SPCA overview PAGE A3
time for touch screen training PAGE A15
boxing club seeks new home PAGE A19
OBSERVER QUESNEL - CARIBOO
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Friday, January 18, 2013
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Generous donation The Quesnel Scandinavian Society continues to give generously to support patient care at GR Baker Memorial Hospital. A recent $20,000 donation will go toward the purchase of a portable Ultrasound unit. Ultrasound can help reduce the time it takes to diagnose and treat some health problems. Because the unit is portable, it can be used in various areas of the hospital, and by physicians at a patient’s bedside, for emergency assessments. This is the Scandinavian Society’s second major donation to GR Baker Memorial. Last year, a $50,000 donation went toward the purchase of orthoscopic equipment. Danika Hebert photo
Taseko Mines provides update on New Prosperity AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter It’s the largest undeveloped gold and copper mine in Canada – seventh in the world. Brian Battison of Gibraltar Mines presented Chamber of Commerce members with an overview of the mines’ productions and an
update on the proposed Prosperity mine. “This creates a lot of opportunities for a lot of people,” he said. Battison first highlighted Gibraltar’s impact over the last five years: • $1.2 billion in total mine revenue. • $975 million in GDP generated for B.C. • $576 million increased in consumer spending.
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• $74 million increase in residential investment. • $520 million increase in non-residential investment. • Federal government – $408 million in additional revenues. • Provincial government – $371 million in additional revenues. He further broke down Taseko’s supplier expenditures by region,
with 34 per cent allocated to B.C. Interior and Cariboo. “Taseko purchased more than $82.5 million from the interior and Cariboo region in a 12-month period,” he said. Battison said the types of goods and services include: • a light vehicle fleet • automotive parts • fuel and greases
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• propane • tires • pumps and pipes • steel • power transmission parts • safety supplies • catering services • office supplies • mill processing equipment • freight, and • bus transportation “Approximately $18
million is spent each month on these types of services and suppliers,” he said. Add to that, he said, the employees ‘buying power’ and 97 per cent of Taseko’s wages are paid to those living in Williams Lake, Quesnel and 100 Mile House with a figure of $48 million in annual wages. See PAGE A5
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