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HFP site to LNG staging By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Winterfest kicked off on Friday with sledding, a bonfire, and hot chocolate on the hill at the back of the duck pond. Houston volunteer firefighters manned the bonfire and ran lights for the sledding hill. Above, Shauna is excited to have a free crazy carpet and go sledding. Mary, Laney and Eryn were also among the crowd of kids to hit the slopes on Friday. See the Winterfest photo page on page 8 in this paper.
Coastal Gaslink is considering the former Houston Forest Products (HFP) site for a staging area. It would be used temporarily for about two years during the construction of the natural gas pipeline, said Scott Reid, Coastal Gaslink Engineering Coordinator. Reid and Kiel Giddens, Land, Community and Aboriginal Relations talked to Houston council about the project last Tuesday. For most of 2015, Coastal Gaslink will finalize plans, hire their prime contractor, get permits and hold public information sessions. Reid says they want to make a final investment decision in early 2016.
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HFP site considered for pipeline staging area.
If things line up, they’ll build work camps in summer 2016, start clearing in August 2016 and start building the pipeline in early 2017, he said. Asked by Councillor Tom Stringfellow about the plans for the HFP site, Reid said the site is proposed as a transfer location. They would bring pipe in by train, offload at the HFP site and send the pipe on trucks down the Morice River Road to the pipeline route. “Would that give local employment?” Stringfellow asked. See GAS on Page 3
Houston Health Centre future... ‘to primary care home’ By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
The Houston Health Centre is changing to incorporate doctors and other health services into one building. It’s a move meant to strengthen Houston for doctor recruitment.
“It’s tough to recruit. Everybody is recruiting and everybody is short on physicians,” said Dr. Geoff Appleton, Northwest Medical Director for Northern Health. “We need a bit of an edge, especially a small community like Houston. “This would be
a definite edge in recruitment,” he said. Doctors “tend to want to walk into a situation where everything is set up for them,” Dr. Appleton said. “They’re not as interested in setting up their own practice and being responsible for the management of
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