io Pole probers - TERRACE AND Kitimat search and rescue teams spent the Feb. 10- 12 week- | end'on a Justice Institute of B.C. course teaching them how to search for - -and rescue people buried in avalanches and how to ‘reduce.the risk while in “the backcountry. Search and rescue members remind people that a probe, . shovel and avalanche beacon are essential equipment when travelling in the backcountry during winter conditions. Check the Canadian Avalanche Asso-' ciation website at http: JW. avalanche. ca/ for info.-

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§ Slushy roads cause accidents

, “TERRACE RCMP responded to several accidents thanks to * slushy or icy roads Feb. 11 to 13. A man and woman suffered minor injuries after losing control of their Jimmy SUV and rolling it near the Zymacord River along Hwy16 Feb. 11.

. Two Kitimat men in a pickup went into the ditch about

_15km west of the Shames Mountain turnoff j ‘just before 7:30.

a.m. Feb. 12. Both received minor injuries.

At 8:30 a.m., a local woman’ rolled her car into the ditch

_on Krumm Road i in Thornhill and came away with minor

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| City works on house plan

_ THE CITY. is ‘woiking on

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because a federal grant runs

out the end of this month. _ Money from Human Re- ‘sources and Skills Develop- ment Canada has paid for the ~ two since the tourism house opened March 10, 2005. .

Denise Fisher, the city’s’

‘director of.corporate admin-

‘istration and its liaison to the -.

George Little House, says

the city has been happy ‘with

the results in the first year of

its new. incarnation down- ‘town.

. “[The city] sees the value

‘in the promotion and events at the house,” said Fisher, ‘adding the city wants to

Fisher said.

keep ‘the level of service as

close as possible to what is ‘now provided. . 5

“Whatever we do, it will bea seamless transition,”

' That’s ‘exactly — what

~ house coordinator Debbie

Letawski wants to hear. as

the tourism centre/train sta- tion’s busy season begins i in - mid-April. :

Ina proposal to the city, Letawski outlined the need for three staff including her-

‘self between: April, 15 and Oct. 15. 0 es : ' . Outside of that time peri-. - od, Letawski’said the house - needs two staffers for ongo-.

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