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Vol. 2, Issue No. 16

Opinion
poll to

go with
election

Terrace municipal
council has decided to
take advantage of the ap-
proaching aldermanic
by-election in order to
conduct an opinion poll
on the Sunday shopping
issue.

Due to a_ successful
motion by Ald. Ruth
Hallock, voters in the
May 31 polling will have
the opportunity to of-
ficially register their opi-
nions on the following
question: “Are you in
favor of Sunday shopp-
ing in Terrace?’’ The
question is being put for-
ward as an opinion poll
to gauge the feeling of
local residents on the
issue, and it is not to be
confused with a referen-
dum to establish a bylaw
in the community.
The:.phrasing of the

" question was discussed at
council:

length by
members at the April 14
regular meeting, and it
was decided that the
simplest construction
would be best in order ‘to
minimize voter confu-
sion. ‘*] think that by
now everyone knows
what we mean by ‘Sun-
day shopping’,” Mayor
Jack Talstra remarked.
Talstra noted that Jim
Pattison, during his re-
cent visit to Terrace, had
indicated that he would
be open to further
discussion regarding the

‘issue if the attitude of the

community could be ac-
curately measured. The

.Terrace Overwaitea

store, a subsidiary of the
Pattison group of com-
panies, was one of the
first large retailers to

begin opening illegally ~

on Sundays here.

The April 14 council
agenda included letters
from regional executives
of both Overwaitea and
Safeway, which in-
dicated willingness to
meet with municipal of-
ficials sometime in the
coming weeks to try and
work out a solution to
the Sunday shopping
problem in Terrace.

. * &

A proposal from
Kitimat-Terrace and
Distict Labour Council
to have April 28 pro-
claimed as an annual day

continued on page 24

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Council urges
full participation in
coming federal census

At the April 14 regular
meeting of Terrace
municipal council, the
mayor and aldermen
received a letter from
Statistics Canada re-
questing the support of
the municipal govern-
ment in obtaining an ac-
curate headcount for the
1986 federal census.

The letter emphasized
the economic benefits of
including everyone in the
enumeration exercise,

stating that federal
transfer payments are
based on the census
figures. Each individual
not counted, the letter
went on, represents a
loss of approximately
$3,000 to the province.

Ald. Robert Cooper
pointed out that
Terrace’s voting power
in decisions of the
Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine is also
population-based.

Inside
Business Guide 14
Church Directory 20
Classified Ads 22
Coming Events 8
Comics 21
Crossword 21
Dining Directory 16
Entertainment 2
Horoscope 10
Letters . 5,12 & 14
Opinions 4
Sports 6
Stork Book 19
Talk of the Town 5

Outside
Date Hi Lo Prec.
Apr. 7 9 420.4mm
Apr, 8 7 - 12.6 mm
Apr. 9 4 4. 12mm
Apr, 10 5 -2 tr
Apr, 11 6 0 tr
Apr, 12 5 1 00mm
Apr. 13 8 -1 0.0mm
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Continuing unsettled, with
some rainy pariods. Wilt
become milder with some
sunny times.

Cooper suggested that a
higher census count for

Terrace this year could»

result in voting equality
with Kitimat on the
board of the regional
district. Terrace present-
ly has six votes on the
board, compared to
seven for Kitimat.

Ald. George Clark
stated that corporations
seeking suitable loca-
tions for branch plants
and retail outlets fre-
quently consult the
Statistics Canada census
data in the decision-
making process. Towns
listed with less than a
population of 15,000,
Clark said, are generally

overlooked as being
commercially _ insignifi-
cant.

Although the combin-
ed population of Terrace
and Thornhill is greater
than 15,000, the two

places are listed separate-
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