54 BCBusiness december 2014
CANADA'S PIPELINE DIALOGUE
ALL ALONG THE
GATEWAY
The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline has brought issues of
politics, economics, the environment and social development to the
forefront ofthe nation's consciousness. A team of BCBusiness and Alberta
Venture journalists travelled the length of the proposed route and
met with the people most directly affected
BruderheiM, ALBerTA
56 km northeast of edmonton
Mayor Karl Hauch sees a lot about his town in relation to a
better past. "Back in the day, things looked a lot different
around here," he says. Economic and population growth
opportunities are limited today, he says, despite the
town's proximity to booming Fort Saskatchewan. That's pressuring
basic services. "There are big needs in our community." The town's
curling rink closed years ago, and the ice-surfacing machine at the
arena is on its last legs. Bruderheim raised partial funding to fix it
through the Kraft Hockeyville contest, which residents desperately
bombarded with entries and won.
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by Andrew findlAy + tim querengesser
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PHOtOgrAPHy by JOey POdlubny
