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“The Castlegar Sun

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Wednesday, October 30, 1991

Columbia clean-up programs insufficient. ‘Says concerned citizens:

TRAIL TIMES

Multi-million-dollar clean-up
programs underway at Celgar and
Cominco were dismissed as not
good enough by at a gathering
Saturday of Americans and Cana-
dians' concerned about the
Columbia River.

Organized by groups such as
Citizens for a Clean Columbia
(CCC), the meeting just south of
the Waneta border crossing

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brought together a few main-
stream envir lists and

co's application fora four-year
to its current discharge

about 40 countcr-culture types
from the Slocan ‘Valle: and
Stevens County.

Several speakers spoke of their
frustration with the political and

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in both countries and called for
protests such as camping at the
gates of Celgar and Cominco.
But, in the end, the consensus
was that more interest in Comin-

permits pauls wos the best approach...

‘CC wants to build grass,’
roots support so we can put pub-);
lic pressure. on the politicians, so:,
we decided to avoid: /any kind of:
direct action that’ some’ people
would feel uncomfortable with,”,
said Angela Price, local Green:
Party organizer and ‘a Coalition '
member.

“Let's work for zero ‘0 pollution:
that is the only thing I understand’
and industry will understand; if‘
not today, then tomorrow,” said;
Cal Him, vice-president of the
Pulp and Paper Workers of Cana-:
da local at Celgar,

Asked if this meant the 1 union
puts the environment before jobs, -
Him acknowledged that “there
will never be a commitment from”
the unions to shut down their own

Indian: band offered a prayer in
his native dialect to the “ancestral
Spirits"! present in the trees, river
and mountains for help in pre-
serving the land for future gener-
ations, :

“Louie sald his people are “not

against to Progress” but are pray-
ing for fish ladders and the end of
‘pollution so ocean runs of salmon

can, return to the’ Columbia’ and ,
fresh water fish: are, fit'to ‘cat: .

(Environmental authorities in
both B.C..and Washington con-
sider’ river fish ‘safe to eat. The

ption’ is walleye,’

tion of which the. Ministry of |: |.

Environment suggests should’ be
limited to one per week.)

"For years and years, not only «||
‘my, people, but the first settlers .' | ‘

from Europe. had ‘a ‘good ‘life
here,” said Louie. ‘‘It has taken us

their corporate headquarters.
"Whenjyou cut, your grass

don't put the’ clippings, in your

neighbor's yard.)-That-is \

that’ have been achieved at tha
plant over the past decade and the

_ further improvements that wil]

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only a very. short time to do. what:
we have done to mother ¢arth ...
‘What are we going to hand over: :
to the little ones?” *

Louie suggested natives up and
down the Columbia are ready to
set up their teepees at the plant
gates of polluters and occupy

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Standing in a circle and speak-
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heard a variety of views on how
an end to discharges into the Fiver
should be pursued.

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wow! The Tans Volunteer Fire Department recently
received a $5,000 cheque donation from C.P..Rail.. The

funds will go toward the purchase of a jaws of life system.
From |r are Harry Wasilenkoff (firefighter), Ralph Merri-
man (chief), Jeff Robson (District Supervisor for C-.P.
Rail), and firefighter Brian Everby standing on the truck.

Heather Switzer age 6, and Daniel Wilson age’7, became
Firechiefs For A Day, for thelr efforts in the 'Get Out Alive’
program. The program is co-sponsored by McDonalds
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: Rempel, acting fire chief of Castlegar, right.

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Cominco is doing. They have a
beautiful plant up there and only
a handful of people are benefiting
from it.” :
During public presentations ‘in
Trail and Northport carlier this
month, C officials out-

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new lead plant. The company
also argued that the wages paid at
Trail have a significant impact on

. the economy of Washington as

docs the $100 million spent on
‘ore purchases in the state’ annual-
ly.

Wayne Peppard,.a Castlegar
environmentalist who has worked
for both Celgar and Cominco,
urged people not to give up on
the political process.

“You don’t just.organize direct
action ... or you will be labelled
as just ‘a bunch of crazies, and
may be you are.”

Peppard suggested they get

involved in the permit review.

Process.

"Celgar and Cominco are prof-
it driven. Until it costs them more
to fight (the call for zero, pollu-
tion) than to do it then they aren't
going to do it.”

Bob Jackman of Northport
argued | for appeals to the. Interna-
tional Joint Commission for
stricter enforcement of the
Boundary Waters Treaty that gov-
erns the use of international
waters.

“We need someone who i is not
& Close.to local industry and has

view,” said

Trail considered as potential
site for aluminum smelter

TRAIL TIMES

ysia or . B.C, is

+ Trail is one of several potential
sites being looked at by an over-
seas company to ‘build an alu-
minum smelter, :

Regional District of Kootenay
Boundary economic develop-
ment officer Marten Kruysse

ly under ion
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tatives of the company “looking
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world” had visited the Trail area
recently. Kruysse said the seri-
ousness of the inquiry is not
ksiown and the Economic Devel-

opment Commission has yet to.

meet to’ discuss the matter. They
will do‘ that ‘Tuesday to discuss
future action on the subject.

-(""Whether its serious remains
to be seen, but we like to be opti-
mistic,” Kruysse said, noting the
Economic Development Com-
mission’ is continually pursuing
possibilities of attracting new

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meeting following the rally, a
decision was made to pursue a
review by the IC of pollution in
the Columbia.

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