Opposition mounts to hazardous waste facility
on Fraser River in Chilliwack
Eleven First Nations, environmentaland sports fishing organizations
hold press conference on river
to make demands
read: Chilliwack Times: Dec.17, 2013
Waste facility location ‘fraught with risk’
The message from the jam-packed meeting was clear.Find another location for the proposed waste recycling plant,
far away from the edge of the Fraser River.
read: The Progress: Jan. 21, 2014
Fraser River not the place for hazardous waste plant
A staff report on the rezoning application makes no mention of the threatto the Fraser. Indeed, the report doesn’t even mention the Fraser,
which flows past “just a stone’s throw away”...
read: The Globe And Mail: Feb. 2, 2014
MAY 6, 2015 : AEVITAS WITHDRAWS PROJECT
NO HAZARDOUS WASTE ON THE FRASER!!
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STC Grand Chief Clarence Pennier : "The recycling plant will be in the heart of Stó:lō territory and it will be too close to the Fraser River. It's unacceptable because it poses a danger to the river and the salmon."
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Rod Clapton, President of the B.C. Federation of Drift Fishers : "No amount of economic benefit can justify putting a hazardous waste facility next to the world's Number 1 salmon river."
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Watershed Watch Salmon Society Executive Director Craig Orr : "Wild salmon are at risk from hazardous spills of PCB's, mercury, and other contaminants, and placing these toxins next to Canada's greatest salmon river is fraught with peril."