Peachland POST YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
The week of January 3, 2025
LAND RIGHTS It may be time to give natural resources some legal standing P.6
LOCAL SPORTS Columnist sacrifices his dignity for education P.8
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ABOUT TOWN Find out what’s going on and where it’s happening P.11
NO DEFENCE Hit and run of frontyard fence a hardship for local senior P.3
TRENDS IN 2025
Crime in Peachland: Keeping a lid on it By most measurements, crime is low in Peachland. RCMP plan to keep it that way…
By Jeff McDonald Staff Reporter
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ark Twain famously condemned statistics, comparing them unfavourably to damn lies, presumably because of their ability to be taken in different ways. That would certainly seem to apply to one notable crime stat in Peachland for 2024; cases of break and enter into residences were up 700 per cent over 2023, a number sure to start tongues wagging. But digging into the data reveals that breakins rose from just one in 2023 to eight in 2024. It’ s hardly a tsunami of property crime but nonetheless, police did respond, says
West Kelowna RCMP staff Sgt. Brendan Dolan. “That’s an increase and a trend we don’t want to go towards but we were able to start tasking some members to tackle that issue and identify the people responsible,” said Dolan. “In a small community like Peachland, a major file can really have a large impact on the community, so that has to be taken into consideration when talking about crime trends.” Dolan and RCMP inspector Jason Charney, operations officer for the Kelowna regional detachment, spoke to the Peachland Post just before Christmas about crime rates in town for 2024 and SEE POLICING PAGE 7
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Tipping fees increase at the Glenmore Landfill Increases to tipping fees on a range of items are now in effect at the Glenmore Landfill, including: • Garbage $106/tonne. • Gypsum drywall $200/tonne. • Concrete – clean and asphalt $50/tonne. • Concrete - dirty $70/tonne. • Asbestos $275/tonne. • Culled cherries $25/tonne. Recycled concrete and recycled asphalt will also now be sold for $8/ tonne plus applicable tax. Regular household collection returns to normal Jan. 6. More information is available at rdco.com. To learn more about the Glenmore Landfill, visit kelowna.ca/ landfill.
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January 3, 2025 • Page 3
SMASH-AND-DASH
Shattered bricks and boards break more than retired teacher’s budget after fence hit-and-run By John McDonald
District buys land on Trepannier Bench Road The District of Peachland has announced the purchase of a 1.3 hectare property at 5180 Trepannier Bench Road. In a media release, the district said it paid $1.5 million for the parcel which it described as “relatively flat with a spectacular lake vista” located at the northern extent of the Lang Trail, adjacent to Trepannier Bench Park. Fronting on Dryden Road as well as Trepannier Bench Road, the property currently holds a single-family home built in 1973, a barn and a workshop. No plans for the property have been announced.
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Karen Onrait-Casper wants whoever drove a blue truck through her front yard fence and then took off down the road to know that she has been left with a lot more than a few broken boards. “You quickly escaped,” Onrait-Casper said. “But I have not been able to escape the stress and mess you left me. You left me holding the bag for all the damage and costs, left me to deal with insurance companies and the RCMP.” Onrait-Casper said she heard something crash through the brickand-board fence just before 6 p.m., Dec. 11. “By time I got my shoes and a sweater on, he was gone.” Her house sits at the intersection of Trepannier, Dryden and Cousins roads and can be a little tricky in the dark, she said. “I think he missed the turn from Trepannier onto Dryden,” she added. ”You are also extremely lucky that you weren’t a few minutes earlier or you could have hit one of my neighbours who was walking by with her dog.” A witness to the crash stopped and told her it was some kind of blue truck, later confirmed when the RCMP examined the shattered
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Retired teacher Karen Onrait-Casper shows off the damage to her fence in front of her house on the Trepannier Bench.
fence and found paint on some broken bricks. Estimates so far have pegged replacement and repair at around $8,000, Onrait-Casper said, money the retired teacher added is a big hit to her budget. And while it could be covered by insurance, she said she is loathe to make a claim which would immediately cause her premiums to rise. She hopes whoever responsible for the ruined fence will read about
it and step up. “I should not have to use any of my own limited funds or jeopardize my insurance claims-free status to pay for your irresponsible actions and poor choices that night,” Onrait-Casper said. “Be an adult and accept responsibility for what you did.” Anyone with information about this incident can contact RCMP at 250-762-3300 with reference to file #2024-72395. ••
Provisional tax increase approved by councillors Homeowners in Peachland could see a property tax increase of 6.65 per cent this year. Council approved the provisional increase in a meeting Dec. 3 and said it was made necessary “to fund ongoing operational expenses and services” and for future expenditures and repairs to aging infrastructure. The increase will translate into about $111 for the average assessed home in Peachland. Post Staff
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NO HISTORY? KNOW HISTORY by RICHARD SMITH
Mayor’s wife takes the helm when husband dies
In 1942 Peachland Mayor Ben Gummow died while in office. His wife Stella Gummow took over his duties and was later elected mayor. She served from 1942 to 1944. Did you know that she was the first female mayor in British Columbia and second in Canada? She was the one to suggest the Dogwood as official emblem of the province of British Columbia. Gummow traveled extensively for the Provincial Department of Agriculture in the 1940s and 1950s. Richard Smith archives She was also president of the Stella Gummow was the first female B.C. Women’s Institute of the day. mayor in B.C.
MAYOR’S MESSAGE 2025
Working together has allowed us to achieve our goals for Peachland
In the second year of our mandate, I am pleased to announce that many of Peachland council’s strategic goals have been achieved. Some of these accomplishments took considerable collaboration with provincial and federal representatives to secure funding. Other achievements have been made possible through the volunteer efforts of our community members. Throughout this process, the municipal staff of Peachland have played a crucial role in driving our initiatives forward. I want to thank everyone who contributed to making 2024 a successful year. Here are just a select few highlights from the year: • Secured $12,200,000 in funding from Childcare B.C.’s New Spaces fund to construct a new
childcare center with 104 spaces. • Actively pursuing federal funding to eliminate barriers to increasing our housing supply, focusing mainly on affordable housing and climate resiliency. • Secured $500,000 to construct a trail connection between Peachland and West Kelowna. • Undertook asset management and conducted capacity reviews of our sewer, water, and road infrastructure. • Invested in roadwork this year, spending over $1,150,000 to renew Princeton and Somerset avenues. • Construction of an $100,000 off-leash dog park at Sanderson Park. Mayor Patrick Van Minsel, Peachland
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January 3, 2025 • Page 5
POST LETTERS Residential rock blasting can increase radon gas cancer risk To the editor: Radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and is responsible for the deaths of over 3,300 people in Canada per year, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s radon map, 33 per cent of homes in the Southern Interior are estimated to be above the recommended radon level. We should all be concerned with a risk that rock blasting can affect the radon levels in our homes for some distance away from the blast site. Radon gas (combined with air or ground water) travels though fissures in the bedrock and these pathways can change. Seismic events or even operating heavy equipment can change the path that radon gas travels though the ground. We should focus on having our homes and work places routinely tested for radon concentrations. Provincial leaders are pushing for more housing development creating increased risks. In the meantime, there is a need to have the risks of rock blasting more openly communicated to the public. Tom Kinsman, West Kelowna
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SURVEY SAYS...
Peachlanders are a pretty contented bunch
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esults from the District of Peachland 2024 Citizens Survey give cause for optimism and concern, in equal measure. The good news is that 90 percent of respondents rate their quality of life in Peachland as Good or Very Good. Yes, 90 per cent! It’s an extraordinary figure that would be a distant target for most other communities. StatsCan reports the percentage of Canadians rating their life satisfaction at higher than seven on a 10-point scale to be under 50 per cent, depending on time of year. So what is it about Peachland that keeps the great majority in that 90 per cent category? We love the lake, our beach, the beach-front walkway, our small-town feel, our shops and restaurants, and the friendliness of the people. We like some of the services we receive including
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garbage and yard waste collection, the library and snow clearing. Topping the list of what we don’t like are Hwy. 97, development, lack of sewers and sidewalks, speeding, noise, and poor roads. Who would have guessed? We agree that council has the correct strategic priorities; Infrastructure improvement, good governance, and fiscal responsibility all gaining 80 percent support. We are less excited about downtown revitalization, a prior-
ity for 61 per cent, and increased housing choice, 45 per cent. The survey dug deeper to find out about us; 53.4 per cent of us have lived here for 10 years or less; 63 per cent of us are retired; the majority of Peachland teenagers live in a single adult family. But what do those deeper questions tell us? Growth sits at 0.7 percent per year but only 16 per cent of us want to see a higher rate. There is a message here for council: if ever the mega-developments at Ponderosa and New Monaco should take off, growth would very quickly hit double digits. Changes that we would like to see include improvements to Hwy. 97 including a lower speed limit (but only 22.5 per cent want to see it widened through town), more police presence, and surprise, surprise, more sewers and sidewalks! Keith Fielding is a former mayor of Peachland.
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RIGHTS OF NATURE
We lean heavily on our lakes. Should they have legal rights?
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ow many times have you looked out over Okanagan Lake or maybe our own water reservoir, Peachland Lake, and admired the view? But during those awe-inspiring moments, have you ever thought of the lake as a legal entity with rights of its own?
NATURAL WONDER JUDY WYPER
That’s where the Rights of Nature movement comes in, and the granting of personhood to natural systems that support human and natural life. If this seems strange to you, consider the rights of a corporation. You cannot physically put your hands on it, but it is a legal entity with the right to exist, to sue and to conduct business. In 2008 Ecuador was the first country in the world to accord legal rights to nature, protecting the Los Cedros Biological Reserve. In 2010, the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the first major municipality in the U.S. to recognize rights of nature. Toledo, Ohio later adopted the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Personhood has been conferred to the Whanganui River in New Zealand. This has also happened in Bolivia, India, and Panama. And in Quebec, the Mutehekau Hipu/Magpie River was given legal personhood in 2021. The Innuit community council and the municipality of Minganie made joint resolutions for a synthesis of Indigenous and
municipal law. It was a powerful mutually-beneficial enterprise. In 2023 Raincoast Conservation Foundation published Rights of Nature: Pathways to legal personhood for the Fraser River Estuary. This estuary comprises the floodplains, marshes, mud flats, eelgrass beds, and the actual river that flows west through the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver into the delta where it meets the Salish Sea. Unique habitats abound with biodiversity. The ecosystem is significantly degraded due to ongoing development and industrialization. The number of species that rely upon the ecosystem for shelter, food, and protection are being depleted. The Martin Conservation Decisions Lab reported in 2020, 102 species are at risk of extinction along with the ecological, economic and cultural services they provide.“ The report advocates passing a law “imbuing the estuary legal standing and personality, one that reflects the longstanding…and captures the estuary’s intrinsic value as a living organism.”
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• The Mutehekau Hipu River in Quebec was granted legal personhood in 2021. • The Fraser River Estuary management plan lapsed in 2013 and now advocates recommend it be given legal status. • Ecuador was first to give legal rights to nature in 2008, offering protection to the Los Cedros Biologial Reserve. • Personhood has been conferred to the Whanganui River in News Zealand.
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Peachland Lake is the main water source for the District of Peachland and a possible candidate for Rights of Nature, Judy Wyper writes.
This would establish sustainable development by disallowing activities that would interfere with the natural functioning of the estuary’s ecosystems. It would require agreements with numerous governing bodies. The Fraser River’s estuary management program dissolved in 2013, and the first step for any sort of protection will be to re-establish an overarching governance body. Locally, conferring personhood to Peachland Lake is an interesting thought. The Okanagan Nation Alliance sees humans as kin with nature. From the Sylix Water Declaration, “Water is life. Water is our relation. Water must be treated with reverence and respect.” A guardianship management body could be empowered to speak on behalf of the lake. Rheanne Krochinsky, a UBC Okanagan PhD. student, recently presented a report to Peachland council on watershed governance. She has been studying Peachland Creek, which flows out of Peachland Lake to our
water treatment plant. Her plan involves creating a watershed board with representation from Indigenous and other governments to protect the watershed’s ecosystems and help preserve biodiversity. This weaves Indigenous knowledge and Western science. When people with different world views meet, there is opportunity for new thinking and novel problem-solving. The recently-signed memorandum of agreement between the Sylix and local Okanagan valley governments is a move toward this. The Rights of Nature movement views nature as an interconnected being, with people as just one part. We can do our part to protect that whole. Judy Wyper is involved with the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, Seniors For Change, First Things First, and the newly formed South Okanagan Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
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COMMUNITY POLICING
Detachment acting on local concerns about ‘presence’ POLICING FROM PAGE 1
the RCMP’s planned approach to policing in Peachland for 2025. Charney points to the same break and enter increase that looks so massive. That type of property crime occurs in series, he said, and they often find that a single person is responsible to ten to 50 per cent of the crimes in a catagory. “You could have an individual or individuals and there’s a large series and it drives things up. It’s not that you have multiple people doing that, you just very goal-oriented individuals doing that,” Charney said. When a string of crimes occurs, intelligence-led policing takes over, with teams of specialized RCMP members examining analytics and targeting possible perpetrators, Charney said. Even one break-in in Peachland is an anomaly that gets their attention, but more than that triggers a deeper look at who might be responsible and if they might come from somewhere other than Peachland. “If there’s two or three, we’ll start looking at that to see if there’s any linkage, not only within Peachland but within the Kelowna regional detachment as a whole, or our partner communitie… Summerland or Penticton or even Vernon,” Charney said. “These guys are very transient and they could move from Kamloops all the way down to Osoyoos.” For 2025, Charney said the RCMP is reviewing and planning to respond to the District of Peachland’s 2024 Citizens Survey, in which close to half the respondents said they don’t feel that police are present and visible enough in town. “We saw what the citizens want, and we’re adapting and adjusting. One of the biggest things they are looking for is that
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RCMP in charge of Peachland say they will be increasing traffic enforcement on Hwy. 97 this year in a bid to increase their local presence.
visibility and presence, so we are committed to increasing that visibility through traffic enforcement. We’re killing two birds with one stone. We’re increasing visibility while also addressing traffic issues,” Charney said. Encouraging officers to get out of their cars and engage with the community is key for a community like Peachland, said Charney. “That’s what you expect of your police officers is that community engagement, talking to people, whereas in a bigger city such as Kelowna, you don’t get that kind of one-on-one policing,” he said. “So that’s what we’re really trying to encourage, a policing model that is more interactive and in touch with what the community is. It’s a very social community so we also want to police it that way.” He also reminded the community that if they see something police need to know about, they should say something. “We rely on the community to report crime to us so that we can address it and better serve the community, but in a timely fashion, as soon as they can because that helps us out the most,” he said. Communities across Canada saw crime rates drop during the
COVID-19 pandemic, then slowly rise back up to previous levels. Peachland is no different, said Dolan.The good news is, the district is not a hotbed of crime. “In Peachland, it appears the crime rate has come back to pre-pandemic levels. That said, in Peachland the crime rate is not substantially high regardless,” said Dolan. What makes Peachland’s crime rates historically low? It’s not because the demographic in town skews older, with most people’s wild years in the rear view mirror: it’s because of community culture and leadership, he said. “All the Peachland residents
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I’ve spoken to, the mayor and council, the CAO [of the District of Peachland] are very small-town oriented and it’s a very close-knit community and I think that helps with the crime rate regardless of age or demographics,” Dolan said. Motor vehicle incidents with injuries were up 27 per cent, and roadside prohibitions rose by 33 per cent, but Dolan said that number rose because of more enforcement targeting impaired drivers. On a good note, said Dolan, cases of assault with weapons or causing bodily harm fell by 32 per cent, break and enters to businesses dropped by 33 per cent, and uttering threats and harassment were down 55 per cent. ••
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o I’m up a while back at Peachland Elementary at lunch teaching grade 1-2 kids how to throw, catch and hit a ball. We hope to start a Peachland t-ball and little league team next April and so the idea is to get the children ready for it, while having fun. I’m doing the same thing Monday evenings at the community centre. Anyway, we use whiffle/ pickleballs and batting tees when the kids are starting out. The community centre has a bag of about 100 various sized whiffle balls and five batting Ts and six little league bats. So I get them and haul them up to the school for the noon session (which actually starts at 11 am).
LOCAL COMMUNITY SPORTS RANDEY BROPHY
The kids bat first, off the batting Ts, then I lob whiffle balls to each of them, getting them to learn to catch. Last, but not least, is throwing. You teach each child the mechanics of how to throw, but at the start it is literally hit-and-miss. I think to myself learning to throw was better when we
were growing up because kids threw rocks at things. While I’m thinking this, one of the kids dumps the bag of 100 whiffle balls out onto the gym floor. The principal, a great person, happens to see this and says to the kids, “Now you’re going to help pick them all up” But I’ve got an idea; I tell each of the kids to try and throw a whiffle ball at me. I coached children in baseball and softball for seven years, while my daughter and son were growing up. And I’ve never seen children improve their throwing accuracy faster, than when I asked them to chuck whiffle balls at me. So I did the same thing later
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at the community centre gym. I don’t know, and perhaps I really don’t care to know, whether it is psychologically good to have six- and sevenyear-olds throwing whiffle balls simultaneously at an adult. But I do know that come next April, when the baseball season starts, Peachland is going to have a very good, accurate throwing, t-ball team. Randey Brophey has coached youth soccer and baseball for 32 years. He spearheaded the drive for Turner Park to be redeveloped as a baseball/softball/soccer field in 2022 and formed the Peachland Youth Soccer club in 2023. He also manages and plays on a Peachland seniors’ slo-pitch team.
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January 3, 2025 • Page 9
Richard Smith archives
The announcement last week that Porter Air was adding flights to the Central Okanagan reminded us of this early version of a local airline.
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A family takes advantage of one of the nicer days of late to take a group swing on Peachland’s waterfront.
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Work continues near the top of Drought Hill on the multi-use trail that will soon connect Peachland with West Kelowna.
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“Flippers tax” takes effect across B.C.
A new tax on real estate speculation took effect Jan. 1, 2025.
The B.C. Ministry of Finance has announced new measures it says will discourage real estate flipping – buying and reselling a house for quick profit. Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the B.C. home-flipping tax will target people who sell their home within two years of buying, unless they qualify
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