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With work on the pipe/pedestrian bridge continuing along the east bank of the Columbia, Rudy Pasin spent time on the west bank casting the morning away in hopes of a few bites. Meanwhile, the concrete for the tower base (wrapped in plastic) was poured on Tuesday and workers were set to attach the base reinforcement on top of the tower before a steel tower is attached.
Teck court case to resume at end of the month
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Court proceedings between Teck and the province won’t end in resolution this week. The company is due back in court Feb. 29, still facing multiple charges related to two separate chemical spills into the Columbia River.
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Until the cases are concluded, the company is not able to comment, Catherine Adair, spokesperson from Teck Trail Operations, confirmed late Tuesday. Teck appeared in Rossland Provincial Court Monday and again Tuesday, facing more than a dozen counts of depositing deleterious substance, as well as introduction
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A chance meeting near Istanbul has a Fruitvale couple awaiting the arrival of a new house guest, hopefully in time for her 29th birthday. “It really was serendipity,” says Melva Scott. “All along I felt this was meant to be and she was just going to come. But the not knowing, has been very stressful for her.” Scott was speaking of Rahaf, a bright young Syrian woman who may be the area’s first refugee, if all goes according to plan. Educated in the ancient city of Damascus, the English-speaking Syrian fled her country in 2014 along with her father and brother. “We are so thankful for Skype - we can see her, talk to her, and we’ve met her family that way,” said Melva, mentioning the first plane carrying refugees from Turkey to Canada landed Jan. 21. “We may only get 48 hours notice before she arrives, which is fine for us, but we hope she gets more time than that,” she added. “It’s going to rip her father’s heart out when she leaves without him, so we are hoping to send them to Ankara and they get some time together at the airport before saying good-bye.” The story began last fall when Melva and her husband Ian embarked on a cruise that included a stopover in Turkey. They never imagined that a spur of the moment boat trip down the Bosporus Strait would lead to a retail clerk named Rahaf and within months, a sponsorship to bring her to Canada. “It was just happenstance that we met this young lady, she was working in a souvenir shop,” Melva explained. “She helped us with Turkish apple tea glasses that I was looking for, and said she would CONTINUED ON A2
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