Westcoast outlines Chetwynd projects and local meeting
Westcoast Energy construction head Bob Goodall met February 23 in Dawson Creek with about 15 local businesspeople from Chetwynd and 150 residents from Peace region. She outlined two major projects, the Tumbler Ridge gas plant delay and the continued work on the $400 million Aitken Creek project north of Fort St John, with pipeline work to begin mid April in Chetwynd. On site offices will handle tenders in Chetwynd and Fort St John, and Westcoast is building a shop and office at the local industrial park. attendees voiced concerns on jobs tenders and purchasing. Linda Perron attended for Foothills NOW, which plans to assemble a list of oil patch services to be shared at the log cabin office on Hospital Road.
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Westcoast Energy
South Peace Oilmen’s Association
Dawson Creek
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Aitken Creek
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Westcoast
Linda Perron
Foothills Now
Chetwynd Economic Development Commission Group
Hospital Road
Unemployed Benfits and Pogie Padders Noted in Peace Region
In the Peace/Liard region the number of people collecting unemployment insurance roughly doubles available jobs. Dawson Creek employment centre logged 207 vacancies in January. A total of 491 persons applied for and collected 2,273,622 in benefits, slightly below last January. The investigations unit concluded 254 cases, leading to 157 disen titles or disqualifications, plus 134,174 recovered in overpayments. Penalties of 48,202 were imposed on 39 pogie padders.
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Peace/Liard
Dawson Creek
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