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Black Goose lays dud
ROYALS SPIKE IT Royals win first match against Gryphons
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CHAMBER AWARDS Hy-Tech named business of the year
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Investment disappears By Jerome Turner Smithers/Interior News
Black Goose Holdings (BGH) was the centre of controversy during last week’s Gitxsan Summit and concerns arose regarding the Gitxsan Treaty Society’s involvement in the, now worthless, investment of $1 million. Around four years ago the hereditary chiefs decided to invest in BGH, a Calgary-based company, that has existed since 2006, through a Gitxsan holding company, Del ga goka, Elmer Derrick being the sole trustee. BGH became an albatross, Del ga goka with it, when the natural gas industry tanked, but the way the investment was initiated is regular business, according to Gordon Sebastian, GTS executive director. “The hereditary chiefs decided to invest after much discussion,” Sebastian said. See GOOSE on p. A3
Council presses for better transportation GALA NIGHT Dr. Art Hister uses laughter to talk about health care. OUR TOWN/A20
INSIDE LETTERS SPORTS COMMUNITY OUR TOWN THREE RIVERS CLASSIFIEDS
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By Dan Mesec Smithers / Interior News
Smithers council sat for the first time in a month two weeks ago, after returning from the Union of British Columbian Municipalities convention two weeks ago. The convention saw a number of resolutions passed including the Highway of Tears resolution put forward by Smithers council. Since then, council received a letter from Greyhound Canada informing them Greyhound wants to reduce
their services along northern routes. Although the Highway of Tears resolution called for more reliable and safe transportation along Highway 16, councillor Bandstra said in light of the letter from Greyhound, council and the province should look at utilizing the services already in place before implementing new ones. “I really don’t see any point to Greyhound running up and down the highway, Northern Health running up and down
FOR THE CAUSE Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach made quite the impression with his version of Smithers’ mascott Alpine Alice at the Smithers and District Chamber of Commerce Awards evening. Percy N. Hébert photo
the highway and then an additional shuttle bus service,” Bandstra said. Realistically, Bandstra said looking for another transposition service, subsidized by
the province, probably wouldn’t happen but using subsidies for increased services for Greyhound, lowering tickets prices or a collaboration with Northern Health may
be feasible. However, the application to reduce services has some members of council concerned with the lack of transportation options Northern
residents have on a daily basis, Mayor Taylor Bachrach told reporters. “It’s pretty concerning news,” Bachrach said.
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