The Peninsula Times
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-01-09
issued: 1973-03-28
description: Serving the Sunshine Coast.
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note: . / '; V y j J wist/ Canadian Graphic ladttStrla* ��� i , 204 West 6th Aye.. ' Vancouver 10, I*. C* / Service ��� f For residential use^ . Cooper's Green rezoning seen if gov t doesn't act HALFMOON Bay Area B Ratepayers' Association met at the Welcome Beach Hall last Saturday with President G, Tarn London in the chair. . Reporting to the members, the president said the executive had a busy and active session. 'Following the resignation of Richard E; Laird as secretry in November, Rita ilelf had served as secretary pro tern until the appointment of Don Pye on March 19. ' - Very quick action, he reported, had , been obtained in getting necessary repairs to the Halfmoon Bay wharf and the association had received assurance from 1 Highway minister Robert Strachan that the department of highways would care- / fully check MacMillan and Bloedel's new subdivision with a view to preserving the right-of-way known as . Redrooffs Trail. Regarding the preservation of Cooper's Green as a public park, Jim Cooper r>ad.a letter he had received from Don Lockstead, MLA, promising to take up the matter at an early date. Representatives of the provincial government had been in the area inspecting the property and taking pictures. There were apparently no old files to refer to, and the department had had to start a study of the, matter from" the beginning. Cooper said he would like to go ahead w��jh the rexoning of the property to to Residential 1 but agreed to delay any action-for'a time to give the Government a chance id approve the project as he said he would prefer to see the green become a public park. Access to the water was considered to be one of the great needs_ of the area since so many road allowances were too steep to be of any use and others were suitable only pedestrian access. Cooper's Green.',if acquired for a park, would help to solve this problem. .' Again the topic of utmost importance proved to be water, and opinions were expressed that with so much expansion taking pl…
note: Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Sechelt Peninsula Times" from 1963-12-04 to 1967-03-01. Titled "The Peninsula Times" from 1967-03-08 to 1979-12-26. Published by Sechelt Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1963-12-04 to 1968-12-24 and from 1970-11-04 to 1971-03-10; by The Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1969-01-08 to 1970-10-28; by Powell River News Town Crier Sechelt Times Ltd. from 1971-03-17 to 1975-11-05; and by Westpres Publications Ltd. from 1975-11-12 to 1979-12-26. Dates of Publication: 1963 to 1980.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sechelt (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0186100
language: English
lat: 49.4716667
long: -123.763333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sechelt, B.C : Powell River News Town Crier Sechelt Times Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Sechelt Community Archives.
type: Text