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Cell service expands By Josh Massey Black Press
Daffodil Campaign
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Volunteers Jane Wardrop, Sue Jones, Barb Jarvis, Shirley Collins and Liz Gerei sell daffodils to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. The ladies are part of the volunteer Houston cancer unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. Jones presented Jarvis with a plaque to recognize her for the fifteen years she has been volunteering with the group.
An agreement between Telus and the provincial government could mean heightened safety along Highway 16. According to Telus spokesman Shawn Hall, currently 60 per cent of 911 calls come by cellphone, so having service along the highway could reduce all sorts of risk. “I can appreciate the specific concerns of northern communities,” said Hall. “Whether you are talking about Highway 16 or Highway 4 or Highway 1 there are important public safety reasons for coverage.” The plan to install new wireless towers along Highway 16 is part of a ten-year telecommunication contract between Telus and the province aiming to provide roadside coverage along
1,700 kms of highway in B.C. Achieving continual coverage between Terrace and Prince Rupert is a bit of a long shot. “Like many corridors it presents a challenge,” Hall said of the Skeena River valley. “Wireless sites are low power, 50 or 60 watts ... They have to be close to where you want the coverage. The signal doesn’t turn corners.” To get continuous coverage along the 190 kilometre stretch between Terrace and Prince Rupert would require sites every 10 to twenty kilometres or so, Hall said, and would also mean putting in new power lines and fibre optic cables. The cost of this telecommunications project is still undetermined, but each tower costs between $500,000 and one million dollars. See CELL on Page 2
Police investigate assaults and driving and noise complaints By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
At 1 a.m. March 22, RCMP got report of a disturbance at 2035 Sullivan Way. RCMP Sgt. Rose says police attended and found a female with minor facial injuries, but she was uncooperative with
police and would not say who had committed the assault against her. *** A group of teens stopping traffic on Hagman Crescent were reported to RCMP at 4:30 p.m. March 23. Sgt. Rose says the majority of the
teens took off when RCMP arrived, but police talked to one person who denied involvement in stopping traffic, warning them that they could be ticketed for obstructing traffic and then sending them on their way. *** A group of kids
walking on the ice near the overpass east of Houston was reported to police just after 3 p.m. March 23. Sgt. Rose says no one was there when police arrived but there were fresh footprints. Police want to remind people that with spring here, ice
may not be very thick and strong and falling through the ice may result in drowning. *** Police were called just after 9:30 p.m. March 23 to check on the well-being of someone staying in a local hotel. Sgt. Rose says police attended and
spoke to the person who was then brought to the hospital for treatment. *** Police got report at 10:30 p.m. March 23 of a vehicle on Park Lane whose tires had been slashed. Sgt. Rose says that some youth were observed in the area,
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but they all denied knowledge of who was responsible for the damage. Anyone with knowledge of who may be responsible is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. See POLICE on Page 2
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