eae ES, alt Raab 2 allem ws f fl * MoS ae Bane se mS HAE RIALS eee Be oa POSTAL WORKERS Patti Anderson and Ruth Searle were among those who picketed here as part of the Canada Post strike, Wages and job security were the union's main concerns. October BANKS and the province reach a new deal on . Skeena Cellulose that sces Victoria put in about $50 million more —- half of that to prevent cuts to benefits of pulp mill workers. That’s in addition to a $76 million provincial share of capital improve- ments, The banks wrote off $300 million of debt and provided $96 million for improvements. A VANCOUVER casino operator met with city councillors in private meetings to Iry to gauge his chance at success in opening a similar operation in Terrace. Most of the councillors said they’re op- posed to increased gambling here. PINE MUSHROOM pickers experienced one of the worst years yet, The volume of fungus just wasn’t there, and prices were down, driving many pickers to move away from established sites in search of more fertile ground. SCHOOL DISTRICT chairman George Neumann resigned for health reasons. A GAS WAR was started when the Real Canadian Wholesale Club’s gas station dropped prices, forc- ing prices down all aver town, Prices stabilized to around 51.9 cents per litre. A MINISTRY of Children and Families task force found the number of children in foster parent care is growing quicker than the ministry’s budget. High unemployment and cuts to welfare were some of the things that attributed to the increase. A REFERENDUM on Thombill/Terrace amal- gamation was rejected when more than half of all _ eligible Thornhill voters voted against amalgamat- ‘ing with Teftace:\A total of 1,301 Thornhill voters ‘made it to the’polls — that’s one of the highest turn-outs in recent years. Terrace voters were’ in ‘favour of joining the two communities: TERRACE INN operator John Georgilas petitioned the support of local charities to back up his cause for opening a charity casino in the downtown core. He said if city councillors vote against a casino heze, Prince Rupert would get one, taking tourist dollars away from Terrace. TWO MEN were killed and four others injured when a railway trestle collapsed into a deep gorge south of Terrace. A CN contractor had been work- ing on upgrades and repairs when a crane mounted on the tracks plummietted into the gorge. November TERRACE and Arca Community Health Council applied to the provincial health ministry’s emer- gency fund for money to go towards buying new eye surgical equipment. The province agreed to pay 60 per cent of the nearly $130,000 and the North- west Regional Hospital District paid the remaining 40 per cent LOCAL charities stood behind the idea of estab- lishing a charity casino in Terrace. Pat Smith from the Terrace Bingo Association said it’s an op- portunity for charities to make more money. Ter- race and District Chamber of Commerce also backed up the idea after the majority of its members voted in favour of a charity casino, Church minis- ters and others wamed that a charity casino would have a devastating impact on the community, lead- ing to increased bankruptcies, depression and suicide. RESULTS from a survey conducted by the city’s Parks and Recreation commission indicated that people are in favour of building a combination community/recreation centre/second sheet of ice ’ that also serves as 2 youth centre and mini conven- tion centre. The project could go to referendum in 1999 with the municipal elections. SKEENA Cellulose shut down all logging opera- tions to buy time for more negotiations underway between the province and the banks. SC] needs an extra $40 ‘million for operating costs, due to poor lumber prices and a weak Asian market, The Royal Bank refused to put further money in the company. CITY council said no to allowing 4 charity casino in Terrace, climinating ary hope for Terrace Inn -operaior John Georgilas. Vancouver charily casino ‘operator Gary Jackson still had a chance of opening a casino in either Kitsumkalum or Thomhill. CITY council decided against privatizing residen- ‘, tal garbage pickup, TWO RECALL petitions were filed to unseat Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht. One came from the Crash Helmut group that had been preparing a recall cffort for several weeks. The second came “from John How, whose petition said Giesbrecht should be called to account because not everything ean be blamed on El Nino. Canvassers must gather 7,558 signatures by Feb. 3 in order to recall Gies- brecht. THE PROVINCE agreed to pay $31 million to buy out the Royal Bank’s stake in Skeena Cellulose. The company had been on the verge of running out of money and closing operations, The deal gave the provincial government 52.5 per cent majority ownership of the company, with the TD Bank as a minority partner. " December UNSECURED CREDITORS of Skeena Cellulose said they’d vote the company into bankruptcy if an offer to pay their debts wasn’t improved. The creditors had been offered $10,000 and five cents on the dollar for amounts after that. TERRACE’s vacancy rate tripled to 5.7 per cent, making it a renter’s market for the first time in years, FIREFIGHTING SERVICE was to be halted at the Terrace-Kitimat Airport. MLA HELMUT GIESBRECHT said he'd use the recall campaign against him to try to bring more | money to Skeena, RECALL organizers here refused to release the number of signatures gathered. Organizers of a recall campaign in Prince George said they’d gathered 3,600. Signatures in _ the. first week. A newspaper poll by the Province sug- gested support for recall vos is stronger there than in ; Skcena. Giesbrecht PEOPLE who sign the recall petition won’t be able to keep their names private. Elections B.C. officials said the petition will ultimately be available for public inspection. Recall organizers said they might go to court to fight that interpretation, saying some people might be afraid of signing a public docu- ment. ‘ DISASTROUSLY low coho returns this year will likely force fisheries officials to impose severe commercial fishing restrictions for years to come, said a DFO scientist. CITY COUNCIL froze the creation of new lots on the southside, The move came at the request of the environment ministry, which is worried about in- creasing population in the city’s floodplain. GITWANGAK natives protested against MLA Hel- mut Giesbrecht, demanding government money to restart a band-operated sawmill there. KITIMAT-STIKINE regional district directors unanimously voted against allowing a casino in Thornhill, The Kitsumkalum band council also re- jected a request to allow a casino there. CITY TAXPAYERS could end up paying $40 to $50 a year more to fix the cily’s sewage treatment plant, City officials expected fee increases will be needed to pay for either an extension of the outfall pipe or improved treatment. CITY COUNCIL voled to move forward with wide-ranging amendments to the city’s Official Community Plan. Protection of green space and plans for trails, bike paths and sidewalks are part of the new vision for the city, THE PROVINCE said angling licence fees won’t be raised in 1998, When the province backed down on raising fees for 1997, it had said the increases ~ wouold go ahead in 1998, Angling guides were relieved by the decision, as many had alrcady sent out information to overseas clients. A LANDMARK niling of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Gitxsan land claim case sirengthened native demands for treaties across B.C. The Gitxsan case was sent back for re-trial. Gitxsan Icaders sug- gested the Nisga’a, who are close to signing a final treaty, are settling for too little in light of the ruling. WEST FRASER announced its Terrace sawmill will shut down for six weeks starting Dec. 19 due to poor markets. THE PROVINCE and the Toronto-Dominion Bank used their ownership position in Skeena Cellulose to push through a vote thal would give logging con- tractors and other creditors as little as 10 cenls on the dollar for what they're owed. But a Supreme Court judge ordered a new vote on the proposal for Jan. 6 — this time without the intervention of the bank and the province, ~ Check out our ~ Low January Prices Happy New Year! The Management & Staff. 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