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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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GLACIERS MELTING Smithers glaciers to vanish by 2100.
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CDC ROOM TO GROW CDC aims to be one-stopchildcare-shop.
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PARAMEDIC PILOT Hazeltons first to get paramedic program.
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HORSEPOWER TO SPARE Dean Sturko, pictured left, of Terrace, drives his team of draft horses Betty and Star to fifth place in the 10th Annual Smithers Heavy Horse Pull at the fairgrounds on Sunday. Curtis Adamson’s winning team of Doc and Roy, from Smithers, pulled 2,372lb more than their own weight to take home the title. Picture, B7. Alicia Bridges photo
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BC signs LNG deal with Pacific NorthWest By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
Premier Christy Clark and Pacific NorthWest LNG president Michael Culbert signed a memorandum of understanding last Wednesday, a day before company community relations advisor Derek Baker gave a presentation at the Smithers District Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The province still has to ratify the project development and long-term
royalty deals for the US$36 billion liquefaction and export terminal on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert. If approved by main proponent Petronas and its partners, a decision expected in the next few weeks, the provincial government intends to recall the legislature as soon as practicable to introduce legislation that enables the agreement. “Today reflects the beginning of the company’s final decision path toward an investment decision,” said Clark after the signing.
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Baker pointed out Thursday that the federal government still has to give environmental approval, a process delayed by concerns over the sensitive salmon habitat around Lelu Island. The Lax Kw’alaams First Nation turned down a billion-dollar offer from Pacific NorthWest in a referendum because of the salmon concern. “Through our design mitigations of removing dredging and introducing a suspension bridge,
we believe and our science has shown that our project would not have adverse impacts on the marine environment in the area. “So we’re hopeful that we can continue dialogue with the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation because fundamentally we believe when people have an opportunity to sit with us and understand our science, that they will begin to see we have put a lot of care and attention into the marine environment,” said Baker. See LNG on A9
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