lice had promised to come Gov’t promises help for those who lose their forestry jobs. FOREST WORKERS who lose their jobs as a result of a shrinking timber supply will be able to tap into a counselling and retraining program. The $8.35 million, two-year program is to be financed by Forest Renewal B.C., a provincial crown corporation that draws money from stumpage fees. The retraining effort will be run by. the skills, training and labour ministry. | One ministry employee, Val George, will be responsible for the program in ihe northwest. He works out of the min- istry’s Eby St. offic ce, “Up until just recently we really had no idea of what the impact might be,”’ said George of disappearing forest jobs. The change George is referring to was the recent setting of new logging limits for the area reaching from Kitimat to. Stewart, Those new limits take hold Jan. 1 and will reduce the amount of wood now being cut. That reduction will lead to an estimated loss of more than 150 jobs. George ‘said the new Forest Practices Code will also have an impact, this time a more encouraging one, on the © number of forestry jobs coming avail- able in the northwest. “The upside of this is that there are — new jobs being created as a result of the ‘code,’’ he added. “Various areas of the province won't .. receive set. amounts..of. money..as. the program will run according to demand, "says another skills 1 ministry official, “This program ‘is not only for those who work in the woods: but even for sawmill workers or silviculture workers or value added workers who might be affected,’* said Bob Enwright. The program will be run in concert ~ with the forest industry and labour groups, he added. That will either take the form of a regional group or ones formed to deal with specific situations involving job loss. The money is judged to be sufficient to deal with 1,000 laid off workers ‘from around the province. But, said Enwright, the skills ministry will go back to Forest Renewal B.C. for more money should it be required, Thu rsday, December 7, 1995 8:00 p.m. Education Room, Mills Memorial Hospital Current members of the Terrace Regional ‘Health Care Society may renew their mem- berships on or before the Call to Order December 7, 1995 Annual Memberships at a cost of $5, may be purchased at Patient Reception, Mills Memorial Hospital or the Front Desk, Terraceview Lodge. Credit Union Automatic Teller Machines are ; available 24 hours'a day at _ J More (scations In Terrace ~~~ 24 HOUR ATM Locanonsy - Terrace Credit Union, Lazelle, - Overwaitea - Skeena Mall - Copperside II - Thornhill Terrace & District Credit Union 4650 Lazelle Ave, 635-7282 We belong to you ' ag Serving Members & Their Families! | oy Thursday November 9 7:30 pm Caledonia Gymnasium FEATURING "B Comm unity/Teacher m ALL STAR TEAM News In Brief No-show slammed THE CATHOLIC church is mad at Terrace RCMP for not providing traffic control for their Oct. 8 Candlelight Procession this year. Church spokesman Frank Lewis told city council po- and then informed the church at the last minute they couldn’t make it. Lewis said it’s not the first - time it happened, adding a cat drove tight through the, ‘middie of the procession a "few « years“'ago when the RCMP again failed to show Up. . . “It was lucky nobody got burt,”’ be said. Mayor Jack Talstra said city administration would look into the matter. Park land rezoned A KEY STRIP of Howe Creek greenbelt Jand has been rezoned in accordance with a deal struck with a de- veloper over the summer. The Jand in question is a 10-acre parcel cast of Eby St, behind Parkside School and Christy Park, The easternmost six acres of land —- bought by the city for $75,000 — has been rezoned from rural (AR-2) to Park and recreation (P2). The remaining four acres owned by Howe Creek In- vestments Ltd. bas been rezoned from rural to Rural residential (RRE). Developer Derrick Ken- nedy plans to subdivide the remaining chunk into two two-acre residential lots. The Official Community Plan was also amended to teflect the changed status. The purchase agreement was a compromise that al- lowed the city to secure most of the land it viewed as important to the greenbelt, Snow routes in effect ALL CITY streets, alleys and highways have once again been declared snow- clearing routes. , The designation makes it illegal to park vehicles over- night on city strects from Nov. 1 to Apr. 1, to make way for snow-clearing equipment. Support advanced research and province- wide community education programs sponsored by your Lung Association. Come down and make your deal today, because at these prices... | DEALER #5958 they won’t last long! *ALL PRIGES NET OF REBATES.