The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 20, 1997 - A3 - Breast-feeding at work aright | News InBrief | New ruling means a ae | ee 7 i | employers must | a — Scaling may cause delays ike DRIVERS SHOULD expect minor delays on Highway ' accom m @) d ate 16 east and the Nisga’a Memorial Highway as ministry mothers, babies crews work to stabilize slapes. | - The crews will be in the northwest for the next two ; months conducting scaling, meshing and bolting. iz EMPLOYERS MAY soon be required to supply. breast- een women with a comfortable location to feed their ies. ot Scaling involves the removal of loose rock from steep slopes to belp prevent rock slides, Meshing | : That’s one of the rulings to come out of a human rights : tribunal report, released Aug. 11. means installing wire mesh to support crumbling rock and bolting involves supporting large, potentially un- The report states that denying a woman the right to nurse her baby in public is sexual discrimination. stable boulders with steel bolts. . a “It's a legal ruling and as a result, businesses will be These activities will cause up to 20 minute delays on Highway 16 east of Terrace at Coyote Creek, at 45 km, bound by it,” says Skip Bates, former president of the Ter- race Chamber of Commerce. at the Binwall area and at km 61. There will also be delays along Lava Lake on the Nisga’a Highway. | 4 While Bates doesn’t have an official opinion on the is- sue, he says there are bound to be implications for Too many cais businesses, ONCE AGAIN the refusal of cat owners to spay and neuter their animals has left both local animal shelters | with an overload. And when the shelters can’t house them, the animals have to be put down. | Staff at the Terrace shelter say summer is traditional- ly a time when unwanted kittens are brought in. That’s i because people let their un-neutered adult cats outside = in the spring, and come summicr have a filler of kittens. | o . But it’s actually cheaper to have your cat fixed, then fo put its kittens up for adoption. At the Thornhill | shelter, each cat or kitten costs $10.70 to be put up for i adoption. At the Terrace shelter the cost is $10 for q adult cats and $5 per kitten. i Vets often have sales on spaying and neutering cats. ; Those cute kittens don’t always get adopted. So far ia this year the Thornhill animal shelter has been forced to put down 172 cats. It’s not a job the staff enjoys. | Tn the years leading up to the decision, the provincial government has introduced an employment equity direc- tive that requires managers to reasonably accommodate 1 employees. } That means that nursing mothers or individuals who re- quire insulin shots must be provided with adequate accom- modation to do so, ‘Denise Tupman, who runs the Terrace Breast-Feeding Support Group, suggests a few alternatives for employers. ‘More time for maternity cave, flexible work schedules, private areas in the office and on-sight day care are a few ways of accommodating the mother, child and employer. ‘4 lot of people go back to work looking for advice on how to cope with breast-feeding,”’ said Tupman. ‘Some women are deterred from breast-feeding because of their work schedules, she added. ‘If a nursing mother misses the child’s regular feeding time, her breasts could become engorged if they are not relieved of milk, causing her some physical pain and dis- cbmfort. Some babies will also refuse bottled breast milk. ‘Lactation consultant Pam Straker, who exalts the benefits - of breast milk, welcomes the decision by the Human Rights Tribunal. ‘Straker has worked with new mothers since 1985 at Mills Memorial Hospital and has seen a change in altitudes Food demand steady THE SALVATION ARMY hasn’t seen any unusual in- creeses in the amount of people asking for food this | summer, says Army organizer Christine Simmons. But it is getting, prepared to dea! with larger numbers, | should the forest industry downturn continue. The fall os is also a busy time with large numbers of transient | mushroom pickers coming through the area. You can . make a donation to the Salvation Army food program, you can drop it off at the thrift store on Lakelse. ie The Salvation Army mins a food program throughout the year and it is one of the member churches of the ia Terrace Churches Food Bank. This food bank’s season 7 runs from November through to spring. There is one ig exception and that’s December when the Salvation Amy runs its Christmas hamper program. | 2 ' “The fact that it comes in a decorative pack- age is just a bonus.’’ Lactation consultant Pam Straker on the merits of breast milk towards breast-feeding. - “In other parts of the world it would never be an issue,” said Straker, adding that breast-feeding is slowly becoming more culturally acceptable in North America. ; “There is more acceptance because people are more aware of the benefits of breast-milk,”’ She also said that there are a lot of misconceptions about the design and function of breasts. ; ; The company, which produces methano! and am- i. : “The fact that it (breast miik) comes in a decorative monia, faces tvo counts of failing 10 comply ‘with con- | — Pc ag wh mee Cnn og bso ma 8 ing | teccanerridinn Testa aicgay” ter Mi Pair > BREAST-FEEDING WAS a natural choice for Agatha Jedrzejczyk. After nursing into the ocean near Kitimat, The offences alicgelly Sie doe COE aa ee Honan Rights tribunal, employee, wins, five month old Nell is a reat treat for her. Jedrzejezyk is of Polish descent one Oct 2627, we 4 in Kit a Meth . "In 1991, as an employee with the ministry of municipal and says that Europeans, for the most part, have a more accepting view of the rial will’ a an Sly Wee court, Methanex affairs, Poirier was denied the right to nurse her child dur- body and breast-feeding in public would not be a big issue there. faces a maximum fine of $1 milion. ing lunch hour. : Methanex faces charges | : METHANEX CORPORATION in Kitimat was , charged by the environment ministry last week with | polluting the waters of Kitimat Arm. School District No. 82 = (Coast Mountains) Criminal All playing fields at the Terrace/Thornhill Defence area schools will be Lawyer fertilized monthly. 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