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Here is ‘the second part of
a review. of the events and ©
people that. shaped ti the news.

in Terrace i in 2005.

A THORNHILL man raises the alarm
about a Canada Revenue Agency error
which saw him on the receiving end of ,
sensitive private information belonging
, to two individuals living. on Vancouver _
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It contained bank ‘account “numbers,
addresses, social i insurance numbers and °

financial.documents. MP Nathan Cullen --

. demands a review of the federal govern-
ment’s policies on handling Private per-
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- The Kitsumkalum band is the first, First »
‘Nations group to have its Forest Steward-
. ship Plan approved by the provincial for-
est ministry. Kalum Ventures, a company -
owned by the’ Kitsumkalum band, got the
approval July 9:
It is just one of a few forestry opera-

» tors in the } province that have been given ~

_approval for a stewardship plan since the
implementation of the Forest and. Range

Practices Act which Teplaces the old For- an:

est Practices Code. ...”
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One of Terrace’s and northern B.C.’s

_most prominent First Nations activists
and politicians passes away. Larry Guno,

one of just’two aboriginal MLAs ever to

" sit in the provincial legislature, dies July

17 at 65 ‘years old. Guno represented the
historic: Tiding of Atlin from 1986-1991.

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- Motorists on Hwy 16. east of Terrace

“are taken by surprise July 20 when a U.S.

.Atrmy Black Hawk helicopter landed on

" the shoulder of the road after running out —

of fuel. The giant UH-60L: chopper be- .

‘longs to‘the Alaska National Guard’ and “

was en route from Washington to a refu-

-. elling point in Ketchikan, Alaska. |

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City officials and the RCMP are inves-
tigating a bizarre act of vandalism which

has left numerous bushes and trees at -

George Little Memorial Park hacked up.

«+A ‘man:was seen leaving.the park July-.:-

10: after:using. a chainsaw to remove nu:
merous limbs of a grouping of trees up to’
above 12 feet off the ground. .

The small stand of trees had been a-
popular gathering place for people to.

drink alcohol. The mysterious vandal -

left piles of limbs around the base of the .
trees.
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Unionized Telus workers engage in
a full blown strike after the corporation
told workers it would impose an’ unnego-
tiated contract on them. ,
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The City of Terrace hires one of the.
Terrace fire department’s youngest. fire
‘fighters to fill the vacant position of fire
chief. Peter Weeber assumes the duties of
former fire chief Randy Smith who trans-
ferred to Ontarioin March.

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August _

THE CITY of Terrace delays its planned
ceremonial. groundbreaking* for the
sportsplex project during the Riverboat
. Days. weekend because two bids it
receives surpass what had been projected
forthe project. ~

‘August 22 council unanimously de-
cides to re-tender the proposal in January
2006 in hopes that the bids will be more
competitive in the winter when the con- -
_ struction business tends to be slower.

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A group of Tahltan escalates its block- :
ade, extending the ban to a company that
was doing environmental work in the.
_ Klappan area for Shell Canada-and For-
tune Minerals of Ontario.because it em- ©
_ ployed Tahltan people.

Bulkley Valley-Stikine Liberal MLA

Dennis MacKay calls for legal action to -

end the blockade and Shell cancels ‘its
plans for any more exploration. © .

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A Terrace-based'pilot with Quantum _

Helicopters suffers severe injuries but
survives a fiery helicopter crash north of -
Terrace while working on a. mineral ‘ex-
-Ploration contract.

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. Federal NDP leader Jack. Layton pays
a visit-to Terrace, weighing in on the -
Telus lockout in support of the Telecom--
munications Workers’ Union.

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_ The Terrace Lumber Company re-
opens Aug. 29, ending' the mill’s four-
year closure. It resumes operations run-
ning one shift a day, producing 700 cubic .
metres of lumber per shift.

The Skeena River sockeye run comes
in around half the pre-season 1.2 million
estimate and the Department of Fisheries ~
and Oceans blames warmer ocean tem-
peratures. The federal department cuts
recreational fishing limits in half for the
duration of the season.

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - A5

“running out of fuel en route to Ketchikan, Alaska in July. The chopper draws a huge crowd as it waits for a fuel truck ©

to. come from Terrace. Below, Ross Milnthorp, the city’s director of leisure services, shows the damage done to one of © ously done by the Federal Department o of!

the trees at t George Little Memorial Park K.by a mysterious vandal. The Culprit, or culprits, identity js is not known. :

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A proposed copper and gold mine 500
kilometres north of Terrace receives pro-
vincial environmental approval.

The Red Chris project, owned’ by ‘bee!
Metals, still hinges on the province run-
ning a hydro line north to the Meziadin

. Junction along Hwy 37 North connecting.
to the site.
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Terrace City council decides it will
ask voters in conjunction with the-Nov.
19 municipal elections. whether is should —
continue adding fluoride to the water sup-
ply.

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The regional unemployment rate hits —

a ‘10-year low at 5.5 per cent, bettering

rates in the Lower Mainland and Vancou-“"

ver Island. In August 2004, the region’s
_ rate was 12. 3 per cent.

“September |

AFTER TWO years of trying to find
solutions to the crippling costs of natural.
gas, Methanex-announces it will close in
March 2006. The Kitimat-based methanol

plant employs 139 people, 22 of whom:

are Terrace residents.
Se a a A
. The Terrace Co-op Association finds
itself with thousands of cheques totalling

"in excess of $50,000 after more than half ~

of them sent out in June are returned to its
office by Canada Post.

"In the process of, dissolving the asso-
ciation, its assets were sold off and $1.2 :
million in equity remained. Do

. The association is inundated with calls
. from members whose cheques didn’ t
“reach them...
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Skeena MLA Robin Austin is one of —
eight New Democrat MLAs from rural’
areas’ who form an interior rural NDP
caucus designed to speak with one voice
for ruralissues. .
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The Terrace Fire. Department pro-
motes Colin Willoner,:a volunteer fire-

fighter with four years experience, toa .

paid position. The vacancy was created
' when Peter Weeber was promoted to fire |
chief in July.
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Terrace resident John “Jack” Smaha,
65, dies in a single vehicle accident on
the Kitselas Road in north Terrace. The
- front end loader he was driving went off

- the road and down a‘steep embankment.

Smaha, who worked in the forestry i in-

dustry for 44 years, started his own com-.

pany ~ Jasak Logging — in 1968.
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in year. one,of the four-year program.

* THE TERRACE

~ MeKenzie had suffered a a heart attack. “tion, Kitimat is chosen over. Prince Ru-. a

and would later undergo an angioplasty.
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‘Charles Costello; who slit ithe ‘throat:

» of Terrace RCMP. Const. Cam'Joseph in.

2008, is acquitted by a jury of attempted

- murder and is sentenced to a year of house *

arrest followed by a year of strict curfew

. for assault and aggravated assault.

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The first-ever class in the Bachelor of
Science in Nursing program at the North-

_ west, Community College begins. The

CTOP O of 18 students --.10 from Terrace,— |

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_ Eighty per cent of B.C. public: school '
teachers vote overwhelmingly to begin

a first phase of strike action after nego--

tiations stall with-the B.C. Public School
Employers Association.

October “

Water Rescue nets

_ RCMP officers in Dease Lake act on three awards from. the Association of |

a “court approved enforcement order and ‘Dive Rescue Specialists for i its Tescue and |

arrest 13 Tahltan Nation band members

-blockading a northern mineral explora-’
‘tion’ Site, 10 km south of Iskut. |

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The Kitimat-Stikine Regional District.

_ defeats a motion. to. begin the-process of
incorporating Thornhill, instead opting *

to further study whether to proceed with
- incorporation or to amalgamate with the
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Local Canada Post letter carrier -

-Rosealeé Dilley is credited with saving

the life of 86-year-old Vera McKenzie

after. the postal worker sensed” some-

thing was wrong and entered the senior’ S.

home.

recovery work.’ | ey
- One was for the rescue of a man who

jumped off the Old Skeena Bridge and °
two were for work the volunteer mem-*:

bers did in ‘recovering the bodies of two

young people who went through the ice —

on Stuart Lake at Fort St. James in 2004."
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‘The Telus lockout | ‘continues: and es-

‘calates locally when two .Telecommu--

‘. nications Workers’ Union‘ members are .

arrested in Kitimat for violating a B.C.:
"Supreme. Court injunction. by” allegedly .
tailgating a vehicle driven: by. a Telus
manager, on Hwy37. - - an

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A ‘report by the ‘Terrace-based i presi-

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i» staging walkouts. 9“.

- dent of ‘the Western Fallers ‘Association

a lambastes the logging | industry . for. its:

»» dismal safety record and prompts Forest
* Service Minister Rich Coleman and La-
7 bour Minister Mike de Jong’ to meet with
* the association and other’ stakeholders. |
. More than 40 deaths occur in the forestry _
“sector in 2005.
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A long-awaited coroner’s report finds
the driver. of a tractor-trailer. operator; :
.. who steered his. unit. into the path of a
* truck containing two: Terrace men, had
” high levels of chemical drugs i in his blood -
. and may have used cocaine beforehand.

All three men were killed i in- the. 2 ace, 7
cident.

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* The 42 ,000 public. school teachers i in

“B. C: defy a government legislated con:

tract by taking strike:action on. Oct. .7-°
. «The B.C. Supreme Court rules'the: strike”
illegal ‘and ‘later ‘freezes the teachers’.
union’ s assets. re
ve . « Organized labour: ‘supports. the téach:
: ers here and throughout the Province by

__ The. stalemate ; .is eventually
when the government’ and the teachers.
: accept appointed mediator Vince Ready’ Ss:
‘recommendations: "Students : here * lose ~
_ eight days,. while others i in the. province .
_ miss 11 days of instruction...
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 -Kitselas First Nation. band members"
approve a community land code by a vote °

Above; this 5 Alaska Army N National Guard Black Hawk helicopter i is forced to land at thé side of na ie 16A near Usk after. and take control of the- management and. -

administration of its reserve lands, previ-.’

Indian Affairs.
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After months of jostling and specita

.. pert as the destination for a* proposed .
~ $4-billion: pipeline project by Enbridge.
Inc. The dual pipeline project: calls for.a’
“1,200-km. line from north of: Edmonton™
‘that will export petroleum and transport
A diluting agent. °°. :
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CA. second: Alberta company announces ©
plans to use Kitimat'in a pipeline proj-
ect. Pembina Pipeline Corp. and Terasen ”
Pipelines announce a $1-billion proposal
to import condensate, a product’ used to
S., thin’ petroleum: for easier. transport, ‘and:

~ send it to Alberta. ee oat

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The. Coast Mountains School Dis- : i -

trict’s enrolment : ‘numbers -continue’ to -
drop, though. the decline lessens’ from.
previous years. .

- The district sees 150 fewer students:
after the first month of classes fromnum-
bers. at the conclusion of, the’ 2004-05
school, Year.

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The first-ever class ‘in the’ Bachelor of.
Science in Nursing program at ‘the North-.
west _Community " College. begins:. The:
>¢fop of 18 students — 10 from Terrace — —is®
‘in year one. of the four-year program.
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Eighty per cent of B.C. ‘public school.

_ a first phase of strike action after -nego-"
- tiations-stall with the B.C. Public School,
Employers Association. a
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Nominations for: mayor, municipal
<council and school trustees.ensure. ‘Mayor

Jack Talstra will ‘continue in-his position
» by: acclamation. ‘All five incumbent coun-
-cillors run again, with six new, candidates:
. The school board i is due for'a makeover |
in Terrace with just one incumbent. *

Faller Johnny Myshrall, now of Terrace, crouches ona “springboard” while falling a tree in the Queen Charlotte islands:
in the mid- 1990s. The practice allows fallers to reach around trees which are Situated on particularly steep ground. ©

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