A THREE-YEAR timber sale licence to Terrace Pre Cut Mill Ltd. wilt pave the way for expansion of the planer mill and the hiring of more Workers. The firm plans to invest more than $650,000 fora dry kiln and a storage shed. The company currently operates ihe planer mill to produce — custom-ordered metric lumber for Japanese markets. The expansion is expected to mean increased produc- tion. Terrace Precut owner Mo Takhar said he expects to hire 12 to 14 more workers, bringing the mill’s work- force up from 10 to 24, It will take a while for the dry kiln components to be Shipped here, but said he’s hoping to have construction The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 3, 1996 - A9 ( CLEAR ) THE AIR Reduce air Srp, pollution mee) fomresidential " wood smoke and auto emissions with tips from the Association, BRITISH COLUMBIA . LUNG ASSOCIATION Box 3400, Station \ Vancouver, B.C, Wé) 4M2 ; y, fbdariciag sure danased by iain publ Learn To FLY! 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He said value-added mills like his get more results from the timber that’s logged than shipping logs overseas, or even basic mill- ing, *‘Remanufacturing here means more jobs for B.C.,’” Dry kiln needs re-approval DELAYS of more than a year in building the dry kiln means neighbours will get an- other shot at Terrace Pre Cut’s expansion plans. The dry kiln proposal was the centre of a storm of controversy almost two years ago when the company first sought a city devel- opment permit for the expansion. Braun St. neighbours opposed the project, arguing it would mean further industrializa- tion of the light industrial zoning adjacent to their homes. The six-month battle between residents and the company ended in March 1995, when council voted 3-2 to allow the dry ikiln development. Bul the 15-month delay in building the “stranger kiln since that decision means Terrace Pre Cut will have to start the process all over again, and apply to council for a new devel- opment permit, ty. City planner Dave Trawin says the permit was approved back in the spring of 1995, but never actually registered on the proper- Even if it had been registered, he said, the delay exceeds the requirement that a devel- opment be substantially completed within six months of a permit being issued, Poors Out & About down from last year. same months in 1995, ness community. an idea won’t work, expensive to carry out.’* year, ment program. said. fective Fitness. House prices up REAL ESTATE prices are up this spring, but sales are The average price paid for a single-family home in the northwest region in March, April and May was $138,418 — up 10 per cent from $125,666 for the The Northwest Real Estate Board also reports sales are down two per cent, with 95 Multiple Listing Ser- vice units sold worth a total of $11.3 million. Licences get look-see REGIONAL DISTRICT officials are going to look into the possibility of instituting business licences in unorganized areas like Thorahill, The idea came from Kitimat director Jim Thom, who says he wants to create a level playing field in the busi- But Thomhill director Peggy Julseth predicted such ‘There are too many home-based businesses and God-knows-what out there,” she said. “It will be too Logging remains slow LOGGERS and truckers continue to struggle in the face of an extremely slow logging season. Don Hull and Sons Ltd. has carried about half the amount of logging it normally would to this point. The logging slowdown has also had a trickle down effect to other related businesses. LEJ International Trucks Ltd. parts manager Bob Bauer said business has deen down 20 per cent in recent months. Ski manager to teach SHAMES MOUNTAIN general manager Scott Siemens says he’s left the ski hill to go teaching for a He's accepted a one-year contract with Selkirk Col- lege in Nelson to teach part of their ski area manage- Also gone from Shames is guest services manager Tim Foster, who has left for Calgary. But Slemens, who also holds shares in the company, says he'll stick around this summer and do what he can to help prepare for the new season. “} have still committed to Shames to help them out and maybe find them some new stalf for next year,” he He says he'll still be calling Terrace home, as he and his partuer Tanis Sulherland will continue to own Ef- Excellence in forestry THE DECISION to voluntarily give up cutting rights to the Killope River watershed: two years ago has eamed Skeena Sawmills and West Fraser Timber the Forests Excellence Award for environment. “Technically, he has to come back and teapply for a new development permit,” Trawin said. ‘‘It’s the same council, s0 you would imagine it would pass again. But things have happencd.’* vee Industry stunted INCREASED STUMPAGE rates and a growing list of regulations have stunted the growth of B.C.’s forest in- dustry, according to a Price Waterhouse report released last month, The 35-page study points to both the year-old Forest Praclices Code and Forest Renewal B.C, as being two of the biggest offenders in driving up the costs of log- ging and upping product pricing on the international markels, The report states that after FREC’s first full year of ap- eration in 1995, stumpage fees shot up 21.8 per cent to $26.46 per cubic metre. Un- der the provincial program, the money is to be recircu- lated in the forest region it came from in the form of various restoration or sil- viculture projects, But not everyone is convinced the money is fowing back equi- tably. “Stumpage rates are tremendously higher, which has a significant impact on industry,” says = Gary Townsend, vice-president of West Fraser Mills, “Tm just not convinced that the moncy paid from each region is returning to that region considering the cost,” Total stumpage, royalty and related charges amounted to $1.8 billion in 1995 — an increase of $386,000 over 1994, Ac- cording to ihe Price Water- house analysis, the increase is generally attributable to the Forest Renewal plan stumpage levy no longer giving industry a fair return. If B.C.'s number one in- dustry is not making ade- quate retums, analysts say, it’s bad news for the pro- vince, Total profits for 1995 were $1.2 billion, down from $1.3 billion the year before. 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