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all-candidates forum next week everyone. All three candidates — COVE RAG E,
sponsored by the Northwest Com- incumbent Socred Dave Parker, . WEEK TWO:
munity College Students’ NDP candidate Helmut Giesbrecht: .
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VEY 1x4 CT NCL TEN Vol. 7, Issue No. 40

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of PCB’s in
Howe Creek spill

A SPILL OF ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF TRANSFORMER OIL
into Howe Creek yesterday morning was initially suspected
to contain PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenyls), but prelimi-
nary B.C. Hydro field tests indicate that the oil contained
little if any PCB’s.

A sample of the oil was to be analyzed in a laboratory late yesterday
or early this morning and a conclusive answer to the PCB content, or
lack of PCB content, of the oi! is expected later today.

Following a receipt of the lab results, says a Ministry of Environment
spokesman, if any concern still exists, Terrace residents will be warned
through messages on the local radio station. In the meantime, the
ministry says it is better to be safe than sorry, and residents on Howe
Creek or the Skeena River downstream of Kalum Lake Drive/Howe
Creek intersection should treat both water and fish suspect until they are
declared safe.

B.C. Hydro field operations manager Brian Clarke says the spill
occurred at about 10:30 am. Monday when a North Coast Road
Maintenance dump truck operating with its box raised snagged a B.C.
Telephone line near the entrance to Skeena Sawmills’ log yard and
downed two 45-foot hydro poles. He says there were two transformers
on each pole, and all four ruptured on impact with the ground. The
spilled oil entered Howe Creek through a storm sewer inlet in front of
Terrace Steel.

According to Clarke, about 30 residences were without electricity for
about an hour following the incident. Power to Terrace Steel, however,
was not restored for several hours.

No cost estimate is available at the present time, but Clarke says the
bil] for the repair job will be sent to North Coast Road Maintenance.

ANGLING GUIDES AT
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EVERYONE'S BEST FRIEND. Grade-4 Veritas student Teresa Fleming and her friend
Santana have an important message for everybody. Education is the key to fire prevention, and
education will be the theme during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6-12. Some of the events to watch
"for in the coming week or so are the "Get Out Alive" drill at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 and Fire Chief for a Day,
which takes place on Oct. 15. Watch for more in next week's Terrace Review.