A10 - The Terrace Stanclard, Wednesday, October 22, 2003 News In Brief Gitga’at get timber, cash THE GITGA’AT band south of Prince Rupert is geiting a chunk of timber and share of provincial forest revenues, The band, formerly Hartley Bay, will get $1.57 million of provincial forest revenue under a deal signed by forests minister Mike de Jong, The band is also expected to get direct award forest licences allowing it to cut 290,000 cubic metres of timber over five years. © “Tt will allow our people to enter the forest in- dustry in a meaningful way,” Gitga'at negotiator Art Sterritt said. The deal-is inline with Victoria's policy of turn-’ ing over chunks of timber and revenue to aborigi- nal groups. Much of the timber is expected to come from wood freed up through the province's take back of 20 per cent of the holdings of major companies. The policy evolved in ‘part from court rulings forcing the province to accommodate natives over the sale of Skeena Cellulose, but the forests minis- iry has embraced it as a broad provincial strategy io help make First Nations bigger industry players, De Jong said it’s another step helping create cer- tainty for industry in the northwest. Triumph Timber Ltd. is expected ta work with the Gitga’at to log the timber. Negotiators say a similar agreement for the Kitselas and Kitsumka- lum bands flanking Terrace is very close. One job gone THE LATEST round of job cuts within the children and family development ministry has affected one job here. That position is to disappear by the end of next March, but whether the person will be laid off re- mains to be seen, says Doug Hayman, who runs the ministry’s programs in the north. Early retirements or voluntary departures by oth- er ministry employees could mean the person will be able to find another position, he said. There are approximately 35 ministry employees in Terrace. Across the north, 11 out of 306 ministry: positions are to be chopped by next year. In the meantime, the ministry has backed off its timetable to create regional and aboriginal child * and family service authorities, The ministry, which was criticized for trying to cut spending and create the new authorities at the same time, has given it- self until 2005 to reach its goal. Bicycles stolen TERRACE Crimestoppers is looking for the pub- lic’s help in recovering two stolen bicycles. The bikes went missing Sept. 26 after a shed at a Thornhiil home was broken into, A padlock on the shed had.been cut at the Clark St. residence, police say. Both were Norco bicycles sporting seri- al numbers 01a0015569 and 01a0015633. __ Crimestoppers, wants yqur, information not. your name.” Cail 648-9477" if you have any information regarding these thefts. Police say death is not suspcious POLICE say the death of a local man Oct. 4 is not suspi- cious, Robert Edward Wesley, 45, died of what police are calling natural causes. There was some suggeslion the man may have been beaten up prior to his death, — LEARN HOW TO HANG ON TO YOUR “The investigation determined that there was some suspicion that he had perhaps been assaulted but that HARD-EARNED MONEY was ruled out,” said Sergeant Scott Lovell. Police first met with Wesley Sept. 25 after he had Terrace been assaulted and was brought to Mills Memorial Has- pital. DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23 VA “He was uncooperative — he wouldn’t provide any in- ' ' a TIME: 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm formation,” says Sgt. Lovell. at Bi OE Ea) ana ory BE ERM Wesley was brought to Mills Memorial Hospital REGISTER: 250-638-7822 _ VIN Gs again on Oct. 3, : - CREDIT UNION He died the next day and police were once again no- LocATION: Coast Inn of the West tified, this time by a relative. : The local RCMP and the B.C. 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