Band eyes more housing THE KITSUMKALUM band wants to dramati- cally increase the amount of housing in its village just west of Terrace, says its newly re- elected «- chief councillor. On the drawing boards are plans for 34 homes 7 in two subdivision locations, amounting to a 40 . pee cae aa >. per cent jump in its housing i inventory, says Steve >: Roberts, who was re-elected for a two-year term . Feb, 28. “We now have 85 homes and a population of -, approximately 700 and there” s a big demand for : housing,” he said. a ‘Our members live in Terrace, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Prince George,” Roberts added... The band had hoped to receive federal money ‘ forastart on clearing land and putting in infrastruc- -, 274 on reserve, but our total band population is ‘ over details suchas culvert requirements. “You'll recall that we Had a horrible rainfall - ture this spring, but it now has engineers pouring — sure we determine what we need with culverts so that it doesn’t happen again,” Roberts said. The homes will be built on the village’s up- per level and Roberts says he anticipates getting approval and money for a gradual but sustained amount of construction over the next few years. Roberts handily defeated two challengers in the | Feb. 28 election, gathering 107 votes to more than . double the combined 48 votes for Susan Spalding and 47 votes for Stewart Bolton. All but one of the six incumbent band coun- cillors was re-elected. Ed Brown, Ernie Gerow, Adam McCarron, Susan Spalding and John Chris- tiansen Jr. are. returning and=will be joined by Donald Roberts Jr.; George Cooley was defeated. Roberts said the re-election of himself and of the majority of the band councillors shows the vil- lage population is satisfied with the work they are doing and with the plans being made for social and economic development. The band's arms- length economic develop. . ment company, Kalum Ventures Ltd., wants to develop commercial properties on 200 acres of land just off Hwy 16 on the west side of the Kalum River. And soon it wants to start logging some of the 400,000 cubic metres of timber it has as its dis- posal that used to be controlled by major forest companies, That wood became available under a new provincial government policy, which takes tim- ber away from large operators and provides it to smaller operators. “The timber will be cut in the Kitsumkalum “band’s traditional territory = from the Zyma- cord River near/New Remo in the southwest, up through both’ sides of the Kalum River valley to the Cedar River area in the northeast. Kalum Ventures has struck a partnership to tap the expertise of Port Alberni-based Estevan Forest Products, a company managed by Charlie Cootes. who is a Kitselas band member. ‘last November with flooding, so. we want to make | cane Ry B In business defeated last year by NDPer Nathan Cullen... ANOTHER SIGN of the pending May 17 provincial election campaign occurred _last week with the opening of NDP candidate Robin Austin’s offices on Lazelle. Ave. That’s Austin above. He has two workers on duty now — public relations - officer Debbie Scarborough and finance manager Norma Bell - but those num- bers will increase closer to the launch of official campaigning in mid-April. A “social worker, Austin was nominated in January. Curiously enough, Austin’s of- fice space in the Terrace and District Credit Union building was once occupied by Andy Burton, the Conservative. Member of Parliament for ‘Skeena, who: ‘was SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO City adopts mam Olant policy BEAUTY PAGEANT contestants, athletes and others seek- ing city travel assistance will be limited in how much they can receive under:a new policy. The Youth Travel Assistance Policy will cap city grants © at $100 per person, .or $200 per person if they’re travelling - $1,000 for international travel. will be available i in 2005. “Itsa ‘sad thing,” councillor Marylin Davies said. “You'd like to be able to help everyone, but there is no money. When ’ we’re in the money again; we can look at it again.” In future years, if money is budgeted, grants would be _ given out on a first-come first- served basis until the money set aside runs out. The policy is aimed at assisting local youth, groups or _ teams, travelling to cultural, athletic or academic competi- _ tions within Canada or beyond. — .. » ‘They have to be recognized by an official organization . and be travelling to a sanctioned event to represent Terrace lata national or international level. “mendations to council for final decision. Applicants who. haven’t received city ‘money before would get priority, and the city can refuse grants: that would benefit a for-profit individual or business, or that promotes a a cause to the detriment of others. Applicants must provide a budget of how money will be spent, and other details about their history and their plans. The issue of aid grants first blew up last fall when the city gave $500 to help local singer Theresa Marie Fenger attend a beauty pageant in Calgary. ' wrestler going to South Africa and nothing to another beauty pageant contestant. 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A $50,000 cheque was presented last week to help defray costs associated with the college’s brand new Prince Rupert campus and the remainder will flow over: the next five years and be targeted to finance trades pro- grams “Our company is Committed to secing trades train- ing occur within our region. It is extremely important’ ‘that skills development be delivered in an affordable manner to local residents of our community,” said Jeff Burghardt, Prince Rupert Grain’s general manager. College president Stephanie Forsyth said the money will help build-a skilled local workforce. The college in Prince Rupert will now offer both an electrical and welding program this fall. It is part of an expansion of trades programs which includes a process. operator course in Kitimat and a residential building maintenance worker and community-based carpentry and timber framing instruction in Terrace. Student voters wanted STUDENTS at Northwest Community College will have the chance to register for the upcoming provincial ; election next week as a group called Rock the Vote: vis- its the campus. . Rock the Vote wants to increase youth participation " -in the May 17:provincial election. “We have a bright pink and orange decaled van 1 with Rock the Vote on the sides,” says Nathan Allen, a mem- ber of the group. “We’re stopping at pretty much every | post secondary institution and satellite campus:” Only .34 per cent of eligible voters between the ages. of 18 and 34 cast their vote in the last provincial elec: tion, Allen says. Volunteers and representatives from Rock the Vote’ will be on the Northwest Community ‘College campus here March 10. >. Eg Pay i increase deferred ‘THE LAWYERS who. conduct prosecutions. in “the courts will get’a raise but not right away. ; ‘Although : a panel recommended i increases of- 13 per cent retroactive to 2003, the provincial government , , doesn’t want to pay. it until 2006. 7 .That’s because any, pay increase would violate the : provincial policy of freezing wages for three years. ° said the government was acting in bad faith, ‘ The proposed legislation would increase the starting — annual wage for a Crown prosecutor from $49,782 to about $56,254 and move the top pay from $123,864 to . $139,966. Negotiations did not go well when the old agree- ment expired in 2003 and the Crown counsels filed a grievance in 2004. That paved the way for the arbitia-’ tion recommendation. The legislation affects Terrace’s, four provincial Crown counsel lawyers.° "4° A representative for the provincial Crown counsels tr PERFORMANCE MOUNTAIN | FAITH Dirt doesn’t scare you. halt Dirt is your friend. 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