A? - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December | 1, 2002 SCI delays its start up date THE PLANNED startup of Skeena Cellulose’s pulp mill and sawmills is being pushed back lwo months to May 1, president Dan Veniez told a business luncheon Mon- day. The planned March 1 restart of the pulp mill is no longer realistic, Veniez said. Much more work still needs to be done, he said, add- ing markets remain weak. “There will be a progressive buildup of staff to ensure that we hit the ground running,” he said. The company last. week recalled 50 workers at its Prince Rupert pulp mill, and expects to recall more in the new ycar. “We must commence logging operations, recrnit new people in key-roles, and- conduct- training, maintenance, environmental remediation and capital tie- in work,” he said. Veniez also plans to meet with IWA officials later this week in hopes of negotiating a new contract that will be in place when he wants to open the sawmill here, also on May J, Approximately 200 millworkers have been idled since the mill closed in 2001. © The company will also go under the name of “New Skeena” when it restarts operations in the spring. Veniez says some variation of that name will be used, possibly “New Skeena Forest Products”, once the legalities of registering the new name are complete. From front He says the clunky [Er “Cellulose”. part of the fe name will go, but the Skeena identity ~ though tarnished in B.C. — remains well-known and valuable among international custo- mers. “Skeena as a product in our markets has a very, very strong brand identity,” Veniez said, It makes no sense, he said, to ditch: the -entire name because of the com- pany’s image in this pro- vince as a bailed-out bas- ket case of a forest com- pany. “Um going to transform that,” Veniez said. “It’s more important to build on the strength of aur name in the markets than to be politically correct and change the name.” “There’s not one customer on the pulp or lumber side that has anything but good things to say about Skeena’s products,” Dan Veniez CounterAttack is back, for now How that money will be divvied up and whether Ter- race will see any of the cash to supplement the program it has planned remains to be seen. “{ haven't heard that we are getting additional funds for the impaired driving campaign yel,” said Terrace RCMP Inspector Marlin Degrand last week. “We were aware same time ago that it didn’t look like the ICBC program was going to be in place this year so we were planning for this some time ago.” Historically, CounterAttack money paid for five hours a day of overtime for highway patrol officers, which was then matched by the detachment. Without that money to pay for overtime, local detachments are finding other ways to make sure roadblocks continue, particularly throughout the holiday season. Walker says it means highway patrol will be working with regular members at rural detachments throughout the northwest over the next month. They’ll also be assisted by auxiliary police officers, Citizens on Patrol and a number of RCMP members vo- lunteering their time. Walker estimates police wili be CORRECTION NOTICE Jada’s Fashions & Bridal Boutique will be holding their -MEN’S NITE! . _. STOREWIDE SALE TH. erst ype 12 Not December O os N. in the Dec. Y! Terrace Standard, Sorry for any inconvenience. § _pudas Fashions & is Bridal Beuligue Only The Best For Your. Wedding Day °° ; 406-4716 Lazelle Ave., Terrace « 635-8115. out on area streets about 50 per cent of the evenings in the next month. Last year ICBC gave $7 million to police province- wide for CounterAttack program for the year ~ 60 per cent of which would have gone to RCMP detachments and the remaining money to municipal forces. The insurance corporation and RCMP representatives will continue to work toward negotiating a longer term agreement, says McClelland. “We believe that for every dollar we put in the pro- gram we get $2.70 back,” he says. “[It] reduces the num- ber of impaired drivers on the road, which reduces colli- sions which reduces claims costs which keeps premiums low.” McClelland said the reduction in numbers of fatalities related to drinking and driving show the high visibility program helps save lives. Ninety-seven people were killed in alcohol related crashes in B.C, in 2000, McClelland says. That com- pares to 160 deaths due to alcohol related crashes in 1993. 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