2> Terrace Review — Wednesday, A struggle fo Stewart gets hydro February 17, 1988 eee “The project is a go,” said Minister of State Dave Parker in a public announcement in Stewart last Friday. Parker was referring to a $19 million, 138-kilovolt extension to the B.C. Hydro power grid from New Aiyansh to Stewart which he said would be under construc- tion this spring and operational by the fall of 1989. by Tod Strachan _ Parker said the project was already in the design stage and plans called for a ‘‘pole’’ line that would follow the highway right-of-way. ‘‘From a line ministry standpoint,’ he ex- plained, ‘‘it’s good we’re able to keep these two rights-of-way together because that reduces the amount of alienation of land base.” - — Community and regional district leaders from around the Northwest were present for the: occasion, which Parker said was a moment that belonged to everyone in the Northwest. “They have supported you folks in Stewart with your lob- bying and presentations to government,’ Parker told Stewart residents who were jJam- med into the Masonic Hall. Stewart Mayor Darlene Cor- nell said later that the support they received had been in- valuable. ‘‘We couldn’t have done. it ourselves,”’ she said. “Our neighboring communities A A have certainly been a part of it but I think that’s what the Northwest is all about.” —_ Parker told residents that the “future. of Stewart is bright’’ and everything will soon be in place for “‘significant expansion and economic activity’? in the area. | According to Parker the line will be sufficient to provide power to the community, mining interests such as Westmin Resources who are currently PARKER: A moment for everyone In the Northwest. Sunday shopping - again Just when you thought it was safe to relax, Sunday shopping, the issue that refuses to die, is playing a returm engagement in B.C. It began last year after the Supreme Court decision uphold- ing the Holiday Shopping Act. Once the court ‘ruling was in, most stores who had been open- ing on Sundays in defiance of the law immediately began com- plying with it. The few who continued to open on Sunday were notified by police that they were violating the law. Jan Rossely, a lawyer in the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Division, said in an inter- view Friday that those ‘who wilfully violated” the law were charged. One of those charged was ‘Canada Safeway store 252 in Cranbrook, ani they decided to fight the charges. In a decision SE NORTHERN MOTOR ==|NN&= [are et Leer ne amieeenamiedl last week the Hon. Judge Mel- vick in the County Court of Kootenay ruled in their favor and struck down the B.C. Holi- day Shopping Act. ce The implications of the deci- sion for Terrace are unknown at present, and the issue is com- plicated by the fact that, unlike Terrace, Cranbrook had no local bylaw similar to the one passed by referendum here in November. . Rossely said the Crown hasn’t yet determined what the effect of the decision will be on municipal bylaws. She said of- ficials in the ministry are still examining the decision and are not certain what course they will take. " In a subsequent interview, Criminal Justice policy director Hal Yacowar said, ‘‘I anticipate we're going to appeal.” A guide to | Terrace's night life — the “who where and when" for entertainment. Outstanding | Entertainment nightly! developing a mine site to be "opened in the spring of 1989, and “up to 12 replications of that new sawmill that’s going in- to Terrace’’, ‘You have plenty of room for sawmill and chipper plants and I expect we'll be seeing some an- nouncements some time not too distant in the future, once it’s known that power is available on a competitive price basis,” said Parker. ‘And that’s exactly the way the power will be sold here,”? he added, ‘‘it will be competitive with the industry across the province and across western Canada.” In response to Parker’s an- nouncement, former Stewart mayor Gary Hubbard said, ‘sToday is a very historic day in the history of Stewart, The con- nection to the B.C. Hydro grid - has been a dream of this com- munity for as long as we’ve been here and I don’t believe there could be any other announce- ment ititat could make this com- munity happier at this time.’’ Hubbard referred to the occa- sion as a turning point in the development of the Northwest and predicted that, ‘‘Provided with the necessary infrastruc- ture, the electrical-power, and transportation systems — Stewart will realize its potential as a strategic transshipment point and processing center on the Pacific Rim.” Hubbard recalled the years of frustration in attempting to at- tract industry to the area. ‘‘The discussion was always positive ‘ r power that p until power was mentioned. And then the next thing the guy was on his way south on the Bear - River bridge and you never saw him again.”’ But he said that was a thing of . : the past and Stewart could now look forward ‘‘to the most ex- citing time in our history’’. — ‘Hydro power is now here. The most important part of our puzzle. Now stability through diversification of our economic base will be possible and Stewart will never look back. We now have a very promising future.” Hubbard also thanked leaders in the Northwest for their sup- port and named former regional district administrator John Pousette as the. driving force behind the development of the project. Hubbard also named Dave Parker, Bill McRae, Northwestern native leaders and the mayors of Terrace, Kitimat, Hazelton and Smithers as being instrumental through their sup- port and lobbying of the provin- cial government. “T believe the reason that we were successful is that we were all moving in the same direction,’’ said Hubbard. ‘“We’re all northerners and we have many common causes and . needs.”’ ‘Fet’s continue to work together on common goals as we did on the Stewart hydro grid, and I’m sure that the result will be that the Northwest will be a better place to live,’’ he con- cluded. DARLENE CORNELL: Opens every ‘and Prince Rupert. ‘Kinsmen event, coffee is always on. The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre hours are Tuesday 1-4p.m., Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9 p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Closed Sundays and Mondays. The am, - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 served basis.’? Her motion to _ — was adopted by council. TEDRACE DINING | | GUIDE | opportunity we want — and perhaps more. Beer garden ’ The Terrace Men’s Slo-Pitch - League may have council’s per- mission to host the Riverboat Days Beer Garden at Riverside Park during their Riverboat Days Slo-Pitch Tournament this summer: In a letter to council, the league’s secretary-treasurer, Glenn Thomsen, said the tour- nament had been running for six years with entries from. as far away as Prince George, Houston “Last year was the first year. that the Slo-Pitch League ran the beer gardens, and it was con- sidered a large success by all in- volved,’? wrote Thomsen. 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