Neighbours of Haines Junction bakery want court to limit volume, duration of summer concerts
CBC
Three Haines Junction residents have taken the Village Bakery and Deli to court over the volume and duration of live music at the venue during the summer.
Valerie Drummond, Daniel Drummond and John Carney filed a statement of claim to the Yukon Supreme Court on April 27.
They're seeking an interim injunction limiting the volume of live outdoor music to 55 decibels — about the volume of a washing machine — as measured from the nearest neighbouring property and a 9 p.m. cut-off.
The plaintiffs, along with another neighbour, have raised concerns for years that some performances during the bakery's popular annual summer outdoor concert series on Friday and Saturday evenings, have been unreasonably loud and gone on too late.
"It seems we have exhausted all avenues of addressing our concerns … and our only resource is through this injunction," Valerie Drummond wrote in a May 8 affidavit.
A statement of defence has not been filed yet.
Bakery co-owner Rhonda Powell said in an email she hadn't heard of the lawsuit and had no comment.
She told CBC News earlier this year that while she was aware of the concerns, she felt conversations about the concerts had become overly-confrontational and the complaints were overblown.
"It's just not that loud," she said at the time.
In her affidavit, Valerie Drummond, who lives a short distance from the bakery and also operates a rental cabin business nearby, said she and other concerned neighbours weren't trying to "shut down" the music nights, but simply wanted them "moderated."
Her husband agreed in a separate affidavit, writing that they'd "never asked for an end to the Village Bakery and Deli's concerts or any reduction in the number of concerts."
"We only wanted moderation of the loud performances and a firm stop time for amplified music," Daniel Drummond wrote, adding that he'd had numerous meetings and communication with the village, the bakery and concert sponsors with no success.
The request for an interim injunction, he continued, was the "last avenue available to me to deal with this issue and come to a timely resolution before the 2023 Summer Music Series commences."
Daniel Drummond also argued the terms of the interim injunction weren't unreasonable, noting most concerts during the 2022 season ended around 9 p.m. anyway and that by his measure, 16 of the 28 concerts had a "reasonable" volume.
Montreal officials will hold a ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre today.
The City of Regina's proposal to build a roadway through the McKell Wascana Conservation Park should be discarded, local conservationists say.
A holiday event that began in 2020 during the pandemic with three floats on pickup trucks has now become one of Kelowna’s big winter events, drawing thousands to the city’s downtown core.
WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse.
It’s been hard to keep track of how many legal challenges and active court proceedings the United Conservative government has tried to quash or pre-emptively block in the last six weeks, but let’s try to tally:
Margaret Walker, the emcee of a Waterloo vigil commemorating the victims of the Montreal massacre, doesn't feel enough is being done to reflect on the killings and address gender-based violence.
The P.E.I. Humane Society says it is doing far more fundraising than it used to, and rising expenses — including the cost of animal medications — are a big reason why.
Ottawa is staring down a court-ordered deadline to submit a new plan to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, as a group of First Nations leaders and children’s advocates prepare a competing proposal.
An underpass revitalization project that was meant to pay tribute to the people of Parkdale has instead deteriorated into “a garbage dump,” according to nearby residents.
A young man has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a fire at a frat party near Western University that injured five sorority sisters, including two seriously, late Tuesday night.
The massive deal to combine one of Hollywood's oldest studios with a streaming giant hasn't even been approved yet, but it's already riling multiple related industries and politicians concerned about monopolies and media concentration.
Mi'kmaq chiefs and a former Nova Scotia justice minister are criticizing the provincial government for directing police to crack down on illegal cannabis, saying the order undermines relations with Indigenous Peoples.
For years, there has been “glaring inequity” in the way the province has allocated the millions of dollars in its county roads budget, according to Department of Transportation Minister Chuck Chiasson.