Al-Pac says mill safe

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Native concerns about river pollution and employment are addressed in Alberta-Pacific's latest pulp mill proposal, says a company spokesman. "Fish could love quite easily with no effect whatever directly in the mill effluent, let alone hundreds of miles downstream," claimed Brian Hetherington. Jobs will be offered to Natives, he said. "There is a very strong aboriginal development program. But some Native leaders don't believe Al-Pac's promises of jobs and little pollution. Chief Eugene Monias of Heart Lake Band about 64 km northeast of Lac la Biche, called the company's proposals "empty promises."