The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) board has joined the growing number of local governments protesting the DFO’s failure to consult before ruling that the Discovery Island fish farms must be phased out by June 2022.
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TELUS wants to put up 5 communication towers on Cortes and Quadra
TELUS is looking at five potential communication tower sites in the Discovery Islands.
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Bute Inlet landslide wipes out wildlife habitat, Threatens marine traffic
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An enormous landslide has scoured the watershed of a remote B.C. inlet and triggered a wave of debris that has wiped out critical salmon and grizzly habitat, and is causing hazards for marine traffic in the region.
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Preliminary surplus report for SRD Electoral areas
COVID has not had a negative impact on the SRD’s Electoral area’s finances. The accounts carry a surplus forward every year, and 2020 is not an exception. SRD staff just released a preliminary surplus report for the electoral areas.
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The SRD passed Rainbow Ridge’s application
After 24 minutes of debate, the SRD passed Rainbow Ridge’s application to have a six acre portion of land rezoned to facilitate the development of up to 22 seniors’ and affordable housing units.
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