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Strait of Georgia Every Second Thursday & Online ‘24/7’ at Uniting The Salish Sea ~ From Coast to Coast to Coast islandtides.com Canadian Publications Mail Product Volume 21 Number 21 October 22-November 4, 2009 $1 at Selected Retailers Sales Agreement Nº 40020421 Tide tables 2 Live jazz 2 Saturna 3 1,000 year trees 3 RTI 6 Tomatopia 9 Bats 9 Bulletin board 11 Photo: Henny Schnare, www.henny.ca Mount Maxwell, Salt Spring Island Sustainable horticulture labs open Hornby trustees were in the right, says judge More Island View State-of-the-art labs for research into ways to reduce pesticide use opened The BC Supreme Court has dismissed Joan Islands Trust Council and two trustees of the Friday, October 16 at Kwantlen Costello’s legal action against the Islands Trust HILTC at the time, Penny Griggs and Tony Beach to stroll on Most Southern Islanders with time to spare from town Polytechnic University. The research will regarding a number of claims and allegations Law. Her claims included abuse of public office, chores have turned off the Pat Bay Highway to buy explore beneficial insects, fungi and negligence, breach of trust and mental distress related to her Hornby Island property. In her farm stand vegetables and to stroll along Island View viruses to control pests in greenhouses, due to actions related to the over-height Reasons for Judgment released September 30, Beach. Looking at the spread of islands of the strait gardens and farmers’ fields. The labs and 2009, the Honourable Madam Justice building and a variety of proposed uses of the from the Saanich Peninsula gives another, rather research are supported by the BC Stromberg-Stein confirms the unique role the Costello property. In a lengthy court case, Ms peaceful, perspective. There will soon be more of it to Knowledge Development Fund and a Islands Trust plays in preserving and protecting Costello sought $1.7 million from the Islands enjoy. CRD Regional Parks has purchased a parcel of new Leading Edge Endowment Fund the Islands Trust Area through its land use Trust for damages related to her claims. land with important natural and recreational values to (LEEF) chair in sustainable horticulture. regulations and states that Ms Costello’s claims Madame Justice Stromberg-Stein concludes add to Island View Beach Regional Park. ‘We’re building BC’s reputation for are ‘without any legitimate foundation.’ that trustees and staff of the Islands Trust acted ‘More than thirty years ago, the CRD identified this leadership in environmental protection The lawsuit arose after Ms Costello failed to properly in their dealings with Ms Costello, who land as a priority for our parks system,’ said and the green economy by investing in obtain proper permits for a building and to was responsible for obtaining proper permits Christopher Causton, CRD Regional Parks Committee first-rate researchers and top-notch labs ensure it was within the height limits in Hornby and complying with the Hornby Island bylaw. Chair. ‘The new parcel offers additional public access for them to work in,’ said Iain Black, Island’s zoning bylaw. In March 1999, she ‘The actions of all of the defendants, elected to the shoreline along Haro Strait and forms a natural Minister of Small Business, Technology purchased a Department of National Defence and non-elected, were performed to execute the buffer between the strait as well as adjacent agriculture and Economic Development. ‘By building that was slated for immediate required duties imposed by the Islands Trust and rural residential land uses.’ funding a LEEF chair in sustainable Act and Hornby Island bylaws. In all instances, demolition and had it barged to her property on The CRD has purchased 25.7 hectares of land, horticulture, and the Institute for I find the defendants executed these duties. The Sustainable Horticulture’s new facilities, Hornby Island. Before barging the building to which completes the park as one contiguous area. 9.9 evidence does not support Ms Costello’s claim,’ hectares of the parcel are deemed to have regional park we’re supporting innovations that will her property, Ms Costello did not review the she wrote. value; the remaining 15.8 hectares are currently for give our growers a green edge.’ height restrictions outlined in Hornby Island’s Madame Justice Stromberg-Stein goes on to sale. The appointment of Deborah zoning bylaw or measure the actual height of state that the trustees ‘exhibited no bias, and ‘The municipalities and electoral areas gave Henderson, director of the Institute for her newly-acquired building. She did obtain a they properly exercised their discretion taking unanimous authorization to the CRD to borrow $4.75 Sustainable Horticulture, as LEEF chair permit for the building shortly after its arrival care not to pre-judge the issues, keeping an million for the land purchase,’ said Central Saanich was also announced. Henderson has on Hornby Island, but the permit was based on open mind throughout and trying to find a Mayor Jack Mar. ‘This benefits not only Central worked closely with private companies, erroneous information that she provided to means to accommodate Ms Costello and the Saanich, but all residents of the Capital Regional growers associations and government Islands Trust staff about the building’s height. interests of the community ... (Ms Costello) is, District.’ agencies on integrated pest management Following unsuccessful attempts to obtain plain and simple, the author of her own The future use of the RV campground and tenting for several years and will build on this variance permits for the over-height building, misfortune.’ area within the land parcel will be determined through hands-on experience. Ms Costello advanced a number of claims The Costello court case involved extended a planning process starting this fall and will include ‘We will develop new biocontrol against the Hornby Island Local Trust consultation with the public and the District of Central products from our native strains of Committee (HILTC), the Islands Trust, the HORNBY, please turn to page 11 Saanich. A decision is expected in spring 2010. viruses and fungi which will target pests Island View Beach Regional Park is a 67.73 hectare in our major crops and landscapes,’ Commentary by Kenneth Green park with an expansive beach along the Haro Strait Henderson said. ‘Food production is shoreline of the Saanich Peninsula. It features a changing, and the mass importation of Carbon capture and storage a pipe dream ISLAND VIEW, please turn to page 8 LABS, please turn to page 9 Alberta is under fire from environmentalists generated by the oil sands industry, hoping to at and foreign governments over its tar sand least take the greenhouse gas issue off the list of operations—perhaps with good reason. grievances. Producing oil from tar sand produces three However, in many ways, carbon capture and times more greenhouse gas emissions than storage (CCS) is, both literally and figuratively, does conventional oil production, and its a pipe dream. Rather than producing a viable byproducts are not just unsightly, they’re lethal greenhouse gas control technique, the to wildlife, especially migratory birds. taxpayers $2 billion ‘investment’ will be little Tar sand production despoils large areas of more than a free PR campaign for the tar sand wilderness in Canada’s Boreal Forests, and the industry. Syncrude company’s tailing pond is currently Let’s review the problems with the idea of the second largest dam on Earth, only exceeded carbon capture and storage (CCS), which make it unlikely as an environmental savior. Land- in size by China’s Three-Gorges Dam. Tar sand based CCS consists of three primary activities: operations also consume large amounts of capturing carbon dioxide out of an emissions freshwater and natural gas. There’s no question stream, compressing it into a liquid, and then that Alberta’s environmental image has been piping that liquid over land, and down into the given a large black eye over its tar sands. Earth where, in theory, it will be retained in In an effort to blunt some of the criticism of geological formations for hundreds or the tar sand industry, Premier Ed Stelmach has thousands of years. It sounds quite simple, until pledged to spend $2 billion to help fund you dig into the details. Photo: Susan Banjavich deployment of technologies to capture and With all that rain there had to be a rainbow. Travelling from Tsawwassen to Duke store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions CARBON CAPTURE, please turn to page 2 Point, looking north. is available at these SERIOUS COFFEE locations — look for the ‘Island Tides’ yellow boxes or racks inside! 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Saturna’s local park interpreter, one of Parks temperatures necessary for rapid fetal growth heading to the continent for a family This was the year of the experiment. The Canada’s ‘last of summer’ natural history events and high milk production. Adult males nest Tcelebration and since our daughter was first batch of plants were ensconced in a ten- was Mammals of the Night.