~ collcting information’ about * . aquaculture * From front | - How the new company i is ' = going.to: shave ‘millions off the project remains unknown but the largest savings is ex- pected to come from ditching the long planned geothermal _ component of the project. » “It was a significant part’. of the $10.5 million but there - ' dsa difference of opinion as =. to the efficiency of the geo- . thermal,” Downie said. It’s a turnaround coming - from. the city that has long billed the geothermal com- «. _ ponent, - Regional newspaper here ae ‘NORTHWESTERN readers will, be receiving a new ° publication beginning this weekend. ue". The Northern Connector will cover. the northwest, bring- ©, ing news and information to homes right from Prince Ru-. “-: pert-and the coast east to‘Terrace and the Hazeltons, south — ",.” “to Kitimat, and north to the Nass Valley, Stewart and points _ -. along Hwy37 North... > +. . It’s'acombination of two publications, ‘The Weekend Ad-. on vertiser and Look Inside. As the name indicates, it.will con- - Bo : nect the region through a ‘single offering. The. Northern Con- _ ~. nector was made possible when Black Press, which owns . ~ The Weekend Advertiser, purchased Look Inside in May. which” would. also’ “A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 14, 2006 " apply to the existing arena, asa critical element to the project: Officials. had ‘said the $1.69 million cost of the geothermal system would be. a sound investment because over time it could save the — ‘city upward of $140,000 per year in energy costs for the ‘planned: new and existing ice sheets." To quell threats of dona- tions being pulled from orga- nizations such as the Down- town ‘Terrace Rotary Club, > “Having one ‘publication cover the northwest made sense. TERRACITES will have a ” .” chancetoshare their opinions about fish farm development in B.C: at.a special forum’at: Pes -Kitsumkalum Hall June 20. . -The : meeting is one of. oe many ‘scheduled in commu- » .. nities throughout. the prov- “s ince designed to solicit input. - onthe contentious issue of ‘the future of aquaculture in “°. the province. Skeena MLA Robin Aus- ‘tin chairs the legislature’s ‘committee which has been charged with the gndusty for the: e'provin- ; ‘The communities i in this region have a loti in, common and Input sought cial government. : - Last week the committee ‘visited communities on Van- - couver Island where the fish _ farm industry employs hun-_ _ dreds of people year round. “What we are hearing "from those people is that . they need the industry to: create year round employ- - ment,” he says, adding other industries. such as forestry and tourism are also impor- tant but only provide sea- sonal employment. “It's.a, strong message _ coming. “from. those. ‘people: that ‘we need these jobs, don’t ‘North American ‘Ice De- velopments official Wayne Aussem will be speaking at a joint meeting of the down- town Rotary’ Club and the Terrace and District Cham- ber of Commerce June 19. To. date, that’s the only. meeting scheduled by . the ‘city to discuss its new plan. “It's an issue in front of | the Rotary club and an is- sue for the chamber of com- merce, so.it makes sense to do ‘this in front of them,” Pownie said. “Having the The Northern Connector will enable readers to learn more. about what is going on,” said Rod Link, the publisher of The’ - Terrace Standard which also produced The Weekend Adver- : : media invited is our way of having this out in the pub- a lic.” ' He. did say some sort ~of public meeting is in.the works; but the details have yet to be worked out. The Downtown Terrace : Rotary Club had tabled a, motion more than a month ago proposing. the club ask . for it’s $10,000 down’ pay-’ ment on its $50,000 pledge ‘toward: the Project to be pulled. tiser. in partnereship with The Kitimat Northern Sentinel.- The’ Weekend. Advertiser, which. began publishing. i in 1995, is itself a combination of earlier publications and can. trace its roots back to Kitimat and Terrace in the 1950s. Look Inside began publishing in the fall of 2005. ° ae ~The Northern Connector will not: affect The Terrace Standard or The Kitimat Northern Sentinel. : ‘They will remain as the leading community newspapers heard from a number of oth- ‘er interest groups who have. voiced major concerns over ° . the, environmental impact. open pen fish farms have on ~ the ocean environment. Those concerns include the impact of feces concen- : " trated in fish farm areas and the proliferation of sea lice « on the marine environment. People here’ have a chance to address the special ‘serving readers in those cities. Those wishing to contact The . * Northern Connector can do so through The Terrace Stan- | dard and The Kitimat Northern Sentinel. a | on fish farms | " shut the industry down.” But the committee has” The committee will be i in " Kitkatla and Prince Rupert. .June 19 and will travel to ._Kitwanga and. the Hazeltons on the 2Ist..: Mayor Jack Talsta, a City takes on ‘plex project | despite previous high DidS wm | 7 “member of the club, man- = YoUR. aged to have the motion ~ - tabled and council later met — behind closed doors to dis- cuss its progress on the situ- ation with ‘Rotary officials. The joint June 19. meeting was set shortly after that. “The issue for us is we -have a significant amount of - money raised and we want to move forward with that,” said Downie. © “There are some parts of the project the city would | be tendering and other as- , pects the consultant would,” ' Downie said. “Right now we “are asking these people to do _ the redesign and the specifi- Cations of the project.” a GI p pdovourport @telid net ; in 7 Days A Week WE PICK UP PAPER, CARDBOARD, NEWSPAPER, _PLASTIC, MAGAZINES, METAL AND GLASS © ‘ Total Precip mm 0.0. 0.2 4.2. Construction Zones & Traffic Control Road -Maintenance and Highway improvements go hand in hand with spring and summer weather. Travelers‘ should ;expect work zones with ‘traffic control and delays. Please watch for and obey all traffic signs and Traffic. Control Persons. For current information regarding delays on routes you may be traveling, listen to local radio stations or, check our: website (www. nechako-northcoast. com}. for a: tink to the Ministry of Transportation “Road Report”. “| .D°° Max © Min. Total D . Max” Min’ A. Temp - Temp Precip |x| A | Tem Temp HY 72°C Ke mm fe) Y¥ °C. eC. 72 18.5°.10.5. 5.9 2 21.5: ° 9.3. 13 467° 79 > Tis 184 © 9.0 . 4. 20.4 a, 9.1 T ‘s 4. 16.4 7.3 ° 5 173 98 OO; }5 21.3 7.9. 16 20.2 7.8. 00/16 200 11.6. 7 24.0 -7.1° 0.0; 7 22.6 10.8 8 n/a. .n/a Lp 8 . i Construction, Terrace” “Your Local Highway & Bridge Maintenance Contracto . Ph: r: (2501 8: 636° 1881. committee, from:3 Pm. ADEE es inayrepaaare 8 p.m: “atele: Kitsumkalum ‘.. Hall, Tuesday, June 20. After two — attempts in 2005 to successfully —— project, the City has decided to construct the Sportsplex Project phase-one . a by. assuming the role of general contractor. The City has-engaged North American Ice Development (NAID) to re-plan the Sportsplex design and ready -the project to’ start construction this summer. . Contractors and trades people interested in exploring potential opportunities for involvement i in the project are invited to attend a familiarization meeting on June 20, 2006 i in the Arena Banquet Room from 10:30am to 2: ‘00pm. , For more information please contact: Ross Milnthorp _ Director of Leisure Services, City of Terrace _ 250.615.3021 | Or ‘Wayne Aussem North American Ice Development 604.291.9980 U | BC : | English 430 and cultural interrelations. > Special Topics in Canadian Literature focusing on NW coast and central European literature, * Instructor: Klaus Martens, distinguished veins "First Nations Health and Healing with guest UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Register now for Summer Courses i in Terrace and Prince Rupert... | Psychology 306 Theories of Personality is an introduction to the study of personality. 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