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JULY 17 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com
There will be all kinds of entertainment as well as classic cars and motorcycles at Sunday’s Edmonds City Fair. See Page A12
Grocery giant buys Shoppers Drug Mart Firms pledge no store closures Jeff Nagel Black Press
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A cyclist takes a corner at break-neck speed in the Giro di Burnaby men’s race held on Hastings Street on Thursday. For more see pages A3 and A19.
NEB turns down Chevron request Burnaby refinery had sought priority access to Kinder Morgan pipeline Wanda Chow
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The National Energy Board has turned down Chevron Canada’s application for priority access to the Trans Mountain pipeline. Chevron had applied for the priority destination designation (PDD) in response to apportionment in recent years— competition for capacity on the Kinder Morgan-owned pipeline
resulting in reduced supply for those customers without firm contracts— affecting the amount of crude oil being delivered to its North Burnaby refinery. Between January 2012 and March 2013 the apportionment was 71 per cent on average, the NEB said in its reasons for decision released July 11. The NEB said the designation “should only be applied in extraordinary circumstances,” and based on the evidence it determined Chevron’s circumstances did not warrant such a move.
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Chevron’s Burnaby refinery has operated at above its minimum run rate of 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) each month since apportionment began again in November 2010, apart from shutdowns for planned maintenance, the NEB noted. Chevron said it has replaced part of its supply shortfall but has “been forced to incur extraordinary expense” to do so. “In the Board’s view, it is the responsibility of Chevron to design a portfolio of supply options that will best mitigate its supply risk and ensure the long-term viability of the
Burnaby Refinery. In this context, the Board believes that no option should be completely ruled out by Chevron in mitigating its supply risk for the future, including a potential waterborne option, the Secondary Market, Westridge Dock bids, and any other option that Chevron can develop to avoid PDD.” The NEB added, “the PDD provision is not intended to shield companies from their business risks or the need to make prudent investments.” Please see TRANSMOUNTAIN, A3
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A $12.4-billion deal by grocery giant Loblaw to snap up Shoppers Drug Mart may further reduce retail competition in B.C. Officials with the two firms denied that will happen, but the transaction does put another big chunk of B.C.’s retail landscape under the control of a single parent company. In B.C., Loblaw operates or franchises dozens of stores under the Real Canadian Superstore, Extra Foods, T&T Supermarket and NoFrills brands, among others. Its acquisition of Shoppers, which has seven locations in Burnaby, and its smaller urban stores extends Loblaw’s footprint into more densely populated B.C. markets. Both firms say the deal will yield big benefits, including a bigger national retailing network for the more than 1,200 Shoppers outlets. Shoppers Drug Mart will keep its brand name and operate as a division of Loblaw.
Please see CHANGES, A10