‘STOP Press NEWS | Roof saved on lecture theatre CALEDONIA SR. Secondary still has a Jecture theatre thanks to a quick response from fire fighters. Monday afternoon around 4:15 p.m. fire fighters were callecl when someone spotted black smoke pouring aut of the roof of the lecture theatre. Deputy chief Rick Owens says the fire appears to have started in the air intake system. Cold air comes in, is heated by 600 volt heaters and then is blown into the school, Owens thinks the heaters overheated or failed sorne- how. When firefighters arrived the heat on the roof was so intense thal the asphalt was bubbling. Because the fire was spotted so soon fire fighters had a chance to lay down salvage covers in the theatre. That protected much of the inside of the theatre when they removed burning ceiling tiles. Owens isn’t sure how much damage the roof of the theatre sustained, but thinks its likely in the $10,000 range. Masked robber holds up Thornhill gas station POLICE ARE looking for a robbery suspect after a gas station in Thornhill was held up Monday moming. Terrace RCMP say the robbery occurred at about 3:20 a.m, Feb, 2 at the Chevron on Highway 16 in Thornhill, Alone male came in wearing a mask and threatened to handcuff the attendant unless the cash-register contents were emptied into a bag. The employee complied and the suspect fled on foot with about $209 in cash. The suspect is described as a white male about 5°10” tall, and weighing between 150 and 155 Ibs, He had brown hair and wore a dark greenish winter coat, with dark pants, possibly track pants. He also wore woo! or fleece gloves. The mask appeared to be a sweater or a pair of pants with eye-holes cut in it, Police ask anyone with information on this crime to call Terrace RCMB. Summer of ‘69? BRYAN ADAMS was arrested at Hanky’s Cabaret Jan. 31 for assaulting two other patrons. No, it wasn’t the Bryan Adams. Car rolls over ONE PERSON received minor injuries in a single- vehicle accident Jan. 31. Police responded to the accident on Highway 37 near, Onion Lake at about 4:30 a.m., The driver and sole accu- pant apparently left the road and the vehicle rolled aver. The driver was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital with - Woman seeks | custody of son A LOCAL woman wants to be reunited with a son she hasn’t seen in seven years. But Elizabeth Goodwin can’t afford to go to Ontario where her son, Keith, 14, is scheduled to be the subject today of a court hearing. That hearing is to decide if Goodwin's ex-husband is considered fit to gain cus- tody of Keith. He’s been a ward of the provincial gov- emment there for a year. In an affidavit senl to Ontario late last week, Goodwin says her ex-hus- band pressured her to sign over custody of Keith and Sam, an older son, in 1991, That happened after Goodwin went into counsel- ling because a second hus- band killed himself and the two children she had with him. Goodwin says she believed custody would be temporary but that her ex- husband then moved to Ontario with her two sons. Goodwin, in her affidavit, says she’s now in a position to become a mother once again. She says her ex-husband isn't fit (o have custody of Keith and that the older son won’tlive with him. The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre appealed late Monday to children’s and families minister Penny — Priddy for help. Legal aid isn’t an option because the child custody case is being heard in another province. Goodwin only heard about the hearing Jan. 30. “Part of the problem has been the jurisdictional issue because this case is in Ontario,” said Karla Hennig of the women’s resource centre, “We're hoping the minister can pick up a phone and speak to her counterpart,” she said. “As far as we know, the courts (in Ontario) might not even know there is a mother involved. Stolen cheques passed TERRACE RCMP are asking area businesses to be on the lookout for someone writing stolen cheques. + The cheques were stolen from a vehicle sometime between Dec. 1, 1997 and Jan. 29, 1998. Four of them have since turned up at area businesses for amounts of $300, $200, $65, and $103. The cheques had been issued to Tony and Mae Ribeiro through CIBC, account number 151 030 80 010 08 54336. They have since closed the account. Anyone with information on these cheques should call Terrace RCMP. FROM FRONT More anesthetists needed in Terrace The four potential replace- ments have already indicated - that they would consider a + move to Terrace and all will be available by mid-summer, he said. “They've expressed an interest and now we're check- minor neck injuries. Truck vandalized POLICE ARE looking for suspects after a truck was vandalized Jan. 31. Police say the GMC pickup was parked in the 4900 block of Agar Ave, One of its tires was slashed and it was sprayed with while spray-paint. Assault on bridge A MAN was assaulted on the new bridges over a driv- ing incident last weekend. Police say one man got out of his car, walked over to the other vehicle and punched the driver ing them out,” Leisinger con- tinued. “It’s highly unlikely we'll be completely shorl,” he said. Yet Leisinger did say hav- ing to recruit an entire comple- ment of specialists isn’t an ideal situation. Unlike some other medical specialties anesthetists can be called out at all hours — not only for planned surgeries in the day time but to give epidurals to women in labour at night and to provide services to the hospital’s intensive care unit. That can lead to being on- call — not working but having Bridge collapse probe & focuses on AN ALBERTA company has been found to be partly responsible for the collapse of a CN Rail bridge that killed two people here last October. But the Worker’s Compensation Board is holding off laying charges against Scott Stecl until the federal government finishes its investigation into the role of CN Rail in the accident. The WCB last week said the bridge trestle south of Terrace collapsed because too much of the wooden bracing was removed to make room for steel supports that were being lifted into place. “Sa much bracing was removed that when the crane rolled onto the structure it simply couldn't hold,”’ says WCB regional prevention manager Rick Hynes, The WCB investigation concluded that Scott Steel Ltd. of Edmonton failed to set oul minimum bracing requirements — in- cluding identifying critical bracing com- ponents that would have prevented the bridge from collapsing, The board also said the company failed to ensure the trestle was able to withsiand the weight of the crane. But the WCB stopped short of prosecut- ing Scott Steel, even though the company was found to be in contravention with health and safety regulations which led to two deaths, “From the board’s perspective, Scott Steel is responsible for its workers,’’ Hynes says. ‘‘However, it was on CN property, CN provided the design drawings and a CN worker was the site supervisor,’’ According to the WCB, the accident CN Rail would not have happened if workers had followed written instructions on the proper work procedure. “Those instructions weren’t there,” says Hynes. ‘‘Obviously that wasn’t recognized as a risk by the employees or the employer. It most definitely wasn’t recognized by CN.” Hynes says the WCB wants to find out CN’s role in the accident before any prose- cution against Scott Steel is considered. That role is being investigated by Labour Canada because CN is part of the federally- regulated transportation industry. If CN were to be found respousible for the accident, Labour Canada would have the authority to prosecute, not the WCB. And Jim Beynon of Labour Canada says his investigation will not be finished for about two months, Hynes says the WCB’s investigation, which involved an engineering inquest along with hundreds of hours of interviews with witnesses, was primarily to find the cause of the collapse and prevent it from occurring again. This accident need not have happened,” he says, “Had the work been in com- pllance, this tragedy would not have oc- curred,” The bridge, located at mile 82 of the Kitimat-Tertace main line, collapsed Oct. 27. Two peopie, William Hugh Carson of Kamloops, and John Marti of Telkwa were killed. 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