Residents in the Yankee Flats and Silver Creek area of B.C.’s Shuswap are up in arms over the disturbing sight of meat chunks falling from the sky. The source of this unsettling phenomenon has been traced back to a local compost facility, sparking outrage and calls for legal action among the community members. According to Deneed Tomlinson, who lives near the Spa Hills Farm, the situation is nothing short of “disgusting.” She describes finding plastic debris in her horse pasture and meat chunks scattered in her yard, all originating from the nearby compost facility.
The lack of oversight and regulation surrounding the operations of the Spa Hills compost company has left residents feeling frustrated and fed up. Tomlinson’s concerns about the potential health and environmental hazards posed by the meat and bones littering her property are shared by other neighbours in the area. The issue has become so troubling that residents are considering taking legal action against the compost facility to address the ongoing problem.
Global News reporter Travis Lowe sheds light on the escalating tensions between the community and the compost company, highlighting the growing dissatisfaction and calls for accountability. The impact of this situation on the local environment and residents’ livelihoods cannot be understated, as they grapple with the aftermath of meat chunks falling from the sky. Stay tuned for further updates on this developing story and the residents’ efforts to address the issue.
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Video “‘It’s disgusting:’ Meat chunks falling from sky have one BC community fed up” was uploaded on 09/20/2024 to Youtube Channel Global News
What a joke
The usual government response, passing the blame
Sue em for loss of peaceful living which is totallly a thing.
Each of those 70+ people could file a small claims in BC for up to $38,000. You can file online in 1 day.
Thats over 2.6 million and would force them to close operations.
thats like saying the new paper mill stinks when the winds from the north. or the farm next door gets cattle and it stinks on a hot day. its just something your gonna have to learn to live with.
Free barbeque.
Spa Hills. Can't make this tihs up.
It's comforting to know we all contributed in our own small way.
This business didn't just show up overnight.
Was there not meetings and consultations and city permits involved?
You cannot deny the smell that place but emanate, i can see the smell though the screen. I'm shocked it was allowed to be built near a community.
Sell your horse pasture and move to Sidney
This is subject for a new show "Only in BC"
Nobody mentioned the bears, rats and raccoons….moving in
A disease making facility waiting to erupt with bio toxins and viruses…
Cloudy with a chance of … 🤣
IT's green, that's not what you wanted !
Our city council tried to slide past my neighbourhood a fish gut compost company….right in the middle of a residential neighbourhood in the central part of our city…..The seagull population exploded, many residents close to the factory started to become ill…with blinding headaches and breathing problems….The city had no choice but to remove that companies resource consent…..as their so called 'in-house' containment system wasn't as good as the company reported…..Never forget…governments are elected by the ratepayer/tax payer….elected to manage our needs…not the needs of their donors…..too many people forget this and allow governments at act as authoritarians…..
its warning for hunter who hunt creatures also made of flesh and bones . animals care their young just like humans do . and since human tech has developed to grow banana in north that dont run and scream or bleed
Good luck!
I live near a animal rendering plant right in my city, the stench can be nauseating on most days and depending on the wind can be tolerable but it's been here for maybe 70 + years.
Move it to the desert drumheller.
ah the classic, “it’s not my authority don’t look at me!”
Ya gotta pay the right people in Govt.
You would think that a facility such as this would be kept much further from adjacent residential properties. Anything that reasonably would be objectionable to neighbours should have been considered before the permit was issued. The compost plant is not a bad thing but needs to be managed properly, animal carcasses should be in enclosed systems for biological safety.
Everyone's entitled to peace full enjoyment of property in BC
It’s BC what’s the problem how sweet.
Sick
Rodriguez Christopher Miller Richard Anderson Shirley
boo hoo you live on farmland expect some smells and work
Funny how these types of facility never seem to end up neighboring a politicians property.
dusgusting
Very few government officials have to be qualified in anything, let alone civic duties
Global news rocks 😊,
There all news are very interesting