Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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Volume 94 - No. 51
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BURNS LAKE
LAKES DISTRICT NEWS RCMP presents report Staff Sgt. Grant MacDonald with the Burns Lake RCMP presented the detachment’s second quarter report for members of the council.
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Wet’suwet’en sign LNG agreement The Wet’suwet’en First Nation signed an agreement with the province for the proposed Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project.
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Fun times at RCMP Santa Skate...page 2
Operations to be suspended at Endako Mine Half of the salaried employees will be laid off
FLAVIO NIENOW
Hundreds of employees at Endako Molybdenum Mine in Fraser Lake will have to go through the holidays knowing they will be out of a job in the new year. Thompson Creek Metals Company
announced Dec. 10 that the company and its joint venture partner, Sojitz Moly Resources, have agreed to place the Endako Molybdenum Mine on temporary suspension effective Dec. 31, 2014. The reason is a “continued weakness in the molybdenum market,” according to the company’s press release. “As a result of the current and expected molybdenum price weakness in the near term, we had no other option but to place the mine on tempo-
rary suspension,” said Pamela Solly, director of investor relations and corporate responsibility for Thompson Creek. Approximately 50 per cent of the salaried employees will be terminated effective Dec. 31, 2014 resulting in estimated severance costs of approximately $1.7 million. Endako has 347 total employees - 84 are salaried and 263 are hourly. “The remaining 50 per cent of salaried employees will remain employed for the time being,” said Solly.
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On Dec. 10, all hourly employees were provided 60-day work notices and will be paid through Feb. 7, 2014. According Solly, the company cannot estimate how long the suspension will last for. “We will continue to closely monitor market conditions and re-evaluate the status of the mine as market conditions warrant,” she said. Thompson Creek continues to operate Mount Milligan, its open pit copper/gold mine north of Fort St. ...see ENDAKO ▼ P3
WorkSafeBC takes action WorkSafeBC’s board of directors appointed a special adviser in April 2014, Gord Macatee, to make recommendations in order improve safety in sawmills across the province.
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English 103 Composition and Style ......................January 5 Culturally Appropriate Practices for Working With Aboriginal Families (OASW 102)................January 28 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD 301)...........................................................January 28
CNC Lakes closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 5
Phone: 250.692.1700 • Fax: 250.692.1750 • Toll Free: 1.866.692.1943 545 Highway 16 West • PO Box 5000, Burns Lake, BC • V0J 1E0 Email: lksdist@cnc.bc.ca • Website: www.cnc.bc.ca/lakesdistrict