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WEDNESDAY —

' access to enough power in the fu-
ture to permit further expansion.

The company spent $500 mil-
Hion drilling a secend tunnel
through Mt. Dubose and would
have spent another $800 imillion
to finish the project. s

Premier Mike Harcourt’ an-

‘He said the - . government
believes it can pull off the deal
end create new economic. op-

portunities in the . northwest

‘evithout shelling out a ‘dime of
texpayers money.?

That may be true but tax dotiira

By JEFF NAGEL

THE PROVINCE will sell Al-
can the amount of power it would
have gotten from the now-
Scrapped Kemano Completion
Project whenever it decides to ex-.

pand its industrial operations. _ could end up indirectly subsidiz-
That tentative deal was ane nounced in January the” pro- ing Alcan if it costs B.C. Hydro
nounced lastweck, ©” vince’s decision to scp KCP more than what Alcan. will ‘pay to.
But taxpayers won’tsee the fine and enter negotiations with Alcan produce the power...
print — and find out how much to resolve the issue of compensa- __ Also unknown is where the pio-
they'll have to pay for scrapping . “oa, vince .will. find the power. its
KCP — until a final agreement is The project would have reduced promised. Alcan. - :
negotiated. | water flows in -parts of the
The deadline for that is March. Nechako Riverto.as litle as/12 that out of: their system,”” ‘Alcan’ 8.
31, 1996 — possibly after the » percent of pre-1950 flows, _ Rich sald)
next provincial election. =~ ‘Paul © Ramsey,“ minister’ © Neither was Ramsey,’ ‘but te

Alcan vice-president Bill Rich
says the deal would give the com- .
pany what it has always wanted
— a secure power source for
Kitimat’s existing smelter, and

responsible for Kemano, said fast .
week’s deal secures Kitimat jobs, ,
gets Alcan its power; protects the |
Nechako and gets the province
off the hook for compensation. .

- said with the large number of new
production now coming forward,

have the power to sell.

7 Anyone nave any birdseed?
CYNTHIA NORTHRIDGE'S grade 2 class from Uplands Elementary recently visited Rey and
Cheryl Stoner's aviary on Kalum Lake Rd. Here two cockatiels wander near the students,

searching for a treat. The class was also shown a baby cockatiel which they named Coconut.

Other highlights of the trip were a Chinese red and golden pheasant, a peacock and a floppy- =.
eared rabbit.

Draggers find new home

DRAG RACERS hope to shift
gears and move their planned
Riverboat Days event to Hwy16

received the ministry's approval,
She says. the highway would be
closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. that

still have to fall into place. for the
1th mile race to to ahead,
“We still need’ to ‘see if emet.

East, : day, and traffic would instead gency crews are aveilable for that
Organizers have abandoned detour around River Rd. and day,” he said. ;

thelr proposed Kalum St. location come out at Clark Dr. Leblond predicts 65-drag racers

for the Sunday, Aug. 6 race and -. The race would mun onthe high- « from ‘the tri-city area alone will

are now trying to onganize it for ‘ way itself, and there would be ac-

show up ‘about the same tum:

Hwy16 near the Thornhill Fire: cess to businesses al nig the Fromt-
t. : nge road, °
Highways ‘imlniatry spokesinan Organize: 1 Doa Leblind said
Jane ‘Stead: says: the ‘plan: has “Friday a umber: of. othe things

n deal no

- *]’m not.sure where they’d get

proposals. for. independent : power -
he’s confident’ the: province will ,

David Austin, lawyer for the
District of Vanderhoof during

public hesrings into KCP, isn't so
sure.

If the province gets the power

through various cogeneration and

independent power producers,
then the price tag will depend on
the fluctuating price of things like
natural gas.

And Austin says gas prices can.

only be guaranteed for about 20
. years into the fature — not the 60

- or & year provincial commitment

to Alcan.

‘Only . new “lage “scale
hydrotlectic development some-
where else could supply the 285
megawatts that KCP would have
produced — and that the provines
has promised — at a firm price.

And assuming the cost. of

THE CITY wants to ‘shut the
Terrace dump down and direct all

greater Terrace: Barbage to” he.

‘Thornhill dump.
That plan. was proposed ’ at a
weekend Kitimat-Stiking’ regional

bers there were non-committal.

Greatly increasing the volume
of garbage entering: the. Thornhill :
dump would require environment

to tighter — and miore expensive
— restrictions on dump operations.
“It only makes sense,” says

councillor David: Hull, adding
combining . operations, should *
create a more efficient, cheaper *

landfill.

That contention i is backed up =
in the stage two report of the Solid =

Waste Management Plan, -
“From a cost perspective, a

single landfill would. provide’ the .

best economies-of-scale,”..the .

report says. “Thig, single landfill 8
would be the ultimate te goal for the: “

By CHRIS SINKEWICZ
INDEPENDENCE © DAY | in:

Hyder, Alaska means bangs and.’

booms, ooohs and ahbhs, and a
night sky full- of colorful star-
bursts — the jaw-dropping pizzaz
of a great fireworks show. *

But fourth of July fireworks ©
went off a little early. this year .
and did more than bedazzie... -
they razed the main civic building -
of this historlc American’ gold”
nish town perched on the B.C,
border next door to Stewart.

By the time the night was oii

the community’s post office, fire

hall, community center, library,

ambulance station, forest service .
office and T.V, re-broadcast SYS
tem — all under the same roof —
Were gone, & pile of ash,

The building bumed before.
midnight July 3 after Hyder
storekeeper Deati Mashinter. ac-
cidentally ignited the | town’s

show. |
Mashinter sald ‘one minute he
was - ~ wiring ° - some’ mortar.

_ fireworks together, hed Rouble toes

began. pe: a :
“Somehow a. spark was created
from where I was at, and since I

don’t _sinoke iit: wasn't . from
‘cigarettes, ae
-” Mashinter said the building was .
in flames. within half. a
was. all: he: and fiv othe could *

ise .

. gates‘— a‘lot more than Alcan’s
~ $800 million.
producing energy doesn’t go up

# IN THE DUMPS

City to ‘ditch garbage

- south of Lakelse Lake - — is a Mote ue
district meeting, but board ‘mem -

--sub-i¢gional: dump in- Thorthill, S
serving the Greater Terrace area, as
ministry approval and might lead. :

_shorter term contract ‘to allow: the»

+ “When we were going out the A

ST 9° get- that: fire: truck: out :

“fireworks crche in the building. _ one ‘else will have to make MP

while helping prepare for ‘the -

- ‘thal would have t to be made up. » rf

from today’s prices, it appears
Alcan is still getting # pretty good
deal,
Austin says the commercial
wholesale rate for power is
around .3.6 cents per kilowatt-
hour right now. _

At that rate, Alcan’s $800 mil.

flation over” more. tha
century. :

And the province will no. doubt. 7
look to other intangibles, such as

_ the benefits of more jobs and.the es
lion would buy 285 megawatts industrial tax ‘base that would be:
for less than 10 years, he said. = created if Alcan ever asks for the

power, ~ .
bate pers owl The power will not be 5 pro-.
to 80 years for ihat money, - vided unless there is expansion in.

Kitimat,” Ramsey noted.

But it's a fair bet the deal. w
still. be profitable for “Alcan —
‘particularly since the company:
can write off its entire $500-mil-.
lion investment ‘in: KCP*-in' one
year reducing its Teal exposute

_ Cont'd 4 Page. AZ

That. means Alcan effectively
gets the ‘other 50 or 70. years.
worth of power for free, eee

Put another way,’ “buying 6
years ‘worth of” 285-megawatts'

would cost ‘$5.4 billion, at today’s

On the face of i it looks like ke

it’s, feasibie: . :
Meanwhile, city colneilioes’
‘Say, they’ Ul , privatize dump, ‘opera

Thombill/Teriace area and, per-”
haps, the Kitimat area over r the:
very longterm.’ anes
~ Adding in Kitimat to create a.
twin-city super-dump — _ ~ possibly:

the next contract...
Right now

Pr

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“distant ‘option.
But Hull says "Terrace wants, to “
-accele: e. the pace and shift to a

Soon as possible, z Boos i
~The Thombhill dump, hias a :

longer estimated. lifespan, and. a

teady source-of gravel neceeeiry - a

D a spurring thecity tact i
"And since the: contract for the.
work at the Terrace’ ‘dump 1 runs out i
Aug. 14, they'll likely opt: fora a fees cout t. just 0
the roof.” wo

ally t to elase the dom as: soon as’ vo

Hyder 6 only fire, ‘truck tad to
~ be left to bum, ne

“Tt was pretty. scary, let me. tell’
you, ”” Mashinter sald. “By the
. time we got out of the building. it
was engulfed in flames. oe *

~ neighboring "Stewart, :
. batiled the blaze. Two, ‘take a
trucks; also from Stewart, ;
ahuttled several Toads of water to. -
eed the fire hoses, . ©

back ‘door’ those: Mortars: were:
going every, which way. |

‘in ing. in le
“hocking the buming walls:down- —
“‘to.keep flames and ‘Cinders. from . ;

would “have been completely.
suicidal.’” a . eee ne
iA volunteer fire crew ‘from, (Prom The Ite Hei

It iS relay, robbery _ ]

IT’s RAILWAY robbery as
far'as Terrace city council is
concemed, |

The province is dishing out ‘
a 50-per-cent property tax break’ ”

~ to CN and CP Rail, and every-.

inally for housekeeping matiers,. |.
‘“They’ve sneaked in like. |
thieves i in the night and they’ ré,
stoking money right.out of o
pockets,” councillor. Davi
said |Moniday,

" the differénce. he .
CN Rail is the second Jar U

gest taxpayer in ‘Terrace; payin iB

$535,000 in property. taxes:

«dn property ax; Ancreases't 116