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. TERRACE — One- of four

companies asked by the provin-
cial government to submit. a
detailed proposal for road. and

bridge maintenance in the: area ,
_ has‘pulled out,
“We: just couldn't make the.

numbers fit,” said Mike’ Zylicz
from Nu-Roads, a subsidiary of
Northern Roads based
Kamloops. ‘

He said Nu-Roads- has also

withdrawn from Bidding“ in .

other contract areas in which it
was interested, Doe,

’ “Our maintenance plans’ are
on hold. We're evaluating our

position,’® said Zylicz. Up until
this winter he was ‘the general
manager for Noith Coast Road”
Maintenance, the company now

doing the work in this area, -

: North Coast did submit a
detailed bid as did. Don Hull
and Sons, another local firm,
‘and Nechako-Northcoast Con-
struction Services, the company
with the Smithers area contract.

North Coast’s current three-
year contract runs out the end
of October and is worth approx-
imately $12 million.”

. Those detailed bids are now
being examined by highways of-

ficials and it'll soon chaose a —

preferred contractor,

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Society
elects
- anew
_ board

TERRACE ~— Aiex Houlden is
* the new chairman of the Terrace
_ Regional Health Care Society.

Houlden was elected at the

sociely’s annual general meeting
Thursday night, replacing
Outgoing board chair David

Lane. Rob Wood was elected.

vice-chairperson.
There are also several new
faces on the society's board,
Sandy Bullock is’ the new
hospital auxilliary ‘appointee,
replacing Audrey C Green, whose

term was up.
. And the six candidates
recruited for seats on the board
by the society's nominating
committee were acclaimed at
the meeting,

Wilma Costain was re-elected
to a three-year term. Northern
Native Broadcasting general
manager Ray Jones and B.C.
Ambulance Service district
superintendent Kelly Murphy
were also elected for three-year
terms.

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Williams Moving and Storage
manager Glenn Thomsen was
elected to a two-year term, and
Bob Walch of the Federal
Business Development Bank
and Lael McKeown were elected ‘
to one-year terms,

A. motion was passed to

‘change the society’s by-laws so

that a board member from the
James Samuel Gosnell
Memorial Health Centre can sit
on the regional society's board.

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Abortion —

probe

continues |

TERRACE —

Wet’suwet’en woman who died
after having an abortion here
Sept. 11 gathered in Hagwilget
on the weekend for a memorial
service and funeral.

Myrna George suffered inter-
nal bleeding for three days at
Mills Memorial Hospital before
she was transferred to Van-
couver Sept. 14. She went into a
coma and died that night in St.
Paul’s Hospital.

Dr, Gordon Boyd, who per-
formed the abortion, has refus-
ed comment, |

John Wolsley, the Prince
George regional coroner, is in-
vestigating the death, and says
he hasn’t yet decided whether
an inquest will be held. °

The majority of deaths are in-
vestigated and deait with in the
form of an inquiry, The coroner
investigates and compiles a
report on how the death occur-
red and whether anything can
be done to: prevent similar
deaths in the future,

VIA here

TERRACE — VIA Rail has
published its falt schedule
despite it not knowing if its
Skeena train service in the nor-
thwest will continue.

The Skeena run from Prince
Rupert to Jasper is one of eight
remote passenger train routes
across the country are study by
the federal government which
controls VIA Rail, ;

Those routes were protected
from the last round of VIA
passenger service cuts in 1990.

VIA spokesman Carla Whip-
py said last week the results of

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The more infrequent
coroner’s inquest is a public
hearing carried out in a court
room. The coroner can ‘sub-
poena witnesses and question
them under oath,

Meanwhile, hospital ad-.
ministrator Michael Leisinger .
said a committee of hospital
staff is carrying out an internal -
investigation ~ known as a-
chart review — into George's: '

death.

“Every single death is sub- °
jecied to a chart review,’’ Leis- -:
inger explained. “This is stan- :

dard procedure.”

That review is supposed to .
determine if Mills Memorial did -
everything possible to prevent -
the death, he said, and to root -

out any fiaws in the hospital's
basic policies and procedures,

All deaths at the hospital are-

also discussed once a month by
a larger group, he said.

“We will cooperate as fully as :
possible with any inquiry or in-
quest by the coroner’s office,” :

Leisinger added.

for now

the study and any decision

about the Skeena had been ex-

pected by now,

. “We haven’t heard anything
yet,” said Whippy.

But VIA Rail has published a
fall schedule that replaces its

Summer one which runs out.

Sept. 27.

The train leaves Terrace
heading east Monday, Thursday
and Saturday at 2 p.m. and ar-
rives from the east heading west
Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday at 1:15 p.m.

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