tutor and since 2008, the Downtown Squamish Business Improvement Association has me work in PR, event photography and office work. Lots of networking to improve communication in Squamish.  I have opposed Squamish Council constantly over more than 3 decades regarding the estuary, tall buildings, retaining a buffer forest along the highway at the Industrial/Business “Park”, etc…  My stand has always been for Jobs in non-polluting industry like the film industry and “saving the scenery” would help that, also putting it in the BC Rail Yard.   The BC Rail Yard was to be a Vocational Training Centre which would have helped with the transition when the economy tanked and so did industry here.  Transportation re:  a commuter bus and full schedules daily for buses and the handi-dart are necessities.   Daycare is needed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to allow parents to work and enjoy living here.  An Emergency Network is extremely important as Squamish Council insists on building in this flood plain even though killing filling and diking an estuary doesn’t work ANYWHERE!  Then there’s alternate energy sources.  I don’t believe Squamish is short on Wind!!  Besides isn’t that why the power is stored?  Germany will be supplying Europe soon with all the alternative energy sources it is tapping and has stored.  NOW after knowing about the tankers for over 30 years it is all here!  After having alternatives to burning fossil fuels for decades, we are forced to fight Woodfibre LNG.  One spill and our water supply is polluted.  it is more than WLNG It is Global Corporations and it is Christie Clarke and those who vote for jobs at any cost and believe there will be any advantage when slimy things do crawl with legs upon a slimy sea…  water is life, gather at the river, protect the river, give thanks for the river of life

I am Wondering…

Is it true that the majority don’t vote because they like the OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN and Squamish Council?

In elections since the early 80”s

I have opposed the

OCP transportation network through the estuary.

Truck routes are blocked throughout the OCP

except the one to service one business,

the Squamish Terminal.

An estuary is not a parking lot for boats.

 

I oppose that route for a road and double tracking through the central estuary.

I oppose the Fortis BC Pipeline.

For over 30 years I have opposed OCP amendments

that are constantly being adopted by Squamish Council, amendments that do not favour the estuary or the long-suffering taxpayers.

The taxpayers should at least have:

• CLEAR VIEWS
• snow cleared off sidewalks
• a commuter bus
• buses and handi darts on a full schedule daily
• and safe transportation routes

With 3 storey buildings:   Everyone enjoyed the views Without paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an apartment or a business with a VIEW.

 

OUR MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS ARE BEING STOLEN.

The OCP now allows for

• more tall buildings in this flood plain
• on the waterfront
• till our population is more than double.
• NOW We BORROW to Pay for Infrastructure.

The tides are rising in this earthquake zone.  

TRAGICALLY

Japans’ 30-foot dike didn’t stop the 30-foot wave.

The preceding earthquake had lowered the ground level a few feet.

 

Filling and diking are not a solution.

An estuary is a recreational wonderland.

Disney would have locked it off and charged admission!

I Say No to WOODFIBRE LNG,

NO to the FORTIS BC PIPELINE,

NO to TANKERS.

 

313 voters gave me their trust last election.  

When I speak in opposition to Squamish Council

I know 313 voters are with me

and so does Council.

More votes for me would give us a vote

ON Squamish Council

to get an Official Community Plan

that Solves Problems.

Not one that creates them.

 

Those who vote for me trust me,

Debra McBride,

to represent their vote

ON Squamish Council.

Thanks to 313 Voters, For Me

313 Voters gave me their trust last election.

When I speak in opposition to Squamish Council I know 313 Voters are with me,

and so does Council.

More votes for me would give us a Vote on Squamish Council.

We need an Official Community Plan that solves problems, not one that creates them.

I am in the 2014 Election to show Squamish Council how many voters want a new plan.

My purpose: To Feed The World

My family farm experience is a source of strength and guidance for me.  The family pulp and paper mill workers provided an early view of industrial destruction of our life giving planet, earth.  As a teenager I enjoyed life in Victoria BC and was mentored by the founders of the health food industry at Viteway Bakery.  My arrival in Squamish in 1977 with 4 dogs 3 cats and a sprouting business was received with interest.  By 1982 I was in the Municipal race for Mayor on the grounds that the estuary plans were destructive. This battle continues today so I am in this election in 2014 to promote Jobs; in non-polluting industry, Transportation; that will be enjoyable, convenient and accessible for workers and visitors, Daycare; to ensure workers and families get the help needed, and a Communication Network; to facilitate Emergency Planning for those in distress.

Our life giving scenery has provided me with work in the film industry.  Recently my interest in the health benefits of teas is now realized as I am an Independent Tea Consultant with Steeped Tea.  I have been most successful creating projects for myself to work on as a volunteer.

Mountain FM benefited from my note taking at D O S Council meetings, the Brackendale Art Gallery found me useful for cooking and cleaning, the Sea to Sky FreeNet Society eventually employed me for computer tutoring and since 2008 the Downtown Squamish Business Improvement Association has kept me busy with networking and event photography.  Luckily I was able to attend the Academy of Learning and found I can attain an honours level in all subjects.

I find that people come to Squamish to have fun.  They might need to stay awhile, but have their home bases elsewhere. This allows us to provide temporary accommodation and spare the estuary and ourselves from a population impact for which we are not prepared.

In 30 years the estuary has been able to recover from pollution as many companies left town and left nature to cover and to recover the damaged areas.  We now have the most terrifying, close-up whale watching ever and of course the most delicate balance of life in this our nursery for nature.  Close encounters with wildlife inspire me while I persist in opposing Squamish Council and their plans for expansion which will steal our million dollar views and eliminate the growing businesses which rely on preserving the views, the estuary and our watershed.

To be effective is to have a vote when Squamish Council votes.  I am asking for your vote to elect me, Deb McBride to Squamish Council.  For decades I have witnessed the futility of gathering hundreds of people to oppose Official Community Plan Amendments at Public Hearings. At present I speak at Public Hearings and I represent over 313 voters.  It would be best to have enough voters trust me and elect me to Squamish Council to represent them when the decisions are made.

Deb McBride: 2014 ELECTION FOR COUNCILLOR

2011

                                      2014                                                                            2012

  2008

That’s the waterfront at Kingswood development which though opposed was granted 3rd reading with conditions…  Question is:  will the new Squamish Council rescind 3rd reading? or not pass 4th reading once the conditions are met?  Might be good to hold off on meeting those expensive conditions, EH?

Thinking about those ornamental cherry trees that were pampered for 40 years and found to be solid.  Now Stan Clarke Park has a playground that cost about 1/10th of the money spent and looks like a guinea pigs’ litter box.  If only Greg Garland had left sooner …

         

Last view before Kingswood

UNLESS…

?THE NEW COUNCIL RESCINDS THIRD READING ON KINGSWOOD

View of the Mamquam Blind Channel

My dredging opposition and information from John Buchanan

Conclusion :-

After many weeks of talks with both Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans and B.C. Ministry of Environment on the problem, it would seem that revisiting the District of Squamish’s Dredging Protocol would be warranted.

Two items need to be added to this document to ensure the practical implication of this excellent document to ensure the health of people and diverse Ecosystem we have been blessed to have at our doorstep.

Core Sampling :- this is the only sampling technique that works to show the true Mercury hazard and should be adopted as the standard.

Criteria level :- A reasonable Criteria level has to be set.  0.84 is just way to high and provides no safety net at all.

I would ask that all dredging plans be put on hold until this matter is resolved.

John Buchanan

and on…  to Squamish Chief:  

2014  Debra McBride for Council

Long-time Squamish volunteer Deb McBride on Thursday (Oct. 14) said she planned to seek a seat on council, saying she’s disappointed with the district’s Official Community Plan. The year-old document shows the future transportation network running through Squamish’s estuary, she said.

This will be McBride’s ninth run for council. McBride has volunteered for the Howe Sound Women’s Centre, the Squamish Estuary Conservation Society, the Sea to Sky Community Services Society and the Squamish Estuary Management Plan Public Involvement Working Group.

In her last campaign, McBride voiced her opposition to development on the waterfront and any buildings downtown taller than three storeys. In her 2008 platform statement, McBride wrote that “council needs to be one of respecting the views of the long suffering, taxpaying Squamish homeowners and opposing the developments that are clear cutting and ruining the Sea to Sky views in Squamish.”

http://www.squamishchief.com/your-vote-matters/election-14/debra-mcbride-for-council-1.1105818

GARIBALDI AT SQUAMISH

STOP IT!

SAY NO TO WOODFIBRE LNG

WHAT IS FRACKED AT ONE END AND SPILLING OUT THE OTHER HAS NO PLACE ON THE PLANET!

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/mass-opposition-squamish-lng-plant-sparks-calls-citizens-vote

SQUAMISH ESTUARY

WHAT’S LEFT IS ERODING AND UNDER THREAT

2008 Election and Me

Today: tv talk… I said…

https://4skyviews.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/i-said-that-at-the-squamish-arts-council-

all-candidates-meet/

2008 “CREATE THE OCEANFRONT” 

Looking online

and

looking at the “development only” options at the meeting

there’s no place for the “no development” option…

The choices ranging from same; as the town of Squamish, density to more intense density with more height,

up to 12 storey buildings… 

WEST OF THE MAMQUAM BLIND CHANNEL

CATTERMOLE

 NOWHERE TO HIDE

Squamish is in a flood Plain

Squamish Historical Society

INPUT REQUIRED: Flood Management Hazard Plan OPEN HOUSE 5 PM- 8 PM October 23 at the Squamish Adventure Centre

Dear Squamish Historical Society,

The District of Squamish is undertaking a major update of its Flood Hazard Management Plan. The risk of flooding is a fact of life in Squamish given its coastal location and the presence of five mountain rivers. Squamish Historical Society is recognized as an important stakeholder within the Squamish community, and we would like to involve you in the development of this plan.

Managing the risk of flooding to protect life and property is a high priority for the District of Squamish. Twenty-years after its adoption in 1994, the Flood Hazard Management Plan needs to be revisited and updated. The update process will take into account Squamish’s growing population, new flood hazard management approaches, best practices and climate change. Public involvement is an important element in the development of the new Integrated Flood Hazard Management Plan (IFHMP).

You are invited to an Open House from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., October 23 at the Squamish Adventure Centre to learn about Squamish’s coastal flood hazards and provide input on options to manage them.

The intent of the Open House is to provide information on flood risks in Squamish and to gain public feedback on long-term coastal flood protection options. A system of flood protection options for Squamish’s coastal perimeter will be introduced for feedback and discussion.

The development of the IFHMP will be a two year process, which began in the spring of 2014. The October 23^rd event at the Adventure Centre is the first of three planned Open Houses. Future Open Houses will take place in the summer of 2015 and the winter of 2015/16.

We value your opinion and expertise. If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to contact David Roulston, P. Eng., Municipal Engineer, District of Squamish at 604-815-4952 or visit the website at www.squamish.ca, and look for the IFHMP on the Projects & Initiatives tab on the homepage.

We look forward to seeing you at the Open House.

Sincerely,
David Roulston, P.Eng
Municipal Engineer | District of Squamish

Thanks SQUAMISH CHIEF

http://www.squamishchief.com/your-vote-matters/election-14/debra-mcbride-for-council-1.1105818

Dr. David SUZUKI says SIGN UP TO KEEP WILD SALMON!

VOTE TO PROTECT WILD SALMON! SIGN THE PETITION TO MAKE POLITICIANS PROTECT WILD SALMON!

SeaToSkyViews

GMO salmon, European salmon viruses, wild salmon stocks collapsing — what the hell is it going to take for BC’s politicians to realize this must be stopped.

I’m 77, and as someone who has fought companies and governments for decades to protect the environment, I know a chance to save a piece of this planet when I see it, and I see a huge opportunity right now to save BC’s wild salmon.

There is an election happening right now in British Columbia and politicians are finally talking about what they will do now to take on open net salmon farms — but most of their promises fall far short of the real solution: getting the salmon farms out of the Pacific.

Alexandra Morton, a biologist who has been heroically fighting this battle for years, started a petition on Change.org demanding that all party leaders commit to banning open net pens…

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SALMON CONFIDENTIAL now showing…

SeaToSkyViews

Hello,

The fight to save wild salmon from salmon feedlots just went to the next level!

 

Mercola, the world’s #1 natural health website  just posted our bio-political documentary Salmon Confidential!  Over 10,000 more people have viewed the film in just a few hours for a total of over 90,000 views since it was released a few weeks ago.

I am touring Salmon Confidential through BC, 18 screenings in 20 days you can see the schedule here.   The showings are sparking very animated dialogue afterwards. So many people are fed up and are now taking action, visiting their supermarkets, talking to their BC candidates, signing the boycott and change.org petition.  Finally, people understand they are going to have to step up in large numbers if we are going to protect wild salmon from salmon feedlot disease. Thank you!

Highlights of the tour include the evening with…

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SALMON CONFIDENTIAL ON TOUR IN SQUAMISH AT QUEST APRIL 21 at 7:30!

SeaToSkyViews

I’m on Facebook Group:  Salmon Are Sacred and am deb.mcbride.754

HERE’S THE TOUR INFO FOR SALMON CONFIDENTIAL PROVINCE WIDE WITH ALEXANDRA MORTON

APRIL 18 VANCOUVER  QUEST UNIVERSITY SQUAMISH BC
APRIL 21st at 7:30!
SALMON CONFIDENTIAL
WILL BE SHOWN!
HERE’S THE TOUR INFO!  DAVID SUZUKI JOINS TOUR IN VANCOUVER APRIL 18th!
Two of Canada’s most progressive scientific minds,  Dr. David Suzuki & Alexandra Morton, are teaming up on April 18th to present & discuss the documentary Salmon Confidential. Following the hour-long film, the two scientists will engage the audience on the multitude of issues around the diseases the salmon farming industry may be spreading to our wild salmon, the implications, our food supply and what this issue is costing our economy. Suzuki & Morton will also explore the opportunity B.C. has to bring back the wild salmon economy.

Click here to buy tickets $10. 
salmonconfidential.ca/morton-suzuki-in-vancouver
Elizabeth May, Jane Sterk join Morton in…

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SeaToSkyViews

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/story.html?id=8138579&fb_comment_id=fbc_499657470070159_5188012_499709543398285#f1c5115984

Link to C N N with details

diseased farmed salmon for sale

 

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/717441/1ae77083da/281632425/d87dcb9548/

Clayquot new fish farm site.

John Davies

While we were shopping watching tv dining out dancing medtating 🙂 this is what the Moneymen were building in paradise

Deb McBride while we were eating the political “freeze on sea pen salmon farms” carrots from the Libs n get em out bs from the so-called opposition NDP…

 

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SALMON CONFIDENTIAL! : ALEXANDRA MORTON!

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SALMON CONFIDENTIAL

This film tells the backstory, behind the scenes of the biggest environmental government coverup ever perpetrated on British Columbians. After you watch this, please make sure all your MLA candidates watch it. They will be holding on to this thing if they get elected as this story is breaking to the surface, finally after decades.  http://salmonconfidential.ca/

Watch the film and contact your MLA  http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm

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March 5th 2013 From Alexandra Morton

SeaToSkyViews

Dear Marine Harvest – Don’t

March 5, 2013

Dear Marine Harvest

I have been informed that a large percentage of juvenile Atlantic salmon in your Dalrymple Hatchery, Sayward BC, are infected with the piscine reovirus. I understand that you intend to move these fish into ocean pens in the very near future where the virus will be loosed into the Pacific.

This Norwegian virus is associated with a disease called Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation known to severely weaken salmon to the point they may be unable to swim up a river. The BC provincial farm salmon vet, Dr. Gary Marty, reported the symptoms of this disease to Mainstream (August 8, 2008 Cohen Commission Exhibit # 1549-018). Heart lesions consistent with this disease were reported in your fish on April 29, 2009 by the same vet:
Download Exhibit 1549-018.pdf (1759.3K)

“Congestion and hemorrhage in the stratum compactum of the heart…

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Contact your government today. Join the global protest against salmon feedlots.

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Make a stand Today for GALWAY BAY to protect it for future generations from multinational Industrial Salmon Feedlot Operators. and we send a message to the minister

MR COVENEY WE DO NOT WANT AN INDUSTRIAL SALMON CAGE COMPLEX IN GALWAY BAY

Protest rally starts at 12 noon EYRE SQ, GALWAY

Mr. Coveney: nfo@agriculture.gov.ie
Lo-call 1890 200 510 or call on 01 607 2000

Video in English, short informative re: salmon farm effectshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLiccR7wJY&list=PL1D1DDF02B543D755

2013 salmon feedlots in operation BC Canada .  View video by Alexandra Morton:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TR0lbdTGco

We call on our friends the inshore fishermen, anglers, islanders, local residents, politicians, environmentalists and people of Ireland to join us on:

MARCH 2nd in GALWAY at 12 noon EYRE SQ for a protest rally against the Irish Government’s “insane” plan for an Industrial Salmon Cage Complex in GALWAY BAY. and lease it to a foreign multinational. Dont allow the Irish Government…

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salmon are dying before they spawn!

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www.salmonfeedlotboycott.com The petition on this site is a visible sign of our collective opposition to farmed salmon and their products, a message to government and retailers. It is grassroots and depends on us to share this message with others so they know there is something they can so. We have the power as consumers.

PETITION LINKS www.change.org/NoSalmonFarmLeases ON:  SALMONARESACRED.ORG WEBSITE AND SALMON ARE SACRED  ON FACEBOOK.COM

oct 31 2012 Justice Cohen releases Cohen Commission Final Report!

http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/NewsReleases/FinalReportReleased.php

Cohen Commission’s final report says Fraser River sockeye salmon face an uncertain future

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2012

(Vancouver) The Hon. Bruce Cohen today presented to the public the final report of his Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, titled “The Uncertain Future of Fraser River Sockeye.” The full report is available at www.cohencommission.ca.

Under the Terms of Reference for the Cohen Commission, which was…

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Cohen Report Now Available!

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Date: Monday, 29 October, 2012 9:48 AM
Subject: [TRA] Commissioner Bruce Cohen to address media regarding his final report on Fraser River sockeye salmon

 

MEDIA ALERT
October 29, 2012

http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/NewsReleases/FinalReport.php

Commissioner Bruce Cohen to address media regarding his final report on Fraser River sockeye salmon

(Vancouver) The Final Report of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River was submitted to the government today, October 29, 2012. Commissioner Bruce Cohen will hold a news conference in Vancouver at 12:30 pm on October 31, 2012.

The news conference will be held at:

Location:	Point Grey Room, 3rd Floor, Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel 1128 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Date:	October 31, 2012
Time:	12:30 pm

Copies of the Commissioner’s final report will be available to media at the news conference, and on the commission’s website atwww.cohencommission.ca. Media may attend the news…

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LINKS TO PROTEST FIPPA & PIPELINE!

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Defend Our Coast! Fight FIPPA and the pipeline.

Things are still heating up and we need to keep this pressure building. We have three days left.

1. Call John Weston (only ten people have called the North Shore Constituency Office)
Sea-to-Sky: John Weston MP
P: 1-604-981-1790
E: john.weston@parl.gc.ca
T: @JohnWestonMP

2. Sign the 5 petitions below:
LeadNow: Stop the Canada-China FIPA and Nexen takeover
http://www.leadnow.ca/canada-not-for-sale?t=fi

Council of Canadians: Harper must tear up the Canada-China investment treaty
http://canadians.org/action/2012/Canada-China-FIPA.html

The Green Party: Stand up against the sellout to China
http://www.greenparty.ca/stop-the-sellout

ForestEthics: Stop Harper’s “Bad for Canada” trade treaty, FIPA
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/281/p/dia/action/public/index.sjs?action_KEY=11815

Change.org: Stop FIPPA deal with China NOW and allow debate in House of Commons
http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/prime-minister-harper-stop-fippa-deal-with-china-now-and-allow-debate-in-house-of-commons

3. Ask your family and friends to take action on FIPA.

(Further reading below)
http://vimeo.com/52360929
http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/10/26/scary-canada-china-trade-deal-will-haunt-us-31-years

Click here to tell Harper: Canada is NOT for sale! http://www.leadnow.ca In days, PM Harper could approve the Chinese National Offshore…

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From Alexandra Morton 03/Aug/2012

Hello

We are testing wild salmon throughout BC right now for the European viruses.  Many First Nations are inviting us to their fishing grounds to sample their fish.  We thank you for your trust and willingness to know the truth about what is going on with the health of your salmon.

This morning the news reports IHN in a salmon farm very close to the Fraser River.  IHN is naturally occurring in BC, but as the Cohen Commission Technical Report #1 states it is one the HIGH RISK viruses to the Fraser sockeye and young sockeye are the most vulnerable.

You can read my letter to DFO’s Director General, Pacific Region, Sue Farlinger asking who specifically in DFO FISH HEALTH is going to be tracking this.  A valid concern is that IHN in salmon farms at the mouth of the Fraser River is a new situation…

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Yellow Ribbons for Ole Cherry Tree

I’m comin’ home, I’ve done my time
Now I’ve got to know what is and isn’t mine
If you received my letter telling you I’d soon be free
Then you’ll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Ttree
It’s been three long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don’t see a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree
I’ll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don’t see a yellow ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree

Bus driver, please look for me
’cause I couldn’t bear to see what I might see
I’m really still in prison
And my love, she holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon’s what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Ttree
It’s been three long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don’t see a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree
I’ll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don’t see a yellow ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree

Now the whole damned bus is cheerin’
And I can’t believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons ’round  ole Cherry Tree

I’m comin’ home, mmm, mmm

(Tie a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree)
(Tie a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree)
(Tie a ribbon ’round ole Cherry Tree)

(Tie a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree)
(Tie a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree)
(Tie a ribbon ’round  ole Cherry Tree)

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LINK!  http://squamish.ca/node/1324

last page  question

CHERRY TREES:  to keep or not

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Ensure “Fry Survival from Stream to Sea and Back to Spawn!”

SALMON ARE SACRED
http://salmonaresacred.org

MAY 30 2012 BIG NEWS!  from Alexandra MortonHello

Almost unbelievably Minister Don McRae’s Bill 37 has been withdrawn. It remains on the order paper, but will not be revisited in this sitting of the BC Legislature!  The Liberals have cancelled the fall sitting, so it won’t come up for another year. Therefore,  we are free to continue tracking these viruses, figuring out which ones are present and where and what they are doing.  The threat of prison was extremely unpleasant, but we had decided to challenge the act had it passed – a number of lawyers thought it was unconstitutional.

I want to thank all of you who wrote letters, posted comments on the Salmon Are Sacred facebook page, signed the petition (please keep signing). Lana Popham, Michael Sather, and Scott Fraser are fantastic wild…

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wildsalmonpeople] Freedom to speak

 Alex Morton
Hello

In response to the hundreds of you who wrote me about proposed Bill 37 http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th4th/votes/bills-list_hansard.htm that would make disease reporting a punishable offense, I have set up a petition at http://www.change.org/SalmonFlu

By working with change.org we have the opportunity to reach the world.  Because not everyone on earth is as attached to wild salmon as we are, I raised the human health aspect of this that has been dangerously over-looked. So many people, particularly my First Nation family and friends, are asking me about what these viruses are doing to us.  I don’t know, but several nurses and doctors have taken me aside after lectures a to share their concerns that influenza viruses are unpredictable and nasty. So I have simply asked COSTCO and Safeway to label farm salmon with the viruses in them, because the BC Government has chosen to make…

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Cherry Tree Poll

Week of May 10th 2012

There’s a poll on http://www.squamishchief.com

TreeHuggers welcome to save the Cherry Trees in the park across from the Squamish Municipal Hall

2012 Dntn Squamish photo albums link

2009 Canada Day Photos show use of park areas

Link to Canada Day 2009 Album & all on skydrive

SAVE OUR CHERRY MAGIC: Stan Clarke Park 2nd Ave Squamish BC

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WEIGH IN

 

attended the Stan Clarke Park meeting AND

IT WAS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN KIDS’ TOYS!
IT’S ABOUT CLEAR CUTTING THE CHERRY TREES!
TO COMMENT: THERE’S A QUESTIONAIRE

 http://squamish.ca/
and
a question: DO THE CHERRY TREES LIVE OR NOT
… The more I think about it, the plan, the more flaws there are in it… a black fence, is that for people to trip over in the dark? 23 trees to block the views now enjoyed by neighboring businesses, and take space where people gather for the memorial services, like Canada Day… dogwood trees have leathery leaves, is it true they kill the lawn? a renewly paved lane would be good, as would washrooms and some filll and topsoil… how did a playground project get to be about losing the PRECIOUS SHADE bestowed upon us by our Beautifuol Beloved(mishshapen) CHERRY TREES??? ours to enjoy not to destroy… and we have a MockingBird nesting within…!!! so rare so rare so rare!

Cherry Trees To Keep or

 

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8 pages of links to responses to Fisheries Act Amendments!

Link:  https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2abc456cd6ac42b4&resid=2ABC456CD6AC42B4!113&parid=2ABC456CD6AC42B4!111

Including: 

Letter from the Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus re. potential amendments to section 35 of the Fisheries Act.

Send Your Letter To Legislators:  http://canaction.net/Legislators_email_Information.html

If you want to be busy…

Lots to do…  Legislators need to hear Canadians want a Fisheries Act that Protects Habitat and Wildlife!  http://canaction.net/Legislators_email_Information.html

The Tyee reports that our pristine Canadian Lakes are being drained to kill them and fill them with toxic waste!  http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/03/23/Lake-Killing/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230312      

“…new trend in Canadian mining. Exploiting a loophole in the Fisheries Act, mining companies — with the full blessing of the federal government — are permanently destroying pristine fish-bearing lakes by turning them into waste dumps.” 

Locally, Squamish Stan Clarke Park Cherry Trees are to be slaughtered; the meeting is not just about kids toys…  http://squamish.ca  meeting:  March 29 at the Squamish Public Library, Second Ave. across from the park…  4pm to 6pm

Then enter the Council Chambers at 7 next door to view: 

Living with Wildlife Information Session

An information session hosted by the Conservation Officer Service and Bear Aware is being held Thursday, March 29 from 7 to 8pm in the District of Squamish Council Chamber.

For more information, please contact the Bear Aware Coordinator, Meg Toom at 604.815.5066.

March 28th at Brennan Park re:  Brennan Park! 

Parks and Recreation Public Forum

The District of Squamish is inviting the public to attend a Parks and Recreation Public Forum. The forum is being held on Wednesday, March 28th, from 6 – 8 PM at Brennan Park. The purpose of the event is to get feedback from the community on parks, trails, arts & culture, recreation programs and facilities.

For more information contact the District’s planning department at 604 815 4965.

APRIL 2nd TOWNHALL MEETING 

Budget Open House / Town Hall Meeting

Council want to hear from you about how your tax dollars are spent.

Join us Monday, April 2nd at the Squamish Seniors’ Centre from 6 to 9 pm.

Free Child care for for kids over three who are out of diapers will be available.

To keep ahead of changes see the NEWS section of http://squamish.ca

2012 SQUAMISH WATERSHED CLEANUP APRIL 22nd, 2012

Last year’s inaugural cleanup was attended by volunteers including Steelhead Society

of BC members and directors, members of the community, anglers, kayakers, and

university students. An estimated 2 tonnes of garbage were removed from the

Squamish watershed area including, Cheakamus, Mamquam and Squamish rivers.

In light of last year’s success, we are planning on holding a second cleanup on April 22.

For more details, please contact:

squamishcleanup@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Matt Joyce and Gill Steele

Harper set to pull teeth from Fisheries Act

Please call MP Randy Kamp, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans at his B.C. constituency office (604-466-2761) or his office in Ottawa (613-947-4613) right away. Tell Mr. Kamp that without viable habitat for fish, the health of coastal and ocean ecosystems will suffer, and so will the coastal economies that depend on them. Tell him his government must not proceed with this revision to the Fisheries Act.

Then call your MP whether they are in government or opposition.

• Find your MP by entering your postal code
• Find your MP’s phone number

The habitat protection provisions of Canada’s Fisheries Act are one of the most important and effective pieces of environmental legislation in this country. “Section 35”, as it’s known, doesn’t just protect fish habitat – it helps protects entire ecosystems. Its loss would be devastating.

Please call before this revision can be included in the Omnibus Budget Bill which will be tabled in the House of Commons on March 29. Once this change to the Act is introduced, Stephen Harper’s government will use their majority to ram it through Parliament.

Without habitat protection in the Fisheries Act there are no barriers to projects and activities that could destroy fish habitats. For example, if this crucial requirement is removed and the Northern Gateway pipeline is approved, Enbridge may be responsible for preventing harm to critical salmon bearing rivers and spawning grounds. If habitat protection is eviscerated from the Act then there could be little opportunity for public input on new salmon farms or on expansions at existing salmon farms.

Please call Mr. Kamp and your MP today. Time is of the essence. We must work together now to avert enormous environmental harm for the future

Best regards,
Mary Lindsay,
Interim Executive Director

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Living Oceans Society is alarmed by the Harper government’s alleged plan to remove habitat protection from the federal Fisheries Act. The changes to the Act will remove the most important protection that we have for the freshwater and marine habitat that Canada’s fish species depend upon.  It also threatens long-established coastal industries such as commercial and sport fisheries, ecotourism, and fish processing plants.

Can you help us stop this gutting of Canada’s environmental protection? Please call MP Randy Kamp, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans at his B.C. constituency office (604-466-2761) or his office in Ottawa (613-947-4613) right away. Tell Mr. Kamp that without viable habitat for fish, the health of coastal and ocean ecosystems will suffer, and so will the coastal economies that depend on them. Tell him his government must not proceed with this revision to the Fisheries Act.

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February Meetings

see http://squamishchief.com 

Lots of public meetings in February 2012!  Most are held at times when buses are not available…  as usual…  Friday is when buses are on in the late evening!

Interested in the Garibaldi Springs public input event,  the Upper Mamquam Blind Channel public info meeting (7pm H S INN Feb 23rd)  and the United Church meeting re:  their expansion with Sea to Sky Community Services Society which includes a 5 storey column.(Feb 29th 6pm at the United Church, 4th Ave).   

The Howe Sound Womens’ Centre is inviting us to gather for tea and talk ( on any subject), Wednesdays till March 7th from 1-2:30!  Catch a bus to that one!

Past is the Public Hearing on the campsite at the entrance of Brennan Park.  Council meetings etc are listed on http://squamish.ca and the Councillors email addresses!

From Alexandra Morton on SAVING WILD SALMON:

Hello

I received a message from Nova Scotia this morning, where they are desperately fighting off ELEVEN salmon farms.  Please consider signing their petition. They say the voices for wild salmon are vanishing as the fish go. They have spent years trying to bring wild salmon back, are just beginning to succeed and now 11 salmon feedlots are circling them, hungry for their waters. I know what that is like. My little community of Echo Bay fought hard to protect Broughton, but we were way too small, they didn’t even notice us and we lost everything, there are 8 people left.

 http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-open-pen-fish-farming-on-nova-scotias-eastern-shore

I wish I had known what we were in for when salmon farms came banging on our door I would have fought harder, I would never have given them the benefit of our doubts, they looked so reasonable – who knew?  Well we know now.

Also, I have written an open letter to Justice Adair, who presided over the defamation trial Staniford vs Mainstream.  There are things Don Staniford is being accused of that are not true.  I offer her ladyship another view, with pictures, from a person who was there – me.

http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/02/dear-justice-adair.html

On Friday, Justice Adair refused to rule on Mainstream’s draconian proposal to immediately stop Staniford from speaking about fish farms. The terms of the request are so vague as to be nearly impossible to comply with and I believe would affect any who quoted anything related to Staniford. She will make a ruling on this at any moment.  As well, she could rule on the case at anytime – Did Don Staniford defame Mainstream, even though he never mentioned their name in the offending cigarette packs he used to draw parallels between the way Big Tobacco and Big Salmon manage public opinion?  We heard testimony on scientific papers reporting cancer-causing contaminants in farm salmon, then heard about salmon farming advertisements that targeted pregnant women to eat more farm salmon, as well as, an ad used on British Columbians reporting farm salmon are “natural, nutritious and free of contaminants.”  Shame.

Most concerning to me was Mainstream’s effort to make Staniford a liar for saying that thousands of us gathered in Victoria to tell government to get salmon farms out of the ocean, get away from our fish in the GET OUT Migration. I think it is dangerous when lawyers attempt to undo history, say people were not there. I have posted a slideshow on the link above in defense of all 5,000-7,000 of us who were there. This number came from the security guards at the Parliament Buildings in Victoria.  It would appear our message was not received.

Alex

Link to the Transit Survey via http://squamish.ca

only a few days left till Jan 8th to submit comments on the proposed transit changes!

4 Skyviews: 2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

SQUAMISH TRANSIT SURVEY LINK!

http://www.bctransit.com/transitfuture/squ_latestupdates.cfm

To the ELECTED, CONGRATULATIONS!

MAYOR ELECT TOTAL VOTES

Rob Kirkham           2283

COUNCILLOR ELECT TOTAL VOTES

Patricia Heintzman   2292
Doug Race              2088
Ron Sander             1728
Bryan Raiser           1648
Ted Prior                1630
Susan Chapelle       1601

SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECT TOTAL VOTES

Rick Price                2292
Andrea Beaubien     1655

SLRD ELECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Maurice Freitag        85

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO ALSO RAN! 

MAYORAL CANDIDATES TOTAL VOTES

Auli Parviainen        2104
Ron Bahm                147

COUNCILLOR CANDIDATES TOTAL VOTES

Jeff Cooke              1327
Peter Kent              1187
Mike Jenson            1103
Eric Andersen           979
Terrill Patterson        900
Balvinder Biring        727
Brad Hodge              664
Uffe Hansen             663
Chris Wallace           617
Nate Dolha               530
Larry McLennan        502
Sarah Braebrook      491
Geoff Dyer               477
Rob Weyes              451
Phil Audet                335
Debra McBride         314    THANK YOU ALL!!!
Douglas Neville        162

SCHOOL TRUSTEE CANDIDATES TOTAL VOTES

Bianca Peters          1566
Alice Guss              1446

SLRD BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES

Dr. Bruce Bessie         66

Nancy Hamilton         33

Lisa Ames                    23

Deb McBride                1      Thank You!

YOU are great company!

Obviously I am the minority.  I am in opposition.    

THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION! 

Sincerely

Deb McBride

SLRD Area D Elected, Maurice Freitag

Squamish BC Election Results

Unofficially: 

Rob Kirkham Mayor

Patricia Heintzman most votes for Councillor who was re-elected  then:

Doug Race  re-elected

Ron Sander

Bryan Raiser  re-elected

Ted Prior

Susan Chapell 

Vote Debra McBride 4 Skyviews on SLRD Board and Squamish Council

Response to Squamish Chiefs’ 5th and Final Question

“What makes you uniquely qualified to help lead our community over the next three years?”

30 years, eight elections opposing the OCP, now opposing the SLRD OCP too!

A catalyst for change to planetary survival solutions, promoting:

• zero budgeting
• solar and other safe energy alternatives
• food production, commuter, mass transit
• estuary research, restoration, recreation employment
• watershed protection, sea to glaciers

Vote Deb McBride 4 Skyviews on the SLRD Board and Squamish Council

Hi Everyone, I’m Deb McBride 

HometownVictoriaBC 

Thank you for your interest in the Election

I‘ve educated myself to be in this election

to enable a change of plan

to a plan for survival. 

That’s my part.

Your part’s to Vote.

My Logo’s 4 skyviews 

4skyviews on WordPress.com

4 skyviews represents a plan

where we see in all directions. 

With 4 sky views

our light and our views

are not blocked,

by blocks of tall buildings.

Squamish started in a self-sustaining way, with

double lots, gardens, fruit trees and light from 4 sky views.

To compliment this garden lifestyle, the OCP needs to protect groves of precious trees and estuary. 

A garden community needs a New Plan for Survival.

Protecting the entire estuary ensures

a stable self-sustaining economy.

The world watches as we control

the resources for planetary survival. 

Our Squamish must be cleansed and restored; as was the BritanniaBeacharea, thanks to the Fraser Basin Council.  Residents there, after renting for decades with the promise of land titles, finally got them in the 21^st century. 

I support SLRD residents in finding solutions to situations and realize that you feel ignored in your requests for even the simplest solutions like blocking the road at Starvation Lake Trail so as to keep the partiers out and reduce the fire hazard they cause. 

I lived inParadiseValleyin 1977/78, also inBritanniaBeachin 2001/2 and nearDaisyLakein 1975-77.  I also worked in the area on accounts and marketing for a construction company 1975-1985.  In 1978-79 I had my own business growing and marketing sprouts from Whistler toNorth Vancouver. 

I have been presenting alternatives to clear cutting and building high density housing for decades. 

The recent attempt to combine the District of Squamish and other municipalities in to an SLRD Official Community Plan is interesting to me because the SLRD has limited development of the waterfront community near Watts Point which will preserve the forest there and limit the development to the original proposed size.  Squamish needs to learn from this example as Squamish has waterfront estuary zoned for development even though the estuary has its’ own value. 

I am in both elections so as to protect wildlife habitat from sea to glacier. 

Being on the Cheakamus River Restoration Stakeholder Team has taught me a lot about the problems for residents with BC Hydro and the unexpected releases fromDaisyLakeDam.  I am amazed that after the release ofDaisyLakeDamin 1980-81 which totally flooded Squamish downtown, BC Hydro is still not regulating the even release of dam water. 

Of interest is that BC Hydro is contracting out for work on fish habitat restoration projects and putting out of work their own fish habitat restoration experts. 

Eco-tourism depends on the health of our watershed.  Tourists in Squamish see light, scenery, 4 sky views.  We can enhance this experience and employ local people of all skill levels including grads of our universities BY: 

• Re-establishing the Environmental Co-ordinator and projects that research and restore the estuary and watershed
• Enhancing Recreation Areas
• Accommodating Retirees
• Producing food in greenhouses and in the estuary
• Ensuring the Film Industry of the scenery it needs, long term.

To maintain services and gain on the debt we need to stop borrowing and to start Zero Budgeting.  Then we can: 

• Improve transit and Regain the commuter bus to keep people working
• Make the Budgets First Priority the Full funding of grants in aid, from last years requests, to help people survive
• Provide a bus ride and the Rec Centre Auditorium for Food Bank Recipients
• Provide the campground at the Rec Centre for those who live outdoors
• Add more campgrounds to help visitors stay longer
• Survive with solar and safe alternative Energy sources

The OCP must be a plan for survival.  With a self-sustaining population, a protected estuary and watershed our survival is possible.

Council Photos Nov 15 2011

CASTING CALL

Date: November 19, 2011
Venue: The Sandman Hotel, 39400 Discovery Way

Saturday, Nov. 19: For children ages seven to 14 years, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20: For those 15 years and up, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Presented by former resident Ann Forry who is now a casting director fpr TV commercials and movies, and feature films.

Lest we forget… not just lines on a map… names on a paper

http://squamish.ca/city-hall/council-meetings-and-minutes

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DISTRICT OF SQUAMISH
AMENDED A G E N D A
For the Regular Meeting of the Council of
the District of Squamish to be Held on
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers, Municipal Hall
37955 Second Avenue, Squamish, BC

1. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council adopt the November 15, 2011 Regular Business Meeting Agenda.

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

(i) Regular Business Meeting, November 1, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council approve the November 1, 2011 Regular Business Meeting minutes.

1101 Regular.pdf

(ii) Committee of the Whole, November 8, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council approve the November 8, 2011 Committee of the Whole Meeting minutes.

Upper Mamquam Blind Channel Land Use Study/ Proposed Timeline and Budget
Recommendation to Council:
THAT Council direct staff to proceed with the existing budget and timeline for the Upper Mamquam Blind Channel Land Use Study and that the first item in the timeline be a public meeting, without reference to the six proposed land use options, with all stakeholders and the general public invited to view and provide input as to their visioning for the area.

Proposed Garibaldi Springs Park, Newport Ridge Small-lot Residential
Recommendation to Council:
THAT staff not proceed with the Garibaldi Springs Park, Newport Ridge Small-lot Residential development file.

Implementation of Solid Waste Utility and Regulation Bylaw 2204
Recommendation to Council:
THAT Council direct Staff to bring forward Solid Waste Utility and Regulation Bylaw 2204 for consideration of first three readings.

1108 COW.pdf

(iii) Special Business Meeting, November 8, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council approve the November 8, 2011 Special Business Meeting minutes.

1108 Special.pdf

(iv) Special Business Meeting (Public Hearing), November 8, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council approve the November 8, 2011 Special Business Meeting (Public Hearing) minutes.

1108PH Special.pdf

3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES

4. NOTICE OF MOTION

5. CONSIDERATION OF UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC ATTENDANCE

6. DELEGATIONS/PETITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS

7. STAFF REPORTS

A. COMMUNITY SERVICES

(i) Development Permit No. 273 – 40126 Government Road
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Development Permit No. 273 issued to North America Homes Ltd. registered on property legally described as: Lot 2 Block B South West ¼ of Section 11 Township 50 Plan 8438, located at 40126 Government Road, Squamish, British Columbia be granted a ONE-YEAR extension to
November 27th, 2012.

COMPLETE Council report.pdf

(ii) Development Permit No. 323 – 1050 Laramee Rd.
Staff Recommendation:
THAT District of Squamish Council authorize Development Permit No. 323 to Patricia Moloney for lands legally described as Lot 2, North West ¼ of Section 15, Township 50, Plan 17047, located at 1050 Laramee Road.

DP 323 Council Report with attachments.pdf

(iii) Development Permit No. 307 – 37710 Third Avenue (Cargo House)
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council authorize Development Permit No. 307 issued to William Tennyson Wallace for the property legally described as: Lot 23, Block 39, District Lot 486, Plan 3960, located at 37710 Third Avenue, Squamish, British Columbia subject to the provision of bonding for landscaping work in the form of cash, certified cheque or an Irrevocable Letter of Credit in the amount of $15,475.78;
AND Further That the Mayor and General Manager of Corporate Services be authorized to execute the Development Permit.

COMPLETE DP307 CargoHouse.pdf

(iv) District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 2200, 2011
For information

ZONING BYL 2200 Record of PH.pdf

(v) District of Squamish Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2100, 2009, Amendment Bylaw (Sea to Sky Gondola) No. 2193, 2011 and District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 1995, Amendment Bylaw (Comprehensive Development No. 70 Zone) No. 2187, 2011
For information

GONDOLA BYL’S Record of PH.pdf

B. FINANCIAL SERVICES

(i) Squamish BMX 2011 Grant in Aid
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council approve waiving campground fees in the amount of $1884.00 to Squamish BMX for the event held on June 10-12, 2011.

Squamish BMX .pdf

C. PROTECTIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

(i) Fire Chief Appointment
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Russ Inouye be appointed Fire Chief of the District of Squamish.

8. COMMITTEE MINUTES AND REPORTS

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS

(i) District of Squamish Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2100, 2009,
Amendment Bylaw (1861 Mamquam Road Garden Centre) No. 2203, 2011 and District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 1995, Amendment Bylaw (Comprehensive Development No. 71 – 1861 Mamquam Rd Garden Centre) No. 2190, 2011.
For Council’s information.

PH report complete.pdf

(ii) District of Squamish Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2100, 2009,
Amendment Bylaw (1439 Investments Ltd. – Block M) No. 2159, 2010
For Council’s Information

PH report COMPLETE.pdf

10. CORRESPONDENCE

A. ACTION REQUESTED

(i) (1028) Sheila Allen, Executive Director, Howe Sound Women’s Centre Society, Re: Denial of permissive tax exemption.
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council refer the correspondence to Finance Department for consideration and a response.

Women’s Centre.pdf

(ii) Downtown Christmas Tree
Staff Recommendation:
THAT Council deny the October 27, 2011 request from Gregory Fischer for the District to donate, erect and decorate a Christmas tree at Winnipeg and Cleveland Avenue for the Squamish Christmas Market.
Fischer.pdf
Christmas Tree Request.pdf

B. RECEIVE FOR INFORMATION

(i) (1028) Johnny Carline, Commissioner/CEO Metro Vancouver, GVRD, Re: Consolidation of the Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee (LMTAC) with Metro Vancouver`s Aboriginal Relations Program.
metro vancouver.pdf

(ii) (1110) Greg Gardner, Re: Resignation as Director of SODC Corporation.

Resignation.pdf

(iii) (1114) Paul Lalli, Re: SODC Resignation

Staff Recommendation:
THAT item 10B(i) to (iii) be received for information and filed.

Lalli Resignation.pdf

11. BYLAWS

A. THIRD READING

(i) District of Squamish Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2100, 2009, Amendment Bylaw (Sea to Sky Gondola) No. 2193, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT District of Squamish Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2100, 2009, Amendment Bylaw (Sea to Sky Gondola) No. 2193, 2011 be given third reading.

(ii) District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 1995, Amendment Bylaw (Comprehensive Development No. 70 Zone) No. 2187, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 1342, 1995, Amendment Bylaw (Comprehensive Development No. 70 Zone) No. 2187, 2011 be given third reading.

THAT adoption of OCP Bylaw 2193, 2011 and Zoning Bylaw No. 2187, 2011 be considered following execution of a land development agreement to address adequate water, sewer and fire protection and resolution of all outstanding development issues to the satisfaction of the District.

GONDOLA OCP & REZONINGComplete.pdf

(iii) District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. (Zoning Bylaw) 2200, 2011
Staff Recommendation:
THAT District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. (Zoning Bylaw) 2200, 2011 be given third reading.

ZONING BYL 2200 Third Reading Reportcomplete.pdf

12. COUNCIL – STAFF IN CAMERA ITEM ANNOUNCEMENTS

(i) Correspondence from Bill McNeney, Chair, SODC
McNeney.pdf

(ii) Mayor’s Report to Council, SODC Governance and Business Plan September 1, 2011.
SODC Governance and Business Plan.pdf

13. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC ATTENDANCE

14. OPEN QUESTION PERIOD – CLARIFICATION RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS

15. COUNCIL OR STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

16. TERM SUMMARY
Mayor Gardner

17. TERMINATION
Staff Recommendation:
THAT the meeting be terminated.

http://squamish.ca/city-hall/council-meetings-and-minutes Nov 15 2011