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Union leader looks back fondly on Waneta project

A local labour leader says the winding down of the Waneta expansion project is the end of a golden era.

Chuck Chatten of the labourer’s union represents about 200 workers on the powerhouse addition.

He says Columbia Power’s three large hydro projects — also including the Brilliant expansion and Arrow Lakes generation station — kept people working around here for 15 years.

Chatten says the workforce at the Waneta expansion should be finished by the end of May.

The project is already generating power.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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