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Premier Christy Clark gathered several northern municipal leaders into a meeting room at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention this week to discuss their worries, and promise a revenue-sharing deal between the province and the region that includes the communities of Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert.
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