A2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 1, 1990 Native blockade do Premier gets involved by Tod Strachan The information blockade on Highway 37 that Kitwancool Indian Band members operated for the past week has been dismantled, for now, but no long term agree- ment has been reached that addresses the primary purpose of the blockade. Representatives of the Kitwan- cool people met with Premier Bill Vander Zalm in Kitwancool yester- day afternoon. According to Vander Zalm, the primary issue is land claims, but he maintains that settlement on this issue is a federal responsibility. Vander Zalm said yesterday at the Terrace airport that the Kit- wancool meeting was first arranged when he found he would be meeting with federal Minister of Northern and Native Affairs Tom Siddon in Victoria yesterday to discuss the land claim issue. "I though perhaps we could combine his visit to me with us both visit- ing Kitwancool," Vander Zalm said. But it never happened. According to one source, Siddon had “other commitments" and wasn’t available. Vander Zalm described that as "unfortunate" but he says the trip had already been arranged so it went ahead as planned without federal represent- ation. Why Kitwancool? According to Vander Zalm, "I could see a prob- lem developing between the log- " gers and the native community and I thought perhaps I could go in there and at least help that situat- ion." And did it work? To a point he says, but as Vander Zalm indi- cated earlier, the lack of federal representation didn’t help. According to Vander Zalm, the meeting began with a message from the elders and chiefs of the village, "Their various points were well made," says Vander Zalm, and this was followed by a response from the premier himself. "Tt o* perhaps between my list- ening, and me presenting a mess- age to them and them listening, they agreed that they would allow things to normalize... for a time." But according to Vander Zalm, maintaining this situation depends on cooperation between the prov- ince and the native people, and the province maintaining a commit- ment not to allocate any more timber rights in the area than already exist. If the province. docs that, says Vander Zalm, "The blockades will be out their again." The original Kitwancool demand was that no new timber allocations be made until the land claims issue had been settled. Blockades delayed travellers crossing Northwest Indian reserves at various points last week. At Moricetown on Highway 16 and at Kitwancool on Highway 37, natives stopped cars and trucks to hand motorists pamphlets describ- ing the land issue and the Native perspective. It was planned to continue these blockades this week. Kitwancool chief councillor Glen Williams said Monday that mem- bers of his band were stopping motorists in an information block- ade and blocking-emply logging trucks headed north on Highway 37 entirely: He said they were allowing loaded logging trucks headed south to pass through the blockade but were telling drivers not to attempt the return trip north. The situation became tense Mon- day afternoon, said Williams, when one of the drivers who had been parking their rigs along the side of “the road earlier in the day dropped his trailer in the centre of the highway, disrupting traffic for about. 20 minutes. There were no police at the site, Williams added. On Monday Williams warned that there would "definitely be ‘some escalation” if a suitable response wasn’t received from the provincial government on Tuesday. Water —<= Continued from page Al reservoir is another possible solu- tion, but that too would cost mill- ions, and Deep Creek may not be capable of maintaining a sufficient level of water anyway. The only real, economical solution, is to be more careful in the way we us¢ water. Thornhill residents are a little better off, but according to regional district administrator Bob Marcellin, as that community grows so will the problem of a sufficient water supply. There are no watering restrictions in the lower levels of the Thornhill area and there never have been, says Marcellin, but they have often come close to using their maxi- mum daily supply. But bench area residents in Thornhill are connec- ted to a private water supply and minimal. restrictions have been placed on those residents. Other problems due to our cur- rent trend of weather have not been severe. Terrace Fire Chief Cliff best says there have been no serious fires. 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The Ministry of Forests is cur- rently fighting two small fires; one about 20 miles south of Kitimat and another about 35 miles west of Terrace, Both fires are only about 1.5 hectares in size but are ext- remely difficult to fight, according to ministry spokesman Richard Alpaugh, because they are located in steep rocky terrain. The forest fire hazard as of yes- terday was listed as extreme in most of the Kalum Forest District with the exception of the area between Rosswood and Bell |, where it is listed high. As a result, Alpaugh says logging has been closed in the Kemano area for some time and TFL 1 was closed on Monday. In other areas, crews are still working, he says, put are all restricted to an carly shift. Terrace Review wn — for now | the Perfect Wedding | WELCOME WAGON BRIDAL PARTY The purpose of the Party is to help the bride-to-be plan her wedding. At the Party, there will be - {( useful gifts for each bride-to-be ‘| in addition to many helpful wed- ding hints. 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