A2 Terrace Review —— Wednesday, September 11, 1991

Problem bear —

meets bad end ~
- Garbage foiled trap effort

TERRACE — An RCMP officer,

acting on behalf of the Ministry of

’ Environment conservation office,
was forced to kill a bear Late Sun-
day night that had been pillaging
trash in the neighbourhood north
of Caledonia school for more than
a week.

Conservation officer Peter Kalina
said Monday that efforts to trap
the bear had been futile because
there was too much other food —

trash, pet foods, and windfallen
fruit — easily available for the
bear to forage on. It just wasn’t
interested in entering the trap,
which was baited with a substantial
chunk of meat. Had the bear
entered the live trap, visible on
MeConnell Ave. for the past week,

'~-“" there would have been a chance of

relocating it in a remote area,
-Kalina said.
Complaints about marauding
bears in residential areas have been
far more numerous this year than
in previous years, Kalina said. He
attributed it to inconsistent summer
weather, noting that berries haven’t
developed fully this year and the
level of water in local rivers has

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proximity to Lakelse Lake. One
association member even suggested
moving the mill further north.
Sandhals says other concems
included the transporting of haz-
ardous chemicals like caustic soda
and. hydrogen peroxide and
increased traffic by as much as
another 180 trucks a day. That
traffic would be spread over a 16-

everyone who lives in the area to

been varying wildly, making it
difficult for the bears to fish. Com-
plaints have been up substantially
in Kitimat and Prince Rupert as
well as Terrace, he said.

Kalina expects the situation to
get worse in coming wecks as
bears concentrate on gaining
weight for hibernation. He advises

secure their trash, keep pet foods
indoors, and keep their lawns clear
of fallen fruit to discourage the
sort of situation that led to the
shooting of the bear on Sunday.
Kalina said he and his staff have
been making an effort this year to
relocate nuisance bears, with some

success. More than half of them
have been moved, and some of

them are being tracked through
radio tags.

Final steelhead rep

Despite a slight recovery in its
final two weeks, the 1991 Skeena
River summer mun of steelhead is

‘one of the worst on record. In its

final report of the season on the
steelhead test fishery, the Ministry
of Environment fisheries branch
estimates the total run at 8,300

~ fish, 34 percent of the most recent
_ 10-year average.

Although it doesn’t conclude that
the dismal return is due to heavy
commercial fishing this year, it
does mention that the seine fishery
reached record levels this year in
coastal areas off the Skeena and
Nass Rivers. The seine effort, the

FIRE REPORT

Terrace conservation officer Peter Kalina morosely conte

mplates the corpse of a black bear that

had to be shot in a Horseshoe area neighbourhood Sunday night. Kalina expects the problem of

bears invading residential areas to become worse as

hibemation.

the animals strive to put

on weight for

report says, was five times the
dimensions of last year’s fishery
and more than double the 10-year
average. Gillnetters fished over 24
days of openings at the mouth of
the Skeena, reporting a total inci-
dental catch of about 4,000
steelhead.

"The actual harvest is known to
be substantially higher than these
figures suggest," the report slates.

No numbers were available for
the seine catch, but the report says,
* Jharvests of these fish have been
significant."

A shortage of the prized game
fish has been of concem to fishing

guides and tourism industry oper-
ators for several years, The Ter-
race and District Chamber of Com-
merce has asked for the Kitimat-
Stikine Regional District and the
City of Terrace to undertake a
joint study to determine the econ-

Notice of P

Law Society of British
Columbia. |

Gender Bias Committee

ort shows dismal return

omic losses to the area from lost
tourism business due to the short-
age of steelhead.

‘The chamber proposes to use the
study as ammunition to lobby the
Department of Fisheries and
Oceans for a management policy -
change.

lic Meeti

The members of the Law Society of British Columbia passed a
resolution at their Annual General Meeting which created a
committee to study the extent to which Gender Bias may be

hour day, Sandhals pointed out,

It’s been a quiet week on the Thornhill fire chief Art Hoving found in the legal and justice system, including Substantive law.

which adds up to about 12 trucks
an hour or only one every five
minutes.

Acid rain was also noted as a
concer, but on the other side of
the coin, those favouring the pro-
ject asked why we should penalize
a newer, cleaner technology with-

"~ out placing more stringent rules on

present day offenders like Alcan-

‘and Eurocan. Sandhals says MLA
Dave Parker was also in attend-

7 ance, but only as an observer.

Terrace front, but Thornhill fire-
fighters responded to two vehicle
fires in the past week. Both fires
occurred on Monday.

The first destroyed an Alm-Wood
Contracting pickup truck near
Onion Lake while the second,
which occurred at 7 p.m. on Cres-
cent St., was extinguished with dirt
by the vehicle owner before fire-
fighters arrived.

The driver of the pickup truck
less fortunate, however.

was

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says the driver was headed up the
Onion Lake hill when he noticed
the transmission was slipping. He
continued driving in an effort to
reach his destination but a short
time later the transmission failed.
He pulled over to the shoulder and
when he got out of the truck the
transmission burst into flames.
Hoving says the pickup was totally
involved when they arrived and
there was nothing they could do to
save the vehicle.

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Chaired by E. N. (Ted) Hughes, Q. C., the committee consists of
six (6) other members of the lagal profession who bring to this

task diverse backgrounds in the law.

The specific areas the Committee will focus on include:

* Family Law
* Criminal Law
« Civil Law (excluding Family)

The response of the Justice System to violence against

women

* Gender Bias from the perspective of the courtroom
Although the Committee's mandate includes an examination of
the legal profession, this subject will not be addressed in the

public meetings.

your region:

Time:

the committees.

meeting. ;

The Committee will be holding the following public meeting in

Terrace: October 4th and 5th, 1991

Location: inn of the West, 4620 Lakelse Ave.

9:30 a.m., October 4th,

continuing throughout the day and the next day as required. .

All people with concerns about gender bias in our Justice n
system are encouraged to make their suggestions known to

Your submission may be made orally or in writing, but the .
Committee strenuously recommends a written submission. To

give as many people as possible an opportunity to speak to
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E.N. (Ted) Hughes, Q.6.
Chairperson :
Gender Bias Committee