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The Whitemud Salt Spring Pride Showcase exhibit on now Events schedule, ideas and more! salt spring PAGE 21 PAGES 9-16 pride GULF ISLANDS BE A PART OF PRIDE JOIN THE PARADE! $ 25 Wednesday, September 7, 2016 — YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1960 56TH YEAR ISSUE 36 1(incl. GST) BUSINESS SATURDAY MARKET Market Channel group tackles Ridge deal friction Limits to farmer in sight area among recommendations Creditors to vote on fi re-sale BY ELIZABETH NOLAN restructuring plan DRIFTWOOD STAFF Saturday market ven- BY SEAN MCINTYRE dors campaigning to revise DRIFTWOOD STAFF current guidelines gained A spokesperson for the company acting as receiver some ground last week for Channel Ridge Properties Ltd. confi rmed Tuesday when the Market Advisory that a deal to sell the troubled real estate development Group agreed to recom- is taking shape. mend several changes to Mike Bell, vice-president of transaction advisory the Salt Spring Parks and services with Ernst & Young’s Vancouver offi ce, said a Recreation Commission. proposal will be fi led this week. A copy of the plan will The advisory group will be forwarded to eligible creditors, who will vote on the ask PARC to place a cap on project’s future later this month. space allotted to farmers “[Ernst & Young] is still the receiver,” Bell wrote in in Gasoline Alley and to an email. “Should the sale complete, the insolvency tighten the rules on ven- PHOTO BY JEN MACLELLAN proceedings will be terminated and the new owner will dor partnerships and how take over.” BACK TO IT: GISS students put on the iconic Breakfast Club movie pose for the fi rst day of a new they are enforced. Follow- school year on Tuesday. From left are Eugenie Gary, Jessie Adelson, Carlie Aston, Emma Thomas and ing a virtual tidal wave of CHANNEL RIDGE continued on 4 Camille Courtot, with Hannah Lawson in front. requests, MAG will also recommend reinstating a policy on absentee points FRAUD that allows non-perma- nent vendors to miss up to four market days per sea- son and still build senior- Crafty scam targets island artists ity points. “The old system, in my Online off ers arouse suspicion person who identifi ed themselves as Grace Vine potential buyer hadn’t asked about seemingly opinion, was a little inef- from Charleston, S.C. told Jensen by email they important details such as framing or the picture’s ficient but it still worked. BY SEAN MCINTYRE were struck by the beauty of a painting created by dimensions. And the new system doesn’t DRIFTWOOD STAFF her late father LeRoy. The buyer, who had seen an Suspicion shifted to alarm when Jensen received really work,” vendor Brian Vesuvius Bay resident Gabrielle Jensen wants image of the piece online, asked about the price a cheque made out for double the painting’s value Paterson observed during to spread awareness about a suspicious online art and offered to send a cheque by mail. two weeks later. In a subsequent email, the mys- a delegation to the capacity buyer who has tried to steal money from at least Though such inquiries aren’t unusual, Jen- terious buyer gave Jensen follow-up instructions. crowd at the meeting. fi ve island artists in recent weeks. sen said, the email’s halting language and poor The swindle began in early August, when a grammar arose her suspicion. 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GULF ISLANDS Driftwood YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1960 2 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 NEWSBEAT www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com GULF ISLANDS DRIFtwOOD ISLANDS TRUST LTC moves forward on watershed protection bylaw Environmental farming agriculture in watersheds, giving first reading bylaw seeks to prohibit intensive agriculture in Support for regulating agriculture in water- to a draft bylaw during their Sept. 1 business Rural Watershed zones and introduce setbacks sheds has come from the Salt Spring Water practices to be encouraged meeting. between regular agriculture and certain water Preservation Society. The group has proposed a The LTC first considered draft Bylaw 487 in courses. framework for crafting a bylaw and suggested a BY ELIZABETH NOLAN December 2015 and then referred it to various Following comments from the concerned working group should be formed that includes DRIFTWOOD STAFF agencies for comment, including Islands Trust bodies and a review of island watershed pro- water experts and members of the farming The Salt Spring Local Trust Committee is bylaw enforcement, the provincial Agricul- tection plans and other documents, Trust plan- community. moving ahead with a regulatory approach to tural Land Commission and Island Health. The ning staff recommended voluntary steward- The LTC considered whether such a working ship rather than a regulatory approach, but group was needed at Thursday’s meeting and trustees decided against the advice. decided to go with the regular public process “I have to say as much as I love my fellow that takes place in order to pass new bylaws islanders and have complete and total faith in and amendments to the Official Community everybody on this island, voluntary steward- Plan. This includes holding an information ship, I think, doesn’t necessarily work,” said meeting and public hearing. trustee Peter Grove. “Here we are serious about Wayne Hewitt of the Cusheon Watershed protecting drinking water, and I think we need Stewardship Committee and SSWPS presi- SaltSalt Spring Spring Island Island LocalLocal TrustTrust Committee rules in place to do that to the best of our abil- dent Maxine Leichter thanked the LTC for their ity.” movement on the bylaw during the meeting’s PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Trustee George Grams said he felt staff’s town hall session. Leichter reiterated that her PUBLIC HEARING – NOTICE suggestion to encourage ecologically-friend- group has a recommended approach which The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee would like to invite you to attend a public hearing ly farming practices was absolutely the right includes forming a working group. beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Hart Bradley Hall, 103 Bonnet The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee would like to invite you to attend a public hearing direction. If the bylaw is enacted, existing farming Avenue,beginning Salt atSpring 9:30 a.m. Island on toFriday, hear yourSeptember views regarding 23, 2016 Proposedat the Hart Bylaw Bradley No. Hall, 483. 103 Bonnet Avenue, “But I also agree with Peter that encour- practices would be protected to their current Salt Spring Island to hear your views regarding Proposed Bylaw No. 492. At the Public Hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed agement should be provided through legisla- extent under the Local Government Act. The bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions tion rather than seeking it through a voluntary regulation will not apply to properties located respectingAt the Public matters Hearing, contained all in personsthe proposed who bylaw.believe that their interest in property is affected shall basis,” Grams said. within the Agricultural Land Reserve. Priorbe toafforded the Public a reasonable Hearing Planner opportunity Jason Youmans to be heard will beor availableto present at writtenthe Hart submissionsBradley Hall fromrespecting 8:30 a.m.matters to 9:00 contained a.m. to provide in the information proposed aboutbylaw. the bylaw