The contract runs out at the end of September. SPCA spokesmen Mark MacDonald and former councillor Bill Ross promised the town better service for the same amount of money and asked town council to turn over the job of animal control and pounding to their organization. B.C. Heritage Week is Feb. 21-27. The following article is based on a local legend. The year is 1923.
Black smoke belches from the engine s funnel and taints the air with cinders.
The elevated railway bed rides high, due to the instability of the swampy ground beneath it. The area between the sawmill and the packinghouse is pitted with bogs and sloughs, nurtured by the deep-seated springs that slink below the surface. As the engine and tender near the Y turn-off, the engineer focuses on the intricate moves ahead. But this time the ground rebels. Legends live on opposing views.