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Fish decis

TERRACE — The decision to
not: charge prominent en-
vironmentalist David « Suzuki
with illegal fishing raises troubl-
ing questions about the effects
of a recent Supreme Court rul-.
ing, district conservation officer °
Peter Kalina says. :
Conservation officers recom-
‘mended charges against Suzuki,
Haida leader Miles Richardson
and another Haida following an

incident last February: on the -

Yakoun River. on the Queen
Charlotte Islands. Senior pro-
secutors in Victoria last month

Detox
centre

need
stated

TERRACE — One of the pro-
posals to be put before the royal
commission on health hearing
here today is the establishment

of a local alcohol detox centre.
June Campbell, director of

the Northwest .Drug: and —

Akcohol Counselling Service,

said the proposed center isneed- ~
ed because people now have to .

travel to Prince George for.
treatment.

“It’s not a whole lot of fun to
take ‘a ten-hour bus ride to
‘Prince George when you're go-
ing through alcohol
withdrawal,’ she said.

“VY oucan doit (detox) at the:

hospital, ‘but: it disrupts ‘their

routine, and’ it's expensive,”” she 7

said.

Noting that Mills hospital has
150 admissions each year in-
volving: alcohol, she said that
figure was a clear indication the
service was needed.

Campbell is. trying to obtain
government money to allow her
to research the project further

— that would involve visits to
existing detox centers elsewhere
to see how they are run.

See Page All for more details
on submissions being made to
the commission. :

‘Lakelse
power
wanted

-TERRACE — A Vancouver
company is the only bidder for a
provincial permit to explore
geothermal power potential
south of Lakelse Lake.

Fairbank Engineering’ must -.
now submit detailed. plans-on°

what it- wants to do over
.3,168ha.should it be given an.
‘eight-year . exploration, permit,’
energy minister Jack Davis said
last week,

_ Proposed work could involve ~
‘drilling to:test the potential for °

steam-generated electricity.
“Under our procedures, there
are engineering — and . en-

vironmental’ ‘reviews with ff

specific safeguards ‘and condi-
tions attached at each ‘step,”’
said Davis... =

Name that street |

TERRACE — There’s no better

‘indicatér. the: community's ..

growing than having to come up

wiih new street tiames. That’s
just what council now has to do
sin the case of a no-nar
“sae off Pedrini St.‘o:
Hill bench.

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‘ing a name, alderinen will’ have
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decided the charges wouldn't g0°
ahead, and recommended ‘issu-
ing a warning insteadss;

Crown counsel Peter. ‘Byert

ives’ natives’ acces ear an

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after conservation needs: ‘are met

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broadening. of ‘nati
rights.”

“which carries a $25 fine.

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take’ note — Monday, Sept. ..

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“By. recommending. a warn.
_ ing be issued, he (Bwert) hasi in-

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ATIVE ASSEMBLY

dicated that the. evidence would
suggest an. offence has been

committed,”? Kalina’said.:

Kalina said there’s no doubt

. the three, were fishing thert dur-
io ing: a. closure, and’ agreed: the
Sparrow. ruling provides
‘grounds’ to -not ‘charge the two

Haida fishermen. _
- Suzuki
native ancestry“we don’t know

about,’’ said Kalina.
Kalina said the case sends a

"ERRANT: PARKERS i in " Tertace camexpect to come under closer scrutiny Sep
“law anfarcement officer Fern Sweeting takes to the street to enforce traffic regulations. She Is.
seen above with. the chalking stick she'will be using to mark the tires of vehicles parked in
_testricted zones. if it's still there when thet time limit expires, the ariver will return to find a ticket. ..

the t ticket

fier Fen. Sweeting" 5 atten: :
:_ tion: ‘and here again the fine is

“But Lean't for the life of me
figure out ‘how. Mr,
* ‘qualifies for aboriginal rights —
"unless he can prove some sort of

“the: latter category.

"are, they: are-going to be en-. :
. forced,” Sweeting sald;: ad-'s-

- spection department . had -

-. Operating without a licence @.

"$200 fine) and ‘those building |

: without a permit’ ($100)...
“th

signal that whether someone
fishing illegally is prosecuted or
not may depend on the ethnic.
background of | their - fishing
partner,

“My concer as a congerva-'

tion officer stems from the fact’.

that Crown counsel indicated to”
us that the Sparrow decision
had some influence on‘the deci-
sion not to lay charges’against
both natives and non-natives,”’
he said. “The picture I get is
that non-native people have
some aboriginal rights strictly
by virtue of their association

tow away | vehicles png into
we _ “Whatever. the: regulations “
ding. that‘ diicluded. by-laws.

other than parking. =:
She: said the building in-

had made” ‘a significant con:

‘tribution to. the community in.

past years, fotmer mayors” and.
“names provided by the local

regional museum sociely. Past.

“practice .also included naming

‘ streets for. the ernie Pe the:

“The ‘last ring boanet
‘through. this. exercise Was - Bp:
proximately .

effects feared _

with a native person.”

Kalina said’a similar situation
resulted when Kitamaat village
natives strung-a' net across the
Kitimat River earlier this year.
Charges’ were recommended
against’ several natives and one.
non-native, but-none of the .
charges went ahead. The Spar-
row. decision was again cited in
the decision to not prosecute,

“The implications of this
have not been dealt with by
Crown,’’ Kalina said, ‘'and it’s
an issue that should be address-
ed.”

He called Sparrow a long-

ficers :
fisheries, But he said the handl-
ing of the Suzuki: case: suggests.
the case law is being unfairly ap--
plied and invoked in cases: in-
volving non-natives aswell,

“I'm hopeful '
Suzuki’s public. stature had no.
influence over the charge-.
approval process,”’ Kalina said.
“Pm sure Crown counsel. is
aware that application. of laws
apply to all persons equally
under the constitution.’

Drowning

settlement |
forecast |

TERRACE — The lawyer: for
Joey Parsons’ family says.he is
prepared to sue local chicken
farmer Stan Kinkead-and the
City of Terrace for negligence in
connection with the boy’ 5
drowning. |

The six-year-old boy fell
through ice covering a pond
behind Kinkead’s farm on the
bench four months ago.

David Warner, the family’ 'S
lawyer, ‘said if the case goes to
court he will argue Kinkead was
negligent ‘when he dammed
Heek Creek, creating the pond,
and that city council failed to
enforce its own 1986 order that
the pond be filled and fenced
off.

Warner said the case may: be
settled - out -of;..court; adding

’ Kinkead’s insurarice agency has”

suggested ‘ani arrangement might
be made. ‘'He (Kinkead) wants

to save costs. by negotiating a

settlement if he can,’’ he said. .

The family has until Sept. 2]

to decide whether or not to sue

the city, Warner added. No

writs initiating a court action
have yet been filed against

either party.

~The March 23 death : sparked
renewed calls for the draining of
the pond. A coroner’s inquest
was ordered, with. the date set
for Sept, 24,

Meanwhile, Kinkead installed
a 10-inch plastic pipe and drain-
ed the pond over the summer.

But regional water manage-
ment head Wilf Dreher called
the medsure ‘‘inadequate.”” He
had cailed for the installation of
athree-foot culvert, and warned
anything less than £8 inches in
diameter would plug rapidly,
possibly leading to’ the pond
farming again. ,

Dreher said last week he is
trying to work out an arrange-
ment’ between Kinkead and
‘upstream’ ‘neighbours, - whose
properties were flogded-in the
‘past by the pond. my

He said the environment
ministry has the power to take
_over jurisdiction .and order

something be done, because of
the city council’s inaction.

“They don't want to do
anything about it,’? he explain-

Road work slated

TERRACE — Kentron Con-
struction of Kitimat was the low
bidder last week for one of the
major contracts in a large
highways construction project
scheduled west of Terrace.

The $2,810 million bid is part
of the estimated $4.5-$5 million
that will be spent paving 42km
of Hwy 16 and on constructing a
passing lane,

Highways . ministry

spokesman Mike Proudfoot
said last week it could take as
long as two weeks for the bid to

- become official.and to gather
other prices for the construc-
tion. ;

“The ministry will supply all
the materials necessary and the
engineering. The contractor will
supply the labour and equip-
ment,’’ said Proudfoot.

Included in the project is a
passing lane on Zymacord Hill
llkm west of town, im-
provements where the highway
runs over the level rail crossings
leading out of town and turnoff
lanes‘ at the intersection of the
highway and the access road to
Shames Mountain. |

Construction will start this
fall and some paving could also
take place but the majarity of

that work will take place next
year, Proudfoot said.

“It’s a very big program.
You're going to see lots of ac-
tivity soon,’’ he said.

The ministry is in the process”
of finalizing prices for the
asphalt material necessary for
paving.

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