— Clarified
oS THE SECOND SHEET of Ice
Comimitice wants to clear up ap-
parent confusion about the pro-
ject!s cost. - .
During the recent municipal

. election. campaign, spokesman
Garry: Knezacek. explained, fig-

being bandied about.
“He pointed out the actual
estimate is $4.7 million, ;
- And close to half a million dol-
lars, of.that is to ‘carry out renova-
_ -tions to the existing arena which
he -said. does not meet building
- code requirements in a number of
areas,
. Noting the committee would
- soon launch a publicity campaign
on the second sheet proposal,
- .. Knezacek said, ‘We want the
. public to be really well in-
formed’ =
. Not only was it taxpayers’
money involved, but the com-
mittee did not want a referendum
On the project to fail for lack of
communication on its part,
oU“Its mot an exlravagant pro-
ject,”’. Knezacek maintained, ad-
“ding the cost would be com-
- parable to similar facilities else-
“where {f it.wasn’t for the addi-
~ tional expense of the renovations.
- »As.for. umayor. Jack Talstra’s
“suggestion ‘the cost could be
reduced: by housing the second
_ Sheet, in -a separale building,
. Knezacek said that option had
_- been considered. ;
- However, the operational cost
- savings and other advantages of

them. to. go with. the present
. proposal,

Any major event, be it a con-
vention, hockey tournament or
‘trade:-show, would. be easier to

pointed out, -
‘It would. also be easier to pro-
mote the.whole arena as a multi-
» use facility.
= Knegacek ‘said the committee
“was tot: considering alterations to
the existing plan, preferring in-
stead to take it to referendum as
IS. =
. += However, if necessary it would
"be cwilling’ to consider other ¢
- ftions, he added. L

News In Brief

ues’ as‘ high as $5.5.‘million were.

“an all-in-one facility persuaded”

“organize in a single building, he -

Aircraft change colours

THOSE AIR B.C. BAe 146 jets now fying into Terrace will
soon have a new look. _

In conjunction with its Air Canada parent and other feeder air-
lines across the country, Air B.C, aircraft will have a large natu-
ral looking ted maple Jeaf on their tails. The maple leaf will be
displayed against an evergreen background.

This switch to red, white and green follows an 18-month pro-

ject to remake the image of Air Canada and {ts subsidiaries. |.

Sobol on party committee

THE SKEENA riding’s National party candidate in the last elec-
tion now has a seat on ils interim B.C. and Yukon organizing
commitice,

Issac Sobol became a member-at-large two weekends ago dur-
ing a meeting in Vancouver. , .

The group will work toward building the party in B.C. in prep-
aration for a spring 1994 convention in Winnipeg. Sobol will
work with the group putting together policy for the party.

“'This will be an interesting and exciting time for a new party
such as ours,’’ said Sobol. :

Road building suspended

THE PROVINCIAL forest service has suspended a Fletcher

. Challenge road building operation in a fish-bearing stream on

the Queen Charlotte Islands.

The order came down after an initial forest service request to
stop work was not followed. _

A group consisting of forest service and environment ministry
officials, together with a Fletcher Challenge engineer, visited
the site Nov. 9. They noticed 2 company employee building a
crossing in the stream and the engineer ordered the work to
cease,

But it did not and the next day the engineer reporied the work

to the forest service. The forest service then ordered the work
stopped, Fletcher Challenge will be required to carry out any re-
habilitation measures that may be necessary.

Mine project approved
A PROPOSED mine north of Fort St, James has received
provincial government blessing, The Mt. Milligan proposal is
for a $440 million, 60,000 tonne per day open pit copper/gold
project about 90k northeast of Fort St. James.
While the approval is good news, the bad news is that market

conditions have caused developer Placer Donte to put. the pro-

ject on hold. eo
Also approved was a plan for a buried natural gas pipeline

. from Westcoast Energy’s main pipeline to an 80mw on-site

electrical generation station.

- Granisle gets a hand
A VILLAGE on Babine Lake once dependent upon a now
closed copper mine has.received $231,000 worth of help from

the provincial government. .
The money comes from the natural resource community fund

and is intended to offset village tax revenue lost when the’

Noranda Bell mine closed. ;
..., Several tourism attractions are-heing, or.

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