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POPPY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES Greg Sabatino photo
Members of the Williams Lake 3064 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Sgt. Vincent Beaudoin (left), 15, and cadet Lincoln Sigsworth, 12, sell poppies for Remembrance Day outside Marie Sharpe Elementary School during the Timberland Alpine Ski Society Ski Swap Saturday.
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Flyers Staples, Remembrance Day, Brandsource, Smartsource, Save On Foods, Safeway, Remembrancy Day. Designated areas: Mark’s Workwear House, Bosley’s, A&W, Sears.
Panel report released on Prosperity Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer After months of review, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency panel has found the proposed New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine would result in “significant adverse environmental effects.” The panel released its highly anticipated final report for Taseko’s Fish Lake project south west of Williams Lake late Thursday evening.
“The key (effects) being on water quality of Fish Lake, on fish habitat in Fish Lake, on current use of the lands and resources for traditional purposes of some Aboriginal groups, and on their cultural heritage,” the panel stated in its executive summary. The panel also concluded the mine project would impact South Chilcotin grizzly populations, unless necessary certain cumulative effects mitigation measures are effectively
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implemented. The panel, appointed by the federal Minister of Environment, does not make any recommendations as to whether or not the project should proceed. That decision will be made by the federal government. Cariboo-Chilcotin Liberal MLA Donna Barnett said the federal government has 120 days from the release of the panel report to make a decision. “If the federal minister
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finds that there will be no significant adverse environmental effects, then the minister makes the decision,” Barnett said. “If the minister’s decision is that the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects, the final decision is referred to the federal cabinet to decide whether those effects are justified in the circumstances.” See MORE Page A3
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