a ap wee me ee a an” SIRE PRE BO SR RRNA APO IO RG RA ARTA AC RS -and it’s a significant one. The number » 2006 IN NEWS The Year i In Review eventually went up for auction. 1 HEAVY EQUIPMENT o once e owned by Bear Creek ‘Contracting leaves ona i barge | headed to Vancouver where it CONTRIBUTED PHOTO May ~The Nisga’ a highway leading north from Terrace into the:Nass Valley and - in the valley itself now has a number is 113,.the number of years from 1887, when the Nisga’a -first attempted to resolve what they call ‘the land ques- tion”, 2000. oooee The Terrace.Lumber Company be- gins sawing wood again May 1, ending ‘a five week-long closure of that part of its‘operation. A high Canadian dollar - continues to make exporting wood less profitable. a . Coooe The City. of Terrace establishes the City Freeman Scholarship in honour of the city’s freemen. The announce- ment is made after Vesta Douglas, 95, passed away. She was a city, freeman, long time community booster and phi-. . . lanthropist. ” oooeoe At a cost of $1.9 million and with a combined 5,000 square feet, a brand - new. intensive care unit (ICU) and a fully renovated emergency room make. up arguably the most important con- ‘ struction project in this area in the last while. Having the two units side by side means’ it'll be safer. and easier to transfer critically ill patients from the | ER to the ICU. . ee ad British Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo visits the Nass Valley during the Nisga’a Lisims government’s special assembly. She attends the ground breaking ceremony at the future site of a swimming pool in the small village o Gitwinksihlkw. | Se a a ad An unnamed man breaks his ankle after jumping off the Sande Overpass on to a rail car filled with wood chips. CN police officer Kelly Yendrys says the young man is lucky” ‘the train was not in motion. ooo o . Fifty three full and“part time em- ployees at the Terrace Zellers store are told they will be out of work by January at which time the store will be closed.. a ae The superintendent of the Nisga’a school district in the Nass Valley has yetired, citing personal reasons. Pat- - temporarily by Garr Roth,.a Victoria- - rick Moores was the superintendent for about five years and is being replaced based education consultant pending a search for a new superintendent. S i a ad Hefty fines were handed out to a - company and its owner whose failure to ensure proper bracing of a crane led_ to the deaths of two men near here al- most a decade ago. A Port Coquitlam provincial court ,toa final treaty being signed i in | what are known as.“normal farm prac- tices.” The decision comes after the board oreceived .numerous complaints: about ‘excessive flies on the property and in the surrounding - neighbourhood. The farm’s manager.says the farm does*not have a fly problem and says the board is overstepping its bounds. eee The provincial government govern- ment registers the name Spirit Bear.. as the province’s official mark, even. though the City of Terrace registered the same name three years ago. It also ‘registered Kermode, Kermodei and ‘Moskgom’ol. — OOOO . Jason Mattenley, 17, passes away after suffering serious injuries in a late night cycling accident after a grad- related party in North Terrace. Joel Manning, 17, is also involved in the accident and spends weeks in hospital recovering from injuries. June The Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine grants $60,000 toward educat- ing the public about the perils of the : drug. A crystal meth forum is held. Se a a aed The City of Terrace will now act as its own general contractor for its long planned second sheet of ice project.and wants to start construction at the site - this year. The move sees the city hiring a new firm called Northern Ice Devel- opment instead of continuing with PBK more than half a million, dollars - fo project design. North American Ic. Architects which has already been pai¢ Development’ s consultant Wayne Aut sem is an experienced ice rink build and the city believes he will help t city save money’on the project." |: OOOO? .. ‘The Terrace -Lumber : Compy closes its mill for the third time in ! 6 months and does not specify a ‘statp date. Plummeting lumber prices) id a high Canadian dollar continuto © & ti t : plague the local company. OOOO The Regional District of Kitat- Stikine. produces posters, T-shirend bumper stickers carrying slogans ned - at raising awareness regarding thian- gers of hitchhiking in the area. p Oooo . Fire fighters worked arou. the clock to contain a forest fire onpper Mountain - the second such blz in as many’ years. : oOo - HIV rates in the northweare ris- ing — two new cases were d:overed in Terrace within a single wé, twice the yearly average of cases ing dis- covered. | ; Sa A i a ae The long awaited Highw; ‘of Tears report makes numerous remmenda- tions. including developin'a shuttle bus system, increasing ‘RMP high- f. way patrols, raise awarene: and street victim prevention measurdevelop an — emergency readiness planhd hire co- ordinators among others. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - A7 3emma's Great shistmas Clearance! i ‘We ge clearing out. 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Chad Nelson “LEESON 173 cm or 5’8” 82 kg or 181 Ibs Se de a ad Bed demand at Mills Memorial Hospital is on the rise. The hospital routinely admits more patients than its» oe approved number of 25, says its admin- ° istrator. Sometimes the number can be’ as high as 38 and is commonly in the low 30s. ca earring emer - If you have information, call CRIMESTOPPERS ae - 1-250-635-TIPS (8473 7) “You will remain anonymous. You may be eligible for a cash reward, Remember, .. We don’t need your name - just your in, information, _THIS COMMUNITY ALERT IS BROUGHT To YOU BY: LOCALLY OWNED : ' & OPERATED — 24 Hour Property Protection IN THE NORTH FOR THE NORTH OOF o : _ Bear Creek Contracting sends off al- most of its heavy equipment — grapple yarders, bull dozers, rock trucks and more — on a barge to Vancouver where it will be auctioned off. It’s the only op- tion owner Ian Munson says he has to salvage what’s left of the 40-year-old - business that his family has run locally. 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