A2 - The Terrace Standard, 1, Were, December 14, 1998 THE CITY will let the More officers investigate murder of single mom RCMP HAVE made no arrests in their investigation into the murder last week of a 37-year-old Terrace woman, A preliminary autopsy confirmed Linda Geraldine Lefranc died of multiple stab wounds. aa She was found dead the morning of Dec. 9 by her seven-year-old daughter inside their Braun St. townhouse unil. The daughter, now living with Lefrane” § parents in Kitimat, wandered out into the street and asked the first neighbour she encountered to phone the RCMP. | RCMP received more than {00 tips during the first days of their investigation. -And they conducted interviews. with people in and around 2600 Braun, the block on which the six-unil townhouse complex is located, ' Complete autopsy results are expected to be released this week, said coroner Wayne Braid. RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Solvason said local general investigation officers were joined by one officer from Prince Rupert and five from Prince George. Kitimat RCMP have been also been alerted to the’ cir. . cumstances, said Solvason. . He said, to his knowledge, Lefrane’s townhouse showed no signs of forced entry. “Anyone who ever had contact with her, whether that be neighbours, school mates, relatives or friends all have to be interviewed,” Solvason said. “It’s an exhaustive process.” Lefranc was a business student taking office admini- stration classes at Northwest Community College. Grant Bennest, the college's business program co-ordi- nator, said many of her fellow students were in shock. He described Lefranc as an upbeat ‘and positive single mother who had recently moved from Kitimat to Victoria and then back to Terrace. The college brought in a grief counsellor for her imme- diate classmates Friday afternoon. Lefranc grew up and went to school in Kitimat. She is also survived by two sisters and one brother. She has numerous nieces and nephews. A close friend of.the family, who didn’t want to be identified, said Lefranc will be remembered as a dedi- cated mom and hard worker who was strong-willed and focused on her close-knit family. RCMP officers say Lefranc’s daughter i is handling the tragic situation extremely, weil and was getting help from the detachments victim services programs which helps victims of violent crime deal with traumatic situations. Break-in probed TERRACE RCMP are locking for a six-foot tall white man in his late teens who broke into a home i in the 5000 black of Walsh Avenue Friday evening. Con The lone resident woke up to a thief ransacking the master bedroom of his home around 1} p.m. and called the RCMP. The suspect then attacked the resident and ran away. The resident was transported to Mills Memorial hospital where he was treated for minor injuries to his ear, RCMP searched the area surrounding the home but could home. RCMP ask that anyone with any information on the break and enter or any other incident call the Terrace RCMP or Crime Stoppers and 635-8477. - for less. 319” ‘inunity,”” farmer’s market stay where it is for at least a couple of years. Councillors decided Fri- day they have no objections to giving the market a short- term lease on its Davis Ave. location — as long as the group first forms a regis- tered society. “In this situation we have to be directed by the com- councillor Val Market secure for city staff — including the newly redeveloped part of Kalum St, south of Greig Ave, — and continued to press for recognition of their present sile as a permanent home. “We're very certain we have the public support,” market spokesman Lynne Christiansen ‘said, adding they’ve now gathered 1,600 signatures ‘on petitions of support. a few years fully asked for some long- term certainty,’’ he said. reviewed based on the city’ s property requirements and the city from liability. ‘I'm not prepared to the market’s needs. . ‘They may bave grown too big for the present sitd by then,’’ she said. ” All councillors were firm on the need for the market to form a legal registered society so there’s a legal entity the city can deal with and to ensure proper insur- ance is in place to protect make a decision yet until we do have that in place,” councillor Linda Hawes said, . ; Councillor David Hull called the idea-of a two or three-year lease a band-aid solution that largely dodges the need to make a decision. “J's not fair to the farm- ex’s market — they’ve right- “And the city has a legisla- tive mandate and obligation to ifs taxpayers to manage its resources and plan for the future.’’ ' “This doesn’t do a thing,”’ he added. ‘‘All it does is avoid the responsi- bility of standing wp and dealing with the situation that needs to be dealt with,’’: certain terms they want the George said, ‘‘The com- munity has said in no un- prepared to hand the site over in perpetuity, instead indicating they'd agree to a lease of just two or three years. That would ensure the is- sue comes back well after the November, 1999 municipal election, in the middle of the next council’s term af office. market lo stay. “[ think we should give them a commitment to the site they have,”’ The move ends nearly a year of conflict about whether the market should be moved or whether it would be allowed to stay. Market reps rejected four Councillor Olga Power alternate sites proposed by Suggested a two-year lease, - which: . could “then be - goo e From front. ee Non-Nisga’a may receive the vote And he noted the Nisga’a have given non-natives a guar- anteed seat on both the health board and scheol board be- cause non-natives didn’t have the numbers to win a seat in an election. Miles says that track record gives him and others con- fidence that the Nisga’a government will consult in decision-making with non-natives. And he says that’s more important in practice than whether non-natives have a vote in Nisga’a government elections, where their small numbers likely wouldn’t trans- late into real representation anyway. Non-native teachers, medical staff and researchers often in the valley for a short time are highly mobile and don’t have much at stake, he noted. ‘But if you’ve been here 15 or 20 years, I would think you're very stable and you’re happy with your representa- tion,”’ Miles added, not find the suspect. Nothing seemed to be taken trom the J, 7 ~ Even Santa won’t - pick up and deliver Our Medical Equipment Loan Service will help you recover... * from illness: ° or injury * | in the comfort _ of your home. * fe Canadian Red Cross But councillors weren r Bi Steak & Seafood Grill the Back Eddy Pub For your § Y Christmas Party may ibe fot lunch or dinner, wa arrange thet special get together from 4-120 people. We also cater at our downstairs location ‘The Back Eddy Pub’. 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