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TheTyee.ca
Elk Falls mill We Wai Kai say they were steamrolled by mill's permit approval.
By Quentin Dodd
Published: November 4, 2005
A Campbell River area mill has been granted permission to continue to
burn coal, outraging leaders of nearby First Nations band worried about
high cancer rates among their people.
Less than a month after the We Wai Kai First Nation on BC's Quadra
Island formally complained that the government hadn't met the law by
consulting with them sufficiently, the permit approval was rushed into
place, claim band leaders and their lawyer.
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Canada First Perspective
October 27, 2005
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. (CP)- The First Nation on Quadra Island has asked
the B.C. government not to approve an application for the Elk Falls
pulp and paper mill to burn any more coal until the emissions have been
studied.
The 200-member Cape Mudge band is worried about the possible health effects of air emissions from the NorskeCanada mill.
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Gulf Islands Driftwood
October 26, 2005
Despite recommendations it made last month, Crofton
Mill Community Advisory Forum members have deferred giving the green
light to a new health assessment study on emissions from Catalyst
Paper’s (formerly NorskeCanada) Crofton facility.
Recommendation follows a damning peer review of the mill-sponsored 2004 Jacques Whitford study.
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Lexi Bainas
Cowichan Vally Citizen
October 23, 2005
The Crofton Airshed Citizens Group and Catalyst Paper's Crofton operation
are again disagreeing on the extent of dangerous emissions being pumped into
the air by the pulp and paper mill.
In a statement issued last week, the CACG announced that a new B.C.
pollution overview issued by the Environmental Defence and the Canadian
Environmental Law Association has named "two of the mills run by Catalyst
Paper (formerly NorskeCanada) as among the 'Dirty Dozen' top air polluters
for the province."
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By Grant Warkentin
Mirror Staff (Campbell River
Oct 26 2005
Catalyst's pulp and paper mill deserves a tax break, but they have to
bring something to the table too, says mayoral candidate Roger McDonell.
"What do we get in return?" he asked. "Right now we're making the cuts and seeing no benefits."
In a prepared statement, McDonell said the city should be getting
something in return for shifting its tax burden from industry to
residential taxpayers. He suggested if the mill wants to see its taxes
reduced, it should look at reducing its emissions.
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By Angie Poss
News Leader
Oct 26 2005
Peter Rusland/fil
Water is essential to Catalyst's pulp and paper mill in Crofton. The
mill gets its water from the Cowichan River and is participating in the
Cowichan Basin Water Management Forum to ensure there is a stable water
source for years to come.
Ground up bits of wood slip soundlessly through Catalyst's Crofton mill, borne on a soundless stream of water.
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Premier Gordon Campbell has wriiten North Cowichan council about his
interest in low municipal taxes for heavy industry, like the Crofton
mill.
courtesy Catalyst (photo of mill)
By Aaron Bichard
The Pictorial (Duncan)
Oct 22 2005
North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure is taking a letter from Premier
Gordon Campbell as a forewarning of the government's interests, but is
only slightly worried about the implications.
The municipality, along with councils in other Catalyst mill towns -
Port Alberni, Powell River and Campbell River - received a letter Sept.
22 outlining the government's interest in lower taxes for heavy
industry.
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