~ A6- The Jerrace Standard, Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 www-.hawkair.ca » | Due to circumstances beyond our - have been delayed and won't be available in our stores: ” : . Hamilton Beach 1 0 cut, Microwave Oven vos + Flosce Throws - * 1.82 OM Decorative Trees. * Eloctronic Pencil Sharponer * Elected Stapler oo * 30 inch White Hugger Fan | ® Locked out TELUS WORKERS in Terrace were on the picket line last week as the Telecommunications Workers Union - prepared for a full-blown strike. That’ 8 George Normandeau, Cory Wardrup, Sam Masouti, Glen Olver and a » Beryl Cielanga,, * Ladies 725 Bohemian Tunic Top 2 ey J Ladios 725 Bohemian Tunic Top with Tie | . | In some cases similar items have - a Call your local travel agent » . CRIME a ; t 9 | OPP RS WAL-MART. : control, the following advertised items - + Aloha 12 Inch Portable Table, Fan | substituted, Please check In-store. ~ - MOVED (47/37/ PARK. 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We apologize for any inconvenience — #102-4644 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C’ xx on ‘the r rise i _ AFTER YEARS of decline, the, northwest’s population has taken an ever-so modest turn for the better. » ; +, , Latest population estimates prepared: by the. provincial ; i government indicate the po} population of the “Kitimat-Stikine i ‘regional district, which takes in Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazel- — ton and points north, has crept up by :76 per cent this year — t - : -compared to 2004 and by .5 per cent from 2003 to 2004. jo. 326 people over 2004’s 42, 681. which was. a 202 person in-. ‘+ €fease over 2003. : |. °° But the regional district’s population is still down com- — pared to. 1996’s figure of 45,365, making for a loss of 2,358: ' population was 42,662. Provincial statisticians put the popu- : | -2003’s 12,524 figure. re 12,639 in 2001." , a The population estimates are developed using a variety of factors, including Statistics Canada census figures (the last two population counts were in 1996 and 2001), detailed sur- _ veys based on those figures and data such as residential tele- : phone connections and electrical connections. It’s. all gone “over to come up with an accurate as possible assessment of ie ‘population change, says Dave O’Neil, a provincial statisti- cian with the management services ministry. “The smaller the sample size, the more variations there are but we have been doing this a long time and we’ ve-been very accurate,” he said. . The northwest’s population drop is ‘generally attributed to two reasons — the melt down of Skeena Cellulose starting in the late 1990s and a general trend to smaller families, a circumstance being repeated elsewhere. Just four regional districts recorded falling populations es and one of them, Stikine, is in the north. _. The Skeena-Queen Charlotte regional’ district, hit hard ~~. by the Skeena Cellulose failure as the company’s derelict pulp mill is located just outside of Prince Rupert, recorded JJ -a population rise of 118 people: for a 2005 total of 22,568 | compared to 22,450 in 2004. ' The 2004 figure is an increase of 169 people over 2003’s : figure of 22,281-people. tz . Butas is the case with Kitimat-Stikine, the Skeena- Queen “Charlotte regional district lost heavily between 1996 and. . now. In 1996 its population was 25,811 meaning:a loss of 3,243 people between then and now. Every municipality within the’ Kitimat- Stikine regional ' , district recorded a population i increase save for New.Hazel- >} , ton. From 768 people in 2003, it dropped: to 763 people in 2004. . Kitimat’s population of 10, 432 i in 2003 rose very slightly .to 10,449 in 2004. - Population estimates for the North Coast development Ie- gion, which takes in the Kitimat-Stikine and Skeena-Queen Charlotte regional districts, call for a steady but not spectac- - ular increase over the next 25 years. The current North Coast ' population estimate of 65,575 for 2005 people is projected to climb to 68,359 by 2010, to 70,922 in 2015, 72, 974 i in 2020 and to 75,370 by 2031. Fisheries and Oceans Canada presents; _ CONSERVATION CORNER onservation & * Protection Federal Fishery Officers /www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca Kitimat Fishery Officers last week were involved in a coordinated patrol of Douglas Channel with the H.M.C.S. Vancouver, and were interviewed by Global TV. Officers stayed on board the C.C.G. Vessel Gordon Reid during their three day patrol and did checks of the five sport lodges in the area. The Kildalla River possession limits have been changed to one adult Chinook a month. All waters upstream of the Kitsumkalum canyon are closed to fishing for Chinook salmon. Terrace Officers were again involved in a coordinated road block, doing inspections with the R.C.M.P. The Cranberry River is closed for fishing between signs above and below the canyon. Non-Nisga’a sport fishermen are not required to purchase an additional Nisga’a license this year. Permitted Nisga’a fishermen will be participating in the Individual Sales Fishery for Sockeye and Chinook on the Nass River. All fish must be landed and sold to the Nisga’a Government, and are sold to a single commercial buyer. No fish are sold to the general public directly from the fisher. Please be careful and courteous around boat ramps and marinas, these are areas of high boat and vehicle traffic. We know that 40% of all power- boating fatality victims have had a blood alcohol level above the legal driving limit. “Don’t cruse with booze.” Did you know.......:...dhe scientific name for pacttic c halibut is Hippogiossus stenolepis? ” "REPORT.A POACHER, OBSERVE, RECORD, REPORT ences involving -salmon:.arid -offences occurring: in tida waters, . élephone- the FO.C. toll-fee. number’ 24/7 .at- 1-800-465-4336. F. eep ther in your glove-compartment of your.car.” ‘licen: ul 2 eaten at 3235 Aa) Keith That works out to 43,007 people for this year, a gain ‘of - “people between then and now. In 2001, the regional district’s. lation of Terrace in 2004 at 12,565, a ‘41- ~person bump over. In 1996, the city’s Population was 13, 298, falling to 2 The Source-Radio Sound “AAS naxt to Excel Trucking. at wee os AN A priceless offer. 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