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On November 19 a semi truck slid sideways on Highway 37S, between the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce and Kitamaat Village road. Traffic backed up on either side although RCMP allowed smaller vehicles around it along the shoulder. Larger vehicles had to wait for a tow truck to arrive to get the truck out of the way. The RCMP say the driver was attempting to turn around, then jack knifed, with the truck ending up in the ditch, the trailer across the road. A motor vehicle act violation ticket was issued to the driver. The truck was cleared from the road at approximately 11 a.m.
Mail comes back to Farrow Environment group Councillors still a bit sour to Canada Post releases air report as this that holds hostage of an entire Cameron Orr “This...holds street in perpetuity to the behaviour, On November 18, a long runtemporarily, of a dog that may live on ning dispute between Canada Post hostage of an and a particular household on Farentire street in the street. I cannot believe that they would listen to our proposal, and rerow Street — a conflict which meant perpetuity to ject it,” he said. no mail was being delivered to that the behaviour, The District of Kitimat had ofstreet at all since last November — temporarily, of fered to install, on the town’s dime, has come to a resolution. a temporary community mail box if But it’s a resolution that has still a dog.” the specific problem dog remained left questions for councillors given an issue. That would allow door-tothe final decision from Canada Post. A letter from the Kitimat office’s superinten- door service to resume at a later date. Chief Addent, Michael Gee, said that “In the event future ministrative Officer Ron Poole said the proposal incidents occur involving this dog menacing our was presented but ultimately rejected by Canada delivery employees, Canada Post will make a per- Post. “That’s very disappointing,” was Goffinet’s manent change in delivery mode for Farrow Street response to that. customers...” Speaking to the Sentinel, Canada Post spokesThat change, he continued, is to install a permanent community mailbox for the street, and person Eugene Knapik said their back-up plan is they will install the equipment to support that to keep their service from being interrupted again. “We really hope the issue is resolved and our change. The idea of one animal causing a permanent employees don’t encounter any further problems change to Farrow Street’s mail had Councillor with this dog,” he said. “In the event this problem comes back...we’re going to change mode of deRob Goffinet in particular up in arms. “I would call into question their reasoning livery to CMB (Community Mail Box), and we’re and ask that Canada Post justify a decision such not going to have another gap in delivery.”
Tom Fletcher Premier Christy Clark set off last Thursday on her fourth trade mission to Asia, after sidestepping questions about the environmental impact of liquefied natural gas export plants on the Kitimat-area environment. A new report from environment group Skeena Wild concludes that if three LNG processing plants are built to burn natural gas for compression and cooling – what the industry calls direct drive – they would use two and a half times more gas than Metro Vancouver. The report calls for modern gas-fired power plants to be built outside the narrow Kitimat Valley to reduce the impact of sulphur dioxide and other pollutants that affect air and water quality. Speaking to reporters at
Vancouver airport, Clark rejected the report’s claim that the government has “tacitly endorsed” the use of direct-drive production of LNG. “The study can’t have final answers on any of that, because they don’t know yet how liquefied natural gas plants will be powered,” Clark said. “We don’t know how many there will be. We’re still in negotiations with the companies about how all that’s going to unfold.” Environment Minister Mary Polak said in an interview that one LNG proposal has applied for an environmental assessment, and two others are in discussions on B.C.’s technical requirements for a permit and how the plants would be powered. Continued on page 5
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