Remediation Plan Updates From Pembina Pipeline Spill Meeting
Pembina Pipeline Corporation sponsored a Sept 13 briefing on an oil spill cleanup. A power point illustrated sampling results, with high water hindering cleanup and booms plus log jams shaping the response. Water sampling extends toward Fort St John. PAH spikes occurred with log disruptions. soil and offsite remediation plans are under review for winter monitoring and regulatory approval.
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Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Pembina
Darren Tomecek
Alpine Environmental
East Pine
Fort St. John
BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
MELP
Alpine
Tomecek
Forestry Crisis Hits Central Interior Logging Sector
The Central Interior Logging Association warns logging and trucking are grinding to a trickle as licensees extend shutdowns. Chetwynd residents feel the impact as mills struggle with break-even costs near 300 per thousand board feet while lumber prices linger 220 to 240. Stumpage rates, reflecting late last year prices, rise as mills face prolonged shutdowns across the Interior and North.
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Central Interior Logging Association
CILA
Chetwynd
U.S
B.C
Rural doctors strike over incentives and staffing in B C towns
Physicians in Dawson Creek Fort St John Prince George Quesnel and Cranbrook withdraw services after a South Peace Health Council meeting. They warn rural care could collapse without funds for nurses and more GPs and specialists, citing Prince George bonuses as detrimental.
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Dawson Creek
Fort St. John
Prince George
Quesnel
Cranbrook
South Peace Health Council
Dawson Creek Hospital
Chris Gorton
Chetwynd
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