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THIS mobile home off Kalum St: was destroyed by: a suspicious fire on Dec. 28. money going toward aerial as your No. 1 choice mn

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_ Trailer fire investigated Siig" | ___on your mail-in ballot.

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* By JENNIFER, LANG, Rescue crews were -able. to. knock the plans to monitor some sites” ——s _ — .
“INVEST GATORS continue to search tor wail dow n quickly and put the site out for the spread.ol | the moun rons DECEMBER 2003 ,
i pictous early morning blaze preventing it from spreading to neighbour. tain pine beetle, even though gs us
oye that destroyed an unoccupied trailer “at the — ing structures. © the bug is considered less ; ee ee Le . i,
Kaluin Trailer Park last week.) ° ' He said older models of trailers can be problematic in this region fF oqg 7 1D... Max —~ Min Total oY Max Min Total
No one was living in the trailer.:but Ter-_ destroyed by fire in just seven minutes. ~ than the balsim bark beetle. . Weekly eA Temp a Temp Precip | |. A. Temp Temp Precip |{,.
; race Fire Chief Randy" Smith said the Dec. © Smith said heat dam wed the two trailers Pine beetles hase ap | - ee TY C C mm: Y °C °C mm rie
_« =” ‘28 fire could have spread. located on either side of the fire , peared in some spots, but Weather 24 51_ ° 17 12.0 2 53. O12 THe
Flames were already: licking through the “The radiant heat melted the siding on the won't ever reach the epi- « |- R — rt - a . \ : | 95 33 zs 02 34
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~ When the fire was reported:at 5 5:48 a.m: how fast that they burn” 0 central interior, because, pine
When firefighters arrived on the’ scene: The cause of the fire is still under investi- represents, barely five per
moments later. they saw a ball of fire blaz- gation. Anyone with information is asked to cent of the forests closer to ) 98 -17 -6.4 6.6 28 -1.8 -7.0, 0.0
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Wain Canadian “Mortgage ‘decreased since last year.
and Housing Corporation ‘said Butchart. There were

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By LESLIE DICKSON “the rental. market. Butchart. trends for B.C. 2003, according to the re- ral ste tr provide beter teation he motos y

IT’S A GOOD time to be — said the rate increase could Theaverage vacancy rate port. Rent was up around — F& When sanding is in progress, the application will :

: rentingin Terrace. = also have been affected by in-B.C. fell to 2.4 per cent, B.C. on average, but below | JR sinus fn ills anal conan cul ten ee ) :
According to a recent people moving away from down from 3.1 per cent.in the rate of ‘inflation.. H site condition to those critical areas, y . “Construction, Terrace : ‘& *,

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corporation ‘said’ the rise in, coinpared to S43! this N il Feb 28 h ‘ A

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