Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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Volume 92 - No. 13
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Village of Burns Lake municipal taxes slated for a five per cent increase in 2013. p5
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$1.34 HST inc.
Contractor’s database to be compiled for new Burns Lake hospital build. p9
Good news for Burns Lake as Hampton announces rebuild Uncertainty surrounding mill town decision dispelled; critics line up to take shots at decision WALTER STRONG On Dec. 4, 2012 Steve Zika, Chief Executive Officer of Hampton Affiliates, and David Hampton, one of the owners, announced in Burns Lake that the company will proceed with the rebuild of the Babine Forest Products Mill destroyed in an explosion on Jan. 20,
2012. "The board agreed that we're going to rebuild the sawmill," said Zika. In response to new forest license arrangements designed to increase timber supply in the Lakes Timber Supply Area announced by province on Sept. 11 in Burns Lake, Hampton Affiliates had agreed
to proceed with plans to rebuild the mill on the assumption that the timber supply arrangements described by the province would be finalized by a Dec. 3 meeting of the board of Hampton Affiliates. The timber supply arrangements required co-operation between the Regional District of BulkleyNechako, the Village of Burns
Lake and the six First Nations in the area. "To the board, the question was 'Are the groups committed to working together'?" said Zika. "In a world where the pine beetle has taken a lot of the timber supply, you really have to have everybody working together to be successful. It's a risk, but we're
comfortable taking it based on the level of support we've seen in the community," he said. Some foundation work has already been completed at the mill site. New construction is expected to begin by the end of March and the mill should be ready to take timber by early 2014. More on page 7...
WOMEN’S VORTEX TEAM HOSTS SMITHERS In a hard fought game over the weekend the Burns Lake Vortex women’s hockey team played Smithers over two games. Smithers came out on top in this second Walter Strong photo game 4 - 2. More photos online at www.ldnews.net.
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