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... New plant planned By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter
A sod-turning has taken place for the new housing project on 98th Street which will house eight hard-to-house individuals in North Battleford. On hand for the sod turning were Mayor Ryan Bater of North Battleford, provincial social services minister Paul Merriman, Jackie Kennedy of Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, and Kristina Johnson of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. See the story on Page 7. Photo by John Cairns
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Second sentence handed down in robbery with firearm - five years By Josh Greschner and John Cairns Staff Reporters
Nearly eight months after a robbery on Mosquito First Nation, both co-accused have been sentenced. On Friday, Aug. 24, Marty Moccasin was sentenced to five years in jail, less time served, and a lifetime ban of certain weapons. Moccasin has been incarcerated since January
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vehicle was found on 33rd Street in Battleford. Two suspects fled the car as police initially arrived. Marty Moccasin and Jamieson Wahobin were later found hiding in a nearby house. Moccasin was charged with robbery with a firearm, two counts of pointing a firearm, careless use of a firearm, and wearing a disguise while committing an offence. Continued on Page 3
The possible routing of trucks to and from a proposed SAGD project has some RM of Meota ratepayers concerned. Serafina Energy Ltd., based out of Calgary, is planning to build a SAGD project, referred to as Meota East, approximately two miles east of the 13 Mile Corner. The 13 Mile Corner is a local term, according to RM of Meota Reeve Sherry Jimmy, for the intersection between Highway 4 and Highway 26, approximately 13 miles north of North Battleford. SAGD stands for “steam-assisted gravity drainage,” an oil extraction method involving two horizontal, parallel wells, which are underground. Steam is injected in the top well, which heats bitumen. Bitumen liquefies and flows to the lower well, where it is pumped to the surface. Serafina’s Vice President of Land and Business Development Chris Bartole said the plant is to produce approximately 8,000 barrels of oil per day to be trucked out to various locations, resulting in an estimated 40 loads of sales quality oil expected to be trucked out on a daily ba-
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sis. Bartole said the project life is anticipated to exceed 15-20 years, and would require “20 full-time operators and support staff.” Bartole said the most likely destinations for the crude would be Unity, Lashburn, Lloydminster and “perhaps more local pipeline terminals.” Tanja Straub lives three quarters of a mile east of the 13 Mile Corner. She said she doesn’t want all the trucks going by her property, and has safety concerns about traffic at the 13 Mile Corner, particularly during summer months. “My concern is this will be a super, super deadly intersection if all those [trucks] haul in and out of there every day,” Straub said. The shortest route for Serafina from the site to the highway passes near Straub’s property, and Straub prefers the trucks take a different route. Routing decisions for the project belong to the RM of Meota. Reeve of the RM of Meota, Sherry Jimmy, said the development agreements are between Serafina and the agricultural producers who own the land on which the project will be. Continued on Page 6
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