Players acknowledge need for safe passage

Next year for Keith

PEDESTRIANS will have
to wait at least another
year for a crosswalk across
the four lanes of Hwy16
known a8 Keith Ave. in the
city,

~The city and highways
ministry have agreed on
the need for such a cross-
ing, but it’s not slated to
happen until 2002, accard-
ing to city officials.

' That’s because there’s
no sidewalk for pedestrians
to use on the north side of
Keith Ave. ta connect to a
crosswalk.

“As long as there’s no-
where to walk on the north
side of Keith Ave. there’s
ho support from highways
for a walkway,” said city
public works director Herb
Dusdal,

He said the five-year
capital plan calls for the
city to spead $50,000 to
build some sidewalk on
that part of Keith, plus

$25,000 towards the cross- .

walk.

That’s an estimated
one-third of the cost of
building a pedestrian-con-
trolled flashing green traf-
fic light that would stop
motorists at the Hall St.
intersection.

“Between now and then

we'll be approaching high- -

ways and ICBC to cost-
share on that pedestrian-
controlled traffic light,”
Dusdal said.

City officials have said
traffic must be stopped
:there to make a crossing
“safe for pedestrians, and
‘have rejected either just
‘painting white lines across
the road or installing flash-
ing orange warning lights.

A highways ministry re-
port released a year ago
> concluded a new cross-

“ walk at Keith is needed.

It alsa’ concluded pe-
destrians in the area
~ many of whom cross the
railway tracks rather than
use the Sande Overpass —

. consist largely of students:

od parents-with babies: -in

A petition now circula-
‘ting aims to put pressure

on the city and CN.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 7, 2001 - A3

crossing

= Reading is in

COUSINS Sarah Flavel, ssen here reading Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case, by Mordecai Richter, and
Nick Dowse, a fan of R.L. Stine’s popular Goosebumps ‘series, ara two Thornhill Elementary School
students taking part in the school’s Read In, held In. the 8 gym Feb. 2 to > highlight life-long titeracy,

Big guys deny targeting. fallers.

BIG FOREST companies did not deliberately set out ta,
cause massive increases in insurance premiums for inde-
pendent fallers, says thé head of the Council of Forest
Industries.

“Nobody has said ‘We're going to kill those indepen-
dents,’” Ran MacDonald said. “Their belief that there’s
a conspiracy out there to screw them to the benefit of
somebody else — that’s just not the case.”

MacDonald was responding to claims by area: fallers
that their payments to the Workers Compensation’, Board
are rising more than 250 per cent because fallers' were
pul into a new insurance category at COFI’s request.

That separated independent manual fallers and buck-
ers from the rest of the forest industry and caused them
to be assessed a new premium based on. their: higher ac-
cident rates.

The rates are to climb to more than 20 per cent of
_Wwapes.- up'frotn’ ‘an"average Of 7.75 per cent:now.

et Ral i employed’ by ‘integrated forest: onipanies are

‘Company's opéfation, and their premiums will be much
lower than their independent counterparts.
MacDonald said COFI, an industry lobbying organi-

per Fema SOARS

We Want To Help You
And Your Family Have A
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assessed} ‘premiums at the” samé rate“as the rest’ of the

‘zation, ‘has argued that premiums should be based on ac-
‘eident tates. COFI’s.actions with WCB could have: af.

‘fected the independent, fallers, MacDonald concedes,
“but not by design.”

Hazelton faller Randall Shoop has condemned the
rate change as a “horrendous” example of discrimination
against independent loggers.

“Everybody is very concerned,” said Shoop, who ap-

peared before Terrace city council recently.
The cost to the typical faller could ve $6,000 to.

$7,000 per year in increased WCB costs, he said.

And, applied to all Terrace-area fallers, that could
cost the local economy $300,000 to $400, 000 and up fo
$10 million per year’ province-wide.

The increase is a‘terrible way to thank fallers for the

dangerous job they do, Shoop said, “We're willing to go
out and die for these guys.” He said fallers are organiz*
ing the biggest backlash. WCB has, seen since..efforts to
ban workplace smoking.-
P™CILY Couhcil discissed taking f position: onthe ide,
but decided not to do so. Chief administrative officer
Ron Poole warned council doing so might mean choos-
ing sides between the fallers and COFT. :

News In Brief

New masters degree

STUDENTS in the northwest can now get a mas-
ters degree in First Nations Studies fram the Uni-
versity of Northern British Columbia.

The program focusses on contemporary issues of
northern B.C. nations and their cultures. It is slated
to begin this summer, primarily in Terrace.

“The program will provide more opportunities for
people who.are working ar at a location disadvant-

age,” said Rob van Adrichem, public relations of-

ficer for UNBC,

Pedestrian injured

TERRACE RCMP spent the weekend investiga-
ting an accident in which an unmarked police car
struck a pedestrian on Hwy16 al 12:32 a.m. Feb. 3.

The man, 39, suffered critical head and chest in-
juries and was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital.

A brief RCMP release on the weekend indicated
the man was dressed in dark clothing and that he
ran in front of the police vehicle and did not appar-
ently see it approach.

“The police officer took evasive action and tried
to steer around the male but was unable and ended

up colliding with ‘him in the curb lane,” said the

release.

Health. details lacking

THE $232,000 study on what needs ta be done to
improve northwestern health care has been ap-
proved by the provincial government. But what that
approval means is uncertain.

As of last week, health ministry officials weren't
saying if the approval also meant money would be
flowing to community ‘health councils around the
region to help make the plan a reality.

“Details will be goirig out in letters being sent to
[health council] CEQs,” said ministry official Ka-
trina Scott. She conceded that the details might
he accompanied by money to flesh out the plan,
but was unable to provide any more information:

' The plan is to establish a framework on what

Should happen to improve health services.

_*Tt's one in a long line of regional plans since the
late 1980s, This latest version, for example, calls
for better mental health, more orthopedic surgical
services (which could lead to offering this speci-
alty in Terrace), improving care for young babies
and improving ophthalmology services.

But approval doesn't necessarily mean money is
required immediately, says the man who steered
the study to completion. ,

“What it could mean. is:that,the issues raised ‘in
the northwest have: been bought into in some ex-
tent by the [health]‘ininistry,” said Tony Briglio,
North Coast Community Health Council chair,

“What we did was to set up a plan, a framework,
from which decisions can now be made,” said Bri-
glia whe chaired the group of other community
health board, chairs in putting the plan together.

; (And While it’ ‘would be nice to gel more money, :
“ Briglio’ noted that health;-< councils received. budget. .

increases last fall and that more money was allo-
cated in Decémber.

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