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~ Mayor br eak ks ties. 3
_ over water issues"

’ Voetume 75 No, 26
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Tuesday, February 10, 14) |

~“Stop- -work order
denied by council -

Monday broke two'tle votes relating
' to development in the Sparks-
Halliwell area.

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stop.to work order, the second niotion

‘pertaining to three water reservoirs -

Twu
set

“for

long.
fight

. Local. Telecom-

. munications. Workers .

Union (TWU) members

are preparing for a long
and bitter strike; but

“ union. spokesmen are

guarding their words as
contempt of court
- charges are being laid

- against workers.

"I'm not optimistic
about this being a short

strike ... we didn't want -
‘a strike but this com-
. pany has a history for
: being very hard-nosed,

yery..imrd-headed ...

People. are still .suf-
“ _ fering . from’ the 1977 |.

~(ptrike and think this
i tne is going to-be-mére ~ "="

bitter,’ says Ken

 , Blanes, a spokesman for
*_ TWU-Local 33,

Croft Randle, another
spokesman, is: waiting
to hear more details on

’ @ contempt of court

‘charge against
‘statements he made on
.CFTK radio. Tapes of

his statement. that the
* court has elded with the

*- company instead of the —

Tw workers move from Inside to outside. Seta, 5

people are being sub

poenaed.
‘Some workers do feel

contempt that . scab.

workers are. getting

-6traight pay of double
their regular salaries

and the. company has.
offered $25,000 in “blood

money” as incentive to

people : to. “norm on
others who-
against scabs.

The union had
‘promised Mr. Justice
Ken * Meredith . its
Members will vacate

the B.C.'Tel offices

bump —

throughout the province”
by noon today ‘as’ ‘it’ <I
Begins ‘its full-scale. ;

strike, Local offices

were vacated at 8:30.
p.m. Monday, Theunion

is in contempt of court

for occupying 20 offices.

throughout the

province.

_ located on Terrace Mountain above
~ the apartment building.

dispute between No. 10 Holdings and
maintained that thé construction firm

- is responsible for ensuring that water
‘does not drain from the apartment

~ property.

been made regarding the problem;
but it became apparent Monday that

the problem, including the provincial
branch: of the ministry of the en-

Stre& storm sewer. ‘‘Available in-
formation suggests thatits capacity is

_peak flows. ”

the .Gair Street storm. sewer is

-our engineer,” he says.

Bo “that“ expected -
adequately re cmaodated

"ven the ‘two lots in question. Such

engineer. bi
Alderman Helmut Giesbrecht

spector has been attempting to get
No. 10 Holdings to sdlve the drainage

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Only a matter of time -

Those e avioriobile drivers with, suspended’
licences. who are back on the road after.
learning of the Supreme Court of Canada's
recent decision removing that offense from
the criminal code may be in for a bit of'a

; shock,

Carle Truman, local crown. Counsel, ex-
plains that the BNA left to tie provinces the:
responsibility. of controlling drivers on its
roads. British Columbia still has the offense of
driving with a‘suspended license on its books.

However, so did the federal government
Under its Criminal Code. The Supreme Court

~ decision simply changed jurisdiction’ of the,

offense from the federal to the Provincial le level’

for'B.C, arivery.

oO je

THE INFAMOUS HIGHWA) Y HOLE IN. THE WALL

ln the ‘future, Bc. drivers who insist ¢ on °

(Rettig behind the. wheel after their licenses
- have been suspended Will be’ charged urider
- ‘the: ‘B.C. Motor Vehicle Act.”

* |;Truman states that Victoria ts going: ‘to have

. to do-only minor rewording to

some

slight gape in Its act. She understands that’ It

fully: intends to do’ so, and to ‘make the ;
legislation retroactive. _
_ Since the law allows up to oie year to press

charges, any Terrace area résidents caught
driving with asuspended license may simply.
wait a’ little ‘longer’ to. be .charged. The
paperwork will just be stacked up until the
revised Motor Vehicle Act is completed and

tne. all. Pending charges will be laid at « one
. mi * ran .

Terrace ‘Mayor Dave » Maroney”

The first motion’ pertaining to. an’
apartment building which involved a -

Council has been wrangling with a

Kolbjorn Eide over a basin of-water
bétween the two properties: Eide has —

_ building property back into his
Several engineering: studies have

each engineer had a different view of
government's water management.

vironment. W. Dreher, regional water .
_ Manager for the Skeena region of the .°
branch says no one has really
examined the adequacy of the Gair -

insufficient -to handle: the expected

Alderman Jack Talstra “supports
the municipal engineer .who ap-.
parently says that. the municipality.
has nothing to worry about because .

adequate. “T think we should. believe .

Dreher ‘says that before the-water .

. rights branch can approve anything.
“relating. to.the dispute] must insist.
* dhat it bhall be: clearly demontrated
Kk flows tal bes

a

f° throughout the ‘drainage system, . .
_. ineluding Galr Street storm sewer, -

. and that any projected flooding will

nat exceed histori¢al flooding levels’

justification shall be made in writing;
signed. and sealed by 4 a Professional

moved that ‘since the building in- ~

problent since last October; and since

"No. 10 was informed that engineered
|. plans of a satisfactory drainage
system to bé installed at their expense

- hadto be deposited for approval of the
water management branch by. Jan.
2;. then’ the administration should
proceed with whatever action’ ‘is

necessary to cease work on the -
building site until such time as they. -
provide a drainage plan acceptable to.
the water management branch -and.
‘the district: with ‘an .
' irrevocable letter’ of credit ab ‘a .
guarantee ‘that such works will be

provide

carried out before the building* is
occupied.

Giesbrecht says there has been a lot,

of verbal agréements made that a.

" satisfactory solution is ist around.
. the ‘corner since last: October but .

council does not have any real.

; guarantee we work will Properly be done.

Alderman ‘Molly: ‘Nattresa: ex- -
_ pressed’ some feelings..of three |;

 alderinen when she sald’ that’ “We
don't want to’ jump the gun and be
forced to go to an injunction’ against
Mm, 19."? ‘ - .

Alderman vie Jolilffe, however,
expressed some feelings . of three
aldermen when he said that at'some

point coincil is going to take a stand |

because if water doesn't. go throtigh
the Gair Street storm sewer pipes the

people in that area are going o be

flooded out.
Alderman David Gellately’ says | that .

he hoped that by issuing a stop-work ; :

order on the construction site the

solution to the | problem could: be :

speeded Up,
In a recorded .. ‘vote’: ‘Jolliffe;

~ Gellately'and Giesbrecht vofed{or the -

Giesbrecht : motion .while- ‘Talstra, ~

~ Nattress: and Bob Cooper voted.
-, against IE, Mayor Dave - Maroriey’.

voted ‘against the motion: .
"The District. of: Terrace has: asked .
No. 10 -Holdings for a rightofway —
through the apartment property,
which is now owned: by Coachmen:
Development Lid. The right-ofway

would: give the district access to a.

series of three water tanks on Terrace

‘Mountain. to supply * water ° ‘to the ~

growing Bench area.

During a Public Works Committee‘. 7
~ meeting report recommendation that -

the district proceed with obtaining the.
necessary right-of-way for the sum of.

“$l Jolliffe Fated some _Inleredting’
; objections. ” ms

He said that & the tanks sere © to: be
constructed above ground . on .the’.-
-mountain slope. and could’ cause a -
washout of homes below if they: ‘burat. .

++ Some: aldermen apparently did, at

‘believe: Hie*tanls- would ey

over town; and’; that “\diring

graduation time they will become the —
target for local graduation exercises.
: Some aldermen raised skeptical

eyebrows. °
When Jolliffe said that the ‘tanks

Should be installed below ground.
instead of above ground there were -

some objection’ to the iden ; although.

no cost estimate has ever been made J.

on putting such tanks underground
because the engineers did. not look at:
that possibility." *

“There is no point. iti. taking at

‘second look. at this’ unless.we get —
another eagingering firm to mindy it,” -
- said Cooper,

“T have ‘pletures to prove that

washouts, such as the typé ‘ah
‘ suggesting may happen in the future, «

have happened in the past in thistown _

ws 1 think we ‘should table this |

recommendation to. seek right-of-way.

“until we.know how safe these bolt- -
. together water fanks are going tobe, ad

said Jolliffe.
Jolliffe, Gellately and Giesbiecht.

“voted ‘to have the recommendation

‘tabled; while Cooper, Natiress and
Talstra’ voted’ against Jollitfe’s -

‘motion: Maroney voted agalnst'.the —

motion’ and the district will proceed

_ with obtaining the necessary right-of-
way for $1:Instead of expropriation.

Danger lurks around every corner”

Danger lurks ‘around every corner on the 145-kilometre |

missing ou-yenr-old Prince Rupert woman is presumed drowned !

excellent, and ina tew years, the entire road will be salar: .

slong tour of ce ‘Alr?s:
-fachlities - between:

and 13.

Jolliffe also said that tby themselves :
the tanks wilt be.a visual eyesore all. :

stretch of Highway 16 between Prince Rupert on the north coast
and Terrace. /

Although highway improvements have been under way for

’ geveral years, more.than half the road remains a particularly
‘ narrow, winding threat that allows few driver errors.

Nowhere is the danger greater that the ominouslynamed Hote.

inthe-Wall. It is named for a Canadian National Railways

tunnel that parallels the road almost exactly halfway between ©

Prince Rupert and Terrace, and ithas become-a deathtrap for

"ears and their occupants that have left the road and pluriged into

the Skeena River.
Five people have died within the last six months on this road,
and many more have been in serious . accidents.

Avalanche warnings ate posted along the route and there are

frequent patehes of black ice in the winter. The walers of the °

Skeena are deep near the shore and swift undercurrents offer
little chance of survival for those who drive into the river. ;
Six months agon Terrace RCMP officer noticed skid maria on

the road leading over the embankment near Hole-intbe.Wall. A .

’ but her body -has not been found,

Two months later, Patrick Dolan, 20, of Prince Rupert
drowned at the-Hole-in-the-Wall curve. An RCMP spokesman
aaid his car left the road after striking arock.

In October, two kilometres east of Hole-in-the-W all, a car
perked by the side of the road rolled backward Into (he river and
8 Prince Rupert woman drowned. -

. ‘Two-weeks ago RCMP again noticed skid marks leading into

the river at Hole-in-the-Wall and a car containing the bodies of
Deborah Lopushinsky, 20, and Helen Lopushinsky, 47, was

* found: Two days later another car went inte the Skeena River

but the two Prince Rupert men in the vehicle eacaped with mi-
nor injuries,

Most highway travellers live at either end of the highway.
There are 00 communities or coffee shops between Prince,
Rupert and Terrace, atid the temptation a great tomake the run
as quickly as possible.

‘Although drivers: complain about the danger, there is little
bitterness, bectuie the sections that have been improved are

But for now, the impedvements sometimes contribute to the i

danger.

Beoause the highways switches back and forth between poor

and improved sections, drivers must make frequent ad-
justments from wide, straight stretches to narrow, winding -
areas. -

Other factors contribute to the danger.
The concrete retaining wall at Hole-in-the-Wall is too lowiea

_ Constable Mike Clarabut of Terrace RCMP.

“Rather than stop vehicles from going into the river, the |

present wall tends to make them jump when they hit, and they
” end up even further out in the river," hesaid.

Retmilding the highway “is a long and.very expansive proc- ,

ess," said highways department spokesman Dave Shepherd,
* noting that rebuilding one B.t-kilometre stretch is going to ro
; almost $9 million.

Nature hinders the rebuilding process too, with many ‘now. .

slides in the area, and ‘there's no way you carl pave ‘Bp there
when its raining,” Shepherd bald.

Bob Fule
above, is just on

officials and e
Poyees Gail Dotings.
talked toon a day

Terrace . and Vane
‘couver. See Pages,

North: ‘Coast
logging - operation’.

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