i i : \ wee ra OOPS. This Air B,C. Bae 146 jet overshot the runway at the airport on Jam. 14. Nobody was hurt in the mishap. The airline later switched to a smaller plane onits Terrace run, citing de- clining Passenger counts. January MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital greeted the first arrival of 1999 in-the person of Kehay-Squo (a “Cree: word ‘meaning Eagle Woman) Febril,- born ‘10:23 a.m. on Jan. 1. ~ She's a second daughter for Kira and Terrance _ Febril. whkkk ‘Public relations and associated costs sur- . rounding the provincial government’s promoting of. the Nisga’a treaty will top $7 million by the me end of February, say government officials. The actual costs will even be higher as the salaries of a lot of the people working on what’s called the Nisga’a Treaty Implementation Pro- ject are being covered by various government - ministries. Tracking of expenditures began in June. 1998. ttkociok Forest companies received a bit of good news yearly i in the new year — a reduction’in the stum-: page paid to the province on wood cul in thé. ‘coastal area. The new rate is $25.16 a cubic metre, down $2.61 from what it had been. But the rate’ for in- .. terior wood did | g0 up. Pulp stumpage remains the same. aikkk 1A Final” hint at’ fitiunéial problems: “at UMills . - Memorial: Haspital surfaced ‘when ‘a report‘indi- (roererttsscrsrcrsccs Sessa ees ~ cated: that’ continuing: budget’ deficits-willessen- * tially: leave the facility insolvent by the spring of 2000 unless something happens. * This resulted. in the decision to hire a person to. come in and oversee overall expenses.. Although the person's salary will be covered by “the health ministry, officials said this should nat be taken as a sign that the hospital has been put under a form of trusteeship in which the province is in control of the facility Continuing high costs in the inlensive care unit and in- the psychiatric ward, coupled with the expense of recruiting specialists, are some of the reasons ‘listed for the hospital’ 8 precarious -—. situation. men 7 ewww The decision to make a new Skeena Second- ary School a Grade 8 - 12 facility and the pos- sibility of converting Caledonia Senior Second- ary: to a Grade 8 - 12 school has angered some ‘parents and teachers. ‘They’ te’ worried two smaller such schools will end up.competing with each other for increasing- _ ly scarce education dollars, resulting in fewer of- ferings. for students. totkk PASSENGERS AND crew of an Air B.C. air- _ craft Jan. [4 had a bit of a scare when it slid off the tunway at Terrace-Kitimat airport during a Janding. There were no injuries and the plane “was checked out before leaving. February SKEENA SAWMILLS workers lave approved a 13-week extension of a federal work-sharing program. Tt will keep all of the mill’s 140 workers on \ the job until mid-June by having them share one shift and collecting employment i insurance the rest of, the time. khkkhk RCMP. SUSPECT that some of a recent run of ' counterfeit $100 bills originated oulside of the communily. -[tappears that at least some of the bills came. “in a shipment of money from the tower mainland sent toa local financial institution. Police are now warning People to check $100 * bills carefully. toh DOCTORS ARE continuing their fee dispute with the province by closing their offices three days this week and five days in March. The province has capped what they pay doc- tors by clawing back fees after the limit is reached, So doctors are responding by closing thelr offices to avoid working for free. tok tk And it snowed, When it was all over, Feb. 11 -set themark forthe highést snowfall in Terrace ‘since: records were kept- when 113.lem came from thé skies. At Lakelse Lake, a nationaf one- day record was set when 127.lcm fell. At the height of the barrage, schools were closed, businesses were shut, the highway to Prince Rupert. was closed and the alrport shut down, eke . It pulled out of Prince Rupert altogether for the same reason. NEW YEAR's baby Kehay- Squa Febril was born to Kira Febril at 10:23 am. Jan 1st. TERRACE WAS the site of intense competi- tion when a first-ever Scrabble tournament was held here. The event was sanctioned by the National Scrabble Association, tekotokek DEMAND AT the Terrace Churches Food Bank hit a record when 689 bags of food were distributed in February. That’s substantially above the 427 bags distributed in Oct. 1998, the first month of the 1998-1999 distribution period. FRAN GODET was among local citizens who frequently . protested to city council about noise created by a chipper operating for Skeena Cellulose. SCI eventually ended the chipping contract and redirected logs to be chipped to West Fraser. The terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 29, 1999 - AS MAYOR JACK ‘Talstra involved a greener Terrace during a speech ‘to the chamber of.com- | merce March:d. Sawmills, log: yards and ¢ even 1 the CN tracks could one-day be. moved out of town, he said. “Just imagine seeing 100 to 150 acres of downtown core lands treed up for green space, recreation fucililies, commercial use and smatl business use,” Talstra told the audience: te ktete Skeena Cellulose officials are working on a plan to muffle a noisy. chipper that has had resi- dents complaining. Although: the chipper: isn’t immediately adpa- cent to residential areas, its: sound docs carry and: people say they can ’E get any sleep. Ok eae THE PROVINCIAL government ‘has raised -camping. rates in ils provincial parks and, for the . first time, will charge people to-Use forest : serv- ice: campsites. we Sume of the- increase -in provincial: parks will go toward providing Firewood, the proposed elim- ination of which drew. protests the year hefare. 0 RR Oot ic THE MARCH 30th takeover of the airport by the Terrace-Kitimat Airport: Saciety j is being her-- alded as the start of a new age in the northwest. The society, jointly owned by the City of Ter- race, the regional district-and-the Terrace and Kilimat chambers of commerce, says it'll be bel- ter able to develop the airport as a vital player i in northwest economic development. 2 Ohototote. ae EIGHT NORTHWEST native bands are begin: ning to gradually take over the work performed by provincial social warkers:. Included in_ the eight are Kitsumkalum and Kitselas. The plan is to take over all social -work serv-. ices relating to the care of children. : NISGA’A drummers welcomed Premier Glen Clark and other dignitaries to Nisga’a Tribal Council’s annual convention at the Terrace Arena in April immediately after the provin- cial legislature passed the Nisga’a treaty. CREATIVE use of white paint transformed the Unite the Right van parked near the overpass into “Unite the Rich.” Anli-NDP forces in the spring also gave up on their threats to conduct province-wide recall campaigns aimed at toppling the provincial government. April THE CITY’S Sikh communily held extensive celebrations marking the 300th anniversary: of the creation of the Khalsa - the order of baptized Sikhs farmed in 1699, A parade began al the cily hall April i, winding ils way to Lower. Little Park where: a communily lunch was offered. The day was. marked by cold and wet weather, but a pot crowd turied out for the occasion. toltokk ONE CITY school has: banned the irading of Pokemon cards, saying they’ re causing thefts and disruptions. “[ve never scen anything 80 sought after as the Pokemon cards,” said Kiti K’Shan principal Brian Phillips. “They’ re 50 valuable, the kids be- come thieves.” tet ik THE PROVINCIAL government will add another $110 million in-debt to make capilal im- provements to Skeena Cellulose. LOCAL SIKHS joined celebrations worldwide marking the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Khalsa order of baplized Sikhs by holding a parade and serving East Indian food in ihe > park. The event was organized by the Skeena Valley Guru Nanak Brotherhood. | ; “the “arrangement -as it will only be The idea is ta make the company more effi- cient and thus reduce overall operating expenses, tohtobok RCMP. HAY E. been given the green light to bring in another dog handler and dog after telling ‘the cily there wont be an increase in costs. Inspector Dotg Wheler, the commanding of- ficer of the local delachment, said the dog han- dier will fill'a vacant general duty constable po- sition and that. other costs ‘can be absorbed by adjusting other budget items. Rati - SHAMES MOUNTAIN officials say business ros¢-by 28 per cent this past winter, making for 26, 620 trips to the slopes. “One reason is an increase in the number of snowboarders: As well, there was little rain over the winter, ensuring {he slopes stayed in good, skiing shape. ; powews LOGGERS ARE heading back into the bush with a deal that allows West Fraser to export raw logs to ‘Japan. “The. company won’l- be making: ’ any money off allowed to sell to. make. money to. ~ balance against’ losses fram:a weak do- mestic market. “IWA_. mem- bers had at, first balked al the deal, saying they didn’t want lo contribute to GLEN CLARK and his exporting.” raw logs, wanling government delivered on them instead jig promise to pass the processed at Nisqa’a treaty. home. tok tek. The. Nisga’a treaty was passed by the provin- ¢ cial legislature April 22 aller the g government cut off further debate. Liberal opposition leader. Gatdon Campbell called the use of: closure a “menacing assault on democracy.” Nisga’a Tribal Council president Joe Gosnell called the passage the “second -step” toward the treaty ‘becoming arcality.. The first step was pas- sage bythe Nisga'a {n Nov. 1998 while:the third step is ratification by the federal: parliament.