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Cleanup starts on Beach Drive near Bowker Avenue Sunday evening after a large pine limb fell. The limb of the tree on private land already hung fairly low before it failed around 5 p.m. on June 15. Oak Bay Parks cut the tree back to the fence line and cleaned up the public side of the fence. No injuries or significant damage to property was reported due to the incident. Derek Rees photo
Andrew Weaver calls for Liberals to say no to Enbridge The federal government may have approved Enbridge’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline project, but widespread opposition in B.C. means the road to completion is fraught with challenges. The decision is still subject to 209 conditions recommended last year by the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel, as well as five conditions set by the B.C. government, but public buy-in simply doesn’t exist, said Victoria MP
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“The fact is, Kitimat is opposed to this project. First Nations are opposed to it. British Columbians are opposed to it. It’s time for the provincial government to draw a line in the sand,” said Weaver, deputy leader of the B.C. Green Party. Clark has set five conditions for Northern Gateway that include world leading marine and land spill protections, resolution of aboriginal concerns and a fair share of benefits for B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak said the decision means the project meets the first of those five conditions, a successful federal review.
ensuing legal battles on the pipeline Murray Rankin. route are likely to drag through the “There’s no social licence to proceed courts for years, Rankin added. on this project,” said Rankin, who along “The pipeline route goes under salmonwith Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan bearing rivers, and it’s going Cullen spoke at length to cut right through one of against the pipeline approval It’s time for the herds of endangered in the House of Commons. mountain caribou. Those Rankin said B.C. residents the provincial both the subject of can now voice their government to draw are lawsuits,” he said. opposition most strongly at Oak Bay-Gordon Head the ballot box in the 2015 a line in the sand.” MLA Andrew Weaver said federal election. - Andrew Weaver the provincial government “One concrete action that has the authority to grant or can be done is we can defeat deny dozens of construction permits for the 21 Conservatives in B.C. who hid the 1,177-kilometre pipeline, and Premier from the people they represent,” he said. Christy Clark can echo public opinion by There are more than 130 First Nations opposing the project. across B.C. opposed to the project, and
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