The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 26, 2000 - A - News In Brief Docs reach a deal B.C, DOCTORS and the provincial government have reached a two-year pay deal which, for the first time in several years, won’t have doctors closing their of- fices fo protest what they’re getting from the pro- vince, This deal is backdated to April 1999, and is good until next March. The last arrangement called for doctor payments and other benefits worth $1.4 billion over one year. Details of the new two-year deal won't be released until the province’s 7,500 doctors have ratified it. It also requires approval from the provin- cial cabinet. Doctors did say what they were getting didn’t match the work they’re doing and so closed their of- fices periodically. They said they did so as to keep open would have meant they were working for free. The new deal covers how the budget for doctors’ services will be administered, the management of re- sources and expenditures and physician benefit plans. Buckling up baby ICBC HAS published a guide that rates child re- straints to help parents and others. “This guide was developed to help parents select a child restraint that is easy to use. Restraints that are easy to use are more likely lo be used and used cor- rectly,” says ICBC official Betty Brown, Buying A Better Child Restraint rates approximate- ly 50 infant and child restraint systems. It covers ease of installation, ease of securing a child, ease of tether strap adjustment and clarity of la- Straint can reduce the risk of serious injury or death in a crash by up to 80 per cent. Lethal messages SMOKERS CAN expect to sce graphic images of the effects of tobacco thanks to a proposal by the federal government. Federal health minister Allan Rock wants ta have tobacco companies take up 50 per cent of the front of cigarette packages with images, anti-smoking mes- sages and information on disease. , , “Smokers themselves have told us that our current health messages ate outdated, and that want strong messaging and information to support their efforts to quit,” said Rock last week. ; The plan is to have regulations making the new images and messages in place this spring. Fish survey starts. THE B.C. government will soon be surveying local fishing lodges, guides, tackle shops and motel owners in hopes of figuring cut how much money sportfish- ing brings to the area. The B.C,-wide survey, a joint project with the fish- eries, small business and tourism ministries as well as Tourism B.C and B.C. Statistics, hopes to detail the number of jobs, direct and indirect business value ' sportfishing brings to different parts of the province. The information collected will be used to generate of conducted here last March, belling. Studies show that correctly using a child re-. “f reports to help plan and develop sporttishing in B.C. ops The survey is an extension of a sportfishing stuily {i PRutrevites ) Inventory Reduction Sale THE MILLENIUM GRAD FASHION SHOW Nyce Lady Dress & “Bridal Shop Featuring the latest in Prom Fashion for the year 2000 Sponsored by & q 4 INCREDIBLE} PRIZES & GIFTS t Western Terrace Inn TERRACE’S OWN Mighty Moe will be part of a TV show on sasquatches coming to you soon. Mighty Moe A PLANNED TV show about unusual phenomena wants 4 er. G | FT ) F A S F CO N D to use Terrace’s Mighty Moe in one of its episodes. Ni g)) The crew of the show Out There filmed here for three ~ 2 LA N G U A G FI 4 days last November and plans to return this spring to complete shooting an episode about sasquatches, in which Mighty Moe is to act as the show’s local puide. “We look for the strange and unusual,” says field pro- A ducer Shane Hall, “Not just the people. We’ve done a Enrollment for Kindergarten yand Grade One French Immersion . begins February 1, 2000 “at Kiti K’shan Primary Scho Phone: 635-3115 serious investigation of the sasquatch and Ogopogo and’ UFO culture. Some of it is tongue in cheek and some of WH it is extremely serious.” _ Hl wu Hall says the production is close to a deal with a car- rier of the show, adding they’ve filmed six of a planned 15-episode series about mysteries, legends, unique - people and esoteria. ° The campy show typically finds a colourful local character to put in a jungle hat and act as a guide for the show’s host, Chris Green of Toronto. Moe was a natural in that role, Hall said. “Mighty : Moe was extremely helpful to us,” Hall said. “People will call him crazy or whatever. But he’s a man of great heart. | love the guy.” Hall says his camera crew was also doing some loca- tion scouting for a major movie when they were here in the fall. He doesn’t know what came of the movie’s lo- cation search, but said he believes it was to be a pro- duction in the range of $50 million, to be set in a small | NOTE: *Students may begin the French g . Immersion program in grade one. © *The French Immersion program is part of the Public School System. There is no cost involved, Children’s Jackets and Snowsuits off a «Children’s Pants and Toes Maternity Fashions - ee eee es eee ee ee eee ee ke es aren nee | Ladies Sportswear el /2 Price Ladies Plus Size Fashions % to 50% Skeena Mall Next to Northern Drugs Mon-Thurs 9:30 - 6:00 Fridays 9:30 - 9:00 Saturday 9:30 - 6:00 Keith Avenue Drive Thru 638-0100 Skeena Mall 635-3332