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TIMBER in the northwest
“may soon be carved off the

interior and appraised un-
der the_same system as the

‘coast, reducing the.stump-

age fees loggers here must

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Gov’t promises
cheaper timber
fees are on way

market conditions and tim-
ber values elsewhere.
Rather thana new zone
-— which Victoria shuns be-
cause it could set a prec-
edent for other parts of the
province — de Jong: said

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Forests minister Mike minister Roger Harris Rave dustry there has - ureathy Bronze Plaques service in the Northwest
_ de Jong said details are still focused on expanding, the improved since the ‘Switch ‘Terrace Crematorium , since 1946
being ironed out. but he coastal appraisal zone, - to ou market-based pric- .
witnts to redraw the coustal Phere is genuine tn. ing system, under which . 4626 Davis Street

boundary to take in more
~ ofthe northwest.

“We've asked a basic
question = who put those
lines here and why?" he-
said ata stop last Thursday
in Terrace.

“The rationale for why
those lines exist seems to
have disappeared in the,
mists of time.”

Northwest towns, politi-

clans and consultants w ha

terest on the part of the
government, Roger and |
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LAST YEAR B. C.. Government and Service Em-
: ployees: Union (BCGEU) staff, representatives have studied the region's
: Shelley Anderon and Wes Law were out picketing plight have repeatedly
+ | health care facilities in protest of plans to cut wag- called’ for a special solu-.
‘, | es of the workers they:represent. But on Feb. 18-1 tion here that takes into

- the pair were off the job and holding picket signs account low timber ‘values,

' in front of their Lazelle Ave. offices to promote their ‘high pulp content and high

own demands for wage and benefit increases and operating costs.

- | to protest the failure of their BCGEU employers to Those factors make
settle. The two are members of the Communica- logging in the mountains

- | tion, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. | here far different than in
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zero per cent in the first two years and two per
cent in the last yéar of a three year contract. The under the NDP - consid-
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