Thursday, January 7, 2016

Municipal Government 2016 -- City of Terrace



Our Quick reference and archive of items from Terrace that come up for discussion  in 2014.

City of Terrace website

Items of Note for 2016

December

December 23 -- Terrace drivers warned against using disabled parking spaces
December 23 -- Overhang increases safety at Terrace library
December 22 -- Back to the 'old' Terrace
December 19 -- Terrace Aquatic Centre delay (video)
December 19 -- Petition ramps up momentum for new hospital in Terrace
December 15 -- Terrace City Council looking at history of talking sticks in Council chambers (audio)
December 14 -- Terrace Receives Grant in lieu of property taxes
December 14 -- Terrace search underway for talking sticks origin
December 13 -- Terrace taxation bylaw shelved for now
December 10 -- Information plaques highlight plants, trees found on Ferry Island
December 9 -- New 'Welcome to Thornhill' sign being crafted
December 8 -- Better communication promised between Terrace businesses and promotions group
December 7 -- Logging underway at the Skeena Industrial Development Park (audio)
December 7 -- Logging starts today at Terrace industrial park
December 6 -- Business group aims to clear up taxation plan confusion
December 3 -- Economic conditions top list of business concerns
December 2 -- Construction starting on newest trail on Ferry Island in Terrace
December 1 -- New trail to make pedestrians safer


November

November 30 -- Money needed to complete Terrace B.C. housing project
November 30 -- Terrace ranked as one of the best places in the province to work (audio)
November 29 -- New Terrace faces to sit on Regional District Board
November 28 -- Parking shift forecast in Terrace
November 25 -- Thornhill regional district director questions business survey
November 23 -- First step taken for a new Mills Memorial Hospital
November 23 -- Terrace, Thornhill merger idea liked by local businesses
November 22 -- Affordable housing project closer to reality in Terrace
November 21 -- City of Terrace probes 50 year old talking sticks donation
November 19 -- Big picture thinking needed for area's future
November 15 -- Terrace motel up for conversion into fixed income housing
November 11 -- Terrace Remembrance Day montage (video)
November 11 -- Lest We Forget
November 11 -- Terrace air cadets have challenging duty at cenotaph
November 10 -- Terrace cenotaph 50 years old this year
November 9 -- Design for new pool approved; more upgrades coming for aquatic centre
November 9 -- Terrace pool design (video)
November 9 -- Larger fitness room part of massive Terrace Aquatic Centre rebuild
November 4 -- RDKS to roll out organic curbside collection months before City of Terrace
November 4 -- Waste facilities open in Terrace area (video)
November 3 -- Terrace Parking study (video)
November 3 -- Terrace landfill closes
November 2 -- Terrace city council calls for strategy session on bid to replace aging Mills Memorial Hospital
November 1 -- Terrace Rotarians ready to auction 400 + items
November 1 -- City of Terrace applies for grant to design pedestrian overpass over CN rail yard

October

October 31 -- Sande overpass project taking longer than anticipated
October 30 -- Sande overpass resurfacing put on hold for the winter
October 27 -- Terrace pedestrian overpass on province's 'radar screen'
October 26 -- Regional district director firm in sign removal stance
October 25 -- BC government announces upgrades coming to Terrace intersection
October 25 -- Overpass project contract close to being tendered
October 24 -- Premier to be invited to tour Mills Memorial hospital
October 22 -- Terrace Chamber of Commerce celebrates area's best at gala
October 19 -- Welcome to Terrace sign removed
October 18 -- Terrace's damp shelter opens early
October 18 -- Terrace hospital build tax bite feared
October 17 -- Terrace's extreme weather shelter opens early
October 13 -- Terrace council backs call for postal service continuation
October 12 -- REM Theatre requesting support from the city for upgrades
October 12 -- Terrace City Council repealing the city's smoking bylaw
October 12 -- Terrace stands out at Communities in Bloom competition
October 11 -- Gov't remains mum on Terrace hospital replacement
October 7 -- TDCSS concerned about number of drop offs to their core store after hours (audio)
October 7 -- Projects should employ local
October 5 -- Shelved Northwestern B.C. LNG project does have its benefits
October 4 -- Telus shows Off "Future Home" as it nears compeltion of fibre Optic project in Terrace
October 3 -- No word on Terrace hospital funds just yet
October 2 -- Lower Thornhill sewer now up and running

September

September 30 -- Terrace Mayor happy with how the UBCM convention went (audio)
September 29 -- Sande Overpass repairs and traffic concerns (video)
September 29 -- Drivers being warned to 'slow down' on Sande Overpass
September 29 -- Residents in Terrace gather to "Take Back the Night"  (audio)
September 29 -- Men included for first time in Terrace take back the Night march
September 28 -- Sande Overpass in Terrace location of more accidents
September 28 -- Vote now for Terrace business awards
September 28 -- Why not build new hospital out of wood?
September 23 -- Terrace council takes hospital campaign to Victoria
September 22 -- Terrace awards (video)
September 22 -- Order of Terrace awards handed out
September 22 -- Four receive City of Terrace honours
September 20 -- Village of Telkwa councillor joins call for new Terrace hospital
September 19 -- Terrace/Thornhill Landfill to open in November (video)
September 19 -- New waste facilities unveiled in the Northwest
September 19 -- Northwestern BC super waste system unveiled
September 17 -- An overpass would help our divided city
September 15 -- Terrace city council not in favour of liquor serving request
September 15 -- Terrace residents take measures to protect their property (video)
September 14 -- Barbed wire will keep vandals out of Terrace property
September 13 -- Premier agrees that Terrace hospital needs an upgrade, but offers no timetable
September 13 -- Terrace Council renewing bylaw to invest in the downtown  (audio)
September 13 -- Rail yard fencing in the works, says Terrace mayor
September 10 -- How can we get a CN overpass?
September 9 -- Fire Truck Inspection Day in Terrace (video)
September 9 -- Cardboard, Paper banned from landfills
September 9 -- Changes in place for the Terrace/Thornhill landfill (video)
September 8 -- Paper and Cardboard banned from Terrace and Thornhill landfills  (audio)
September 7 -- Terrace Salvation Army pleased with First Annual "Stuff the Bus" results
September 7 -- Paper, cardboard banned from northwestern BC landfills
September 4 -- It's a case of the brownfield blues
September 2 -- Terrace Stuff the Bus food drive for Salvation Army (video)
September 2 -- Terrace Mayor says Recent Tragedies highlight need for Pedestrian Overpass along CN Tracks
September 2 -- Terrace residents invited to "stuff the bus" to help Salvation Army Food Bank
September 2 -- Overpass a must, says Terrace mayor
September 2 -- Transit planners pleased with response to Highway 16 bus service plan
September 1 -- CN Warning trespassers to Stay Off Tracks, After Second Fatality in Terrace in five days
September 1 -- Second Death at Terrace CN Tracks in less than a week (audio)
September 1 -- Stuff the Bus campaign launched in Terrace (video)
September 1 -- Deaths on CN Rail tracks highlight need for rail safety in community (video)
September 1 -- City of Terrace expects Co-op land sale by end of year


August

August 31 -- Second CN Rail fatality in Terrace in a week (video)
August 31 -- Second person killed while crossing CN tracks in Terrace
August 31 -- Public Forums on New "Highway of Tears" Bus Service this week
August 31 -- Another fatality on CN Tracks through Terrace -- Second in Five Days
August 30 -- Person dies after hit by train in Terrace (audio)
August 30 -- Identity of man who died in CN Rail yards released
August 30 -- Terrace death along CN Rail tracks (video)
August 30 -- Coroners service investigating death in CN Rail yard in Terrace
August 30 -- Terrace Man killed while attempting to Cross CN tracks
August 29 -- Sande Overpass upgrades to begin soon
August 29 -- Category 2 Fires allowed in Northwest Fire Centre
August 29 -- Improvement work to start on Sande overpass in Terrace
August 29 -- New daytime transit to connect northern BC
August 28 -- Government ducking its duties for a new hopsital
August 27 -- Government resistance to hospital plan a mystery
August 25 -- NDP leader backs call for a new Mills Memorial Hospital
August 24 -- Trauma service key to a new Mills Memorial Hospital
August 22 -- Fire Ban update for the Northwest (video)
August 19 -- John Horgan tour of Northwest (video)
August 18 -- John Horgan answers questions about LNG, Highway 16 and Liberals (audio)
August 18 -- BC NDP leader John HOrgan at Terrace City Council
August 18 -- Terrace banning open fires and restricting campfires
August 18 -- Open Fire ban in City of Terrace
August 17 -- Northwest Fire situation (video)
August 17 -- Community meetings scheduled for New Highway 16 Bus Service
August 17 -- BC Transit putting consultations in place for Highway 16 Shuttle Service (audio)
August 14 -- Renovations create new look for church
August 13 -- A glimmer of a plan for the downtown
August 12 -- Terrace, Thornhill residents will have to look elsewhere to dump their waste
August 12 -- Bid for new hospital in Terrace hits roadblock
August 12 -- Terrace land fill closure (video)
August 11 -- Mills Memorial replacement called for by City of Terrace (video)
August 11 -- Terrace City Council will push BC government for a new hospital
August 10 -- Calls grow for new hospital in Terrace
August 10 -- Terrace Council won't provide bus passes for Syrian refugee families (video)
August 9 -- No bus passes for Syrian families in Terrace
August 8 -- Seniors object to new location for homeless shelter
August 7 -- Terrace chamber pushes for a spiffed up downtown core
August 5 -- Trail proposed for Ferry Island in Terrace




July

July 30 -- Floats raise spirits at Riverboat Days 2016
July 30 -- Riverboat Days 2016 is officialy underway
July 28 -- Search Over for new Damp Shelter
July 28 -- Ksan shelter plans (video)
July 28 -- Parks and Recreation master plan coming soon
July 28 -- Ksan House purchases new homeless shelter
July 28 -- Terrace resident takes shipping container dispute to council
July 23 -- Additional public hearing sought on medical marijauna bylaw
July 22 -- Shelter struggles: Terrace seeks to address soaring homelessness
July 21 -- Tourism plan in motion to attract more visitors to Terrace
July 20 -- Terrace gets new mental health response team
July 20 -- New development planned following agricultural land rezone
July 19 -- Terrace disappointed after LNG Canada delay
July 16 -- City's aquatic centre open houses a success
July 16 -- City surveying seniors to guide city plans
July 14 -- Skeena Pride Alliance, city to host rainbow crosswalk celebration
July 13 -- Motel 6 in Question after LNG delays 
July 13 -- Terrace hotel delays (video)
July 12 -- Local Leaders react to LNG Canada Delays
July 12 -- LNG Canada decision, Northwest reaction (video)
July 12 -- City reports 'progress' on developing brownfield sites
July 12 -- Graham Avenue property rezoned residential after public hearing
July 11 -- Terrace lifts Enhanced Watering Restrictions
July 9 -- Terrace airport sees steady numbers despite route cancellations
July 8 -- Terrace lifts sprinkling ban
July 7 -- Sneak Preview of renovations to Terrace Aquatic Centre (video)
July 5 -- Terrace Housing plans on hold (video)
July 5 -- Terrace affordable housing project put on hold
July 5 -- Aquatic centre rebuild to be revealed
July 5 -- Vendors may soon sell on Terrace curbs
July 5 -- Society shelves affordable housing project
July 3 -- Motel future uncertain due to delays
July 1 -- Terrace celebrates Canada Day
July 1 -- Thornhill residents have their say on new community plan

June

June 30 -- Water restrictions in effect for Terrace
June 30 -- Terrace restricts water use after pump failure
June 30 -- City of Terrace gets a rainbow crosswalk
June 30 -- Rainbow Crosswalk painted in Terrace
June 30 -- Terrace historians rush to preserve forestry heritage
June 30 -- Pump failure leads to watering restrictions in Terrace
June 29 -- Terrace Mayor hopes to Discuss City's Homelessness Problems with Housing Minister
June 29 -- No voting conflict, say Terrace mayor and councillors
June 28 -- An inspector remains in charge of Terrace RCMP detachment
June 27 -- Second local vendor happy with proposed bylaw
June 27 -- Big turnout for this year's salmon run at Kitsumkalum
June 24 -- Terrace to survey people ages 50+ (audio)
June 24 -- Lecky Named New Inspector of Terrace RCMP
June 24 -- Terrace RCMP Detachment has new commander (audio)
June 24 -- New Commander for Terrace Detachment of the RCMP (video)
June 24 -- Food truck ruckus in Terrace (audio)
June 23 -- Greyhound VP on newly announced Highway 16 bus (audio)
June 23 -- Terrace Seniors Survey (video)
June 23 -- Terrace council buoyant about Chinese development prospects
June 22 -- Aboriginal Day Celebrations at Kitsumkalum (video)
June 22 -- Terrace RCMP detachment gets a new inspector
June 21 -- Terrace council holds off on mobile food vendor bylaw
June 20 -- Terrace Block Party (video)
June 18 -- Terrace Salvation Army wants to be primary food bank
June 18 -- Transit hinges on local approval
June 18 -- Syrian family gets aquainted with Terrace
June 17 -- Terrace Mayor reports on recent visit to China
June 17 -- Terrace updates community on recent China visit (video)
June 17 -- Terrace hosts National Aboriginal Day events  (video)
June 17 -- Terrace Mayor offers thoughts on shuttle bus proposal (video)
June 16 -- BC Government announces funding for Bus Service along Highway of Tears
June 15 -- Highway of Tears to get bus service
June 15 -- More transit promised for Terrace
June 15 -- Terrace Welcomes Fist Syrian Refugee Arrivals
June 15 -- Syrian refugee family now in Terrace
June 15 -- Highway of Tears bus service to run from Prince George to Prince Rupert
June 15 -- Syrian refugee family arrives at Terrace
June 14 -- Syrian refugee family arriving in Terrace
Jund 14 -- Terrace prepares to Welcome First Syrian Refugee family
June 14 -- Salvation Army seeks primary food bank designation in Terrace
June 13 -- Terrace to receive Syrian family (video)
June 11 -- Terrace and district raising garbage collection taxes
June 4 --   Terrace casino a gamble
June 3 -- Terrace mulls casino plans as part of larger desire to become centre of Northwest convention industry  NCR



May

May 31 -- Coastal Gaslink donates $50,000 towards Terrace Water Park
May 30 -- Affordable housing grant gets approved by council
May 29 -- City hall protestors add petition to their efforts
May 27 -- Hotel/Casino complex possibility intensifies
May 27 -- Hotel, conference centre hinges on gamig expansion
May 26 -- Downtown Terrace location pegged for hotel, casino development
May 24 -- Homeless protest continues at Terrace city hall
May 19 -- CityWest to face high speed competition in Terrace market  NCR
May 18 -- City of Terrace probes level of underground contamination
May 17 -- Terrace Mayor says Housing is Provincial issue, but will lobby for support  (audio)
May 16 -- Terrace Tent protest (video)
May 16 -- Homeless and affordability housing protest camp set up in front of Terrace City Hall  (audio)
May 16 -- Homeless Terrace citizens protest in front of city hall
May 12 -- Terrace homeless shelter search back to square one
May 10 -- Terrace delegation flies to China
May 5 -- More units added to proposed Terrace affordable housing proposal
May 4 -- Industrial park development to begin

April

April 29 -- Terrace councillor receives provincial award
April 28 -- Council votes against new homeless shelter rezone
April 25 -- More than 100 homeless in Terrace
April 16 -- Council gives blessing to extend liquor sales
April 14 -- Homeless count taking place in Terrace next week
April 12 -- Public hearing on Terrace homeless shelter delayed
April 10 -- Yellow House demolition underway
April 8 -- Proposed Terrace shelter location draws oposition and support
April 3 -- Former Terrace church building to have new use
April 1 -- Terrace homeless shelter plan draws opposition
April 1 -- New Location found for extreme weather homeless shelter in Terrace

March

March 31 -- Plans to relocate shelter facing opposition (audio)
March 31 -- Terrace Weather Shelter Application (video)
March 30 -- Terrace responds to coroners inquest recommendations
March 30 -- City of Terrace to take part in detox centre planning
March 28 -- Affordable housing project planned for Southside Terrace
March 28 -- Residents want tighter burn laws
March 28 -- Easter Egg hunt in Terrace (video)
March 28 -- Terrace recognized for hosting the Coy Cup
March 26 -- Egg hunt takes place in Terrace today
March 23 -- Walmart seeks city taxation refund
March 20 -- Police are leery of liquor request in Terrace
March 18 -- Terrace council affirms rejection of fluoride referendum request
March 16 -- LNG industry boosted at Terrace rally
March 16 -- Agencies ponder coroner's jury recommendations
March 16 -- Did the rally for LNG get noticed by the multinational compaines ... (audio)
March 16 -- Terrace Truck Rally for LNG development
March 16 -- Pro-LNG rally held at Skeena Mall (audio)
March 15 -- Terrace city council listends to medical experts and keeps fluoride in water (audio)
March 15 -- Terrace to continue Fluoridating Drinking Water
March 15 -- Terrace keeps fluoride in the city water supply (video)
March 15 -- Ksan seeks rezoning to purchase new shelter
March 14 -- Terrace to keep fluoride program and reject call for referendum
March 12 -- Terrace area guides oppose northwestern BC LNG location
March 10 -- Northwest Anglers letter on LNG opposition (video)
March 8 -- Terrace cold weather shelther closes, then re-opens
March 8 -- Terrace Recycling woes (video)
March 8 -- More public washrooms sought in Terrace
March 8 -- Controlled burn in Terrace (video)
March 7 -- Controlled burn underway this month on Terrace mountain
March 5 -- CF 18's could appear on Riverboat Days 
March 2 -- Terrace Pool Upgrades (video)
March 2 -- Terrace Aquatic Centre due for a Facelift
March 2 -- Responsible Development Forum in Prince Rupert (video)
March 2 -- Terrace homeless shelter shuts down early
March 2 -- Northwestern B. C. recycling program faces challenge

February

February 27 -- Crime stats drop in Terrace
February 27 -- Sign bylaw has been adopted
February 25 -- Terrace firefighters hone skills
February 23 -- Homeless intervention in Terrace (video)
February 23 -- Overpass problems in Terrace (video)
February 23 -- Terrace Mayor, Councillors headed for China
February 23 -- Permit waits worrisome, businesses tell Terrace council
February 17 -- Terrace intersection collision solution sought
February 16 -- Terrace upgrades its fluoride system
February 12 -- Terrace receives over $4 million for pool overhaul
February 15 -- Terrace fundraising for Food Bank (video)
February 11 -- Terrace Transportation plan (video)
February 10 -- City presented with petition to end fluoride program
February 10 -- Terrace Radon awareness (video)
February 9 -- Terrace Business walk figures into refreshed economic plan
February 6 -- Store defends poster
February 6 -- City road plan includes Skeena pavement
February 5 -- City focuses on business
February 4 -- Terrace road project receives award (video)
February 3 -- Kitimat-Stikine Regional District turns down recycling subsidy proposal (video)
February 2 -- Regional district votes against curbside collection subsidies

January

January 29 -- Terrace eyes ban on decal-like window signs
January 26 -- Terrace and area residents deserving of honours, says city councillor
January 21 -- City of Terrace housing plan missed crucial detail
January 19 -- Nisga'a band postpones Terrace homeless benefit concert
January 17 -- Fluoride ban bid going to Terrace City Council
January 16 -- Terrace Community Foundation looking for grant applications
January 14 -- Terrace to hold a business walk survey (audio)
January 14 -- Terrace Council paves way for Coy Cup hosting
January 12 -- Terrace Council eyes pricey environmental program
January 12 -- City shoots for zero tax hike budget
January 7 -- Housing development for Terrace remains in limbo
January 6 -- City of Terrace to pay for DNA
January 4 -- Councillors confident in land deal

Archive of items from 2015
Archive of items from 2014
Archive of items from 2013 and 2012 can be found here.


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