Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 10, 1993

Westar surrenders Kitwanaa licence

Wood up for grabs

TERRACE — A new source of
wood has been created in the
northwest with the surrender by
Westar of Tree Farm Licence $1
north of Kitwanga,

The 77,500ia licence had been
tied to Westar’s. old Kitwanga
mill which has been closed for
nearly three years.

The company failed to find a
buyer for its mill last year, lead-
ing it to turn back the licence to
the provincial government,

Forests minister Dan Miller said
the wood will be tumed into a
limber supply area and will be al-
located after the province’s chief
forester establishes a new annual
allowable cut.

The old cut was 110,000 cubic
mictres a year,

Westar and the province agreed
to cancel claims each had laid
against the other. _

The province said Westar still
had ta do some silviculture work
and road maintenance on the
licence.

Westar gave the forest service
inventory and other infonnation
in exchange for wiping out the
above obligations.

Miller called the exchange a
““wash’’ in order to gain informa-

Wrong
word

TERRACE — An error in a
quote attributed to Premier Mike
Harcourt in a March 3 story sub-
stantially altered its meaning.

The quote read: “I’m not ad-
verse (to a buy-in) but we are a
bit gun shy. We’ve just written
off $300 million in band loans
from the previous Social Credit
government.”

It should have read: ‘I’m not
adverse (to a buy-in) but we are a
bit gun shy. We've just written
off $300 million in bad loans
fram the previous Social Credit
government,”

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tion that will quickly lead to a
new annual allowable cut,

Westar had wanted cash in
return for roads and bridges it
built in the area and for inventory
information,

.. The company will. now close

the mill permanently, paying
nearly $800,000 in severance to
the approximately 100 people
who once worked there,

Wocd to be allocated will prob-
ably come under the forest ser-
vices’s small business program,
said a forest service official.

The new timber supply area lies

. within territory claimed by the

Nisga’a and by the Gitanyow
(formerly Kitwancool).

Miller said he ‘will entertain
proposals by the two groups ‘‘if

they approach it in a cooperative
Spirit,”

And he raised the possibility of
having the old Kitwanga mill
tuned into a plant to produce
valuc-added wood products.

There’s now word yet on what
Westar wants to do with the old
mill site.

Westar’s surrender officially
ends its involvement in the
Hazeltons.

Burdened with a large debt and
a bad mix of mill technology
versus wood supply, the company
put all of its assets on the market
last year.

Its Carnaby mill, whole log
chipper at New Hazelton and
wood licence were sold to Repap
in 1992.

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