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~ tion ‘open but in November

i They. are: the ones.

- owned by Shell. -

- should ‘be checked out and

“telling motorists to boycott °

another one up on property

“take responsibility for any

"> cluding drilling is expected _

| "damaged :

- B2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Apri 19, 2006

- Province likes
- but wavers on

BY SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN

_ WHILE PROVINCIAL officials say. they are impressed with

othe Proposed youth safe home for Terrace they’re not ready .

"to commit-any money.

Debbie Scarborough, the executive director of the Youth .
. Emergency Services Society,.met with Stan Hagen, the

minister of child and family services last month in hopes
_ of securing money to help pay for the operating costs of the
* shelter expected to be about $600,000 per year.

While the meeting was positive there are. some stumbling

- blocks to securing money from the province..
“T have to tell you, I meet with a lot of people- from a ‘va-

“tity of organizations and [ was very, very, impressed with -

_.Ms. Scarborough; mainly her ideas, her energy and the con-

~ cems she expressed,,” said Hagen i in an. interview with The: :

_, Standard.

But-his ministry is s trying to work k through difficulties
stemming from the cancellation of a federal program called
~ Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI) which

has left a hole of $3 million within his ministry. The money °

chave-gone to existing projects addressing homelessness. i
_ It means Hagen’s left with a choice of trying to find mon-
ey for those existing projects or taking on a project that has
never received any money before.
“I said.“you fund a new project like mine,
ough.“ just said we are not on the radar map : at all.”

299

said Scarbor-

In 1999 more. than $700 million of federal money was”
‘spent on homelessness initiatives in Canada. None of that
money was seen here. Nor was any of the $59. ‘million pro- :
“vided ‘by | the: ‘provincial government in 2002, said Scarbor-' °
-_ ~ ough, adding: that means the: Terrace safe home project mer-

‘its new money.:". °,
°“That’s a very y compelling argument and it should’ be a

one | compelling argument for the federal government,’ ,” said Ha-

‘gen.
His officials are helping Scarborough make contact t with

“the appropriate people at the federal government level in

. hopes she can find money there.
And while it doesn’t look like there will be money avail-
’ able right now from the province, Hagen says he’s evaluat-

ing the Proposal and will keep i in touch. with Scarborough.”

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~ Station
"probes - -
~ wanted-.

- his savings to: ‘keep the sta- :

of last year the money ran
out and his tanks have been
. dry ever since. é

‘are responsible: and: if ‘they
‘aren’t willing to step. up to’
the plate and lookeafter a -
guy who’s been selling their’
product for 30 years and they .
are in denial about some-
thing like that, what else are _
they denying?” Hamer says. §

The only way to find out, §
he says, is to conduct testing
such as drilling on sites once “

“Every Shell site in BC .

_they should . be drilled,” ” he

‘said.

“Tf. there. are ‘pollutants

- there they should be espon-

sible for cleaning it up.’
‘Hamer’ erected. .a_ sign

Shell products ‘on his* prop-

| free diabetes clinic -

youth home
giving money |

‘Debbie _
_ Scarborough

Stan
‘Hagen

“| can say that [ was very positively affected by her and
her personality and her care for her. community and I was

also touched. by the need for it,” he said, adding his staffis —
going’ through the due diligence process of examining the

-proposal,
“We're going to continue our discussions with the federal

'” government...what I can’t expose the ministry to is another
“SCP

“My job as the minister is to balance the financial impact
of. all of these things with the human need,” he said.

eral government.

“In terms of the project it’s much needed and long over-.. ,

due ‘and we’ve been supportive of this right from the. start

mirroring: the SUPPOrE of the community about this,” Cullen

said...

“What. we're doing right now is. chasing down a ‘bunch

of federal bureaucrats to see if there’s any money left in the

pot for this fiscal year... there is lots of money, at the federal

level. there just has to be the intelligence to see that this i is

worthwhile.” oy

i Come and meet our diabetes - 7
.' educators to discuss your aan
‘health. The event will include:

. nutrition education
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2 at -blood. glucose Aesting ayaes

he p proper. use.ot medications -
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i Wednesday, April 26th,
2pm - 6pm
4731 Lakelse Ave., Terrace
~ 250-635-4021

One

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none. @
‘food and health solutions: x...

_ erty. which borders Hwy 37
just south of the four way
stop..

He says he. plans to put

. he owns near Prince George

-as well. : ; °
Shell Canada has main- -

tained for months that it will

‘Shell- caused contamination —
"on Giannino Pretto’s site. -
Environmental testing in-

to begin this week at the.
Kalum St. station in an ef-.,
fort to determine the extent —
of the .contamination, ‘says «.
Shell spokesperson Denita ”
Davies.

_It ‘is “expected . to be the

| At the Coast Inn of the West, 4620 Lakelse Avenue

Skeena-Bulkley . Valley.” ‘NDP MP Nathan, Cullen ‘says.
he'll work with Scarborough to secure money from the fed-.~

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Living Services from the Ministry of Children and Family Development to Community
Living British Columbia. As the new service delivery model for CLBC is a change from
the way in which we provide services at the present time, CLBC decided to phase-in the
new approach, The North has now started to move to the new model.

To provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the new model of service and
how services will be provided in these communities, you are invited to attend one of the
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