Page A2 ~- Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 2, 1997

lege reduced: staff positions by
18 and cut three programs in
order to balance its 1990-91
budget. The $600, 000 spending

cuts brought expenditures:‘in.
line with: the provincial govern-
ment's allotment to the. facility.

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Skyline Gold Corporation an-
nounced it would be closing its —

Johnny Mountain mine in the
Iskut -Valley..Officials said ‘in-
sufficient quality. ore reserves
and current gold prices led to
the decision. which’ would put
100 people out of work.

Meanwhile, Cominco said it
hoped to be producing geld at
its SNIP mine by January,
1991. The mine had an an-
ticipated life of nine years.

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The new HandyDART transit
service began operations in Ter-
race and Thornhill. The
wheelchair lift-equipped van of-
fered. door-to-door service to
the handicapped. _

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- Shames : Mountain: ‘Skl Cor-:
poration confirmed a local com-
pany had become its largest
single shareholder. While
declining to reveal the identity

_ ofthe new investor, corporation

president Gerry Martin ” said
some of its principals might be

'_ current. directors who “had
“already money invested in. the -

ski operation.
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Irate at new regulations re-
quiring they purchase addi-

tional licences to fish many area
. rivers, tourist anglers who had

been visiting the region for
many years threatened this year
would be their last on the

Skeena system.

Three months later environ-

Tent minister John Reynolds

” fish,

promised. “changes ° “would ‘be

made and the public would have!

their say before that happened. .: _

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The Kitsumkalum band
resumed gillnetting chinook
salmon in the Kalum River after
& 20 year break. Explaining in-

creased returns had prompted . §

the. move, spokesman Alec
Holton .emphasized the catch
would be restricted to surplus

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After suggestions by in-
terested community groups in-
dicated design changes would be
necessary to a proposed
convention-community centre,
mayor Jack Talstra said there

was little chance of a referen- |

dum on the project belts held
this, fall. °

UPLIFTING. Dances, SONgS, speeches and the raising z of four totem poles marked the official opening
of a $2.5 million 13 unit duptex development, the Muks-Kum-Ol Housing society's latest project.
Above, willing volunteers help raise one of the poles — they were carved by Stan Bevan and Ken

McNeil — into position.

-Nisga’a natives converged on

Greenville to celebrate the pro-
vincial government's decision to
join in negotiations of their land
claim, The Nisga’a claim more
than 8,000 sq.kms. of the Nass
River valley north of Terrace.

* Latest figures ‘revealed ‘the
estimated cost of the MK Bay
Marina . expansion project was
now nearly $3 million, $1.2
millicn more than the federal
and provincial monies
available.

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A ‘spokesman confirmed if”

Tiara’s* Escort : Service con-
tinued ‘to; operate without a

business licence, the city would

consider. Jauriching.a ‘“‘sting’’

operation, A few Weeks later the -

company. relented. and purchas-

plans to log the ‘Kitlope Valley
watershed, Sktena i

Pact review.” :

“October.

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Irate passengers °,  sciinded
answers after a Canadian.

Airlines International 737 had

to force-tand. at Smithers air- .
port in a snowstorm because it .
was low on fuel, Cloud cover.

had earlier forced the plane to
abort plans to land at Terrace
and return to Smithers,

CAI subsequently fired the’
pilot for : falling to . exercise
“command, leadership.”’, The .!
- pilot, who. remained unnamed, worrle:
was appealing the dismissal. _ changes.

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Skeena MP Jith. Fult fh accus-
ed the: federal’ ‘government a)

: violating a “solemn: ‘promise’? «
In the wike of. ‘opposition’ to.

in deciding not “to subject: :

_ Alean’s. Kemano * ‘complition
Wwinilis.an-.
noiuiced ‘harvesting: plans had:

hold until :1994: to .

project to an environmental im-

schedule sprroved. yy the
Kitimat-Stikine regional district
let the Shames' Mountain Ski
Corporation :off ‘the hook for
nearly $100,000 in accrued In-
terest, Thé ‘deal also gave
Shames until the year 2,005 to
pay off the $313,000 debi, .
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A public. forum: onthe Year.
2,000 program: saw'‘an educa.
tion ‘ministry. spokesman. field ©
hostile. questions: from parents. .

about: proposed
the public school

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Te to the self-esteem of

ilidren’”. thus: contribullng to -

‘the: dtop-dut problem,
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“With Heek Creek be full flow.

yood: Spokesman - -Pat
Ogawa said that was the finding
‘ofa preliminary analysis of the
northwest fibre supply carried
‘out by Skeena Cellulose; | -«

‘Two months later, the -pro- -
vincial government. announced
it was cancelling the agreement.

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Provincial prosecutors decid-

ed not to Jay charges against Dr. |

David Suzuki after an investiga-

tion into allegations he had il-_

legally fished for steelhead. on
the Yakoun River on the Queen
Charlotte Islands.

Crown prosecutor Peter
Ewart explained it had been
decided
would be the more appropriate
way to go."? ~

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With the city’s Deep Creek

water supply. having’ failed to:

keep pace with demand for the
second consecutive summer, the
director of engineering confirm-
ed it was examining ways of in-
creasing ’its reservoir capacity,“
That could include construction
of a new dam and reservoir at
an estimated cost of $300,000.
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FROM. RUMANIA WITH LOVE. Juli and Dwain. Hornland

re wasn't much doubt Atex. was. happy with. the | move, -

s three-month battle to adopt a Rumanian

baby. finally ended as they returned home to Terrace with nine-m onth-old Alex. From the above photo,
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wancool,
‘Moricetown, loggers blocked
Hwy: 16 just west of Terrace. ©
' The demonstration was acccm-
‘ panied by calls for.a speedy set-

“a .waming notice’

’ Following the example set in

recent weeks by natives at Kit-
Kitwanga and

tlement of the land claims issue.
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A six-day, undercover RCMP |

sting operation resulted in drug
trafficking charges against [2
local residents.
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With: more than four months
remaining in the year, the value
of building permits had already

-surpassed the total for 1989.

Cheif - building: inspector Bob
Lafleur. confirmed the year-to-.

quotas. 7
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Even with a. srovincial :

government contribution of up
to 50 per cent, Kitimat-Stikine.
regional district director Les
Watmonugh said the cost of'a
proposed sewer system ~

. $1,380 per year over 20 years —
“would be too much for Thor-

nhiill residents.
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Local building trades union
members picketed the United
Buy and Sell construction site to
protest low wage rates being

‘paid on the non-union project.

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Described as one of the nor-

_ thwest's leading marijuang sup-

date figure had topped: $11.5. ‘pliers, «Robert .Neil Erb: : was

million.
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After promising early
*returns,-a sharp drop in. the
“numberof steelhead entering
the Skeena prompted the Fish
and Wildlife branch to put on
hold plans to increase catch

sentenced to one day in jail, fin-
ed $12,000 and ordered. to

_ forfeit a $28,000 truck. Erb had

earlier pleaded. guilty to:'a
charge of conspiracy ‘to traffi ck:
The case had included police
seizure of matijuana with a
street value of nearly $250,000.

-* The provinciai health system
suffers from too much
bureaucracy and consequently
higher . costs than mecessary,
Terrace Health’ Care. society
representatives told a- royal

commission during its visit here. -

“The less. amount -we spend
on administration, the more we

‘ can spend on patient care,’’ said :
society CEO Michael Leisinger. .

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Sept. 10 saw the beginning of

ticketing ‘of - illegully. parked
yehicles by the city’s by-law en-
forcement - officer. Fern

Sweeting handed out a total of .
26 tickets -- each carried a $25,

fine — in the first. week.
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The hunt ‘for’ a site for the:
proposed new corrections centre.

moved to - ‘Thornhill B.C.
Building ©

spokesman ‘John Murphy con.

‘ firmed. negotiations were under .

way with the owners of. seven
potectial locations, .
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A human skull found by
fishermen in a Skeena River log-

jam near Pollywog Creek was

Corporation -

identified as the remains of a

Terrace youth missing and
presumed drowned since 1988.

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Tiara’s Finest Escort Service,

a Fort. St. John-based com-

pany, opened for business here.

An initial proposal to require

the company provide a list of —~
clients and the services they pur-""

chased was subsequently ‘drop-
ped by the city. A proposed
$2,000 business licence charge

was also later reduced to only

$500.

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The provincial government
turned down a plan that would
have: seen the Kitimat-Stiklne
regional district accept shares in
the Shames Mountain Ski Cor-
poration in lieu of payment of a
$313,000 debt the company ow-
ed the district,

a go's rectal ‘ambassadorial troupe known as the Shady Ladies, were part of a delegation from.
that: marrige community which visited here at the end of September, They are seen here with Bil.

‘clit te aren the. ‘recurrence’ of 1981, was

_ponditig: at.- Saiisom’s: Poultry. “counts of having: sexual inter- "be

“Farm, ‘site of the March: drown “eourse: with e-female under the 1h
oe 2 of 14, Ho had earlier pleads -

found guilty on. ‘wo.

guilty to three counts of inde-

" an, order banaing. Kenny f |
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