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Services pillar keeps meeting By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Houston Forest Products last load was shipped out last week. Here shipping supervisor Kathy Wardrop--at the front --with her work crew. Houston Forest Products has closed with 271 employees affected by the mill shutdown.
Support meetings for Houston’s community services will continue to meet for three to six months. The Community Services Pillar focuses on ensuring Houston services have the support they need to meet the demand during the transition period following the closure of Houston Forest Products. Houston Link to Learning reported at a recent pillar meeting that they are seeing a steady number of people seeking help with resumes. They are “looking into becoming a satellite service for Work BC” said the Pillar meeting minutes. Most services, including Northern Health’s adult mental health services and Health Centre, RCMP, Ministry of Children and Families, and Houston Community
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Houston Link to Learning seeing people seeking help with resumes.
Services reported that they have not seen increased demand for service since the HFP closure. The most recent information on HFP employees shows that 48 are transferring to other West Fraser mills, 36 have work outside of West Fraser, 27 are retiring, 27 are seeking retraining and 54 are still looking for work, “preferably in Houston or a new industry.”
Speed limits increase in south, rejected in north B.C. By Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. government is raising speed limits around southern B.C., including a new 120 km/h limit on three remote stretches of divided four-lane highway. In all, 35 sections of rural provincial
highway totalling 1,300 are getting higher speed limits. Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone said limits are being raised where traffic studies show the vast majority of traffic is already going faster than the posted limit. A pilot project will test variable speed limits depending on
volume and weather conditions. In northern B.C., 52% of people taking part in public consultation did not support speed limit increases, and that region will not see changes. All other regions had support, the highest in the Lower Mainland at 81%.
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RCMP opposed increasing speed limits on rural highways. ICBC representatives also expressed safety concerns, and will monitor areas with higher limits to see if the severity of crashes increases. Ministry statistics show the number of serious crashes on provincial highways
has decreased 28% since 2003, from a combination of improved vehicle technology, driver education and enforcement. The ministry accepted recommendations from RCMP representatives to improve signs that encourage slower traffic to move to right
lanes, and to clarify winter tire rules. The ministry is changing regulations to make tires with an “M&S” (mud and snow) symbol as well as those with a “mountain snowflake” (winter) symbol acceptable for roads requiring winter tires. New designs for wildlife warning
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signs, including lighted signs for high incident areas, are being installed. An updated sign reminding drivers to “Keep Right, Let Others Pass” is being installed, after people around the province expressed frustration about the slow vehicles in passing lanes.
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