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36 laid off at Quinsam mine
Decline in demand and prices for thermal coal cited by company as the reason Paul Rudan Campbell RiveR miRRoR
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Robin Bell and Larry Stefanyk pose for a picture at the western-themed Pacific Salmon Foundation Dinner and Auction on Saturday at the Eagles Hall. The annual event raises funds for salmon enhancement.
Quinsam Coal has permanently laid off 36 workers due to weaker demand and lower prices for thermal coal. “It’s certainly a very difficult decision and a very difficult time,” said Gary Gould, vice-president of Hillsborough Resources. Quinsam is the only underground coal mine in British Columbia and the only underground thermalcoal mine in Canada. The mine is located about 20 kilometres west of Campbell River, just off Highway 28, and has operated for more than two decades. Quinsam produces thermal
Federal budget includes some local perks Paul Rudan Campbell RiveR miRRoR
On the August long weekend of 1993, 14-year-old Lindsey Nicholls went for a walk along a Cumberland road and was never seen again. Her mother Judy Peterson has never stopped searching for her daughter and Tuesday she sat in
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MP John Duncan’s Ottawa office just before the federal government finally announced it would support “Lindsey’s Law.” “I was absolutely delighted. I took a strong personal advocacy stance on this issue,” the veteran North Island MP said Wednesday. Tuesday was budget day in Parliament. Included in the promises was
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$8.1 million to support a new DNA databank for missing persons and deceased victims. Once deemed “too expensive” by the Conservative government, Duncan lobbied cabinet ministers to support the legislation which is due to come into a effect in 2016. The MP though is hopeful the DNA legislation for missing persons could be
implemented by 2015. But the money is just a “drop in the bucket” as the Conservatives continued to reel-in spending as it moves towards a balanced budget beginning in 2015. “It’s prudent fiscal management,” said Duncan during a phone interview. Continued on Pg. 3
coal which is used to power the furnaces at concrete and electrical-generating plants. It sells most of its coal domestically and to Japan. But in the last two years, said Gould, demand has dropped off along with prices. As a result the 36 workers were laidoff Feb. 3, leaving the mine with 110 employees. In spite of the setback, Gould said the company is closely monitoring markets and will be ready when demand and prices pick up. The company will also continue looking for more coal reserves. “We will continue to focus on increasing our permitted reserves on the mine site. Those efforts will continue,” he said.
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