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A play for the planet
A popular program, which encourages parents to read to their newborn babies, desperately needs help after suffering from government cutbacks.
DreamRider Theatre’s latest production uses zany costumes, outlandish antics and clever acting to teach kids about saving planet Earth.
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Fuel pipeline plan queried VAFFC answers readers’ questions on proposal BY ALAN CAMPBELL
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The corporation behind the proposal to run a 15-kilometre aviation fuel pipeline through Richmond says it’s listening to the concerns of the city and its people. Last week we asked you, the readers, to tell us the questions you want the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) to answer. Your questions varied greatly and touched a number of serious concerns with regard to the proposed fuel off-loading facility on the south arm of the Fraser River and the pipeline itself, which will zigzag its way roughly eight feet under the surface from the river to the airport. In a full and frank interview, project director Adrian Pollard answered those questions and told the News how he and his team has spent the last five months addressing issues raised by a number of organizations over the corporation’s plan
— which was one of 14 options explored over the last few years. The VAFFC — a consortium of airlines who use YVR — says it needs this new delivery system to cope with increasing future fuel demands and also to diversify its supply. Opponents of the plan say it’s merely a ploy to cut out the middle man (mainland refineries in Canada and U.S.) and directly access cheaper fuel from the Far East via the sea. This fall, the VAFFC will be putting the final touches to its formal environmental impact application, which will be submitted to the BC Environmental Assessment Office sometime in November. That will be followed by a series of public open houses before BCEAO decides on the project in late summer or the fall of 2011. A selection of your questions and the responses from Pollard and his VAFFC team are on page 4. For the full story, go online to www.richmond-news.com
Olympic glory days revisited Book to showcase Richmond’s gold medal performance BY A LAN CAMPBELL
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Coffee table book will tell Richmond’s Olympic story through pictures.
report to committee that staff are proposing to produce a “high quality, coffee table book.” “It is estimated that the city has assembled in excess of 100,000 photos related to the Games and the oval,” he added. In July, city council approved a 2009 surplus allocation to allow for the aforementioned photos to be catalogued. see Book page 7
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On still water ... After a frantically successful salmon run, a small fishing boat sits on still waters at East Steveston Wharf.
A plan is being hatched to launch a book to mark Richmond’s role in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The City of Richmond and the Richmond News are set to team up to deliver a memorable coffee table book in time for Christmas. The book will feature stunning photographs taken throughout the Games in Richmond, many of which were taken by News photographer, Chung Chow. City council’s general purposes committee approved the project Monday, and the plan will go before full council for a final decision next week. Around $15,000 is needed to get the project off the ground, with the cash coming from the already established Olympic Branding Strategy budget. Ted Townsend, the city’s corporate communications senior manager, said in his