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Jeffrey James

Lightkeepers necessary

Posted Thu, 2011-01-06 20:32
Date Published: 
2011-01-06
Source: 
North Island Gazette: Campbell River, BC

The Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has recommended the government continue to staff lighthouses for the time being.

The Senate committee was tasked with reporting on Coast Guard plans to de-staff 50 lightstations. Twenty-seven of those stations are on the Pacific coast.

Now it is up to Gail Shea, the minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO, and the federal cabinet to decide what to do next.