Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg fee May up photo rail cars snap ribbon to o Grain termin for Maza Iki railway cars line up to unload Grain at newly opened terminal near Prince Prince up a pair of fail cars rolled through a ceremonial ribbon yesterday to Mark the official opening of the West coasts newest and most modern Grain Alberta Premier Peter whose province financed million of the presided at the along with Federal transport minister Don Mazan Kovski and Premier Bill Bennett of British the Alberta Heri Tage savings Trust fund provided about million of the with the rest being participating Deben Tures from general provincial reve the politicians spoke warmly of the terminal As an example of cooperation among its a classic example of How provinces can work together to help the Lougheed this is an example of the types of successes that can be achieved when governments work Ben Nett Mazankowski called the opening a significant Milestone in the Evo Lution of Canadas Grain handling the ceremony was symbolic of one of the fail cars that snapped the opening ribbon was from the Canadian wheat the second was a fight Blue Alberta heritage fund hundreds of invited including about 50 members of the Alberta Federal Grain company chinese Grain a japanese Diplomat and local civic watched the a local school band blared out pop favourites and a Piper skilled in the while the dignitaries the terminal was pumping a cargo of canola into the gaping hatches of a panamanian the new terminal has a capacity of million tonnes of Grain a its computerized mechanisms and towering storage cylinders can Han dle 250 Hopper cars a unloading and cleaning their cargoes in one streamlined the terminal is on Ridley Island just outside this North West Community and is operated by a consortium called Prince Rupert Grain made up of the Alberta wheat Pioneer the Saskatchewan wheat car Gill United Grain growers and Manitoba Pool the opening of the new Plant has caused some controversy in the because it meant the closing of the old Prince Rupert there were complaints that the new coupled with a slow shipping schedule that requires Only one shift a meant the loss of 80 Allan president of Prince Rupert admitted the new terminal is not going to be Over worked for a while because of last years Small but he said expanding sales to the Pacific rim will make it Arctic pipeline to South at opening Norman up the pipeline sending the first Arctic Oil to Southern Canadian markets was heralded As a Success yesterday at the opening ceremonies boycotted by native the which sends barrels of Light crude Oil a Day from this Community near the Arctic Circle on an 868kilometre journey to is the beginning of resource develop ment in the Northwest Bob president inter provincial if the Norman Wells pipeline project has been considered a test or Pilot project for Industrial development in the Mackenzie River As has been suggested by Many then i believe inter provincial has passed the Heule told about 400 other including Indian affairs minis Ter David Crombie and territorial government Leader Richard noted the pipeline was completed ahead of schedule and million under its but no one mentioned the Boycott by chiefs of Mackenzie Valley Dene bands who stayed away to protest Lack of native involvement in the the who represent the Northwest Terri tories say native people gained Little from the inter provincial pipelines of which owns the and Esso resources Canada which drills from six artificial islands in the Mackenzie say million in contracts went to Northern the companies say about northerners 45 per cent of the work Force were employed on the project during two 90day Winter construction Pickan shovel jobs but Dene leaders say native people were Rele gated to Pickan shovel jobs while the High wages were earned by workers imported from Southern both Nery Soo and Crombie said native people Learned a lot from the project and would take a different approach in the although Many Short term jobs were held by northerners during the construction generally the High expectations of employment which were held by the Mackenzie Valley communities were not Nery Soo i know that ill and Esso worked diligently but still there is a lingering resentment As northerners watched Southern workers doing jobs they Felt they could have and should have been in an interview after the said better training programs for native people should be assured in future development the training and skills upgrading for native people did not always measure up to what they had Crombie but now they have a better idea what skills will be useful in permanent jobs after major projects Are the Oil companies flew in about 175 guests on two Boeing 737 jets for the Daylong which included walking Tours of the after the held under sunny guests were invited Down to the Mackenzie River to View the annual breakup of the a spectacular Northern Public works Canada Ravaux 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