Sunshine Coast News
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alternative: [Coast News]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2014-02-14
issued: 1990-12-17
description: Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcoastnews/items/1.0176196/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: '���'���'i-'r.^tWI PreS JWjISLATlVELIBRARY mm m J;"ri'��nient Buildings MM . Vtcoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 ��I.�� d bear ties decry natural gas plans by Jan Michael Sherman and Joel Johnstone Delivery of natural gas to the Sunshine Coast was a concern of both Sechelt and Gibsons last week, as pressures mounted to quickly sign operating agreements with the Vancouver Island Gas Company Ltd. (VIGAS). "I think it is a benefit to bring gas to Sechelt," said Derek Ashford, the municpali- ty's Director of Engineering and Operations, "But not at the point of a gun." After reporting at some length to the Public Works Committee last Wednesday, Ashford met with the Coast News the following morning to discuss the situation further. "Sechell needs a program (submitted to it) which states where and when we will be serviced with natural gas," Ashford said. "And not a 20-year program - but a five- year basis." Ashford noted that VIGAS is desirous of using the agreement signetd by Powell River as a model for all other agreements currently under discussion or negotiation by various municipalities including Gibsons, Comox, Campbell River and Ladysmith. "We want a majority of the things contained in the Powell River agreement," Ashford noted, "But we want more. There are further benefits to the residents of Sechelt that don't exist in the proposed operating agreement." One of the most crucial questions centering on the VIGAS operating agreement has to do with just who gets the gas. "What percentage of Sechelt residents will actually receive hookups?" Ashford wants to know. "Under Phase One of the agreement," Ashford went on, "the Trail Bay Mall, schools, the hospital, the Sechelt Indian Band Theatre, and our 'commercial area.' " And if a .Sechdt resident happens to live in the general area of the route which the gas line will take - you get service. "That's strictly a hot-spotting approach," declared Ashford. Hot-spotting is a term which ultimately comes down to skimming the cream from any ope…
note: Titled "The Coast News" from 1945-07-11 to 1957-03-28 and 1992-03-19 to 1995-01-09 "Coast News" from 1957-04-04 to 1970-10-28; and "Sunshine Coast News" from 1970-11-04 to 1992-03-02. Published by Coast News Limited (1945-1952), Sechelt Peninsula News Limited (1953-1976), and Glassford Press Limited (1977-1995).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Gibsons (B.C.); Sechelt (B.C.); Halfmoon Bay (B.C.); Davis Bay (B.C.); Madeira Park (B.C); Pender Harbour (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0176196
language: English
lat: 49.4002778
long: -123.508889
provider: Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Gibsons, B.C. : Glassford Press Limited
rights: Copyright remains with the publishers. This material is made available for research and private study only. For other uses please contact Glassford Press Ltd. P.O. Box 989, Golden, BC, V0A 1H0
source: Original Format: Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives
type: Text