Page A10 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 3, 1992

SUSSITALLY,

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wa TERRACE -- City council here
we has agreed to consider creating a
Be bylaw to regulate open burning in
ae town.
= The move came at last weck’s
3] council meeting when a large
si delegation of residents turned up
‘ armed with petitions, calling fora
| burning ban.

SSSEEER

:
BF exists right tow,” said alderman
Rick King. “‘It-has to be a fairly:

* drastic situation before anything,
¥ can be done.’ ' “e

e “Basically anything goes as it’

BE sion of s motion to réfer. the ques. ..

tion of a burning ban. to the com-
miltec of the whole’ ‘only received
support of other aldermen after
King agreed council wouldn’t be

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bound to pass a bylaw.

Joanne Wakaruk presented a
76-name petition to council] and
demanded action be taken.

“What has mobilized this peti-
tion is the extensive burning tak-

fg "zero tolerance" police policy on
a speeding failed to get into gear at
ag a recent council meeting.

7 «Rick King had called on his
<4 council colleagues to send a letter
ato RCMP headquarters: express-
“ ing apposition to the move,

“¢ = While emphasizing he was nat
a condoning speeding, King

§ maintained it was unreasonable to
ey ticket someone for doing 92kph
Hq ina 90kph zone.
mg Flexibility was needed "to al-
#4 low for human error," he added.

4 6When the time came for the

A vote, King found himself in a mi-
Mer nority of one. :

a While. she believed the police
@ would continue to use: their dis-,
¥4 cretion, alderman Ruth Hallock
ey pointed out "the law is the law is

also noted accident
ey statistics showed speeding ‘was.
fast becoming ‘ amiajor. gauss, of;
q the “cara ge" on. the | provinces.

‘ Aneta RRL SEAS id

winot sure how far any protest
would get given the speed limits
were fixed in law.

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SRULIR SSN RBIER LEAS SSE SSSR

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Burn law
= considered

ing place in the new subdivisions
being cleared by developers on
ihe bench between North Thomas
and Benner Street,’? she said.
“The slash buming has been
going on for weeks now, with
little respite in sight.”’

Wakaruk said slash debris
should instcad be taken to the
dump. ;

“The, ‘heavy,’ “black billawy
smake- “generated by developers
burning ‘to slash-clear: their land
makes - the residents and school

students. : :prisoncrs within. - their - |...

own homes and schools,”’ she
sald, 7",

“Council aiso heard from Doug
Johnson, an environment ministry
air quality meteorologist, who de-
scribed the types of pollutants
relcased by‘slash fires,

The chemicals and ash ‘pro-

‘duced are linked ‘to cancer and

lung disease, he said.

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SMOKE FIGHTER Joanne Wakeruk wants city council to ban all

‘residential and commercial burning within city limits. She's angry

about open burning being carried out by a developer on the
bench,

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Teacher head.
hits new gov't

TERRACE : The NDP
government isn’t delivering
on its promises to better
support education,’ says the
new president of the B.C.
Teachers’ Federation. ~~.
“We - haven’t: seen the
kind of action ‘that .is
needed,”’ Ray. Worley said
while touring School Dis-
trict 88 May 22, |.
Worley said. the - - govern-
ment acted quickly” in-disa-

bling the office of the Com-:

pensalion . Fairness © Com-
missioner, which.

ated contract settlements,
But so far, he said, Vic-

toria has failed to come up

with extra money needed to

had-.
blocked a number of negoti-

implement the Year 2000
education reforms.. oo

He noted that: teachers in
many: parts of the’ province:
are facing layoffs: because’
of the recent budget.

“In particular, he calléd for
the release of $85 million i in

; accumulated “money ‘

anticipated incréases in en.
rollment' that’s been’
earmarked: for ‘school; dis-

-tricts, but not released. -:

“They’ Te over fixated on.
the size of the. deficit and

Should be. paying..more at-

tention to the education of.
our kids,’ Worley said,
“We should be talking
aboul hiring new teachers,
instead of laying them ‘off.”?

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Government af Canada
Minister of State for Youth

airy OF TERRACE

roclamation —
Acar ye! ear per

Let it be known that 1, JACK 7ACSTRA Mayor of the © Cf me,
by the powers vested in me do hereby declare that: ~

WHEREAS: there are many seconaary end post secondary students seeking
empioymant during the Summer montis; . :

ANO WHEREAS it. hes bean astablishad that with ‘hep proper anportunity and
training ta develop their skills, students: can assist amployars, © anvich thelr own

(iiheaeeetone development und benefit the City. of Terraces, _

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AND WHEREAS the Canada Empioyment ‘Cente far Students. ‘ava Canes
statlad by students which encourage students to. odtain Summer employment to
develop their skifs related fo the world of Work and Provide students with flaancial
assistance for thelr continua tion of education:. ;

AND WHEREAS ot this tinte, the Canada Emplo ymant Centre for Students are
seuking the support of the public, both employers and ail Terracites al jarge, to offer
employment to students this Summer, students who livein and contribute to Terrace
as a whole and who need our help:

NOW: THEREFORE 1, JACK TALSTRA, Moyor oF the ‘ny of: Tecrace, DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM the

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to this programme which will anrich and broedan the lives of student:

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