KITSELAS BAND members cccupied the band office on Queensway Ave. last Thursday in protest against chief councillor Mal Bevan. Protesters take over Kitselas band office Manager says a project to renovate band : : h band must fix the protesters, also cited financial mess successive deficits incurred THE KITSELAS band by the band’s fisheries pro- could face financial min ifa gram. dispute there isn’t quickly And he said Bevan — resolved. who is also paid to be the -That’s the diagnosis of band’s treaty negotiator. — newly hired interim band is in contravention of the manager Hal Stedham, who collective agreement that ’ ‘was barred from entering says a band council member . band offices on Queensway cannot be an employee of Ave. last Thursday by two the band. ; dozen protesters who oc- ‘All of these grievances cupied the building. will be examined very care- Stedham said social as- fully,” Stedham promised. sistance cheques need to be ‘“Where we find there’s issued, paperwork has to be been an injustice, we'll be completed so a student doing our best to correct employment program can those injustices.” begin, and ongoing fiscal ‘I’m very interested in problems that have led to a listening to bath sides,” he deficit have to be added. straightened out. Stedham is hoping to ar- ‘He said important grants range a meeting between the _ ‘will be missed if the band band council, a representa- -doesn’t catch up on its tive from the protesting paperwork now. community members, and a “If some of these issues Department of Indian Af omes, — Ron Nyce, spokesman for ~ aren’t resolved soon it could fairs official who would, ' pesult in terrible financial serve as a mediator. woes,” Stedham said. “It Nyce said one of the key Baud councillor Orlando Bolion, who was also pres- ent at the demonstration, said key band council meet- ings, including the one where O’Connol was terminated, have been held without notification of bim- self and one other council- lor. “They fired her on the 19th of May when I was in Vancouver,’ Bolton said. But Stedham said his ap- pointment was made with the approval of all members of the band council. Nyce said the chaos at the band office since O’Connol’s termination has resulted in the shutting down of a housing renova- tion program that meant jobs for some band mem- bers. Because the band has been unable to pay bills, he ex- plained, local suppliers and contractors have refused to _ extend credit. Nyce said he’s also _worrled some band mem- bers won’t receive their so- cial assistance cheques on The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 8, 1998 - A? f|_Phone: 604-689-0878 a “James W. Radelet RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors Tax Law ¢ Trusts * Corporate & Commercial 1330 » 1075 Wast Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C, YE 3C9 Fax: 604-689-1386 Look Twice. 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