The District of Coldstream is asking it’s citizens on October 15, 2022: “Are you in favour of “District of Coldstream Public Works Building Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1808, 2022” which would authorize the District of Coldstream to borrow up to $8,500,000, with interest, over a period of 30 years in order to finance the construction …
Reasons to vote NO to borrowing $8.5 million in the upcoming referendum Read More »
Coldstream Candidate Profiles for 2022 Council Elections The Coldstream Citizens Concerns Community Chat (5Cs) is a community of concerned citizens living in the District of Coldstream, British Columbia. Our goal is to raise awareness of Coldstream Citizens advocating for fairness of governance. To that end, evaluating your candidates is an important task with varied sources …
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A 5Cs follower has sent us an email asking a question on the rules about “conflict of interest”. The Coldstream citizen asked if Councilor Stephanie Hoffman was in conflict of interest as the result of the Westkal Road reconstruction because her employer, who lives on that road, received substantial benefits of the decisions made with …
What is the difference between a perceived conflict of interest and a real one? Read More »
In our editorial about the Westkal Road reconstruction, we noticed that none of the petitioners had been identified. Typically (and as with all other petitions that we looked at) a petition would be filed with the Coldstream staff, and you would be added to a council meeting agenda, usually as a delegation. The Petition is …
Dear Coldstream Concerns I read with interest, your editorial on the way in which the District of Coldstream treated the people in Lavington, in particular the lack of notice and consultation. I had a similar issue with the actions of the District as you described. I used to live adjacent to Kalamalka Lake Park. Now …
The 25 residential houses at the end of Westkal Road have been impacted through the transformation of a railroad to a popular rail trail. On November 26, 2018, a petition was presented to Council on behalf of the residents with the following demands: Improved signage Turning the boat launch into non-motorized boats only. The petition …
The story of Westkal Road… A road unnecessarily rebuilt at the taxpayer’s expense Read More »
