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VOL. 25, NO. 114
Widow doesn’t hold hatred in her heart By Karl yu
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Diane Brennan, Nanaimo city councillor, left, and Anne Kerr, Nanaimo and Area Land Trust representative on the Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability, believe improvements to the city’s riparian setback variance policy will help protect riparian and watercourse habitat.
Policy change aims to protect habitat
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NANAimo hAS more oversight to protect city’s wetlands and streams. By Tamara CunnIngHam ThE NEwS BULLETiN
City officials will have more oversight to protect Nanaimo’s wetlands and streams thanks to recent policy changes, according to Nanaimo Coun. Diane Brennan. Nanaimo city councillors have
acted on recommendations from a riparian setback variance policy review, which aims to protect habitat along the banks of estuaries and rivers. The measures are anticipated to lead to broader environmental reviews by the city, as well as greater oversight of environmentally sensitive areas under pressure from development. Under the old rules, a developer would have to make sure it was safe to build near fish-bearing waterways with the help of a qualified
environmental professional, who would submit his or her report to the province. Bruce Anderson, the city’s manager of planning and design, said the developer’s habitat assessment could go through the whole riparian area regulation process with the province before city staff members and council had the opportunity to understand what was being proposed, leaving the city without a chance for a full environmental review. See ‘POLICY’ /4
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The outpouring of grief for victims of the Western Forest Products shooting continues this week as the memorial outside the mill continues to grow. Michael Lunn and Fred McEachern were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire at the downtown Nanaimo mill early Wednesday morning. Tony Sudar and Earl Kelly were also injured in the incident. Kevin Douglas Addison, from Nanaimo, was arrested by Nanaimo RCMP and is facing charges of firstdegree murder. Marlene Lunn, Michael’s wife of 44 years, said her family is taking it one step at a time and described husband as a man He was always her with a great sense of humour. ready to do “He was always whatever it ready to do whatever to make peotook to make itpletook happy – it didn’t Lunn told the people happy matter,” News Bulletin. “His sense of humour was – it didn’t beyond, it was infecmatter. tious. There was no such thing as depression in his vocabulary. He didn’t understand it, he didn’t get it, he didn’t have a bad day.” Michael loved red T-shirts and Marlene said a shirt with the inscription “Let me drop everything and work on your problem,” epitomized her husband. Lunn added that she doesn’t hold any hatred in her heart, stating it is a waste of energy. “Michael never held a grudge, it’s just not in our vocabulary,” Lunn said. “I feel for Kevin Addison’s family. Michael had helped Kevin Addison in previous years and then counselling him ... you can’t change anything. Anger’s not going to change anything.” She said her family is being supported by a great network of family and friends.
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