Article: Alberta treaty chiefs oppose power plant.(Alberta Sweetgrass: Special Section providing news from Alberta)

The Calgary-based Energy Alberta Corporation (EAC) has been turning many heads recently.

The company that was incorporated only two years ago met with Alberta treaty chiefs in Grande Prairie Oct. 25, to try and gain support for the development of a nuclear power plant 30 km west of Peace River on Lac Cardinal.

Energy Alberta president Wayne Henuset and co-chairman Hank Swartout met with about 40 delegates at the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs quarterly gathering.

Driftpile First Nation Chief Rose Laboucan wasn't pleased with the idea of a plant so close to her home, and said that she was among those more vocal at the meeting.

"There was a ...

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