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Group effort behind
motorist’s rescue |

A LOCAL MAN. says the .Emie Sande,. who camé “wave down people and. ask .
‘rescue of a motorist. from: around the. corner shortly . them to'slow down. ve

’ the icy waters of Williams "after. © — : Lancaster’s wife called’ | - Stock Arriving Daily
. Creek was a team effort, not “J yelled and said ‘there’s Terrace RCMP, who arriyed os
_aone-man job... a guy in the water, he says. . about a half an hour after the f ana ”
-. “It was not.a one-person ', Lancaster says he shone accident, Lancaster says. - —, © , Of ,
: or two-person job.’ Others . his flashlight into the water. | “Every single ‘person: 9° =
aq. were involved who flagged  tolocate Bouliane and Sande __ played a part,” he says. _ 7 -
oa ° people down at: the.top of wentintosavehim..-~. . -.. “My attitude is give cred- - . “ON ‘DISCONTINUED.
the bridge. About five ve-... ° “He (Sande) went down it where credit is due‘and ev-: , ONE OF A KIND ITEMS ..

” hicles- were involved in the one culvert and I went down ° erybody played a part”
~ whole thing,” says Douglas another. I only went to my. «© Skeena NDP MLA Robin °

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Lancaster of Terrace. thighs. He went in'a bit. Austin, who gave a speech . 9 : ;
Lancaster says he was the deeper than that,” Lancaster to the legislature last week be sa
“first person on the scene of says. > calling: Sande .a hero, said. _ Check out our

“an accident that saw Kiti-s -. Lancaster’ ” ‘spotlighted it would be hard for him'to.
matian Marc: Bouliane lose .Bouliane and helped Sande , speak again to the legisla- .
_ control of his vehicle on and him out of the water. |. ture about the other people .
"1. black ice along Hwy37 and ° “By the time Emie got .. involved with - the rescue,
. plunge into a lagoon beyond. him to shore he (Bouliane). ° ‘but said he would recognize
‘~ the comer at Williams Creek ' ‘was on his back; says Lan- Lancaster for his admirable’:

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‘around 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12. ~ caster. _ work in rescuing Bouliane. ° yet ane
Lancaster was driving be- “We both grabbed hold. “I’m going to call him Bacau ed, Bath & Kitchen aoutqu U Fst dation’ Store
hind Bouliane’s car when he ~ “of his collar and shoulder personally and apologize for : Open Sundays Noon - 5:00 p.m. - Skeena Mall « Terrace

saw it go off the road at the | ‘and dragged him up {the em- not getting the whole story, - _ _ _
comer past Williams Creek. - ’ bankment].”. » Austin said. rere —— 1 300 563 eee
_ As he hit the brakes Lan- .. At one point,’ Boilliane . :
au -caster’s vehicle-’also started - tried to stand and ; nearly
; _ __ fishtailing ‘ but managed, to - pulled'the two men. into the . &
“ a stop safely. ~ water, Lancaster says.°
be Au sti n to. present » He grabbed his flashlight A third vehicle, driven by | jx
oe a and ran back to where Bou-. . Norman. Hull, stopped and .
“ a _liane’s: vehicle had gone off “Bouliane sat in the vehicle to
_ Petition opposi ng ‘the road. ~ warm up for about 15 min- ”
He saw. Bouliane’s tail- utes before Hull drove him: .
eae ~~ lights just as the vehicle sank to hospital i in Terrace. ' >
_ rate hi l ke. soo no -, beneath the water, he said. . = A small truck stopped and —
"-.  ‘Laneaster flagged down . Lancaster asked the driver to,
WHEN: MLA | ROBIN Austin presents his. 3,400 plus” eS oo Tg ae
‘ ‘signature petition to the B.C. Utilities Commission’ @CUC) ©.
“Mareh’ 13.it won’t be at-a public hearing. aoe
. ‘Instead, the commission is holding what’s called a negoti-
“ated settlement, hearing; which includes interveners, Pacific” “
Northern ¢ Gas (PNG) and BCUC officials. = 2°;
Its a’ written. ‘negotiated settlement where* everybody °
“ameets including. the applicant | PNC 7" Says Rob Pellatt, com- .
mission secretary. : ae?

“The proceedings. aie intended: to either approve the i in-
»terim tate hikes: already i in place or amend them; he says." ,

.. . °“But that’s-all based, on. the negotiated settlement of the :
1 documents,” ‘he: says. . “It’s open to'any of the interveners that.
“want to participate in it and they: have to sign a confidential-_
‘ity’ agreement until such time that it’s made a Public docu-
“ment.”

Austin. has ‘also requested that: the commission ‘hold ‘the
proceedings i in Terrace, either instead of or in-addition to the
hearing in Vancouver. No announcement has: been made by of
the commission to hold the’ proceedings here. - .
'. PNG’s proposed rate hikes went into effect on an interim
basis in January. The combined 22 per cent hike to the deliv-
ery. charge and ¢ a three per cent hike to the cost se natural gas

ROBIN: AUSTIN. will present: this ‘petition, to: ‘the B. Cc.

Utilities Commissio ‘March-13.

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