The screaming, the booing, the loud cheers from the 850-plus crowd at every insult: that wasn’t the worst of it for Jako Krushnisky, president and CEO of Run of River Power Inc. “What was particularly repugnant was to have some guy’s six-year-old daughter coaxed to come up to the table and provide some work of art,” he said. “That’s not fair.”
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In one corner: the town of Kitimat, with suspicions that Alcan wants to halt aluminum production in favour of selling power to BC Hydro. It’s doing everything it can to foil the aluminum giant’s electricity sales.
In the other corner: Terrace, with big plans to create an aluminum-based secondary-manufacturing industry. It wants to keep its largest employer happy and is less than thrilled with its neighbour’s mudslinging.
Let’s get ready to rumble
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