Vancouver Sun: Port Metro Vancouver has approved a controversial $15-million coal-loading facility at Fraser Surrey Docks despite concerns for human health and the environment.
Peter Xotta, the port's vice-president of planning and operations, told a news conference Thursday that a review by Golder Associates concluded "there are no significant adverse environmental effects, including health effects," that cannot be mitigated.
But Dr. Paul Van Buynder, chief medical health officer for the Fraser Health Authority,...