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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 09, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A13 FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013 A 13 TIES SHOES PANTS & JEANS DRESS SHIRTS Buy one item GET 25% OFF Buy two or more items GET 50% OFF SAVE MORE BUY MORE 3 DAYS ONLY! AUGUST 9- 11 STOREWIDE SAVINGS 131410MO_ V9 25% discount applies to any single item. 50% discount applies to two or more like items. Excludes clearance and Everyday Low Price items. See associate for details. Valid 8.9.2013- 8.11.2013. TO FIND A STORE NEAR YOU, VISIT MOORESCLOTHING. COM S AINT JOHN, N. B. - The proposed Energy East Pipeline isn't solely to transport Alberta's crude to world markets, but also to finally provide the East Coast with a large, secure supply of domestic oil, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Harper was visiting the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, where he said the TransCanada ( TSX: TRP) pipeline would benefit consumers in Atlantic Canada, a region that depends on foreign sources of oil. " We're not just expanding our markets for our energy projects, which we need to do," said Harper, seated next to Premier David Alward and Irving Oil chairman Arthur Irving. " We are also at the same time making sure that Canadians themselves benefit from those projects and from that gain energy security." The Energy East pipeline project, which still has to clear regulatory reviews, would deliver up to 1.1 million barrels per day from Western Canada to Quebec in late 2017. A 1,400- kilometre extension would be built to ship oil to Saint John a year later. Some experts have expressed doubt that the pipeline would have much impact on the region's fuel market, saying energy companies are eager to ship their oil at the ice- free, deepwater port in Saint John because it would enable them to access more lucrative markets overseas by tanker. The $ 12- billion development has the support of the Alberta and New Brunswick governments, but the minority Parti Qu�b�cois government of Pauline Marois has remained noncommittal on the proposal. Harper prefaced his remarks by saying the federal government will remain independent from the project and ensure it is properly regulated. But he also repeatedly said the idea was " exciting" and praised the private sector's efforts to make it a reality. " It's a project that will assure all of Canada will benefit from our energy industry," he said. " We will have a large amount to sell to the world, but for the first time we will have the capacity to sell our own products to our citizens." Irving Oil has said it plans to construct a $ 300- million marine terminal to expand shipping, a decision prompted by the private- sector interest in the west- to- east pipeline project as announced by TransCanada last week. Environmental groups have cautioned the proposal poses a fresh set of risks to the country's water supply if spills occur. First Nations groups have also expressed concerns about the project, saying they will not support it unless environmental protection and aboriginal and treaty rights are guaranteed. - The Canadian Press By Michael Tutton PM touts pipeline as source of oil for East ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. - The fianc� of a woman killed in the collapse of the Algo Centre Mall testified Thursday he will never understand why rescuers refused community help in searching the rubble for any survivors. Gary Gendron told the inquiry into last summer's deadly tragedy there was plenty of expertise and equipment in the area. " There's people here in Elliot Lake that did mining all their life," Gendron said. " Why would you not let them in and help?" Gendron was engaged to Lucie Aylwin, 37, whose badly mangled body was recovered from the rubble four days after part of the mall's rooftop parking garage collapsed. Relatives of the other victim, Doloris Perizzolo, 74, along with many in the community believe she was alive for days and could possibly have been saved. However, rescuers who arrived from Toronto worried the building was too unstable. " Anybody that did mining, give them five, 10 minutes in the building like that and they would assess it and tell you what exactly equipment they need," Gendron said. " They wouldn't let them in. Why? It's going to haunt me for the rest of my life." Gendron said he was devastated when the rescue effort was called off two days after the collapse. " We're stopping the search and we're leaving this in the hands of the mall owner," he said he was told. " We're just going to demolish the whole mall and if we find people, we find people." - The Canadian Press Local rescuers turned away A_ 17_ Aug- 09- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A13 8/ 8/ 13 9: 37: 22 PM ;