"comment expressed by L&C Manage-..

Mall,

“ Pane. “Terrace Standard, Wednesday, sue 12, 1991 .

‘Ottawa St. stays open |

"TERRACE — The-city has of-

fered assurances the stretch of Ottawa St. between Greig and Lakelse will not be closed until its; replacement road is com-

: pleted. :

*Mayor Jack Talstra made the following concerns

owners of the Skeena- and Overwaitea, the mall's largest tenant, _Counci last month agreed to ~ Jand+ swap. proposed . by Safeway which’ Would :see that section . of Ottawa’ St.-.moved: 132ft. Petracan station ‘an Lakelse. - The move will allow: Safeway

ment,

to expand out over what is now -

Ottawa St. and into the parking lot between it agd the Petrocan station. :

- Ina letter to council, Over- waitea real estate representative Bob Tougas asked that the ac- cess requirements of all. those affected by the proposed change be met before any closure took place.

- of -the proposal.

to’ the west..beside- the

Overwaitea and the Skeena

Mali are worried that closing -}

Ottawa St. before the replace- ment is finished would prevent large trucks using the road as a raute into’ the lane Way behind the mall, ;

Tongas. ‘also. expressed ‘‘disappointment”’: the city had not directly advised Overwaitea While, acknowledging the city was only obliged under the Municipal

Act. to, inform the owners of ©

land within $0m of Ottawa St.,

he added, “In light of the fact

that we are dealing with major -shopping centres downtown core of the city, we

expected a more thorough ap-.

proach to this matter.”

While voting to proceed with the road closure, council noted

- nothing would happen until the ‘city had ‘guarantees from

Safeway it would pay all the costs of road construction and for rerouting cily services which run under the existing roadway.

~ Lengthy wait cited

Man slaughter charge tossed out

said the justice. fuled the t two- |

TERRACE — Charges against a. Lower Post man accused of

‘manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife two years ago .

were dismissed last .week because it took too. much time

_ for the case to get to trial,

Charges of mianslaughter, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, ‘and. careless use of a weapon dangerous to the public peace

against Jack Edward Williams - were quashed June 3 in Terrace Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Herbert A. Oliver agreed with

defence lawyer Peter Gibb’s’

contention that, the delays violated the section of the

' Charter of Rights and Freedoms

guaranteeing any person charg- ed with an offence the right to

Two fined for

Iqcal panters arrested in a pit- lamping sting operation last fall

“were fined in provincial court . last week.

Thomas Barnes and Terry Gordon were each found guilty on a charge of hunting with the aid of a light and were fined $800. _

Prosecutors dropped charge of hunting witha light against David Storey.

Additional charges against

Gordon and Barnes for hunting without reasonable concern for the lives, safety and property of

- others were dismissed. A charge

against Barnes of carrying an

the -

unlicensed ik dismisse do tvet gt The three: Terrace | ‘hunters had been arrested, along with Kitimat hunter Andrew Re- jezek, .in a‘ Nav. 10-12 surveillance operation carried out by northwest conservation officers.

The Wildlife Act prohibits

night hunting with lights, an of-.

‘fence known as “‘pit-lamping.”

Conservation officers observ- ed and videotaped several groups of hunters who stopped, shone lights on a mechanical wildlife decoy, and fired shots at the decoy.

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Prosecutors were alleging Williams’ wife — Elsie Tibbett _ died from a gunshot wound from‘a .22-calibre rifle while the couple. was arguing about the

gun. Alcohol was a factor i in the.

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