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PRINCE RUPERT - Suspect George T. Baker kneels over a dead cheerleader (played by James McNish) during AFFNO’s murder mystery held on September 29. For more on the event, see page 7
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PRINCE RUPERT - David Black, president of Kitimat Clean Ltd., will be in Prince Rupert on Thursday evening to hear from people in the community about plans for a $13 billion oil refinery in the Kitimat area. Black, who also owns Black Press which publishes this newspaper and the Prince Rupert Northern View, will be speaking at the Lester Centre of the Arts at seven p.m. on Thursday, October 11 in a very casual town hall for-
mat. “I just want to talk about the refinery concept and adjoining pipeline, answer questions and solicit opinion,” said Black, who will be speaking at the 2012 Northern Ports Symposium and meeting with First Nations leaders in the Prince Rupert area during his visit. “This all goes back to mak-
ing sure we have a complete look at the project. It was the point of the polling we did previously as well.” A province-wide phone survey conducted during September found 78 per cent respondents were David Black of aware of the proposal to build a large refinery at Kitimat to process Alberta heavy crude oil. Provincially, 72 per cent either favoured or were “somewhat support-
“I think the general person in BC is for this proposal...”
ive” of the proposed $13-billion refinery between Terrace and Kitimat. “It’s pretty dramatic, it’s a strong endorsement in a province where you see a 60/40 split so I’m pretty pleased with that,” said Black. According to Black, those numbers are reflective of what he is hearing in talking to people about the project. “I think the general person in BC is for this proposal because of the jobs that are involved and because it takes the risk of a bitumen spill out of the equation,” he said.
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