» will soon be dispatched from , Workers taking — transfers By MARGARET SPEIRS CALLING all police cars. Terrace RCMP and other | officers from the northwest Prince George in a move that will result in the loss. of : 20 jobs here. -The move of the area’s communications: now located in the RCMP detachment here, is’ sched- uled for Sept. 21 and is the final step in consolidating all of the RCMP’s northern and central dispatch needs at one centre in Prince George. The unifying of the com- munications: unit has. been _ a work-in progress for. a: few years, Terrace RCMP inspector Marlin Degrand - said. — “This is the final phase,” he said, adding the Prince Rupert communications cen- -- tre had previously merged with the one now, leaving | Terrace. |. a Earlier moves saw 100 Mile House and the Peace country centres integrated into Prince George. All’ detachments from 100 Mile House to Atlin and: Prince George to. the Queen Charlotte Islands will be dis- patched from Prince George, the equivalent of one-third of. the province, Degrand said. Bill de la Ronde, the man- ager of the Terrace commu- nications centre, said most of the full-time staff here have accepted the offer to trans- ‘fer with their jobs to Prince: George, but he hesitated to. _. give an exact number. .. He did say that if every dispatch employee accepted, 20 people would relocate. Paid transfer packages would compensate for mov- . ing expenses for the 12 full- . time staff. The eight casual replace- ‘ment relief staff can. move, centre, : Police move dispatch centre to Prince George location DANIELLE VENTURA, dispatch operator, seated, Kim ‘Olfert, informatics technical manager, Bill de la Ronde, manager of the Terrace communications centre and Terrace RCMP inspector Marlin Degrand pose next to some of the equipment in the communications room that'll be moved to Prince George later this year. Ventura, a full- time communications staff member, will be relocating to Prince George to continue her job there. This room may be occupied afterward by the area ’s highway patrol and accident reconstructionist. _ MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO 0) but have to pay for their own moving expenses. The result will be more flexibility for dispatch per-’ sonnel. . With all the staff in one spot, it will be easier for them to replace each other in case of illness to continue - the 24-hour coverage. Six operating positions will be set up,as'a “breakout” facil- ' © ity in a separate area to handle - a natural disaster, or the over- “flow of calls if the Kelowna RCMP. communications centre _ has technical problems. » Calls have been redirect- ed to Prince George when.” Kelowna dispatch became overwhelmed with calls and “the public didn’t notice any difference, said Kim Olfert, _ calendars. “We welcome original works in a . Variety of media, including, but, elry, metalwork, paintings, pottery, quilting, sculptures, ‘stained glass and woodwork. ‘NORTHERN SAVINGS © CREDIT UNION is pleased to invite local artists to enter an . ‘Art Calendar Contest The winning artworks will be featured In- elther 2006 or 2007 Northern Savings not limited to, carvings, jew- 4 Art contest entry forms and detalls are available at www.northsave.com or on request at your local Northem Savings ~ Credit Unton branch. Entries will be accepted until July 22, 2005. 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Terrace . detachment will tear down. the equipment and move it . = to Prince George. timated at about four hours. seamless level of operation,” Olfert said. new location will serve as surplus if not needed. - grade equipment at. several centress, only, the one loca- tion will require new equip- . ment, which could result in ‘financial savings. upgraded, it costs half a -mil- lion to $1 million for each communication centre, De- grand said. If any savings come out of the move, the provincial arm of the RCMP would decide where extra money would be spent; Degrand said. _ Future 911 service to Ter- race will still be possible. _, “We. anticipated 911 to ‘be put into play with the idea for a primary ‘answer point here or Prince George when it’s brought in,” De- grand said. The system is sized to ‘ accept 911 service “with an expensive piece of hardware from Telus,” Olfert added. 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The ~ Cariboo-Chilcotin ‘dispatch in Kamloops moved * jn Oct,.2003. The operational com- munications‘ centre of the, RCMP «is a 24-hour com- munications centre where civilian members of the RCMP identify and priori- tize requests for police sér- vice and dispatch these calls : for service to the appropriate detachment. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - A3 News In Brief habitats and dependent ecosystems,” Regan said. ~ agement in the Pacific Region.” $400, 000 that was part of the $5.2 million expenditure talize Pacific fisheries management. - BRITISH COLUMBIANS have until July 8 to nomi-. benefit from the active participation of seniors and en- - sure seniors have the best quality of life. 1 styles and nutrition, independence and quality of life, . mandatory retirement. . ~ Burghardt last week. - : average and Burghardt congratulated the work of the. _authority’s employees. ° “it. Dance regalia found TERRACE RCMP reported that some native dance re- galia was turned over to the detachment June 23. Cst. Gerry Brown said a description of the regalia will not be released to ensure the rightful owner can come forward, describe and claim the property. . If anyone has lost these items and can describe them, call the Terrace detachment at 638- 7400. | Salmon policy released dT. FEDERAL FISHERIES minister Geoff Regan has an- nounced the federal’ government will spend $1.1-mil- lion to bring in what it is calling a wild salmon policy. . “The Wild Salmon Policy significantly transforms the management and conservation of wild salmon, their “It provides the foundation for other initiatives cur- rently underway to reform fisheries and habitat man- The policy advances the first theme of fishery. re- form: sustaining strong salmon populations by setting » clear conservation objectives for each fishery. |. The $1.1 million is to be.spent this year, It includes plan that the minister announced earlier j in June to revi-, 1 Nominations sought -for-seniors’ council | nate seniors and those working on areas of interest. to’ seniors to the Premier’s Council on Aging and Seniors’ Issues. Some of the council’s ‘tasks will be to develop a vi- sion for the future, to ensure communities continue to - Specific areas to.be discussed include healthy life- ° housing options and home care, seniors’: services and .. ’ Visit www.gov.bc.ca/seniors for more. information on the council’: s | mandate and to apply. Cleanliness studied HEALTH CARE officials are pouring over the results. of an audit which looked at the cleanliness of health ° care institutions and will make changes where. needed, ° says the chair of the Northern Health Authority. : * “We will look at the improvements that can be made to overcome the deficiencies that were found,” ‘said Jeff. - Overall,-the northern authority topped the provincial Mills Memorial Hospital | came just short of the ac- cepted benchmark while Terraceview Lodge’ exceeded services ranked below the accepted standard, Make this a summer to. remember with a new Arctic _ Cat or Kawasaki AIVI.. Never thought you could afford one? “Well now | you, Can! _ Come i in today & take home an. | arctic CAT. or Peieen Kawasaki 4921 Keith Ave, e.Terace «6 . _ The .Northem ; Health Authority; was,.one: of; two wpe authorities to not,contract out housekeeping services: Other. health care: regions. which.did: contract out-the::§"? fb