gold/silver project, -~ about 35 miles north of Stewart, a ee ee ne ee Legislative Library, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. eS cs WEDNESDAY; MAY ms, 989 _ Vol. 5, Issue’ No: ab ‘The Terrace Hotel is - seeking. ~ the ‘city’ S approval to. open a casino in Terrace. According to ” the hotel’s assistant operations ~ manager, Gerry Ray, a casino. -. would provide an estimated 30°. to 40 new jobs in Terrace and it’ ~ would be a “no lose situation for local charities”. According” to Ray, out-of town casino operators would lease and manage the casino, and 50 percent of the profits would go to a-local charity, 10 percent to the provincial govern- ment, and, with the. remaining 40 percent, the operator would _ have to pay rent and local wages before claiming his profit. He . asino sought by local hotel — year in which to. sponsor’ a cae | sino operation. He says ‘that. this 1 “Means everyone would have an |. ‘opportunity to benefit. Ray:says that a casino’ would be a good thing ‘for Terrace. - Similar: operations are ‘already - “making: a difference in - most major. ‘communities in the prov-, ince,’ aid it could: draw consum- . ers from as far away as Smithers - ~ and Dease Lake. He says ‘that: - these -people -would spend ‘their money on food, accommoda- tion and other services as well as in the casino, Ray also points out that while Terrace makes its decision, Prince Rupert i is also looking at oF adds: that a casino could benefit...a casino, — hoping . to tap, ‘into every local charity and- ‘noi “Terrace dollars. “tT Believe Ter? ae profit organization because each race dollars should stay in Ter- "is only” permitted three days a: /‘Tace,’”” he says. - Mines refuse to - share airstrip, - problems arise The. Catear (Goldwedge) “located seems to be having its fair share _ of problems. The Regional Dis- - trict of Kitimat-Stikine has re- . fused their approval on a pro- posed airstrip, and the Mine Development Steering Commit- - tee of the Ministry of Energy, . Mines and Petroleum Resources has listed a number of policy and technical concerns in the development of their project. In a letter from the- steering committee’s secretary, Norman Ringstad, Catear Resources has been told they will have to meet with various government agen- cies to ‘‘fine-tune’’ their devel- opment proposal — particularly the Ministry of Environment on @ number, of waste and water: Management concerns. . Among the concerns listed by 7 Ringstad area failure to meet permitting obligations, the po- tential for ‘acid mine drainage, the use of Goldpan and Iceburg Lakes for tailings disposal, and delinquency in submitting moni- | toring data. With regard to the monitoring data, Ringstad says the ministry is considering en- forcement action against the company. - But this is only a part of: Catear’s problems. In order to develop the mine site they have to be able to get in and. out” economically. Helicopter is ex- . - pensive and there are no roads into’ the site. The company’s proposed solution is to build an airstrip, but without the regional district's approval they may not be allowed to do so — they may have to renew their friendship with Newhawk’s Suiphurets principals instead. —. According to a report sub- mitted to the regional district board by administrative staff member Andrew Webber, Catear's proposed airstrip ex- tends into Newhawk territory and Newhawk has already built 'a supply depot and airstrip ‘about 12 miles from the Catear site. ‘It’s a tangled situation,” says board member Andy Bur- ton, ‘'There is a lot of mining activity in this area and there’s a real possibility they could share a single resource. But they can’t. get along and want to build dual . facilities.” _ - Hospitals around the prov- ince, including Mills Memorial in Terrace, were , bracing yesterday for the ‘ possibility of picket lines ’ to press, members of the — B.C. Nurses’ Union may : already be on strike.- ‘The nurses voted by an’ 7 overwhelming 94 percent in favor strike action last week going up. As this paper goes — signed off. . 72-hour notice on the - Health Labour Relations Association. Bargaining be” tween the two sides has been going on for months, with only five minor articles After years of govern- ' ment restraint holding the - line on wages, the BCNU is ' seeking increases amounting - to 33 percent in one year. a _ ty patient care. | Nurses’ strike could begin today _| | . aind immediately served — Nurses are also demandli -” grenter control over working . ~ conditions; they say under- | staffing and other problems in hospitals are eroding. —s- their ability to deliver quall- | At press time yesterday . we were unable to reach ad- ministration at Mills Memorial for comment. - . “500 Phone 635-7840. Fax 635-7269 | ‘Northwest Community College welding students Ray Valgren and Juanita Ross are respon- .sible for this masterpiece — a steel Kermode Bear with a motor-driven head which moves - from side.to: side. On completion, the bear will be given to the Chamber of Commerce, who ‘ will use it for a storefront attraction at the Business Information Centre office and from time to time in parades. Current plans Include covering the bear | with a white, fur-like carpet. ~ Uphill fight for daycares _ What do working parents in the. Terrace-Thornhill area do with their kids while they’re on - the job? No one’s exactly sure, but one thing is certain: very few of them use licensed daycare facilities — there just aren’t enough of them around. ‘by Michael Kelly Barb. Steinbrenner, operator of the Sunshine Daycare, and Tracie Leblond from the Ter-. race Montessori Pre-School re- cently studied the area's demo- graphics and concluded that ‘daycare demand is in the order of 600 children. Terrace has 70 licensed spaces. ~ Steinbrenner said most single working parents and two-parent families in which both parents ‘fing. “It’s work outside the home use. friends or relatives for child care, take their children to un- licensed daycares — which can legally take a maximum of two children at a time — or hire babysitters. The real worry, she said, is unlicensed daycares who take more than the maximum number of children. Leblond ad- ded that she knows of at least one household in the area that takes in up to.12 children, in- cluding infants, without licens- cheap for the parents,’’ she noted. ‘‘But without licensing, there’s also no insurance and no fire inspection,” | These unlicensed operations are a large part of the reason that Terrace-Thornhill has few licensed facilities — with cheap ‘Juice’ - the distant journey hits home - page 2 care available and little enforce- ment of regulations, there’s no — incentive for anyone to go into legitimate business. A meeting at the Sunshine Daycare last week on the subject of starting and operating family daycares met with virtually no interest. Steinbrenner and Leblond © point out that the licensing pro- cedure can be intimidating, es- pecially for people whose first language is not English. The license fees, insurance, and renovations sometimes required to buildings for fire safety com- pliance can be expensive, The operation involves heavy responsibilities, the burn-out threshold is low, and — for peo- ple who want to make a business continued on page 23