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. THE REGION’S only their Liberal MLAs in the _ resentative to the two NDP- : - :
; Liberal MLA ‘says he’s May election, choosing _ held ridings. i, mn
: fielding phone calls and Robin Austin in the former _ “My riding is already 4 sg
‘ queries from people in the riding and Gary Coons inthe the largest in the province,” - se
two ridings won by the . latter riding. ' noted the MLA of Bulkley . Cn

NDP ‘in the May provincial
: election.
_ “There are people who

. ; just don’t feel comfortable

; talking about issues with
; their socialist MLAs,” said
: Bulkley Valley-Stikine MLA

-, Dennis MacKay.

“Both the Skeena and

{ North Coast ridings shed

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least eight Asian students _ iarity instruction, Power the Lower Mainland, which. The partnership deal . For information on BC One Call, contact Darlene J Dyson
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next month.

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‘ but will also. earn Northwest

‘Community College creden-'

3. tials by finishing its 16-week.

' thority, Which then put him °

. Carpentry course and a two-

There will also be an

’ English instruction compo-

nent.to the studies here.

_ ° Talks began when CCC

’ founder Adam Tang visited -
‘ Terrace looking for residen-
“! tial building land and con-.

nected with the Terrace
Economic Development Au-

in contact with the college

- here, says NWCC official |
. Holly-Anne Burrows.

’ »» “He talked with our pres-
’ ident [Stephanie Forsyth],
‘ who visited the college in
‘ Vancouver and a partnership —
‘ agreement has now been
' signed,” explained Burrows.

“There'll be at least eight

* \~ students coming and perhaps
up to 12,” she added of the-
; pending final arrangement. .

If the plan.does come off

; as contemplated, the college |. |
will offer two carpentry. pro-

grams next year, the regular
February one and this one

for CCC students. And there
“ will also be space in the
: CCC program for:local stu-

dents, said Burrows.

The Chinese and Korean
students will be accompa-
nied by Tang and a CCC
construction instructor and
will stay in the college dorms
for a month. After that, they

- may find their own accom-

modations or stay with local
families.

for us with this and with the

with Qingdao, which calls
for student ‘and instructor
exchanges,” said Burrows
of another agreement signed
-with a vocational and techni-

ness administration, health
care, international business
and trade and construction
trades. It has two campuses
in Vancouver.

The vast majority of its
students are Asian, either on

student visas or in Canada _

as landed immigrants, says
CCC president Nuala Pow-
er. a

‘She said CCC should not
be confused with other pri-

phone lines are busy

MacKay expects to get
more calls as time goes on
from the Skeena and North
Coast ridings. “I’m sure
as issues arise that are of a
concern to people, we'll get
busier,” he said. °

But MacKay won’t take .
a more formal approach to

‘being the government’ $ rep-

NWCC eyes foreign students

_ sale, * said Power. “IT wouldn't

the carpentry students com-
ing to Terrace next month
would already have received ,

» And because CCC is a
private institution, its stu-
dents cannot apply for one-
year work visas after gradu-
ation. 7 .
_ “They need to graduate
from a public institution in
order to do that,” said Power

in explaining the connection
‘between CCC and the col-

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lege here.
Power said ccc expects
its carpentry students to be in

tion workers.”

But some. of its. gradu-
ates who do receive one-
year work visas could stay
on in Terrace .if the CCC

undertakes residential con- ”

struction projects here, said

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could be housing, residential

‘continues a NWCC. effort
‘to build international con-
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