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Working from home The regional district is drafting bylaws that will loosen the types of home-based businesses allowed in rural areas SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Despite fierce opposition by some of its members, the Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors is proceeding with plans to change home-based business regulations. On Friday, August 2, the board voted nine to six in favour of drafting bylaws that would change the types of home-based businesses allowed in the regional district outside municipalities. Directors Wayne Stetski and Bob Whetham of Cranbrook, and Lois Halko of Sparwood, were the most outspoken against the proposed regulations. They were joined in their vote against the changes by Directors Dean McKerracher of Elkford, Gerry Wilkie of Area G (north of Ra-
dium) and Ute Juras of Canal Flats. The Regional District of East Kootenay has been preparing draft regulations for both major and minor home-based businesses in rural areas. There will be two categories of home based business, depending on where the home is located. Minor home-based business – such as child care or a bed and breakfast – will be allowed throughout the region, but major home-based business – a portable sawmill, woodworking business, trade contracting and metal working – would only be permitted in parts of electoral areas A (around Sparwood) and C (around Cranbrook). In Area C, major homebased business would be approved on a site-by-site basis.
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Hunting regulations change for antlerless elk ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
In 2008 the Kootenay Elk Management Plan called for a 25 to 40 per cent reduction in the elk population to decrease agricultural degradation, and this year those numbers have reached 35 per cent, close enough to the higher target to prompt an emergency change to the regulations. Those changes affect only the antlerless elk population in parts of the South Trench zone in the Kootenays. “We did an inventory for the elk population in January,” said Tara Szkorupa, senior wildlife biologist for the Kootenay/Boundary regions. “We didn’t have that information
prior to the 2012-14 synopsis being printed. When we did the inventory we found that the elk population was down more than 35 per cent. We had a targeted reduction of 25 to 40 per cent. So we’re getting close to our lower level of that reduction and so thought it was appropriate to make an emergency mid-cycle change this year to avoid further declines in the population.” The changes close the following open seasons. • General open season for antlerless elk in 4-03 Zone X, which includes portions of 4-2 to 4-5 and 4-20 to 4-22, from Sept. 20 to Sept. 30 is closed.
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