- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - A? 7 °

- Logging blockade goes up ~_ Gear
and then it is taken down i ey “healthy cb?

AY ‘SMALL blockade ‘preventin logacts from. cutting visited the-Jocation twice. ; a

trees. -On:a West Fraser licence ‘southwesl of here was: ng SS ]t was. a. peaceful. situation,” ‘said. Basi ‘who. added: oe Not on. my. life. eee

noved June 8 following the granting. of'a B.C. Supreme: ~ that “if - band ‘members “had. not. removed the blockade’. v. “ :

purl: injunction and-enforcement order. - - . When’ asked, RCMP ‘would: have first: ‘tried AO; ‘negotiate " on 4 7 oe With Weight Watch 8, _ :
The blockade, ‘by members” of: the’ Lax ‘Kw'alaams.. ah, ‘end before contemplating. further action. i 7 : oa I lost: weight and kept~ a

band: ‘who ‘said logging of culturally-miodified’ trees. there... West ‘Fraser's licence in. the area-is ‘for 46: 000 cubic, oe Bee " P. an

would ‘cause: the: band. irreparable’ harm, first. went Up. in.” rietres find. the -area. includes a: ‘vedar g grove. that . is: “the: : oh ne : aoe ir ott And: so can vOu, yous
e early morning hours of June:6...° 2. “-focus'of thé Lax Kiy’alaamns band: Ce Pg Te 2 Sarahe Duchess of Yorke 9

-Loggets who-had intended to: go 10. ‘work that “day went! * MAtissue “are. thousands : ‘of ‘culturally ‘iiodilied . trees, ee
home aiid West'Fraser applied forthe injunctign’ iy en- which mostly “involve: trees where sicips: of bark: have . a FREE. REGISTRATION. JOIN. Now.
forcement: order the, next day, said West Fraser. official me been peeled-off. a poe PAY ONLY. $14.00 — SAVE: ‘$30.00:

: ‘e"The-band ‘was ‘earlier. unsticcessful i ‘in, being ‘pranled an 800° 682 B01 . WEIGHTWATCHERS. CA
twas gl ted jie’ 8 and by: the: time: West Fraser oft j injunction to slop logging: while it ‘appealed a décision: in §F-

§ went ‘to ‘the: area where” the Lakelse: River joins. “which the Supreme: Court. upheld: a cutting | licence, “given: ae
* to “West, Fraser by. the forest Service. 6 : : a
wets: fairly rare for a ‘Supreme. Court justice. to: issue: an: * a 6
twas: ver low: ke ‘There 3 was. no fristion,” Ta ‘ad’. igjunclien and’ an- -enforcément order at: the same. times 1. Wei tht: e he
of the: so et of the arrival at the i by: Jay said work started: on June: 8 as soon as. the bloek i eig a C ers

Fraser. officials to give bard members a copy: ‘of * ade. was “removed, re en i “tio aii time at participaling mocting IQ Not valid for ALWark mectings or Online sibscriiiort: “Fon tar encarta |
the injunction and enforcemént order... ye oa a ‘About: 60 per. ‘cent: ‘of the “limber | to 5 be. cut ‘in “the: area = fee -. ©2004 Weight Watchers International, Inc. owner of tho WEIGHT WATCHERS trademark. All rights reserved, mt
“The. blockade: was thade Up. of six peole and’ one we will feed West-Fraser's Terrace sawmill. ‘and: the rest: will errrrery

be sold within B. c- or ‘for ‘Pxporl.. a

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Moar Cablesysteme: ees

FSoLToN: TORI a ae TO THE NORTHWEST

: There is a solution which will reverse entirely the. ~ othe project was ‘cancelled. As part of the: 1997° Settlement
economic decline of Kitimat and the Northwest, os Agreement’ which resolved Alcan's claim. for loss, Alcan:

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in gets 104

days in jail:
ENNIS ° ‘ALEXANDER
Was. sentenced to'a total of :
104: day. after . - pleading
to three separate of -
June.10.~
ander: ‘received 60"
days for pleading ‘guilty. to’:
break: ‘and enter with in-
: ) commit an indict- \
fence, - ao
( det was. arrested

: may also i improve ‘the opportunities for Methanox. to continue
‘production, .
This solution wil. --. _» ‘-, obtained ‘rights to 175 ‘megawatts. of. very - inexpensive BENEFITS © _ ee

Create large new industrial investments and new. eee electricity to allow. the planned smelter. expansion. ©. 20". “4 Probability. of success is relatively high.‘ Solution has: real

_ permanent high paying jobs ; ~ To access this cHéap electricity, Alcan rust first use all-of its "entrepreneurs, real” profits “for the ‘stakeholders, real

« Revitalize.the economic base of Kitimat and the -, Vailable electricity from Kemanio. This provision ensured'thé. "markets, real capilal, -real business ‘opportunities, ‘and is”

Northwest 2 - : ‘maxiqum sized smatter, what the District calls the “Full Sized: - ~. based on the teal decisive competitive advantages found | in

_s Create new opportunities for economic civerstication Smelter’ 2 BO Pe ee Be Kitimat oo ;

« Increasa the GOP ofthe. Province, asawhole. *” — a rae ae oe The: time: frame i is near. to’ ‘mid: term: me, ; a
4. Full Sized Smelter m

This solution has. six main élements. which all fi By ‘Alcan’s fast: estimate, a: “full: sized simeiler. ‘would: provide cae Tha employment benelits.are large: and etal Theie- ;

‘together: 1580 direct full time jobs, This |s a-profilable smelter. There.” -Woild.be more jobs than at present;
would.be-an expansion of directly linked jabs aé well: ‘Overall. * PPulation would stabilize and increase, prong

otal ‘employma id be stabi da ut “opportunities for additional business: «". on
t may mpoyent woud estas abo current levels = [twill give | the Northwest the cheapest natural gas in the.

provinces... a. 2s : :

Alcan currently | has a sales contiadt which pipes in 2014 to “ 2 re
8. New vclurel one sleet pews sete provide 140 megawatts:of eleciicy to BC Hydra, This is Pe°08 are working on tis souton a tis tim.
6. Liquid natural gais import project called. the Long .Tetm Electricity Sales Agreement (LTEPA).: SOLUTION»
4.” Methanol The existing: Meth: plat j Kili tis This ‘was another. part. of the 1997: ‘Agreement, Alcan-can ..* Build:the, Full Sized Smelter” yee
. Methano @ existing: Methanex: plant. in: Kitimat’ i -». Teall this elactricily for the purposes of expansion.) - +”. «Trigger the replacement, power (RESA):

| Seen - What is important is that the full sized ‘Smiailer Would | trigger * Build the. natural gas: ‘generating Station 10. provide: the,
: "RESA arid the LTEPA power In Tertace and, Kitimat’

“2, Natural Gas Pipeline ~ “the requlremant*for: the. “government ‘to -provide the.”

The existing PNG pipeline carves nal tral gas ‘west: from tha Secretar creating. a. a. need to Generate more Secu te PNG pipaline a and naturel gas to the Northwest :

_gas.fields of northeast BC. it services all’ communities along ns i
-and around Highway. 16 ‘from :Prince..George: through to: 8: ‘Natural. Gas Electric Power Stalin ; “The District will continue to work with interested parties, a
Prince - Rupert. and. Kitimat, ~ : delivering. ‘an “essential “2p. provide the. RESA power, (175 ‘MW) ‘and. alio. ‘the: LTEPA. “entrepreneurs, and industriés.to’advanice this solution: fae
“commercial and Industrial feedstock. ies “ babies Hitt ‘ideally, anew gas a elect Lapel oe ‘Information gaps. see be sha and a:busines plan.
Should be built inthe imriadiate area, Currently, thera.are wo’. .deVvelopad. Work is being done‘on this... ;
ite cos of ne opatne i shared arg tenis «proven Companies interested in ‘building this generator, Such’ “« Regional and local support for the, plan must be sough,
HE in Kitimat and;if it closes, the temaining:cuslomer base must, ° 4 generator would. provide fot about 80, difec| full time: wale ‘This is the purpose: of this advertisement, ©
-pick up the lost revenues, This will sharply Increase the price. ‘Paid jobs:and more indirect jabs. . a oe Suppor: of Provincial Government must be soit.
. of gas-causing further erosion of the customer base, which jn - “The natural gas. required to, fuel the, generaing staion’ would CONCLUSION - a a
“turn will cause further: price- increases, ‘The viabillly: of the’ :teplace Methanex as a gas customershould the methanol plant : -This’solutidn: 's- attainable providéd we have the support of
pipeline will be. jeopardized, This cycle is known.as a."Death Close, thereby preventing the. Oéath Spiral of the PNG Pipeline » the. pecple. who live here, the provincial. government, and
Spiral". At-the Very “least; natural gas’ prices : will become “ anid securing natural gas’ supply and price for the, Northwest. ~ our, Industrles;:. We: need lo. work: together ‘ooperatively

1; Production of. methanol in Kitimat a cs oo
2. The existing Paciic Natural Gas Pipeline ae
3..The largest smeller. attainable with available ‘pubiic
| fesources’ 2 is, ;
4.The Replacement: Electricity Sales: Agreement.

ie. woman. awoke’ to .
ind:.an -adull. male in her:
ing room:-He fled on
and: ‘police are: Tooking”

‘extramaly costly alang the pipeline route, placing the North if. -6:-"Liquefled Natural Gas Import Project’. as, _ toward our interests.’ Caer oe
a distinct. competitive: disadvantage * with this necessary A potentially viable-project to import: liquefied ‘nalural gas to” The. opporturities ate real ‘and large. ‘Al raat we
- Industrial and comrhercial:feadstock: - aa “.. Kitimat is being pursued. ‘It will bring liquefied natlral.gas to.” deal ol work. continues to-be-dora. bythe
ung children “To secure the pipeline, ‘mattianol production must continue: or Kitimat by. ship, regasify it; Ship It to continental markets by.’ District of Kitimat and many othars to advance
snlor citizens arallemative large natural gas customer must be found. °~."- fevarsing the flow of the PNG’ pipeline. The project becomes ‘this and“ olher, solutions, “to reversé..the

3, Replacement Electricity Supply Agreement (RESA) “. more viable:the larger the local requirement for-natural gas. “depopulation of our ared, to create real wealth »
The. Kemano Completion Project was to ‘provide more’ . The above solution Improves the economics of the project by’ Here for all of BC, and to realize the economic:
‘electricity for the expansion of the Kitimal Works Smelter, But ‘providing significant local natural gas demand. The project’ pbtential of our Northwest communilies,

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