North Shuswap Kicker April 2022

April 2022
Multiple Topics at Town Hall
Meeting
By Jo Anne Malpass
About 50 people at a town hall
meeting March 26 put on by Area F Director
Jay Simpson heard information
from six presenters on topics ranging
from policing to forests, roads to economic
development.
Sidney Potter, Ministry of Forests
Land and Resource Coordinator for
Okanagan Shuswap Natural Resource
District talked about a Crown Land
wildfire risk reduction
program developed
to put a buffer
around communities
protecting human
life, communities and
critical infrastructure.
A project is happening
this fall around
Anglemont and three
more projects are
in the development
stage for treatment
in the fall of 2023.
These areas are a
buffer at Lee Creek,
above and around
Celista protecting the
egress route and in
Shuswap Lake Provincial
Park.
CSRD
FireSmart Coordinator
Len Youden
talked about a recent
Area F Wildfire Protection
Plan which
shows the best way
to reduce damage to
homes is to reduce hazards
on private property.
Wildfires usually spread to urban
areas from large flying embers. The
main danger of wildfires spreading to
homes is from embers from fires within
2 km. There’s a 90% chance your home
will not burn if the first 10m around
your home has no flammable material.
Resources are available for communities
and individuals and information is
available from FireSmart BC and Canada
and on the CSRD website.
Chase RCMP Sgt. Barry Kennedy
said seven police officers patrol
from Monte Creek to Sorrento, to the
north end of Adams Lake, to Seymour
Arm. Last year from June to September,
there was at least one police car on the
North Shuswap each day. Traffic services
from Kamloops came to the North
Shuswap one day each week, with four
extra cars. This was successful as many
cars were impounded and several drivers
under prohibition were charged,
mostly the same people, until they had
no cars left to drive. This policy will
continue this summer.
He said there were five people
causing most of the trouble for RCMP
last year
but three of
those have
left the
area, after
RCMP
went to
repeat
offender
residences
at various
times
over many
nights to
make sure
they were
abiding by
conditions
and curfews.
RCMP
are happy
with the
number
of phone
calls to the
detachment
that
are helping
RCMP find
the people
and try to
proceed to get charges laid by Crown
Council. “Eventually we’ll catch them
in a car with stolen property.”
Mike Scott, Ministry of Highways
Road Area Manager – North
Okanagan/Shuswap answered several
questions posed to him by Director
Simpson. The Ministry can remove
vehicles if they are abandoned but
this does not include licensed vehicles
parked on the side of the road that are
not impeding road maintenance.
The 60km speed limit at the entrance
to Scotch Creek will be extended
to the other side of the S-curve. This is
just waiting for the engineer to sign off
on.
Informative Town Hall Meeting
Top: FireSmart Len Youden with Director Jay Simpson.
Bottom L: Highways Mike Scott and
R: Sgt. Barry Kennedy
(continued on page 6)
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