Page A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 4, 1993

USINESS REVIE

e

MOVING

TERRACE — Equipment be-
gan arriving last week for a
$4.3 million project to improve
the Pacific Northern Gas
(PNG) pipeline on the upper
Copper River.

The equipment belongs to
North American Construction
Ltd., an Edmonton-based firm.

It was one of cight com-
panies bidding on the construc-
tion end of the project and its
contract is worth $2 million.

The project should take two
months and be completed by
the end of September, said

i i ;

OUT this piece of equipment to the Copper River staging point for a natural
pipeline looping project is Fred Gnifith of Northern American Construction Ltd. A large amount
of its equipment arrived on CN for the jab that should take two months.

Gas company’s pipeline
project getting cranked up

problems in the area of the
loop. :
“We'll also be eliminating
three crossings of the river and
that will alleviate environmen-
tal problems,’’ Craig added.
Added capacity will benefit
Methanex in Kitimat which
needs more raw material be-
cause it is expanding its am-
monia plant. . ;
The loop work is one of four
planned this year and next on
PNG’s 367-mile long pipeline
from Summit Lake north of
Prince George to Prince

a

gas

B.C. Why not hire a B.C. com-
pany to do the work,”’ he sald.
PNG executive vice presi-

dent Roy Dyce said the compa-

ny must look for the best deal
it can when spending money,

“Tt’s a wide open bidding
policy. What we're looking for
is a reputable contractor at the
lowest price,’’ he said,

Glover said he also wants as
many local people as possible
hired on the project. -

PNG encourages companies
it hires to do just that, said
Dyce, but he added that some

Asbestos could be recovered

Tailings deal

TERRACE -~ An Australian
company is starting a six-month
probe to see if mining the huge
Cassiar tailings pile Is
worthwhile.
. The option between Minpro, in
parinership with another Austra-
lian company and one in Toronto,
was signed with Cassiar Mining
Corporation receiver Arthur
Andersen and Company recently.
The tailings pile is the resull of
40 years of mining by the now
defunct corporation and contains
16 million tonnes of material.
Cassiar’ Mining Corporation
went into receivership in Febru-
ary 1992: after the provincial
government refused to loan it ad-
ditional money. -

The province is {he largest

creditor of the corporation, ac-
cumulating. direct and indirect
costs of nearly $50 million since
the mine closed,

Terrace Crematorium

The agreement signed with the
receiver could result in payments
to the province of up to $5 mil-
lion, says Arthur Andersen
spokesman Jim Stuart.

The moncy will only be paid if
Minpro decides it can mine the
tailings pile, said Stuart.

“There is the potential of .
saving the taxpayer up to $5 mil-

lion. You take what you can get,”
he said. ~ 7

There is also a provision to pay
the province a royalty for any as-
bestos recovered. - :

A mines ministry official said a
Minpro decision to. mine the tail-
ings pond will result in the post-
ing of a $500,000 reclamation
bond. ns

Irll increase by $1 per ton of
tailings milled after the 500,000
tonne level has been reached, said
Fohn Errington.
He did note that a decision by

'.- going into bankruptey, .

MACKAY’S FUNERAL
SERVICES LTD.

4626 Davis Ave., Terrace

inked

Minpro to exercise ils option —

would still need the approval of

the mines ministry becawe it ©.

would be regarded as a mine,

Buildings in the town and mini-°
‘ng equipment were sold off last

year following the compan

Approval from the: provincial
government ‘is tied to plans. to
contour the (eilings - pile: and

relurn-the mine are and neigh- -

bouring townsite ta as close to a
natural slate as possible.

Minpro doubts that-a full. ser-..

vice community would be put in
place. because of the costs, .

~ A successful project will result, -
in the asbestos being trucked. te.
. Stewart for loading onto ships...

Minpro holds 50 per cent of the

joint venture with Black Hills”

Minerals of Australia holding 20
per cent and Cliff Resources of
Toronto holding 30 per cent.

Mower

“TERRACE — For $18,000 it

better. be
lawnmower.
-. That’s what some city council
Members were saying last Mon-
day as they voied to buy the ma-
chine. ©
You usually go through our
budget with a fine-toothed
comb,”!. mayor Jack Talstra said

a prelly good

---to=-councillor. Mo - Takhar, - who

recommended (he purchase,

oo SIt- converts: “to a” military
vehicle,’? joked councillor Danny
Sheridan.

“The city will buy. the Tora
Model 223D mower from Oak

Greek Golf and Turf Ine,

“Takhar said the riding mower

has four-wheel drive, can-cul:on

~ steep slopes — such as the arena -
hill — and is particularly adept at .
. picking up wet grass and leaves. .

TERRACE — Mills Memorial
Hospital’s governing body is
wrong in deciding not to give
women considering abortions in-
formation on the procedure, says

the president of the Terrace Pro-

Life Education Association.

\:-ssDaryl -Anaka. said the decision
“weakens one’s confidence in the
“board's Tesolve to improve stan-
-dards: of health.care’” at the hos-
“pital .

-The association had asked the

| Terrace Regional Health Care
Society. to. introduce what is

‘called’ informed consent on the

~ Subject ‘of abortion.

‘Informed ‘consent is defined as

“about a procedure or situation.
.The association wanted to give

-Rezone

“giving a person all the informa- .
“tion-needed. to make-a decision

: Abortion information attempt denied

ospital called wrong

women considering abortions
written information on its
psychological and other effects.

Anaka said the decision went
against a 1992 health ministry
circular asking hospitals to ensure
that informed consent was prac-
tised, ;

But health society: members de-
cided that since physiclans al-

teady give information on abor-_.

tion, there is no need for them to
get involved, said society chief
executive officer Michael
Leisinger. :

“The board took the recom-
mendations of the medical staff
and those recommendations are
that the physicians are acting
responsibly,'’ Leisinger said last
week,

“The board said ‘fine.’ They’re

|
Bea
facts

SEM! TRAILER belonging to
Buyer's Transportation. .Sys-
tems went off of Hwy16 be-

tween Kleanza Creek and Usk

July 28 when driver Jason
Rempel swerved to avoid a
black bear. There were no in-
jurias raported. Goods. were
soon moved to other trucks.

assuming that’s what the
physicians are doing and the hos-
pital won’t interfere in that pro-
cess. It’s a matter between a
physician and patient,” he said.
Society chairman Lael
McKeown, in a letter to the pro-
life group, suggested it either pro-
duce or find material it wants dis--
tributed. . ne
. “Then enter into’ discussions
with the individual . medical
clinics and the specialists who are
‘most likely to be involved in this
procedure and encourage them to
include that maierial while dis-
cussing the pros and cons of the
procedure. they are contemplat-

‘ing,”’ McKeown continued.

In another letter to the pro-life
group, medical chief of staff Dr.

draws objection

Donald Strangway:. — said
physicians didn’t feel. informed
consent is a responsibility of a
third party. -

Leisinger noted that the concept
of ensuring informed consent is
unique for every patient.

‘The pro life group’s request
arose from one of three recom-
mendations contained in the
coroner’s inquiry into the 1991
death of Myrna George.

Admitted to Mills Memorial
Hospital for an abortion, George
later died in Vancouver afier
post-procedures complications set
in

Her death is now the subject of
a lawsuit filed against two
physicians involved in George’s
care during her time at Mills.

.. That ‘recommendation, sent to
health minister Elizabeth Cull,
called: for. ‘‘all prospective

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Council approved starting the
rezone process, which will in-,
clude a public hearing.
Dates have yet lo besct.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Current members of the Terrace Regional Health
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before the Call to Order

September 16, 1993

thing happen. to its main line,
said Craig. ve
There: have been flooding

said. the project should. have
gone to a B.C. company. |
“PNG makes its money from

"4900 block of McConnell from
Al Rural/R1 single family
residential to R6 residential.

‘The latter zoning allows a

he bought property and built a
home on McConnell two years
ago, it had been on the’ under-
standing the street was zoned for

another person.

The pro-life group’s . position
was backed with a 574-signature
petition.

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& Prince Aupért _

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Alcan workers
ratify contract _

TERRACE — Kitimat Alcan
workers. will get Jump sum pay-
ments of $1,000 at the start of the
second and third years of a three-
year deal ratified last week.

The contract is effective July 25
and dees not provide for any type
of wage increase in the first year.

But there is a cost of living
clause for the second and third
years of the contract.

And workers will get at least ”

$550 or as much as $1,450 (the

amount will depend upon the -

price of aluminum) in a lump sum

inDecember1995.
Workers belonging to the Cana-

dian Assaciatlon of Smelter and

Allied Workers, Local. 1 ap-
proved the deal with 74.7 percent
in favour, oe

The straight average wage at
Alcan is $23.37 an-hour, not in-
cluding benefits. Trades receive
$27.55 an hou, not including
benefits. ,

The cost of living. provision
kicks in after the consumer price
index has risen six per cent.

That increase will be one cent
an hour for every .1 per cent rise
in the consumer price index after
the six per cent level.

There are also improve job
security measures: and improve-
ments in some fringe benefits.

QUTAND ABOUT

TERRACE -— Bud’s Truck and
Equipment has received a con-

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The $2,059 million contract
consists of replacing an existing
single-lane bailey bridge with a

cs. Le

The job should take two years
and iis total cost. is $2.4 million
once engincering and. material
costs are included, :

This project: will also.do. away

with a steep grade. approaching

the bridge and -allgnment . prob-»-

lems.

dk kok

There’s. @ few..name and new
owners at a local autobody. shop. ~

B and F Autobody is now Traf-

fic Jams and Foji Dhansaw and _

Don Leblond are there. -
The pair have known each other
for years and got. into :business

when the opportunity arose.

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the part of ihe province lo
municipal govemm:ents.

‘owner/manager Anka Gibson has
used her considerable experience

_ to guide the business.
two-lane concrete ‘structure and -

realigning 2km of road approach-

After armving in’ Terrace from
Croatla 19 years ago, she worked

" for over 10 years-at the dining

’ yoom al the-Bavarian.Inn and for

* Hotel lounge.” :

another six years at the Terrace

A number of vegetarian dishes

Jare’ avallable;. as are. fresh

* squeezed.‘ vegetable and fruit

juices in‘ exotic flavours such as
cucumber, celery and spinach and
orange and carrot,
With the help of her six-
member siaff, Gibson alms to put

~ her‘own distinctive stamp on her

The City of Terrace. :has
received $30,000. from _ the,
provincial government for ¢co-
” In fact, the other-vehicle struck

nomic development work,

dishes. .°)-

Correction
TERRACE — A-July 28 story
sald. that a car driven by WilHam
Scott struck another vehicle.

It’s a rogular contribution. on ‘the ont driven by Mr, Scotti

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~ Society on or before -

August 16, 1993

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