A4-The Terrace Standard, Wesnendny ne 25, 2004 7 ‘ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, “1988 - PU BLISHER: ROD: LINK . ‘ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Tertace, 8. C.. -V8G BR2 TELEPHONE: (250) " ‘638: 7283 * FAX: (250) 638 8432." "WEB: www. terracestandard: COMA EMAIL: ‘newsroom@terracestandard. com ees | “| : WRITTEN ‘GUARANTEE. Hele We got gassed “YOU KNOW that ald expression, robbing Peter to pay Paul: - Pacific Northern Gas. (PNG), ‘in “concert with two large industrial . concerns, wants. to play: a high- priced version. of: that ‘expression. ‘And. guess . what, we’ re. ‘Peter. pees ey Here’ s how it goes. ree one age e ~ Methanex ‘and Eurocan, both based i in’ ‘Kitimat, ‘use a lot of ‘natural ‘gas.. -Méthanex uses: the prod-.. uct as raw. -matérial: fora gasoline additive: Euro- | Chicken caper ends badly can uses natural gas. to: power its pulp mill.’ First - Methanex and” Now: Eurocan * fave. con -vinced’ PNG to, lower. the: price’ it. charges them. : [plan to dump dead chickens: at \- | the: ‘Caché Creek landfill. re- . both to deliver, gas ‘tO. their: sites. . Tn recent: hearings’ by. the BC. Utilities Com. mission, . the: “provincial. “government's: energy regulator, it -was revealed that: Eurocan, pleading: economic, circurhstances, had. threatened to. con-. “ vert to: wood: ‘waste’as can energy. source by: 2006. unless it-got‘a better. deal. . PNG complied, jTeasoning that it. ‘was. better to: get.jJess from Eurocan. ‘than to, lose it asa cus- _ tomer altogether. This: is: based. on. ~the “cost ‘of. maintaining: its pipeline from: ‘the. northeast’ and pumping © ‘facilities. » The less: . gas-, that goes: through, the. higher: the unit. cost. for. customers.” But this Eurocan: deal, which still must: be’ ap : proved ‘by. the’ Utilities commission, raises ‘the transmission ‘cost for smaller, businesses, schools, hospitals ° and. “homeowners. For homeowners, . ‘timated $85 a year. Eurocan: and Methanex enjoy. their operations... : ; “Ts not welcome news, : particularly’ given. that this: region. has” already” “been: “dubbed the, menit’s ‘Heartland’ description. ‘of the interior. to convert it to what’ $ called. an income. trust. Income trusts are designed’ to. ‘pay. a ‘steady. ‘cash. ; . flow. to investors; something. like a bond except’ _ STAND RD < hhad'to believe that the process. | a would: be: ‘safes, Local residents |. a ternative’. before.” USINg ‘emer. . {gency powers | t0."force” dead — : chickens. on: Cache. Creek. really. consult® or: “explain, -or a | cjustify their actions: We know. ~ - best’. a “they said; mie moe sition. by governinents. That's. not. a slag . on any: -particular + party: The. NDP brought us’ the [Ee vowed not'to- Tip: up: contracts; : = the: federal’ Liberals-brought us.” we political: abuses. and the. spone. transmission costs, have already gone up by an es- | ir skepti = cism is reasonable. ate _a benefit. thanks. to everybody. ‘else subsidizing, “them; “governments have. two | “ . face; make the: effort: ‘tO; ‘convince US “vy that they. are’ right, and : th wt the: risks are si id ‘Hurtland,’” a play. on the: provincial ‘govern- os First course, tryig: to! for But here’ ' the ‘réal-kicker. Tii ticor: Pacific Capi- o “oo gency . powers. . tal; Ine, a private. financial: group based i in Van-: break dhe “Written agreements -couver, owns-40° per. cent: “of PNG" and is’ poised. a eT. Hto Inové ‘Lower Mainland ‘gar «bas to Cache Creek: . we: WERE ae | WORRYING: FOR pont NOTHING! NOT: ONLY HAG PAUL MARTIN ASSURED | us OF A ‘NONPOLITICAL. MEETING | WTR: THE: DALAT LAMA, - HE'S GIVEN. A PERSONAL AVOID ALL SEN STINE | Sues ECTS | “VICTORIA = ‘The, government “fied on trust. ‘Local faimers. =| and: ‘people along’ ‘the route ‘had ‘to trust ‘that the govern- “ments. ‘had exhausted. -every..aly, ~The y * governments.” “didn” too -and you, can-.frust us, : PAUL WILLCOCKS © Sadly, that’s a, {deemed po-’ Citizens: don’t. trust. political: Ranta, a: politician with Lib- “fast ferries; Gordon Campbell. aded the. dump.: ° ‘Phe’ “goveriments! 7 ‘thei : sorship scandal:* “Our ® ‘skepti- ~ Trust: had been, : ‘Because-~ we ; “don'r. trust, decision | ‘belatedly’ - — faced™-a. ~ choices. Act: unilaterally ‘and. samuel tougher audience a8, a the’ consequences, : Ot. tesull, “ ihe. seaplt fin’ Cache-Creek: ‘op* ‘posing. the:; ‘transfer. thake' more « sary. rire nee The: governments ‘hose: the defense, of the plan.” ; ‘takens” : The. ‘dead - ‘chickens - will : «their plan. through’ using emer- “to... Jet, them *. “double bagged; devéloped. as part of the® plan~ It didn't. work. The foc - the rates are often: higher.-And_ thanks to. a:tax: . z a loophole, trusts don’t ‘pay ‘corporate: income: tax: ie In the money world,’ ‘it’s-called “tax. efficiency.” ~ So--while: ‘northwesternéts are. paying: higher |. rates | thanks’ to PNG side, deals, ‘its investors. are on the, verge: of. enjoying a “steady, income. ‘bol | stered bya cushy. tax ‘situation. » a We all know the: provincial, government wants to establish an atmosphere \ where. the. free, matket | : _. system, reigns supreme. looks bad. Especially wee provincial el just around the corer. ~PUBLISHER/EDITOR: ‘Rod Link _ _ ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Linienbaich “NEWS: Jeff Nagel a | NEWS/SPORTS : woe NEWS COMMUNITY: Jennifer: Lang’. 2002 WINNER: FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping, x & Carol: mee | : CCNA BETTER | NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION “CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Teresi: Ross: . ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: : : “Bert Husband &: Debbie. ‘Simons mo "COMPOSING: Susan Credgeut * i AD ASSISTANT: Sandra Stefanie: a SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL;-.- "$87.94 (484.06 GST)=62.00 pet years >" 5 - Sehiors $50.98 (493,57. GST)=54.55} -.- ° - “F00 OFTEN’ deserving ‘putilic’ ae ie age week i is SO. niuch better: But -evén it: thust’ ‘realize: that. the: spectre “of ‘northwesterners: “paying. ‘higher heating: bills bal-} : anced off: against’. a jammy: income. trust: situation |. ection . trivel: expenses sto. ‘erisure. his Te “acceptance? 1. tient: “underwrite” ‘all - “ihe. inci-- : “dental: expenses - that gO ‘along PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard-Gredgeur [see ‘Body like. Rey. Tutu: = matter. how grave: ‘his: Subject. :. 1 He always: euses : his: dudience |. * witha: joke, Pde “bet she's, ine: ~s humour. figures: receive: an “Honourary: |}. _ degree. with, no- ‘more. fanfare . “than‘a page "5 méntion- ora lo “second - bite” on’ “the “evening: af Mews. i. ope. * To : see and hear ‘honourees” us: We. have’ in’ the: Dalai ‘Lama “ “and ) three’ feet-of clay, : {FROM THE CAPITAL ; © tainment: zone. ‘Special | check-: “people = led by’ Mayor Joba “ferry terminals and: -truck “it woeral. ‘ties, and: supported " by. -. -- their: Liberal -MLA > “block: > spread.: “initial = (government so far hasn't ‘iden- : “tified - thé: Jarid fill” at: ‘Burns: ‘Bog’ . once again, ‘broken: Efforts. ‘to’. -justify the = A aumients Frou Ae governilent ‘guarantee “that vial ‘seagull. WOT rip. open. one of: “sense ‘than the _governments” “won't, allow, the :virus: to spread. “TO. their farms?” . 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And, he ‘makes hiniselt and ‘other. ‘ministers ne 5 -\ “Hf Hisieners can’t-unravel the” aloft’ for hifi inthe’ Pacific ‘Coliseum-: m: “favour, ‘of sitting;:.r «Cross legged: on the. hard: floor: iB i in fFont of ‘it. ne ‘terial jokes" with: a. faultless ° memory.” for retelling them,. ore : * dignitaries" arid’ says: “volumes” -about the. man’ and=his.view: of oll 1 SURE AS ELA NM 0 to "fowin’ You, SO TAKE THIS. SHOVEL: [FYOUMAKE IT "Burs Jlome BY ANDI'LLGET THE! HELPFUL? Wife MAKE ‘You ye rN REAL MOISE stew! “The 7 -accordi “At: ‘the: diltnp.? a. layer “of. clay. A’ second’ layer: of dead® .” Other :six. inches ‘of lime: and: “The: ‘Sounds like: serious 5 procali tions: coe ‘eration, ” But all” “through “the: “out-" fill disposal’ ‘comes’ ‘third ~ break;' aclot of. serious ‘précau- “Meanwhile,. “the - ‘people : of tions. have: been taken, ‘and the’ . Cache™ Creek aren’t- going. to, avian flu just ‘keeps’ on. spread-". accept ing. ‘The newest site is in Clo- iP verdale,. ‘well: outside ‘the: con-.: nities andi: points” have .been set-up. cae ‘spection’. stations ‘to: halt “the broken’ And. ‘people in. the- “Cache Creek: area :noté watily: that the- sponse now: it’ in the “Lower: Mainland asa. chicken disposal’ site... wan” IF the: process’ is. ‘80 safe, “raising: ” why ‘aren't, the: birds ‘staying:, in® mayb *~ the region; “they- ‘ask. How will “small: “a. dev “system” ’ those’ -bags;” OF: “human. : ertor.: ‘The’ dead chickens’! have: ‘to increas aping: and. -bl ‘gional’ ‘ford to ay s -case much more convincingly ph before: they can expect’ to-find. | ‘come-hormie: to: someone™ elée’ Se hazardous: waste.. ; ae “drawer “filing: ‘cabinets: holding ‘Tive always: enjoyed « “Histen- ‘ness. gi from, hi petition. 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