siruction. began: ona new: 105, 835. square’ 00 Wal-Mart store, ‘It’s ‘going up ‘at Hwy 16 near’ ‘the ew. bridge and. will:cost around, $6 million, Demolition. work begins. on the old ‘Skeena' Ir. ondal “school. -The. school was soon: reduced’ pile of rubble in: preparation ‘for: epngtruction replacement j junior high, school. : Local: politiciaris. vowed a major- campaign’ io. nake the Kermode. bear thé: ‘symbol | ‘of the 2010: er: Olympics.” It followed: the announcement. ‘of, “Vancouver as. the successful: host city for the 2010 ‘Games: me ; oe, “ek tea: ” Seniors: ‘demanded. answers about the future: of erraceview Lodge: ‘They ‘fear’a ‘new. plan for a different: type: of ‘care: “there will-amount ‘to. a. re- uction~“in ‘the. number ‘of beds” at the facility: ‘More .than: "200 ‘seniors’ ‘packed the. Elks Hall.to’: denounce: the plan ‘and -urge the Northern Health: uthority:10. keep. the existing ‘75: beds: there. rity. couinci?’ ‘okayed ° plans. to “spend. up’ to. $100,000- beautifying Terrace’s eastern: gateway. watue of X would go. towards landscaping @ anda. . rowers oo Al ‘orofier’ s ‘report. say$.a senior who died i in 2002 she had. beet Lodge could have been 37 ‘between: Terrace’ and: Kitimat, Fequiting ‘a. higher le evel of: winter. road. maintenance: favour: ‘of: a ‘aan ‘by. city “council to. ‘buy and lease . ack Sit pee eee pulp. mill to h Ip" get New: - . The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 7,'2004 - AS Mh building a and. don’ t. want ‘9, be later. They” ré. 5 algo’ ‘worried, that they” ‘ll lose, student os to private institutions, meaning ‘less money com Sing: to. othe district: from. the ‘provincial: ‘Boyern After’ ‘nearly: sees of planning, several pro : - posals: and. several: false‘starts, the’ northwest. is- = “getting-a. regional ‘mental health residential acl il-- iy worth: $2.5. million, est: service ‘fecreation ‘sites in this weil got ne: year Yepiieve after: a A fresh. infusion of: gov of ! ’ : | ahilar: facility : in':Prince™ ‘George in. ‘B. bid to cut The: ‘Seven: Sisters. “Residential Adult ‘Health: Pe Facility 20-bed- ‘specialized cate residence: will’ be located adjacent: to ‘Mills. Memorial HoSpilal. “It will-open:in 2004: and is palterned. after a‘si . planning arid architectural costs. “Locating: a. residential" isychiatric’ care facility ” in the northwest: ‘is:a. long-standing: ‘goal: aimed ‘at. "providing ‘Jocal care as. Opposedto .having such #: : Services, ‘concentiated | on: ‘the’ lower. mainland, water “fluoridation. It instead. ‘decides the i issue Id’ ‘Be: decided ‘i in. a, vole e.during tt the 2005 Lie rake ortion which’ marks the: Southern ‘ nirance: . ‘to'thé: Nass: ‘Valley.:: a At, the ‘Same: time, paving is \inderway ofan-: hou _ other: section. of ‘road,:26km. leading: ‘into Green: ower sales by Alcan-c corties at the “expense of y sorthwest ® ‘employment, | conéludes.a study. done Dist let. of Kitimat by economist Roslyn: he detérmined: that ihe loss, for instance, of, O00: Alcan jobs translates’ into: a loss: of $2. 1 mil-. n: for provincial tax. fevenues, P off jobs, Kunin ‘added. : er findings: are based. on the: District of Kiti- ” “clainy that Alcan wants to: increase its: power - “sales,” ‘and: nol: use the, energy 0, produce more, ut “Kunin didn not delve into. the prospect: of. ower ‘being. used. in ‘the region for. other 1 in-’ oe renin te signs and otlier. measures have teen in: # ‘A Sli i4, inillion- milti- use’ Tability at the j Kite." las band’s -Gitaiis.. subdivision - L8km, ast of town ° wy 16 is well underway." - Wil ‘provide space-for- health services: for band” smbers, -bé:-used . asa’: commutity ‘Tesource’: entre arid. ‘Telieve | ‘Pressure: ‘on, the hand’ 8. current. “administrative wing. he: building will: also: have a 4,000 : ‘square: ve ‘foot.:footprint,: containing. health Services: “Offices, | kjchen: and: community “gathering” area. AT the.“same* ‘time, ‘a’four-plex. residentia a housing. complex. i is, also’ being ‘constructéd, . oy - That’ 's “going. td cut. down. ona Jarge, waitin "F ; . One: of the: more: ‘extensive. ¢ portions, ‘of the: ” even year,” "$35. million effort’ to improve roads.- : *“Jeading. into_and. in the Nass: Malley ‘north, of here a -_ has - ended with. the’ paving. of: a new. section: . alongside: Lava Lakey;)' 07. aa In all, “nearly: 225, G00 cibic metres OF: imatérial 3 “ville i in the: western: portion. ‘of ‘the valley ‘itself. : ‘Wark. cofitinueson’a-“séction -to ‘raise: and -widen a 7km section of road just. past the western’. ewer “Alean employees also means = Fo viel of: the Nisga’ ae -Lava Bed. “Memorial: Provincial. Park:: ose of ns bb: : Terrace. city: ‘councillor: ‘David Hull. wants § the ‘province to ban “the killing’ of all. black bears, ‘ saying that a gene-in them: produces’ the. famed Kermode white bears 0 - Kermodes are proiected. from kitting: but the ban: should’ extend ' to. all, black: bears: as they, ‘in - “reality, could produce, Kermades, says: Hull. “You'ré probably. killing Kerthode: bears and ° that’s not really right,” | he's said.’ : uyel ey Sept.” 18. “auction ' ‘by: Ritchie: Brothers ° of. the se the: never-opened Mountainview Elemen- Bae on ain V bengh. 92 equipment belonging to: one of. Terrace's. biggest een contractors, K’ Shian Construction.” : ome the. sale ‘volving more: th nv 150 sof equipment, Bes a ' is: evergreen logging: con: et vi New ; Skeena Forest Products. a : The ne offi cially. Sept. 5:- -. The $118 ‘million building ieploces a structure - The new school. was “built just . behind the: old: “ one which ‘was. demolished: over the: summer. “Ye containg classtoori\! space. far: 650, students, ‘A: “58- seat. drama‘ theatre, | two. Science: labs, phones eercnarararen "forklifts ‘and. other - mobile: ‘equipment. at: “New. “Skeena Forest - Products. here. ° property taxes, says. Terrace. mayor Jack Talstra, ; - New. Skeena ‘owes ‘SI. 8: milion: in: unpaid w 1 offshore and. ‘dry. land, gas. ‘and ‘oil. developments a - est in- the northwest, resulting: in publicity and © “will boost:the- northwest. economy: th The: study also ‘suggests’ Kitimat. can no Jonger . ~tely On its Big: ‘Three ‘players: - “Alcan, ‘Eurocan: ~ and Methanex”—:to be a continuing driving: force on ~ in.the-creation of jobs.” “An original, Skeena: Mall ‘tenant: and.o one of the, ° : ae Mi “northwest” s oldest ‘and’ best- ‘known, retail: chains i is going, out’of business..." “Jeans North. was in, Terrace for 29: yeats and ‘is © patt of: the: closing: oF ‘the: The: Universal’ series. fs, outlets: headquartered : in Prince’ Rupert. . The company. ‘dates. back .77: years: and’ span- a four: ‘generations. of the owners, the: Payne; fa ‘mily.. . mas ‘ ve a TAL cne- time, the: chain’ had: two: ‘divisions, and: : © nine stores, . including. two_in ‘Campbell. River. - In recent. years, it-had- just two" stores, ‘the one 2 vin the ¢ Skeena, Mall: and: its. Alagship i in n Prince, Rit Instead, : ‘author: 7 Guenther say: ‘Kitimat’ should ‘work’ at developing a dock: ‘facility’ for oil and: as ‘companies ‘and: for ¥ So ek uinen beenls d mie. lime’ ‘as s the. - aa . District of Kitimat- pursues. its: goal-of wanting. the. : provincial: government: to insist that Alcan use: its... ~ hydro-electric . power: to create, more- aluminum a food: services and other’ Work: at Mills Memorial ~ Hospital. - other potential ; businesses a The réport:comes. out at the. smelting jobs, instead. of: selling i outside: of ch eowawee 1982, “and returned to the, = industry a few. years’ ; ‘in every: ‘classroom and: “an: acoustically designed ae “: band room. | We ~ Construction: took place Gver an 18- month per-. " jod; ‘surviving: a: freeze on, capital . spending, im- - _ posed: when, the provincial, ‘Liberal. | government “ “was. first elected: in mid-2001. 30.05: oe, Tlie city af. Terrace slapped. liens. on 1" tieks; we The ‘Sept. 3: stickering’ of. egal’ notices pres a vents the: company: from: selling the.- equipment: ; ~ fessional: artist ‘entry, Holly. Wassink: the best amateur artist. entry... and “Erin Bailey, the’ ‘best youth entry..in ‘the “Unofficial. 2010 Winter. a - property | taxes ‘for the past two. years and. another - Olympics, ‘Emblem Contest.” * ee --$600,000- in ‘alder:taxes that: heéame- ‘part ofa” long-term repayment: plan. struck: when the coms a pany. emerged. from: bankruptey. ‘Protection. ‘in. . “School trustees have ‘apologized for a buising: . -_ Schedule. ‘which’ had: meant- that some - younger © students were: ‘boarding: at 7:30" ‘a.m. and “not-te-.” turning home ‘until nail 5 pat m.. ; a , The longer hours are due, in part, to the: four- - day week introduced this‘month which’ in. ‘itself 2 means a longer day for: students; : Although 2 a . strike’ ‘date has: nat” ‘been: Sel, ‘the | ‘vate casts ‘A: “doubt over’ plans. by. Skeena. Saw: mills to re- open ‘here.. . The mill closéd: in ‘early. summer, ‘this: tiie because of .a strike by: unionized w rkers: at the company’s Eurocan: pulp mill.in. ‘Kitimat. oe That meant Skeena. Sawmills had 1 11o- place'te to, send it-chips. © - <1. Peo The Eurocan strike, ‘ended Sep RII oe “The - northwest’ Ss famous, Kertiode. bear’i to >: take io the screen. ‘in an animated feature ‘being planned by. young Vancouver: “resident: Simon, Jackson. ~ He: has lined up “Hollywood : “producers ‘and money for the project which he: has’ ‘dubbed The. Spirit Bear; Jackson is a, key. driving. force behind a plan't lo preserve portions of the. coast from. loeging in. Jonas to protect the Kermode: bear's habitat. : October. OA PLAN by the school ‘disttict to. ‘save’ nioney by closing on 1 Fridays, has: apparently run into’ a snag. ‘ a budget deficit, the. plan.didn't work... “We're actually: back to square one,” School” district official Robert Gilfillan: said after the dis- trict restored bus. runs. to: improve. service.. ~The. additional, runs will cut: ‘down! on. the: nuns ‘ber of. students. leaving very-early in the morning.” and returning. home i in late: afternoon. — : WHAK KK ~ phe: road to. ‘Kincolith i ‘in: the. Nass Walley) will oh “be. paved next yeatr i improving, upon a gravel sure , “The: toad itself j is new, opening in ‘December ‘of 2002 at a- cost: of $33 million... Kincolith-is-at-the mouth of. the’ Nass: Valley. “on. the ‘Nass: River. Its access to the outside was. “by. boat; ferry. Jor, seaplane, prompling. an. inten-- 4Sive: lobbying” effort for-a foad connection with” “ the 1 Test “OF the: Nass- Valley:”* eee eres a “Skeena MLA’ Roger Harris ‘is: hoping. ai Chie : fiese ‘appetite for hardwoods: will translate’ into hs “new kinds ‘of forestry, ‘jobs. in the. northwest. aon He: and_ others ‘are: working: on. ‘connecting lo- one cals with Chinese companies as .a- ‘starting poirit:,: ° 2 for: discussions and potential-business deals. : ‘Harris said new kinds of forestry’ activity are - . needed ‘in, the: northwest to. wean the region. off of” . ‘dependence, upon. large scale: operations... : woo otk 7 “John Roders ¥ was’ judged: to have: the best pro . Epch of. the ‘nearly. 40 entries. had t atur the northwest’ 's famous’ Kermode bears 9 <7 “It was promoted by. Skeena. MLA Roger H Harris” ad Tie Terrace ‘Standard ‘as-a,way to continue a me . efforts 1 haye: the Kermode’ bear become. the of- | ficial: syinbol of the Winter ‘Olympics. as The: idea is that ‘the: Kermode will uild | ‘inter ee notice before, during and. after the games.” : SA IK: “HOSPITAL: and seniors lodge ‘workers: here r re-. ecled. a’series‘of attempts | to.cut their wages and ° yd: benefits... An earlier vote of HEU’ members across the. north “failed. because ‘although: 56° ‘per. cent.” voted to accept. cuts, a. two-thirds: majority. of id not as. requir di in the union’ s s by laws At means’ ‘the ‘Northern. Health “Authority will seek a. private: contractor to dé housekeeping, ‘And. that could’ ead to lower wages: for: HEU. | workers ‘at'Mills or a Joss of. their,jobs. . ae Members of the. B.C. Government and: Service’ Pay Employees’ Union. At: ‘Terraceview:, Lsidge ‘did - vote to- take © wage cuts. A NEWLY paved section of road near Lava Lake on the Nisga’a Highway i is finished. Neatly 225, 000 cubic metres of material was moved to een and widen tr the Lava Lake portion Although’ the. “district had coiinted: ‘on bus’ cost ae a savings of: ‘approximately $1 million:to. help ¢ ease 7 ~