August 17, 2011 Mirror

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There are still a number of concerns surrounding Quinsam Coal Mine’s expansion proposal despite the mine’s efforts to address key environmental issues, the city’s environmental coordinator says. Quinsam Coal’s plan to extend the life of the coal mine another four or five years has been a controversial topic at City Hall for nearly two years. The expansion would have workers digging into an area called 7-South which would yield a higher sulfur-content coal and potentially acid generating waste. The Vancouver Island Mine Development Review Committee, organized by the B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines was concerned about the mine’s management plans for storage of the waste products and requested Quinsam Coal modify its application. One of the key deficiencies in Quinsam Coal’s 2009 expansion application was its proposal to store the potentially acid-generating coarse coal rejects (PAG-CCR), or waste product, in two open pits through backfilling and flooding to prevent oxidation. “The review identified one of

Surprise catch Josh Duncan caught this nine-foot shark on his boat Wednesday, Aug. 10 in the Lower Johnstone Strait, about six miles south of Kelsey Bay. It’s a salmon shark, apparently rare but not uncommon in our waters. “She came up tangled in our nets while fishing for our annual sockeye fishery,” Duncan said. In the photo is Duncan’s daughter Lola, his brother Mark Anthony and his son Alex who came down to see the shark

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