Some of you have been calling me about irritating smoke coming into your properties from neighbouring chimneys. My own house regularly fills with smoke from a nearby wood fire so I have a lot of sympathy for those of you who are similarly affected.

In April, an air pollutant monitoring station was set up in the city to continuously monitor the air quality. As part of council’s moves to comply with the National Standards for Air Quality, council will investigate all calls from residents concerned about pollution from household chimneys. If you have concerns about smoky chimneys, please call PNCC Customer Services on 356-8199.

January, 2004

The cremator at John F. Kennedy Drive is now in operation. I have received some complaints from nearby residents regarding noise and emissions. Please direct any noise complaints to PNCC at ph: 356-8199 so council has a record and can follow up with a noise inspection. (I have passed on complaints to council and noise control officers have visited the site).

NOTE: Council officers followed up on these complaints and visited the cremator when it was in operation. The noise level checks showed the cremator was operating within legal limits.