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Campagnolo urges colleagues to aid Terrace

Iona Campagnolo, M.P. Skeena and Minister of State, whose image has been somewhat tarnished by the Northland Navigation fiasco, is nevertheless still working full time for her constituents. During recent ‘weeks Mrs. Campagnolo has written to two of her cabinet colleagues in an effort to bring to their attention the plight of the local economy.

In a letter to Jean Chretien, «Minister of In- dustry, ;;Trade and Com- merce, in the federal cabiriet, she does not mince words-as she warns the minister that unless some iniliativeis taken it is high) unlikely that: Terrace will survive 7S ’ ‘The Terrace M.P. advises Mr. Chretien as follows:

“May 1 bring. to your attention the community of, Terrace, British Columbia which is presently ex- perlencing an wunem-

ployment rate in excess of 20 -

percent. This community used to exist on the economic base. af eight

small forestry: products . atter years,’

companies. In all these companies have been gradually taken over by ."either Canadian Cellulose “Company in Prince Rupert, or Eurocan in Kitimat. This has left

Terrace without an economic base. : ; Would you advise me if

there is any possibility of relocating or decentralizin some section of federa services to this northern central town as 1 believe Terrace fulfills all the criteria for the present program of decentralization and, in addition, is one of those . very rare. com- “munities in — British Columbia where there is a bilingual capacity. °"-

I. would be pleased to furnish you~ ‘with ‘further ‘information ‘if- there is .any

possibility of Terrace being’

considered for decen-

tralization,..:iof government officts. "AT the present time, there has been

a constiobs effort..both on:

the part of the ‘federal and rovincial governments to ocate regional and district offices in the community of Terrace, however, if a further ‘decentralization of the Department of Regional Economic expansion were to take place, I can think of no better location. than Terrace in that this would be the central. core of the

Sof ;,, federal” dicatipn, of 8. can

northeast and northwest planning development which that department is presently undergoing. ;

I would of course welcome your suggestions as to other departments which would be suitable for such relocation. The economic base of this community has gradually eroded over the

ears’ so that unless some initiative is taken, I feel it is highly unlikely that this town will survive.”

In so far as the exchange of ‘correspondence between Campagnolo and ‘Marcel Lessard, Minister of

Regional Economie Ex--

pansion is concerned, a reply has been received in

* which the Minister advises

the Mayor as to how to go about getting financial assistance from his Department for needed services and Infrastructure facilities in the District of vPOITAce. sy.

“He. states-‘that he has asked Mr. °R.H. Marshall, his Director General in British Columbia to arrange for-a meeting with Mayor -Rowland thé next time he is inthe Terrace area, in order to obtain more information about the community's plans and ,requirements, _and ta discuss. possible avenues for development assistance. .

He also suggests that if any of the Terrace officials have the opportunity to visit Vietoria that they contact Mr. Marshall in his office.

Alderman Sharon Biggs

did not feel that this was-

enough during. last Mon- day's council meeting and she proposed a -resolution that Mr. Lessard be invited to come to Terrace to diseuss ‘Department of

Regional Economic Ex- °

pansion assistance which could be ‘available for Terrace: mt

been able to find’ any -in-

icrete . ‘prepared by the Distric submission, to the Minister

-should ‘he* accept . the in-

vitation to come to Terrace.

Some indication of ac-

tivily in the new year was given at Monday’s council meeting when Alderman ‘Jack Talstra, who chairs the Industrial. Development Committee, hinted that he would be asking for a zoning moratorium of one year to allow the District te come u

with a master plan. :

Nine million in highway contracts .

Two major. contracts.

worth over -nine’ million dollars which will provide employment: for over a workers for two years on the Yellowhead: Highway .16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace has been awarded this week. IL was announced jointly by Highways &

Public Works Minister, alex -

Fraser, and Cyril Shel.ord, M.L.A. for Skeena.

First contract is for the reconstruction, re-aligning and widening of six riles of

_ highway between Back- water Creek and the C.N.R.

tumel, Kwinitsa section, 45 .

miles west of Terrace on the 95 mile Prince Rupert route.

The award wént to Dawson Construction Ltd., Vancouver, lowest of eight firms to bid on the job at the

price of $7,058,137, “Total

cost, however, including materials and engineering supervision. will © be $8,550,000,

Over 60 workers will be employed in the big project due for completion, except

for paving, in duly 1978. The |

pay ng tender will be called ater, te :

Encrouchment on the Skeeha River with rock fill from a quarry pit, together with construction of an

avalanche deposit zone for -

slide control are among the

features of the project. Preparatory work leading

to the main: project wi

fecongtruction

begin soon after Christmas, with clearing. and some upgrading ‘along the route, This phase of work will be done during the winter months providing weather conditions are suitable. The’ operational base-for this work will be at ‘Téftace, where local labor will be used. Later in 1977 when spring. returns, a ‘camp will be set up in the area of the project, 45 miles west of terrace, .

Second contract is for three preslressel concrete box girder bridges’ which will replace oid timber tressle bridges on the high-

way.

The new bridges on steel pilings will include a 63 foot span at Breccia Creek, 26 miles west of Terrace, a 94 ‘foot span at Adesite Creek 27 miles west of Terrace and a 125 foot span over Basalt Creek 62 miles west of

* Terrace. :

Lowest of five tenders for the bridge contract came from Ansha Contracting Co. Ltd., Surrey, at $302,163, Total cost of the three

. bridges including material’ Montreal . ‘and . Bidlong, 18,. of Terrace, “-B.C. Law. is wanted by

and engineering supervislon, will be $465,000.

Work on the bridges which.’ are to. be steel pilings, will:

begin in mid-February with

completion within three.

months, At least 24 workers will be employed full time

on the job. :

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active and enjoyable Christmas party last Wed- nesday for 237 Terrace Scouts, Guides, Cubs,

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JR. SECONDARY gym was the scene of an

Brownies and their leaders. Entertainment was

provided by each troop and pack.

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B.C. Tel applies

The B.C. Telephone Company said Friday it has fited an application with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a genera] increase in rates.

The company had an- nounced November 26 that it would file a rate application in December with the federal regulatory bod which is expected to hold public hearings early in the

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new year. .

In filing the application with the CRTC, the com-

pany also requested ap- proval of an interim, in-. crease pending the public, hearing and the Com- mission's decision on the full increases outliried in the main application.

‘The interim increases would amount to about one half of the general increases propesed by the company,

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from. New West- minster finished one- two-three in the Uniform ‘Final Examinations of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Ac- countants in B.C, this year.

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First in B.C. and * fourth in Canada was = Richard WN. % MeKerracher, a = former Terrace © resident. He lived % here between 1952 & and 1967. Heattended &. until local schools = until graduating from - Pa ade -eléven.:He is - @ .~ the son .of Mr: and :. # Mer gs Nee tt . = MeKerracher, is = em ‘by Thorne & Riddell. aa % McKerracher won ~ = the gold. ‘medal - = presented by the Bd titute of Chartered = Accountants of B.C. - ea Second in B.C., and % the silver medal winner, was John §. Wilson, Jr. of * Vancouver, a student . # at Coopers & | & . Lybrand. ; te

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The probiem of pedestrians trespassin across. Canadian Nationa Railways tracks as a short cut along Kalum Street

could result in the railway

. fencing off its propert:

forcing pedestrians to wal to the overpass to get to the south of town.

The matter came. up ‘following an enquiry by Mayor Rowland into the possibility of constructing a pedestrian crosswalk over the tracks on Kalum to the ‘south side of the railway property.

Mr, C.F. Armstrong, C.N.R. Vice-President Mountain Region, in replying to the letter written by Mayor Rowland, said that with the present track configuration a pedestrian overpass is possible and the cost has been estimated at

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‘ onde‘ medal" winner in-B.C; was ’ Henry Jung, of New

student of Touche Ross & Co. The in- stitute said 100 of the 165 students who took the final exam in B.C. passed. The pass rate “of 60.9 pertent was fourth est among

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approximately $70,000 in

1976: prices.’ This, would -

include some fencing on either side to direct traffic over the bridge. -

However, Mr. Armstrong points out, that the prospect of future expansion ‘of the yard facilities might.render such a structure out of date in a few years and along before it ‘has justified the expenditure involved.

The apparent alternative, according to Mr. Arm- strong, would be to fence off the area sufficiently to edestrian traffic from this point to the roadway overpass on the west side. This would require a fence on the south side. of the right-of-way extending from: the in- dustrial buildings just east of Kalum and running

westerly about 1,500 feet. He

Terrace man in hoid-up

Federal authorities are studying charges against two Canadians following an unusual neon-hour haldup at a Valley National Bank branch in Las Vegas, Nevada. 7 ' Investigators said the ‘men took a taxi to the holdup, and used the same

taxi to make their getaway. .

The FBI identified the two as George. Law,’ 26,’ of Montreal’. and - Donald

. Cariadian authorities. for armed: robbery, while Budlong is, wanted on a narcotics charge in British:

L BI said.

. Authorities said Law was

_ alleged to have gone into the

bank and gave a holdup note to two or. three tellers. . FBI officials said Law escaped with about $1,600, jumped back into the taxi, and told the driver to head. for McCarran International Airport. . vee Qn the way to the airport, the bandits heard a police warning on the taxi radio, and told: the ‘driver: to let them out at ‘a Mexican restaurant near: the airport. ‘About 10 minutes after the holdup, they were picked up

‘by a‘ police officer aa they . tried to make a telephone .

“Investigators .said no firearms were used during the holdup. .-

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states that by first estimate, a substantial chain-link fence of this length would cost about $15,000.

Mr. Armstrong continues

- by saying that from the

railway perspective, the pny practical answer is the latter alternative — a ferce to discourage trespassing at this particular location. The C.N, Vice-President in- dicates that he is aware that this may be an unpopular

oposal in some respects but an alternative solution may be difficult, if not impossible to justify for the longer term.

Mayor Rowland tends to go along with Mr, An- lerson’s- opinion that this acflon may not be too

pular with: persons using the railway. right-of-way as a short-cut to South Kalum from Kalum and vice versa. He said that he would take advantage of an invitation extended by Mr. Armstrong, that he invite C.N.R. of- ficials from Prince George to discuss the matler fur- ther.

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TERRACE LEFT OUT

Une can hardly pick up a

. metropolitan. newspaper -

without reading something -about a B.C. community that either wants or does not want to be the site ‘for: the construction of a new maximum penitentiary to replace the New Westminster in- stitution.

Lillooet -has been men- tioned several Limes both for and against the location of this major industry in their community, At last report it was learned that Margaret,

- “Mia” “Murray, legendary newswoman from ‘that

‘community, has come.:dut .

against the project which

.. should just about overcome “the: /tin-favour”-seginent, of --

the population."Surrey” has” “nefuged‘and:now comments | are coming out of ‘Powell -

River, Golden, ‘Castlegar and Delta. .. , 7

Just about every edition, ene or. the other of these

communities are mentioned- in regard to a “pen’’.- : However, Terrace, which

through a resolution af. council and in discussions with. the Honourable Iona

: Campagnolo isnot one of the locations mentioned : possibility...

as a

- Mayor. Gordon Rowland

became a little concerted.

about this fact and thought it. in the best interest of the. community to communicate™ with the Honourable Francis Fox the Sollcitor General, dir2ctly. He. sent the following letter to Mr.

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Fox on December 7:

“At a recent council.

meeting of the District of Terrace, a resolution was passed “‘expressing our desire to pursue the possibility of prison facilities being built in our area’. oo

“A meéting was held on November 12, 1976 with the Honourable’ Iona Cam- pagnolo to discuss this matter. She advised at this meeting that she would

_ bring her desires to your attention on her return to

Ottawa. - : é “To date, we have. received no follow-iip on this

preciated’! ps ok , November 18, Senator Ray Perrault, sent

-@ memorandum: to- all : reasonable

members of the House of Commons from British Columbia, which includes Mrs, Campagnolo, of course, in which he states:

*l have been informed by Francis Fox that Surrey has now been ruled out as a

sible site for. the above.

id informs me that he is seeking an alternative site.

A maximum security

institution would result in-

200 jobs for an area adding up to an annual pay-roll of 2% million dollars. :

1. Phe site required would be from 50 to 100 acres,

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2, $500,000 to $600,000 _ would be expended for local goods and services an- hually.

3, There would be a payment in liew of taxes to

e local council of ap proximately $65,000

5,000 per year.

May | suggest that, if any

community in Our riding ts interested in the possibility of the establishment of a security institution, Francis Fox should be natified immediately. ’ ‘There have been, as you know, expressions of in- : rom Golden, Castlegar and, I un- derstand, from Delta.

to

the! ..-The matter is one of some -

urgency... _. -

The minister has suggested he would preter a site: which is “not too remote”.

I take it that a site within access, to ‘Vancouver would’ be preferable.

In view of the efforts by and com- munications with [ona Campagnolo from Terrace and Senator Perrault it is hard to comprehend why Terrace does not seem to be getting any consideration or. this facility. Perhaps dealing. directly. with Solicitor General Fox will at least result in Terrace being considered, unless Mr. Fox's preference of a site which is not too remote, eanecels Terrace's chances.

Bob Hallsor named Administrative Assistant

A well-known ‘Terrace citizen has won out in the

competition for.the pasition

of Administrative Assistant to City Clerk-Administrator Wayne . Buchanan. Robert E.R, Hallsor, presently Office Manager and- Salesman at McColl Real Estate Services Ltd. will assume his new position on January 3, 1977.

Mr. Hallsor is a graduate

of the internaticnally recognized Charter Institute of Secretaries which develops corporation execulives,

He served as Public Health Inspector at Saanich in 1963-64, He served in. the

same. capacity in Terrace between 1964-66 and in Quesnel between 1966 and

During the period 1969-73 Mr. allsor was the Secretary-Treasurer af the Cariboo Regional District and between 1973-74 was the Clerk-Administrator of the Village of 100 Mile House.

Mr, Halleor is married to Merry and they have two

children, both boys, Chris 3 -

and Bruce 9.

The position was ad- vertised extensively through western Canada at a salary ranging between $16 and $20,000.

Skeena MP gives views on pipe-line

: Sport Min- ister Iona Campagnolo said Thursday she has reservations

, about a proposed 7§3-mile pipe-

ling to Edmonton from Kitimat, . Mrs. Campagnolo told report.” ers that to reach the Kitimat terminal, in her Skeena riding, large tankers would have. to pass ‘through treacherous Inland waters, © ° .

She sald she “had strong res- ‘ervations about the laws gov-

- erning the type of vessels’’ that

: would be used to carry crude oil

from Alaska, .

- There was also a $325-million salmon enhancement program. along the Britlah Coluntbla coast that “could be wiped out by: a spill of crude ofl from a tanker.’" _

She said envirenment protec: | tion plans that Kitimal Pipe Line Ltd. has. filed “could hardly be very detailed in the short time” the preposal hag been studied.

She said.it was also unlikely ‘that the company would get permission from the Indlan af-

fairs department to run the pipeline through Jasper Na- fonal Park.

_ While the shipping terminal in

Kitimat would provide badly- needed employment, Mrs. Campagnolo said she is keeping

" her constituents informed onal

the poasible impacts of the proj-

ect,

She has asked the National Energy Board, which will study the pipeline, to hold some of its hearings in the Kitimat area so local residents would get a full picture of what was involved.

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Bob cor” : Last day for

Christmas hampers

Today is the last day for -registering for Christmas hampers from the Salvation Army Christmas Fund. This reminder was issued today by Captain Bill Young of the Terrace’ Salvation Army Citadel,

Needy persons requirin, Christmas hampers shoul telephone Mrs. Young at 635-5446 and make suré that they are on the list for. this vear. ”

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