: anette yet ret nena tie oo eet i tevap hares as Te re oer gett ail e aRel teat ate a tide ld itive ., Mage pace oe ew , ™ . A — ac ve —_ aie . amant Buiicinas , fetoria B.C WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1991 Victoria 4,04» _ Vol. 7, Issue No. 22 OT WEL TFM Wey i k4b Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 Serving the communities of Terrace, Thornhill, Usk, Cedarvale, Kitwanga, Meziadin, Stewart and the Nass Vailey 75 cents plus GST COUNCIL KILLS APARTMENT IDEA - Tie vote ruled as thumbs-down by Tod Strachan change. If this hurdle had been = —= cleared, the bylaw would go to The vote was tied — a negative final reading and become law. vote, according to Municipal Act Tribruck Investments would be rules — and yet another apartment allowed to proceed with the con- _ development in Terrace has diedin struction of their Kenney St. apart- the formative stages. ment complex. About 35 residents who live near It didn’t happen. Acting mayor the proposed location, 3221 Ken- Bob Cooper sided with Sheridan “Ney St., waited patiently in cham- and Laurent; aldermen Rick King, | bers for Terrace city council’s final Ruth Hallock and Mo Takhar did decision Monday night, and at 8:41 not. The vote was tied, and the p.m. their moment arrived. The motion was defeated. The rezoning motion by aldermen Danny Sheri- issue was dead. Mayor Jack Talstra dan and Darryl Laurent called for didn’t vote on the matter. His the third reading of the zoning — Continued on page A2 Wedeene buy falls through A deal that could have re-started ministry refused the export appili- the bankrupt Wedeene River saw- cation. Wedeene management said mill in Prince Rupert has failed at the time the additional income because the buyer couldn’ get log from the high prices available on exporting privileges from the Min- the export market could have istry of Forests. financed modifications to the mill Interpac Forest Products of that would have allowed them to Vancouver made an offer on the process the bigger logs. bankrupt operation last month. The = Amanovich described the minis- proposal, which receiver Peat try’s attitude as "intransigent, Marwick characterized as the best unrealistic and inflexible". offer received to date, was sched- "Wedeene lost, and we have no_ uled to be heard in a Vancouver intention of losing equivalent court May 6, but Interpac with- amounts of money," he said. drew before the application could be made. "It’s a tough show, it’s hard to Andy Amanovich, Interpac’s make it work. Exports are part of manager of forestry and engineer- life on the north coast." ing, said Monday their offer was | Amanovich said Interpac is still "subject to being satisfied the interested in picking up the ministry wouldn't pull the rug out Wedeene assets "if the government from under us". comes around". Amanovich said Interpac has Todd Martin of Peat Marwick concluded the Wedeene operation declined to comment on the situ- would need offshore log exporting ation but said Wedeene will con- income for at least two years {9 centrate on market logging for the become a viable operation. The rest of 1991 on its forest Licences ministry wouldn't grant it. in the North Coast Forest District. Wedeene had requested per- The company has temporary per- | ) ) 7 Nissi mission from the Ministry of For- EVERYONE LENDS A HAND. Miss Elan Travel Heather 1 Bratteld and Coco, the Clown, with “™SS!0n '0 export 10 percent of the en ery Ot hor saw logs cut on its forest licences ests to continue logging on its Edith Kawinski, plant flowers In a concrete planter appropriately placed in front of City Hall and a few months prior to declaring tenures without operating the saw- purchased in memory of George Little, Edith’s father and the founding father of Terrace. It was one bankruptcy in November 1990, mill. of 60 planted around town Saturday as part of the Terrace Beautification Society's continuing The logs it wanted to export were | When the mill closed down its efforts to make the town look better. too large in diameter for the Prince debts stood at more than $20 mil- : Rupert mill to handle, but the lion. ft