A press conference held at Castlegar's Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill last Thursday announced old news – but putting a new face on the story.
Tory MP for Okanagan-Shuswap Colin Mayes trumpeted a $42 million federal grant through the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program to support Celgar's bio-energy project, which has seen construction under way for months now.
Celgar manager Al Hitzroth confirmed, back in October of 2009, the funding was in place, but no federal minister was able to schedule a Castlegar appearance at that time.