A public meeting scheduled
for last Friday in Terrace to

discuss the future of a-degree- -

granting university, in northern
B.C. was cancelled: : -due. to
weather, but. Minister ‘of -Ad-

vanced :- Edacation - ‘and “Job ..

Training : ‘Bruce Strachan will

still hear the concerns:of North:

west residents.
That is the promise of MLA

Dave Parker, who told the Ter-

race Review last Saturday that it

is his job as Skeena MLA to.in-
sure that the university has a.
presence in the Northwest, and

Kitimat-Stikine . Regional _Dis-
trict chairman and Terrace

mayor : Jack Talstra, who. says.

that if the meeting can’t be re-

scheduled, he will. personally.
take Northwest concerns to.

Strachan in Victoria. ‘We don’t
want a board of governors

selected before we have any in-

put,”’ says Talstra. -
The most immediate concerns
for the Northwest have been
raised in a number of recent
meetings, but were given top
priority at Januwary’s regional

district meeting. The board says

we need to be certain that our
region will be fairly represented

on the university’s board of

governors, and they also. con-
cluded that there should be a

major lobbying effort to con-
vince Strachan and the board of
governors that Terrace is the -
most logical site for the universi-
ty’s forestry campus. ; ‘and. ‘Te-
search-center. : x

‘During -the’ regional’ “district

‘meéting, Talstra told the board:*
‘that a forestry campus in’ Ter- -
' -Tace and westerti representation *

on the university board of gov-

-ernors were two .of. the top”
"priorities. He said there was an .

immediate need to address these
priorities because the concept of

‘anorthern university was born in

Prince George and the idea was
regionalized only after - they -
found a need for greater support

from other northern communi-

ties. With official government
approval imminent, however,
Talstra: points. out that the core
group of organizers. live in
Prince George and suggested.
“they’re still looking at their -
own region’’, If we don’t main- .
tain a strong position now, said”

Talstra, “I don’t think we're go-

ing to get anything out of it.”
The proposal for a forestry
campus and research center
comes from local professional
forester Rod Arnold, The pro-
posal is based on a simple fact,
explains Arnold: we have. the

most to offer. First, the Forestry .

to attend public meetings. on.
~ plans for a transmission line -
from Kitimat Substation to Skeena
~ Substation (near Terrace).

At present, B.C. Hydro has a transmission line running between the
two substations. However, a new 287 kV line is necessary to transmit
needed additional electricity purchased from Alcan into the
B.C.Hydro system. This new line can also serve as a back-up in case
the existing line is out of service. .
Two. routes are. currently being considered. One i is on the east
. side of the existing line along Highway 25. The second is along the
' . west side of.the Kitimat—Terrace valley. It would require the
establishment of a new transmission line corridor.
Environmental and land’use consultants have'been studying. -
both the environmental and cultural resources in the valley, and the
results sof these spies will be shared at the meetings.

- Please note the locations and dates of the meetings and plan
to attend those of interest to you:: SS.

‘Technology Program developed
-in Hazelton by Northwest Com-
munity College andthe Gitksan
‘Wet’suwet’an Tribal Council,
and the. Terrace Forestry Tech-

act nology. Program adapted from
that. -program~ bythe Skeena
“Labour Market. ‘Devélopment

Committee, «is. forming, @ prov-
en track ‘record as a basis for
development, Second, Terrace is
in the center.of what is probably
the. best area for forestry
_Tesearch in the province, if not

Canada; ‘Explains Arnold, rang-

ing from the.Queen Charlottes
-to Smithers can be found every-
thing from unique coastal
forests to interior stands similar
to those found near Prince
George.

Quesnel heard from

"Already, though, the com-
petition for regional university

campuses has begun. Quesnel, .

too, says they are the best site
for a forestry campus. Accord-

-ing to city administrator Allan .

Miller, Quesnel city council is
lobbying for a_ university
forestry campus and research
center for their city on the basis
that the principle economy of
the area is based on logging,
sawmilling and the pulp in-
dustry. Miller says the. city has

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Location

Date

Time

Terrace - Oddfellows Hall
3222 Munro Street -

_ Kitimat - Legion Hall
655, Legion Avenue .

February 5, 1990 -

February 6, 1990 -

700 pm

7:00 pm

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Teirace Review — Wednesday, January 31, 1990 AB

Sompetition heating up for forestry campus

_been talking about the possibili-

ty of a research center there for a
number of years and the north-
em university has brought the

idea more into focus. He says
there is a College of. New. Cale-.
donia campus in Quesnel but.no -

forestry-related courses are of-
fered there:

The university still requires
cabinet approval,. however, and
if approved, little is known of
just what form the university
will take, Strachan, however, is
on record as saying there would
be at least some regional cam-
puses, Ina telephone interview
with the Terrace Review on Jan.

8, Strachan indicated that the.

main campus would be located
near the main campuses of the

other two northern colleges,
‘namely Dawson Creek and Ter-

race. He. suggested these

regional campuses would prob-
ably be separate from existing

colleges but added that making.

these decisions would ultimately
be the job of an interim board of
‘governors,

Strachan explained that the
initial process of development
would begin with new legislation
in Victoria this spring to allow
the appointment of an interim
university board of governors
‘who would then design the basic
university format.

No further information is
available because Strachan is:
presently on. a cross-country
tour of. Canadian universities:

and was unavailable for com-

ment, His Prince George con-.
stituency office was unable -to
confirm ‘that a new meeting

would be scheduled in Terrace. _

Sunday options offered

Following a promised tenant-

-landlord meeting and a subse-

quent questionnaire, Skeena

-Mall merchants now have one of

three choices on the Sunday
shopping issue. They can open
Sundays year round, close on
Sunday year round, or open

Sundays only during the Oc-
_ tober to December Christmas
| shopping season.

This new freedom of choice,

says mall manager Gail Currie, -

should make everyone happy.
She adds that individual busi-
nesses haven’t yet been iden-
tified but a little over half of the
merchants have opted for the
first choice and will be open

Sundays year round.

Carrie promised a” meeting

with merchants last year during

a city council meeting at which
city aldermen ultimately decided
not to proceed with a city bylaw
‘that would restrict Sunday store

hours. She said during the

meeting that all mall merchants
would be able to voice their
opinion and vote on the issue of
Sunday opening. By choice of
the tenants, though, the meeting
date was put off until after
Christmas and took place on
Jan, 18. According to the presi-

dent of the merchants’ associa-.
tion, Debbie Sinkewicz, discus-
sion at the meeting was incon-

clusive and the matter was put to
a vote in, the form of a ques:

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