: ‘Workers 4. ae) 4 "The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - A. Telus worker gets job back ‘By MARGARET SPEIRS _ A-LOCAL: man fired by: RR Telus after his arrest during Union Telecommunications ©} (TWU) - 7 strike last. year has won. his os job back. » Adam - "Yawrenko, who ‘was also’ arrested, by’ Ter-. BE race RCMP during the Telus strike, has had his contempt 3 charge , dismissed in. B.C. }aee _ Supreme Court. | . . BY » Shortly after, an arbitra- ¥ _ tor re-instated him as a Telus a employee. “I’m extremely familiar _ with Adam and he has been - cleared of all charges -and ; "said ~Karen © Whitfield, 5 business 7 ‘has returned to work, agent for the TWU. ° She «added that he re-. “turned to work at his former position and Salary level on December 27, 2005. . Yawrenko had been ar- : tested for breaching a BC . Supreme Court: injunction but the case was ‘thrown - ~ out due to the fact his. ac- : ‘tions _weren’t covered by - ' the injunction obtained’ by. . - Telus that prevented TWU members | from blocking or . obstructing access to Telus Supreme Court. — » or fired during the strike. During the week of Jan. 23, four men were convicted of contempt for preventing . Staff from entering Telus fa- cilities in Nanaimo, B.C. Another-man was: found ' guilty for trespassing on. ' Telus property in Smithers. ‘And a female employee, _ ‘who was taking part.in so- wis fl - called - flying pickets, was buildings. _ After Yawrenko was ar- rested, he received a letter © from Telus dated last Oct. 6 saying he was fired... B.C. Supreme:. Court ‘Justice Grant Burnyeat dis- - missed Yawrenko’ § case, in _ effect saying Yawrenko had not breached the injunction order, Whitfield said. - Whitfield. said. she couldn’t comment on wheth- er: Yawrenko was penalized in order to’be accepted back -atwork. ° No other Terrace TWU members were: arrested and/ convicted after her vehicle ~ hit a Telus vehicle. |. .TWU. workers set up i” ‘picket lines at. Telus ‘build- '| ings across B c. and Alberta | July 21,2005." . The TWU said the. dis: “pute was about’ workers’ - _ fights to job security and a» “ LOCAL TELUS worker Adam Yawrenko” was re-in- stated to his position after contempt of court charges’ - arising from last year 's lock out were dismissed i in B.C. FILE PHOTO. decent standard of living. Several incidents between . striking TWU workers and. Telus managers, including flying pickets: where work-" ers would ‘tailgate Telus - managers in ‘their vehicles,: - took place resulting in the arrest of 75 TWU workers.” inBc. * The Oct. 10 after. two weeks of meeting with company rep TWU bargaining 7 committee reached a tenta- tive agreement with Telus - PROSPECTIVE PET OWNERS are now paying five times more, to adopt a pet ftom the Terrace Animal Shelter. . City council approved a recommendation to increase the . ‘cost of adopting pets late last yearThe new system will see people paying $50 to adopt a cat and $80 to adopt a dog. That’s a 400 per cent increase overt the'old adoption fee _of $10 for.a cat and a 433 per cent increase over the old $15 ' fee to adopt a neutered dog. Under the old system dogs | who = _ were not neutered or spayed cost $35.’ Though’ the increase: appears dramatic, new owners will also be given a $30 voucher. redeemable. at any local veter-" “inarian’s office to be used for spaying, neutering or vacci- | nations, says city director of development'services, Marvin - Kwiatkowski. 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FREE FOOT CARE CLINIC” will be held at the _BESTWESTERN. 4553 Greig Ave. . Terrace,BC . February 21, 2006 A-1 Orthotics 3208 Sunset PI. Westbank, BC For appointment please call’ 1-888-313-1339 Derek Armstrong Orthotic Technician 7 years experience in foot care & custom- smade J ; orthotics, NOTE: Your medical may pay for your orthotics {check your plan} City raises pet adoption fee — . to fixing animals and keeping their shots up to date, he said. . The voucher concept stems from similar programs in oth- er municipalities that have seen good success. ” __. The riew fees could also curb impulse pet buying and add * value to the cost of buying a pet. . “Somebody can scrape together $15 or $20 —but many of those pets are coming back to us,” Kwiatkowski said. | . “The benefits of this change are great in that it will en- courage the spaying and neutering of animals to reduce over. population and should also contribute to a healthier pet pop- .- ulation,” Kwiatkowski told council. The fee does not include licensing for dogs. That costs an additional $20 for fixed animals and $40 for unaltered dogs. -. The fees are considerably less that other animal shelters .. in the area, Kwiatkowski said., sg 7 : | METHANEX UPDATE "From Kevin Henderson Director, Manufacturing, North America , As most people are aware, Methanex: Kitimat ceased production of methanol and ammonia in n October fo 2005.. Since that time, our employees have been busy preparing for the changeover froma produc-. ~ tion facility to a terminal operation. Prior to last October, Methanex produced approximately 4 430, 000 tonnes of methanol per year. This was distributed fo customers by ocean vessel and by rail. Although our production facilities are now decommissioned, our site is still an ‘excellent location for a a terminal operation. resentatives in Toronto and Vancouver. Workers © voted: Oct. 30 ‘to ratify the contract which « covers a national bargaining - unit of about 14,000 em- ployees, most of whom, are in B. C. and. Alberta. yet TERRACE BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS _ Notice of | Annual General Meeting yo Date: February 23, 2006 ae Place: Terrace & District Community Services Office #304-4546 Park Avenue . Election of officers will take place. Nominations from the floor will be accepted. For more information, please call 635-4232. ” ~ SCHOOL DISTRICT #82 (COAST.MOUNTAINS)/THE CONSEIL SCOLAIRE 3ist, “ET ‘Kenney Primary Kiti K’Shan Primary — Thom Primary =. Uplands Elementary Jo “full-time Kindergarten. - @ 635-311 "Barents must: A chil :{Principal] at: 1-888-729-8988.) : ol our ur workforce in Kitimat, a Sweet petroleum condensate i isa liquid by- product of natural gas s production. Ii isa | mixture of many mee ; light petroleum hydrocarbons and has similar properties'to gasoline. This condensate mixture primarily ~ : _- contains components such as: pentane, hexane, heptane and octane. This condensate will be.brought: ~ into Kitimat by ocean vessels and transferred to the Methanex West Terminal. From there it will be dis- - tributed: by specially designed, dedicated railcars to northern Alberta where it will be used as a diluent foo enable: easier. handling of crude oil from Alberta. far sands Projects Ne es Methanol and.ammonia production are very clean processes with the only significant waste ‘streams be-° ing carbon dioxide and.nitrogen oxides (also known as NOx). When both plants were operating, Meth: anex discharged approximately 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and approximately 1,500 tonnes of. - nitrogen oxides per year. With the production’ facility now v closed, the discharge has been reduced to. zZero.. On February 8 8, 2006, Methanex will begin a 30-day public re review ‘and consilttion peed j in n order to’. | amend its air discharge permit. Now that our production facilities have been decommissioned, the only emissions. ; that will vent from 0 our’ storage tonks will be methanol and {once we commence® frans-shipments for EnCana) sweet petroleum condensate vapours. We have determined that the level of emissions from our tanks will be within all : applicable environmental and health guidelines. However, Methanex will further reduce emissions: using. qe a vapour reduction technology that we have successfully used for many years. Vapour'recovery prevents. —° emissions right at the source 2 and the costs associated with it are. offset by the value of product returned to the tanks. - We are re spending approximately $1 million to upgrade the existing vapour recovery, unit at c our. West Terminal that will result in reducing emissions by more: than 90 percent. This is consistent with our ‘cor mitment to Responsible Care® which endorses reduction, reuse and recycling of waste. - If you would like more information on our terminal operations or.our ur application for an amendment under | the provisions of the Environmental Management Act, t, please contact Terry Rowat at 250-639. 3241. or. me ae ° email fo: AirPermit@Methanex. com. \ A Students are dligible for a full day Kiidergorten program if: ®- they have been identified as having severe special ‘ they are of First Nations ancestry, or _ © _ they have significant difficulties speaking or understanding English me Bee “Requests for tull'day instruction should be made at the time of registration and the school will contact you ufo confirm his 2 a al for Kindergarten classes, please register your child at your neighbourhood eeeeny ‘ ae “It vif you wish information on school boundaries; please contact any of the minal ied above. a : French Immersion Kindergarten and Grade One — (Asstudent does not have to be of French ofigin to enrol in French Immersion.) . Registration for French Immersion Kindergarten and Grade One takes place at Kit K’Shan Primar - Registration for French Immersion Grade One is for students presenlly attending, Kindergarten in begin in the French Immersion Program — _ The Conseil scolaire francophone (Francophone Education Authority of BC schoo Dish #93) oes . we v Reitaton for the Francophone full time kindergarten vil “be procesed by: Kit K’Shon Pimary Schoo, phone _ be a Canadian Citizen or landed immigrant of Canada... bf - reside in British Columbia, and have one of the following: French as a first language learned and still understood; © a. Primary school instruction in Canada in French’ lexcludes i immersion program}; who has received primary or secondary school instruction in Canada in French, (xe immersion : ’. A child receiving primary or secondary instruction in Canada in French. - For more information on the rancophone fegrem: Please co: contact ct the Jack Cook School at 6385: 9754 or Renee Spa : | Since Alberta Envirofuels cea ssed shipments. of methylteriary butyl ether (Tee) i in 2002, we had been : " searching for.a product to trans-ship through two spare storage tanks at our West Terminal. In- September - 2005 a wholly owned subsidiary of EnCana Corporation signed an agreement with Methanex to trans- ae _ ship. up to 25,000. barrels of sweet petroleum condensate per day. : This new business combined with our: “ “continuing methanol terminal operations will provide Methanex the. opportunity te to retain 10, per cent of © . FRANCOPHONE #93 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR KINDERGARTEN (TERRACE/THORNHILL AREA) In preparation for the, 2006-2007 school year, the School Board is seeking the cooperation of parents i in ragisteri their: child on the following dates. If you have not already done so, preregistration is requested i in order to > provid je the hool “| District Administration the time to plan staffing to meet school needs. ; ° _seHoois ARE OPEN TO TAKE REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN FROM 9:00 AM. 10 12:00 Pa. Le — : ° . and 1:00 P.M. TO 3:00 P.M. | “BETWEEN FEBRUARY 13th, 2006 AND APRIL Sth, 2006 The School Distict will make every effort, dependent upon ovailable staff, to place students who have registered by A il 6th in their. neighbourhood school. Students registering alter Ari 6th may be Paced i in.ony- of Re ier i “schools, dependent upon available staffing. -. To be eligible for entry to School in September 2006 students must be five years of 2606. A birth certificate and proof of immunization will be required at the time 0 race/Thorn il | on or before December 5 I oF regishation. ; needs, - Principal, ‘Mis, 5. Springer © Phone 635 5828. | Principal, Mr. G, Holkestad - Phone 635-3115 .. ‘ Principal, Mr. B. Ey) olfson ’ - Phone 635-7066 | - Principal, Mr. J. Vidal * Phone 635:2721.° Yat who would lide . oh : Io eval for the Frncophor Program, i in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights ond Foedoms one eof the 7 _ : N as : = ay