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Crash kills two people By Shaun Thomas and Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Rowan Leanne Ewald was the first Houston baby of 2014 born at Smithers Bulkley Valley Hospital on January 1 at 5:49 p.m. to Keri and Ryan Ewald and big sister Blake. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces. See page 7 for gifts from the Houston Merchants for the first baby of 2014.
A couple from Prince Rupert was killed in a crash 18 kilometres west of Houston at 10 p.m. Dec. 29. Barry Gerald Lecuyer, 49, and his wife Terri Janna Lecuyer were pronounced dead on the scene after a head on collision with another vehicle. Lecuyers were driving westbound on Highway 16 near Barret Station Road when they lost control of their SUV and spun into the oncoming eastbound lane. A Ford pick-up truck was travelling east and t-boned the SUV as it spun into the east lane. The Houston RCMP, Fire
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“The other driver and passenger has serious, non-life threatening injuries.”
Department and BC Ambulance were called to the scene. Lecuyers were pronounced dead on scene and the driver and passenger from the Ford pickup were taken to the hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries. See CRASH on Page 3
Telus adds to northwest BC wireless coverage By News Staff Black Press
Telus spent $1 million in the area this year improving wireless service along Hwy16 and Hwy37. It covered one project which added wireless coverage to about 15 kilometres of Hwy16 between Terrace and Prince Rupert while another
project added wireless coverage to about 40 kilometres of highway from South Hazelton toward Kitwanga. “The site is located near the Highway 37 junction and therefore maximizes coverage to both Highway 37 and Highway 16. Because of its location, the coverage stretches to residents in Kitwanga and certain parts of
Cedarvale,” explained Liz Sauve from Telus of the second project. These two projects, along with one expanded wireless coverage on Hwy16 between Prince George and McBride, resulted in a total cost of $2.5 million, she said. “This is a p a r t i c u l a r l y challenging highway to serve, due to the
remote location and challenging terrain that our engineers must work with in planning how to maximize coverage where it is needed,” Sauve said of the Hwy16 corridor. The projects fall under a 10-year contract the provincial government has with Telus to extend wireless coverage
along 1,700 kilometres of highway in the province. Bell customers who “roam” on the Telus service will also have full access along that stretch of highway. But Rogers customers won’t except in case of an emergency, said Sauve. “Those on another network will still have the ability to
make emergency calls, meaning all travelers, regardless of service provider, now have crucial access to 911 emergency services,” she said. Telus, as part of its own separate projects, made improvements to its landline network in and around Cedarvale this year. It also did work to improves its network
between Lakelse Lake and Terrace. “It’s possible that while our crews were completing this upgrade, there may have been periods of time where service wasn’t full strength in the Lakelse Lake region,” explained Sauve. “Now that the work is complete, our customers should notice much stronger service.”
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