asrvree veer wns eee ewe eee wee om ‘ ° . Seeae eveces he oe ee oe oe ed 6 ae ae ee ee ee ee Health. E Nurse Natalie NATALIE Kulyk, of 108 Mile, is a recent nursing graduate from UNBC’s Ss nursing - program. She has accepted a job at Mills Memorial Hospital. She is one of the 83 per cent of 2005 nursing grads who have been recruited by Northern ROB VAN ADRICHEM PHOTO , expenses include: “operating expenses,” ‘Municipal tax rebate raised By DUSTIN QUEZADA , THE CITY of Terrace, the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District and two local housing societies are eligible for a total of $135,932 in . GST-rebates from the federal government. Legislation to increase the rebate for. .municipali- : ties from 57 per cent to 100 "percent was implemented in » February 2004. . : ‘Only GST paid or owed - on eligible purchases and expenses qualifies for the rebate. Examples of eligible pas ‘rent and utilities, . “most - 2: ; FVLP Ah, Te ELMO, 5 «volved in: exempt activities ‘eligible for $89,000, the re-_ ciety $14, 221 and the Skee- . general . “such ’ na-Kalum Housing Society $1, 753. Non-profit social housing corporations Or cooperatives are eligible for the tax rebate because of their delivery of municipal services. allowances’ and. reimburse- ments paid to employees in- and goods and services used, consumed or supplied in ex- empt activities. : The City of Terrace is gional district $30,955, the. . ‘Municipalities have up Muks-Kum-Ol Housing So- ° ; rebate. Corrections THE SUCCESSFUL bidder on the’ construction of the new Ksan House Society’s transition home is Deep Creek Masonry Ltd., not Deep Creek Contracting Ltd. as reported in the June | issue of the Terrace Standard. And in stories in, the May 25 issue, Jim Culp was identified as a fishing — -guide,-he-is.in fact retired. Bob Wilson was identified as a : silviculturalist; but he isa registered professional_forester. SS e., TE ST ’ Come on out! It’s time to ride! Harley Davidson of Smithers 847-5473 © Toll free 1-800-410-5473 © 4320 Hwy 16 west, Smithers OUR METAL Harley Davidson Demo _. Truck is rolling into . Harley Davidson of Smithers — Saturday, June 18 | 18 different models to test ride. Paul Henning, Director of Operations Alcan Primary Metal - British Columbia 7 takes pleasure in inviting Alcan retirees and a guest h to the annual ALCAN RETIREES’ LUNCHEON : Tobe held Friday June 10, 2005 at 12:00 noon. Luso Canadian Association Konigus Avenue, Kitimat. . Tickets are available at Bookmasters/Toys 4U/Circuit City in City Centre Mall. Please bring your tickets to the luncheon | for a chance to win a door prize. to four years to claim the Hopefuls vie for UNBC nursing spots By ROD LINK UNBC HAS taken. in 35 applications for the 18 spots open _-in the first-ever Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that Starts here this fall. '. They’re part of the 363 applications overall for the 112 ; nursing spaces being offered by the university here in con- |. junction with Northwest Community College, or in Quesnel and Prince George, through the College of New Caledonia. — “Some of the applicants. may have also.applied to more | than-one location,” says UNBC official Rob van Adrichem. - “There are many factors’ that can influence where an appli- cant wants to go.” In the meantime, the person hired in Terrace to clear the ‘path for the local program says everything i is going accord- ing to plan. Gayle Appleton has: been ordering library supplies and | _ lab equipment for the students to use when classes begin this September at ‘Northwest Community College. The local program also needs the blessing of the Reg- . ~ istered Nurses’ Association of B.C. but Appleton does not _ expect that to be a problem. . “There? $a process to follow and that’ s what's happening now,’ " she said. ER build limits | access for cars ~~ By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN : CONSTRUCTION under way at Mills Memorial - ‘Hospital will change how people can access the emergency room and | where people will be able to park in the months ahead. ’ Work began Monday on a major renovation of the emer- - “gency room which will see the intensivé care unit moved» down from the second storey to the main floor and be housed in a an addition to the emergency room. “Access (o the emergency room area right now is going. -[- to be restricted to ambulance and emergency drop-off only,” said hospital administrator Rowena Holoien. The few parking spots once available immediately north of the emergency room are temporarily inaccessible. That means family and friends dropping patients off will - ~ have to immediately move vehicles to the other public. park- : ing lots on the south side of the hospital, Holoien said. - “There will be no parking in the back even for our staff, the staff will have to relocate as well,” Holoien added. “Of course we can’t have parking because t the ambulances need to manoeuvre in and out of there.” Construction barriers erecled around the expansion site also mean through traffic is no longer possible around the - hospital’s north and west side. Motorists will have to back out of the emergency bay toward ‘Tetrault St. to leave the hospital. _ “There is going to be some short term i inconveniences be- fore we are able to enjoy the (benefits of the] renovation,” _Holoien said. “We are making every accommodation that we can not to interrupt Patient | flow and that's ‘of Pataniounit importance ; ERTIONE AT Ea Log eg to us.” Seat an OA at 3 Work is s expected to end in December of this year.” CAR © MINIVAN “Assurance TripleTred Assurance featuring TripleTred _ Technology has three unique tread zones . “for ‘superior traction in ANY weather... mnie SP SPORT FM 901 High Performance ai Rover RVXT - Light Truck Performance Tire The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 8, 2005.- A3 News In Brief Z May nears records for warm temperatures THIS YEAR marked the second warmest May in Terrace since Environment Canada began recording Statistics in 1956. The average temperature of 13.5 C was 3.2 degrees ° above normal for the month, just missing the record of 13.8C set in 1993. _ The minimum temperature also kept the warm trend going. The May 4 temperature of 1.4 C was. much: warmer than the record -2.2 C set in 1965. _ May 26 had the highest _temperature.of the month with the mercury rising to 28.0 C, which was well be-.. low the record 34.6C set in 1983. “Also well below record was precipitation; there was. only 24.7 mm of precipitation compared to the normal 33.3 mm. May's most impressive showing was that 17 days - were windy enough to surpass 30 kni/h. The top windy _ days were May 20 and 26, when the winds peaked to: - §2 knvh. Copperside store venue _ for two altercations | A FIGHT between two men led to one being cut with a knife around 6:28 p.m. on May 29 at Copperside #3 on Kalum St. The 22-year-old man and 53- ~year-old man, both from Terrace, knew each other. according to Terrace - RCMP. store, an altercation between five people led to two men _ being beaten at 4.a.m. on May 28. _. . A 32-year-old man and a 35-year-old man were tak- . en to hospital with unspecified injuries. causing bodily harm be laid against a 20- 0-year-old male. - The investigation continues. - B. C. businesses. call for crackdown on crime BUSINESSES ARE tired of crime, and said so at the recent 53rd Annual B. C. Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting. , The meeting resulted in the Chamber ‘calling for stiffer sentencing guidelines relating to property crime : province-wide. \ They also want the provincial government to redi- ‘rect the four per cent surtax on. Property insurance pre- miums to pay for more policing and crime prevention tools. te creasingly victimized by crime which is an increasing cost of doing business,” said'John- Winter, president of. the B.C. Chamber of Commerce. “Qur members are clearly sending the message. that the cost of fighting crime is passed on to consumers.” The British Columbia Chamber of Commerce repre- sents over 28,000 businesses of various sizes from ev- ery sector.and.region of the.province, and members are, pushing f for new W policies. In a separate incident the previous night at the same | Police are recommending that.charges for assauit , : - “The business community across the. province i is in- Pe. SAVE $120 Until June 25th, save up to $120 on set of four (4) selected tires from Goodyear, Dunlop and Star! 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