Major projects coming closer to Vanderhoof

VANDERHOOF – Change is the wind for the community of Vanderhoof, population 4,400.

New Gold has just received its federal environmental approval for the $1.8 billion dollar Blackwater Gold Mine project south of the community. Provincial approval is expected in short order, according to Mayor Gerry Thiessen.

“We would expect that, within the next couple weeks, we’re going to hear from the Province. We feel very strongly that the company, ourselves, First Nations all see the value of what’s happening here.”