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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015
Roberts Bank eyed for pipeline Alberta Premier Rachel Notley suggests Delta as alternative terminus for contentious Kinder Morgan proposal BY
SANDOR GYARMATI
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Delta might be a better option for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Alberta’s new premier, Rachel Notley, dropped that bombshell Wednesday at a conference in New York, offering a suggestion that surely won’t go over well
with many in South Delta that are already lobbying against proposed container terminal expansion at Roberts Bank. The first-term New Democrat premier already indicated support for Kinder Morgan’s highly contentious $5.4-billion oil pipeline twinning plan, which has drawn heated opposition from such cities as Burnaby and Vancouver as well
traffic. as environmental groups. This week the Alberta If approved by the premier said the project National Energy Board, might have to go to a difKinder Morgan would ferent port, saying the pipenearly triple the capacline has support of the vast ity of its Trans Mountain majority of communities pipeline from Alberta to an existing facility in MLA Vicki through which it runs. Although Kinder Morgan Burnaby, a plan that has Huntington is still sticking to its proopponents warning about posed Burnaby route, Notley oil spills and increased tanker
suggested it might be time to get creative and re-route the pipeline further south, noting South Delta is one possibility. Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington was quick to respond, saying it’s unfortunate the Alberta premier would make such an illconsidered statement. See PIPELINE page 3
Police look to contract out dispatch services Concerns expressed over potential drop in service quality BY
JESSICA KERR
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Dispatch services would be handled entirely by E-Comm under a proposal favoured by senior staff at the Delta Police Department. E-Comm is the first point of contact for emergency calls for 80 per cent of the province. It provides 911 services for many
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The Delta police are considering contracting out dispatch services and that has some within the department concerned. In 2013, E-Comm, the emergency communications centre for much of the province, submitted a proposal to take over dispatch services for Delta. Currently, when someone in Delta calls 911 the call is initially answered by E-Comm. If police services are needed, the call is then transferred to local dispatchers, based out of Delta police headquarters in Ladner, who then speak to the caller and relay information to officers.
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