This: cedar longhouse is being completed by Kitselas - ‘administration,
~ ‘workers.and will soon. be:moved to the site of the Kitselas,
Canyon Heritage Park site as proposed by the- Kitselas band:

decision by Parks Canada. »

Further development of the ° park awaits a

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cable

Northwest subscribers to the
’ Skeena Broadcasters cable. ser-
vice have turned thumbs down
for the second time in a row to
the option of watching News-
world, the CBC's -new all-
Canadian 24-hour television
news service,
The results of the second
survey were released by Skeena

Lake on Dec. 6. Lake said the
company mailed out 12,372
survey cards to-its subscribers,

turned. Of those responding,
two thirds did not want the addi-
tional service.

The first survey, taken when
Newsworld approached Skeena
with .its offer, . was. less .com-
prehensive than the more recent.
poll, but the Teaults were the
same,

_ Skeena management have said
_ the Service might have been
*« piore “attractive to’ cable sub-

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- Sposition. has been approved for’.

‘the Lax’Ghels. Community Law
office. Since opening its doors‘in |
, (May '1989, with only one lawyer

_ -and-one office assistant, the law

Office has dealt with.an average
‘of 100 files per month and 25 to .
a 30 phone enquiries per day.

*Lax’Ghels lawyer Terry
Brown explains that the need

“wasn’t accurately known before

the center opened. It was in-
itiated by the Native Programs.

“Branch of the. Legal Services

Society of B.C;

Brown -feels - the provincial

board. doesn’t seem - to fully

understand the need even now.
The ‘Native Programs Branch

‘has. been’ allocated five percent

_ of the total legal aid budget..
. Although the Lax‘Ghels Com-

munity Law Office is available
for anyone in the area, its bud-

“get is only a small portion of

that five percent.
In the recent Justice Reform
Proposal from the Attorney

General's office, $22.5. million

has been set aside for legal ser.

. Vices. to natives: The Terrace
‘+’ Community Law Society is pres:

ently lobbying Skeena MLA

‘Dave Parker and Minister, of

Native Affairs Jack Weisgerber

to allocate some of this money
to a second lawyer’s ‘Position at

the local office,

Brown acquires . between five -

- and 1S-new clients every Friday -
_. at the first-appearance session of -
-provineial adult court, in_addi-

~ tion to his normal caseload. He ©

says’ cases ‘usually get to couit

= -before. they are referred to ‘him.

le judge triggers the referral if

Nein ¢ cases up to 1 00. per. month

weyls

. tion, or-has language. difficulties
in the courtroom: . .

-Tertace is. unique-in that it is
the only area outside the lower
mainland where two provincial
‘court judges sit. It is possible, on
one day, to have. one county
court and two provincial courts
sitting in the Terrace Coutt-

‘house. Most family matters are |

referred to Vancouver if they are
‘potentially - long-term’ cases,

- Brown: ‘explains: that the family _

-_ Community law oftce ous

a “TERRACE — ‘One paralegal sible consequences - of ‘convic- ° - swamped without the sécond. January, when funding for the

lawyer in place. , po,

He says the paralegal person
will provide some relief. A para-
legal can draft wills and other
documents, arrange ‘adjourn-

-ments,. fix trial dates, help with
‘public legal ‘education work-
shops and perform many. time-. -

consuming administrative func-

‘tions. There are local people

qualified, so he sees no difficulty

law tariff is quite low and the — ;
local. legal. community ' seems ‘

reluctant to enter into these
cases.

“Another aspect of the Tustice
Reform Proposal is the localiza-
tion of all legal services, es-
pecially family law. They feel it
would reduce costs and ‘make
people feel. more comfortable

court. With this proposal on'the
table, Brown is concerned that

the community law office will be

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response —

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ambulances ended up at the air- |

port, At'this time, the Kamloops

dispatcher thought -that the’

‘and able to pursue a case to.

crews would have to be flown to -

- the site by helicopter. When he
realized that this would not be
necessary,

or’ she*feale the client doesn't: “crash site wntil 45 tuinutes after ,

"uerstand ‘the charges, the pos-

the accident,’?

both ambulances
drove fram the ‘airport to the
‘crash site.”'The end -result: of.
these delays was that ambulance _
services were not available at the.

in filling the position by late .

'Scribers if CBC-would have of-
fered.it as a discretionary option

package. Under the term of-
- fered, .Newsworld would have
been carried. to all Subscribers, at
a ‘monthly 1 rate of $. 42. me
__ As part of the same survey,
YTV (Youth channel) was also
rejected.

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COMING EVENTS .

Tuesday, January 9— You are cordially invited to attend
the regular Schooi Board meeting of School District No.
88 (Terrace) at 7:30 p.m. at the School Board Office, 3211
Kenney. Street in Terrace.

‘Saturday, January 27 — Terrace Pipes and Drums Socie-
ty will be holding their Robbie Burns Night Dinner and
Dance from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Thornhill Tita |

Centre. Phone Barry English at 635-5905 for tickets.

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