AtO - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 10, 1997

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Hands off th ose pens LOCAL RESIDENTS won’t know until next year if a

BUDGET-CONSCIOUS Mills Memorial Hospital has country-wide cost-culling campaign will affect the air-

tumed its i! i port’s flight services station,
“Pens ia dvaproatiag: by ts home: > notes the The station, which provides weather and other informa-

hospital's latest newsletter, It asks workers to check tion affecting air tavel, is one of 84 across Canada up for
their pockets before going home. ‘| review by the corporation which has taken over the service

Tt can’t all be laid at the feet of missing pens, but from Transport Canada.

Mills did post a $34,539 deficit during its Intest report- | _ NavCauada wants to cut staff in favour of more automa-
ing period. That effectively has cut its surplus to | "om order to save $135 million a year by 2000, .
$39,237. ; Flight services stations provide weather and other in-

_ Hospital officials note that expenditures are higher in formation affecting fying conditions but NavCanada says

: p new technology can replace human beings.
Tani in fan bythe ond of that the 4 expect to be But regional NavCanada official Andy Vassarins said

The Terrace and District Community Health Council everybody with an opinion will be heard before decisions

which oversees Mills, Terraceview Lodge and Osbome are made, Terrace is one the list of B.C. stations to be

wh ; reviewed next year. ;
ome | Le cpecied to hat surplus of $104,066. That ‘There are many factors that will be looked at,’ said

Vassarins last week of the reviews. ‘‘Traffic, mixture of

. traffic, density of traffic and complexity of traffic, runway
SCI pledges to pay taxes configurations, weather and terrain will all be considered.”’
SKEENA CELLULOSE is offering to pay the If the right information can be made available, it really
$900,000 it owes the City of Terrace for 1997 property | doesn’t matter where people are slationed when speaking

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taxes over the next five years. to pilots, Vassarins added. i NAME:_
The city had granted a six-month extension to the But some aviators are worried that removing people from | ADDRESS:
property tax bill, but said it would adda 10 per cent | airports will take away knowledge of local conditions, r .
penalty to the bill if it isn’t paid by Jan, 1. NavCanada does want to spend up to $60) million in 1 CATEGORY:
The new deal, proposed by government officials, new technology to reduce costs. It also plans to flatten its I
comes in the wake of the province’s decision to buy | managerial structure. I
out the Royal Bank and take majority control of the one measuring stick being used is that a station should ; Fax entries to board office at 638-1837 or drop off
company. andle at Teast 40, aircraft movements a year. ile I
City council basn’t yet decided what to do about the | Terrace has just half that number, it also serves the airport | | at any sponsor listed.
offer. at Prince Rupert and the one at Sandspit on the Queen 1
The Job Protection Commission’s. Erich van Soeren | Charlotte Islands. The station here employs 11 people. | a
says the deal would see the $900,000 repaid with inter- When NavCanada took over in 1996, it guaranteed jobs | | Northwest Re
est in 48 monthly payments starting in January, 1999 | for two years but there was no guarantee on the number af | Board
and continuing until the end of 2002. stations it would run. ! tate Board

Almost like Alberta. | Station waits

LOCAL GAS prices are among the cheapest in Cana-

a, indicates survey conducted by the Petroleum | 4 LOCAL radio station is still waiting to see if its applica-
. . tion to change part of its programming will be approved.
Only Edmonton at 49.8 cents a litre and Calgary at CFNR, a FM radio statton based te Kitselas which covers
50.7 cents a lite are cheaper than Terrace’s 51.9 cents | Terrace and the northem interior through a satellite distrib-
a litre. , ution sysiem, wants to bring in a classic rock station from

Vancouver consumers pay 55.5 cents a litre, people | Vancouver during its evening programming.
in Regina pay 58.8 cents a litre, drivers in Montreal Its officially asked the Canadian Radio-television and
pay 58.6 cents a litre and those in St. John, Newfound- | Telecommunications Commission, which regulates radio
land pay 60 cents a litre. stations, for a licence amendment.

Local prices dropped by more than 10 cents a lite | — CFNR now rebroadcasts a signal from an Edmonton sta-
this fall when retailers followed the lead of the Great | tion during the evening, But CFNR general manager
Canadian Wholesale Club’s gas bar. Clarence Martin says bringing in CFMI from Vancouver
will add to its programming mix.

City names regional reps “We want to meet the requests of our listeners,”’ he said

JACK TALSTRA and Rich McDaniel will continue to of CFNR’s mix which has been gradually changing over

sete atts : - the past while.
represent Terrace on the Kitimat-Slikine Regional Dis CRTC official Margeurite Vogel said the commission

trict board. : .
The mayor and city councillor were uncontested Fri- aeWe consider the spplicction complete d it will no go
day when the time came for Terrace, city council to before the commissioners,” she sald last week.

vote on who will atlend the regional meetings. cach J... There’s no et timetable on when the corimissioners will
month. Councillor David Hull refused to let his name | examine CFNR'’s application.

stan for the job, Vogel said commissioners are going through an intense
S ternates will be councillors Linda Hawes and Val | period of considering applications on other matters.
cOrge. Commissioners can either ask for submissions when con-

sidering applications or hold public hearings.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has spent thousands of
dollars trying to convince you to sign a recall petition.

But they won’t tell you how they opposed the Alcan deal, and |
how they want Skeena Cellulose to shut down.

Helmut Giesbrecht has worked hard for us, and special interest
groups from the south want to undo the progress we have made.

Don’t support the hidden agenda behind recall.

‘Authorized by the Financial Agent for Helmut Giesbrecht: Jerry Reitman.
Skeena Taxpayers Association 638-0062