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Wednesday March 21, 1990 40¢

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Illegally set conibear traps kil-
led one cat, two others cats have
disappeared and residents around a
pre-school are joining together to
have the traps banned from Central

a developed area,” said veterinar-
ian Terry Tuddenham.

Her family cat, a four-year-old
neutered male tabby named
George, was found dead in a
conibear trap that was illegally

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aE —| Cat dead in illegally set killer trap

OPINION AG by Glenn Werkman ney amazing to us that this ea ie oe
OUTDOORS A18 The Review kind of thing could be going on in _ area of Central Saanich, Feb. 25.

“A conibear trap is a killing trap
which is meant to crush the neck
of the victim,” Tuddenham said.
“Once sprung, the jaws of the trap
are under such tension that they

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North Saanich backs sludge removal
But $352,000 cost is a shocker

by Valorie Lennox
The Review

Sludge removal must be added
to the Bazan Bay treatment plant,
North Saanich council agreed
Monday — despite the shock of a
$352,000 cost estimate.

Council also wants to know if
the plant can be adapted to handle
septic field waste and asked the
Capital Regional District to study
that possibility before a final deci-
sion is made in May on secondary
treatment.

“We're going to end up paying

Residents upset when chopper
misses mark during fertilizing

by Glenn Werkman
The Review

Valuable horses were spooked
and a crop of organically grown
fruit trees covered with fertilizer
Thursday when a helicopter drop

overshot its mark, residents said.

“Tt’s all over the houses,” Stel-
lys Crossroad resident Ed Owen
said Friday.

Hobby farmer Diana Evans cal-
led provincial officials after she
found fertilizer granules “all over

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for the whole bloody thing. For
those of us on sewer, it’s going to
cost a lot of money,” Ald. Art
McKinnon said.

“Why are we all of a sudden
illegal?” he asked.

Mayor Linda Michaluk said the
Bazan Bay plant and the other two
plants serving the Peninsula have
never complied with federal gov-
ernment requirements for secon-
dary treatment.

“We have not been in compli-
ance since day one,” she said,
adding that the federal government
has repeatedly threatened to fine
Peninsula municipalities by the
day for waste dumped from the
plants into the ocean.

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Family ties _
pull Huberts ©
from race |
for nomination

by Glenn Werkman

- The Review -

Popular Saanich and The
Islands MLA Terry Huberts sur-
prised his supporters Thursday by
announcing he will not seek the
nomination for the next election.

“Tf I ran for the nomination I’m
sure I would have won it and then
won the election and I would have
been committed to being an MLA
for five years,’ Huberts said.
“Those are the crucial years for
my boys.”

Huberts, 43, has two sons —
Jason, 11, and Shaun, 9.

“As parks minister I didn’t have
three consecutive meals with my
family and I feel I would have
been a minister again,” Huberts
said.

After speaking to Premier Bill
Vander Zalm about the decision,
Huberts said, “He was surprised
but was very much a friend, he
understood.”

By dropping out of the contest

€_nomination.in the new
constituency of Saanich North and

The Islands, Huberts leaves cur-

‘As parks minister !
Gidn’t have three
consecutive meals
with my family and |
feel | would have
been a minister
again’

- rent MLA and Finance Minister

Mel Couvelier as the lone
announced candidate.

“1 did it for my family but I’m
pleased that we didn’t have to go
head to head,” Huberts said.

Huberts will continue with his
duties as an MLA and is looking
forward to taking life-a little easier
after the next general election, yet
to be called.

“Tt doesn’t matter which father I

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TERRY HUBERTS —