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TERRACE ine Local residents should ‘know by the end of the month where a new centre for

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-:spects'is to. be located, » Bob Enwright of the advanc- ed education, training and technology. ministry said he and other government. officials. will up’ from. Victoria later this month to go over plans for-the training and enterprise centre, He said-negotiations are stilt . going on:-with :the. successful - i tender. for the ‘Project. It"ll be

thie province and is scheduled to be ‘operating sometime this spr-

! Located | at the centre. will be hé ministry’s office in Terrace and prospective tenants include the. chamber . of commerce’s business. information service, a Northwest: Community. College project to” produce © and distribute by satellite education 8, the 16-37 Community Futureés:-‘loan.“and business development project and the ~Skegna’ Labour. Market Development Committee, -

Wh "Negotiations with the suc- essful-” “tender offer are not omplet d: as‘of yet so | can't ay who. it is until it has been

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“TERRACE. — Despite one aldermen’ s fears the decision could come back to haunt ‘it, _ council last: week voted itself a

Ba per cent pay: increase.

-Tihat increase reflects the “amount by which the Consumer Price Index rose between November 1988 and the same

* month in. 1989, Last year coun- cil agreed to tie future increases ‘in aldermanic and ‘mayoral Salaries to the CP],

’ . However, Ruth Hallock said "she was worried about the infla- tionary. effect the increase would have when settling con-

" tracts with the city’s unionized

_ employees: — negotiations with

- its CUPE employees are due to get. under. way. scon, She also Suggested an increase of three per cent: would be more accep: table.

The ” ‘increases mean the mayor’s indemnity will - rise from $16,430 to $17,284 while aldermen -will get 57,534 com- pared to last year’s $7,162) |

. Pointing out council had agreed tothe CPI-bused ‘system “to have soine fair way of ad- ding to the indemnity," alder- man Darryl Laurent argued it should stick to that policy.

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TERRACE — Revenue Canada - wants refunds it paid to Lakelse Lake residents under the nor- thern tax benefits. scheme “returned — with interest. - “Letters demanding the money - back © and -asking for what - Revenue Canada calls “arrears interest” have = been received over the past: few: weeks by lake ‘ residents, : ane The letters follow contradle- ‘tory reports by Revenue Canada : Officials over qualifications for the northern refund scheme _ since It was brought in two years - - ago. In one household, one in- : come eamer was qualified by “Revenue Canada but another one was not,

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“Judy Tracy. said -Revenue .. ‘Canada made the mistake lin the ° ‘first place. (0. a MT here is'no way.v6 sho Id: ‘have to pay them interest, » ‘she

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Tracy's reaction WAS echoed by fellow resident Bey Spooner. who said Revenue Canada WAS |, demanding her husband repay a - $2,200 refund and a.. further ~ $193 in.interest. “That v wastheir . mistake,’” she insisted,’ adding . realdents shouldn't: be expected. to pay for it. a

The confusion: serine’ to have started over-a number of areas‘ described as Lakelse in the nor- | thern allowance benefits guide.

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distance from urban centres.

‘Tracy said she had contacted. the. taxation office. in Surrey prior to filing her claim and wag told: properties on the east side of Lakelse Lake did qualify.

“But the. letters’ received recently from Revenue Canada _ ttate the Lakelse that quatifies is a rallway point along the CN tailway “line and Kitimat.

Pointing out no-one lived there; ‘Tracy branded the railway point a “non-existent Place,”

‘Tracy and Spooner said they were! writing protest letters to

federal taxation minister Otto Jellinek and will appeal the decision. A number of other residents would be doing the sane course of action, they §

‘TERRACE — Twenty-one local

teachers who have refused to join the Terrace District Teachers Association (TDTA) must become union members by June 30 or lose their jobs. '

So far only one of the teachers has filed an application to the Industrial Relations Council to request ‘religious ex- emption from membership in the union, TDTA_ spokesman Greig Houlden said last week,

The mémbership requirement making School District 88 a closed shop is contained in the collective agreement signed last year by the district and the union. It requires all district teachers to become members of the TDTA and B.C. Teachers’ Federation by June 30 as a con- dition of employment, Houlden said.

“They'll be expected to either join or find employment elsewhere,” he said. .

Most of the religious opposi- tion of non-member teachers is “based primarily on objections to the pro-choice policies of the (provincial teachers’) federa- tion,’” Houlden said, :

Those policies have the ma- jority support of the provincial union and members must live with that, he said. If merhber- ship exemptions were granted to every teacher who disagrees with a particular policy, the union would cease to exist,

“It’s always been a minority issue,”’ Houlden said. ‘‘It's been debated year in and year out at the federation level and there’s never been a majority in favour of removing the policy. The issue just: doesn’t appear to want to die.” © -

But Houlden ‘predicted. the new requirement would kill the , issue, at least locally, _

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“The issue will be resolved on June 30 when the compulsory membership requirement comes into effect and then it’s a non- issue,” he said, ‘They have two

choices ~- they can maintain membership or work ; elsewhere.”

Twenty-one of the 22° non-. member teachers ‘in the district teach in Terrace and make. up. seven per cent of the teachers in the district. Houlden said all the teachers are paying dues as re- quired by the collective agree- ment. .

One of the district. non: member teachers was granted an IRC exemption from the TDTA last year on the basis of her ‘‘religious objections to be- ing a member of any organiza- tion that does not pursue Chris- tian principles as its primary ob. jective,’’

School district personnel ser- vices director Bruce Greenwood said no contingency plans: have been made in case the teachers decide to quit this summer.

‘*The possibility is there,”’ Greenwood said. ‘‘But we ex- pect the teachers to comply with

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TERRACE — The Terrace Health Care Society is doing a study on what kind of suppor- tive housing is needed for the area, says its president.

David Lane said the complex, to be built adjacent to Ter- raceview Lodge, will consist of 40-units but what kind they will be has yet to be determined.

One concept being explored is that of an adult day care, a place where elderly people being taken care of by relatives can be taken during the daytime.

Units will have kitchens and will be constructed to fit the needs of people who need some type of assistance, Lane said.

Its planned location adjacent to the Terraceview Ladge means that it will be able to take ad- vantage of the latter's facilities, he said.

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In the meantime, the city will pay for survey, legal and associated costs of turning over a piece of land to the health care society for a housing complex, says city administrator Bob Hallsor. — .

The land was once owned by the province but was turned over to the city with the condi- tion it be used only for recrea- tional or park use,

A elty request earlier to turn the land over-to the health care saclety was rejected by the pro- vince which said that could only

take place if the society were to purchase it at fair market value.

But as the arrangement now stands, said Hallsor, the city will turn the land over to the province which will then pass it on to the society,

There is a condition that the land revert back to recreational and park status if it not used by the health care society, he said.

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