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Protest at Hudson's Hope over Site C dam plan
About 60 protesters gathered near the Hudson's Hope airport under RCMP watch to denounce the Site C hydro project as Premier Gordon Campbell announced the third phase of environmental assessment and talks with First Nations. Security was tight. one protester, Leigh Summer, was arrested after bypassing checkpoints. The plan would flood 5,340 hectares and require a 60 metre high dam, 1.1 kilometres wide, with a reservoir 83 kilometres long, amid 30 to 40 years of debt.
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