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other three at Newhawk mines |"

An underground. explosion

northwest of Stewart a year ago
this week. One of those injured

when an underground powder -

magazine at the mine mys-
teriously exploded was Terrace

resident Mike Anderson. It was -

the third northwest mining acci-
dent in only a month and a half.
In mid-January a Terrace man
died in an accident involving

heavy machinery at the
‘Newhawk mine, and in Decem-

ber a 19-year-old Terrace man
died at the Johnny Mountain
mine when he became entangled
in a conveyor system.

We need a truck route,
and a bigger pcol,
traffic lights that work, and...

A year ago this week, talk ofa
truck route or bypass had been
around fora while, and a
‘Takhar Trucking logging truck
helped to raise the issue again.
The driver was turning left off
the Sande Overpass onto Hwy.
16 West late Friday afternoon
when he dumped the trailer,

_ sending his load of logs across

the road and onto the sidewalk.
‘A few of the logs rolled down
the embankment and damaged
the back: of the Skeena Mall
building. No one was injured.

The pool expansion project
was barely alive a year ago this
week, and there was talk of
dropping a few of the frills in
order to keep it from dying. Ter-
race city council’s Committee of
the Whole met in-camera a year
ago last Monday in what was to
be the last meeting ever to hash
out the future of the pool.
**After much discussion,’’
reported the Terrace Review,
‘‘their recommendation to coun-
cil is to re-tender the project,
more or less as is, but with the
deletion of some of the niceties
like extra tiles and windows,’’
Mayor Jack Talstra said later,
though, that if the price was still
too high the project would prob-
ably be scrapped.

The project started out with a
pre-referendum estimate of
$502,000, and the entire
amount, with the exception of a
$162,900 B.C. Lotteries grant,
was to be paid by local tax-
payers. As the days, months and
years rolled by, however, the
cost excalated and by the time
the tenders were opened, the
price had risen to about
$800,000. Some, depending on
how they interpreted the figures,

pegged that price at closer to $1
million. At that point, a GO
B.C, grant was the only glimmer
of hope.

The pool wasn’t the only pro-
ject in trouble a year ago this
; week, though. Plans from 1988
‘for some sort of recreational
development at Skeenaview
Park were put on hold due to

gost overruns on the arena hill

and Riverside Park. According

>to Superintendent of Parks and
.... Recreation Steve Scott, $2,500
had’ been set aside for the be-

ginnings of a Skeenaview Park
ball diamond but that money in-
stead bought additional top soil
for the arena hill and Riverside
Park. The: recreation committee

The snow was great but a cold wind kept most people over
10 indoors. There were mixed reviews on the weather a
year ago this week. Some people even offered enlighten-.

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ing opinions on the wisdom of spending the winter here.
When asked, some opted for Texas while others said they
wouldn't be going outside until spring.

reported at the time that the
arena hill was $8,000 to $10,000

overbudget and in need of more’

money, and the Riverside pro-
ject cost.a ‘‘bit more’’ than was
originally expected.

Unions away

On Feb. 2 a year ago this
week, Local 1-71 of the IWA an-
nounced an ‘‘all-out organizing
campaign’ directed at inde-
pendent truck loggers from the.

Queen Charlottes to Hazelton.

According to a local IWA
spokesman, they would under-
take haulage rate negotiations
on behalf of the truckers and set
a standardized rate. Northwest
Loggers Association secretary
Al Bishop said, however, that
they were already doing that and
experiencing ‘‘no problems’ at
all. Still, the Teamsters as well

were headed for the Northwest
‘and Prince George Teamster

representative Ed MclIntish in-

dicated they would have union |

reps in the area soon in an effort
to sign up the independents
themselves.

In the meantime, Repap, the
Skeena Cellulose parent com-
pany, announced that Repap's
1988 revenues had surpassed the
$1 billion mark. According to

_ Repap chairman and chief ex-
ecutive officer George Petty,
revenues had risen by 11 percent |

and profits were up 48 percent.

During the same year, the con-'

struction of a new $42 million

sawmill in Terrace and an $80

million upgrade at their Watson
Island pulp mill increased. the
value of the company’s assets by
47 percent.

And it was a good year for
Alcan too. Kitimat works
manager Roger Bennett said the
plant exceeded its rated produc-
tion capacity for the second year

in a row and the future looked .

good. The $600 million Kemano
Completion project was about
to begin and other plans in-
cluded a $55 million direct chill
casting. center, $10 million..in
new handling and inspection
equipment in the casting plant
and $11.7 million for a long-
term continuing modernization
program. Alcan’s Kitimat
payroll for 1988 totalled $90
million.

But getting back to the forest
industry, Skeena MP Jim Fulton
said a year ago this week that he
wanted newly appointed
Minister of State for Forests
Frank Oberle to finalize the sec-
ond term FRDA (Forest Re-
source Development Agreement)
soon. Not at the previous level
of $300 million, but at, or better
than, the $750 million level re-

. quested by the province. Refer-

Ting to B.C.’s forests as the
‘‘ereen ghetto’, Fulton said
B.C. is home to two-thirds of

Canada’s forests but the federal
government returns only 10
cents of every dollar they collect
from the industry here. ‘It’s the
lowest: return of any sector in the
country,”’ he said.

Noe commitment from
‘Terrace as decision nears

‘Speaking on behalf of the
Interior University Society, Col-
lege of New Caledonia president
Charlie McCaffery says the gov-
ernment’s decision on a North-
ern University is nearing ‘ and
northern communities who
haven’t begun to plan could be

left in the cold.”
This report in the Terrace
Review a year ago this week was’

followed by an explanation from
McCaffery, who pointed out
that Terrace, being the center of

the western part of the region,

was a logical choice for a univer-

sity campus. But, if Kitimat or
Prince Rupert had made land of: .- -—

fers and had development plans
in mind, they too would be a
goad choice.

With this in mind, it was
pointed out that Terrace coun-
cil’s only commitment to date
had been a committee referral
made in the fall of 1988... but a
recommendation had never been
returned. At the same time,
though, Tumbler Ridge said
they had some land to offer and
the Quesnel. school board had
formed. an advisory committee
and was beginning to develop a
plan for a Quesnel campus in-
‘cluding a phase-in schedule, cor-
porate financial support, and
projected enrollment figures.

NWCC {inds an
Interim helmsman

“While the debate over the
location of northern university
campuses captured the attention
“of many, Northwest Community

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