an te oh ell erie ies hee QS ive Library, - Legislat rar Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. vay 1X4 YOUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, November 23, 1988 Vol: 4, Issue No. 47 50 CENTS” Fulton wins big - _in Skeena again While the rest of Canada was busy electing a majority yy | Progressive Conservative government, voters in the Skeena riding, along with most other constituencies in B.C., sent’ a New Democrat to _Fepresent them in Parliament. Shortly after the federal elec- tion polls closed at 8 p.m. Mon- day, campaign workers, canvas- sers and supporters for Skeena MP Jim Fulton began to gather at their post-election post in the Terrace Hotel. The telephone rang with the first individual poll results at 8:20, but as worker Colleen McCrory began to tell George Stanley what num- bers to enter on the chart, the at- _tention of the room was abrupt- . ly drawn toa ‘television set at the far end of. the ball, where a na- tional network news announcer blandly stated that Fulton had won the riding. Fulton himself arrived a few minutes later, shaking hands with and, speaking to the 30-odd well-wishers in the room. The incumbent victor said he ‘interprets. the Skeena vote as “an endorsemeiit of the policies ‘T’ve put forward from every. region and-area of the North- west”’. As results began to come in from: other ridings in the province, Fulton said the large majority of NDP representation will give B.C, voice ever in Ottawa’. _ The room erupted in cheers and singing as Fulton added that his fourth election win in the riding coincided with his wife's . birthday. Although the mood of the gathering was tempered some-. what by the knowledge that the Progressive Conservatives have formed another majority gov- ‘ernment, bursts of applause continued as, the scope of the NDP victory in B.C. became apparent. The final tally showed. 19 seats for the New Democrats, 12 for the Tories, and a lone Liberal riding, Vancouver. Quadra, claimed by party leader John Turner. Preliminary ‘results for ‘Skeena show 16,573 votes for Fulton, 52.52 percent of the popular vote and more votes than the other four candidates combined. — Regional mining conference planned A regional mining conference scheduled for next April is pres- ently awaiting approval from Terrace city council and the board of directors of the Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine, At their. last regular board meeting of the regional district, Terrace director Ruth Hallock got a4 funding approval _ motion for the $10,000 con- ‘ference tabled to the . next meeting in order to give city council time to make a financial commitment. - According to regional district: economic advisor Andy Web- ber, representatives from the regional district, city, Chamber of Comnierce and the Terrace Economic Advisory Commis- sion have been planning the con- ference for several months. He says the objective is to increase regional participation in mineral exploration and development in the Northwest. ‘Management ‘and staff of mining companies involved in Northwest exploration and de-: evlopment will. be invited to at- tend the conference to discuss. their projects and related servic- ing requirements, transportation | needs and labor force recruit- ment. Webber added that local businesses and agencies will be invited to attend the conference and will have the opportunity to tell the mining community of the services they have to offer as well as any infrastructure development in the Northwest which is slated for the future, In order to help sell the area as a service center, Webber said, a small trade show may be held in conjunction with the conference to give businesses and agencies the opportunity to demonstrate ‘their products and services. Also, says: Webber, there ap- ‘it’s strongest |: ROBERT COOPER: 1,031 ‘votes for alderman. DAVID HULL: 1,027 votes for alderman. DARRYL LAURENT: 931 votes for alderman. Mixture of new and old faces in civic office Last Saturday’s election for school trusteés and~ city- aldermen was decided by ‘less than one-third of the area’s eligi- ble voters. According to return- ing officer Elaine Johnson, only 1,769 of about 6,000 local registered ‘voters ‘(29.5 - percent) exercised their democratic right’ to select three city aldermen and three school trustees who will serve two-year terms. MUNICIPAL SUMMARY Candidate Votes Percent Bob Cooper*§ 1,031 27.02 David Hull§ 1,027 26.91 Darry] Laurent§ 931 24.40 Bob Jackman* 827 21.67 Selected *incumbent SCHOOL TRUSTEE SUMMARY > Candidate * ; Votes Percent Eva Daniels§ 1,129 23.35 | Edna Cooper*§ 1,091 . 22.56 Laverne Hislop*§ 987 - 20.41 Francis Sabine* — 912 18.86 Flip Cervo ~ 716 14.81 §elected *incumbent See pears to be interest on the part [em of some mining companies, who would like to set up exhibits of their own, He says ‘the e $10,000 figure isa preliminary estimated budget for the conference and would re- quire the city to contribute Regional Development $5,000, ‘the regional. district. $2, 500 and the Ministry of EVA DANIELS: 1,129 votes EDNA COOPER: 1,091 votes LAVERNE HISLOP: 987 votes for school trustees. - for school trustee. On the municipal scene, in- cumbent Bob Cooper topped the-. polls with 1,031 votes (27 per-_ cent) while newcomers David - Hull placed second with 1,027 (26.9 percent) and Darryl Laurent came in third with 931 votes (24.4 percent). Incumbent: Bob Jackman lost his alder- — manic seat after receiving only: 827 votes, 21.7 percent of the _ total. Newcomer Eva Daniels top- ped the polls in the school board race with 1,129 votes (23.4 per- cent) while incumbents Edna’ Cooper and Laverne Hislop re- ‘tained their seats with 1,091 votes (22.6 percent) and 987 ~ votes (20.4 percent) respectively, Incumbent Francis Sabine lost- his seat when he placed fourth with 912 votes (18.9 percent) and Flip Cervo lost his bid for a place on.the board with 716 votes (14.8 percent). for school trustee. » b . oy ' oe - ‘ + eli a Bada Wen Sie ua Cee Petenion tee di be? “sy 4