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2020 Brier going to Kingston: reports Frank PEEBLES Citizen staff fpeebles@pgcitizen.ca
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Splash of colour Installation of a mural on the northeast alcove of the Plaza Parkade at Fifth and Queensway has been completed. Smithers artist Facundo Gastiazoro’s design was painted on panels attached to the building. The mural is sponsored by the BC Northern Real Estate Board and is meant as a gift to Prince George to mark the board’s 50th anniversary. The board is a non-profit association of more than 360 members that serves the real estate needs of northern B.C.
Pipeline repaired, Enbridge says Citizen staff Repairs have been completed on the section of pipeline at the centre of the massive explosion earlier this month, the structure’s owner, Enbridge, said Wednesday. The company expects to begin returning the segment of the 36inch pipeline to service within 48 hours. “As part of this multi-hour process, we will gradually increase flows of natural gas through the repaired segment until it reaches 80 per cent of its normal operating pressure,” Enbridge said. A giant fireball shot up into the air to the city’s northeast and forced a widespread evacuation on the evening of Oct. 9 when the pipeline, part of Enbridge’s TSouth system, suffered a rupture. A smaller, 30-inch pipeline running next to it has been operating at 80 per cent capacity since Oct. 11. “As part of our ongoing commitment to safety, we are conducting a comprehensive dig program at select locations along the T-South
Forest fire evacuee sentenced for sexual assault Mark NIELSEN Citizen staff
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Enbridge crews were on the scene of the explosion of a natural gas pipeline on Oct 11. system,” the company said. “This work will help further validate the integrity of the entire system, prior to returning both the 30-inch and 36-inch pipelines to
full operating capacity. “Until we are fully satisfied it is safe to operate the lines at full capacity, and subject to regulatory review, both pipelines will con-
Mark NIELSEN Citizen staff A UNBC graduate student has been identified as UNBC grad student one of more than 20 people against whom author Galloway has filed a lawsuit alleging defaidentified as defendant Steven mation. According to a notice of civil claim filed Friday in in Galloway lawsuit B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, in July this year, Wendel Schwab allegedly posted on Twitter: “In my
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Reports have leaked out of Kingston, Ont., that indicate that city has already been confirmed as the host of the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. The Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper is reporting that Curling Canada is holding an announcement in Kingston this morning. “I don’t think Curling Canada would be having a major announcement in Kingston to announce we didn’t win the Brier bid,” Ken Thompson, the head of the Kingston Brier bid, told the newspaper. Prince George officials will nevertheless assemble at 9:30 a.m. today to discuss next steps – be that a celebration and kickoff of hosting duties or to consider bidding again for a future Brier. The Tim Hortons Brier is the Canadian men’s curling championship. Prince George has hosted the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women’s national curling championship, twice before (1983 and 2000), plus the 2009 pre-Olympic men’s/ women’s Road to the Roar tournament, but has never hosted the Brier. Prince George advanced to the finals in the Tim Hortons Brier 2020 selection process and was on the shortlist with Kingston, Moncton and St. Catharines. The fiscal impact of hosting a Brier is estimated at $11 million to $15 million injected into the local economy of whichever city wins the bid.
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tinue to safely operate at reduced pressures.” The cause of the explosion remains under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board.
opinion, Steven Galloway sexually assaults women … in my opinion, Steven Galloway is what I would consider human garbage.” Schwab is among 19 of the 25 named in the lawsuit for whom their occupations and addresses are currently unknown to the plaintiff. However, National Post columnist Christie Blatchford says he is a student at UNBC. — see SCHWAB, page 3
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A Williams Lake man was sentenced Wednesday to a further three years and two months in prison for a drug-fueled sexual assault of a fellow forest fire evacuee while the two were in a Prince George motel room this past summer. In all, David Richard Morin, 24, was sentenced to five years in custody but received credit of nearly 23 months for time served prior to sentencing. In March, Morin was found guilty of assault, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and unlawful confinement in relation to the incident over the night of July 28, 2017. Morin and the victim had been boyfriend and girlfriend in Williams Lake. — see MORIN, page 3
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