purpose behind the whether it was a sub-division, 7 26 Terrace Review +— Wednesday, October 16, 1991 _ -- Complled by Diana English “ONE “YEAR AGO THIS 410 Many bench area residents it’ : 7 2 ‘appeared that a new neighbour, Roba Holdings, was attempting to -glear cut an 80-acre plot on the “northeast comer of Thomas Street and Dairy Avenue. The residents . said they were concerned mostly ‘because they did not know the logging, ~. correctional centre or "stump farm". The city advised they were “> not able to do anything about the -.. logging, but were writing a letter ~ to the owner. ~- The coroner’s inquiry into the - drowning death of Joey Parsons had been completed a few weeks - previous, and city council was deciding what to do with the rec- . ommendations. Council said they = would be meeting with the Minis- -.- try of Environment to determine "the jurisdiction of watercourses _ within the city. They would also ~~ be looking into the recommenda- ~.-tion to implement the 911 emerg- _. @ney number in this area. _- Also in council news, the city decided they would consider a recommendation to seek local -_Fepresentation on any land claims ~ negotiations that might affect Ter- _ race economically. Council felt that talks had been going on for years, but they had no idea what was happening. It was suggested ‘that incidents such as the Mohawk blockade at Oka could have been prevented had that city been more aware of the federal talks. TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK... A proposed by-law regulating - Sunday shopping was ready to go - back to council for final discussion and a decision. The by-law would see stores closing at noon instead of 5:00. At a finance committee meeting a representative from the . “property managers of the Skeena Mall had submitted that Terrace was an important regional centre serving a large northwest popula- tion, and that Sunday shopping would have only positive economic _ effects. He unsuccessfully urged the committee to recommend Sun- — day shopping not be regulated. ’" “B.C, Buildings Corporation was given ‘the go ahead to begin a "study .to-find: a new location for _” the correctional centre. However, even before any recommendations ‘gould be forwarded, a group of _ eoncemed residents from the col- _Jege area were on hand at the .. Council meeting to get answers to “rumours the centre would be located in that area. Some of the - residents concems were with the noise, traffic and smoke created by its firewood cutting operation, but .mot 90 much for fear of the . inmates. They were also worried - about . property values diving. ‘Council was expressed understand- ing. of their. concerns, but also _ advised that no one area was being focused on in the search for a cétrectional centre sight. They also said that having the centre within city boundaries would be a priority in order to take advantage of the revenue it Offers, be within walk- ing distance of community facil- ities and services and close to the. R.C.M.P. office. Council advised that when they could see the B.C.B.C study and list they would be prepared to make a decision. THREE WEEK... The first major donation to the YEARS AGO THIS ~ Terrace ‘Firefighters’ “Rie Safety | Lookin g back... - “House projéct was made from the’ North West Real Estate Board. Other community support was received from businesses donating supplies and the Northwest Com- munity ‘College. trades program volunteering labour to build it. The Northwest Loggers Associ- ation advised that 33 out of 34 Terrace logging contractors were not working and the situation was considered very serious. The rea- sons Cited were a backlog of wood at the new Skeena Cellulose mill, and tlie use of Prince George con- tractors instead of ones from Ter- race. FOUR YEARS AGO THIS The first draft of a No Smoking By-law was approved almost un- animously by Terrace city council. The by-law would see smoking being banned in all elevators, escalators and inside stairways in public areas of retail stores, gov- emment offices and banks as well as on buses and in places of public assembly. Taxicabs would be joint preference between driver and passenger and restaurants and service establishments would” be required to determine whether they would be smoking only, have smoking and non-smoking sections or be completely non-smoking, with a sign advertising their desig- nation. Other aspects of the by-law covered hospitals, health clinics, schools and other employers. 20,000" JOBS — WERE CREATED IN BC.LAST MONTH, | 8,000" JOBS WERE > CREATED IN ALL OF | THE REST OF - CANADA. — | ; * As reported by Statistics Canada, October 11, 1991 -ON OCT.17TH, ELECT - IN RITA JOHNSTON GOVERNMENT. Paid for by the B.C. Social Credit Party.