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PROVINCIAL LIBERAL
MLAs from the north want
a power line built up Hwy37
but they’re not. sure who
-should shoulder the project-
“ed $500 million cost.

the. six-member- Liberal
MLA northern caucus, fa-
vours ‘some kind of partner-
ship between the province
and industry.

But if that can’t be put to-
gether, Rustad’s reluctant to
advocate: that the province
then bear,the entire cost. >

“There are discussions
between industry and the
government that are ongo-
ing,” said Rustad. “What we
want to see is a model that
will benefit all”,

“My hope is that this par-
: ticular. issue be addressed as
: soon as possible,” he added.

The provincial power net-

work now stops at Meziadin
: Junction, well south of ore

" : bodies that aren’t economi-
aot cally feasible as mining de-

rr or

tvelopments based on using

.«v diesel generators for power.
_ The chances of those ore ©
- ébodies turning into’ mines:
-- ¢improves because cheaper
. ; hydro power would lower

*
‘
“
ry
-

:. overall costs.’

i That theme, as well as

providing an alternative to

i ; diesel power for communi-_

‘Environment Canada.

It was the snowiest November since 1994

* ‘with 131.9 cm falling on the city and the
snowiest. month of any since February 1999,

resulting in more shovelling and more use of

snowblowers.

More than 128 mm of rain fell on the city
and when rain and snow were added up, No-
vember had more precipitation at 257.1 mm
than any month since November 2004 and.
was well above the normal of 181.7 mm.
The heaviest day of precipitation was
Nov. 14 when 29.3 mm fell on the city,
slightly above the record of 27.6 mm for that,

date, setin 1985. . a.

' Total precipitation for the year to date as
of the end of November is 1,017.9 mm, be-

. John Rustad, who ‘chairs:

ties up Hwy37 North, has
been the focus of a lobby by

area governments and indus- -

try. | ;
The idea of a govern-
ment-industry deal to extend
hydro power north of Me-
ziadin is generally called a
public-private partnership, a

concept that’s’become both

popular and part of govern: ©

ment policy,
Tt was used to build a road

to natural gas wells outside’

of Fort Nelson in which the
contractor receives a base
amount to operate and main-
tain the road. Further pay-
ments come from users.
One of. the problems

about.using a partnership to.
“extend power is when those.
_who are expected to benefit

« would pay as not all projects
are at the same level of de-
velopment..

What would need to be —

decided, said Rustad, is
“what kind of cost would be

_ charged for upfront partici-_

‘pation during: construction
and what kind of cost there

would be to sign on as a user

later on.

“There ‘could be one or
two companies involved
now and half a dozen later

”* he said..

When it comes to public-

private partnerships i in B.C.,

PROVINCIAL LIBERAL MLAS Denni
° John Rustad, who is also chair of the Liberals’ north-

ant

s Mackay, left, ‘and.

ern caucus, back the construction of a power line up
Hwy37 North to encourage industrial development.

the key government agency

is little-known Partnerships
BC.

Its first major project was
that’ Fort Nelson resource
road mentioned above and

‘it:is now involved in Trans

Canada Highway construc-
tion, the. new mass transit

‘line from downtown Van-'~

couver to the Vancouver
International Airport and a

health care, project in Prince .
George.

Although Rustad said
discussions are underway
between industry and Part-
nerships B. C. as to what kind

It was cold and snowy

“YOU? D HAVE to go back years to find a
November that was colder and snowier, says

low the normal of 1,134 mm.
Despite the cold and precipitation, there

were no monthly records set this Novem-

ber. -

‘Average daily temperatures and the mean
-monthly temperature were below normal.
The average daily high of -1.4 Cc was be-

“low the normal of 2.4 C. 7

The average daily low of -4.6 Cc was be-
"low the normal of -1.3 C.

The mean temperature of -3 C fell below
the normal of 0.6 C.

The daily hightemperature of 4.7 C came
on the 7th and the daily low froze the city at
-17.1 C on the 28th.

December is expected to see near normal

“ temperatures with -near:normal ‘temperatures

_and precipitation continuing through Janu-
ary and February.

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of construction or financing
model could be developed,

a Partnerships B.C. official '
said that’s not necessarily.

the case.

Jennifer Davies said her -

agency. did have what she

called very general discus- °

sions with the B.C. Trans-
mission Corporation, a ‘pro-
vincially-owned company.
that constructs power lines
‘and transmission equipment.
It used to be part of B.C.

Hydro until it was split off

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orthern Libs back power line
but who pays for it is unknown

about four years ago.

_ “We’re not involved in
anything ‘at all,” Davies
said.

poration itself has only done
very preliminary cost esti-

mates and anything: more

formal is still unknown,
Davies said her Partner-
ships B.C..could be asked by

the provincial government’

to cither analyze any power
line proposal or to take a role

_ in having it constructed.
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ay -says he’s getting cails

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others asking that a power |
line be built as SOON as pos- -

sible.
“There could be 200. B

trains a day coming down -

that highway into Stewart,”
said MacKay of project
transport truck traffic of ore
concentrate that would be

shipping out by water. .
__ What's key to the area is °
the number of jobs ‘and the...

income that’ would come

from new mines in the area,

.MacKay-added.
“Each mining job pays an
average $93,000,” he said.

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