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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
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CITIZEN PHOTO BY DAVID MAH
Mac Engel, left, and Troy Bourke enjoyed picking up toys after the Prince George Cougars' first goal against the Vancouver Giants Sunday during the annual teddy bear and toque night at CN Centre. Alex Forsberg scored the marker that triggered toys and toques to rain onto the ice. The items will be donated to worthy causes. For more on the game, turn to page 9.
Haldi residents continue to oppose addiction centre
Citizen staff
Opponents of a proposed women’s addiction treatment centre in the Haldi Road area called on city council to deny a proposed change to the Official Community Plan (OCP) to allow the centre.
Proponents of the Northern Supportive Recovery Centre for Women - a proposed 30-bed residential treatment centre at 5877 Leslie Road - will be before city council tonight seeking approval for an
amendment to the OCP to allow the facility. Backers of the facility could not be reached for comment by press time.
City council initially approved the application for the controversial facility in December 2011 - but in August the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the facility violated the city’s OCP.
In a statement, the Haldi Road Committee - an organization of area residents opposed to the centre - said the city of Prince George has failed to stand firm on
its own OCP.
“The Haldi Road Committee’s position on this proposal... has not changed since the Supreme Court ruling. In fact, we are only more determined now that the proposal is requiring a change to the OCP that will affect every resident of Prince George. The cost to prepare and review the OCP is born by taxpayers and we expect that it will be upheld and followed to support the identity and character of neighbourhoods.”
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Taking
shape
Work on a new facility at Mount Milligan mine is on a monster scale
Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff
Huge gaps remain in the largest Mount Milligan mine buildings but not for long.
They are quickly being filled in by sheet metal cladding working in tandem with massive steel ribs around the primary ore crusher, the various grinding mills and the other parts of the production network for the gold-copper operation northwest of Prince George.
Getting these walls to lockup stage is more than a symbolic milestone. It means a better shot at obtaining even more construction workers.
It isn’t easy, by typical building standards. The layout and exotic machinery of the processing plant looks like the villain’s lair at the end of a classic James Bond movie. It is so tall and hollow inside you could easily bungee-jump from the rafters. The walls have the height of a small skyscraper but without the different floors to stage the work from, the building is so cavernous it could hold an estimated six Costco warehouses.
“We are putting a lot of effort into getting the steel cladding on, because when that happens, all the construction and assembly work switches to indoors,” said mill manager Pat Gannon. “As all kinds of construction projects slow down or stop for the winter, we will be ready to take those idle workers in from those projects and put them to work here.”
— see ‘WE HAVE, page 3
CITIZEN PHOTO BY DAVID MAH
Citizen reporter Frank Peebles checks out the Caterpillar 7495 shovel used to excavate the Mt. Milligan pit.
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