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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
FIELD OF 31 FUNNY CARS AT MRP Canadian Nationals draw big crowds to track
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‘Bombard’ minister with e-mails: Ross Incinerators will be worse for Fraser Valley air than SE2, states FVRD board chair BY ROBERT FREEMAN Black Press
A waste management plan for Metro Vancouver that includes waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration has been approved by the B.C. Environment Minister. The approval includes a number of pre-conditions, including consultation with the Fraser Valley Regional District before WTE incineration sites are approved. But none of it is acceptable to FVRD chair Patricia Ross. “We have undertaken three years of world-wide research looking at the best of WTE technology, and there’s none of them acceptable in this airshed,”
R Ross said. B.C. Envirronment miniister Terry L Lake has ““completely m missed the Ross point” of the FVRD’s objections to WTE, she said, which is that a new point source of pollutants should not be added to the Fraser Valley airshed “even with the best of standards.” Ross called on Fraser Valley residents to take a stand against proposed WTE sites like they did against the SE2 power plant and “bombard” the minister with e-mails of See METRO Page 2
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Vancouver’s Jim Byrnes delighted the crowd with his soulful blues music Friday night at Fraser River Heritage Park for the opening evening of the Mission Folk Music Festival. See page three for more photos. BOB FRIESEN PHOTO
The annual country music festival at Mission Raceway Park is fast approaching. PAGE 17
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