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A Prince George HSifen special report
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With a price tag of $4.5 billion, the Enbridge Northern Gateway project brings huge oil forces to the region’s doorstep for the first time
Gordon Hoekstra Citizen staff
It’s claimed it will be the largest privately-financed infrastructure project in B.C. history, and the largest project of its kind in Canada.
It will take an estimated 650,000 tonnes or more of steel to construct
— more than 249 times the steel in the Simon Fraser Bridge.
Thousands of workers will be needed to build it.
It will cross more than 1,000 streams, creeks and rivers in two provinces, and require a pair of 6.5-kilometre tunnels through the B.C. coastal mountains.
If completed, it will be 1,170 kilometres long, just 50 kilometres shorter than the proposed Mackenzie Pipeline, a project that has been on the drawing board for more than three decades.
If you have not been paying attention, you may not know the project.
The colossus is Enbridge’s proposed $4.5-billion twin pipeline, the Northern Gateway.
It is meant to carry oil from the Alberta tar sands to Kitimat for export by ocean-going tanker to Asia and perhaps the western U.S. seaboard.
Condensate, a kerosene-like liquid used to thin heavy oil for transport in pipelines, will be shipped back to Alberta in the second, smaller pipeline.
The condensate — a leftover byproduct of liquefying natural gas
— could be sourced from a number of locations, including Russia, Australia and the Middle East.
— See ‘THIS PIPELINE on page 12
Darren Fitzpatrick of Prince George, centre, pictured here in fatigues and wearing a poppy, has been injured in an incident while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Fitzpatrick injured
Kelly Road grad deployed to Afghanistan in fall
Frank Peebles Citizen staff
The Citizen has learned that the local soldier injured in Afghanistan is 21-year-old Darren Fitzpatrick.
The Kelly Road secondary school graduate is normally stationed at the Canadian Forces Base in Edmonton and was deployed to Afghanistan in fall.
It has not been disclosed by the military how Fitzpatrick was injured, or the full extent of the injuries, but friends have confirmed that he was taken to the international forces’ medical base in Germany where he underwent extensive surgery.
Fitzpatrick has a large network of family in the area and was a popular youth with many friends, those who know him informed The Citizen. He is an active young man and well-liked. He has two brothers, one younger and one older, with whom he is reportedly very close. His mother and father have gone to Germany to be by his side in hospital, The Citizen was told.
He is at least the second Prince George soldier injured in the line of duty while serving with international forces in Afghanistan. The
Soldier Darren Fitzpatrick of Prince George, right, is pictured while serving the Canadian Armed Forces.
first, Sapper Chris Greenaway, was decorated for his battlefield wound and he has continued his military career.
Two others with Prince George connections — Cpl. Matthew McCully and civilian journalist Michelle Lang — were killed doing their respective duties in the war there.
RCMP hunt buckle-toting man
Frank Peebles Citizen staff
Reports came in to police on Wednesday afternoon that a man with a gun was travelling about the downtown. A large contingent of Mounties responded.
According to a public informant, a male with a visible firearm was seen first in the area of 1st Avenue and Victoria Street, then the suspect carried on to the area of 3rd Avenue and Cassiar Street. This vicinity was the focus of police attention.
“It started out as a traffic complaint, a couple who noticed an erratic vehicle,” said Prince George RCMP spokesman Const. Gary Godwin. “Apparently the erratic vehicle pulled over, the driver got out and yelled at the couple and they thought they saw a pistol sticking out of the suspect’s pants.”
The call was placed to police and Godwin said “it was the proper thing to do” upon further investigation.
“We found the suspect, yes, and we confirmed that they saw what would appear to be a pistol, but in fact it was a belt buckle — a rather large belt buckle in that shape,” he said.
No charges are pending, but the suspect was spoken to by authorities about the incident and the couple was given kudos for their observations and actions.
“We flooded the area with police officers,” he said.
“We take these calls very seriously. We are glad to get them. If you think you see something like that, don’t hesitate to call, it is our job to make sure these things are dealt with and we can’t do that if we don’t get the calls so we are thankful for this information we received today.”
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