April

AVENOR sharcholders rejected the deal to merge
with Repap by a wide margin. Repap B.C. plans to
change its name back to Skeena Cellulose to reflect
the change of ownership and separation from Repap
Enterprises.

FISHING GUIDES and business owners protested
the huge leap in fishing license fees that would
have resulted in millions of dollars of lost tourist
dollars. But B.C.’s environment minister Cathy
McGregor was unaware of the concems. Non-
resident fees were expected to rise to $40 per day in
classified waters. But by May, after two different
protests in Terrace, government officials backed
down and retumed the fees to 1996 levels of $10
for a one-year period.

NASS historian Bertam McKay and a number of
Nisga’a elders travelled to the Museum of Civiliza-
tion in Ottawa to identify some of the artifacts
which were wrongly attributed to the Tsimshian. As
part of the Nisga’a Agreement in Principle, some of
these artifacts taken from the Nass by missionaries
and the Hudson Bay Company, will be retumed to
_ the Nass.

ENVIRONMENT ministry biologists worry that
budget cuts will mean an increase in deaths for
nuisance bears. The previous year, conservation of-
ficers killed 44 bears and only two were relocated.

TERRACE resident Rod Freeman was named to
run in the federal election for the Christian Heritage
Party. Isaac Sobol wins the NDP nomination in
Skeena.

STATISTICS Canada’s census figures from 1996
indicate that Terrace is the fastest growing
municipality in the northwest. The Greater Terrace
area population now exceeds 20,000.

THE debate to bring photo radar within city limits
continues, City council has said no to photo radar
but the Chamber of Commerce and the RCMP both
want to see vans deployed at selected locations.

KITIMAT-Stikine regional district directors voted
io forgive the $509,000 Shames Mountain owes lo-
cal governments for ski lift equipment it bought ten
years ago. The move awaits approval of Victoria.

WEST Fraser announced that it will resume log-
ging. This was welcome news for more than 250
Skeena Sawmills workers who were anticipating
another shutdown by June.

MILLS memorial hospital has been unable to stick

to its plan:ofshaving 25 patients per day.on its 30 |

bed medical serviced floor. That combined with ¢x-
tra staff and overtime has left the hospital with a
$333,000 deficit.

BANK of Montreal opened a banking facility in the
New Ajyansh Co-op. This is the fourth Bank of
Montreal aboriginal banking facility of its kind in
‘the province, but the first to involve a native
government.

SCHOOL board officials explore the concept of ex-
tended school days as an option to avoiding the
costs of building a replacement school for Skecna
Jr. Secondary. The school hours could be extended
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

GUN control was the hottest issue at the all candi-
dates forum. Liberal Rhoda Witherly took the most
heat for the firearms registration sections of Bill C-
68. Reform MP Mike Scott, was opposed to gun
control and NDP candidate [saac Sobo! said that the
measures didn’t recognize rural needs.

MAINTENANCE and custodial workers at School ,

District 82 lost $297,000 in budget cuts, and three
jobs in Kitimat, Stewart and Terrace were also
eliminated in order to cut more than $750,000.

THE PROVINCIAL government said it would con-
sider applications to expand the number of casinos
in B.C. Terrace Inn owner, John Georgilas was one
of the applicants, saying charity casino in Terrace
would mean an increase in tourist revenue, He bad
to get approval of city council before the idea can
be further entertained.

CITY councillors approved a plan that calls for
asphalt sidewalks and bike lanes on major streets,
Major commercial streets will also be required to
have sidewalks on both sides, This proposal was
part of a new bylaw the city is drafting to regulate
subdivision development.

THE B.C. Teachers Federation voted to develop a
program to eliminate homophobia in the public
school system. But some parents objected to this,
saying the homosexual lifestyle has many negative
repercussions and don’t want their children engag-
ing in any discussions about it.

PHOTO radar vans made regular appearances in
Terrace this past Summer, staking out three high
accident locations. Tiwy 16 Hast between Copper
River and Kleanza Creek, Hwy 16 West by the city
limits sign and Hwy 37 South near Willlams Creek
are targeted.

THE SCHOOL board tumed down a reqiicst to
have streetprocfing programs for students taught
during school time, saying that it wanted to feel
comfortable with the program offered by the Ter-
race Women’s Resource Centre before approving it.

AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 30, 1997

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BRUCE HILL was one of the organizers of a
pair of rallies last spring to protest the govern-
ments decision to dramatically increase an-
gling licence fees for non-residents. Locals
characterized it as a poorly conceived move to
raise money from German and American
tourists without realizing the damage it would
do to the northwest tourism industry.

LOCAL federal candidates denounce Premier Glen
Clark’s stance on the Pacific Salmon Treaty talks.
NDP candidate Sobol was the only one applauding
Clark’s tough stance with Americans.

SUMMER is typically logging road building
month, but officials at Skeena Cellulose, formerly
known as Repap B.C., had not approved any new
road building, meaning that loggers could run out
of raads to work on by October.

June

ONLY one gun was tumed in since a province-
wide weapons amnesty program began the end of
April. The program allowed people possessing
firearms to hand them over to the police, no ques-
tions asked.

REFORM CANDIDATE Mike Scott returns to Ot-
tawa as reelected Skeena
MP with 13,399 votes,
or 42.4 per cent of the
vote, NDP candidate
Isaac Sobol was second
with 9,859 votes or 31.2
per cent and Liberal
Rhoda Witherly was
third with 9,859 or 20.2
per cent. PC Kent
Glowinski polled 1,105
followed with CHP Rod
Freeman at 865. Scott
increased his margin of
victory acrass Skeena by
1,400 votes, Reform in- a one
creased its number of :
seats in the House of Mike Scott
Commons, surpassing the Bloc Quebecois to be-
come the Official Opposition.

POLLUTION levels around Terrace’s sewage out-
fall were dangerously high during low water. The
problem was the outfall pipe that didn’t extend far
enough into the fast moving Skeena river water.
Another problem was the stench that came after hot
weather, this was resolved with hydrogen peroxide
and air pumps.

THE GAY tolerance issue intensified as some
parents oppose the teaching of tolerance of
homosexuality in classrooms. A Langley-based
family rights activist, Kari Simpson, was also in-
vited to come and speak about teaching issues of
homosexuality in classrooms.

COAST Mountain school trustees voted to increase
prices at the REM Lee Theatre as well as raise rent-
al costs in an attempt to cut $100,000 out of the
present budget of $227,000 for the two theaters in
Terrace and Kitimat.

THE KITIMAT-Stikine regional district board de-
cided against logging a 600-hectare area near Old
Remo. Instead, they want to make Hellsgate Slough
a recreation area, The area was identified by the
Ministry of Forests as a good candidate for a wood-
lot licence.

CITY councillors decided against allowing
businesses to open on statutory holidays in the sum-
mer, Their decision came alter hearing delegations
from workers who feared losing more time with
their familles.

THE Royal and Toronto Dominion banks
demanded the province contribute millions of dol-
lars for capital spending and that Pulp, Paper and

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the 750 jobs at the Prince Rupert pulp mill. The
mill shut down on July 11 and the planer mill was
expected to run to about mid-August.

CLEANUP at the oil preservative contaminated CN:
Rail site located southeast of the Sande overpass,
staried. The process, that involves a degradation
process using oxygen, is expected to last two years.

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YOU BE THE JUDGE

Do your neighbours love you cat as much as you do?

Albert called from the terrace to his
wife in the kitchen.

“Darling, I'm ready for the steaks.”

Jennifer rushed out, 3 steaks in
each hand.

“| iove your BBQ's Albert, but one
day we're going to have to give up all

this red meat, even though adore it,"
ao

By the way, have you seen chie?"
ping butter and laid them carefully on
e grill,

‘As a matter of fact, | haven't. But
not too worry. Our precious white long-
haired cat loves wandering around the
neighborhood. She'll be back in a flash
when she gets hungry.”

Jennifer frowned.

“Dear Albert, you're always So posi-
tive. But aren't we imposing on the
neighbours. "

Albert whistled as he flipped the.

steak,

“Jennifer, our neighbours all have
cats. And all cats leaving droppings.
Why just the other day, Princess from
next door did her business on our lawn.
You won't hear me complaining.”

_ Suddenly, out of nowhere, a shot

pierced the quiet suburban neighbour-
ood. People were running out of their
homes.

“Over there,” yelled a voice. “Han-
son’s home,”

Eric had already dropped his spatu-
la and raced next door with Jennifer
clase behind.

holding a smoking rifle.

“Quick, Jennifer, call the police.
Hanson is deranged.”

Suddenly they heard a
screaming in panic. it was their son
John calling from across the street,

“Moochie’s here on the Parson's
property, He's been shot in the
stomacn,”

Albert wrested the rifle away from

voice

Albert brushed the steaks with drip. anson and handed it to the ¢o

There was their neighbour, Hanson,

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’ ps who

had just arrived.
he coupie ran across the street.
Their hearts froze. There was
Moochie lying in the arms of their son.
Dead. ;
There was a hale in her stomach.
They heard Hanson's voice from
across the street:
“Serves you right, Albert for letting
your cat run loose. What did you care

‘whether she annoyed your neighbours.

| am no cat lover and I'm sick of pick
ing up the droppings of your rotten lou-
sy cat.”

Albert had Hanson arrested. Then
he and Jennifer together with their son
rushed off to court.

_ Albert was struggling to maintain
his composure as he addressed the
judge. “Your Honour, Moochie was a
member of our family. Hanson had no
right to shoot her even if Maochie did
leave litter on the lawn. Make him pay
for the suffering he caused Moochie
and our family.” .

Hanson had a different story.
“Your Honour, | didn't mean to shoot
the cat. | was only trying to scare her
away. | don't hate cats. | hate cat
owners who don't control them, It's all
Albert’s fault. He should have kept
Moochie in his own yard. Don't make
me pay for his carelessness!”

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