A12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 12, 1997 a se ee News in Brief CN inquest likely CORONER Jim Lynch says it’s likely a full coroner’s inquest will be held into the Oct, 27 CN rail trestle col- lapse that killed two workers and injured several others, Lynch said that decision will be made in two to three — months time after the B.C, chief coroner's office has ‘reviewed the information gathered. He said in cases like this 2 coroner’s inquest helps clear the air, ‘It would seem to be that way at the pres- ent time because of all the information that necda to be made public,’® Lynch added. Watch that light THE LATEST in a planned series of traffic signal lights began operating the end of October. The lights are on the intersection of Hwy16 (Keith Ave.) and Kalum Street. Sensitive metal loops em- bedded in the pavement mean the light will stay green for highway traffic until a car is present at the intersec- tion. There is also a pedestrian push button for those wishing to cross the highway on fool. This is the second set of lights to begin operating in the past while. The first was at the intersection of Hwyl16 and Kenney. Emission testing coming MANDATORY EMISSION testing of heavy-duty vehicles will be required province-wide by Sept, 1998. The first phase of the progzam, voluntary testing, has been in place since 1996, About 2,500 vehicles have been tested so far, With a failure rate of about 20 per cent, . The mandatory testing will affec heavy duty vehicles and buses. Liberals applaud gov't FEDERAL NORTHWEST LIBERALS praised federal cabinet minister David Anderson for his work in reclaiming the Alaska-Prince Rupert ferry run. The praise took the form of a northwest-sponsored resolution accepted by Liberals from around the pro- vince at the party’s annual gencral meeting in Kam- loops. The ferry run was cancelled in the summer aficr fishermen blockaded the vessel for three days in Prince Rupert. An estimated $70 million in revenue has been lost. The ferry is set to resume late this year. Skeena federal Liberals have as their president Ingrid Clark of Prince Rupert. Kindergarten A TWO-YEAR experiment to cram extra kindergarten students into Uplands Elementary School is being abandoned. “The number of kindergar- ten students allowed into the school will be cut to 42 — instead of the 51 allowed in over the past two years. The enlarged split morn- ing class in recent years has been discarded as wo troublesome, Coast Mountain school district as- sistant superintendent Skip Bergsma said. ‘Iv’s just too many pupils,’’ Bergsma said, ad- ding it put too much extra stress on teachers and slaff. “We ran it last year and we're running il again this r] . a" nat size cut back ‘yh ; S Cerna) § priority on construction of a _ Cee new elementary school on “Yes cow” the bench, but the education ; oo, Dah a orlorty not rate it as NOTICE OF CHANGES TO REG ULATORY TIMETABLE a priority. year,” he said. ‘But we've } come to the conclusion it’s okay but we don’t want to do it on a long term basis.’’ Instead of a morning class of 30 students, they'll revert back to a normal morning class of 21, he explained. So far, 51 students are reg- istered to begin kindergarten at Uplands in September, 1998. The ones above num- ber 42 on the list will go on a waiting list, Bergsma said. He predicted some people will move away and even a number of children on the wait list will still get in. The school is near the limit of its capacity, he said, adding the pressure on Uplands has been driven by Strong growth on the bench and further north of towa. The school district con- tinues to place a high ; three to the moon The Terrace Litle Theatre, in association with Theatre BG is proud io present... a play by local author Kelly Head directed by Geri Rasmussen November 20, 21, 22 & 27 28 29 8:00 pm in the | McColl Playhouse 3625 Kalum St. tickets $12 available al Uniglobe Courtesy Travel. HAISLA TREATY NEGOTIATIONS OPEN SESSION The Haisla, Canada and British Columbia are involved in negotiations leading to an Agreement-in-Principle under the British Columbia Treaty Commission process, The Chief Negotiators invite the public and the media to observe the Main Table negotiating session. Agenda items include:. © Principles of Land Selection, Working Group reports. Thursday, November 20, 1997, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the " Halsta Community School Kitamaat Village, B.C. For more information, contact: Haisla Treaty Office Federal Treaty Negotiation Office ~ Provinee.of British Columbia “te bs ~_ Barristi i a s° COLUMBIA (250) 632 -4638 1-800-665-9320 (250) 387-5369 The district brought in a policy a few years ago strictly limiting enrolment at Uplands to children’ who live on the bench after ai- Icgations that children were being enrolled there from —_ other areas, The school also moved to a continuous registration system, so parents don’t line up for hours on registration day in an effort to get their child in. Now parents can and do register children for kinder- garien enrolment at the school years in advance, sometimes on the day the child is born. 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