Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-12-02
issued: 1991-07-04
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note: /*.. AMEmeAHBSTARrLOOKlNiifNfiEMNDAlE No gas drilling this year ALDERGROVE - The Fraser Valley Gas Project office here has been closed, "due to the unlikelihood that we will be able to drill a well this year," said project manager, Bob Spring, Tuesday; Spring told The Star that it has become too late in the season for exploratory drilling. Despite the promises of Premier Rita Johnston to commit provincial cabinet to a decision by this time, there is still no word one way or the other regarding whether the program would be allowed . to proceed in the valley. Spring is being transferred to Conoco's head office in Calgary. Spring said the experience of dealing with the local opposition to the project has been, "an eye- opener. It has been my fust experience with public opposition and it was a fascinating time which I will not forget." He said there has been virtually no opposition to the program in Delta, where one of the three wells has been proposed. "In fact, there are threats of lawsuits from x some of the property owners there if. the program is turned down by the government." The; direct .opposite has been the case in Langley municipality, where the other two wells have been proposed. Spring said that if permission is given to proceed, the program Would have to start early next year. "We don't want to interfere with the migratory birds (in Delta)," he said. Spring also said that there has been no opposition from residents in Washington state to an exploratory well that is underway near Ferndale. Spring, said one resident there appeared to voice the feelings of the American residents in talking about the wealth he expected from the mineral rights he owned, but Spring cautioned him that it wasnt necessarily going to mean riches for all even if there is natural gas found. This American drilling project is about 15 miles south of the Aldeigrove border crossing. VOL.33 NO 27 THURSDAY. JULY 4.1991 30 CENTS Established 1957 3089 - 272 Street Phone 856-8303 Vax 856-5212 …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422294
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text