‘Spirit bear’ reports
give wrong info
for the southerners

Dear Sir:
At high noon on April 4 BCTV made a
massive contribution to their stock of

This gene periadicaliy emerges and
produces a white Kermode. The range of
the Kermode is from Princess Royal Is-

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tian, news zelton an
distortion, se- CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD the Nass
dition, lies Th Mi il B Valley.

and editing to e al ag This is a
suit their: land mass of
agenda. 500,000 hec-

Their report of the “spirit bear” and the
central coast protected areas resembles
the truth like rain resembles snow, They
should know better, They do, really, but
they have no desire to give us the truth
because il interferes with their agenda.

First, they say that 500,000 hectares of
land in the south coast will be protected.
The fact is that 13 per cent of the south
coast is being considered. as protected
area, And that is not all that is being con-
sidered for protected status. It amounts to
96,458 hectares, not 500,000 hectares.

This is not simply bad arithmetic on
their part, this is a deliberate lie.

BCTY goes on to say there will be an-
other 600,000 hectares on the coast lo be
protected. Where the hell would thal be?

There will be another 11 per cent af
ihe south coast that will have more work
done by the South Coast LRMP to ascer-
lain what is the best use of that land. All
of which means that 75 per cent of the
land mass will be business as usual.

BCTV also show their complete ignor-
ance of the Kermode beat, and perpetuate
the myth that this bear is somehow a reli-
gious taken. They continually state the
white bear is endangered.

Anyone here that is at all interested in
the flora and fauna knows that the sub-
species Ursus Kermode is a black bear
that has a recessive pene.

tares, yet BCTV claims there are only
400 of the endangered Kermodes left.
Hell, man, there are 400 of them on the
Princess Royal, 100 more on Gribble Is-
land, some in the Dala River, 406 in the
Kitimat Valley, 600 in the Kalum Valley,
and 400 in the Nass Valley. Or I'll eat
them, every one, the hair and all. All of
these bears are not white, But they can,
at any time, produce white offspring.

This agreement, and that’s all it is, has
come from the workings of the South
Coast LRMP, and this agreement will sill
be negotiated by the working groups in
that LRMP.

BCTY portrays this agreement as some
big hairy monster that has suddenly fallen
from the sky.

The fact is this is a product of two
years of work by the LRMP, and that the
LRMP doesn't have the balls to protect
their own interest. Don’t feel sorry for
them. But the enviros need a kick upside
the head for all the lies they have told.

That crew at BCTV is a negative, self
serving bunch of lying maggots, and the
damage they have done to B.C. is im-
mens¢. The sooner they are given the
deep six, the better off the province will
be.

Oh, but save Squire Barnes,

Les Watmough,
Terrace, B.C.

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This isn't
Justice

Dear Sir:

A couple days ago [
saw an commercial for
BCTV and one part of it
was about the murder of
Heather Thomas.

It got me thinking of
how unjust our justice
system is. A lot of mur-
ders in Canada only get
twelve years with a few
years of parole. That, to
me, is just otitrageous.

If you want to take a
life you should have to
spend the rest of your
life in jail trying, in
vain, to repay the hurt
that you have caused
the victim’s family and
your own family.

And [ ask why do
they only give them a
slap on the hand for the
horrendous crime that
they have committed?

We need harder pu-
nishments that maybe
will make people think
a little before they
commit a crime.

Jenny Bowsher, 13,

Terrace, B.C.

A crisis
Dear Sir:

This is in response to
Marianne Brorup West-
on's letter (April 4,
2001). We do, in fact,
have a crisis in “health
care”, not “disease
care”.

It isn't people's dis-
eases that are cared for,
but their health.

Jacklyn Davies, 14,
Terrace B.C,

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Communities First:
First Nations Governance

The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, -

Robert Nault recently wrote to Chiefs and Councils introducing the
First Nations Governance initiative and inviting them to participate
in the process. a .

Wed like to share some of his recent comments with you...

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“There has been much talk about the First Nations governance initiative,
There are rumours about what is being proposed and I want co set the
record straight. Firsely, this initiative is not intended to replace treaties or
treacy negotiations. And ic will not implement self-government, What it.
will do is provide First Nations operating under the Indian Act with the
tools they need to foster open, responsive and accountable governance.”

“First Nations themselves are demanding greater accountability, =.
more transparency, and vehicles for redress, These are the priorities of
First Nations — and they are my priorities.”

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“Consultation is extremely important with First Nations leadership

and communities, but the way we consult is the way we did it 50 years
ago — it’s time we came up with some solutions using the [nterner,
telecommunications, video-conferencing, TV and the print media to work
with each other to come to some understanding of what First Nations _
governance legislation will look like.”

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“Economic development, hand-in-hand with good governance, are two key
components of our effarts to extend opportunity across this country.”

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