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Scouts and Guides
‘mark another year: page 24

WEDNESDAY, February 12, 1992
Vol. 8, Issue No. 7

Phone 635-7840
Fax

635-7269,

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Westar

made presentations’ to two meet-
ings last. weekend arguing that it
is in the best position to take
over the northwest assets of
Westar Timber, a Westar official
said yesterday it is far from.a
done deal and Skeena Cellulose
is not the only intetested party
left in the running. |

A government commission
of inquiry held hearings Satur-
day in Hazelton and Monday in
Kitwanga to delve into local
concerns over the proposed
transfer of Westar’s assets. The

for more than a year due to a
shortage of logs, and in Septem-
ber the company put them up for

forestry assets in B.C.

At the same time SCI vice-
president of operations Reg
Lightfoot was speaking to the
commission, SCI’s Vancouver

er reer

Floyd and Alleen Frank donated this land to the city several years ago. Since then, Floyd
‘has been planting trees from alt. over the coast on it to remind people. how tich the land
ls. For a-tour of Frank Trail Park; ‘s88 page’ 25.

' 1 a re Paes a Ce ee ee

Serving the communities of Terrace, Thornil Usk; Cedarvale, Kitwanga, Meziadin, Stewart and the. Nass Vailey

keenaCel

“Although: Skeenz. Cellulose.
arguing that its proposal for the-.
Westar assets “would represent -
the ‘best cliance to maintain
in
keeping with available timber —

Hazelton sawmill and chipper
and the Kitwanga sawmill owned —
by Westar have been floundering |

sale, along with the rest of its.

assets

office.- issued. .a. ‘press: release:

_viable forest operations

resources". The statement also

alluded to the fact. that SCI’s —

kraft pulp mill in Prince Rupert

" depends on. Westar for 30 per-

cent of its chip supply...
Lightfoot said

estry Advisory Commission, was
at the meeting and said he
gained the impression that SCI
was not interested in operating
the Kitwanga sawmill or Tree

Farm Licence 51, the smaller of -

Westar’s two tenures.
The Gitwangak band in
Kitwanga has been trying unsuc-

cessfully for several years to

negotiate a joint venture with

— Continued on page 5 7 7

75 cents plus ast - |

the plan |
would include native interests.
Gerry Dodd, a Terrace resident.
and member of the city’s For--

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