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THE LOCKOUT by emplayers at the province's West

coast ports forced Skeena Cellulose to temporarily close”

its Terrace sawmill on Monday.

The threat of back to work legislation: did. cause-an---

end to the lock out. but it was too Hite to save a produc.

tion day.at the mill. a .
Production began to return to normal after lacked oul

employees and then their employers aceepled recom:

inendations of t federal conciliator. The lovk out had -

lasted for a week; :

The Terrace: mill ships lumber out of the. port “at
Pri
ber. Most af SCI's lumber production is normally sold lo
Asian markets cut off by the part lockout”

“There's only sO much you can stockpile on-site — if

the wood isn’t being picked up by the ships you're not
selling it,” said SCE spokemsan Den McDonald said:

SCI bad been making plans: for-a leigthy closure
although it. was one of many companies asking far the
tederat government. to legislate ‘an end tothe lock out
which was costing’ the economy an estimated $90 mil-
lion a day.

SCI is unable’ to boost its lumber shipments lo the
U.S. without penalty because of quota restrictions under
the Softwood. Lumber Agreement.:-

“If we had an memate plice to sell ta we would,”

McDonald added prior tothe mill: re-openi ng. “We ;

would switch geirs very fast
Although SCI's Prince. Rupert pulp mill ships 100) per

cent of its pudp- through the Port of Prince Rupert, it's-not

affected to the same degree as the sawmills because it
has greater capacity to store: product, fic silid,

The pulp mill is also in-the middle of capital im-
provements and has not yet returned to full production,
© McDonald said. the work should: be finished around
~ month’s end: at which time the B line will start up,
bringing the pulp mili up to its full 1,250 tonne: capacity
for the first time in more than 18 months.

The mill has been switching between its two pulp
lines while work proceeded over the past month.”

SCL isn’t directly lobbying for-an-end-to the port -dis-
ruption, but isa member of the Council of Forest Indus-
tries, which is calling on the Federal government: to take
immediate action.

“We rely on (hem to da those kinds of things,” Me-
Donald said of COFL,

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rince. Rupert and SCI has: little roonr to stockpile lum-

g At the cenotaph

ROW OF Beavers stands just past one row of wreaths at the city hall ceno-
taph during Nov. 11 ceremonies. A large crowd was on hand to witness the
annual Remembrance Day ceremony. Warm weather helped ihe occasion.

Firearms workshop

THE NATIVE courtworker and counselling asso-
ciation hosts a- firearms legislation information
workshop at the. Kilsumkalum: Community Hall
Thursday, Now. 25,

The all-day forum starls [rom 9 a.m, to 4 p.m. and
features presentations from Ttoy ‘Keen, ‘Terrace
RCMP firearms officer, and federal officiat Aina
Hunter on adaptations to the law for aboriginal

peuple.
_ Bring. ID

DON'T forgel fo take your 1D with \ you when you
head to the polls Nov, 20.”

if you aren’l already. registered to vote you can
do so atthe polls: You will be asked for two pieces
of ID, A valid B.C. drivers licence, -B.C, Care card
or credit card all qualily — as long as they carry
your signature and. cithcr confirm who you are or
where you live. —

To vote, you must be a Canadian citizen, be 418
years of age, have lived in the province for six
months and in the area for at least 30 days.

Polling booths will be apen from § a.m. to 8 p.m.

Summit’s over

PEOPLE WANT lower taxes, a fiscally sound pro-
vincial government, more flexibility far businesses
and a different relationship between business and
labour, says the B.C. Business Summit.

It made the observations after finishing the last
of its 14 regional summits across the province to
gather ideas on what to do about.the economy.

The Summit itsell-is celebrating its first anniver-
sary of holding a conference in Vancouver alten-
ded by more than 800 ‘peaple.

The first of the-regional summits was held here.

Liquor laws tighten

PROVINCIAL LIQUOR officials have refined what
ihey mean by the definition of “producing” when it
comes lo commercial hobby brewing outlets,

Chief licensing official Bob Simpson says regu-
lations coming into effect April’ | will remove any
uncertainty that those who use.such oullets will
have to perform beer ‘and wine making duties.

“They'll have.to. visit the oullet, pay for the pro-
duct when they ‘order il, add and mix the ‘ingre-
dients and return to'bottle the product,” he said.

Customers will also be required to sign-a form
indicating the product will be for personal use and
not for commercial purposes or ‘used at a licensed
event, said Simpson, 0°.

“We're ‘simply. spelling out specifically whal a
customer must do,” he said.

B.C. and Ontario are the only two provinces per-
milling U-brew or U-vin operations.

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