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It’s been a whirlwind year for singer Tiffany Desrosiers, winner of the first annual Langley Has Talent competition held last spring BRENDA ANDERSON Times Reporter
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Kinder Morgan Canada announced in April it will seek to twin its Trans Mountain Pipeline between northern Alberta and Burnaby. The twinning would mean a huge increase in the amount of crude that transits the pipeline, and in the number of oil tankers passing through local waters each year. This final instalment of a three-part Black Press series looks at the politics of the pipeline, and possible alternatives. JEFF NAGEL Black Press
Tiffany Desrosiers, the winner of last year’s Langley Has Talent contest will perform at the finale on May 5 at Christian Life Assembly.
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Hundreds more oil tankers may soon ply B.C. waters to carry crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands to Asia via one of two very different routes. Most public focus so far has been on Enbridge’s controversial Northern Gateway project, which would run a new pipeline across northern B.C. to Kitimat. But several industry watchers rate that project — beset by opposition from environmental groups, northern communities and First Nations — as a long shot. Much more likely to proceed, they say, is Kinder Morgan’s potential expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline, which could mean a more than six-fold increase in the amount of oil now being exported by tankers out through Burrard Inlet.
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he past year has been a busy one for Langley’s Tiffany Desrosiers. Since winning the first annual Langley Has Talent competition last spring, the 25-year-old singer has been on tour in various parts of the U.S. and Canada — travelling down the west coast from Washington to California, through South Carolina and Wyoming and into the eastern provinces. Over the last 12 months, she has also been a part of two classical crossover groups and released a video for her song, Rise Above, on YouTube. And, last Christmas, she performed at a Surrey event headlined by Fefe Dobson and These Kids Wear Crowns. “I’ve also been taking Logic Pro lessons, to learn how to record,” said Desrosiers, who will perform this Saturday night at Christian Life Assembly, where the winner of the second annual talent contest will be named from among the 13 finalists selected on April 21. Desrosiers first learned about the Langley Has Talent contest through a friend of her mother’s, she explained. Although she’d already begun making a name for herself around the Lower Mainland, she liked the idea of competing in her home town. “I thought (LHT) would be an awesome opportunity because it was a local competition,” said the singer. “There aren’t a lot of really local ones — they’re few and far between — so it’s always cool when they come up.” The fact it is a variety show and not simply a singing competition appealed to her as well, she said. For taking the top spot in last year’s contest — with her rendition of the Leonard Cohen hit, Hallelujah — Desrosiers won a $2,500 cash prize and recording time at Blue Frog Studios in White Rock, which she plans to use only when she has exactly the right song. She also appeared as a musical guest on Shaw Cable’s Urban Rush. continued, PAGE 10
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