A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 5, 2003 Out & About ‘Working forest’ eyed THE PROVINCE says it will designate 48 per cent of B.C.’s land base as “working forest.” The 45 million hectare designation wiil also per- mit other uses — mining, ranching, tourism and re- creation, The move fulfills a Lib- eral election promise. Parks, protected areas and private land won’t be part of the working forest. And sustainable re- source management mini- ster Stan Hagen said the designation won't limit | treaty negotiations or af- fect the government duty to consult First Nations. Critics said it’s too early to tell what if any ef- ° fect the designation will have or whether it will make it more difficult to create new parks en- . croaching on industry turf. A discussion paper on * porting or opposing the Olympic bid based on the poll’s ' outcome. the plan is on the govern- ment web = site at. www.gov.be.ca/srm Public comments are being taken up until March 14, More work PLUMBERS can thank the city for a bit of extra work coming their way. The city requires pro- tective devices to prevent contaminants from backing up into the city’s water system from certain. insti- tutional and business users. These include hospitai and clinics with bio-hazar- dous materials, Council is passing a bylaw that will now re- quire the testing of those cross connection devices every year, to make sure they close and block off contaminants when they’re supposed to. - be allowed to open on stat ho- . said. “But we feel that we may Just and stop US... s Pla GAME #1 On the road at Fort St. James GAME #2 Sponsored by N, W. Docu-Plus q Saturday, February 8 - 8 p.m. Sunday, February 9 = 2:30 p.m. TERRACE STANDARD Chamber takes its own pulse Olympics among hot topics THE CHAMBER of Commerce is polling its members on several contentious issues, Members are being asked whether the chamber should encourage a big box retailer to build in Terrace, ; whether members support the 2010 Olympics and whe- ther they support power sales by Alcan. Whether businesses should lidays is another question. The ballot says the ques- tions are being asked because the chamber is sometimes asked to provide letters of sup- port on various issues. But chamber president Sheila Love said there’s been no request from 2010 Olympic backers to support the bid. “Nobody has approached us for letters of support,” Love be asked.” “We want to make sure an- swers are based on what the members want.” She said the chamber will send a letter either sup- Shella Love Love said the poll idea emerged when one member suggested writing a letter inviting Wal-Mart to Terrace. _The chamber has already hosted a couple of presenta- tions on the Alcan power issue - both by Kitimat officials and the company. Love said there are fears in- creased power sales could mean a shut down of some “Should we support it? We want to find out from our busi- ness community.” Terrace Tourism is another local group that has yet to | ter Olympic bid. “se Society president Annalee Davis said several other groups in the north gave con- ditional support ~ with strings attached. 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