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1987

| Fall 1987 status of the college,

munity College Board covered ‘Various aspects concerning: the

_- by Philip Musselman _

analysis, and enrollment. President Val George deliv-

ered a report: summarizing - the - hew Forest Technology. Program _ in Hazelton, which has about 20

students enrolled. The program

is much the same as most forest |. technology courses in- the pro- . Vince, although local ‘com- ‘ponents are being added. ©

‘The president’s report con-.

_ tinued with an announcement of completed preparation for the

commencement -of self-study. processes and an estimation of about six months before comple- Following self-study details it was explained that a Computer . Committee will evaluate the us- age of computers in college facil- ities and probably have.a report for the next meeting. A portion of the Excellence funding, $50,000, will not be allocated until this report is made, said NWCC Bursar Geoff. Harris.

phone lines, Terrace and Hazel-

ton facilities will be connected to

| four percent growth

_ TERRACE — The’ September. “meeting of the Northwest Com-

demonstrate the system. The. -

Knowledge Network will be ©

_ working closely with NWCC to. -

— maintain its responiibility for: the demonstration.

_ |. Portions of the ‘meeting |

* : |.-COvered new. programs, budget

The final concern in the presi-

dent’s report was the six percent increase in enrollment this fall.

Throughout the college system, .

enrollment figures have increas- ed, but certain centres.are lower in enrollment than’ in recent years. The Terrace campus im-

proved over last year but failed

to exceed 1985's figures. Mean-'

_ while, Prince Rupert's 1987: siy-

dent body equals the enrollment figures for the past two’ years:

combined, Overall, .enrollmenit

has improved in a majority of |

locations over the last two years,

According to Harris, the col- : lege has estimated a-four Percent

growth rate for next year’s an- nual projection: and therefore, 104 percent of current funding was requested by the college to

the province. “We are being

very realistic,"’ said Harris, “the additional four sonable figure.” -

- The meeting closed with plans

percent is area. |

The next itemi ‘addressed. the Participation of the college in a three-month pilot program :to

to continue during the ‘retreat’? ‘Which: will. be focussing on ‘the callege’s -present- situation: ‘and

Terrace will have one representative carr participates In the portion of the. relay that will with the torch as part of an event that will week for exercise, said he was “quite surprised” he entered for the run through the PetroCan stationo is the sponsoring body for the Olympic torch relay.

Torchbearer |

ying the torch to the 1988 Olympics when local resident Sid Ross {left) pass through Prince George. Ross will have to run one kilometer go through every part of Canada. Ross, who runs three to four times a - that his entry, one of thousands from this area, was accepted; perated on Lakelse Avenue by Norm Holries,

PetroCan

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projected that difference to the end result of Vander Zalm’s reg- ional concept. ce

“That. really raises the ques- tion as to what kind of a chance the regions have to get on with any type of economic develop- ment,”’ Smallwood said..

“This is one‘of the things that all of the regions. have to watch for,’’ she said. ‘‘the kinds of dollar issues that are going to make a difference as to whether or not we have a whole group of super parents that are going to be able to pay for text books.”’

“Only in this instance, we’re going to be talking about roads, energy, hospitals. We’re going to be talking about the whole ball of wax.’’

BILLS 19 AND 20 HAVE SERIOUS ‘ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS

According to Glen Clark, Bill 19 was a ‘radical departure’ from the labor history of the province that has proven to be ‘incredibly disruptive’ and is ‘so complex that people still have a hard time getting a handle on it.’

According to Clark, when Bill 19 was introduced the minister of labor was nodding his head and saying, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what we want. To compete at that level.’’ .

He added that, aside from the labor aspect of Bill 19, a clause

-which stated that union and’ management could not agree to -

to use only union made goods

would have a ‘devastating’ ef-— fect on the provincial economy. |

As an example of that, Clark said a $2 billion pulp mill expan- sion in the province would result in the use of pipe imported from Taiwan and Korea rather than using union ‘made in B.C.’ pipe.

*‘And there’s a lot of pipe in a

pulp mill,’”’ he said. “That is just one tiny, almost

insignificant change to the labor

code in comparison to the kind

of sweeping changes they made across the board, but it has tre- mendous economic implications for British Columbia,’’ explain- ed Clark. oo Switching to Bill 20 and ex- isting teachers’ contracts, Clark

said, ‘Existing working condi-

tions and benefits have to be ‘Regotiated a He said that even though the

-period of negotiation for six

- months, after that period there

_were no collective agreements.

“To try and reduce the sick §

days is the big one for many school districts,’’ said. Clark. -

“‘And although we haven't:

seen any evidence that it’s a directive from Victoria, it’s one of the broader things they (the government) have thrown up in the air that has been allowed to happen under Bill.20.”

Clarification

Terrace Provincial Emergency

Program coordinator Ray Tank.

recently pointed out that a suc- cessful search for three mush- room pickers lost in the bush that took place Sept. 18 was con- ducted by Terrace Search and Rescue, not Air-Sea Rescue as reported in the Sept, 30 issue of the Terrace Review,

demonstrate the effectiveness of the Optel Telewriter, a system featuring graphics communica- tions between centres using tele-

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