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' Smoke from Eurocan’s pulp and paper mill Is a familiar sight in Kitimat.’ proto vy carte Wilson.
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“Kitimat needs world. demands

byt CARLA WILSON,
Herald Stait ‘Writer .,

“it takes no great amount of *
ation’ to--redlize the -

>“ economy of. Kitimat - is:
‘T ependent on the Aluminum

a
at

Mi

Company of-Canhda (Alkan) -

and to a ‘small extent: the
> a Pulp and “Paper

= aun supplies ‘basic,

and: ‘service functions; 7

~ Eurocan’s mill.

put these are relatively’
| mideveloped', compared, {o
Terrace, Teports ‘the. B.C.
Regional Index, presented

by the, ministry of economic

cee company has’ its own’ wood. ° :
~ In .1953 and‘has an area of
79,540 acres, There’s loté-of |
ropm to grow and.as long as

development. Fa ts

As” “with "‘Perrace’s.

dependence on the forst- .

_ industry, Kitimat relies on
“world , demands . for

aluminum which can, vary.
ihe ‘masalye abjralnuin .

- The pipes on the left shoot out chips from the mi

‘near Kitimat.

and pulp and paper plants in

Kitimat naturally. dominate .

manufacturing there:

Eurocan. is involved in. .

logging near Kitimat and the

mill a3 ‘well ‘aga pulp- and,
paper mill.

There is virtually ‘no
agriculture or mining at or
‘The city. is
still lagging behind Terrace
in, its ‘tourist attractions but.

+ fyte acd oe

Kitiinat will prosper.

the same. beautiful’ scenery ..

‘surrounds. - Kitimat 46
Terrace, plus both Alean and
Eurocan conduct tours
through their plants.

Kitimat was. incorporated. ;

‘Alean and Eurocan stay

‘economically -healthy | and

continue to supply jobs,

4

li to. create the huge chip piles beside

Photo by. Carta wirsori

’ By GAIL DOTINGA

. Herald Staff Writer
Victor -Billgson, a key
witness in the Eric Eide
ingueat, has been located
and. will return, to Terrace
 for.questioning.

death of Lars'Eric Bide was
suspended after two. days of
hearings when Billson failed
to: ‘appear-for questioning. .
He..was recently. contacted
by RCMP. in southern B.C.
and has agreed to appear
Before the inquest. —
‘Billson.is a major witness

involved in a fight with Eide

party...

It waa. hoped that the
inquest would be resumed in
September, ‘but now chief

October.
“Right now several people
at this end afe on holidays

tending‘ constable will be
core " said Jacks.
He added that in order to

The second inquest into the:

/to. the inquest as he, wag’
beforti the deceased left the -

coroner Douglas Jacks is.
looking at the first week In.

and in September, the at- -

facilitate the jurors he is.

_puggesting the inquest be
moved to Kitimat. :

_ Corporal Steve Hryciuk,

the commanding officer on
duty that night; was unable
to attend the inquest in July

because of poor health.

However, he will be. there
when the hearings resume
this fall.

. “Those two witnesses will

. be important, especially

Bilson, . Hyrcivk is im-
portant because, hopefully, .
he will be able ta confirm the
time element - of the events
that took place that
evening,” sais Jacks. °

‘Eide died on New - Year's
Day, 1979, after he had been
in a fight at a party and then
left without his coat,

degrees Celcius.

MINISTRY OF
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

NOTICE

The Public Hearing on:

Regulations for the proposed
“Gommunity Planning Area
No. 28 at Dease Lake
scheduled for August, 26,
1980 has been cancelled and
will be held at a later date.

The
temperature outside as 48:
A second

ey witness to testify

inquest was granted after

Ole Fide,.Eric’s father,

’ charged that the selection of

the jurors was biased in the
first one.

now.

635-651 1

* hauling’ logs: in

: co: ‘Porast:

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sy GANLDOTINGA’
Herald Staff Writer’
‘There is moratorium on

the interior to the coast for .
Foreairy, Tom - Waterland,

dla ed: the" governnient’s

sawmills“ ‘before |" being’
brought to: the’ coast for),

- exporting. - -

The: ataternent « was. “Jaade,

pad

in reference {o recent action |.

* by: government, ‘dgainst -

Metropolitan .
Company, which:

Trading .
had .been-°

“coast:

The: timber in question is.
“that jcleared away from
‘private ‘individuals, such as -
‘ that from agricultural, leases.

leg
ee rang’ to the Council of ot
Indus tries,”
. Metropolitan- js.able to offer
‘a better: price:for the- logs |
_ than what the: local sawmills
can. The company “quis in:
’ loge from . the Smithers-
Houston’ area and brings -
them: to ‘the. coast to ad-
vertise there. Most coastal
sawmills cannot be bothered

with thé smaller interior logs -
refore. make no bids .1

and
con'tlieth) - °**
Metropolitan capplies for .
an export license. and,
‘because no bids have been.
made on the. wood, it is
termed surplus and usually
granted an export. permit.
‘The cbmpany is then free
to.export the logs to Japan
where: they will recelve a

cut _Iimber.

advertised —
reasonable: bids. would be

short of wood, : ‘The price_-
-would ‘not bé a‘high’ ae‘th
‘be up ‘to the “export: ‘com:
mittee to ‘decide ‘what is a

reasonable price. under the

varying circumstances.
“We don't expect . the

away, but selling them to
Japan takes away jobs from
B.C,,” ‘said Waterland.

“Tn many: cases, -interior
sawmills. didn’t know “the
wood was available. until it
was advertised on the coast.
Then what can they do when
the.. logs
-away?"? |
northern.
‘ manager with the Council of
Forest Industries
- ‘The interior mills and’ the
Council, of Forest Industries
have asked the’ government
for greater representation: of.
interior forestry officials: on

id Van Scofield,

mC WEATHER

The weather ‘forecast for’

today is periods of rain with
a few showers overnight.

Another weather system will
‘ be moving in Saturday and it

will bring further periods of

The temperatures will
reach a high of 18 degrees

Friday with- overnight lows:

going to 10 dr 12 degrees.
The highs expected for
Saturday, should be in the
mid-teend.

NORTHWEST
COLLEGE

good price for them because -
the Japanese prefer logs to

But interior sawmills ;
claim that if the wood was. !
there first, :

made on it because they are |

the export committee.

Meanwhile,
, Metropolitan |
“the movement of logs from ‘ Company and the Northwest .

Loggers '

are "upset... with. the” new, . ad-
“of... “vertising ‘regulation. ne

“It’s not fair,. “We, ‘weren't
‘given any 8

- “dipie Soéreds: got el elected :
because: ‘they’ -were for, free. make’ a livirig, but, the mills ’
have’ blacklisted anyone who!

both.
. Trading

Association’ are.

noted at all, said |

enterprise, but: they're more,.

socialist ‘thai the NDP."

forester. ‘with Io

that the Loggers Association
is upset with the govern-
ment's decision... .

_ Even, though the logs are,
“now being advertised to
‘local © interior’ ‘sawmills,
Curtis claims ‘they are being’
- spiteful: te: those: ‘haulers’ or
‘sellers which previdusly. sold

fault." Hes’ ust. trying to.

’ ysed “to do business ‘with. .

What kind of a: system is- companies that exported the...

‘it when

they ‘start. telling ©

Private sellers. where to seul

logs?" 3 ‘
aha. . company ‘estimates
from‘ the -that- 163 will. be laid: off.

_ interior to. Kitimat and then’ because hauling operations
“advertising: them. on the from -the:-interior will be

ra

slowed down. °
Bu is-for, the-a same reasons

logs, to the coaat.!”

~ When. the governient first
told Metropolitan they had to-“
advertise the wood - locally .-
before taking it elsewhere;
they, were. told ..they. would
receive noexport permits for,
the logs aventy In the water
in Kidmat.-- Wee

“Jupanest pay: a hip ‘would |

companies to give their logs'”

‘are 300 miles -

operations .

onty [SANE 68
PAMPERS = ||
TODDLERS" ||

tevekér’ .

“They. phoned us “ipday

"and changed it so that now’

“the logs: in the water -can -
proceed : through : normal .
_export process, we ‘fust‘ can't
haul anymore - ‘ih re said
_ Curtis, .
“The company is waiting at
"this point to see what ‘jhe'new ©
_ rules will. be. | If-they ad:
“ yertise in the interior, it will
take 60. days befare it will be
: known wiiether the: wood is
‘termed surplus or not.” With
advertising on the coast, it
now takeg 30 days. |
.Metropolitan moved Into
the area -betwaen Smithers
and Vanderhoof abdut two
‘ yearsago. “This year has
- been the best for themi in this

particular type. of operation.

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