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TERRACE — Criticism of a

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LAST WEEK'S wind chill factor dropped temperatures down
to below -40 and that mean plugging in vehicle block heaters.
Letter carrier Glencfa Prins takes that step to ensure her vehi-

Skeena Cellulose plan to cut
pulpwood in the Cariboo was
. expected, says a company
spokesman who was at two
public hearings held to discuss
-. the proposal, ees
~ “Because of the nature (of
_ the proposal) it didn’t matter
+ what we said,” said Pat Ogawa.
“The concerns were the current
ones relative to land use
policies.’

Skeena Cellulose wants a
pulpwood agreement . which
guarantees it access to fibre in
the area. But its proposal for
the 265,000 cubic metre agree-
ment was criticized by natives
and ranchers for the effects they
said logging would have on the
area. co

Ranchers said cutting timber
stands would remove natural
-“fencing’? while native groups
said clear cutting would damage
irapping and. other livelihood.

“L say this all the time — we,
as a,company, want to consult
to prevent land use issues. We'll
keep working on a plan for in-
tegrated resource
management,’ said Ogawa.

Skeena. Cellulose wants as
much fibre as possible from the
Cariboo for a contemplated ex-

- pansion of its Port Edward pulp

~ mill, The fibre would be trucked
to Bella Coola and then barged
north to Port Edward.

Ogawa also admitted that its

- application may not be
favoured in the Cariboo
because a second company of-
fers more economic benefits.
That company, Cariboo
Fibreboard, wants to build a
fibreboard plant in Williams
Lake.

“(The Cariboo Fibreboard
proposal) was very interesting

. and very favourable for
Williams Lake, there’s no doubt

_ about it,” said Ogawa,

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TERRACE — Another home--
based business is moving out-to
a retail location,

Shirley’s Arts and, Crafts,
now at owner Shirley Daugher-
ty's home on Queensway, will
be located in.the old Bargain
Hunter building on Hwyl6
(directly across the highway
from the Copper River Motel)
in mid-February,

Daugherty said she has been
working out of her home for the
past three years but now needs
more space,

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The date for the chamber of
commerce’s. hosting of pro-
vince’s government mianage-
ment services minister Carol
Gran has changed... ,

Originally scheduled to speak
at a Feb, 28 lunch, Gran is now
set to appear March 1, probably
at’ a supper hosted by the
chamber. Gran is: also the
minister responsible for
women’s programs.

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— ‘passengers passed through the
i IT AND AROl : Terrace-Kitimat airport in 1989, —

ected

“. inthe province’s economy.

“In the fourth quarter of 1989,
25,649 lines were added as com-
pared to 23,134 for the same
period in 1988,

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Statistics Canada figures
show that in May 1989 68,300
workers were employed in
metal, nonmetal and coal
mines, ;

- That’s 1,600 more than the
previous month of that year,
but down 1,100 than in May
1988. .
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B.C. Tel operating revenues
increased 3.4 per cent to $1.69
billion in 1989 compared to
$1.63 billion the year before.

Revenue from local service
increased in the fourth quarter
of 1989 compared to the fourth
quarter of 1988, a factor B.C.
Tel says reflects the expansion

B.C. Tel has asked the Cana-
dian Radio-television ‘and
Telecommunications Commis-
sion for approval for lower
rates for fax users.

The new rates would be in ef-
fect during normal . business

‘hours throughout Canada and
.. the continental United States.

Billmg would be done in six-

second increments instead of

the standard one-minute blocks
now used for regular telephone
billing.

TERRACE — Possible tenants
of a provincial centre for job
training and business education
spent yesterday going over plans
for their spaces.
“The move. comes after the
province announced two weeks
ago it had signed a five-year

lease to rent just under 10,000:

square feet of space in a
‘building owned by Manuel De
Silva. '
That building on the corner.
__ of Eby and Lazelle is now half-
occupied by the provincial
government agent and other
provincial offices.
The. training and enterprise
centre's main tenant will be the
‘five Jocal employees of the ad-
"vanced education, training and
technology ministry while those

contemplating space are the.

“chamber of commerce’s
business ‘information service, &

'. Northwést Community College

a production centre. for educa: °
“tional programming, the Skeena

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“Committee: and. 16-37 -Com-
munity «Futures © which © is ‘a

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HOME FOR what will be a job training and business education can-
tre Is the vacant space in the building now housing the provincial
government agent and other provincial offices. A five-year lease has

been signed.

businesses, =. ‘
A spokesman for the British

‘Columbia Buildings:. Corpora-

tion,’ which «acts: as- ithe:
province's. landlord, .said: the;
centre should be open in.April, :.
John. Murphy: said.:the cost
for. :the first,; year. will be,

$193,212 and will ‘be. financed.

vy . the. adyanced: education
ministry. Other ‘will
paying their

Murphy. said’ the. price in-
cludes rent, operating costs and
improvemients necessary for the
tenants, -. 2° 0°

That price — a breakdown in-
td its components was not pro-

vided — could be reduced in

subsequent , years ‘as. improve-
Ment costs are paid, he said.

De Silva’s bid was one of two |
aiid was judged the best in terms
nd building avallabill-

cost,

‘Murphy continued. ©

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agreement won't be. included in
the annual allowable cut which
some residents say is already too
high. es
A: pulpwood agreement. pro-
vides companies with security of
fibre supply: To ‘use the agree-
ment, they must ‘first
demonstrate they have made all
reasonable attempts to purchase
fibre they need elsewhere.

That security of supply is
necessary if Skeena Cellulose is
to build a chipper in the
Cariboo, said Ogawa. .

He said the company can’t
commit to building the chipper
and investing other monies bas-
ed solely on purchasing fibre on
the open market.

Skeena Cellulose says there’s
been 300,000 and 400,000 cubic
metres of fibre a year produced
by’ other companies in the
‘Cariboo that is now going to
waste.

The company’s contemplated
Port Edward expansion will re-
quire 1.98 million cubic metres
a year of pulp fibre. Ogawa said
the company is still searching
for that amount.

A forests ministry decision on
the Cariboo pulp proposals is
expected in the spring.

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In the meantime, the com-
pany is preparing an application
for a second pulpwood agree-
ment. This one covers the nor-
thwest and would provide a
guaranteed supply, if needed, of
up to 623,000 cubic metres of
pulpwood for 25 years..

To date it’s been criticized by
the Hazelton village council and
the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en
of the Hazeltons.

Airport
passes

y The two companies were also ©

: ce because the ulsiond “£00 -000: z

TERRACE. — Nearly 104,000

an increase over the 96,500 in

1988, says airport manager Dar- i

ryl Laurent.

The figure of 103,800 fell just
short of the 105,000 that was.

predicted. ;

In 1988, 96,500 people passed —

through the airport.
Laurent attributed the figure
to increased. economic activity,

in particular the growth of min-

ing development to the north.

He said 8,601 people passed
through for November, the best
figure for that month that he
canremember,

The figure for December —
7,033 — was not the best for
that month with Laurent plac-
ing some of the blame on poor
weather which: shut
operations on some days,

Laurent is predicting a
passenger count this year of
106,000. * - oo

He said the growth of Alcan’s

Kemano hydro-electric project —

workforce and the planned
opening of the Shames ski area
should bring in more. people.

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