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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
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Village seeks to secure its water source BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Potential water problems remain afloat in the Village of Montrose. The village’s drinking water woes were resolved this year with the drilling of new well, construction of a new pump house, and installation of a water chlorination system. However, the Montrose aquifer and its wells are outside village limits and council wants to address this concern by insuring protection of its water source. “The village is looking to take in our own wells which are not in village boundaries,” explained Kevin Chartres, Montrose chief administrative officer. Located in Area A at the confluence of the Columbia River and Beaver Creek, is the village’s aquifer, an underground layer of waterbearing permeable rock and unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, and silt) from which groundwater is extracted using water wells. With further development in that area, Montrose’s water could be jeopardized by pollutants such as construction runoff and leaking toxic materials, seeping into the water supply. “This is something we have been addressing for a long time,” said Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk at council last Monday. “We don’t want any further industrial development on top of the aquifer.” Currently, a Fortis switch station is located on the land, and the village has been in talks with the company to install a containment bed to protect the aquifer from substances such as leaking oil. “In case of a leak, Fortis has agreed to put in a rubberized bed underneath the station,” said Danchuk. At one time, the village explored various options to protect the water source, which included pursuing a boundary expansion. However the option was struck down when residents living on aquifer land said, ‘no’ to a proposed expansion which would encompass their land. Other options council identified was to seek Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s (RDKB)consent for the village to use its own planning authority and create a development permit or classify the aquifer a “unique” zone of the lands. In March, council sent a letter to the regional district, stating that “the village has no governance options for its (aquifer) protection.” See AQUIFER, Page 3
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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau shook hands with 97-year-old Betty Olafson of Trail and signed her daughter Sandra Doell's Trudeau book, “Memoirs,” which captured his father's influence in Canadian politics.
Big crowd greets Trudeau in Trail BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
The paparazzi was out in full force Monday afternoon when Justin Trudeau and his family pulled up in their RV to meet Greater Trail residents. Nearly 150 people at Gyro Park swarmed Justin for signatures and photos as soon as his family stepped out of their RV and into the sunshine and spotlight. The Liberal leader's visit touched him closer than he imagined when, among the throngs of people, he met a second cousin for the first time who also knew his brother Michel before his tragic death.
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Trudeau's cross-Canada trip brought him through the province to connect with extended family like Warfield's Maureen Milne and her children, but it was also an opportunity to visit his brother's resting place. “I met his brother many times when he was living in Rossland, he was at the house for supper and I used to see him on the ski hill all the time,” said Milne, a second cousin of the Trudeaus. “He was a gentle soul, a typical teenager, a ski bum. “He loved his skiing and really when you look at it, he died doing what he loved best.” On Nov. 13, 1998 Michel, who was Financial • KSCU ATM • Scotiabank Restaurants / Food Court • Colander Express • Eastern Wok • Sushiyo • Tim Horton’s
23 and living in Rossland at the time, was swept in Kokanee Lake by an avalanche in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park while on a ski tour with friends. Michel drowned in the lake and despite an extensive search, his body was never recovered. Justin has been back to the Kootenays on several occasions and was a big part of the campaign to build a new cabin in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. He has been to the lake many times over the years, but has never brought his family — wife Sophie Gregoire, son Xavier, 6, and daughter Ella-Grace, 4, — until Monday prior to arriving in Trail. See TRUDEAU, Page 2
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