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CHRIS CARTER, marketing director for Seymour Ski Country,
measures the snow depth at the local mountain. Currently the base
is 231 cm. All Nerth Shore meuntains are enjoying a gocd ski
season despite recent mild weather.

Saskatchewan cabinet minister tells hearing that
Neptune must build controversial NV potash shed

SASKATCHEWAN'S Minister of Energy and Mines told
local residents attending Tuesday night’s public hearing in-
to a proposal by North Vancouver-based Neptune Bulk
Terminals Ltd. to build a $22-million potash shed along
the North Vancouver waterfront that his province could be
forced to export its potash through U.S. ports if West
Coast facilities are not improved.

ick Swenson told the 350 peo- i"
le attending the hearing at the By Surj Rattan
North Shore Winter Club that his News Reporter
province’s potash industry relies

heavily on Neptune to ship its is a major industry in Saskat-
product overseas. chewan. We are concerned that

And he said Saskatchewan, the
world’s largest potash producer,
will continue to export potash,
even if it has to go to U.S. ports
to do so.

“An expansion (at Neptune) is
required,"’ Swenson said. ‘*Potash

the existing facilities at the Port of
Vancouver have become less than
adequate."’

Swenson said Neptune's addi-
tional storage potash shed is
needed to help meet the growing
world-wide potash demand.

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But the rezoning needed for the
multi-million dollar project has
twice been turned down by North
Vancouver City Council, which
has concerns about the pollution
contrul measures that will be in-
corporated in the expansion.

While saying Neptune ‘‘has
never sought publicity,’’ Neptune
president John Willcox said the
hearing was a chance for Neptune
to present ‘‘facts that have not
been presented in the media.""

He added that area residents,
who argue Neptune should first
give assurances that it wil! be an
environmentally-friendly neighbor
before approval for the potash
shed is given, should not be con-
cerned over fears that the new

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NEWS photo Paul McGrath
NEPTUNE BULK Terminals (Canada) Ltd. president John Willcox
addresses a Vancouver Port Corp. commissioned public hearing
Tuesday night regarding the North Vancouver-based company’s
controversial expansion proposal.

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