fanwAce. — Orenda Forest Products won't. say where it now wants to puta planned are: indications it could: be in the é Area: .. mpany. "announced last sbandoning ‘its. original.” $365. million pulp | and paper mill in. ‘the northwest but there ~ a - around: . [yzeronta vay 1x4 - iia That. "focdtion is? ‘close to where the company. tias a licence: 40 cut: wood:it-wanted to use in * dhe mill: ‘but. the regional district np lanned “ residential _ d ‘commercial development - the: site. It’s also some: “distal : from: a ‘populated cen=.. feared ire..- which has to approve the loca- LESISLATIUE A SSEI PARLIAMENT BILUG. HOLY ATTNY RV, CARBEN: That “apposition - was passed ; -ontothe provincial government” ; “dos aan . ety BC CAN A ea detay in the decision making process, said Orenda president. Hugh: Cooper. \. He also ‘said ‘Nisga’ a: Tribal Council opposition’ to. the mill site from questions it had of ¢n- vironmental, ‘and. other effects’ contributed’. to: the decision. tO look: elsewhere: « are Orenda offi cials had. earlier - said that ‘continuing delays’ in approving the. process could Several new locations under study fit the basic needs of the mill and also fit a request from the provincial government that it be located. near a population centre, said Cooper. A location: near a. population ‘gentre: would’ eliminate: the _ chance of other nearby residen- tial ‘or other developments re- quiring services, he added. And while Cooper wouldn't say where the new locations are > of pulp mill? _ — other then 10 indicate engineering studies are taking place and that an announce: ment is expected in early July — he did outline areas not under consideration. Those areas include points west. of Meziadin toward Stewart, into the Nass Valley or north of Meziadin, he said. : Cooper added that Skeena _ MLA Dave Parker, a member of the ca in has to approve the mill location; oS did ask’ the company to. Jook: at a sites closer to Stewart; : Earlier “studies: ‘ ‘alirainated. locations . toward - Stewart because of potential air emis-. sion problems fram the mill and . because there.. were worries about a ‘secure and | steady’ source of electrical power. - os “cont'd ALS.” tion and the result: wasalengthy mean cancelling the ¢ project. * nn Se TERRACE — Alderman Mo Takhar ‘says he did not feel he was in a conflict of interest by voting an two recent rezoning applications. relating to apart- ment development proposals. And he says the rest of caun- ; cil agreed with him. ‘ ‘Takhar owns. 25 per cent of 5&D Properties Holdings-Ltd., the company . which bought the Cédar Place apartments at 4931 Walsh Ave. in A August of last year. a Since then —‘on 1 Jan, 7 and May 27 of this’ year — Takhar voted against rezoning -applica- tions which would have allowed new apartment blocks to be built. & - fellow. aldermen -prior ‘to both Not in conf alderman states Buu Takhar said’ ‘he aiked:.. " yotes whether they felt he was in, © Three aldermen want mayor Jack Talstra to reconsider a vote which turned down a retoning application to build an apartment block, You'll find that story on Page A2. told ‘'No’’ both times. Council’s code of ethics re- quires an alderman to repart any potential conflict of interest - or potential conflict of interest. Takhar said he'll vote again» on similar applications on the merits of their proposals. Takhar also said he had in- formed all members of council of the Cedar Place purchase at the:time of the deal. a Asked why he had not in- formed them through ‘a letter. “in open meeting” as required under the: city’ s cade of ethics when dealing in property within the city, Takhar said “I don’t think of this (Cedar Place) as a property item, it’s a business item.”” Maintaining he understood “property”? lo mean vacant land, he added,"'I don’t know where you draw the line.” Takhar said his decision to vote no on the twa applications was based on neighbourhood opposition and because both applications lacked informa- tion. “I'm elected by the peaple of Terrace and I represent those people,’’ he said. , In the case of the January vote, Takhar said applicant Ray Lovstad..didn'’t produce a building plan for his Eby .St. cont'd A2 LOURFUL EMINDER to people t tat what they pour ‘elvars-and $0 affects fish po Is carefully painted by Lindsay Blake « gallum ul es are, the first guiding. down storm sewers | “TERRACE a Three Ter- . ‘ raceview. -Lodge™ ‘workers have. 5 “beet fired or disciplined follow- Ms ing: allegations. of. mistreatment Against seniors. living thete.--. ‘Phe: mistreatment : vat. the ; !genlor ‘citizens’ eure facility took: - i :-the: form: ‘af: “sfoughriess’” and . "eye erbal‘abuse,”’ said Doris Mit- f ‘Tesldent in oti Was tad Off and athird » \ pended,: -she said. - dents haven't been eed 2 oly i : “pipes ‘Union — the union * {WeFtaceview's workers, are. tt ear wee thay - Fight iael Lelsinger, chief. ex r of the: Terrace = runs Terraceview, sald he a a been engeng wi with ranlon of. pnw “depaitment: oy ore, ce, was dismissed, -tivag 16 be done to ensure that the rence ‘are: treated with | ge workers dismissed ficials to’ “outline: the evidence gathered by. the’ lodge. - He said: he: hopes 10 persuade ; ‘the union the terminations were . “justified action’” in.an effort - to avert the arbitration pracess.’. - Skeena~ Health. < Unit. ad-, -ministrator, David" ‘Bowering -- said the. health: ‘unit is conduc- \': “tellent care,"”. she. said. “We ‘ting its own: -investigation: under: t : provisions: ‘of the Communi “ministration: - “has. everything » ‘necessary to. ‘ensure: the’ patients ‘are: ‘safe: ‘and well. id cared for,” Bowering | itichell said -the:-dismiisse Cc. ‘Government alot. “She Mp don't Uke: , When you say the ~ might think ofr punched or: “thrown, @ t val That. hasn't or “conjures up images’ ‘of. physical c, violence... 2 ~ Mitchell said the. ‘type of mat ‘echaviour. in question was more veubile.. OM Sit can show up in the way of roughness, It can show up in the way | of making comments that are belittling or demeaning,” she ‘said. - “Everybody - else gives ex- have a fantastic staff here. It's weren "t-cut out for it. just. too bad that some maybe _any conflict. of interest and was Committee to tackle’ Terrace and area future “TERRACE — The regional district and the city should have a Study underway ina couple of “months that'll decide the future ‘ of local government in the area. At issue is what changes, if any, should take place between the city and Thornhill, says the latter’s. regional district direc- tor. Speaking last week Les Wat- mough said the study will look at three options — municipal in- corporation for Thornhill, hav- ing Thornhill amalgamate with Terrace or staying the same as it is now. Watmough said he'd be s sur- ‘prised if it recommended that there is an economic advantage to Thornhill or to Terrace if the ‘two were to join. ‘Anything in the past, for the last 15 years, has said there is no economic advantage to doing that,'? said Watmough. - “By: economic advantage I mean taxes. If the two are com- bined there'll be a demand for .. . services: and that could. mean’ higher taxes for people in Thor- nhill and Terrace,” he added. Watmough’s comments follow a meeting between ‘the regional district and ‘the.city last week to establish a committee that will decide those terms of reference and choose a consul- tant for the study. The study will be financed by a $40,000 provincial govern- ment grant. No appointments have yet been made to the committee but it will consist of eight people — two-from city council, two from the regional district board and two citizens each from the city and from the rural area. Waimough . expected those appointments to be made within a couple of weeks. “The consultant’s duty will be to get together all the numbers, all the information on - how much any restructuring might .cost and what's involved,”’ said Watmough. Part of the idea behind this study comes from the city posi- tion that the immediate rural area take on a greater financial role in supporting recreational and cultural services located in -the city. Although there are cost shar- ing arrangements through pro-. ‘perty taxes for the rural area to help pay for such’ services, the ‘city. says more support is : justified.. Its best example of this is the library. While the city’s can- tribution toward the facility has grown in dollar figures, the rural area’s participation is cap- ped. The city also says new cost sharing arrangements should be considered for new projects under’ consideration. One of those is a recreation centre council has been talking about for more than a year. 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