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Cressey’s Ambleside tower approved MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
West Vancouver council has given a unanimous green light for a 17-storey residential highrise building in Ambleside, after the project’s architects trimmed away some width from the original design.
SWORD PLAY Lead actors Gavin Langelo and David Lees duel over the marquise’s heart in a scene from Les Liaisons Dangereuses, an Exit 22 Company production Feb. 10-12 at the BlueShoreFinancial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University. Tickets are $22 ($15 for students and seniors) at capilanou.ca. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
Last July, in a 3-2 decision, council sent the tower proposal for 2290 Marine Dr. back to the drawing board. The dissenting councillors were concerned with the proposed width of the building – 111 feet – and the developers asking for an extra 11 feet beyond what West Vancouver currently allows in its bylaws. Cressey Seaview Development Ltd. came back to council Monday with a slightly slenderized design that hits the exact mark for maximum allowable width, 100 feet. In decreasing the width,
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Intervenors make final arguments JENNIFER MOREAU/BURNABY NOW jmoreau@burnabynow.com
The federal government is extending its Kinder Morgan pipeline review by several months to allow for a downstream greenhouse gas emissions assessment and more consultation with First Nations.
The move pushes the final answer for Kinder Morgan from August to December of this year. The changes were part of the government’s Wednesday announcement on interim principles designed to restore trust in a process that has drawn ire from the public and politicians for months, according to James Carr, the federal minister for Natural
Federal government delays Kinder Morgan decision
Resources. Under the current rules, cabinet has the final say on whether the pipeline will proceed, and government’s own deadline will be extended by four months giving them a total of seven to consider the project. The government has no current plans to deal with downstream greenhouse gas emissions – only upstream at the point of extraction. When asked if and when the government plans to address
public complaints about the NEB’s hearing process, like the lack of oral cross examination or ability for the public to sit in on the hearings, Carr replied that the government can’t apply long-term NEB reforms to the current projects. “That would not be fair or responsible, but the comments, such as the one you just made, reflecting what your community is saying, will be very important to the Government of Canada as we look at the best way we can reform the regulatory system in the long-term, and all of the issues you mentioned will be considered,” he said. NDP MPs quickly accused the Liberals of reneging on
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