Woman jailed for sex assault
Rescued after fall into river
Killer not happy with show
Facial recognition at border?
PM ups attacks on Poilievre
CRA will get the money: PM
Instagram fraudster jailed
11 Trump allies indicted
Ukraine uses new missiles
BoC officials split on rate cut
Big loss for Boeing 
Metro sales edged higher
Vees dominating Vipers
Warriors snakebitten in loss
Iginla off to Europe
Coachella fined $28K
Those are her nipples
Kanye to launch porn studio
Penticton Indian Band members have voted down a “super park” proposed for the First Nation’s main reserve.
A referendum was held Tuesday that saw members vote 149 to 93 to reject the proposal, which would have used about two per cent of PIB land to construct a vast 940-acre amusement park.
The initial proposal would have included ziplines, a mountain coaster, a waterpark, mountain biking, chairlift, amphitheatre and more.
Although the ambitious plans were rejected, Chief Chad Eneas is happy with how referendum was handled.
“This referendum process was a success, as it was the second fastest land designation voting process in Canada,” he said.
“I would like to express my gratitude for the unanimous support from the council to bring this to the membership to include in the decision-making process, thank the staff for the dedication and efforts for the hard work they do and to the private investors for bringing this idea forward.”
“We continue to review project proposals on new and old concepts for building a stronger economy that can be supported by the Penticton Indian Band membership,” he added.
Between 25 and 30 per cent of the band population participated in the referendum. The project would have been a joint venture between the PIB and Avion Developments. Avion is fronted by Trevor Seibert, one of four original founders of the Area 27 Speedway in Oliver, although the PIB project was completely unaffiliated with the racetrack.
Chief Eneas said it appears the sheer size of the development appeared to provoke concern for members.
“We will move forward with similar engagement formats through the family systems, building upon and enhancing the process to consider a further set of land use designations in the new year.”
With the referendum results, the PIB also announced it has renamed the PIB Development Corporation to the K’uL Group. K’ul is a Syilx word, meaning, to work – to make – to create. It manages PIB firms such as Westhills Aggregates, Coyote Cruises and Sn’pink’tn Forestry.
