“party support has picked up ant
the Skeena riding and actos mn “h

i eatlier. polls:
: Thos earlier ones, -eonduc!

igust “early.
September, gave the NDP a lead.

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) with:48,6 per’ cent of the —
np NDP. candidate: .

Woodhouse said.”

tive days: fi hing ‘the. Copier
River, Hooton . said That" s.
desperate. That's a serious con:
-Setvation issue,’?

d --/: While the; poor result. faight

i “not. be unexpected’ with : “some:
-¢ tourist anglers; Hooton pointed.

The: fact - they, sian Pe
despite. thoie advan.

this crew had ‘the’ advantage Ms
ble. . :

+ Sagaesting “te “elsewhere”

was the commercial net fishery,
_ Hooton pointed out Americans
‘and Europeans -have consistent-
oly. warned B.C. not torepeat the
“Mistakes made in’ their: “Own

Parkers, 4

: The. Liberats would capture
3 -9 per cent while one per cent
of decided voters. would choose
another: party, Of those people
contacted, 18.1 per cent said
they were undecided,

- Earlier polls . Were based on
between: 300 .and 360 peopie
contacted in each of the ridings.
The: laterones have a sample

“size of between 130 to 300,

~“Educomp ‘says the error Fac-
tor in the earlier polls is $.8 per

Z

cent, 19 times out of 20; In the
latest poll;, because of the:
smaller. ruber of people con-
tacted, the@rror factor is 8.7 per
cent, 19; times out of 20, :

An Educomp spokesman said
the large swing: isn’t’ out-of the.
ordinary given the differences i in
other palls done by other com-
panics,”

Those palls either’ have’ the
NDP way out in front across the
province or give the Social
Credit party a slight edge.

The Sept. 16-18 Educomp
poll continues to give the NDP
and candidate Dan Miller a
comfortable lead in the North

‘Coast riding; which includes the

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baile, Lae Lae

Nass Valley and Stewart,

' More than half of those con-
tacted, 52,3 per cent, said they
would. vote for the NDP ‘com-
pared to the 39-3 per cent’ who.
said they would vote’ for the

Social Credit. party’ and: can- .

didate Linda: Marshall-Lutz,

. Inthe Bulkley Valley-Stikine
riding, the NDP and candidate
Jackie Pement have 49.3 per
cent of the vote compared to the
43.8 per cent for Social Credit.
and candidate Jack Kempf.

~ That riding includes Smithers
and the Hazeltons which were in
Skeena before the’ riding boun-
daries were changed two. years
ago, 7 re

RCMP say crack
appears on scene

TERRACE.— Crack is starting
to appear on the city drug scene.
The smokeable free-base
form of cocaine had so far beén
limited to larger centres, ‘Says
RCMP Cpl, Don Woodhouse,
but that’s changing. eth
“We have heard that there i is
crack in town,” he said. SWe
haven’t made any crack sei ares
so far, but we believe it’s here.
Marijuana femains the { ihost

‘common drag: in Terrace; but:
police continue to consider co-*

caine a serious: problem as ‘well,
“There’s a lot of c e in
town — that’s not a big s@frét,””

More’ ‘violénice “is” asiocidied
with trafficking») "in cocaine-and
crack than. marijuana, -he add-
ed, because of the, higher price
of the drug, “It’s ‘more addic-

tive and there’s a'lot more at .

stake for the dealer.”
Coke sells for $160-180. a
gram in Terrace, he explained,

compared to about $5 a joint,

for marijuana,
He also points to the high rate

of break-ins downtown as a
symptom of the city’s drug pro-
blem.

' Most of those break-ins — 46
in the iast two and a half mon-
ths — are carried out by
juveniles looking for quick cash
to buy drugs and liquor, he
said,

The youths involved often
pass up more expensive and
valuable items and instead steal
smaller amounts of readily
available ‘loose change’? from
cash boxes of downtown
businesses, Woodhouse explain-
ed.

“It’s strictly to buy drugs,”

“he said. "The B'& E's (break-

and-enters) are a problem
because the drugs are-a pro-
blem. It’s all intertwined: Half..- Get
the B & E’s in this town”
wouldn't happen if. the drugs
weren’t such a problem."

“Our plan is to continue on
our drug enforcement work and
to get out and do a lot of foot
patrols on the streets,”’ he add-

ed.

Nisga’a honour
Gosnell name

NEW AIYANSH -
medical clinic
Vailey village takes on a new
name in a ceremony being held
today.

It'll become the James
Samuel Gosnell Memorial
Health Centre, named after the
former: head of. the Nisga’a
Tribal Council ; -who passed
away in 1988... .

He's credited with putting the

The

Nisga’a ofthe’ Nass Valley in -
the forefront. of: land claims |
negotiations i in the’ ‘country...

Today’s ceremony features a
traditional: Nisga’a change of

ame céremony-: with, par-
‘ticipants from all:the. villages in

the Nass, the unveiling of 4 pla-
que, speeches, a ribbon cutting
ceremony and a ‘banquet.

The health clinic is one of the.
newest in‘ the province and is
governed by a- board that in-

in this Nass |

James Gosnell

cludes representation from the
Nass villages and from Nass
Camp.

Police
seize
plants

TERRACE — More than
$1.5 million worth of
cultivated marijuana was
seized last week in a remote
area north of Kitwanga by
New Hazelton RCMP,

Police said, the Sept. 18
‘Faid netted t, [300 Plants, and
followed a lengthy | investiga-
tion. ue

: The! previous . day RCMP
there also raided two homes
in ‘the Hazelton area, and
Seized 60 pounds of mari-
juana worth $72,000 on the
street. Charges are pending
against two men and a
woman from Hazelton.

And the Terrace RCMP’s
drug unit shut down two
hydroponic greenhouses in
the Copper River area three
weeks ago. 7

Cpl. Don Woodhouse said
170. high quality marijuana
plants were seized. Two local
men. and a. woman face
cultivation and possession
charges, he. sald, .

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