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‘By Corinna Morhart Wilt fish livei i water coated with crude oil?

Mr. Cyril Shelford, Skeana, MLA, stated that the - polzon contained in crude oil would not kill fish: -

In order to see if this was true, our social students 11 class (with the help of Mr. Selford - and Imperial Oil) obtained some Alberta crude. We set up two fish tanks and allowed the water to - Feach room tempera.ure.

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“cont. from top: of page. 1 Do you fell that there should be a Kitimat to :

veybova pipeline? Yes-46; No-47; Un: decided 3

-vitonmental danger ‘pipeline ? Yes-71 No-21

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2, bo you think there will be any en- posed by. the Kitimat

3, Do you fell Canada should benefit. from the ‘Kitimat to}. Edmonton: pipeline? Yes-655 No-

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4, How many he do. you: think the ‘Terrace-

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pi Line? 27 people said 10-250 jobs; 32 people 60-250; 12 people: didn’t: know. -

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‘about utting an oil refinery at Kitimat? Yes-34; - earn

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companies 86; Oil companies and Tax Payers 2

‘Super tankers entering Canadi an water? Yes-i7; PER Nowy ‘Undecided 3° a

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you stand on the Kitimat to Ridmonten Pipeline? ;

The Caledonia Senior Secondary’s Grade 11 class did a report and survey on the Kitimat to to one tank.’ Edmonton pipeline. The guest speakers and their

f , comments are as follows: 4, Our surprise, the fis nin the oil lived Pion Mrs. Lil Farkvam is concerned about Terrace

and Kitimat enivronment area if the pipeline Should have been present in the water. The fish goes go ahead. Her main concern is that if there were a breakage in the pipeline that runs close to

This would suggest thet the crude oil toxin will Highway 25 and the Kitimat River a lot of danger

not kill fish. lies ahead for our surrounding waters and for ‘oro we hope to test our findings more outdoor recreation along this route. y - Mr. Richard Green is a member of the

Chamber of Commerce which { is in favour «x the pipeline, provided it is safely installed. He claim

0-300 jobs for unloading the tankers at Kitimat and th that the pipeline would not go through if it was not safe. There would be some, hazards, even if the pipeline was put in properly.

said ‘‘Anywhere you live energy should cost the same”’.Buy this statement he meant that the northern costs for all energy should be the same as down south. His opinion concerning the en- vironment waters is that oil will not kill fish. If the pipeline does come in, we should get some . benefits for the risks we're taking. We, the Canadians, should get a certain amount of money for each barrel of oil coming in.

Dr. Counts (An environmentalist) stated that most of the environmental danger is expected to be at the port where tankers unload. If a spill did occur, all or most of the fish would die. The pipeline won't hopeful go through because of the amount of opposition posed by the people.

“The Telkwa Foundation said that 951 of the sea

Toney Pierce, who is one of the members of the Telkwa Foundation, states, “Crude oil has 300 different types of hydro carbons one of which is 2-4-5 benzpyrene. This is the only compound they know that would affect the skin. It is possible to

Mr. Cyril Shelford (M.L.A. for Skeena Riding) -

animals are likely to be affected by oil spills.

THE HERALD, Monday, February é, 1978, PAGE 3

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join a pipeline from Valdez across northern B.C.and into Edmonton, but it would cost $2.00 per barrel, but from Valdez to Kitimat by tankers then by pipe to Edmonton will cost the Americans 81c per barrel.

In order to see how the local community feit about the possibility of an oil pipeline, we conduc survey and found the following:

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