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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Teck’s multi-million dollar furnace project remains on back burner
PINK FOR A PURPOSE
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
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Kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month had clients seeing pink at Aria Art of Hair and Lisa Frisk Esthetics in downtown Trail Wednesday. The fundraiser sends the message to “fight cancer one pink streak at a time,” and was especially poignant for Candice Chernenkoff (seated) because her mom recently celebrated five-years breast cancer free. Leah Lindgren, owner of Aria, was dressed to the pink-nth degree including feather boa and perfectly manicured fuchsia nails.
Program brings First Nations culture to students BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
Unlike many areas of the province that have a prominent First Nations presence, the Greater Trail area doesn’t have a nearby reserve and there are limited opportunities for anyone with Aboriginal heritage to learn about their culture. There is, however, an active Aboriginal education program in School District 20 that strives to fill that gap and provide support for students who identify as having First Nations heritage. “Around 10 per cent of our district’s students have Aboriginal backgrounds,” said
“What we try to do is take pieces that might be common to all First Nations cultures and incorporate them into our programs.” BILL FORD
Bill Ford, assistant superintendent for schools in SD 20. “The majority are of Metis heritage but all kinds of nations are represented here.” Ford explained that areas with only one or two First Nations represented it’s considerably easier to have lan-
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guage or culture programs for students but the diverse nature of the local Aboriginal population makes programming more complicated in this district. “It’s very different here. I think it’s fairly unique to our area but only 10 per cent of our First Nations students have had any kind of on-reserve experience,” Ford said. “What we try to do is take pieces that might be common to all First Nations cultures and incorporate them into our programs. Concepts like elders, respect, or residential school experiences.” See SPEAKING, Page 2
A year after putting a major construction project on hold, Teck Trail Operations is not ready to move ahead just yet. The $210 million No. 4 Furnace Project remains deferred, confirmed Catherine Adair, Teck’s community relations leader. In October 2012, the company cited uncertain global economic conditions behind the decision to keep the project deferred indefinitely. “Since the announcement of the deferral, Teck has continued to reduce capital expenditures,” said Adair. “Any decision to restart the project would be based on a number of variables, including global market conditions.” The No. 4 Furnace Project was to be built at the southeast corner of the property, overlooking downtown and the Columbia River, and designed to increase Teck’s capacity for recycling end-of-life electronics. New construction would include one slag fuming furnace and one settling furnace. If the project proceeds the new furnaces would tie into the existing lead smelting operations and increase the ability to process
e-waste and improve the recovery of lead, zinc copper and other metals from current and new feeds. “Teck remains committed to long term sustainability of Trail Operations,” said Richard Deane, manager of environment, health and safety and public affairs. “Over the last 30 years we have invested $1.5 billion in plant modernization at Trail Operations significantly improving its environmental and operating performance.” The deferral of the furnace project was the only one to affect Trail Operations, with other projects in Chile, and elsewhere in B.C. also impacted. Although Teck’s second quarterly report states “cost reduction programs exceeded initial goals,” further deferrals include delaying the development of phase two of Quebrada Blanca Operations in Chile and slowing the Quinette mine reopening in Tumbler Ridge, said Adair. Teck Trail Operations has been forging ahead with another large investment since last year, which is construction of a $125 million new acid plant to replace two older acid plants. See ACID, Page 3
WEATHER
Month warmer than normal BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
With the chill in the air the last few weeks, it may feel like winter is coming early, but in fact September was warmer than normal according to local forecaster Ron Lakeman. “It might surprise people that the mean monthly temperature averaged to be 1.8 degrees warmer than normal,” he said. “To a large degree this is because overnight temperatures were a good three degrees milder than normal.” Lakeman attributes the warmer evenings to the heavy cloud cover and lingering low pressure systems. The hottest days of the month came early, with a high of 32.3 C on Sept. 2 but didn’t near the record high of 36.8 C on Sept. 3, 10 years ago. With highs of 30 C and lows of 11 C, the warmest average temperatures of 20.3 and 20.9 were set mid-month, followed by a cold See THIRD, Page 3
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