June 2, 2020 – Letter from Minister of Public Safety re; Newsome Creek Mitigation, June 2, 2020
Minister Farnworth replies to the NCWAG and CSRD request to work on the work while replacing the culverts at Dieppe Road and Highway 1. Read more
March 24, 2020 – CSRD Letter to Minister Farnworth regarding Newsome Creek 24Mar2020
A request from CSRD that the province includes work on the Newsome Creek hazard area as part of MoTI’s culvert replacement project. Read more
March 10, 2020 – NCWAG Respeonse to Minister Farnworth March-10-2020
This letter request that MoTI includes mitigation work in the creek with their plan to replace culverts at Dieppe Road and the Trans-Canada Highway. Read more
March 1, 2020 – Response Letter to CSRD Chair re November 2019 letter
The Water Stewardship Division of FLNRORD does not feel that further upstream studies will add further value in identifying options or solutions to the ongoing erosion along Newsome Creek. The factors that have led to erosion and the options to address the issue have been documented in existing reports. Read more
February 6, 2019 – Minister Farnworth Response to Norm Martin
Dear Bev and Norm Martin, I would like to thank you as well as the other members of the Newsome Creek Watershed Action Group for your Dec 2, 2018 emails, addressed to Premier John Horgan, and me... Read more
January 21, 2019 – Cheryl Webb (DFO) response to Jocelyn Gilbert
Dear Ms. Gilbert, The conservation and protection of Canada's marine resources is a top priority for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)... Read more
January 7, 2019 – Jocelyn Gilbert to Minister Wilkinson
Dear Minister Wilkinson, This letter is to ask for your immediate support... Its frustrating and we feel helpless trying to protect our properties, home and businesses... Read more
December 28, 2018 – Email Response from Paul Rasmussen, Assistant Deputy Minister, South Area
Dear Bev and Norm Martin: Thank you for your letters of November 29, December 3 and 5, 2018, to Premier John Horgan, Minister Doug Donaldson and Minister George Heyman, expressing your concerns about erosion and bank stability of the Newsome Creek watershed... Read more
December 20, 2018 – Letter from CSRD to Minister Wilkinson, Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Gaurd
Dear Minister Wilkinson, This letter is to ask for your immediate support in regards to an impending disaster affecting homes, businesses and potentially, lives, in the area surrounding Newsome Creek in Sorrento... Read more
December 6, 2018 – Letter from NCWAG to Okanagan Shuswap District Manager Steve Sirett
Dear Mr. Sirett, This letter is sent to ask for information and to apprise you of a potential disaster for some people in Sorrento. BC who could lose their homes by way of their houses falling fifty feet or more into the Newsome Creek gully... Read more
November 28, 2018 – Letter to Minister Donaldson from CSRD Board Chair
Dear Minister Donaldson: During the 2017 and 2018 spring freshet events, the banks of Newsome Creek below the Trans-Canada Highway in Sorrento were severely eroded, affecting many properties along Caen Road... Read more
October 31, 2018 – Letter From NCWAG to Premiere Horgan
Dear Premier: Re: Your action required to resolve threats to life and property on Newsome watershed. We are a group of landowners norht of the Trans-Canada Highway along Newsome Creek which empties into Shuswap Lake in the village of Sorrento... Read more
October 31, 2018 – Letter From NCWAG to Minister Trevena
Re: Your action required to resolve threats to life and property on Newsome watershed... Read more
October 31, 2018 – Letter From NCWAG to Minister Farnworth
Re: Your action required to resolve threats to life and property on Newsome watershed... Read more
October 31, 2018 – Letter From NCWAG to Minister Donaldson
Re: Your action required to resolve threats to life and property on Newsome watershed... Read more
June 1, 2018 – Letter to Director Demenok re Newsome Creek Area C CSRD (response)
Dear Mister Demenok, Thank your for your letter of May 18, 2018, to Honouralbe Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Land, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development... Read more
May 3, 2018 – Letter From Area C Director Paul Demenok to FLNRORD Minister Doug Donaldson
Dear Minister Donaldson: As the Electoral Area C Director for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, this letter is to alert you to an impending and preventable tragedy, and to request your Ministry's immediate assistance... Read more