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There were 54 competitors aged five and up at the Bulkley Valley Regional Pool Sunday who swam, pedaled and ran in the Tri-it Triathlon. See photos and results on page A9.
Bulkley Valley air Coastal GasLink signs deals with six First Nations quality concern raised
By Chris Gareau
Smithers/Interior News
TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline project announced Monday that it has signed project agreements with six northern B.C. First Nations. Coastal GasLinkruns 670 kilometres from the Groundbirch area near Dawson Creek to the proposed LNG Canada export facility
near Kitimat. That facility recently received conditional environmental approval from the provincial and federal governments. Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Skin Tyee Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Yekooche First Nation, Doig River First Nation, and Halfway River First Nation all signed agreements for the $4.8 billion pipeline project. They are all along the pipeline route. See CAMP on A3
By Chris Gareau
EQUIPMENT FOR CHANDLER PARK UPGRADE Council approved using $70,000 on field machines.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTS ON CPR PROGRAM Bulkley Valley students will learn CPR after donations.
LEGISLATURE CALLED FOR LNG SESSION The province calls a summer session to approve LNG.
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area’s particulate matter was done. Smithers and Telkwa do not meet the provincial standard said presenters Dr. Biz Bastian and Gina LaHaye. They came forward to speak on the application by NewPro to switch from panel board to wood pellet manufacturing, which the company said would actually reduce emissions by 94 per cent. See NEWPRO on A2
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Concern about the quality of the Bulkley Valley’s airshed was raised at last Tuesday’s Smithers council meeting. A delegation wanted to put a halt to any approval of industrial operations in town until an assessment of the
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