May

A MEDICAL malpractice suit
was filed against two former Ter-
race doctors in connection with
the death of 19-year-old Myma
George.

George had died two years ago
due to post-abortion complica-
tions,

The lawsuit, filed in B.C.
Supreme Court, named now-
retired Dr. Gordon Boyd and
anesthesiologist Dr, Robin Chorn.

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_NISGA’A TRIBAL Council

president Joe Gosnell told Ter-
race residents they can expect lo
profit, not lose, from settlement
of the Nisga’a iand claim.

‘Gosnell was addressing an
audience at the tribal council’s
36th annual convention in Ter-
race.

He told delegates and guests the
Nisga’a already spend an
estimated $15 million a year in
Terrace. Gosnell predicted that
would only increase if the claim
is resolved,

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LOCAL TEACHERS voted 63
per cent in favour of striking,
Talks with the school board
remained mired on the issue of
mainstreaming handicapped chil-
dren.

In addition, school district
maintenance and janitorial staff
voted 77 per cent in favour of
strike action, CUPE local 2861
president Rick King said it ap-

June

OPPONENTS OF the proposed
Queensway sewer system wanted
fo stop an upcoming referendum
by seeking a court injunction. .

Members of the ‘No’ side felt that

_ Fenters should not be allowed to

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peared “that | district negotiators .

kept secret planned cuts ‘to em-
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JOHN A. McDONALD pleaded
guilty to two counts of theft over
$1,000. .

The plea was in connection
with the 1990 disappearance of
money from promotions he ran
for the Terrace White Cane Club
and the Kitimat Child Develp|p-
ment Centre.

Because McDonald had already-

waited nine months in jail, while
awaiting trial, he was sentenced

to one day in jail by Judge Ed de

Walle. .
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THE FEDERAL department of
Fisheries and Oceans announced
it would give a $40,000 grant to
raise 200,00) Kalum Chinook.

The news meant that the Ter-
race Salmonid Enhancement
Society would be able to keep the
Deep Creek hatchery open for
one more year.

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THE PROVINCIAL govem-
ment wouldn’t consider giving
financial help to Orenda Forest
products until the company came
up with some money of its own. |

However, Orenda said it
couldn’t do this until it received a
loan guarantee from the govern-
ment.
Orenda has asked the govern-
ment for a $100 million guarantee

to help it pay for its planned $500
“million mill.

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“TEACHERS VOTED 96 per

cent in favour to ratify a new con-
tract with the school district.

The deal provided the teachers
with a 4.3 per cent salary increase

-over twu years.

It also set class limits for stu-
dents with different types of
handicaps.

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TSIMSHIAN

planned to-sever all ties with the

‘proposed Orenda pulp and paper

mill.

. They made the decision after
concluding that there would be no
job guarantees for natives,

- Meanwhile, Haijsla leaders
tumed down an offer from

Eurocan Pulp and Paper to log the

Kitlope River valley.

’ Kitimat Village chief councillor
Gerald Amos said he was op-
posed to any logging in the Kit-

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SCHOOLS ACROSS the dis-
trict were shut down for a week
behind the picket lines of CUPE
local 2831.

Secretaries and other inside
workers walked off the job after
failed efforts at mediation the
previous week,

_ A deal was eventually reached
giving workers pay. hikes of more
thon 2.5 5 per cent.

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CITY COUNCILS in Terrace and ~ loan due Jani-1,. ©.

Kitimat ~-debated ... whether. . the
Kitimat-Stikine “regional district
should. accept . shares in | the
Sbames Mountain Ski Corp
Shames owed the regional district
$345,000 for... Kitaumkalum:. oki
equipment-it bought ina 986. -
Shames missed a $35, 000 interest

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_ *
QUEENSWAY AREA. residents

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a June 12 referendum.

Final results“ showed that 168 .,

-- Noted - in, favour, of, the: system,

while 124 were against.

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_ picket lines last spring in a bid for a better contract.

The vote followed years of
debate, controversy and problems
surrounding sewage disposal in
that area,

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