Page Al2.~ Terrace Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 42, 1991 TERRACE — Unionized workers at Alcan’s Kitimat smelter are pulling out of the Rivers Defence Coalition after the environmental. atliance's successful court challenge fore- ing a full federal environmental review of the company’s Kemano completion project. Canadian’: Association. of Smelter :and “Allied Workers (CASAW) busiess ° agent: Jim Nyland said the union is pulling out because its goals have now been achieved. ; ‘A May 16 federal court ruling quashed cabinet’s decision last. . fall to exempt Alcan’s $1 billion hydro-electric diversion project from the’ full’ federal’ En- vironmental Assessment and Review Process (EARP). The ruling also threw out the 1987 deal between the federal govern- ment and Alcan setting out how much of the Nechaka’ River watershed the company would be allowed: to divert to its hydroelectric generators at Kemano. ' Native and environmental groups have been fighting the Ican union pulls out of coalition — that won project for more than 10 years, arguing the greatly decreased * flows in the Nechako River will kill fish and cause permanent environmental damage. Nyland said CASAW’s agen- da is shifting to focus on. jobs cand the. use of the company’s surplus energy. He said the union wants Alcan to use its surplus hydroelectric power to expand the. smelter and create more jobs rather than export power through B.C, Hydro to the U.S. ‘‘We'd rather see jobs in B.C, than in the States.” _ The union was not forced or pressured to change its en- vironmental position on Kemano following the court rul- ing, he-said. “Our existing jobs are not in question here,”’ Nyland said. “This jobs-versus-environment blackmail position being pushed by Alcan and its followers is an entirely false one. Our jobs will not be affected asa result of this environmental review.’ Meanwhile, Rivers Defence’ Coalition chairman Pat Moss said the coalitian has decided -Freed animals damage TERRACE — Cats at the Thor- nhill Animal Shelter suffered an evening of terror on May 27 when a vandal released all the animals from their cages. One cat —- a nursing mother at the shelter. — had to be destroyed because of injuries it received from an attacking dog. * Inall, seven dogs and 12 cats were released from their cages and let into the shelter’s fenced yard, said domestic animal pro- Bobbie Mac- # cats’made it to the relative safety of the roof, another “went up 4 tree, and another hasn’t been found yet. The -rest sought refuge inside others one of the kennel cages and stayed there until one of the shelter's staff discovered what was happening later that even- ing. The individual responsible clipped barbed wire in one ken- nel to gain entry, she said, and then proceeded ta apen all but one of the cages. — The incident took place bet- ween 5 p.m, and 8:30 p.m. May 27 and MacPherson is asking anyone who might have infor- mation to call the RCMP. “We “have no idea why anyone would do this,’ she said. ‘‘There’s no indication why and the RCMP don’t know - either.’’ Propane blaze torches vehicle TERRACE — Fears of a pro- pane explosion prompted firefighters to halt traffic bet- ween Kitimat and Terrace for more than an hour June 3 as they battled to pul out a fire on a propane- -powered van. Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Ted Ramsey said a Red Carpet Ser- vices delivery van was returning from Kitimat when it started on fire around mid-afternoon at Onion Lake flats. A logging truck stopped and the driver made a failed attempt at putting it out with a fire ex- tinguisher before radioing for help. Firefighters poured 200 gallons of water from a mini- tanker on the blazing van before calling for a second tanker. Nobady- was injured, but Ramsey said emergency crews wanted to keep the traffic back in case the propane tank blew. “We were concerned about the possibility it might explade,’’ he said. He said the fire is still under investigation, but said it may have been fuelled by cartons of cigarettes and matches being transported in the van. Now when you book your next trip, you can take along a companion $19.91 19.91 ‘untll September 15 ‘fare*. - BOOK ‘NOW! ‘Sale ends June 14 .. Sdme restrictions apply Round trip ticket error tery Seren Prat CLES Bi ide Beat review against launching ‘@ ‘court. ine junction to-force Alcan: to hal construction, “We would like to see ar public review get underway as soon as possible and that’s: our focus right now,” Moss, said last week. Lawyers for the Rivers Defence Coalition and the Carcier-Sekani Tribal Council had been considering a stop-. work injunction on the grounds that the federal court ruling also quashed the project’s approval by various government depart- ments. The environmental alliance could reconsider an injunction in the future, she said, if federal government officials. don’t move quickly to start the full public environmental review ordered by the court. “There will be an en- vironmental assessment. They have to do that — that's what the court ordered. But our con- cern is that-they’ll try to do a lengthy internal process to -keep it out of the public: realm. again.” “With the degree of public concern around this, nothing short of a full public inquiry is going to satisfy public concerns,’? Moss said. ““We've all had enough internal reviews and secret backroom deals. 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