eee wt we ee ee SCI secret deal is over A SECRET deal in which the province would give Skeena Cellulose money if it was unable to invoke money-saving provisions at its Prince Rupert pulp mill is no longer in ef- fect. The deal was to provide Skeena Cellulose $27 million a year if the company wasn’t able to implement full job flexibility and contracting out. When the Skeena Cellulose restructuring was signed, pulp mill workers agreed to a ‘‘me too’? clause that would sce full flexibility extended here if it was won in provincial bargaining at Fletcher Challenge pulp mills. That happened early in 1998, and after making one pay- ment to the company, said government spokesman Don ' Zadravec, the province was no longer bound by the deal. ‘Some money did flow in a range of $4 ta 5 million,” he said. “But once the agreements kicked in that were agreed to by other mills those payments have subsequently stopped.” But although the company could now invoke full flexibility it has chosen not to. Company president Bill Stecle, in bis only public ap- pearance in Terrace this spring, said it wasn'ta priority. Skeena Cellulose spokesman Don McDonald said the The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 6, 1999 - Al] Is Our Health #1 We're 43rd in the would in life expectancy and our problems are nat re Just in length of file but also in quality of life. A quick look at the following FE: Statistics itlustrates that Norlh Americans are going in reverse. * 12 Million Ciabatics (Diabetes Society} Try teoking through your cupboard sometime. I'll wager you won't ba able to find a single product that doasn't contain sugar in some fom. * 20 Million experience migraine or cluster headaches regularly, ° 20% of North Americans batlia tholr allergies (USA Today) * 58 Mition Norlh Americans have high blood pressura (NY Times) + $35 Billion spent on prescription drugs in 199 (Consumers Raporl} You don't want to know the current figures, *50% of adults substantially overweight. * 25% of adulls smoka, » Less than 1/2 of Junlar High School kids can do t chin-up. * Less than 10% of adults have ongoing axarcise programs. E q So Bryan, why ave you telling us this?...Wall, last lime | looked | <:] realized that health {s tha most Important thing in this tile. Frlands, Family, 2 “3 Monay, Having Fun...(hey're all compromised if you suffar with health | =| Problems, Of course, health problems are offen a precursor to the end of J: our existance here on eanh and we all know you can't take your $ or | anything elsa with you when you go. So think about it. You may wish to fF bagin educating yourself about pravantative health before you join the f:- growing number of statistics on prevantable health problems lika cancer, F/: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, alc. The ball is in your court. So here's lo....your health, "The Choice is Clear" PURIFIED BOTTLED WATER FOR LESS THAN 9 79 CENTSADAY! =I compaiy staids by that decision, adding that rather than _* reopen the contract now with the PPWC, they've elected to hold off until the contract is next up for negotiation in a " couple of years. “] don’t think its something that we’re pursuing and I don't think it’s something the mill’s pursuing,” McDonald said. He said he’s not aware of any other pulp mills choosing to reopen contracts to invoke the change. “Nobody scems to be opening up their contracts as a result of the Fletcher Challenge deal.’ “The last thing you want to enter into is any kind of labour negotiations,’’ he said, adding the company remains focussed on trying to minimize costs and get the most value for its product. To some local contractors, however, the deal is evidence 635-2341 that the province had extra money earmarked for Skecna wA : ne ey EAR ” BOTILERS Cellulose that it could have provided to contractors or used for capital expenditures. e BI Steak & Seafood Grill Dr. R.D. Greenwood Chiropractor Where good friends meet 4635 Lazelle, Terrace SEE YOU TONIGHT EVERY FRI & SAT | PRIME RIB NI aP steam OE “i ood ‘. s Moving mountains MOUNTAINS APPEARED around the area last week in the form of piled up snow as people dug themselves and their vehicles out of the heaviest snow- fall of the year. City work crews and others were busy not only removing and piling up the snow but trucking it to places where it would no fonger get in the way. And that made for the silence of early morning hours broken only by the ‘beep beep' of safety sound devices on heavy equipment. The snow made for tricky and challenging road conditions, leading the police, ICBC and highways ministry officials advising care and attention while out driving. One tip is to give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination and to slow down by adapting to varying road conditions. Federal grant is targeting youngsters NEW FEDERAL grant moncy will help improve the lives of children by creating a better environment for them, says Carol Sabo, a coordinator for the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. Health Canada has given the Women’s Resource Centre and the First Nations Council of Women a $76,000 grant through the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) to create a program that will creale a healthier community for youngsters. -The project will focus ou children from ages 0-6 because studics"show the first féw, years of a child’s life are the = — most important and impressionable. ps Sabo said the maney will pay two people to look at the community: through a child’s eyes to determine what’s necded for them to grow up to become healthy adults. “{t takes preventative measures to make a healthy com- munity,” she said, She said the project isn’t a bandage and will’ determine what’s needed for children at age zero rather than finding solutions to problems for tecnagers, “The money will bring us into the new century (until March 31, 2000) with new programs and workshops help- ing children,” Sabo said. She explained the two workers will go to the community and ask people what they think is needed to help children grow, Public meetings, workshops and kitchen table discus- sions will take place ta get everyone’s opinions the sub- ject, } “It’s going to reflect the whole community,” she said. Sabo said she hopes the workers will be the cyes and ears of the city’s advisory social planning commission which reports to council on social issues, ‘It’s gaing to be a blueprint for the community,”’ she said. ; Health plan taken over by Nisga’a THE NISGA’A are taking over coa(rol of their own health benefits insurance system in a transfer de- scribed as the first of its kind in Canada, The move shifts cantrol of the old Non-Insured Health Benefits Program -—— and the money to pay for it — from Health Canada in Ottawa to MSP, ICBC, WCB ACCEPTED Dynamic Gait Analysis and Prescription Orthotics Now Available. 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