Tank finds home AFTER two years battling - city hall, Del's Propane has surrendered and moved its large propane tank to a new location. The 30,000 gallon tank is now located just west of the forests ministry offices on a one-acre chunk of Keith Ave. land Del’s has bought: from New Skeena Forest Products. . Dieter. Gartman, the Williams Lake-based manager of Del’s Propane, said he’s glad to put the dispute behind him. TERRACE. STANDARD DEL'S PROPANE has moved its large propane tank from near the overpass to part of a log yard it has purchased from New Skeena Forest Products, said, adding the firm spent thousands of dollars pre- paring to sue the city. The fire chief and city council feared the old lo- cation was too risky — if the tank exploded it was very close to the RCMP station, ambulance station, However council blocked the tank's use there on the basis it con- travened minimum set- backs from the property line in the old location. The city approved the subdivision of the one-acre property last month. The tank will be the plant serving this region. The company has to add more fire suppression equipment. at the tank be- fore it goes into use. 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Some restrictions may apply. Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm save(Q foods “Hopefully we can live happily there now,’ he fire hall, Skeena Mall and CN rail yard. company’s propane bulk Welding’s location beside the overpass. Our ship may not come in Rail excursions unlikely this year CRUISE. SHIP passengers docking at Prince Rupert might nat reach Ter- race this year on day excursions. - The. number of large ship visits has been cut and Via Rail doesn’t have trains available on the days ships will arrive in Prince Rupert. But local tourism officials remain confident Terrace will be a stop for day excursions beginning next year when a large cruise ship dock at Prince Rupert will be ready. The idea this year was to test the potential of having cruise ship pas- sengers take a train to Terrace, enjoy the sights here for a few hours and then return by bus. Al first, there were to be five Stops of large;ships in Prince Rupert. Beciilsethe ‘large $9. million” dock won't be ready until 2004, the ships will anchor in the harbour and passengers taken ashore by smaller - boats, landing at the new Atlin cruise ship centre at Cow Bay. But the number of stops has been cut to three, says Shaun Stevenson of the Prince Rupert Port Authority, “In many ways we consider this year to be cruise ship year minus one,” he said. “We want to demon- Firm lines up cruise visit tours ONE LOCAL company is planning high-end tours for cruise ship passengers docking at Prince Rupert this year. As with other busines- ses and tourism agencies, George Clark of Elan Tra- vel views this year’s limi- ted number of stops by large cruise ships at Prince Rupert as a test for the po- tential of future years. “This is. where we can cul our teeth by providing a quality product,” he said. Clark is concentrating on small group excursions offering a high-end outdoor northwest experience. “We're talking about sea kayaking, bear viewing,” said Clark. One planned tour in- yolves taking people in a van along the Skeena River, - They"d stop where the Exchamsiks River flows into the Skeena and take a jet boat up the Excham- siks. Following the boat trip, they'd enjoy a salmon bar- becue and. then be flown out: by helicopter back to Prince Rupert. That same helicopter would arrive with another group who would then have their own barbecue, return down the river by boat and then take a van back to Prince Rupert. Clark already has a contract with Radisson, _the ‘cruise ship company that wiil bring the 700-pas- senger Seven Seas Mariner to Prince Rupert May 28. strale what we have to the cruise ship companies for future years.” The first of the three stops takes place May 28 when the 700-passen- ger Seven Seas Mariner belonging to Radisson Seven Seas comes to Prince Rupert. On July 25, The World, a 300-passenger ship belong- ing to ResidenSeas Cruises, docks for an overnight stay. It returns Aug. 11 for a day-long stop. The World is an ultra high-end ship containing condominium- style accommo- dations sold for prices reaching $3 million US, said Stevenson, Although Via Rail doesn't have . any-trains (gm it aveilablesin the & days the ships Stevenson will be at Prince Rupert, Stevenson is talking with two lrain tour companies in hopes they’Il come north this year as a test, One is Rocky Mountain Railtours, which operates a successful southern B.C. tour train schedule. Stevenson cautions that Terrace is pretty much at the comfort-zone limit for cruise ship companies look- ing for day excursions. “A cruise ship stay can be any- where from eight to 12 hours. But cruise ship companies prefer an ex- cursion to be no more than four hours so they can run it twice,” he said. “It's one of the challenges Ter- Tace may have to consider.” “There could be motor coach tours, for example, up the Skeena Valley but they might not come as far as Terrace,” Stevenson added. The lack, so far, of a rail tour possibility this year and the time problem is not completely unexpec- ted news for Brian Downie, president of the Terrace ‘Tourism Society. “We were taking a low-key approach for this year anyway,” he said. The tourism society concept is for a six-hour tour — two and half hours” on a train to Terrace, a two-hour stay : -here-and a:hour and a-half.bus.ride.. ~ride:back to Prince Rupert. - The plan is to have cruise ship passengers stop in Terrace at the foot of Kalum. That's where city and economic development officials want to move city founder George Little's two- story house and renovate it to act as a train station. Some work could take place this year, depending upon financing. “PF Rg Mm opAkor anole A. RURMAy “ : Olympian Ed Jovanovski and the Vancouver Canucks, : prowl supporters of amateur hockey and the oy: Vancouver 2010 Bid. - Fone ee a This Spring 30,000 boys and girls are taking to the ice to promote our 2010 Bid welcome to the world. 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