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Granisle active with seniors and tourists By Jackie Lieuwen Nestled on the shores of Babine Lake, Granisle is a cozy little village home to 300 people, with 75 percent seniors. Granisle Mayor Linda McGuire says Granisle - at one time a 2,000 person, miningbased village - is now a small and scenic semi-retirement and tourism-based village. “It’s pretty, it’s nice, and it’s WAY affordable,” said Sanga Gardner, caretaker of the Granisle Resort, an individuallyowned condo resort overlooking Babine Lake. Glen Newell, Condo Association Chairperson, says nature is the main attraction of Granisle, and the hunting and fishing right out a person’s backdoor. People hunt moose, bear, deer, and
sometimes elk, and they fish for salmon and trout, Newell said. He says a lot of the residents go hiking or have quads and UTVs and go exploring through the miles of trails around Granisle. There are also lakes with small trout that people can drive to with canoes or paddle boats, and Newell says children of the seniors often come for the summer to visit and enjoy nature’s opportunities. Gloria Maughan, President of the Granisle and District Senior Citizens Association Society, says the seniors enjoy the outdoors as well, with many involved in skiing, snowmobiling and hiking. Gardner says another attraction is the calm and quiet. “Children come and they sit outside and they go, ‘Shh, listen. You can hear
of the facility, and Reitsma said hiring for the terminal will be happening soon. “The hiring for positions will commence in approximately 10 days, but a lot of that is being handled with the First Nations we have agreements with and through the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union,” he said. The first pour of concrete for the three silo structure at the waterfront took place on Oct. 31 last year. The terminal, which cost approximately $42 million to construct, will provide the capacity to export two million tonnes of wood pellets annually, creating a strategic
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Granisle Mayor Linda McGuire welcomes visitors and tourists to the community. Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today
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quiet.’ “It’s a relaxing place to come,” she said.
“Granisle housing is WAY affordable.”
McGuire says that over the last two months, six people bought homes and moved to Granisle from all over the province, including from Fort Nelson, Quesnel, Fort St. John and Tumbler Ridge. “The first thing I ask them is ‘Why Granisle? What made you come here?’ “It’s the fishing, the lake and the affordable housing,” said McGuire. See HOUSE on Page 2
Houston pellets exported through new terminal By Shaun Thomas Black Press
After just under a year of construction, Pinnacle Renewable Resources is in the final stages of construction for its pellet export operation at Westview Terminal. “We should be all wrapped up with construction around the third week of
October, which will allow us to start running tests on the equipment. We will do commissioning work over the course of several weeks and expect the first ship to arrive in November,” said Pinnacle president and chief operating officer Leroy Reitsma. “We’re down to planning things in
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“We expect the first ship to arrive in November.” - Pinnacle President Leroy Reitsma
weeks instead of months, which is pretty exciting ... it’s going to be nice it it start to run.”
Metro Ports Canada was selected as the terminal operator in July to oversee the day-to-day operations
trade gateway for the expanding biofuel industry across Northern British Columbia. Pinnacle operates six pellet manufacturing facilities in the communities of Houston, Burns Lake, Meadowbank, Quesnel, Williams Lake and Armstrong, supporting 350 jobs in those operations.
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