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on Greenville today fora massive celebration of the ‘‘immediately.”
_provincial: government's: decision to. join: ‘negotiations ©
to settle their more than. 100-year-old land clalm.?".: ‘observe the ceremony — which will include:
~ Premier, Bill’ Vande Zalm"madé’,the: histor Can
‘flouncement last: ‘Wednesi jay. that, after more than a
century of “refusing to récognize ‘native Tai): ‘elaiini ,
B.C. would enter the talks to settle the Nisga’a claim,:”

“government negotiators and. Nisga’a.- ‘leaders.

| Weisgerber is to be on’hand today in Greenville to
and feasting — before sitting down. with provincial

‘hammering out a new ‘agerida for the talks, a

TERRACE - — Nisga’s a native . Indians are converging week the province is now prepared to begin negotiating

Robinson responded Thursday saying the Nisga’ a-are

dancing nouncement.

to start

We're. all: ready «anc

“The Nisga’ aclaim: more than 8,000: square kilorietres
of the ‘Nass: ‘River: valle “Of.
rights. to’ all. TesOurces. in‘the' at

The unanimous cabinet decision means B.C. ‘will Pie
federal negotiators already: ‘at. able.’ Talks “hac

ear, We respect them.”

= we're. not
unreasonable. The other people now iiving’ in
: thetvalley, have nothing to fear: Its the same
- with Skeena Cellulose — they. have © nothing f to ©

_ceremony. |

about it,””. he said.

_ Still sorting out the implications of the Province’ 8 an-

“It takes quite a while to sink in. We're quite: excited
“We _believe. this: is: ‘another

milestone i in gur game of patience, We've been véry ae

tient, In a way, it had to come.eventually.": °°;
He said 20 tribal council leaders and ‘chiefs. from
across the province have also been invited 10 today’ a

But he warmed the entry of the- province ‘doesn't

mean the negotiations will go smoothly. “There” sstilla

. ‘ing last year of:a: frameworks ‘agreement-between the.
Nisga’a and the federal’ government; which’ set out a-
timetable for a settlement by 1992, . les .

Native, affairs minister Jack: ‘Weisgerber said last |

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TERRACE ~ While not oppos-

- ed “to plans’ to establish a
neighbourhood pub ‘in the lower-
level of the Bavarian Inn; local:
residents turned out'in force last’ -
week to protest council’s
method of dealing with the ap-
plication,

The Bavarian Innis located i in
an area zoned Central Commer-
cial (C1), a designation which
does not include neighbourhood
pubs in the list of permitted
uses,

Rather than dealing only with
a single property, the:city pro-
posed adding’ neighbourhood

-pubs to-the permitted” uses list
for the entire Cl zone '— it

_ was that proposal which - Bro:
voked the public outcry.

Pointing out past® experience
had shown neighbourhood ‘pub
‘siting was a “sensitive issue”,
Lutheran Church council
spokesman Les Watmough said
the public should _ therefore
always have an opportunity to.
‘thave their say’ over such 1 pro-
posals.

He feared adding pubs t to the
list of permitted Cl uses would
remove the need for public.
hearings -in the case of any
future applications in that zone.

Given the proximity of some
local.churches to’ the Cl zone,
Watmough said it was hard to

Boycott

_ TERRACE — The president of
a newly-opened furniture store
that is the target of a boycott
call says the Kitimat-Terrace
District Labour Council is pick-
ing on the wrong man,

John Volken emphasized
United Buy and Sell was only a
_ tenant in the Keith Ave.
building and had no connection
with Tri-City Contracting, the
company which provoked the
Labour Council's ire.
The council has charged Tri-
City used workers from outside

- the area on the project and did

not pay industry wage rates. It
has called on all members of Its
affiliates to boycott the store
for an unspecified period.

Although he understood

“We have had a long-standing and ‘productive tela-
toriship with the Nisga'a. people, one-based ‘on mutual
espect: ‘and a‘desire'to reach an honourable’ settlement:
Q: the ‘outstanding land question,” he: said, "The
~ Nisga’a have said, quite rightly, that the province join
with them and the federal government to achieve a set-

covers all’ ‘the downtown core. It. *

game, I guess, a

sxistence, ”

Les Watmough

‘accept the possibility. ‘Of ending
up with a church on one corner,
a pub on the opposite corner
and both open on a ‘Sunday.
“The two are not really com-
patible,” he added.

His concerns were echoed by.

local businessman William
‘Webb, whose premises are
located on Lazelle Ave. Ex-
pressing his opposition to what
he described as ‘‘blanket rezon-

ing,” he added, ‘I do shudder’

at the possibility of a pub being
next door to my place of
business or next door to my
church.””

Altempting to allay those
fears, administrator Bob

_ Hallsor explained the approval

unfair
“quite a few- local people’’ had
been employed on the project,
Volken added, ‘‘That’s really
none of my business. My con-
cern was the building was built
on time and according to
specifications.”

He also pointed out he had
signed the lease on the building
more than a.year ago, long
before the contract was let and
construction got under way,

Volken said this is the sixth
store United Buy and Sell has
opened in the province but it is
the first time the company had
run into this kind of problem.

_He said he would be contac-
ting the Labour Council to ex-
plain his position and try to
resolye the situation.

_ long way to go,” he said. ‘We know the’ negotiations
aren’t going to be easy, but that's the name of the

: He promised any settlement will respect. third-party

_ interests. ‘People don’t have to fear it (a settlement),””
he said. “Our philosophy is. based on Sharing and co- ©

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Public protests
pub. proposal —

process for, a pub. ‘stipulated ,
local government : reaction

would be sought on any applica-
tion even if zoning allowed pubs
on the proposed site: _

That could include soliciting
local opinion through any. one
of several methods, : including
public hearings. If the city was
to object to an application, he
added, it was likely the liquor

control licencing branch would

turn it down.

However, Watmough ob-
jected the wording of the pro-
vincial regulations did not pro-
vide sufficient protection. for

’ the public. (They) say a public

hearing can be done and what
we are saying is they must be
done.” ~~

“Alderman ‘Ruth: Hallock

_agreed. Pointing out the regula-

‘*

tions used the word “may” in

‘ referring to the seeking of
..: public - opinion

rather than
‘Smust’’, she said that was cause
for concern.

Proposing council abandon
the permitted: uses proposal,
alderman Danny ‘Sheridan
noted the provincial govern-
ment had already changed the
application regulations once
and they could do so again.
Dealing with future applications
on a site specific basis would
provide a ‘‘double safeguard,”’
he added; Council subsequently
passed a motion to that effect.

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