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_.The, Nisga’a - and federal

; government signed i a framework

‘ agreement setting out the condi-

tions.'and ‘timetable for

" negotiating a land claim deal
_ within three years,

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_ Council agreed to support in
_> Principle the Skeena Protection
: Society’s call for. recycling to
become part of the city’s waste
_ Inanagement ‘policy, However,.
both parties agreed there was a |
lot of preliminary work to do
before recycling became a reali- :
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Following continued, opposi-
tion from Bench: residents, cor-
. Yection’s branch district director
Rob Watts ‘said the 32 acre
Soucie site was only one of
several. locations to be con-
sidered, He also dismissed
security and falling property
value concerns taised by
residents.

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Figures released by the B.C:
government showed the number
of teenzge mothers in the
Skeena region — 15-19. year
olds accounted for more than 10
per cent of ail births — was
double the provincial average.
Subsequently, the Skeena
Health Unit issued a call. for
condom machines to be install-
ed in all schools and public
buildings where teens tended to
congregate.
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The Sunday shopping issue
was put back on ice when coun-
cil declined to adopt a by-law
requiring stores to close by 12
neon, After their colleagues had
split two-two on the issue,
_ aldermen Bob Cooper and Dan-
ny Sheridan voted the regula-.

tions. down, .«, Maintaining. it..

would not survivé a court
challenge,
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In the wake of the Skylink air
crash and suggestions smoke
might have been a contributory
factor, the Kitimat-Stikine
regional district called for a ban
on all slash burning within 10
miles of the Terrace-Kitimat air-
port.

Meanwhile, crash in-
vestigators revealed the Skylink:
plane had experienced a 25 per
cent airspeed acceleration
seconds before the crash. They
would not, however, speculate
on its meaning

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BC Hydro announced it
wanted to build a second
transmission line from .Terrace
to Kitimat.

The line will handle the power
being sald by Alcan to B.C.
Hydro when the former's
Kemano Completion Project i is
finished.

TERRACE AMBULANCE attendants now have an extra emergency device — a portable defibrilatar.
That’s unit chief Mike Dwyer demonstrating haw the small device is used. It’s automatically programm-
ed. to assess a patient and has iwo pre-set shock levels.

” Skeena Cellulose Inc. (SCI
extended its search for pulp logs

-by applying for a pulpwood
agreement allowing the com-

December

pany to extract 623,000 cubic.

metres of wood annually out of

- the. Cariboo over the next 25 |

years. The fibre is needed for a
proposed mill expansion at its
Prince Rupert mill.

Two weeks earlier, SCI had.
applied for a similar agreement
covering the Williams Lake
Timber Supply Area under
which it would harvest 265,000
cubic metres annually for 25
years.

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Regional highways manager
Jon Buckle said planned im-
provements to the Nass. Valley

road could _ up to $4 million
over the a five-year period. The
request for money was being in-
cluded -in budget preparations
for next year’ 8 work program,
he added.
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A study commissioned by the
Skeena Labour Development
Committee revealed there was a
shortage of skilled workers in
the northwest and the situation
will get worse unless action was
taken, :
In his report, Dr. Val George
suggested employers should

revitalize their apprenticeship
programs and called for im-
proved liaison between industry
and local education institutions.
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A proposed two per cent
municipal hotel/motel room tax
drew fire from local hoteliers.
While applauding the intent of
the tax — to generate extra
money to be spent on tourism
promotion — they wondered
why they were being singled out
while ihe many other businesses
that would benefit from a boost
in visitors went untouched,

AS DECEMBER arrived, so did the many and varied annual arts and crafts sales in preparation for the
Christmas season. Regional shoppers had many such events to peruse and to make choices for
Christmas decorations and presents. There were also teas to attend and baked goods to purchase. The

season was rounded out with a variety of Christmas concerts, church services and parties.

Kitselas band members Mel
Bevan and Wilfred McKenzie

-weréeto Tsimshian Tribal Coun-

cil executive. Bevan became
president and McKenzie

secretary-treasurer.

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With. the official tourist
season at an end, the chamber
of commerce said 6,655 visits
were recorded at the organiza-
tion’s information centre this
year, That was up slightly from
1988’s 6,465. Telephone en-
quiries were also up — from
1,803 to 2,714,
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Premier Bill Vander Zalm an-
nounced a cabinet shake-up that
saw Skeena MLA Dave Parker
shifted from the forests ministry
to lands as well as becoming

minister responsible for nor-

thern development.

The reshuffle also saw the
disappearance of the economic
development regions.

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“Bear cubs were back in the
news again as two more bruins
were sent southwards to a new
home on the Vancouver Game
Farm. Conservation officer Ken
Hoffman said the 9-10 month
old ‘cybs were picked up after
they became separated from
their respective mothers.

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Kitimat-Stikine regional
district received word its ap-
plication for a $707,000 GO
B.C, grant had been approved.
With 31 million already promis-
ed by the federal government,
that left $415,000 to be found
locally to complete financing of
the proposed $2.1 million ex-
pansion of the facility,

The project will be a joint
venture between the regional
district and Kitameat band
council.

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Lakelse Lake residents were
both confused and angry over
contradictory .decisions by
Revenue Canada on whether
they qualified for the northern
tax benefit. Told earlier they
did, some residents said they
were now being told the matter
was under review.

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A meeting to discuss a pro-
posed angling guide policy was
marked by a Kitsumkalum band
warning it will operate an angl-
ing guide service next year with
or without an environment
ministry licence.

In April the ministry had re-
jected a band application pen-
ding the outcome of the policy
process. However, fish and
wildlife regional manager Tom
Chamberlin said proposed
restrictions on guiding opera-
tions meant the band would not
get a licence for the Kalum
River.

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Transport Canada announc-
ed it had dropped plans to ship
PCB waste from Castlegar and
Cranbrook to Terrace. An

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Dave Parker
earlier plan had called for the
chemicals to be stored in a
former munitions bunker at the

Terrace-Kitimat airport.

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Atlin MLA Larry Guno —
his riding is disappearing under
boundary reorganization — and
former Terrace mayor Helmut
Giesbrecht declared they would
be seeking the NDP nomination
as candidate for the Skeena
riding. The nomination meeting

is set for next March.

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. School trustees gave the go-
ahead for a study into problems
faced by native students in local
schools. Suggesting -both
Parents and teachers tended to
pass on misconceptions and
negative attitudes about native
people to non-native students,
Kitselas band chief Mel Bevan
said the study would be a first
step in combatting racism in
schools.

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Northwest Community Col-
lege and its BCGEU employees
reached agreement on a new
26-month contract which: gave
both instructional and non-
instructional members increases
averaging 14.25 per cent.

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Local nurse Isobel Brophy is
to be the subject of an inquiry
to see if she had violated ethical
Standards by having conversa-
tions with patients about abor-
tion.

The Registered Nurses
Association of B,C. alleged
Brophy had discussed the sub-
ject with Mills Memorial pa-
tients five times between Oct.
1986 and June 1989. The in-
quiry is scheduled to begin Feb.
12.

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