i’s that time of the year again- @ INVENTORY SALE é Apparel/Gift Shop - 50% Off E Tack & All Else - 30% Off : FEBRUARY 2001-WINTER HOURS: MON-~SAT.12-5 Fd 428 Greig Avenue, Terrace * Ph: 638-7252 » Fax: 638-7253 Mail Orders Weleome = Bus, Hours Mon-Sat 10a.m, to § p.m. hltpyAvww.hiway16,cominhs/ = wa ia) POPE RE TEETER PE oe RCE TER PPP re ZIRE OA ot rr Ti Pe : : EDO aR ROT ON See ES ba eS SEAN SPARLING, centre, holds a red rose while 19 introduction of the Nor flanked by brother Kyle and friend Jacob Carey. ument at the linear park. Th They were among those who gathered for the Nov thwest Loggers Mon- € idea for the memarial . quickly caught on amang people in the community. It wants to establish a stand alone licensed practical November , nurses program in which students would attend the col- Terrace businessman Roger Harris was chosen as the lege's Terrace campus. And it wants to strike up a deal Provincial Liberal parly’s Skeena riding candidate for With the University of Northern British Columbia with the next provincial election. students taking the first two years in Terrace and the He defeated Rich McDaniel, a Terrace city council. third and fourth years at UNBC in Prince George to lor and also a businessman. graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Harris said he’ll work toward representing the riding There's a growing shortage of nurses in B.C, and in Victoria, not representing Victoria in the riding, across Canada and the competition is fierce in order to Jobo attract nurses to the north. Interim Nisga’a Lisims government president Joe inielelel ' hat d Gosnell was chosen as the first, formal elected president Skeena Cellulose president Bill Steele says that ‘ J 9001 of the government in a vole Nov. 10. Spite rumours to the contrary, reports of the company's anuar é ee Gosnell was president of the Nisga’a Tribal Council, demise are greatly exaggerated. SUNDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY” WEDNESDAY THURSDAY.“ the predecessor to the Lisims government, and was in. He was reacting to reports the company, rescued by 30 1 5 5 5 F3 stumental in signing a land claims treaty between the the province in idk was nearly out of money and in 2 Terrace ennee Big Grothers | | terace ner Nisga’a and the federal and provincial governments, Ed “anger of closing down, h 15 mill Benevolent Suis Cheb | | AnthPooerey fia Camere Wright elected for the position of secretary treasurer, Steele said the company has made $15 million up to ‘end puctal” | | oreeettts | | Terrace ipes Group Sodlety Terrace Sudlety the end of October on the strength of healthy pulp prices. Assetiutan tes seabrume | [Terrace Rttimae | Terrace Curling | Peace oun foc The Canadian Alliance formerly the Reform party, He did acknowledge that the sawmill end of the business oclety Airshow Society Assocation solidified its federal presence in Skeena when former #8 having a tough time ee i low prices. 7 8 TO race | [UM reraee | (12 13 Stewart or Andy Burton , . . ¢ it Anci-Powere atary Clu Terrace Downtown ae electes ne Be re- Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht is calling clannce terrace Hiner | | sereee Paks Wluteer Grouptociety Rowan tub of | | i User b on! f Par- “crazy” his own government's plan to Place an environ- |] ycfirpencs “Hockey Gymnastics | | RoyalCanadian | | SkeenaValiey | [_SkeenaVatiey Nerden gton’s next Member of Par. ‘ H Association Legion Branch Snowmebite Tervace Hisga’a liament in Ottawa, mental tax on gas-guzzling vehicles, Council kr Tub 413 Association J [... Soclety f fleeseseathe Geb] Burton took about 63 pe The idea is to charge more for vehicles using lots of # AA wa med cent of the vote - approx. gas and to give rebates to people driving vehicle con- 14 aS 116! I’ 17 Ieriace 18 Terrace} | 19 y. | i imately the same amount sa one less gas. Some estimates place the increase at ‘atedonia serrate Binor | line Groupiodet, Hits Memorial | | [tele ant captured by Mike Scott in patel eas . ecan aoeke Order of Royal meat jlemece Aunill Kermarte Frlerdship 907 wher he ran for the Giesbrecht said the plan doesn’t make sense in the [J sthocrrarcee | |. Assolaton Purple wots Enh Terrace Negi et then-Reform party. north because a high number of people depend upon tar- Council __ ‘lub Soclety Seeley Sofcbatl Ansosaaien Rhoda Witherly placed ger vehicles, often four-wheel drive, for their livelihood second on bell of the Lib- and to travel from town to town. 2i [22 23 A ric 25 26 27 and eral party, while NDPer The province is floating the idea and has yet to say it ‘leenajunler | | ace Minor #5189 1 1 terraceuittie | | Terace nT air] | fren | . 6G ¥ hird, Al is going thead with it, School Parent Hockey areecae pigurikalury Theatre Society Cadet Soriety ariel Larry Undo was third, 50 Counell Association tlub Sisterhood and Kinetee Clubot Terrace Nisga'a Tivace Toh ioe running was a member of Decem ber Elders Soclety Terrace oelety Assatlatlon the Green party, the Pro- gressive Conservative patty, Mediators have recommended rural and remote doc- |{28 29 30 31 the Natural Law party and es ‘pee tors take an offer of more Money to stay put for the time oun Terrace Minor | | Benevolent wk the Christian Heritage Andy Burt being and then to see what can be done in a new con- Secondary Baseball Oars | [Terrace Ringette Party, nay Burton ‘ tract to take hold next spring. Sehvol Parent | | Association HDS Assoclatton __ This is the third consecu- The government offer had been rejected at first by ere ; - tive election that the Reform-Alliance party has won the doctors who said it didn’t match other ones signed with pat nite Goon cames moors ope ames aie om Seat in Skeena, phy Sicuans in Prince George and Williams Lake. ’ | Wed,,Thurs., Fri, Sat, Late Night Games Doors 9:30 p.m. Games 9:45 p.m. hk _ They did go on strike but sent back to work after ~ Bingo Ever Salurday Afternoon Terrace is going to gain jobs despite efforts by Pacific - a teeing to mediation. If attempts to reach a contract 9 ry ¥ Boing to gain j Pp: y g 8 n. It iP ‘ Northern Gas (PNG) to cut its workforce to save money. fail, the mediators Said they are prepared to put one in TV, MONITORS a, AISLE CONCESSION Although it is making cuts elsewhere in its front of- place by arbitration, 4440 Legion, Terr 635-2411 fice complement, it is going to open up a customer ser- tolokink glon, terrace vice call centre in Terrace. This means the company, at The province says it will ease up on stumpage fees least insofar as Terrace is concerned, will be adding and other costs to northwestern forest companies to en- jobs. courage them to put people back to work. In the meantime, the company did announce a tenta- Companies who haven’t been cutting to their permit tive deal with Methanex. The two had been feuding over levels can have independent contractors do the job and costs to ship natural gas through PNG’s pipeline to Me- export the wood. thanex’s methanol plant in Kitimat. tolokiek Methanex has closed its Kitimat plant, saying the Environmentalists and the forest industry have agreed, cost of shipping gas, among other things, is too high. save for some areas, on a land use plan in the northwest. PNG, because it depends upon Methanex for a substan- It takes into account the logging industry but also sets tial amount of its revenues, has been looking for ways to aside areas for protection because of environmental con- cut expenses. siderations, whikkk More than nine years have gone by since talks first Northwest Community College officials are forging started to come up with a Kalum Land and Resource ahead on two fronts in the attempt to provide. more Plan. 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