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Eli guilty 2011 Kitimat murder Margaret Speirs Two days of heavy drinking and repeated viewings of a violent movie preceded a shocking murder in Kitimat in October 2011, Terrace court heard. Tyler Scott Eli told psychiatrists he felt like he was in a movie and could kill someone without getting caught, a packed courtroom heard as Justice Robert Punnett read his reasons for his judgement on Eli after a lengthy trial. Punnett said Crown had to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt and succeeded. Punnett found Eli guilty of the second degree murder of Maria Rego, attempted murder of Gualter Rego and break and enter with intent to
commit an offence in Terrace supreme court November 5, more than three years after the crime was committed. On October 9, 2011, around 7 a.m., Kitimat RCMP were called to a residence in the Whitesail area for an alleged break and enter with assault, whereby officers found a man and woman, who had been assaulted and were in need of immediate medical help, said police in a release at that time. Both went to hospital in Kitimat where the woman died from her injuries and the man had surgery and was listed in stable condition, reported police. Continued on page 3
Residents question RTA salary payments
The Hospital Auxiliary tree in the Kitimat General Hospital lobby, which is seasonally decorated, paid tribute to Canada’s veterans leading up to Remembrance Day, which was marked yesterday.
Josh Massey Two Kitimat residents are questioning the payment by Rio Tinto Alcan of the salary of a provincial environment employee involved in issuing permits for the company’s $4.3 billion Kitimat aluminum smelter modernization project. Lis Stannus and Emily Toews are appealing the granting of a permit allowing the company to increase its sulphur dioxide emissions as part of the modernization work and now argue, in documents filed with provincial Environmental Appeal Board (EAB), that “the decision under appeal is invalid due to a reasonable apprehension of bias.” The two are requesting
documents relating to what’s called a secondment agreement whereby Rio Tinto Alcan paid the salary of environment ministry staffer Frazer McKenzie for two years while he worked the ministry’s assessment of the project. Rio Tinto Alcan is saying there is no bias and has filed its position with the EAB. Company official Colleen Nyce said secondment agreements such as the one for McKenzie are not out of the ordinary when it comes to assessing and permitting large industrial projects. “Secondment agreements are a practice between industry and government in British Columbia as a way for major projects that require significant time
and attention to the hundreds of permits required,” said Nyce. With more than 300 permits needed and the complications of planning a large project, Nyce said “the B.C. Ministry of Environment was not able to provide such a dedicated resource” and so benefitted from the Rio Tinto Alcan payments. As for the secondment of McKenzie, Nyce said he was not involved in the decision making process. “The ministry resource assigned through the secondment agreement provided technical expertise to Rio Tinto Alcan and acted in an independent regulatory role on the project,” she said. Continued on page 6
LNG Canada and BC Hydro mark power terms Cameron Orr An agreement to supply power to LNG Canada in Kitimat has been made with BC Hydro. The two sides announced the arrangement November 4. BC Hydro announced that the agreement gives hydro power to LNG Canada for their auxiliary uses. LNG Canada later clarified that auxiliary is essentially processes that aren’t related to the natural processing itself, things like lighting. Electricity from BC Hydro will account for about 20 per cent of the LNG Canada facility’s power needs, the company says. BC Hydro also notes that LNG Canada will be on the hook to fund some new power infrastructure for operation
and transmission pieces so they can hook in to BC Hydro’s own grid. The company has said details on the costs for that work is confidential company knowledge. Sources in LNG Canada say that the decision to use hydro power for their auxiliary needs came from comments made through community consultations. The company still plans to use gas turbines to provide power for the liquefaction process. The sources said that the scale that LNG Canada would operate at means it could not rely 100 per cent on hydro power. Using an existing electrical grid is still more the exception than the norm globally, says the company, where plants, including the Oman LNG facility some community
stakeholders visited recently, use gas turbines on-site to generate all of their electricity on site. This is the first power agreement signed in British Columbia with an LNG proponent, BC Hydro said in their news release. “We heard very clearly from First Nations, the local community, and the provincial government how important it is that LNG Canada considers environmental factors when planning for the proposed project,” said Andy Calitz, CEO of LNG Canada, in a news release. “The decision to power our facility with renewable electricity in combination with highly efficient natural gas turbines reflects our commitment to listen to, and act on feedback from our stakeholders, when possible.” More on LNG power on page 7
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Small amount of cocaine found during bar walk October 27 RCMP attended to a call of public drinking and found four people with open liquor in their immediate vicinity outside the City Centre Mall at 1:43 p.m. One woman with an open beer in her hand was given a fine under the liquor control act for consuming liquor in a public place. October 29 In the morning the
Police Beat police responded to a break and enter at a business on Saunders Road. Police were told two ATVs were stolen. Both were later recovered, one abandoned near Grebe Street and another on some trails near Haisla Boulevard. The police are continuing the investigation.
At 6:57 p.m. the police were called to an intoxicated male at the lower City Centre Mall. A person was arrested for public intoxication and held in cells until sober and issued a violation ticket. October 30 At 12:09 p.m. the Kitimat RCMP and Fire and Rescue responded to a two vehicle collision at Kuldo Boulevard and Columbia Avenue. A west-
bound vehicle on Columbia stopped at the stop sign but failed to yield after the stop to a northbound vehicle on Kuldo. Both vehicles required a tow truck and one driver was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The collision remains under investigation. October 31 At 1:50 a.m., police did a bar walk at the Kitimat Hotel and .4 grams of cocaine
was found inside a tab of paper in the male washroom. The drugs were seized and destroyed. November 1 Police were called to a theft of a Chevrolet pick-up truck from a business on 3rd Street. The vehicle was found later near Onion Lake, involved in a minor collision. No suspects were found at the scene and the file remains
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Prentice dodges oil talk on BC visit office Monday. Asked about getting Alberta’s oil to the B.C. coast, Prentice echoed his days as a environment and industry minister in Stephen Harper’s federal cabinet. “We talked about the importance of port investments, we talked about the importance of the environmental regime we both want to see off the west coast of Canada, which should be absolutely world class,” he said. “We talked about labour policies
Tom Fletcher Alberta Premier Jim Prentice went all in for liquefied natural gas but tiptoed around oil pipelines in his first official visit to B.C. Prentice won a seat in the Alberta legislature last week after taking over the ruling party in the wake of Alison Redford’s sudden resignation, a similar path to power as Premier Christy Clark. And his first out-ofprovince visit as premier was to Clark’s Vancouver cabinet
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LNG Canada embarks on 180-day EAO process Cameron Orr A 180-day application review period has begun for LNG Canada’s environmental assessment permit. The company announced that their submission to the BC Environmental Assessment Agency (BCEAA) has been accepted. That kicks off the consultation period for the public to make comments or suggestions about the information contained in the application which explains many aspects of the project, from wildlife impacts to housing
matters for Kitimat. Among project details the company released is their claim that for every tonne of liquefied natural gas produced, the facility will only produce .15 tonnes equivalent in carbon dioxide (CO2). That would make it the lowest emitter of CO2 of LNG facilities in the world. On the matter of sulphur dioxide (SO2), the company’s filing shows that it would be a minor addition to the SO2 already in Kitimat’s airshed, but that combined with other
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riod will end on May 6, 2015. Susannah Pierce, Director, External Affairs, LNG Canada, said that while they can’t say when a final investment decision may be made, they anticipate a five-year construction window from that point. Between this project milestone and the power agreement with BC Hydro the com-
pany has been fairly busy in the weeks since the B.C. government unveiled their tax framework for LNG projects. Pierce says the tax terms from the government were welcomed by the company. “We were sufficiently happy with the tax and fiscal terms that came out recently,” she said. “We believe they are at least a step in
the right direction. We are moving the project forward but also as you can guess there’s a number of other steps to get through.” She later added, “The market and where gas supply will be by the time we’re actually, potentially in to operations, obviously is something we’re going to have to stay on top of.” During construc-
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tion the LNG Canada project could run between 4,500 to 7,500 workers, and up to 800 employees during operation at a full build out. The company also has two possible spots for a work camp, one essentially at the northern end of the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter, and another possible site slightly north, near the sandhill.
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Continued from page 1 An autopsy was scheduled to confirm the woman’s exact cause of death, said police. A 19-year-old man was arrested nearby without incident, said police. Kitimat RCMP, North District Major Crimes, Forensic Identification, Regional GIS (major cases) and E Division Serious Crime Unit were brought in to investigate. Defence’s argument was that Eli was in a delirium caused by alcohol or drug consumption but all the evidence shows he was not in a delirium, said Punnett. An expert witness had testified during trial that if Eli smoked marijuana at 11 p.m., it would be out of his system by 5 a.m., court heard. Whether he intended to kill anyone was a question but there certainly was intent, said Punnett. Eli had said he wanted to hurt or kill and see blood, he removed his shoes to muffle the sound of
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facilities in the Kitimat area, air emissions “would exceed hourly and daily health-based limits for a small fraction of the time and primarily in the industrial area.” That said, the company said through their filings that those excesses would occur even without the LNG Canada project. In a conference call with media Friday, the company says that the cooler climate of the northwest will add to efficiencies in the LNG process. The 180 review pe-
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Opportunity lost Kitimat Council deflected away from themselves a chance to make headway on trouble that’s been taking place at Vista Village Trailer Park. You may know from earlier reports in this paper that residents had become so fed up with the owner that they’ve started a tenants association to deal with a string of sale blocking and illegal rules and regulations in the park. Until I hear word that the situation may have improved I’ll have to presume they’re still having trouble. So all that lead-up takes us to a request for a tax write off for two derelict trailers in the park. Here’s the facts on that to what I can tell: There are two trailers not at all suitable for living in the park. The taxes will be a huge pain to collect by the District if they take action to recoup the losses. The easiest thing for them to do is to simply write off the taxes. (or specifically, ask the province for the permission to.) The park owner will demolish the trailers but is waiting for the taxes to be written off. So a suggestion from a councillor was to not move ahead on the tax write-off process and use the situation as leverage to have a conversation on the outstanding matters with the park owner. Overall councillors didn’t share that desire and voted down the motion to table the write-offs until after a meeting was held. November 3 was the last regular council meeting before the election so perhaps they didn’t want to put a heavy subject on the plates of the incoming council. Yet on the other hand the Riverbrook Estates question and camp density bonuses did get carried over to the new council, so that can’t be it. Figuring out a solution to reducing the bottleneck in the park - which is currently not at capacity - certainly would benefit our housing market. This tax situation could have been an opportunity. Cameron Orr
Movember Well if you mustache about what’s going on in our staff photos below... You may or may not know that November has been in some circles re-branded as “Movember.” It’s a month-long effort to raise awareness of common men’s health issues, such as prostate and testicular cancers. Part of the shtick (like ice water was for the ice bucket challenges) is to grow a mustache. Cameron is nursing his first real mustache at the moment, while the remainder of the staff stands united with their little ‘connoisseurs’ seen below.
That fine line of humour and taste For a media-phobe (a new term I made up for a news junkie like me) the ebb and flow of what’s happening in the world at any time, is a very subjective matter. “Top of the news” or “breaking news” are familiar terms to regular TV news viewers, intense internet surfers and even those who just like to keep and eye on local, national and world current events out of more casual interest. These people are often much more involved with job, family, friends and leisure-time activities than I am. But we all share some traits. I know that we spend too much time watching news on TV, on the Internet and even through local newspapers and radio. So do a few of my friends and we sometimes communicate interesting events among ourselves through various means. Yes, we’re gossipy to some extent. That’s what tends to be interesting. Our individual principal interests are often significantly different - but linked at the same time, because a lot of it makes us laugh or at least smile. Humor most often prevails in our back-and-forth communications but the worst developments in politics and international relations, bad things happening to good people (bad) or
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people we categorize as “bad,” is quite enough to pique our interest (good) as well as sports events and local business project developments are always to the fore. Oh, and the weather! While most of my participating group (people listed as contacts on my Gmail most-frequent directory) varies from time to time, it’s surprising how often our interests criss-cross as we “follow the news.” But some subjects roll around more frequently than others and with the terrible events taking place at home and around the world, I’m often surprised about the fact that few subjects are sufficiently taboo that jokes can’t be made about them. Personally I believe this. I know it leads to an abundance of bad taste. One friend commented on a politician he believes “gives cancer a bad name.” Another just sent me a series of
“you may be a redneck” jokes, but redirected to “you may be a Muslim...” One sends me almost every critique of Obama she finds. I got several quirky comments on Mr. Harper “coming out of the closet” after the shooting danger was over in Parliament recently. There’s no shortage of really quite funny Jian Ghomeshi quips, while President Barack Obama and PM Harper are huge humour targets, as, of course are politicos like Mike Duffy and all of everybody’s usual suspects on Parliament Hill. No doubt the new sexual harassment allegations against Liberal MPs will launch a new set of snide but funny commentary. There are scads of other good examples. Perhaps many of them are indeed, as most people would suggest, “inappropriate” in the circumstances but they emphasize that this is the way many people deal with uncomfortable subjects. The top late night talk show hosts have always been leaders in this area, “no joke left behind” is the motto of night time TV. But, in fairness, while they often help put issues in context, they always keep them in the public eye. Continued on page 6
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The three legs of the LNG taxation stool The issue of taxation on the proposed LNG plants in BC is basically a threelegged stool. Last time we looked at the provincial leg and now it is the turn of the federal and municipal jurisdictions. The federal government has been lobbied by the provincial government and LNG proponents for two years now to change its Canada Revenue rules concerning capital cost allowance. Under the current rules, LNG plants would be treated as a “distribution business” which means it would take around 25 years for the companies to recover their up-front costs. What the potential LNG exporters want is to be treated the same as manufacturers - what’s known as a class 43 designation which would allow them to recover those costs in as little as 8 years. Since the sooner those costs can be recovered, the sooner the LNG plants can turn a profit, you can see why this is a big deal for the companies. As such I suspected it was also a lot more critical than the provincial taxation formula, a view confirmed by Kootenay Capital Management CEO Chris Teal in a recent interview on the Business
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News Network. Noting the cost of these projects was in the multi-billions of dollars, he was blunt: “No LNG project of such immense scale will see the light of day under the currently understood Canadian fiscal regime.” Frankly, I don’t understand why the feds are dragging their feet on this one. Obviously such a change in the capital cost allowance rules would mean it would be foregoing revenue in the short to medium term, but that should be more than offset by the revenues it would receive in the years that followed. Of course governments of whatever political stripe, unlike the energy companies, aren’t terribly good at taking the long view, the election cycle being what it is. I guess it all comes down to the feds deciding whether they want an LNG industry in this country.
So to the third leg, municipal taxation. would be surprised if it did not zero in on Local governments whose communi- Kitimat’s proposal to levy a $500 per bed ties would be home to an LNG facility, charge on work camps which could cost an Kitimat included, have been salivating over LNG developer as much as $1 million, asthe huge boost they could receive in taxa- suming a 2,000 bed camp is offered as an example by the city. tion revenue. FOOTNOTE: The question of taxation But in a speech at the September Union of BC Municipalities convention, provin- could be small potatoes if the price of oil cial government natural gas minister Rich continues to hold its current level of about Coleman issued a warning that they should $80 per barrel, let alone falls further. But given the volatility of energy pricnot get greedy. And a thinly veiled threat that if they es these days, we’ll have to see how this did, the province would step in. shakes out over the next few months before “It is not about capping [the municipal drawing any conclusions. industrial tax rate], it is about making sure we don’t make a mistake where (the municipality) thinks they can pile on a bunch of other costs that are unfair, he said. 316 Railway Ave., Kitimat • Ph. 250 632-6633 Kitimat chief admin officer Ron www.kitimatrecycle.org/home Poole was not fooled. KITIMAT UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT He was quoted by the Vancouver Sun as saying, “I don’t think it is Seasonal Clothing Storage fair the province feels it needs to put Storing your seasonal clothing can be done using natural alternatives instead of using mothballs - which are a cap on municipalities.” comprised of chemical pesiticides and deodorants.Cedar Fair or not, that’s exactly what wood balls, or cinnamon sticks, bay leaves or whole could happen if local governments cloves wrapped in cheesecloth will keep don’t behave. clothing smelling fresh and help reduce any damage from mold or moths. And when it comes to the province policing “unfair” taxes, I Inspire others – email your green tip to
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What we know of the angels Mathew 18: 10, “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in Heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in Heaven.” Angels are something you don’t hear a lot about these days. Oh, there are TV angels showing them serving Philadelphia cream cheese, but those are human inventions. The angels of the Bible are not soft clothed floating babies, they are not personal servants serving cream cheese to people lying around on couches, they are God’s messengers, and
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gels and have crowned him with glory.” They are also eternal: Jesus said in Luke 20: 34-36, “but to those who attain the resurrection of the dead, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, for they can-
not die any more, because they are equal to the angels being sons of the resurrection.” So there are a lot of things that the Bible tells us about angels. But what does that mean to you and me? Continued on page 6
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Pastor Clint Magnus God sends them out to protect His children as well. And we certainly need protecting both in the physical realm and the Spiritual. They are also innumerable. We read in Revelation 5:11, “Then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne…and the number of them was
myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands.” They are a higher order than man. Psalm 8:3-8 says, “When I consider thy heavens, the works of your hands, the moon and the stars, what is man that you should be mindful of him? For you have made him a little lower than the an-
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Continued from page 1 For its part, the environment ministry said it no longer enters into secondment agreements whereby a staffer’s salary is paid by a company. “In the past, the ministry has, on very rare occasions used some funding from a private company to fund a position or part of a position in order to dedicate staff time to a particular file or to help offset with other work while other ministry staff are dedicated to a particular file,” the ministry statement added. The emissions permit being appealed by the Kitimat residents, who say they are worried about overall health and environmental impacts, will allow
Rio Tinto Alcan to increase sulphur dioxide air emissions from the current 27 tonnes per day from the old smelter to 42 tonnes per day from the stacks of the new smelter. RTA does acknowledge sulphur dioxide emissions will increase because the new smelter will produce more aluminum than the old smelter, but also says other emissions are being reduced for an overall benefit to the environment. An alternate method, that of installing “scrubbers” to use seawater to collect sulphur dioxide and then deposit it into the ocean, was rejected by the company because it said it doubted area residents would approve.
Taste Scrubbers would also cost more, with some estimates placing the price tag upwards of $200 million. The addition of the bias claim, accompanied by the request for more documents, by the Kitimat residents has delayed what was to be a one-month permit appeal hearing this fall before the EAB. That hearing is now scheduled to take place in December and January in both Kitimat and Victoria. Meanwhile, two Terrace residents continue to seek through the courts to be part of the permit appeal. They were rejected standing by the EAB because it said they were outside of the major impact area of Kitimat air emissions.
A small raise
Cameron Orr Council approved the first three readings for their annual remuneration bylaw which sets out how much they get paid. The council did not deviate from their policy of adjusting the pay based on the consumer price index for the province. The increase is modest at best. The mayor will see her annual wage of $29,880 increased to $30,268. Councillors will see an increase from $12,286, to $12,446. One-third of local government representative’s pay is tax free. The bylaw, once officially adopted, will go in to effect January 1, 2015.
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Continued from page 4 Historically, this has always been a truism. Late night comedians over the years have always considered the news as their principal fodder. The loss of George Bush as US president was mourned by headliners like John Stewart, Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman. It is just so for
most of us. I think it’s all part of dealing with the horrific, the ironic, the corrupt, the criminal, the twisted political events, financial inequity and the host of serious, chilling, sad and dramatic happenings that make up the bulk of meaningful events in the day-to-day spectrum of daily life. How can we joke
about tragedies like ebola, natural disasters. genocide, terrorism, organized crime, school murders, fraud, political and religious corruption, the serious environmental degradation of our world and do it as easily as we can joke about the peculiar foibles and failures of the rich and famous? How can we not?
That might be a better question. It’s a choice but I do find it’s often what helps people “move on” from events they can’t control. The words “on the lighter side” help to ease the delicate balancing act faced by the media as it moves in startling contrast from horror to humour and the oddities of life.
Angels Continued from page 5 In Exodus 23: 20 God said to Moses, “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” For us that means that God loves us so much that when we come to faith in Jesus as our Savior, God dispatches angels to guard us and lead us safely to the place He has prepared for us in heaven. And the Bible tells us that there is great rejoicing
among the Heavenly host when even one person repents of their sins and receives the forgiveness Jesus died on the cross to give us. Luke 15: 7-20 says, “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine who do not need to repent.” In the end though, as powerful as angels are, they are not creatures to be worshiped. Rather, they are creatures who wor-
ship; and when they worship, they worship Jesus. In the end, the only one who can take your punishment and save you to everlasting life is Jesus Christ. And so today we join together with the angels in Heaven to praise our Lord and Savior as they sing in Revelation 5:13, “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever. Amen.
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LNG Canada Environmental Assessment Application Learn More and Get Involved
For the past three years, LNG Canada has been meeting with Aboriginal Groups, local communities, government regulators and other stakeholders to learn about the community and its aspirations, and to prepare our Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate. We are delighted that our Application is now complete and that the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) – the regulator coordinating the environmental assessment – has accepted it for review.
It’s now your turn to tell us what you think. Now that the B.C. Environmental Assessment Offi ce has accepted our Application for review, a 180-day review process has begun. This includes a 45-day window in which the public can comment on our Application. The public comment period runs from November 7 until December 22, 2014. What you think about our project is important to us, and commenting can range from telling us how you feel about the project in general, to sharing any concerns you may have, to letting the regulators know you support the project and want it to go ahead. Any and all feedback is welcome. We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to access a copy of the Application – by placing print copies in the local Kitimat and Terrace libraries, and electronic copies online on both our website and on the B.C. EAO’s website. We also have copies at our Community Information Centres in Kitimat and Prince Rupert.
Because the Application is over 4,000 pages long, we’ve produced a 72-page summary document that shares highlights from the complete Application and provides background information about the project in general, the benefi ts that will accrue to local communities, the way we went about studying the potential effects of our project, and the areas we studied. Copies of the summary document are available at our Kitimat Community Information Centre and on our website at lngcanada.ca. The back page of this information piece provides all the information you need to find the documents, provide comments and learn more about our proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.
LNG Canada is a joint venture company comprised of Shell Canada Energy (50%), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and affiliates of PetroChina (20%), Korea Gas Corporation (15%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (15%). The joint venture is proposing to build an LNG export facility in Kitimat that initially consists of two LNG processing units referred to as “trains,” with an option to expand the project in the future to four trains.
LNG Canada respects the importance residents place on companies being trusted members of their community. We aspire to gain this trust by proactively engaging with the community in an honest, open and timely manner; by listening and being responsive and accessible; and by operating in a safe, ethical and trustworthy way.
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UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT’S POTENTIAL EFFECTS Our Environmental Assessment is based on construction, operation and shipping aspects of our proposed project. Our project includes an LNG export facility and marine terminal in Kitimat, and our assessment identifies potential effects our project could have on a number of areas.
To complete the Environmental Assessment, we followed five key steps.
We conducted studies looking at topics ranging from marine mammals, airshed, greenhouse gases, to the Kitimat estuary, amphibians, birds, community wellbeing and more.
Step 2: What effects could occur?
In addition to technical studies conducted by third-party experts, our assessment benefited from local knowledge gained through consultation with Aboriginal Groups, stakeholders and the community.
Step 1: What is there now? Our first step is to understand what the conditions are now, before we begin our project. To do this, we look at existing studies and monitoring data, and we also conduct studies of our own.
In this step, we consider how our proposed project activities might interact with the environment. To do this, we develop the plans for our project, taking into consideration what we learned during Step 1.
Step 3: How can we respond? In the third step, we develop ways to avoid or reduce any adverse effects that we’ve identified in Step 2 above.
Our assessment is based on a “worst-case” approach in the evaluation of potential effects that could result from our proposed project. By planning for the worst case, regardless of how unlikely it is, we ensure that we’ve designed our project in a manner that minimizes potential effects on the environment and on the community.
Step 4: What effects remain? The fourth step determines what, if any, effects may remain. Despite our work to avoid or reduce effects, from time to time we will come up against a situation that we cannot avoid. So we need to evaluate it and figure our what kind of impact we could have, as well as develop mitigation measures to address it.
Step 5: What is our ongoing responsibility? As part of our Environmental Assessment Application, we develop a range of management plans that describe in detail, how we plan to manage a variety of issues over the length our project is operating. But just because we have those plans, it doesn’t mean we stop looking for ways to make things better. Throughout operations, we will incorporate new information as it becomes available, and we will review our plans to ensure they’re working the way they were intended.
LNG Canada recognizes that the environment and natural surroundings are vital to the community. We are dedicated to working independently and with the community to identify and carry out ways to reduce and mitigate the impact of our facility footprint on the natural surroundings – in the Kitimat Valley, the Kitimat watershed and the Kitimat airshed.
LNG Canada Invites the Community to Comment on our Environmental Assessment Application
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MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND BRINGING BENEFITS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES Kitimat and the region are familiar with industry and industrial development. Many people have told us that they welcome our project and the benefits it will bring, but only if these benefits don’t come at too high a cost to the wellbeing of the community and the sustainability of the environment. As part of our Environmental Assessment, we looked at both: what will our proposed project contribute to the community, and what potential impacts will it have? We are confident that the measures we are proposing to avoid, reduce and mitigate potential effects of our project means that the benefits of LNG industry development in northern British Columbia will make a lasting contribution to the communities in which we aspire to operate.
LNG Canada acknowledges the importance the community places on our company being an excellent corporate citizen and neighbour that contributes to the community. In addition to providing training, jobs and economic benefits, we will make social investments important to the community to positively impact community needs and priorities.
Estimated Benefits by the Numbers
$94M
MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL TAXES GENERATED DURING CONSTRUCTION MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL TAXES GENERATED DURING OPERATIONS
$15M ANNUALLY NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED PERMANENTLY DURING OPERATIONS
PHASE 1: 300 - 450 PEOPLE,
INCREASING TO BETWEEN 450 AND 800 AT FULL PROJECT BUILD OUT
PROVINCIAL REVENUES DURING OPERATIONS excluding natural gas royalties and taxes on corporate profits
AMOUNT TO BE SPENT ON GOODS AND SERVICES DURING OPERATIONS
$200M ANNUALLY
OVER $690M ANNUALLY
WITH BUSINESSES IN NORTHWEST B.C. EXPECTED TO SUPPLY $85M OF THIS TOTAL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED DURING CONSTRUCTION
AMOUNT TO BE SPENT ON GOODS AND SERVICES IN CANADA DURING CONSTRUCTION
4500 WITH A POTENTIAL PEAK OF 7500
$8B
OF WHICH AT LEAST $3B SPENT IN B.C.
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UNDERSTANDING AND PRESERVING COMMUNITY WAY OF LIFE IS A PRIORITY Some of the benefits our proposed project would bring, such as jobs during construction, can also create challenges if not managed properly. LNG Canada will build a worker accommodation village to house the majority of the workers during the construction phase.
Based on our experience on other major projects and our consultation with the community, we have adopted a number of principles designed to prevent or reduce any added pressure on local community services. For example, the worker accommodation village will have its own water, sewage, health and recreational facilities. Community health is also an important consideration. We evaluated the potential effects our project air emissions could have on community health and results indicate that while we would contribute air emissions, it would not be in such a way that the overall health of the public or the environment could be affected. Responsibly managing air emissions is a key design and operations priority for LNG Canada and will remain so throughout the life of our project.
LNG Canada understands that the ongoing wellbeing of the community and the environment are of paramount importance. LNG Canada will consider the health and safety of local residents, employees and contractors in every decision we make.
RESPECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE KITIMAT RIVER ESTUARY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT In our Assessment, we studied the potential effects our project could have on a number of species, including birds, fish, bears and whales. Residents have told us that access to, and protection of, the Kitimat River Estuary and the coastal waters off of Kitimat are very important. This is why so many of our proposed management measures focus on protecting the health and accessibility of these valued resources.
• We will contribute to programs that restore ecological wetlands that are important for amphibian and bird breeding • We will observe the area during construction to determine how fish and other wildlife respond to our proposed measures and adapt our approach as needed
These management measures include: • LNG carriers will slow to speeds of 8 – 10 knots to reduce underwater noise and the chance of collisions with marine mammals • We will design our facility to optimize tidal flows and allow Anderson and Moore Creeks to flow unobstructed to the Kitimat River Estuary, and to provide safe passage for bears and other wildlife
LNG Canada Invites the Community to Comment on our Environmental Assessment Application
LNG Canada is aware of the importance to the community of maintaining and improving access to outdoor recreational opportunities. We will work with the local community to facilitate the creation of new projects that protect or enhance the natural environment and provide access to the outdoors and the water.
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HELPING B.C. ACHIEVE THE CLEANEST LNG We have designed our facility to be one of the world’s best performing LNG facilities in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. We will accomplish this by using a combination of energy-efficient natural gas turbines to drive the refrigeration compressors in the liquefaction process, and renewable electricity to be provided by BC Hydro. We will also reuse heat recovered from gas turbine exhausts to reduce fuel consumption required in other processes on the site. Recently, the B.C. government set new standards for greenhouse gas emissions for the emerging B.C. LNG industry of 0.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per tonne of LNG produced. LNG Canada estimates our proposed facility will have a greenhouse gas emission intensity of about 0.15 tonne CO2e/tonne LNG produced, which is lower than these standards and among the lowest CO2-emitting LNG facilities in the world.
LNG Canada recognizes it will be one company among other industrial companies operating in the community. We will work with other local industry leaders to manage and mitigate cumulative social and environmental impacts, and create opportunities to enhance local benefits associated with industrial growth.
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SCOPING LNG CANADA’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT This information piece provides a sampling of our Environmental Assessment Application, which is more than 4,000 pages. The following chart shows everything we studied as part of our Assessment. Detailed information about what we studied, what potential effects may exist, and how we plan to avoid, reduce or mitigate effects can be found in our Environmental Assessment Application. We have also produced a 72-page summary report that offers highlights of the full Application.
Major Project Components
Areas covered in the Environmental Assessment
The LNG facility
Environmental effects: Air quality, noise, water, vegetation, wildlife, fish, marine mammals
The marine terminal and shipping route
Heritage effects: Archaeological and heritage
Supporting infrastructure and facilities
Social effects: Infrastructure and services, visual, marine transportation and use Health effects: Human health, community health and wellbeing Economic effects Shipping/marine traffic First Nations interests Environmental effects of accidents/malfunctions Cumulative effects
LNG Canada understands the need for the community to benefit from our project and values the contributions all members of the community make to the region. We will work with the community to ensure that social and economic benefits from our project are realized and shared locally.
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BECOMING THE PROJECT OF CHOICE From the beginning, we set out to be the project of choice for British Columbia. Every decision made during the planning and design process was done by keeping safety, economics, the environment and community interest top-of-mind. WE SELECTED ENERGY EFFICIENT NATURAL GAS TURBINES for the LNG liquefaction process to minimize GHG emissions and fuel use WE ARE USING RENEWABLE POWER FROM THE BC HYDRO GRID for auxiliary electricity supply, to ensure our facility has one of the lowest greenhouse gas emissions in the world WE CHOSE AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SITE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, and an existing marine terminal, rather than a greenfield site, which will reduce the impact the project has on the environment WE WILL LOCATE OUR FLARE STACKS AS FAR AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL HOMES AS THE SITE ALLOWS and will use watercooling to eliminate noise from air-cooling, and muffling devices on equipment where we can to further limit noise impacts WE HAVE DESIGNED OUR WORKER ACCOMMODATION VILLAGE TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT in terms of water, sewage, transportation and medical services to reduce any added pressure on the local services and protect community way of life WE HAVE ALSO COME TO LEARN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO KITIMAT RESIDENTS including continued access to the water, which is something we have committed to working on together with industry and the local community
LNG Canada acknowledges that the commitments we make are for the long term. We will work with the community to develop an environmental, social and health monitoring and mitigation program that meets regulatory requirements, and we will share information on the program with the public for the life of our project.
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PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK Designing an LNG project requires many years of planning, studies and engagement with Aboriginal Groups, local communities, all levels of government and other stakeholders.
REVIEW: our Environmental Assessment Application can be accessed: • In the local Kitimat and Terrace libraries • At our Kitimat and Prince Rupert Community Information Centres • eao.gov.bc.ca • lngcanada.ca
We believe in taking our time to make sure we are doing it right, and this belief will extend well beyond the Environmental Assessment phase. We encourage you to learn more, ask questions and provide your input.
IN-PERSON: come to an open house where you can speak with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office representatives, LNG Canada project team and environmental specialists: • November 25, 2014, 5pm – 8pm, Rod & Gun Club, Kitimat, B.C. • November 26, 2014, 5pm – 8pm, Best Western Hotel, Terrace, B.C. Request to have the LNG Canada team meet with your organization. Please contact us to make an appointment. COMMENT: the public comment period ends December 22, 2014. Please submit your comments to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office: • By web: eao.gov.bc.ca • By fax: 250.356.7477 • By email: eaoinfo@gov.bc.ca • By mail: 2nd Floor, 836 Yates St., PO Box 9426, Stn Prov Gov’t, Victoria, B.C., V8W 9V1
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Kitimatians helped lift UNBC to reality This story submitted by UNBC When Steven Stinson became one of 16,000 Northern British Columbians to sign a petition supporting what would become UNBC, he unknowingly helped his then three-year-old son Derick on the path to a rewarding life in his hometown. Steven has lived in Kitimat for 54 years, minus a year to attend university in the south. Like many parents, Steven wanted something different for his two sons – the chance to study in the North. “It’s such a culture change to go from here to the south,” says Steven. “There are just so many more distractions. It’s much easier for them in the North. We needed other education options in the province - it’s what everyone was talking about.” During the campaign to create UNBC, some cast doubt on the appetite for a university in the North. In the fall of 1989 a provincial government minister told the Globe and Mail that “In the interior ... people don’t think of education beyond Grade 12. The questions they ask at the end of the day are ‘How many trees did you cut today?’ or ‘How were things down in the mine?’” This generated 3,000 letters of protest to the government. The pressure generated by the letters, a positive feasibility study, and the 16,000 petition signers, including Steven, prompted the BC government to pass the UNBC Act on June 22, 1990, with all-party support, officially creating UNBC. Steven’s eldest son Derick went on to earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree at UNBC in 2007. Today he works as a plant manager for Pyrotek in Kitimat. “Kitimat is front and center,” says Derick. “There’s a lot going on and with liquefied natural gas and energy in general. It’s very exciting times right now.” Derick says his degree helped him get his present job because his studies were focused on the region. He says employers in Northern BC are looking for people with connections here, because they’re more likely to stay long term. He also enjoyed the small class sizes at UNBC and being able to return home on weekends. “It was important to make that transition in post-secondary education in the North, closer to home,” he says. “I always had that idea and hope that I could stay in the North, and I think UNBC fit pretty well with that. The education that it provided me allowed me to stay in my hometown.” Derick is now giving back to his community as chair of the local chamber of commerce. He works there with his brother Paul, another UNBC alumnus. Derick says it’s really rewarding that his family could all find work in Kitimat. “It makes for a better, well-rounded community,” says Derick. “It’s a nice aspect for families, when people have kids and the grandparents are there. New economic activity in Northern BC is encouraging more young people to consider a future closer to home. “That’s the one thing missing in Kitimat and these Northern places,” says Steven. “We’ve lost whole generations of kids, because there was no work and everybody had to leave, but now they’re coming back. It’s really nice that way.” 2014 marks UNBC’s 25th year.
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Development of a Pest Management Plan Application #: FLNR-C and N-BC-2015 Applicant: Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 2000 S. Ospika Boulevard, Prince George, B.C. V2N 4W5 Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton, B.C. V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193, E-mail: smcconsulting@shaw.ca The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage invasive alien plants and/or noxious weeds on provincial Crown land in Central and Northern BC. The PMP applies to areas located within the Thompson-Nicola, Skeena-Queen Charlottes, Kitimat-Stikine, BulkleyNechako, Fraser-Fort George, Stikine, Peace River Regional Districts, and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. The PMP applies to areas located within the vicinity of the communities of Albreda, Valemount, McBride, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Mackenzie, Prince Rupert, Terrace, Smithers, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Kitimat, Fort Fraser, Fort St. James, Burns Lake, Houston, Hazelton, Dease Lake, Atlin, and communities on Haida Gwaii. The pest management methods proposed for use include manual, mechanical, cultural, and biological control, and the use of herbicides within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and examples of the trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: aminopyralid (Milestone), clopyralid (Lontrel), dicamba (Banvel), diflufenzopyr (Overdrive), fluroxypyr (Sightline), glyphosate (Vantage Plus Max), imazapyr (Arsenal), mecoprop-p (Dyvel DX), metsulfuron methyl (Escort), picloram (Tordon 22K), 2,4-D (2,4-D Amine 600), and triclopyr (Garlon XRT). Selective application methods include: wick/wipe-on, injection, squirt bottle, cut surface, and foliar applications using backpack or vehicle mounted sprayer. The proposed duration of the PMP is from June 10, 2015 to June 10, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at: Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (2000 S. Ospika Boulevard, Prince George, B.C. V2N 4W5); online at www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/plants/pmp.htm; or by contacting the Agent listed above.
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Hydro Two unlivable Vista Village trailers get tax write off lays out rates Cameron Orr BC Hydro has announced how much liquefaction facilities for natural gas will pay for its power. Companies will pay $83.02 per megawatt hour (MWh), before taxes. The average industrial rate, says Hydro, is $54.34 MWh. The different LNG proposals have different power needs relating to BC Hydro. The utility says that Tilbury LNG, a facility operating in Delta, BC, will use the Hydro grid for LNG compression and ancillary needs. LNG Canada will use the grid only for needs not relating to natural gas processing. The proposed Woodfibre LNG project near Squamish has committed to using 100 per cent BC Hydro power for their operations. Chevron’s Kitimat LNG proposal has not decided on its power needs. A company spokesperson says the project is still in its engineering stages — and does not have a final investment decision — so it’s not known how it would utilize or generate electricity. BC Hydro says that whether or not LNG projects are built in the Kitimat area, they will still go ahead with the replacement of the 287 kV transmission line between Terrace and Kitimat They will also upgrade the 500 kV circuits between Prince George and Terrace, to maintain reliability, the company says.
Two trailers at the Vista Village Trailer Park will likely get a tax write off after council voted to allow the District to seek powers from the provincial government to forgive the debt. The taxes work out to just over $2,500 for two units. Both units, said District Treasurer Steve Christiansen, are falling apart and not at all suitable for living in.
It also would not be financially worthwhile for the District to seek payments of the taxes at this point and it came down to basically letting the taxes continue to accrue or write-off the taxes entirely. The staff report also says that the park owner is awaiting the tax write-off in order to demolish the trailers. Mario Feldhoff voted against the plan — which officially is to request that the province
confer the power to the Kitimat Council to write off the taxes on the units. Given the seemingly frustrating situation residents in the park finds themselves in regarding the ability to sell their units, Feldhoff wanted to not move ahead on tax write-offs but instead use the situation to allow a chance to speak to the park owner about concerns. His motion to table the staff recommendation was defeated.
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SkeenaWild Trust talks emissions with Council Cameron Orr Greg Knox, the executive director for SkeenaWild Trust, says they just want three basic things when it comes to industrial development: world class pollution reduction technology, SO2 scrubbers at the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter, and as large as possible reliance on electricity for proposed LNG projects. Knox spoke to Kitimat Council on November 3, speaking to his organization’s response to a recent Kitimat Airshed study released by the
provincial government. The report concluded that Kitimat’s airshed has room for industrial development, but Knox notes that it includes impacts such as the potential for lakes and soil acidification, which would affect fish and plant life. He said the provincial government hasn’t been consistent on its promises to promote clean technology since the last election. “Since the election and shortly after we’ve heard them
Greg Knox waffling a bit on that,” he said. “But basically if we don’t do anything to deal with the pollu-
tion issues out of the facilities here in Kitimat, if three facilities were built we would burn the equivalent of 60 per cent of the natural gas that’s burned in the entire province every year. Or it would also be equivalent too all of the natural gas burned that’s burnt in metropolitan Vancouver every year.” Those emissions would result in nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide (SO2) which he said attributes to acid rain. For the scrubbers on the RTA smelter, he said it could add
a $100 million price tag to the project but would be worth it on a $4 billion project. “It has to be taken in to consideration that this would be a long term benefit to our community,” he said. He also wants to see more electric cooling processes for LNG proposals, rather than commonly used gas turbines which burns natural gas to liquefy it. He said if a project goes to gas it locks in the facility for its life span, meaning it’s unlikely it could be later converted.
Growing number of small businesses in region Cameron Orr With Small Business Week having recently been marked — October 19 to 25 — a coordinator with the area’s Community Futures group says there’s been a lot of interest in entrepreneurship lately. Sean Gregg, Community Coordinator for the Community Futures 16/37, based in Terrace but serves communities including Kitimat, said it’s hard to pin down why there is more interest in opening small businesses lately but optimism in the current market is a likely reason. “It’s hard to tie it directly to the development but maybe it’s just the generally more positive attitudes, because the local economies have improved so much,”
said Gregg. “People are more open to looking at ideas and starting their own small businesses.” Community Futures is funded through the federal government and offers services such as business plan development. They also act as a lender to those who seek out money to get a business off the ground. From notary services to property managers, Gregg said he’s seen a number of businesses get off the ground in recent years. He also said the majority of people he sees are from people who were born and raised in the area. As for tips, he said knowing the market is very im-
portant for anyone starting a business. Learning to use technologies such as social media has been a great benefit for some businesses too. “For certain kinds of business it’s very successful,” he said. Community Futures also released a general list of five tips for success, noting that a flexible business plan, with realistic goals, is very important. Being on top of the cash flow is also very important to reduce potential surprise if out-going and incoming funds don’t line up. Study the competition and treating employees well also rounds out the list. And of course, never stop learning.
High-tail it to Highgate Submitted “Highgate’s trip into the afterlife is so brilliantly twisted, you might not want to return to the land of the living again.” (Janet Smith, Georgia Straight) Janet Smith’s words are typical of the reviews of the dance troupe who will be performing Tara Cheyenne Friendenberg ’s Highgate, an original work that has earned the creator high acclaim for its originality. The Georgia Straight article goes on to say that the piece is “insanely funny” and an “imaginative genius.” We are fortunate that it will be coming to Kitimat on November 14. Other performers along with Friendenberg, Justine A. Chambers, Bevin Poole, Susan Elliot, and Kate Franklin, create and perform kinetic theatrical expressions of the ever strange and wonderful human experience. Through exquisitely realized characters, crafted choreography, a healthy dose of comedy, and lashings of tragedy, they work to reveal and connect. TCP’s vision is to create works that speak to people on the levels of common human experience, our own comic-tragic behavior, and our lives in movement. The design of gesture, text, movement, and sound to draw lines between meanings is what Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg continuously strives to achieve in her work. This choreographic craft, derived from character and psychological landscapes, is the foundation for discovery, expression, and communication. The piece was composed by Marc Stewart, who shows his mastery of meeting the needs of the creative genius of Friedenberg. The music seamlessly emphasizes the “dance meets Victorian goth” theme. The show is “… brought to life by Friedenberg’s mighty talent.” (Marsha Lederman, Globe & Mail) Congratulations go to Artistic Director Tara Cheyenne Friendenberg as she is one of the recipients of the 2015 Chrystal Dance Prize. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. at Mount Elizabeth theatre on November 14.
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An open letter to the residents of Kitimat District Lot 471
It is with great pleasure that Rio Tinto Alcan confirms today a gift to the people of Kitimat of approximately 56 acres of water front land that make up District Lot 471, located in Minette Bay. For more than half a century Rio Tinto Alcan has participated with pride in the development of Kitimat and Northwest British Columbia. In the 1950’s Rio Tinto Alcan developed a company town from mostly undeveloped land. Today it is a mature, vibrant, and highly liveable northern community. We are very proud of our involvement in making this happen. Now, 60 years later, a new era of industrial development is on our doorsteps. Rio Tinto Alcan’s BC Operations is looking forward to having new neighbours beside us near the smelter site and port terminals. It is important now, more than ever, to ensure the people of Kitimat continue to have direct ocean access. To that end, Rio Tinto Alcan is pleased and committed, in this our 60th Anniversary year, to transfer ownership of the water front lot DL 471 to the District of Kitimat in trust for its citizen’s use for all time. Congratulations and our very best wishes from all of us at Rio Tinto Alcan.
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Demons win on PR, lose to Terrace
A celebratory moment for the Kitimat Ice Demons during their match against the Prince Rupert Rampage on November 1. Kevin Campbell
Kevin Campbell, Northern View Kitimat goalie Tom Mildenberger entered November 1 Rupert-Kitimat matchup a relative unknown in the CIHL’s 2014-15 season, but left it a hero for the Ice Demons. Mildenberger stopped every shot that came his way (25 in all) in a 4-0 Ice Demons shutout victory over the Rupert Rampage, handing the Rhinos their fourth straight loss, and was almost superhuman in the second period when the Rampage (1-3-1) poured on assault after assault of a barrage of shots and saved most of them with his lightning quick glove-hand. So what was the tendy thinking during his flashy, NHL-calibre glove stops that had the crowd ooo-ing and aww-ing and Rampage forwards looking skyward? “Thank God they stayed in my glove,” said Mildenberger after the game. Indeed, rebounds were a rare sight off of Kitimat’s netminder, who so far has taken a back seat to Shahar Moudahi and Brett Vilness during Kitimat’s woeful start to the season (they stand at 1-4-1) – and their win in Rupert on Saturday was their first of the season. “I’ve been having a rough year, so I’ve been trying to focus on following the puck a little bit better and for the first period, I was struggling a little bit and fighting the puck but in the second period I got a lot of shots and was able to see the puck so it was a good confidence-builder,” said Mildenberger who earned his first shutout in his CIHL career. The victory against Rupert came a day after the Ice Demons’ loss to the Terrace River Kings 6-3. The Demons continue their season this Saturday, being hosted by the Quesnel Kangaroos. They move on to Williams Lake the day after to take on the Williams Lake Stampeders.
LNG Canada’s Environmental Assessment: Learn More and Get Involved LNG Canada recently submitted its Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO). The Application Review phase includes a 45-day public comment period hosted by the EAO to seek comments on the Application. There are a number of ways you can learn more and get involved. We welcome the opportunity to discuss the contents of our Application with you, and encourage you to participate and provide your comments in the following ways:
COMMENT PERIOD: NOVEMBER 7, 2014 TO DECEMBER 22, 2014 View consultation On November 10, you can visit a new section of LNG Canada’s website which will help materials guide you through the environmental assessment results. lngcanada.ca Attend an Open Open Houses: House or Request Nov 25, 2014, 5pm – 8pm Kitimat Rod & Gun Club a Meeting Nov 26, 2014, 5pm – 8pm Terrace Best Western Hotel, Skeena Room. Please contact us at info@lngcanada.ca to request a meeting with the LNG Canada team. View the Application and provide input
View the complete Application and submit your comments online at: eao.gov.bc.ca Copies can also be found at the District of Kitimat, Kitimat Public Library, City of Terrace City Hall and the Terrace Public Library. Comments must be submitted to the EAO by December 22.
LNG Canada, a joint venture between Shell Canada Ltd., PetroChina Company, Korea Gas Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation, is proposing to build an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. LNG Canada’s vision is to work collaboratively with the local community, First Nations and stakeholders, to deliver a project that is safe, reliable and reflective of community interests.
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