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KPU INKS $300K DEAL WITH PIPELINE FIRM ▼ KWANTLEN STUDENT ASSOCIATION BLASTS AGREEMENT WITH KINDER MORGAN JEFF NAGEL
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Academic Vice-Ppresident Salvador Ferreras said he had no ethical qualms about signing a benefits agreement with Kinder Morgan that will bring $300,000 to the institution over 20 years if the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is approved. “None at all,” he said, adding the decision was about putting the interests of students first. “We as a university do not have a position on the Trans Mountain pipeline at all.” The agreement unveiled last Tuesday at KPU’s Langley campus is the latest in Trans Mountain’s efforts to conclude benefit deals with local cities and post-secondary institutions in the name of delivering “legacies” with the project but also demonstrating local support.
▶ SUMMER BY THE SEA Jason Dragan, 2, gets a close look at a Dungeness crab caught by his dad Steve off the Crescent Beach Pier last Wednesday afternoon.
H2O RESTRICTIONS LOOM ▶ WATER CONSERVATION ON THE RADAR IN THE REGION AS RESERVOIR LEVELS FALL AND TEMPERATURES RISE
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▶ “I have never been so embarrassed to be a Kwantlen grad.” JUSTINE NELSON
EVAN SEAL
JEFF NAGEL
Drinking water reservoir levels have fallen rapidly in Metro Vancouver and tougher water use restrictions are a conservation option. A move to stage 2 restrictions could, if nec-
essary, be directed by the regional district’s water commissioner, according to Metro utilities committee chair Darrell Mussatto. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if that happened by July 3, but Metro water services general manager Tim Jervis said Thursday his department does not yet anticipate a need to go that far. “We had a record dry May, June is very dry and we’ve got hot weather coming up,” said Mussatto, mayor of North Vancouver City. “We need either some rain to fall in significant amounts to get the reservoirs back up or we’re going to have to look at curtailing use.” Under Metro’s Water Shortage Response
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Plan, stage 2 restrictions would force residential lawn sprinkling to be cut to one day a week, and ban aesthetic washing of driveways and sidewalks, as well as most use of pressure washers. Fountains and water features would be shut down and water play parks could only run with kid-activated buttons under stage 2 restrictions. Watering of school yards, sports fields, park lawns, cemeteries, boulevards and golf course fairways would be cut to minimal levels, in most cases once a week. continued on page 4
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