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Green light for garbage burning BY KELLY SINOSKI Vancouver Sun
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etro Vancouver will go ahead with plans to investigate burning the region’s garbage—but not necessarily in Metro Vancouver. Members of Metro’s sewage and drainage district voted 63-49 in favour Friday of investigating
But still not clear if Metro will incinerate in the region or out
options for a mass-burn incinerator or waste “conversion technologies” such as anaerobic digestion or gasification, both in and out of the region, to deal with 500,000 tonnes of waste that is now being
dumped at the Cache Creek landfill. The decision followed hours of debate, including an earlier rejection of the same motion. The directors also threw out a recom-
mendation by Metro chief administrative officer Johnny Carline to build an incineraEB IRST tor in the region. First reported on Carline said such chilliwacktimes.com a facility would be cheaper to build and operate than trucking the garbage outside. He said it would also
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reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allow the region to sell heat and energy from the facility. He warned if Metro didn’t pursue “additional waste to energy” in region, it could then investigate a facility outside the region or, in default, expand the Cache Creek dump. The plan now goes to Environment See GARBAGE, page 4
Chopper pilot averts disaster
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BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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A daredevil biker launches himself into the Hope River from a homemade jump beside Hope River Kinsman Park last week.
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he Chilliwack-based owner of a fire-fighting helicopter that crash landed near Lillooet Thursday is crediting the pilot with averting disaster. “He did an absolutely marvelous job to put the machine down where he did,” said Ernst Maas, who owns Chilliwack’s Transwest Helicopters. Both the 61-year-old pilot and the 27-year-old co-pilot escaped the crash without serious injuries. Speaking to the Times on Friday, Maas said, “I just talked to the co-pilot today, and he wants to fly today.” The pilot, meanwhile, was airlifted to hospital with relatively minor injuries. He was released soon after and, on Friday, was recovering at home. “He got banged up a little bit,” said Maas. “He’s got a mild concussion, so he’s going to have to rest a bit. But he’s got a few bumps and See CHOPPER, page 4
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