fe | City must give approval to use Kermode names NEW BUSINESSES that want the words ‘Spirit _ Bear’ and other descriptions of the Kermode bear in their name must now ask for official permission from the City of Terrace. Terrace registered the names Spirit Bear, Ker- mode, Kermodei, and Moksgm’ol as the city’s of- ficial mark in January 2004. © ‘According to federal licensing. laws, once a oe name has been marked,. others must get consent | 7... for use from its owners. : ~ ) ~ Until now, the city has had no official policy . regarding the Spirit Bear name but since the prov- _ ince registered the same name as B.C.’s’ official mark in April of this year, it felt the need to do SO, said city administrator Ron-Poole. The city hasn’t had any official requests for use | yet and don’t necessarily expect many, but they are now ready for any that come, Poole said. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - A3 ~ News In Brief Bus service starts. A BUS service connecting Kitamaat/Kitimat with Terrace began Monday, offering travel between the locations three times a day. It’s being substantially s supported by the Northern | ‘Health Authority in that it is also meant as’a way for people with medical appointments to easily get to those appointments. The service is also being supported by local munici- pal and: native governments. In addition to the north/. . south run, service has been extended east along Hwy 16 to the Kitselas band’s Gitaus subdivision and west of Terrace to New Remo. And beginning Sept. 3, the Northern Health Author- ity begins a medical appointment bus service between | Houston, Smithers, the Hazeltons and Terrace on Thurs- days at a cost of $20 return. There will be stops along — the way but those who ride must first have a medical appointment, & said. _ That helps Terrace 'in terms of advertisement and potential tourism dollars, he said. “We are. . trying to make the bear work for us not flaunt it.” . By federal law, different levels.of government are allowed to register the same official mark’and “third parties who wish to use it must get approval from both governments. Representatives from the finance ministry have , committed to coming to Terrace in September to discuss this issue, Poole. In a May interview, ministry of finance spokes- person Robert Pauliszyn said the province didn’t plan on being exclusive with the use of the name ‘either. It will review each request on a case by case In these cases, the city may also charge royal- basis and will likely grant permission if it stays It’s one of several short-haul'runs being introduced lies, which will go to a Terrace legacy fund, Poole: within the spirit of the name, Pauliszyn said. , and follows the health authority's. introduction of long _ a haul service ® between the north and Vancouver. . - Bus ridership | increases a touch here | »eiseaatsy me" | the morning >and return the same day. ' HIGH GAS prices and a | Council approved a policy with guidelines for the use and licensing of the official marks Aug. 14. But local businesses shouldn’t be worried, ‘Poole said. The city will likely approve “99.9 per cent” of the requests for use from local busi- nesses. that would represent the city positively, he | said. And businesses already. using the name still have the right to use it. “It’s not the city’s intention to ) deny local busi-. nesses the right to use the name,” he said. . ‘The city wants to protect the name to benefit . the community, he said. “If a company decides ‘it’s going to open up in Japan [using the name], ‘we want to make sure it still secures its recogni- tion with the City of Terrace.” Nisga’ a leader passes: large student population PETER SQUIRES, a have more Terracites riding founding member and ".~, the -bus, according to. the chair .of the’ Nisga’: a’ Man in charge of most of, . B.C.’s public transportation. 7 : Ridership in Terrace in- ; “creased by one per cent, said ~ B.C. Transit official Steve New, which makes for about 1,000 new riders. . The increase has been fu- eled by a number of things. The most significant was high gas prices, he said. ~ “We haven’ t done any se- rious.survey work on it but ‘Vancouver . TransLink has and one fifth of new riders said they were there because . of fuel prices.” Two other factors were an improved B.C. economy -and growth in student rider- ship, New said. - - Fifty-six. per cént of all Valley Health | Board, 7 passed away. Aug. 8 in. Mills Memorial Hospital. He was 63.0 6 From Gitwinksihikw in ; ‘the Nass Valley, Squires was also the second speaker of the Nisga’ a Li- - sims Government. He spent time~ asa village councillor in Git- winksihtkw and sat on the — valley school board. He was_also a. board* member of the -Skeena | Native Development So-' ciety. ud The Nisga’a Valley Health Board was formed cin 1984 as a stand-alone agency | offering primary health care, dental care and other services to the four main Nisga’ a villages and Nass Camp i in the Nass Valley. Its main health centre is in New Aiyansh, the largest "Peter Squires” . “JAMES FOWLER waits to get on the #5 Thornhil busi in front c of ‘Skeena mall. Ridership has increased i in the last | - doesn’t seem like much, but ; this is on top of a 50 per cent growth in ridership- (about 120,000 riders: to 170,000): - in Terrace over the last five years, New said. is mostly due to major im- * provements made to its buses. and ser- . vice here between 2001 and 2002, © The city brought i in new B.C. Transit - such as. lowered fronts to make it easier. for scooters and wheelchairs to get on | . and off. —- It also adjusted schedules to increase convenience, for Terrace is a success story ‘ B.C.’s four per cent: in- ‘in terms’ of public transit, New said. |. ‘ The whole. Province saw an increase in municipal: systems ridership this’ s* year, . crease (672, 813 passengers) from last year. exceeded “the two and a half. per cent -increase for Canada as a_ whole, B.C. Transit said. Tiders in Terrace are Stu, year in the area. | SARAH ARTIS PHOTO village. dents. . : LS : : - a : : ; ; ° ; : S ry an a ‘ +. giant . . beh errant as a _ quires was, known by his nickname of’ Teddy The one percent, increase “This significant’ growth buses with special features students-especially. he added. ° Which is-a result of being in a waist-down’ body cast -after being burned in a house fire as a young boy. - “He walked just like a teddy bear then, ” said brother Maurice Squires. 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