THE CHAIRMAN of the local
health care society says she’s dis-
appointed that there’s been no de-
cision yet on where the area's
orthopedic surgeon should be lo-
cated,

Lael McKeown of the Terrace
Regional Health Care Society
was reacting to a letter sent out
last week from the health minis-
try.
Even though area a hospitals for
nearly a year have failed ta-come
lo a decision, the letter asks that

Election sign proliferation

A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 17, 1993

No decision move disliked

hospitals try once again.

“We asked the ministry to
make a decision. We just cannot
go forward with planning until
we know where the service will
po,” McKeown said.

She said she preferred that the
ministry make the decision simp-
ly because of the many factors in-
volved.

_... -Phere’s. going.to be. a_tequire-
ment for northwest hospitals to

work more closely together
through community and regional

boards and that will go easier if
ihe decision is made by an out-
side agency, McKeown added.

That way there would be less of
a chance of bad feelings being
carticd over to the new boards,
she said.

“We asked the ministry to
make a decision based on good
patient care, .on miedical.: ef-

ficiency and on. cost .cffective-.

ness,”” McKeown continued.
Although a health services
review completed last year

problem at city hall

A CITY by-law and an unwritten

policy are creating problems at

city hall.

The by-law: states that those
candidates putting up election

signs have to apply at city hall

and follow guidelines.

But an unwritten policy in exis-
tence for years ignores the by-
law.

“Our unwritten policy, a policy
thal has been in place for the past
twenty years, is that we allow
candidates to but up signs as long
as they are reasonable in size, and
that they are not placed in the
sight line of traffic,’ said city
clerk Bob Hallsor.

That makes an enforcement job
difficult, said’ permits director

Council

SKEENA CABLEVISION is
prepared io install better sound
equipment in council chambers ws
if the city buys it.

Poor sound quality on Channel
10 coverage cf council meetings
has long @rawn complaints from
viewers and councillors alike.

And a couple of: changes of
equipment have not succeeded in
improving the situation.

Responding to a Sept. 1 letter in
which the city raised the issue yet
again, technical operations man-
ager Kevin Bamatd # agreed there
was 8 problem..:.. kee

However, he cited lack of voice

Bob Lafleur.

“Tf you’re going to have a by~-
law it should be enforced and if
you're not going to enforce the
by-law, it should be rescinded, rr
he said,

“The by-law was nol enforced
during the federal election there-
fore, if we were to enforce the by-
law now (during local elections)
it may be seen as an inconsistent
enforcement of power,”’ said
Lafleur.

- Hallsor said that under the un-
written policy, the onus is on the
candidates to put their signs in a
safe and unobtrusive location.

Lafleur said there have been
some complaints about the place-
ments of signs by people who do

consider them offensive.

Those complaints mainly come
from property owners and. busi-
ness owners who have had sigus
put up on municipal land in front
of their own property.

That gives the impression the
property. owners or businesses
support the candidate who placed
the signs.

The city is also liable in case a
sign.is somehow involved in the
injury of a person.

As of late last week, none of the
local candidates has applied for
permission to erect signs on aty
property.

And only one candidate “has
asked for a copy of the city’s by-
law.

sounds off again

projection on the part of council
members, the poor acoustics of
the chamber and outside noise as
contributing factors,

Although all those could be
overcome by installing a good

quality audio system, Bamard

maintained ‘the cost is prohibi-
tive for Skeena Cablevision to
provide for a single location that
is used only twice a month for a
two-hour period.”’

He therefore suggested the city
pay for such equipment and

. Skeena Cablevision install it for

free.

“He poinied ¢ out this arraxigoment .

had recently been used in Kitimat

while Prince Rupert provided its
own sound system.

Councillor Ruth Hallock, how-
ever, was unimpressed by that
last argument,

“Kitimat has money coming
out of its cars,’? she said, a
reference to its tax revenue com-
pared to Terrace’s. ,

Pointing out Skeena Cablevi-
sion had originally requested it be
allowed to cover the meetings,

. She added, ‘‘If they have a prob-

lem, that’s their problem,’’

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~. services, “Ve feel that need is ‘no

‘sense because of the. hospilal’s

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recommended that: the service”
move to Prince. Rupert,
McKeown said the circumstances
leading to that recommendation
have now changed. :
There is now every reason for

cated in Terrace, she said::

*At the time of the review there
was one. surgeon. in» Prince
Rupert, There. are..now..two.-The- ...
feeling behind the recommenda-
tion at the time was - that
orthopedics would help. that
(Prince Rupert) -hospital’s core

longer there,”* said McKeown.
McKeown said -locating the
orthopedic service at Mills makes

central geographical location.
And she said the service would
add to the other specialitics now

McKeown noted that a former
chief of medical slaff al Mills
Memorial Hospital © advocated
putting orthopedics in Terrace.

Dr. Donald Strangway said it
was important to have a core of
services available to create what
he called a ‘‘critical mass’’ of
specialists at a regional hospilal.

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