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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Mayor has ‘super’ city vision By JOSH MASSEY OUTGOING TERRACE mayor Dave Pernarowski is calling on the future city council to work toward the creation of what he calls a “super-municipality” in which Thornhill and Terrace would be harmoniously joined. Speaking at his last State of the City address to the Terrace & District Chamber
of Commerce luncheon held Oct. 23, Pernarowski said that while the amalgamation of Thornhill and Terrace has been rejected by way of a referendum in years past, times have changed. “A couple of years ago the idea of amalgamation or boundary extension wasn’t really the right timing,” Pernarowski said to the business crowd gathered to see his farewell, one in which
Meanwhile, moves are underway to study the feasibility of having Thornhill incorporate. For that story, See Page A5. the mayor of six years shed a few tears as he recounted his time in office. “Now might be the right timing. I think we should do a study of it. A really thorough study,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kitimat-Stikine regional district Thornhill director Ted Ramsey is promoting a different path for the community and that is to incorporate and separate from the regional dis-
trict to have its own mayor, council and administration. Ramsey was unopposed in the nomination period leading up to next month’s local government elections and has been returned to his position by acclamation. Pernarowski said a provincial government-aided study might prove incorporation to be the right choice but he sounds willing to hedge his bets against that
conclusion. “I mean maybe we’ll see that taking Thornhill and making it a separate little community makes sense,” he said. The question of amalgamation has twice gone to referendum. A 1997 referendum saw Terrace voters voting in favour with Thornhill voters rejecting the idea.
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Garbage bylaw now approved By MARGARET SPEIRS GARBAGE COLLECTION and recycling in the regional district is set to start next month after the bylaw for it passed with all but one vote at the Kitimat-Stikine regional district board meeting Oct. 24. It marks the end of sustained protests not only about the bylaw itself, which sets out how garbage is to be collected and in what size containers and imposes an annual fee of $200, but complaints that the regional district does too much business behind closed doors. The bylaw and its development also sparked the resignation of one regional district director, Doug McLeod. Residents continued to question the bylaw Oct. 24 leading right up to the vote. Three residents took their turns telling the regional district what they didn’t like about the proposed garbage collection plan bylaw. Richard Tiernan told the board it should respect the 700-signature petition signed by residents who wanted a chance to vote on the bylaw, saying it’s imperative that the board realize that people aren’t against recycling but rather it’s what they see as the board’s way of pushing it on them that they don’t like. “It’s the ‘jam it down the throat’ attitude here,” he said about what people see the board doing. Only the people affected should be voting for it and not residents in other areas of the regional district who won’t be affected by the bylaw, he added.
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■■ Easy does it LARGE CRANE and workers maneuver one of two modular units into position at Veritas Catholic School Oct. 24. When joined together and services are hooked up, the units will form a standalone 54 by 28 foot trades training workshop at the school. For more on this story, see page A3.
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Warm welcome
Round two
Olympic advice
There’s a new reverend at Terrace’s Knox United Church \COMMUNITY A10
Meet the next batch of candidates seeking seats on Terrace city council \NEWS A13, A15, A16
Terrace Bluebacks hit the pool with an Olympic gold medalist in Kitimat \SPORTS A27