{"id":30566,"date":"2014-11-06T02:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30566"},"modified":"2014-11-06T02:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:36:01","slug":"construction-of-1-billion-b-c-ski-lodge-in-avalanche-zone-say-ndp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/06\/construction-of-1-billion-b-c-ski-lodge-in-avalanche-zone-say-ndp\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction of $1 billion B.C. ski lodge in avalanche zone, say NDP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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INVERMERE, B.C. — The B.C. New Democrats and governing Liberals can’t agree on whether the day lodge for the New Jumbo Glacier Resort is being built in the path of a dangerous avalanche zone.<\/p>\n

Opposition Leader John Horgan asked Environment Minister Mary Polak to withdraw Jumbo’s permit in the legislature on Tuesday, saying the lodge is in a class-four zone, the second most dangerous classification for avalanches.<\/p>\n

But Forests, Lands and Natural Resources spokeswoman Vivian Thomas says the lodge is actually 56 metres away from the “avalanche run-out” area and its location was considered during the assessment process.<\/p>\n

The proposed $1-billion year-round ski resort west of Invermere, B.C., had been rushing to meet a provincial construction deadline before its government-issued environmental assessment certificate expired on Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

The NDP later released a statement saying the Liberals are making a mockery of the environmental assessment process and rewarding bad behaviour.<\/p>\n

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall says the day lodge isn’t the only violation of Jumbo’s certificate, and that a preliminary look at the certificate requirements show the company is in violation of three other conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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