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_ TERRACE — It'll be sometime - single tarkest shareholder, Phree companies with ‘mines’ Panies paying the r rest. depend » on final design work mine are located at the end of
yet before all details of the plan . Access to the area is now only “of properties “in. ‘the area will. ° That's based on ‘the province now underway,’’ said McRae the scheduled main portion of
to build. a road into the gold- ‘by -air with companies in the  also.be shareholders:in the road.

.. “being responsible - for a- main. who expected the work to be the road. It’s 72km long,:
rich Iskut Valley area north of ‘area using Wrangell, Alaska as company ' ‘but;to ‘what.-extent” section . ‘leading ‘in ‘from : Bob

7 completed in six to seven weeks, Cominco spokesman. ‘Merlyn
_ Stewart are known, say those -abase.: "depends. on’ their: share of! ‘the: Quinn Lake‘ at Hwy37 ‘with the _. The three companies are Royea and Skyline’s Bill. Price
a involved, That lead to a government _. constriction, costs, Said.a mines‘ companies being responsible for Prime Resources, which wants said they are both waiting. for
m: ~:~ The. plan, . announced” last study last fall which indicated a ministry official last'Week.:". the road as it continues to their.

j to build a section leading south more details of the road plan.’
week -by Premier’ Bill. Vander Canadian road access would not ~ © In general terms, ‘said: Bruce: Properties; he said. . of the main road to its Eskay “Obviously there are further
Zalm, will result in'a road com- only reduce transportation and. McRae, the’ province ‘will’ pay ‘tWe have. commitments Creek gold property, Cominco’ negotiations to take place. ‘The
pany being formed with the pro- ~ development costs but i increase for one-third of the.estimated (from. the: ‘companiés). to -

and Skyline Gold. Cominco’s , government has taken the. ‘in-
Vincial government, being the. “benefit 8 to northwest B.C. ($20. million cost, t, with: the com- negotiate: final costs and those SNIP development property ‘Wative,” said Royea.

and Skyline’s Johnny Mountain -

cont'd AZ

Detox plan.
in motion

TERRACE — A local drug and
alcohol counselling service
wants to. convert a former
nurses’ residence at the hospital
into a detox centre,

The facility could contain up
to 10 beds and. be open to peo-
ple from Kitimat, Prince
Rupert, Terrace’ and Smithers,
says June Campbell of the Nor-
thwest’ Drug and Alcohol
Counselling Service,

Northwest residents now
must go to Prince George for
the closest detox facility, she
said.

“That's an eight-hour bus
trip and a person in withdrawal
or with a chemical dependency
just can’t do it,” said Campbell
of the journey to Prince mo,
George. corporati

te porations in the area for
. For that. reason we don’t money to visit detox centres in
: send many people to. Prince cities similar in. -size to Tertace.
., George. ‘OF our four: offices: Gn, “Money fo8the centre would:

Prince Rupert, Terrace: Kitimat come from ‘the provincial
~ and Smithers) we probably send- _ government which also. finances
on rage two: people a ‘the counselling centre...
month,” she continued. One advantage of having the
The only, medical alternative geigy centre in the former
to a detox'centre in.the tor pitses? residence is its proximity
thwest are hospitals but they 45 ine hospital for medical treat-
aren't equipped and nor is it ent that might be required,
their function to provide the said Campbell.
service, said Campbell. - She added that a local detox
As well, RCMP officers often centre — patient might be ad-
find themselves dealing with mitted for three days to one
people in need of detox yet their week — would provide a good
only ahernative is the drunk starting point for people as they
tank, she sai , lcad into counselling once thé
‘A drunk tank isn’t the place procedure is finished. os

_ for a person in withdrawal and . Michael Leisinger of the Ter- - be
- “Reither is the hospital but those Health Care Society, the a
‘are often the only two options,"" _ body that runs Mills Memorial 7
said Campbell. Hospital, said the detox centre

The nurses’ residence has

b tf al proposal has merits.
ad wean require yenovetions The hospital doesn’t have the
to make it suitable, she added. ‘facilities to handle detox pa-

: : : tients and the specific .re- :.
Campbell is now asking large quirements of patients in A.

_ ‘Companies
| . increase |
planting:

. TERRACE — Skeena Cellulose
has increased by 50 per cent the
amount of trees it wants to
plant this year because natural
regeneration of logged off areas:
hasn’t worked, .
, The increase, from 1.2 [2
i million to 1.74 million seedi-
: ings, will go to specific areas
where expected new growth is
inadequate, said company
forestry supervisor Archie Mac-
Donald.

He said, the areas are ones cut
in 1987 and that the company
leaves logged off blocks for
several years 10 -see. if natural

regeneration meeis expecta-
tions. :
- Planting. to. boost ‘natural
regeneration is: ‘also the major :
-. > “@Omponent in: Skeena Sawmills’... [*.
' plans to plant 550,000 trees this |
season, says. Damian Keating,
one ‘of its forests ex ae
“¢He said fogged: off-aréas are :
left to naturally. Tegenerate. ee |
cept .where slash burnifig had
taken: place ‘or on “rich. sites
where . there © were - Potential
brush problems. pele hs?
"While conceding that natural =
growth is cheaper than full-scale . |
replanting, he emphasized - it |: " j . rae
Fone eee eatle from a - STEADY 18.3 ‘he goes is cine watchword 16h hig ays. ministry ental ‘painting creivg, Greg. :
Factors such as a wider gene Bees Placing cor cones on Treshly: Palnteel fines: until: ‘they dry. d watching for, ap
poal meant “it’s much superior mS mee :
in probably 99 per cent ‘of the
cases to any other kind of plan-
ting,’’ Keating said. ;
Adding seedlings to logged
off areas is carried out where
natural regerieration falls below
the target figure of 1,000 trees
per hectare, he added, ‘
Keating said almost 60 per |. -Dieber
cent of the trees planted would — |. ‘minist
be balsam with equal amounts
of cedar and spruce accounting ”
for nearly all the ‘remainder, F
The breakdown’ for Skeena et feed Just been painted
Cellulose is close to $0 per cent Re anes to ary Hs impo “
| balsam, 22 per cent pine, 15 per- “20 .
| cent spruce and 12 per cent [Oo tac,
cedar,
"While. both companies order
most of the ‘seedlings from the
_ Thorahill tree nursery, they also
take some from elsewhere,
“Orders § are spread around for
security” of supply, said: Mac-

Donald,.. ‘adding “You. don't .

want. to-have all your ‘trees in:

one. nursery. in’ case some
mt disaster happens. Man REE 2a
Me More “On: "planting can ‘be

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‘fees increase ~

CE — Students ‘at Nor- gram ‘fees’ go up. 6. rr per: cel eo
S, thes est Community College can fective this Fall. ‘All other
=. Took: forward té:a‘ nearly eight.
# —. per cent increase in thelr tultion . he
~ fees next year. os creases S bring the mnaiclovant ‘an.
_ NWCC student ‘can pay: perf
_ semester to $408; ef:
In '® phone. survey last Thurs.) °",.; \nderson defended . the in: im |
Pay, NWOC - president. ‘Don. ‘creases, which he said are below oes
Aa NY said, The, dncreases.” the. province-wide ¢ averages.)
Have been forwarded to Victoria’ «--""We can't-go to the minster
: © for. formal “Provincial govern. for more money when other cole

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ty Basie “tuition ‘feed ‘go up!4) ‘atid ‘also raising fees by’ as’
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June Campbell

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in: ‘Dan Diebert’s Crew: ‘and ©

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cover. 21km. ‘of highway. oot
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nose ‘Bellow and white Line

withdrawal don’t easily fit with,
nthe province's highways,

Watch out a Services it now provides, he _
sai .

- TERRACE — RCMP will more
: authority. to 7 than likely be using aircraft this
oF ‘itop. an other vehicle _ rc) _) year to track highway speeders.

“ o “There’s money allocated for
it. It depends on manpower and
availability of aircraft,”’ said
Corporal Jim Porteous, the of-
ficer in charge of the area's
€ ) highway patrol.

: Vel} a’per- | Airborne officers can deter-
"son ‘who ‘puns ‘the painting | mine a vehicle's speed by timing
‘ system and'one: lace the | it with a stop watch as it drives
: a over painted reference marks on
the highway, The information is
then relayed to officers on the
ground and the vehicle stopped,
RCMP officers in southern
B.C. recently went on a training
program to provide air patrols
as far north as , Quesnel,

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