News In Brief

. Fire set under mayor

SOME VOTERS may want to set a fire under Mayor Jack Talstra, but a couple of local youths actually did it last week.

Firefighters had to go less than a block during noon hour Nov. 12 to deal with a fire that erupted in shrubs immediately below the mayor's window at his law firm, Talstra and Company, on the comer of Eby and Lazelle.

Fire chief Randy Smith said two youths on their way to school came across a road flare and decided to light it |

“T guess they found it a fairly boring thing to have so they tossed it into the shrubbery anda fire ensued.” ‘Firefighters quickly extinguished the burning evergreens, and Smith said it's anticipated the youths will pay restitution to replace the shrubs.

Car plunges down hill

TWO PRINCE RUPERT residents were taken to hos- pital Nov. 11 after their car went down a 20-foot em- bankment about 20 kilometres west of Terrace.

Fire chief Randy Smith said it took firefighters some time to extricate the two occupants trapped inside the car.

Consider childs’ rights

TOMORROW IS National Child Day, It’s the anniver- sary of two historic United Nations events — the adop- tion of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in 1989.

This year the theme in B.C, is about children’s right to be heard and considered.

That's one of a group of four rights that the conven- tion says children should have.

The other three sets of rights are: children reaching their potential, with an emphasis on the importance of education, family and culture; children living well, meaning the right to basics such as food, shelter and standard of living and health; and finally, children being free from harm, including abuse, neglect and economic exploitation. .

Red-light cameras loom

INTERSECTION SAFETY cameras being tested this fall around the province could find their way to Terrace next year.

The cameras monitor intersections and take pictures of cars running red lights. A ticket is then mailed to the offender, similar to the process of photo radar.

Attomey General Ujjal Dosanjh says the cameras are not a tax-grab, but a safety device aimed at curbing red-light runners. There were about 13,000 red-light in- tersection crashes in B.C. in 1995, resulting in hundreds of injuries and 21 fatalities.

During the next six weeks, several different types of cameras will be tested at sites around the province. Next spring, one of those types will be chosen and cameras will be purchased, to be rotated through high- accident rite intefsections ‘thrdtighout"B.C,

The sites chosen will depend on local] RCMP and municipality concerns. Kate Thompson of the attorney ‘general's ministry says Terrace could receive a camera if the city thought it would help curb accidents.

*‘A lot of municipalities have been very enthusiastic about the program,’’ she says. “People have been en- couraging it for a while.’’

Trustee by-election set

A BY-ELECTION to replace school board trustee George Neumann from Kitimat will take place Satur- day, Jan. 17,

Neumann was one of nine trusiees on the Coast Mountain School board, and was also its chair. He resigned from the position at the end of October.

The newly elected trustee will represent the areas of | Kitimat, Kitamaat Village, Kemanc, Klemtu, Butedale and Cable Car subdivision,

Nominations for the position will be accepted up till 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12.

A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 19, 1997

Wage to rise

B.C.°S MINIMUM wage is going up by 15 cents an hour to $7.15 next April 1.

Premier Glen Clark sald the increase reflects inflation since the last time the wage went up in Oct. 1995,

He said the increase will benefit an estimated 100,000 people, about 60,000 of whom are under the age of 25.

At 40 hours of work a week, the increase gives minimum wage workers an additional $6 a week.

‘This modest increase will provide real economic bene- fits for workers at the lowest end of the pay scale,’’ Clark said.

Studies indicate that 14 per cent of minimum wage camers are single pareats and that 60 per cent are women.

The Alberta minimum is now $5 an hour, in the Yukon it’s $6.86 an hour and in Ontario it’s $6.85 an hour.

Live-in home support workers also get an increase — to $71.50 a day With a maximum room and board deduction of $325 a month,

One group which supports minimum wage increases, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, said workers in this category fall below the Statistics Canada low-income cut-off level.

It said an increase of 35 cents to 5D cents an hour would have a greater impact on poverty and inequality.

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