FROM THE CHAMBERS: September 09, 2026

Bridges, Heroes, Ditch Water, and “Legs” 

Legs risked total consciousness to sit through Wednesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. While municipal government usually moves at the speed of a parked houseboat, yesterday delivered a thrilling five-act play about infrastructure, bravery, high-altitude luxury, and Legs’ opinion. 

Act I: The Bridge is Fine  

The afternoon kicked off with the highly anticipated R.W. Bruhn Bridge update. The structural verdict? It’s apparently doing “good enough or whatever.” 

* No immediate collapse predicted. 

* Construction is progressing. 

* Drivers are going to have to drive around some of the time now. 

Act II: The Fire Department’s Victory Lap 

Next, the Fire Chief took the podium to give an update on the department’s work helping fight recent forest fires. He laid out all the incredibly tough, kick ass work our local crew did out there on the lines. 

Honestly, it was pretty neat to hear. They watered some livestock! We probably shouldn’t lay it on too thick or make them blush, but we have to say we are incredibly glad they helped out, and Sicamous Local News sends a massive nod of respect to the whole crew. 

Act III: The Great Ditch Triumph 

Immediately following the life-saving heroics, Council seamlessly pivoted back to the true heart of municipal government: local drainage. To be completely honest, the highly technical breakdown of ditch water levels was way above the scope of Legs intelligence. 

But from what he managed to understand, the work was done well, it came in on budget, and we are happy it’s finished. We strongly suspect that this exact drainage system is the only thing preventing Sicamous from smelling the way Salmon Arm does on certain days. We can’t prove the science on that, but we just know we don’t want to smell the way Salmon Arm does some of the time (most of the time).  

Act IV: Hitchhiking to the Chopper 

A local entrepreneur pitched an airport shuttle service to move winter tourists from the runway straight to local heli-skiing lodges. Something about needing a letter to give to someone to get something. Whatever he needed, it’s an excellent, forward-thinking concept for our supposed four-season economy. Naturally, you might assume Council’s opposed to this sort of forward thinking, but they were focused on the most critical policy issue: Can we use this bus to catch a ride to the ski hill? 

We didn’t realize our elected officials were currently forced to hitchhike to the mountains, but we are glad to see they are actively looking for carpool options. 

Once Council confirmed that a shuttle full of wealthy skiers was generally better for town’s revenue than an empty highway, they issued the official nod of approval. The permission slip was granted. 

Act V: Legs Takes the Mic 

Once the official presentations wrapped up, the floor opened to the public gallery, and Legs decided it was time to step out of the shadows and take the microphone. 

First, Legs dove straight into the bureaucratic matrix, asking Council to carefully review the specific wording of Bylaw No. 1000 2022. The goal? Ensuring that standard R1 and R2 residential building permits are tightly bound to the existing statutory right-of-way rules, guaranteeing our future waterfront walking path doesn’t get accidentally built over by a private sundeck. Being new to politics, we weren’t sure about the extent of effort that was needed to achieve this, and we even went as far as getting petitions printed up and acquiring signatures before abandoning the idea and just reasoning with council instead. In fact, council members had assured legs prior to the meeting that a waterfront walkway was definitely in the plans and not at risk, but he still felt it necessary to be extremely pedantic. 

Then, Legs entered a formal protest against the proposed rezoning of 1095 Shuswap Avenue (The Haven). This wasn’t part of our plan but apparently somewhere along the way it had become Legs’ plan. Instead of settling for a scaled-back development, Legs recommended that the municipality work twice as hard alongside the housing society to hunt down federal government funding solutions. Sicamous needs affordable housing, and we want it now, or we want it eventually. He pleaded for them to dig deep and exhibit stick-to-itiveness. We need to fight for the original vision of a 37-unit complex for our residents. 

Council listened, the points were made, and Legs successfully completed a double shift of local oversight. After the council meeting Legs had this to say: 

“Theres something weird about being in those chambers. As soon as I walk in, I feel like I’m fifteen years younger. I’m not complaining about feeling younger but maybe I would just feel more comfortable if I had a desk to sit behind. It’s not even like I’m young, I’m pretty sure me and the fire chief are the same age.” 

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