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Pipeline pitch wanting, city says Wouldn’t have submitted if it wasn’t, responds company Wanda Chow
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ryan voutilainen, the branch manager of the burnaby sPca, holds fred and ethel, an inseparable pair of dogs that were found tied to a fence and brought to the shelter by a good samaritan. they need about $2,000 worth of medical care and a home that will adopt them as a couple.
Fred and Ethel seek new home together Dogs inseparable, abandoned together outside Burnaby SPCA Wanda Chow
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Fred and Ethel need a new home after they were abandoned outside the Burnaby SPCA animal shelter early one morning last week. About 6 a.m., an employee at a neighbouring business saw a vehicle pull away, leaving the two dogs tied to a fence outside the shelter. The Good Samaritan took the
dogs inside to stay warm and “Everyone’s fallen in love with brought them to the shelter once it them.” opened. Fred is a black shih tzu and Ethel SPCA staff named the pair Fred is a white maltese mix. and Ethel after They’re about Lucy and Ricky’s eight years old. best friends on Neither were Ryan Voutilainen, BC SPCA the 1950s sitcom spayed or neutered classic, I Love Lucy. The first night they were and it’s believed already curled up together “They’re they were likely sleeping on the same bed … outgoing and giving used for breeding, us lots of smiles Voutilainen said. and laughs,” said Ryan Voutilainen, Both need treatment for medical BC SPCA’s Burnaby branch issues, estimated to cost $2,000. manager. The Burnaby SPCA is hoping the
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Burnaby city hall says Kinder Morgan’s application to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline is incomplete. And now it wants the National Energy Board (NEB) to reject it for just that reason. Kinder Morgan submitted its 15,000page application to the NEB on Dec. 16. It proposes almost tripling capacity of its pipeline, which stretches from Edmonton to Burnaby. That would allow it to increase exports of oil sands bitumen to overseas markets by tanker ships coming in and out of Burrard Inlet. In a letter to the NEB, Gregory McDade, Burnaby’s legal counsel, said the application doesn’t adequately address the potential conflict between the pipeline project and existing infrastructure along the proposed route, such as sewer and water lines. It also doesn’t adequately address potential environmental impacts or emergencies, said McDade. see KINDER MORgAN, A5