Water safety, blame game, MP dies – Cowichan Valley Citizen

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Welcome to Flashback Lake. Journalist Sarah Simpson combed through old newspapers with the help of the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives so we can jog your memory, give you that nostalgic feeling or just a little chuckle, as we throw a look at what was making the headlines this week. Cowichan Lake in the past.

This week in the Cowichan Lake area…

10 years ago

With the arrival of summer, water safety made the front page of the July 13, 2011 edition of the Lake Cowichan Gazette.

“With hordes of tourists and locals enjoying water sports on Lake Cowichan, it’s important to keep safety in mind. That’s the message Christine Schroeder and Mandy Arbuckle must have conveyed to Burnaby water safety advocates during a tour of Cowichan Lake on Saturday, July 9.

“Our mandate is to get people safe to navigate,” said Arbuckle, before setting off on a day trip around Cowichan Lake to impart pearls of wisdom to boaters taking advantage of the late arrival of the weather. summery.

The rules?

• Have the appropriate safety equipment on board

• Bring the appropriate documentation

• Know and respect the laws on alcohol consumption and boating.

Whether it was a decade ago or today, these tips still apply.

In other news from the same newspaper, the debate over smart meters was heating up.

In addition to the City of Lake Cowichan’s recent decision to support a moratorium request on BC Hydro’s smart meters, three other municipalities have sent in moratorium requests.

“We are hiring new people every day, and the numbers now number in the thousands,” said Mary Lowther, local health advocate.

“Those who have signed the moratorium requests so far are Colwood, Salt Spring, New Denver and Lake Cowichan. Lowther’s also met with the Cowichan Valley Regional District, which has yet to make a decision. The underlying concern with smart meters is their radiation, in the form of radio waves that transmit information, rather than having the meters check it.

25 years ago

The Lake News coverage of July 10, 1996 pointed to a few points of the finger between a factory owner and the local MP.

Cowichan / Ladysmith MP Jan Pullinger says she hopes for a long-term response for local dry nails and shingle nails which had to go out of business by July 1.

“The two factories affected by the government ban on beehive burners, Quenco Cedar and Confederate Shake and Shingle, had to collectively lay off 14 employees on July 1, the deadline set for factories to stop burning wood waste. Pullinger said she expects factories to be contacted shortly by Doug Kelsey, employment commissioner, who is seeking a long-term answer for factories so they can resume operations.

“Despite a comment in a Duncan newspaper that no further extensions will be granted, Pullinger says she turned it over to Kelsey and there should be communication with the two factories shortly.

Roger Eldred (owner of the Confederate factory) “was furious last week after reading the Duncan newspaper article that quoted Pullinger as saying the two factories are now paying the price for their bosses’ inability to find another way to treat wood waste.

“Eldred and one of his employees took offense at the comment, saying Pullinger accused the factory bosses of firing them.

“I don’t blame anyone. It’s a fact, isn’t it? They were unable to find an alternative. I’m just pointing out one fact, ”Pullinger said.

40 years ago

The July 8 edition did not exist in 1980, as the newspaper staff took a week off. I couldn’t find the July 15th edition, so we’ll be watching the July 22nd edition for a few weeks it seems!

It was a big news week according to the Lake News of July 22, 1981, with plenty of front page stories to report.

“Sports Weekend Brings Hundreds Here” was one of the headlines as “Lake Cowichan sports fans have been in clubs this week with two top tournaments going on simultaneously.”

(What does ‘I’ve been in clubs’ mean? I’ll have to ask Lexi Bainas. She’ll know.)

“Little League teams from five centers across the Upper Island are in town to compete with the Cowichan Lake area stars for the right to represent the Upper Island region at the Little League of Colombia Championships.” -British. Meanwhile, at the Lake Cowichan Water Ski Club facilities in Lakeview Park on July 18-19, 52 top water skiers competed in the BC Provincial Championships.

In addition, less pleasant news because NDP MP Bob Strachan has passed away at age 67.

“Strachan, who was first elected in the Cowichan-Malahat constituency in 1952, was party leader for years until his retirement in 1968 as leader”, but he continued as an MP until in 1975. “He was instrumental in founding the Insurance Corporation of BC while serving as Minister of Highways in 1972 under Dave Barrett.

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