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Volume 62 No. 19
Aid for fire victims Local Kitimat stores have stepped up with the desperately needed help to lend to those who have been displaced due to the havoc the wildfires in Alberta have caused. Stores have set up their own local disaster relief effort to provide comprehensive support to those in Fort McMurray. Save-On-Foods has pulled together teams in the B.C. and Alberta warehouses who put together care packages to send along to Alberta. At least one truckload has been sent, with more on the way. In addition, Save-On-Foods has donated $150,000 in cash and product toward the wildfire relief efforts. Save-On-Foods in Kitimat will continue to collect cash and More Rewards points donations, which will be sent directly to the Canadian Red Cross. The Loblaws Companies Ltd., has committed to a cash donation of $150,000 to the Canadian Red Cross, including individual cash donations and provisions of essential food and health supplies. “Customers in stores across the country have already donated more than $638,000,” Kyle MacGillivray, owner of Kyle’s No Frills stated. “We are accepting donations that are directly going to the Canadian Red Cross of Northern Alberta.” Donations of cash or PC Plus points are accepted at Kyle’s No Frills in Kitimat. Kitimat’s B.C. Liquor store is accepting donations of cash to send to the Canadian Red Cross to help provide evacuees with shelter, food and water. Dora Davies, manager of the Kitimat B.C. Liquor store says, “Kitimat’s response has been very positive.” “Most of us all have friends and relatives from Alberta [who need the help].” The Canadian Red cross announces all individual donations are being matched by the Government of Canada.
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The West Coast Amusement fair was in Kitimat on May 3 and attracted hundreds of residents to the excitement of the cotton candy, mini donuts, flashing lights and exciting rides. Little ones were thrilled as they bravely ‘took to the sky’ in this ride, which looked like they were ‘dropping from the sky’. Louisa Genzale photo.
LNG companies announce milestones for projects Two announcements last week move one planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Kitimat closer to a quicker construction start should it ever make a decision to proceed. TransCanada announced May 5 it has received the final provincial permits needed for construction of its Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline that would feed the planned LNG Canada plant while LNG Canada itself said it has chosen the construction partnership of Bird-Civeo to build a 4,500-person work camp. With the final decision from the LNG Canada partners expected in late 2016, TransCanada says it is ready to begin work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2017. LNG Canada is prepared to have its contractors start building accommodation for its workers at a facility called the Cedar Valley Lodge as soon as a final in-
vestment decision is reached. The work camp will be built immediately adjacent to LNG Canada’s plant located in Kitimat at the former Methanex site so that workers will be closer to the job site. Though construction of the Cedar Valley Lodge will not go ahead unless LNG Canada choses to build the coastal liquefied natural gas facility, Bird-Civeo says it will prepare engineering and planning work in the interim. The lodge is expected to be 1.2 million square feet in size with residences, kitchens, dining areas, an entertainment area and a recreational facility. LNG Canada says providing accommodation will reduce the strain on Kitimat’s own services and it will also be providing on-site health care. The permits received by TransCanada for its Coastal GasLink pipeline were the last two of them needed for the pipe-
line and natural gas metering system. The issuing of the latest permits to TransCanada means that the project has met B.C. environmental protection standards. The project received an environmental assessment certificate in October of 2014. The pipeline is intended to run 670 kilometers between natural gas fields in Dawson Creek and Kitimat, carrying liquefied natural gas to the LNG Canada processing and export facility which would ship the product in tankers overseas. As of January, TransCanada had signed economic benefits agreements with 11 First Nations groups along the pipeline path, but is still working to reach a deal with remaining groups. The company expects the pipeline construction will generate up to 2,500 jobs and will cost approximately $4.8 billion.