Al0 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 14, 1990

Heek —
Brook
decision
goes to
council

A Terrace city council Commit-
tee of the Whole meeting Monday
night recommended that council
ask the Ministry of Environment to
take responsibility for the Heek
Brook drainage area. Heek Brook
drains the North Sparks area, and
neighbours say a landfill project at
Samson’s poultry farm is respon-
sible for the formation of a pond
on Ben Webber’s North Sparks
property where a child drowned
last winter.

_ Stan Kinkead of Samson’s Poul-
‘try Farm installed a 10-inch culvert
to drain the pond last summer but
it failed to work during the first
heavy rainfall of the season on
Oct. 15 and 16. Kinkead has since
repaired the culvert, but it is
unknown at this time if it will be
large enough to handle peak water
flows, ;

Water Management regional
director Wilf Dreher of Smithers
met with city administrator Bob
Hallsor and director of engineering
Stew Christensen a week ago
Tuesday to discuss the matter of.
jurisdiction, and jt was information
from that meeting the Committee
of the Whole reviewed prior to
making Monday night’s. recom-
‘mendation.

Following his Oct. 30 meeting
with the city, Dreher told the Ter-
race Review that the city has
always had the option of asking
his ministry to take control of the
situation, but it was an option that
was never exercised. Dreher
couldn’t say at the time how he
might approach the Heek Brook
situation if he were asked to take
charge, but did say that from his
personal point of view he would
like to see a "properly engineered

system" in place in the brook. In
part, he said, this would probably
mean replacing the existing 10-
inch culvert with one that is
between two and three feet in
diameter. Yesterday, Dreher said
he would wait for the official letter
from the city before planning a
course of action.

A question yet to be addressed
by city council is jurisdiction of all
other waterways in Terrace. Hall-
sor said last week, however, that
the city would probably take res-
ponsibility for all man-made water-
ways within city boundaries —
these would include Howe Creek
and the Mills Ave. ditch — and
the Water Management Branch
would probably take over responsi-
bility for natural waterways like
Spring Creek.

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~ Changirig of the guard — Terrace RCMP Cst. Ken Harkness announced last week that he's retiring from his role as community

relations officer for the locas! detachment. Harkness retums to general duty after 13 months on the demanding job, and his
replacement will be Cst. Jane Andrews, who has been a general duty police officer in Terrace for three years.

Below are the high-
lights of changes to
the Unemployment
Insurance (UJ) Act.
These changes will
affect most claims that
start on or after
November 18, 1990.

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After November 18, you will
need 10-20 weeks of work

within the past year to qualify
for regular UI benefits.
The exact number of weeks
you will need and how long
you will be able to collect

these benefits will depend on

the unemployment rate in
your area.

@ Maternity /
Parental
benefits

Parents may be eligible for
15 weeks of maternity
benefits (available to the
mother) plus 10 weeks of
parental benefits (available
to either the mother or the
father).

Parental benefits are also
available in the case of an
adoption. .

@ Leaving .
a job

Individuals who leave their
job without “just cause”, are
fired for misconduct or
refuse a suitable job offer, can
be penalized by losing from
7 to 12 weeks of benefits
and having the amount of
benefits reduced.

@ Working
after age 65

If you work after age 65, you
may now be eligible for UL.
This change will be retroactive
to September 23, 1988.

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For an information
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to Unemployment
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For more information
on your claim, contact
your local Canada
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