“August

Phe. BEC. government ‘began.
- considering eight proposals for

housing its ‘‘one-stop —shop-

ping”? service complex in Ter--
-race, Although its now common

knowledge that Manuel! Da Sil-

~-va’s building on Eby St. is being

renovated to accommodate the
project, the government: still
hasn’t made an official an-
nouncement.

Alcan announced ‘the g0-

ahead for Kemano completion,

with $660 million committed to
generate more: hydroelectric
power.

Environmental concerns
prompted Skeena Cellulose to
change the chemical used in the
Terrace sawmill for ‘sap stain
control,

After months of searching, .

the Terrace and District Com-
munity Services Society desig-
nated Kitimat resident Detlef
Beck to
TDCSS administrator Lorna
Copeland.

The first run of swill splashed
into Terrace’s newly-completed
sewage treatment plant, bring-
ing the city into compliance with

Ministry of Environment ef-

fluent standards for the first
time in since the standards were
established.

For the first time in nearly 10
years the official rate of unemp-
loyment in Terrace dropped be-

‘low. 11.5 percent.

Two loca! youths drowned
while attempting to go through
the Kalum River rapids on “an
inner tube. An Alaskan youth
was found murdered near Stew-
art; the crime remains unsolved.

September

Skeena Okanagan Holdings,.

owners of several blocks of real

estate in the downtown core,

announced preliminary plans to
spend $5 million on a major
retail center development at
Lakelse Ave. and Ottawa St.
The terms-are still under

negotiation with the city. -

“ The provincial horseshoe
championships were held at the
new pitch in Heritage Park.

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-with the facilities,

Federal fisheries minister
Tom Siddon announced a $1

million. contribution toward re- -
vitalizing the MK Bay Marina.

Earlier in the year the Regional
District of Kitimat Stikine had
attempted to sell the money-
losing operation but rejected

both bids tendered for it. —

A 10-day strike by the B.C.
Government. Employees’ Union
virtually shut down provincial
government services.

Near Tyee a collision between
a truck and a 78-car CN freight
train derailed 12 cars and three
locomotives, disrupting traffic
on Highway 16 for a full day.

_ The Skeena Cellulose Project

Starship sawmill was given its

grand opening, with guests of
honor that included Premier Bill
Vander Zalm, Skeena MLA and

‘Forests, Minister Dave Parker,

Skeena MP- Jim Fulton, the
entire board of directors from

Repap in Montreal and dozens.

of SCI’s overseas. customers.
Public tours of the new high-
tech mill were offered, but asthe
year ends the start-up bugs still
haven't been worked out of it.

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October .
Prime Minister Brian Mul-
roney dropped the election writ,

‘setting the balloting date within

two days of the B.C. civic elec-
tions. Another attempt by Ot-
tawa to-confuse the West.

Investigators for the Employ- -

ment Standards branch dis-
covered that more than 800
separate logging contractors had
worked at one point or another
in the Northwest over the past 15
months. The economic health of
the industry. suddenly appeared
shaky.

Terrace found out its bid to
host the 199]. Northern B.C,
Winter Games was successful.

Floods, slides, power outages
and soggy feet plagued local
residents in the wake of a one-

day rainfall that nearly broke a —

record set the previous month.

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went “pack over 1. 5 percent,

~ Gerry” Martin. and- Larty.
Krause of Northern Drugs were

chosen to’ jointly receive ‘the
Business Executive of-the Year
award from the Terrace and
District Chamber. of Commerce.

November

After weeks of being inun-
dated with arguments on
everything from the
Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agree-
ment to the expansion of the
local swimming pool, voters in

‘Terrace and the Skeena riding

got it overwith and got on with
their lives. Jim Fulton was
returned to Parliament, and in
an abysmally low turnout civic
voters put two new faces on city
council and one new one on the
school board:

A Terrace teenager was found
dead at-the Terrace-Kitimat air-
port. The death was determined
to be homicide, and as the year
ends police are still searching for
suspects.

The Terrace Little Theatre,
Theatre Alive and the Terrace
Community Band sold out three
straight performances of The
Wiz, the most ambitious local
theatre production ever staged
here,

Skeena Cellulose announced
plans to bridge the Skeena River
east of Terrace to get at the old
growth. timber in the Skeena
West area, They expect trees to
be rolling out to the mill this
coming spring.

Terrace received a long-
awaited hike ‘in its legal aid
budget, creating the possibility
for a community law office to be
established.

The Caledonia Kermode boys’
volleyball team placed a surprise
second in the provincial finals,
the best showing ever for a team
from the high school.

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A frenzied year for the mining

~ industry in the Northwest con-
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production announcement by
Cominco on their Snip property.

-Skeena Cellulose revealed pre-
liminary plans to spend $700
million on a new pulp mill to
expand its existing complex at
Prince Rupert.

The Terrace District Teach-

ers’ Association served 72-hour
strike notice: on the board of
trustees. :

Val Napoleon was again n cho o
sen to chair the school board.

The board of the Terrace oo
Public Library unveiled expan-

sion plans intended to meet anti-

cipated demand uP, to ' the year

2010.
The Christmas season came
and went with daily reports of

need.

The Terrace Review finished
its fourth calendar year of publi-

cation, with the prospect of

many more to come,

Under the diraction of Yvonne Michaud, the Terrace Little
Theatre pre-Christmas production of “The Emperor’s New
Clothes” was a delight for dozens of local children. Above,
Sly (Ev Higginson) and Sam (Elizabeth Batty) contrive their
scheme to take the emperor’s gold. Other members of the
cast — Steve Gagne, Danny Roy, Ellie Higginson and Jim
Branch — were assisted by a 20-member stage crew, help-

ing to make the play a success.

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