Supports name change
Powell River Regional District board voted unanimously at its meeting on Thursday, June 22, to support proceeding with the process to change the local government’s name to qathet Regional District. Qathet is a traditional Tla’amin Nation word that means “working together.” By formally supporting the name-change motion, the board will now be soliciting the community for its thoughts on the proposed name change as part of provincial government regulations for local government name changes. Details of how that process will unfold have yet to be decided.
Passes clinic borrowing
The regional district board adopted a bylaw that allows the regional district to proceed with borrowing up to $225,278 to pay for upgrades to Texada Island Medical Clinic. The board entered into a month-long alternate approval process in May where Texada residents were asked to mail back a ballot if they did not approve of the borrowing. Of 35 ballots returned during the period ending May 29, 30 were accepted. To stop borrowing from proceeding, residents would have had to send in more than 110 ballots.
