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Gulf Islands ArtCraft Bunnies The Elsewhere show opens Friday abound at ArtCraft’s Showcase Gallery. Island woman takes on UVic rabbits. A nnivers arary PAGE 17 PAGE 3 1960-2010 GULF ISLANDS Wednesday, July 14, 2010 — YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1960 50TH YEAR ISSUE 28 $ 25 1(incl. HST) FIRE Dry weather nnivers ary fuels north end fi re Residents asked to stay ‘fi re smart’ BY SEAN MCINTYRE DRIFTWOOD STAFF A half-acre fi re along North End Road on Thursday is a not-so-subtle reminder that extra caution is needed to prevent brush fires on the island, according to Salt Spring Fire Rescue Chief Tom Bremner. “Conditions are changing rapidly,” he said. The fire department received initial reports of a small fire at 981 North End Road just before noon on July 8. Bremner said the fire resulted from a faulty piece of farm equipment that PHOTO BY DERRICK LUNDY sparked the blaze while CUBA COLOUR: Amarah Gabriel, left, and Lou Ellis paint the Caravan to Cuba bus before it left Salt Spring. Story on page 13. workers were baling hay at Churchill Farm. “It burned fairly well and ISLANDS TRUST had quite an intensity to it,” Bremner said. The fire quickly spread through the freshly cut grass Trust charts ‘middle path’ on video issue and consumed half an acre of the field. Bremner said Local Trust Committee can’t justify $10,000 tab think, need to be something considered by [the the workers’ response and Trust] Executive Committee because of its rami- a rapid deployment of vol- fi cations in the whole Trust area,” she said. unteer and staff fi refi ghters BY SEAN MCINTYRE regarding the local LTC’s video policy. Video cameras will be allowed at local Trust limited the fi re’s impact. DRIFTWOOD STAFF According to the document, a local contractor committee meetings provided videographers None of the vehicles or Salt Spring trustees cite high costs as the main provided the ballpark fi gure of $10,200 per year limit their fi lming to LTC members and speakers structures near the fi re sus- reason to reject a proposal to have monthly to have 12 seven-hour meetings recorded and who don’t object to being fi lmed. tained any damage, he said. meetings fi lmed and posted online. made available online. Cameras must also be positioned in such a About 20 firefighters “It’s really clear that we don’t have $10,000 Trustee Christine Torgrimson suggested any way as to not obstruct or impeded the proceed- responded to the call with to do this, and I wouldn’t support going out to decision to have meetings filmed should be ings. Trustees request that people who wish to five apparatuses. Crews the taxpayer and asking for $10,000 for this pur- approached with caution given possible impli- fi lm LTC meetings contact the local Trust offi ce worked for nearly two and pose,” said trustee George Ehring. cations for other LTCs. at least 24 hours in advance. a half hours to contain and The July 8 decision was based on a Trust staff “The amount of funding that this would “Communications have changed so much extinguish the blaze. briefi ng that outlines options on how to han- require is more than anything that we have in with the electronic world and it’s easy for manip- Based on the forecast, dle the recording of public meetings. Trustees our local Trust committee budget given the ulation, but I also understand that there is a Bremner said, people should had asked staff to prepare the document in allocations we’ve already made. This kind of June based on a public demand for clarifi cation expense, because of its precedence, would, I VIDEO continued on 2 FIRE continued on 2 Grow INSERTS INDEX North End SANDRA your • Thrifty Foods Arts ................................................................ 14 Ferry Schedule ...................................27 Fitness SMITH • Ganges Pharmasave 250-537-5217 Bus Schedule .......................................... 4 Letters ........................................................... 9 WEALTH • Country Grocer • Home Hardware Classifieds .............................................. 28 Sports ..........................................................26 • Sears Editorial ........................................................8 What’s On............................................... 20 • Rona • West Coast Farmer Joni Ganderton saltspringhomefi nder.com Investment www.northendfitness.ca 250-537-1201 Advisor 250-537-1654 email: [email protected] 250.537.9933 website: www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com NEW SCHEDULE VALID FROM MAY. 20 TO SEPT. 14, 2010 BEDDIS islanders Direct Ganges to Downtown: 7:30am Mon, 7:40am Mon-Sat, 10:30am daily, the airline 4:10pm Sun, Thurs & Fri ............................................................................................................... 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Repairs to all Direct Downtown to Ganges: 8:20am Mon, 8:30am Mon-Sat, 11:20pm Daily, makes & models 5:00pm Sun, Thurs & Fri 181A BEDDIS ROAD 250.537.98802 saltspringair.com CALENDARS NOW IN! 250-537-4122 2 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010 | GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD CALL GAIL, SEAN OR ELIZABETH IF YOU LAWNMOWERS NEWSBEAT SEE NEWS HAPPENING 2505379933 • 21", 5.5 HP HARMONIZED SALES TAX • Push Starting at • Zone Start $369!* • Side Discharge/ Mulcher HST comes quietly into effect (regular Vander Zalm fi les “As much as I’m against implement the tax on one of more than double the 6,548 $499) the tax, it hasn’t really caused the summer’s busiest holiday threshold. court challenge many problems as of yet,” he weekends, he added, may That places the riding in said last week. have contributed to the pub- 10th spot when it comes to BY SEAN MCINTYRE Things are much the same lic’s apparent acceptance of the overall proportion of eli- DRIFTWOOD STAFF *(model pictured) over at the Salt Spring Inn, the new charges. gible voters who signed the Need a coffee? That’ll be where diners digested the The more than 700,000 petition. $1.96. seven per cent tax increase signatures collected as part On Monday, campaign HARBOURS END MARINE & EQUIPMENT Want a paper? That’s $2.13, on restaurant meals with of the well-publicized initia- organizer Bill Vander Zalm 122 Upper Ganges Rd. at Mon. - Fri. 8:30am - 5:00pm if you please. nary a hiccup during the first tive petition were delivered filed a lawsuit that challeng- the head of Ganges Harbour Sat. 9:00am-3:00pm 250-537-4202 It’s been nearly two weeks week. to the doorstep of the Elec- es the constitutionality of since the HST was intro- “Nobody’s said a peep,” tions B.C. office on June 30, implementing the HST with- Tide Tables duced across the province said co-owner Jeremy Mil- one day before the HST came out sufficient debate. AT FULFORD HARBOUR and, so far, it looks like pen- som. into full effect. “It’s a simple argument Pacific Standard Time – measured in feet sponsored by Harbours End Marine & Equipment Ltd. nies are the real winners. Consumer tax on alcohol While B.C. residents and that relies on the basic prin- TIME HEIGHT TIME HEIGHT The slew of unrounded actually dropped by three their pennies have gotten ciple that there can be no JULY m ft m ft 14 01:41 2.5 8.2 15:26 1.7 5.6 prices that’s resulted from percentage points from 15 acquainted with the new tax, taxation without representa- WE 06:06 3.0 9.8 22:22 3.4 11.2 the new tax has led shoppers to 12 per cent and the prov- Elections B.C. officials have tion or without the consent 13:17 0.4 1.3 18 05:41 1.1 3.6 on the island and beyond to ince’s room tax has declined been verifying each and every of the people,” Vander Zalm 20:57 3.4 11.2 SU 12:34 2.4 7.9 dig a little deeper in search of from 13 to 12 per cent. signature on the petition. wrote on July 5. 15 02:44 2.1 6.9 16:17 2.2 7.2 those beleaguered copper- Though Milsom voiced Fight HST campaign vol- “And that representation TH 07:20 2.7 8.9 22:51 3.3 10.8 like coins. discontent with the ques- unteers gathered well above and consent can only come 13:59 0.8 2.6 19 06:35 0.9 3.0 Aside for the abundance of tionable politics that led to the 10 per cent of signatures from having the HST debat- 21:25 3.4 11.2 MO 14:37 2.6 8.5 coinage changing hands, cus- the tax, he’s confident rev- in each of the province’s 85 ed and voted on in the pro- 16 03:46 1.8 5.9 17:25 2.5 8.2 tomers at Salt Spring Books enue generated by the HST ridings as required under the vincial Legislature, and that FR 08:48 2.5 8.2 23:22 3.2 10.5 14:41 1.2 3.9 have hardly noticed the seven will help the province in the provincial Recall and Initia- has not happened in B.C.” 20 07:29 0.7 2.3 per cent increase in the cost long term. tive Act. A full list of what is and 21:53 3.4 11.2 TU 16:05 2.9 9.5 17 04:45 1.4 4.6 19:01 2.8 9.2 of newspapers and maga- “I’m willing to accept it,” Official numbers for Saan- isn’t taxable under the HST is SA 10:34 2.4 7.9 23:58 3.1 10.2 zines, according to the store’s he said.
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