ff VEY ty L. Gat es Lak Loves 1 an kbp eke yr 4 Teume art “ Fu i dings Oy ‘ ay MELE TES s WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991 _Vol..7, Issue No. 25 Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 Serving the communities of Terrace, Thornhill, Usk, Cedarvaie, Kitwanga, Meziadin, Stewart and the Nass Valley 75 cents plus GST Corrections Centre may have finally found itself a home B.C. Buildings Corporation buildings manager John Murphy told the Terrace Review yesterday that BCBC believes it has found a piece of property for a new Terrace community corrections centre that addresses both the concerns of the community and the needs of the corrections | branch. Murphy says they have reached an agreement with Skeena Cellulose on an option to purchase a five-acre parcel of land west of Braun St. Murphy says the land is bordered on the north by the CNR right-of- _ way, on the south by the PetroCanada bulk plant, and on the cast by Skeena Cellulose property. In addition, he says BCBC is currently ‘negotiating for an option to purchase on an adjoining seven-acre parcel of land that would give corrections a full 12 acres surrounded entirely by industrial land. Assuming: current. jJand “negotiations are. ‘successful, “Murphy Says - BCBC will apply to the city fora zoning change and @# partial road © closure, and the entire matter will then go to a public hearing. Murphy says the zoning ‘change they require would change the land from Heavy Industrial to something new that might be called Residential Corrections Institutional. . This is a zoning category that has never existed in Terrace; the present corrections centre is zoned Light Industrial. The road closure they will require, says Murphy, involves the northern half of Braun between Keith and the CNR right-of-way. North coast district corrections director Rob Watts says he is optimistic. Property negotiations are "very, very close" to conclusion, he says, and he is certain the site will meet both corrections and community needs. He points out that the site is only about 500 yards from their current location and the 12 acres would be a luxury when compared to the three acres they are using now. He says the 12 acres will give them all the room they need. In spite of the fact they have shown an interest in much larger sites in the past, because this site is surrounded by heavy industrial properties there is no need for a buffer zone. Watts says this is the fourth time they have looked at this site since their 30-acre bench proposal was rejected. The first time the property was in probate; later, Skeena Cellulose was the successful purchaser, prompting BCBC to look at another site near the Copper Mountain subdivision. Orenda moves plant to speed process Orenda Forest Products has given up on the favoured location for its proposed pulp and paper mill. The company is now investigating a new site for the project and offi- cials expect to announce the loca- tion early next month. Orenda vice-president Frank Foster said Friday ihe company had not been formally contacted by the provincial government, but he said he had been told on an infor- mal basis. that the site near Mczi- adin Junction was "loo remote" and "lacked public support". Foster also noted that the proposal had been in the Major Project Review Process for sevéral months with no apparent progress. "That in itsclf is a message,” he said. "We began on our own initiatives to think of alternative sites." Foster confirmed that the site would be away from the com- pany’s North Kalum forest licence area. "We're going to have to sacrifice economy of transporta- — Continued on page A4 WHOOSH. Exploding propane stole the show during a two-day Incident Command workshop last weekend. It was an educational two days challenging Terrace firefighters with many unexpected situations ranging from car fires to rescues, hazard chemical spills and even exploding propane. Their training was interrupted twice on Sunday by the real thing, though. There was a car fire on the Sande Overpass around noon, and about an hour later a gas leak caused the evacuation of the Slumber Lodge. Firemen resolved both situations quickly and without incident. A dispute over payments that prompted a group of logging contractors working for Skeena Cellulose to stop their operations last week was resolved Friday. Neither the contractors nor the company are making the terms of the agreement public. The contractors were off the job for four days while dis- cussions over a payment sche- dule went on. Northwest Log- Logging contractors back on the job contractors were becoming concerned about shortages of operating capital. The agreement was announced Friday. Hamish Kerr, a pulp and paper ana- lyst with Burns Fry of Toronto, said Repap, Skeena Cellulose’s Montreal-based parent company, Is meeting all its financial obligations and appears to be in no financial difficulty. Burns Fry is the gers’ Association president underwriter for Repap’s Alex Houlden said the financing. —# Ghost of apartments haunts council chambers — A14 wre ee. eRe lm cme cee tg te lee “pom ce em amen tec nes