Al12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 18, 2002 City cool on winter Olympic bid TERRACE cily council decided last week not to endorse B.C,’s bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics until it sees more evidence the games will be good for the north, Mayor Jack Talstra had been invited. to sign the Alcan Spirit of 2010 tour vehicle that rolled through Terrace Monday as part of a province-wide lour to drum up support for the Olympic bid. He asked council whe- ther he should sign the ve- hicle, conveying city sup- port for the Olympics. Councillors voted to go and listen to the presenta- tion of the Olympic pro- motion group, but to with- hold signing in support. Councillor Marylin Da- vies said the Olympic bid and associated expenses are difficult to justify when Marylin Davies provincial budget restraint has led to the closure of hospitals and schools, and in some cases the bussing of children great distances on unsafe roads. “We shouldn't be spending all that money on the Olympics,” Davies said. “I think we’re ventur- ing far too much money.” B.C.’s bid to host the Olympics is the most ex- pensive of any of four shortlisted bid cities. Once facility spending and road upgrades are factored in, some ‘estimates. peg’ the costs as high as $6 billion. Proponents suggest the games could generate as much as $10 billion. in benefits for B.C. Davies said she asked enterprise minister -Rick Thorpe whether Victoria ever analyzed the benefits to rural regions derived from Expo °86. She says she did not get-a satisfac- ° tory answer. Comparisons to the 1986 world fair in Vancou- ver are being drawn with the Olympics, in particular whether benefits will ex- ceed costs, and flow be- _ yond Vancouver. Councillor David Hull says he doesn’t object to the Olympic bid so much as spending a great deal of money to rebuild the Sea to Sky highway to Whist- ler. “Frankly there’s nothing wrong with it if you drive it properly,” he said. Perhaps, Hull sug- gested, a more cost-effec- tive option would be to simply close the Sea to Sky highway to normal traffic during the Olympics and instead have contin- uous line of buses run no- se-to-tail carrying passen- pers along the route. “This government needs a pregnant pause, it needs to come up for air and make sure they’re on the right track,” Hull said. “I don't see a lot of benefits outside Vancouver.” New boss named for Northern Health Authority THE NORTHERN Health Authority has hired an Atlantic Canadian as its new chief executive officer. Malcolm Maxwell, who has most recently worked in Alberta, lakes over from Peter Warwick Oct. 21. Maxwell has spent the last three years as the chief executive officer of the Crossroads Regional Health Authority in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Over a career of nearly cades, Maxwell was also the assis- tant deputy minister of health in the Yukon government and the exec- utive director of policy and planning in the Nova Scotia health depart- ment and as the chief executive offi- cer of the Colchester Regional Hos- pital in Truro, Nova Scotia. He has masters degrees in health | ~MacKay’s Funeral Service Ltd. _ Serving Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers & Prince Rupert . Monuments Bronze Plaques Terrace Crematorium institutions. two de- north. Concerned personal service in the Northwest: since 1946 | oe 4626 Davis Street Terrace, B,C. 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