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\nA weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dawson Creek<\/strong> has made a big bet on the sun. The small city in northeast B.C., with a population of less than 12,000, is aiming to be carbon neutral heading into 2013<\/a>. In 2011, it changed its building-code bylaws to require that every new house is built \u201csolar ready\u201d and to make it easier for homeowners to afford the infrastructure costs.<\/p>\n

The province is reflecting on its digital days of yore, while beaming projections for a cyber future with 100-per-cent connectivity by 2021<\/a>.\u00a0The B.C. government says beginning this spring it will gear up on plans to bring affordable high-speed Internet to citizens in remote and geographically-challenging locations<\/strong> via broadband satellite.<\/p>\n

A six-month wait, in the grand scheme of things, was not a long time for the developer of a proposed five-storey building<\/a> in downtown Sidney<\/strong>.
\nOn Monday night town council approved the building, which would see commercial space on the ground floor and 28 multi-family residential units above.<\/p>\n

A group of residents vowing to fight construction of a greenway behind their Fleetwood<\/strong> homes<\/a> showed up in numbers to a public information meeting last month to make their feelings known to the city.\u00a0At the top of their concerns is that paving a path along 78 Avenue from about 156 to 168 Streets will increase crime in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Summerland<\/strong>\u2019s mayor is hoping to jump the queue on a long-term transit study and get a bus service in her community by this fall.\u00a0Janice Perrino said town staff has discussed with B.C. Transit the possibility of establishing a new link between Summerland and Penticton<\/a> by the time students return to school in September.<\/p>\n

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