AS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 26, 2001

Damaged building a worry

CITY PLANNER Paul
Gipps is growing increas-
ingly concerned abont the
safely of a burnt-out build-
ing downtown.

The Lakelse Ave, ce-
ment block building which
contained a Terrace Furni-
ture Mart wholesale outlet
may look safe from the
outside but the ceiling is
falling in, charred contents .
ate piled up and interior
walls are crumbling,

Its owners have until
Oct. 4 to tear down the
structure arising from a by-
law passed the end of Au-
pust.

Fire consumed the in-
terior of the building and
its contents July 3.

In the normal course of
events, it may have been
taken down already but
fire investigators and po-
lice had it guarded for
nearly a month while their
investigation went on.

Liberals
won't be
coming

ONE OF the most crucial —
legislative committees of

the new Liberal govern-

ment is skipping Terrace

as a hearing site.

The legislative commit-
tee on aboriginal affairs is
touring the province: to
hear opinions on the con-
tent and shape of a plan-
ned referendum on how
land claims should be ne-
gotiated.

It has 15 hearing loca-
tions set across the pro-
vince, including Prince
Rupert, Smithers and
Prince George.

Skeena Liberal MLA
Roger Harris expressed
surprise at Terrace being
left out. He was also sur-
prised there were only
three hearing locations: in
this region.

“Twenty-five percent of

the native population in _ .

the province lives between hoo
. aa pea a wet 4 not By
Prince Rupert: and ‘Prince... --'--=

George,” he said.

In fact, Terrace was on
the original list of hearing
locations but it was dele-
ted in favour of Smithers
after some lobbying from.
Dennis MacKay, the Lib-
eral MLA for Bulkley Val-
ley-Stikine which takes in
that town.

“Terrace is mainly af-.
fected by the Nisga'a
agreement, which is done
and passed. I would like
the people of Smithers. to
have a say in any future
treaty process that takes
place that is going to af-
fect Smithers and the sur-.
rounding communities,”
said MacKay in a meeting.
af the legislative commit-
tee Sept, 19. .

“Given the fact that
we're only going to get one
location in the northwest
between Prince Rupert and
Prince George, Smithers is
a more central location
and could also include
Burns Lake, Houston and
the Hazeltons,” he added. ©

MacKay also opposed
to meeting on a reserve,
advocating again for a ses-

sion in Smithers.

Peace River South Lib-

eral MLA Blair Lekstrom. _

objected to there being no

hearings in northeastern |
B.C. when there are three

scheduled for Vancouver

Island,

“I know that Treaty 8
does encompass a good
chunk [of the northeast],
but this is about more than’
just meeting with affected
bands; it’s about, meeting

with British Columbians,” : -

he said at the Sept..19 7

meeting. .

His comments appear to
have worked because the
hearing location schedule '
released after the Sept. 19
meeting week includes
Fort St. John,

The committee’s tour is
to be the first of a series of
MLA appearances
throughout the province.

Next on the list is the
legislative finance com-.
mittee which wants to hear
what people think about
the upcoming budget and
soon, the legislative’ com-
mittee on health will be on
the road,

That investigation is
now over and no point of
origin or cause has been
determined.

“It’s a safety hazard,”
Gipps said, adding he’s
worried because the build-
ing is attracting curious
people who want to poke
around.

“A couple of times
people have broken inta
it,” said Gipps.

“It's very unsafe in
there — everybody should
stay out,” he said.

Gipps said building
owner Kewal Bal is. still
waiting for a final evalua-
tion as to whether parts of
the building can be sal-
vaged.

Also affected by the by-
law was a Lazelle Ave.
house heavily damaged by
fire earlier this year.

It was torn down by the !

owner Sept. 17.

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