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Shames delay queried

THE REGIONAL district needs a decision on Shames
Mountain's $345,000 debt to the regional district as soon
as possible says board member Jim Thom,

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine has been wait-
ing to hear back from the municipal affairs ministry since
January and expected to have the ministry’s decision by
their Aug. 14 meeting.

Instead the. board received a letter’ from municipal
affairs minister Jenny Kwan on June 29, saying staft are
still reviewing the decision.

The $345,000 reflects only the original principal of the
loan for the sale of regional district-owned ski equipment
to Shames | 1 years ago. The amount owed, with unpaid
interest, is really $509,000,

The board is eager to have the amount forgiven because
removing the district as creditors would improve the ski
hill’s financial position,

Channel 38 turned off

SUBSCRIBERS TO Skeena Cablevision have lost
access to the Portuguese station, RTP, whieh aired on
channel 38.

Canadian airing of the channel was not authorized by
the Canodian Radio Television Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC), which regulates the broadcast
industry.

Skeena Cablevision will now apply to the CRTC to

have the slation authorized, says Chris Kofoed, Skeena
Cablevision customer sales and service manager.

She says the channel had received a very good response
here, The.cable company is now encouraging subscribers
to drop off letters at its offices in support of the channel’s
return, The company will include the letters with its
application to the CRTC.

Pavement a mystery

THE REASON behind the quality of a new stretch of
paving .averlay on Keith Avenue between the Sande
Overpass and Kenney Street remains a mystery.

Stewart Christensen, director of engineering, says the
contractor who did the work agrees that the quality of the
overlay is not what it should be but no one can figure out
why that is,

“I know what the problem is but I don’t know why it
is,” said Christensen to city council.

The ‘paving won't be repaired, however. Christensen
said there is nothing that can be done about it, without
replacing the entire road,

Sunburst.on fire.
TERRACE RCMP aré‘inyestigating a possible arson on
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RCMP were called to the car, a 1985 Pontiac Sunburst,
at 1:30 Monday morning and found the vehicle com-
pletely destroyed. Police believe the car broke down
Saturday, and was left there by its owners.

They stole the bird

THIEVES stole a pet cockatiel, television and VCR Friday
' from a home on the 3400 block of Parameter.

Terrace RCMP are investigating the theft. Anyone with
information. should contact the Terrace RCMP or
Crimestoppers.

Lock your car

SOMEONE BROKE into a unlocked car downtown
Friday.

Thieves got away with a $700 gold Sony car compact disc
“changer and 10 compact discs. Terrace RCMP are asking
residents to deter thieves by locking their cars.

Millions expected soon

SELF-EMPLOYED fishers and people who've never col-
lected employment insurance before will be included in fed-
eral training programs,

“We're going to have to enlarge the scope of people we're
going to help,” says Jeff Scott, a Human Resources
Development Canada communications officer.

Scott expects HRDC’s share of the $400 million compen-
sation package to pass a treasury board budget before the
end of August, allowing : ‘programs to be approved in
September.

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Unsafe shed
faces city
demolition

THE CITY is putting the wheels in motion to demolish a
large storage shed built by a local man in his Halliwell Ave.
backyard.

Homeowner Valdemar Isidoro built the 750 square toot out-
building al 4810 Halliwell Ave, without a building permit and
continued construction after a stop work order was issued,

Senior building inspector Paul Gipps has pronounced the
building unsafe, concluding it will il Tikely collapse under a nor-
mal wintersnowload. . .

“Tf we got anywhere near the amount of snow we're expected
to get, we would have structural failure,” Gipps said.

City council responded Monday night by giving the first three
readings to a bylaw allowing. the city to have ‘the. building
demolished.

City council has also ordered a notice placed on the property
title indicating 2 problem with a building to any: prospective
buyer,

Gipps said the large outbuilding was made with old-home-
made trusses and substandard non- n-graded lumber in poor
condition.

It’s set on railway ties rather than a foundation or a slab,
Gipps added, noting buildings over a certain'size must have a
foundation,

“Those trusses are inadequate,” Gipps said. “They're not even
close.”

It doesn’t meet the B.C. Building Code and it also contra-
venes city zoning, which limits outbuildings i in that area to no
more than 500 square feet.

Gipps said the easiest way to make the building safe and con-
form to building z code and zoning would be to “tear it down and
start again.”

Isidoro will get one more chance to plead his case at a public
hearing on Sept. 14.

He told councillors at a committee meeting on Friday that he
understood a building permit wasn’t required.

Much smaller sheds can be built without a building permit,
but not one as large as the one Isidoro has constructed, Gipps
explained.

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