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Puppets get ’em laughing!
Logan Kryger laughs it up along with other youngsters during Santa’s Reindeer Puppet Show Wednesday morning at the Ladner Pioneer Library.
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Big money riding on TFN vote
LNG plant would generate $15,000 a year for each member SANDOR GYARMATI
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A proposed liquefied natural gas storage and export facility at the Tsawwassen First Nation has drawn concerns from TFN members, according to one member who says there seems to be an attempt to buy their votes. This week, a member who wanted to remain anonymous
provided the Optimist with a copy of a question-and-answer sheet from TFN government explaining the project and the approval process, which includes a vote by members next Wednesday. The fact sheet indicates each TFN member would receive roughly $5,000 per year for up to three years while the facility is being built and $15,000 per year
once it’s operational. Payments would be made quarterly and would continue for the entire length of the 40-year lease. Last month, the TFN and FortisBC made a surprise announcement that a proposal will be put to TFN members to build an LNG plant on 32 hectares (80 acres) of Tsawwassen lands. YES VOTE: see Page 3
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