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new restraint program.
Restraint is back, accompanied by its companion from the early
1980"s, a version of the compensation stabilization program, but no
one knows yet how severe the latest form of restraint will be.
The move was announced Jan. 29 by Premier Bill Vander Zalm
_ina televised message to the province as the Fair Wage Settlement
Program, a legislation package that includes provisions to control
public sector wage settlements through a government approval

process. A news release on the day following Vander Zalm’s
speech from the Ministry of Finance, the program’s controlling

sector employer’s ability to pay".

The most prominent group in the Terrace area that will be
affected by the program is the Terrace District Teachers’
Association, which is in the thick of bargaining a new contract
with the board of School District 88. TDTA president Rob Brown
said Monday the association will not respond until details of the
program are released. In the mean time, he said, "We’re just going
to continue bargaining. There’s a lot left to bargain, and we’re
going straight ahead. We won’t get drawn into a political
confrontation."

Brown said the two sides are scheduled to meet for negotiations
today and tomorrow, and again Feb. 20 and 21.

it will probably be at least two weeks before detailed guidelines for

the program are released.

body, indicated the program guidelines will be based on “the public ]-

Ministry of Finance communications officer Dianne George said

‘TERRACE — City council may

be facing another creek dilemma.
But this one may be a little easier
to resolve than the Heek Creek
problem. Lindsay’s Cartage and
Storage has asked the city for
reimbursement of "several hundred
dollars" for work done on the
banks of Howe Creek to ward off
a flood threat last Dec. 7.

In addition, Lindsay’s have asked
the city to do something to resolve
the flooding problem near Kalum
Lake Drive once and for all.
Lindsay’s reportedly incurred
$25,000 in damage duc to flooding
in November, 1989. They were
faced with a similar loss. Dec. 7
but a hastily constructed dam
saved the day.

There is one probiem that might
be caused by corrective measures,
and Lindsay’s are among the first
to point this out. The net result
may be to simply move the flood-
ing problem to neighbouring prop-
erties. |

Eskay Creek claim dispute settled
in favour of Calpine-Stikine

One of the major claim disputes —
in the Stikine Arch gold fields has
been resolved. Denis Licutard,
B.C.’s chief gold commissioner,
announced Jan. 18 that the TOK 3-
6 claim, a significant boundary
section of the Eskay Creek gold
discovery north of Terrace, will

Stikine.

The claim was part of a staking
group, which under regulations has © The commissioner found that the
to be continuous in order to be company had no knowledge of the
grouped. Surveys showed a gap of staking gap, and has given it until
about 40 metres between TOK 3-6 Feb. 18 to file an amended state-
and an adjacent claim when the ment of claim.

remain in the hands of Calpine- validity of Calpine-Stikine’s claim

was Challenged.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 6, 1991 AS

‘Solution proposed to Howe |
Creek flooding problem

Lindsay’s manager Glenn Thom-
sen told the Public Works Com-
mittee Jan. 16 they had applied to
the Water Management Branch for
permission to install culvert along
the length of their property but
approval had not yet been
received. According to Thomsen,
an engineering study has indicated
that a five- to six-foot culvert
would be adequate for the job.

In addition to solving the flood-
ing problem, this would allow
Lindsay’s to access property they

own on the north side of the creek.
But it would also mean a privately
owned culvert located on property
owned by Terrace Steel would
have ta be increased in size. .

City council has asked adminis-
tration to arrange a meeting
between affected property owners
in order to find a solution. In
addition, council has also asked
administration to contact the Water
Rights Branch to discuss jurisdic- .
tion of Howe Creek.

Thornhill may be
new corrections home

Plans for a new corrections
centre in the Terrace area still has
a few hoops to slide through, but it
appears as though after a year-and-
a-half search the British Columbia
Buildings Corporation has finally
found a suitable location at which
to build.

According to BCBC corporate
affairs manager John Murphy, they
have identified a 22.5 acre site
southeast of Pacific Regeneration
Technologies Lid. on Edlund Ave.
in Thornhill that seems to be ideal.

Before anything further happens,
however, says Murphy the public

There is no one reason why
teenagers need foster
homes. |

The reasons teenagers come
into care are often as
different as the teenagers
themselves.

Here is an example:

Marnie is 14 years old and her father is
chronically unemployed. Her parents fight all
the time, and often her dad’s anger and
frustration get directed at Marnie, who is the
eldest child of three... Marnie is very sensitive
and spends a lot of time worrying about things
at home. She is often depressed and has started
spending nights with friends because
sometimes she is afraid to go home. After
discussing the situation with Marnie, the social
worker met with the family and it was agreed
that Marnie should live in a foster home for a
while so that her parents could receive some
help in resolving their problems.

Terrace — 638-3527

Be a Foster Marent

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will have an opportunity to voice
opinions on the suitability of the
site. He says a detailed proposal
and rezoning application has been
sent to the Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine and the next step
will be a public hearing on their
rezoning application.

Regional district planner Tosh
Yamashita says they haven’t
received the BCBC package yet,
but he expects it will be included
on their Feb. 16 board meeting
agema. One detail yet to be
worked out before a bylaw pro-
posal is placed before the board,
however, is how to protect the
public against unrestricted expan-
sion or a change of activities at the
site in the future. Yamashita says
he expects this will be done either
through the bylaw description or
restrictive covenants.

This may only be a formality,
though. Murphy says that other
than being more modem and a lot
drier, the new corrections centre
will be little different than the
existing Facility. There are no plans
for future expansion and no
changes are planned in the centre’s
current firewood operation.

Planned is an 830-square metre
building (the existing building is

712 square metres) with a larger

kitchen and eating area. The num-
ber of inmates will remain the
same, with 24 regular beds and six

- emergency beds. Emergency beds,

Murphy explains, don’t add to the
capacity of the facility, their pri-
mary purpose is to accommodate
weekend prisoners when all 24
regular beds are full.

The larger land area will also
provide needed improvements,
says Murphy, in things like safety
and outdoor recreation. Besides
offering suitable drainage, a larger
area means work-oriented tasks
can be separated, says Murphy,
and this will mean much higher
safety standards than currently ©
exist.

Outdoor recreation, he adds, is

important for the health and re-

habilitation of prisoners and there
will be plenty of room available.
Gone, if everything gocs as
planned, will be the single basket-
ball backboard currently attached ©
to a hydro pole at the present site, |
the site’s only outdoor source of
recreation.

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