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Page as - Tere: Standard, Wednesday, January 2, 1991

Terrace comes up cl
on latest pol

TERRACE — Several nor-
thwest industrial sites were
named last week in the environ-

ment ministry’s list of the pro-
vince’s worst polluters, but Ter-
rece remains clean.

The list of 33 companies and
municipalities found to be in
“serious non-compliance’’
names Alean’s Kitimat
aluminum smelter, Eurocan’s
Kitimat pulp mill and Skeena
Cellulose’s Port .Edward pulp
mill as violators.

Alcan gets mention for ex-
ceeding aluminum smelter ef-
fluent levels allowed under. per-
mit. A plan to get the smelter
back into compliance was to be

worked out by the end of this -

year.

Eurocan’s pulp mill makes
the list for exceeding air emis-
sion levels, The list states a new

emission scrubber is supposed -

to be operational by the end of
the year.

Skeena Cellulose is named for
exceeding air emissions permits
over the summer at its Port Ed-
ward pulp mill, The environ-
ment ministry says im-
provements are to be completed
on the mill by May.

The two Kitimat offenders
get repeat mention on another
list of 97 companies and com-
munities that are “a pollution
concern to the ministry.”' That
list describes incidents or

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ICY ROADS caused more than a couple of fender benders and put this city sand truck in the ditch
on the south side of the Sande overpass Dec. 16, It was just one more installment in the ongoing
saga of wacky weather in a December that alternated between record snow and rainfalls and a
deep freeze that slowed the city down for more than a week.

threatening situations that the
ministry considers serious, but
that have not yet been cited for
**non-compliance’” with
ministry orders to reduce emis-
sions or clean up waste sites.
Alcan has two listings on the

- secondary list. The first mames

it for special waste storage of
cyanide and fluoride leachate
on the Alcan site that is con-
taminating ground water. A
study already underway is being
expanded further examine that

pollution threat, -

The second listing names the
smelter for its air emissions of
particulate and sulphur dioxide
— which is the prime ingredient
in acid rain, The company has
scheduled improvements.

Eurocan is named on the
secondary list for pulp mill ef-
fluent drainage into the Kitimat
River, especially at low water
levels,

The pulp mill gets another
mention for land fill leachate ef-

_fish-bearing

fluent “in close proximity to
streams,”*
Monitoring and clean-up work
is said to be ongoing.

The City of Prince Rupert
gets a double mention on the
secondary list — once for pollu-
tion of the city’s harbour with
sewage and a second time for
leachate from the city’s landfill
that threatens a fish-bearing
stream. The city is planning
construction of a new y dump by
July, 1991.

Fed. dept. still nas extra space ©

TERRACE — The federal
government has reduced the
cost of office space here for one
of its departments but is still
paying a healthy sum. 7

” The space .is located. in the,
Almarlin Buildiiig ‘on® * Bby® St:

which once housed more than
17 Department of Indian Af-
fairs employees on one and a
half floors.

That changed this spring
when all but three jobs were
eliminated as part of the depart-
ment’s pian to turn over more
of its responsibilities to native
bands and organizations.

The office space continued to

be rented at a cost of approx-

imately $8,400 a month because
of a five-year lease which ended
Oct, 31.
Public Works Canada
spokesmen, that department |
“haridles federal office space; at”

': the} tinfgt-said ihe three .

eriptoyées’ “could have been!
moved but that would have
resulted in double rent because
payments would have to con-
tinue under the lease agreement.

Public Works Canada is now
looking for smaller office space
under a new five-year deal to be
effective next March but the
three employees continue to oc-
cupy the first floor, said official
Keith McBain.

He said the rent of approx-

City receives a grant

TERRACE — The city has
received $188,000 from the B.C.
Building Corporation to cover
its 1991 grant-in-lieu of taxes —
that’s up just under $3,000 from
last year.

The grants are paid each year
to municipalities in which the

Crown corporation owns pro-
perty and are equivalent to the
city taxes that would be due if it
was privately owned.

The total assessed value of
BCBC-owned land i in the city is
$5. 9 million.

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Baby's Mame: ‘Amy: Cialis Yan Vugt
Date & Time of Seth: November 22, 1996 at 11:59 pm

__ Weight: 7 los. 3 oz.

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” Paranta: Mike & Marjorie Van Vugt
* Again we thank the Lord!

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~ bate & Time of Birth: November 25, 1990 at 05.24

Weight: 9 Ibs. 3'e 02.

Sex; Female

Parente: Gary & Eva Webb

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Meme: Taylor Dawn Straw

Bath: November 27, 1990 at 4:02 pm
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Parents; Tassie & Fred Staw

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Parents: Gordon & Heather Gillis

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Meanwhile, spokesmen. for

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The first of the tubs went up
this Spring and the new batch

will go in next spring, says the

society,

A small. plaque identifying
the purchaser will be put on if
the business so wishes,

More information can be had
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Prince Rupert skiers are com-
ing to Shames Mountain via a
bus service being sponsored bya
business there.

Tom Sanes of Far West
Sports i in Prince Rupert said the
service is intended to promote
skiing among young, ‘people and

.for those who don’t want to
make the drive to the mountain.
. The 35-passenger bus,
chartered from: Far West. Bus
Lines, will leave from in front
of the sports store every Sun-
day.

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The province says 1,615 jobs
have been created through
various financial incentives and
loan guarantees for new
businesses and those which
wanted to expand.

. Those programs include the

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business ‘start up ‘program ‘ind

one for small: business:
assistance.

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A local car dealership hes a
large ‘thank you’ poster. hang-

- ing in its business

Terrace Honda FS calls was one
of 218 Honda dealers across the

- country to receive. the poster:

arising from a promotion on
behalf of Big Brothers of
Canada.

Dealers bought Honda cars
driven by company executives
with every dollar above a
minimum bid going | toward Big
Brothers.

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The Mining Association of
B.C. is looking for a B.C. Min-
ing Person of the Year.

The award is to goto a person
whoc has contributed to the

- mining Industry -by “enhancing

the public’s understanding of
the relationship of our industry
to society,” Says an. association
release.

Nominations are accepted up
to Jan, 31 with the announce-
ment. to be made the end of
March. More information from —
the association is available at
Box 12540, 860-1066 West
Hastings St., Vancouver. V6E
3X1.

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