continued from page2
from selecting the north-
west as a destination,
and Pattison was re-
quested to comment on
the problem. He replied
that past meetings with
Air Canada and Cana-
dian Pacific Airlines had
convinced him. that
equipment is available to
handle traffic demands,
‘and he expressed con-
fidence that the ‘‘private
sector’? would respond
with devices such as
charters to provide the
extra. capacity. Patti-
son’s remarks did not
address the added fac-
tors of higher costs and
logistical efforts involv-
ed in charter flights.
With regard to accom-
modation for the mil-
lions of expected visitors
to the fair, Pattison
stated that Res-West,
Expo’s room reservation
network, has 300,000
‘Sday-units’? currently
available. He added that

Fire
by Carrie Olson

On Sunday, March 30
the Terrace Fire Depart-
ment was called to a fire
on Keith Avenue.

The blaze was in a gar-
bage can in behind the
Loomis building, fire of-

ficials said.
oo

On Sunday, March 30
the Terrace Fire Depart-
ment attended a chimney
fire on the 4700 block of
Park.

se &

On Tuesday, April 1
the Terrace Fire Depart-
ment was called to deal
with a blaze in a large
field on Donald Road.

It took a lot of wet
sacks to put the blaze
out, said the local Fire
Chief.

Court

On Wednesday, March
19 in Terrace provincial
court Dwayne Trudeau
was sentenced to 30 days
in jail for obstructing a
peace officer in the per-
formance of duty.
ok OF

In Terrace provincial
court on Thursday,
March 27 John Wishard
was sentenced to 14 days
in jail and six months
probation for driving
with a blood alcohol
content greater than 80
mgs.

Police

by Carrie Olson

On Friday, April 4 a
20-year-old Prince
George man was arrested
by Terrace RCMP.

The man will be charg-
ed with wilful damage
after breaking the win-
dow of a Terrace
restaurant at approx-
imately 2:30 a.m. on
April 5.

the B.C. Motel Associa-
tion recently informed
him that its member es-
tablishments in greater
Vancouver still have 30
percent of their capacity
unbooked and went on
to say that “thousands’’
of new recreation vehicle
pads have been con-
structed in Vancouver
and the Fraser Valley. In
assessing the importance
of RV accommodation,
Pattison explained that
California tourists will
be critical to Expo’s suc-

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cess and that 80 percent
of the visitors from the
west coast of the U.S.
will be arriving ‘fon rub-
ber tires’’.

Pattison showed his
characteristic take-
charge style in respond-
ing to one woman’s re-
quest for re-estab-
lishment of the Prince
Rupert-Tsawwassen fer-
ry schedule. After
instructing his secretary
to take the woman’s
telephone number, he
assured her that he

would personally go to
the head of the B.C.
Ferry Corp. with the re-
quest and notify her of
the results.

In addressing the
direct job-creation
aspect of Expo, Pattison
stated that there will be
15,000 people working
on the site this summer,
augmented by an addi-
tional force of 15,000
volunteers. He said that
the Expo Corporation
hiring policy involved a
‘‘pro-rata’’ regional hir-

‘Because what counts

visits

ing stipulation designed
to insure that the number
of people hired from a
given region of B.C.
reflected a proportion of
the population for that
region. He added that 72
percent of the people
from regional areas of
B.C. who were offered’
jobs at the site were

_hired.

The meaning of the
word ‘“‘offered’’, how-
ever, was unclear, par-
ticularly in relation to
figures released last week

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, April9, 1986 3

Expo Corporation Chairman

by Expo’s personnel
department. The figures
indicate that out of a

total workforce of
15,000, exactly 14
employees come from

northwestern B.C, Al-
though the geographical
boundaries of ‘‘north-
western’? were not de-
fined, the regional job
participation factor of

‘.01 percent would not

appear impressive in any
context.

Pattison assured the
group that he will ad-
dress all concerns raised
at the meeting when he
returns to Vancouver.

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