Among other topics, Premier Vander Zalm discussed a pro-
posed seniors’ housing complex with Lou Gair when he
visited the Happy Gang Centre last Thursday. Gair sald he

was encouraged by Vander Zalm’s

interest and said, “‘l

think we may get something out of it. It just might be a
breakthrough for us.” The housing society Is currently
mired In bureaucracy in trying to obtain a piece of crown

jand east of the court house.

Combined government center |
still under negotiation |

TERRACE — An announce-
ment that the Ministry of
Forests will be leaving their
Tillicum Theatre premises for
new office space in a portion of
a refurbished B.C. Hydro
building next spring is no indica-
tion of a trend to move provin-
cial government offices out of
the downtown core. According
to Kalum Forest District finance
and administration manager,
Orest Wakaruk, they are
separate from and were never in-
cluded in the one-stop shopping
concept.

He said that the major reason
for the move is to leave the
cramped office space occupied
by Forest Service personnel for
several years and move into a
more spacious building where
they can consolidate both office

- and warehouse services. .

According to a release from
Forests Minister Dave Parker,
the alterations to the B.C.
Hydro building on Keith Ave.
were designed by Terrace ar-
chitect Alex Inselberg. The B.C.
Buildings Corporation has
awarded a $459,433 contract for
the alterations to Seaward Con-
struction Ltd. of Surrey. He ad-

ded that reconstruction of 1,394

square meters of the building
will begin this month. .

In the meantime, B.C.B.C.
Corporate Affairs Manager,
John Murphy, says that plans
for a one-stop provincial
government center in Terrace
are still in the works and reaf-
firmed that location and public
access anid convenience were still
a prime consideration. He said
negotiations for office space are
still underway and ‘‘moving
along as fast as possible’.

When complete, Murphy
says, the new office will house

tate

the Government Agent’s office,
the Ministry of Environment
and Conservation, Consumer

“Services,. Safety Engineering

Services, Employment Stan-
dards and Liquor Licensing and
the Motor Vehicle Branch.

. he’s:

Terrace Review —

ve _ some action fairly quickly”

Wednesday, Oviober $,,1988 23

= Vander Zalm gives backing»

to northern university |

~ Premier Bill Vander Zalm has

given full support to the concept

of a northern university and says
willing’ to make his
arguments in cabinet. According

|: -to. Vander Zalm, training profes-

sionals in the north is the key to.
keeping them here, and in the
long term, providing better
engineering, economic and.
medical services in the north.

In an interview with the Ter-
race Review last Thursday mor-
ning, Vander Zalm said, “I
think soon, we will have to ad-
dress this whole question of a
proper facility in the north,’.
and, ‘“‘There are a great many

arguments that I could make in -

support of providing more
educational opportunities in the

| north.”

Later in the day, at the town

‘meeting. held at Caledonia

Senior Secondary School, he ex-
pressed his commitment in even
stronger terms. He admitied
there was also a case to be made
for an Okanagan University, but
choosing the forest industry as
an example, he pointed out that

if there is to be research into bet- -
-people to teach. And that’s an

ter forest management, . “Tt
should be done where the forest
base is strong — and that’s in
the north.’? He then hinted, ‘‘l
don’t want to give you dates but
I think you can look forward to

.some action fairly quickly.”’

He indicated at the same time
that the final debate is far from
over. He said that Stan Hagen,
the Minister. of Advanced
Education, would at some point

Regional district
objects to CBC move

The Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine has sent a letter
to the Canadian Radio-
Television and Telecommunica-
tions Commission (CRTC) com-
plaining about the reduction of
Northwest content from CBC’s

' Prince Rupert broadcast facility,

CFPR. Following a CRTC hear-
ing in Prince Rupert last March,
the CBC was told they must
maintain a ‘‘presence”’ in the
Northwest, and their request to
replace the 14 member Prince

Rupert facility with a two-

member ‘“‘storefront"’ operation
was denied. Instead, the CRTC
recommended a four-person

Hank Barg named
lifetime member

by Roy Greening

Hank Barg, who has been a
member of Branch 13 for many
years has just recently been ap-
pointed a Life Member of the
Royal Canadian Legion with all
the privileges that this title em-
braces. Comrade Barg has been
a president of our branch and is
still an active member on the ex-
ecutive.

The criteria that are followed
in order to be recommended for
this honorable distinction are
many and probing. One has to

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“be a dedicated and devoted
member of the Legion, have
assumed many official positions
and continually be in attendance
for many years. The nominated
candidate must have been ready
to volunteer his.or her services
willingly for many years,

storefront operation which
would maintain a three-hour
weekday morning program
originating in the Northwest.
According to the regional
district however, the CRTC
decision has resulted in the
elimination of eight jobs and the

reduction of regional services:

such as newscasts and afternoon
programming which were at one
time produced in the Northwest.
““CFPR will provide (for the im-
mediate future) a regional morn-
ing show with newscasts
originating from - Vancouver,”
they complained. ‘‘The noon
and afternoon programs have
been modified to originate in
Vancouver.”

The CBC move has resulted in.
an AM bureau and FM rebroad-

cast signal in Victoria as well as

‘AM bureaus in both Kelowna

and Prince George, but the
board points out that it is unac-
ceptable that these provincial
‘improvements’? should be
manned, in part, by ex-Prince
Rupert staff and financed
through the sale of Prince
Rupert assets.

want to look at both sides of the

argument, And in considering .

the northern concept of a
university with several regional
campuses, the argument might
be that it wouldn’t create a
“‘strong’’ university. ;
“The university might be
weakened by that and therefore
not attract the. same calibre of

argument,’’ he said, but added,
‘*T would tend to think however,
that in a province as large as
British Columbia, as large as all
of western Europe, you need
facilities in the north. You can’t
be having these people making
that trek south.”’ .
Vander Zalm was later
presented with a letter by Mayor
Jack Talstra showing the sup-
port of a northern’ university

concept by city council, The In- .

terior University Society plans to
present a completed feasibility

study and petition to the Social -

Credit convention on Oct. 20,
and the government is expected
to reach a decision sometime
next month.

Lights out
for mall

Skeena Mall closed unex-
pectedly last Monday when a
B.C. Hydro transformer failed
at about 5 p.m. Mall manager
Gail Currie said power wasn’t
restored until 9 p.m. While there
was no damage or loss of frozen
goods, she says the darkened
mall and parking lot made her
‘‘really appreciate the services of
B.C. Hydro”.

The power outage resulted in
a more or less vacant parking lot
at the mall but turned out to be a
blessing to businesses in other
parts of town. The Terrace

Shopping Centre was jammed —

with parked cars, and impatient
motorists circled the lot like
vultures waiting to compete with
others for the next available
space. On Tuesday, however, ‘it
was business as usual and
Skeena Mall regained its balance
of trade.

DOORS OPEN AT 4:30 P.M.
- Terrace’s Bingo Place

Lucky Dollar Bingo Palace

4818 Hwy. 16 West

| ‘SUNDAY: Terrace Athletics Assn.
"MONDAY: Terrace Minor Hockey

~ FUESDAY: Kermodes or Jaycees

WEDNESDAY: Terrace Blueback Swim club

THURSDAY: 747 Air Cadets

Ladies of the Royal Purple

FRIDAY: Parapelegic Assn.
SATURDAY: Parapelegic Foundation

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