tal err oe Po are) ve Bt TE Tagg Shed a Legislative Library, Parliament Buildings, ’ Victoria, B.C, V8V 1X4 YOUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER TERRACE, B.C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1988 Vol. 4, Issue No. 52: 50 CENTS The year ended on a pleasantly snowy note for Terrace, as this view of the city from behind the Terraceview | Lodge shows. : Wei ve. reached the end of another year in 1 Terrace. In “the hope of gaining some overall perspective of what sort of year 1988 was for us, here are some of the news highlights taken from the pages of the Terrace Review over the past 51 weeks. January City council considered and rejected a motion to donate the stuffed Kermode bear that re- sides in council chambers to the. Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. The bear. would have been displayed in the tour- _ist Infocentre on Highway 16. Now, a year later, council. is pondering the fate.of another Kermode donated by local taxi- dermist Peter Martinson through ‘the Terrace conserva- tion officer, The city’s tradition- al symbol seems to have taken ona life of its own. — The provincial government approved an application from the. city to delete the proposed construction of a bandshell in George M. Little Park from the Expo Legacy grant, leaving the municipal swimming pool éx- pansion as the sole project to be funded. The bandshell, through ‘organization’ tacked _an extraordinary example of coordinated community effort, was finished and hosting con- certs in June, The pool expan- sion was, well... delayed. Controversy continued over the-CBC’s plan to restructure its B.C. radio network, a move that - would. have virtually shut down the corporation’s station in ‘Prince Rupert. The argument was eventually resolved through a compromise engineered by the CRTC: the CFPR broadcasting station was retained with a re- duced staff. The struggling youth-aid group RAFT (Responsible Ac- tion For Teens) was restructured under the leadership of a new board and became the Terrace Youth Society. The enthusiastic its way through several financial crises but eventually established a via- -ble set of programs centered in the Ukrainian ‘Hall on Walsh Ave. Business machine baron Bob Wilkinson was chosen Business Executive of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. February . The Supreme Court of Cana-. da struck down the sections of the Criminal Code of Canada . dealing with abortion, and pro- life and pro-choice factions be- gan trading shots through the Letters to the Editor column. The issue remains unresolved in Parliament eleven months and a federal election later. Transport Canada launched an investigation regarding air service to the Terrace/Kitimat airport. The federal agency act- ed after receiving numerous complaints from local travellers who felt they were being held in low regard by the Canadian Airlines International monopo- ly. Two weeks later Skylink, a small Richmond-based commut- er airline, began daily service here. They are presently flying under a cloud, having been chatged with 0 violations of air ‘The year in. Review - — a look back at 1988 is currently under review. NSS transport regulations. Terrace hosted the B.C. Po- lice curling championships, bringing a vast number of plain- clothes bonspiélers into the com- munity for a weekend. A rink. ‘from Williams Lake won the event, City council gave passing con- sideration to the possibility of entering Terrace in the Special Waste disposal plant sweep- stakes. Cache Creek was even- tually decided upon as the most suitable location, but the Minis- ter of Environment later bowed to local opposition and the plant remains homeless. Sunday shopping came back to haunt local consumers after a county court judge in Cran- brook struck down the B.C. Holiday Shopping