TERRACE — The end of the month-old pulp mill strike last Friday saw operations resume at local-milis in Terrace. “We're quite happy it’s over,’’ said Skeena Sawmill manager Don Chesley. Employees at the : mill came back to work Moriday, concluding a two-week holiday shutdown. ‘We would have gone. back to work anyways,”’ he added. At Skeena Cellulose, manager Rand Menhinick expects normal operations to resume fully by pe tim ‘Clarke: 2:44:46, néarly a minute,an ‘of. Vancouver who clocked 1:55:0 ‘overall: For. more on n the triathlon: and setailed results, see pages B4 and 6 BS.’ Monday, July 27. ‘We'll have to wait and sec how quickly the pulp mill gets up and going,” he said, ‘‘Anybody would be a fool not to say we're _ glad to sec them back to work.”’. Woods . operation and. log |. deliveries resumed Monday -at Skeena Cellulose but the planer and saw mill were shut down for. that one day so dnventory,. could.” be built up. The strike ended July 7 when the pulp and paper industry ‘ac- cepted mediator Vince Ready - Ribbon breaker Fl ST. LAI v: of the 1992 Skeena ‘Valley. Triathlon, Barbara Graham’ crosses the Furlong Bay. _ ° finishing: line:, The. Vancouver nalive completed the 1.5km swim, 40km bike.and 40km runiin‘a... d a half clear of her nearest rival. Overall winner was Frank-:: 7. Tap’ Terrace finisher was Calin Parr, 2ath ‘the unions’. non-binding arbitration. The two unions, the Canadian Paperworkers Union (CPU} and the Pulp. and Paperworkers. of Canada (PPWC), had -carlier voted 70,2 per cent: in favour of “the new contract. The package. covered: three of four demands with the slalutory holiday, pension plan improvements and language protecting . union testing. . Union acceptance of the pack- age was not without reservations. members on The two CPU locals, 1127 aud. 298; at Kitimat’s Euracan pulp mill were in favour of the pack- age by 69 and.79 per cent respec-: lively, but Mike Wilson, presi- dent of local 1127, said there v was a mixed reaction. “We're mad that we "ve ‘lost a month’s wages,”’ said Wilson. “We feel that the stakes should have gone up, “Wilson “also™ expressed a belict common to many union members that the employers deliberately prolonged tbe strike because of | STANDAR watchers ore control Pulo mi want m ills happy with strike finis depressed pulp markets. “Tt appears the employers ac- complished what they. wanted through a strike by reducing their. inventory and raising, the price of pulp,”” said Wilson, - In Prince Rupert ‘members of. : PPWC local 4 at the Skeena Cel-- lulose pulp mill. rejected the offer by ‘58 per cent. : Castlegar, Vanconver, Quesuel and Prince George, who also voted against the new contract. “They were joined“ by” locals “i in Terry Sawka; president of local 4, agreed’ with Wilson's ‘Analysis of the employers’. “motivations during the strike: eee “Tr was. obvious to us ‘that we: would .cither be forced ow trike or wind up being locked out,”’ ‘said Sawka. ~ “Tf Ready’s intentions were lo put-us to work under the condi- lions’ that he has right now, then “he should™ have’ donc’ that’ three weeks ago instead of Ictting the ’ industry have its down time,” Sawka said. ‘a the in over their duties TERRACE — Two groups head- ing a committee to monitor the Orenda project during construc- tion and then during operation want its powers beefed up. The regional district and area natives say the committee should be able to hire its own consultants and have the authority to take corrective action. That’s different from first provincial government proposals. Ii sces the committee asa way - of providing communication about the project, commenting on environmental impacts — safeguards, commenting on hous- ing for construction workers and as a forum for other issues related to the project. “We're not satisfied with just being able to comment, We want something with a little teeth in and it,” said Art Sterritt of the Tsim- shian Tribal Council. “Our monitoring and assess- ments should have a littie bil more distance from the proponent for the mill,”” he said. Regional district planner Tosh Yamashita added: that. the com- miltee members won't have the technical expertise to delve into the various reports it will -have to causider. “We'd like the ‘ability to call upon individual experts to verify that the. testing has been com- pleted in a‘reliable and thorough manner,’’ he said. . In addition to the regional dis- trict and area nalives, commiltee membership will include the City of Terrace, District of Kitimat, Lakelse Lake Communily Asso- Cialion, . Qrenda,., federal and te ra Fete Heb Steelhead returns poor TERRACE — Preliminary [ig- ures released by the provincial Environment ministry suggest this year will again see a poor return of summer run steelhead to the Skeena. Based on the results of the test fishery at Tyee, near the mouth of the Skeena, it is estimated only 282 steclhead had entered the river by July 10. That’s well below the eslimated _ 640 fish which bad passed Tyce by the end of the same week East year, I’s also the seventh straight year early returns have failed to top the 1,000 mark by mid-July. But it will be another couple af weeks before a clear picture of the strength of this year’s run Docs kKeeD UD pressure TERRACE — - Terrace, Smithers. and Prince Rupert doctors walked off the job last Friday and met in- Terrace for a sludy session to dis- cuss their next move in the ongo-. ing battle between doctors. and — the health ministry; Terrace doctor Geoffrey Ap- pleton. said there was a 100 per cent Terrace participation rate by doctors, save for those on -vaca- tion or Who had to perform essen- tial services. Those ‘essential services: ins cluded _- surgery, deliveries, anesthesiology, and being on-call for emergencies. wet ahead as scheduled... Mills Memorial ' busier, according to administrator Michael Leisinger, but “it wasn’t a inad house’? - Northwest doctors . planned the walkout after the government said there would be no further negoti- . ations on» $1.27 billion cap on billings. “: The doctors. claim the figure: is. $60 millian: dess’ than -what~ is: - needed, and ‘that they-are being ° asked to cover the shortfall... “There's no: cap on welfare,” In. Kitimat, chemotherapy for cancer patients -Hospital’s. emergency room was noticeably. said Appleton. ‘‘No cap on social services, but there is a cap on health care, ‘When the money runs out, physicians will be taking morc time off,?’ be said. , Appleton predicts a reduction to all but essential services by the lime the government’s fiscal year ends March 31 should the dispute “continue. “] don’t see why my service is. worth less at the end of ‘the. year than. at the beginning ‘of ‘the year,” he said. Appleton, said doctors asked the province to agree to binding ar- bitration, . binding: arbitration to: settle the "dispute. So far, the province lias refused _ all‘requesis, but did agree to non- binding arbitration if the results ~ were not. made public. “D think the reason they won't agree. to negotiation is because they .feel the negotiator would find for-us,” said Appleton. — Utilization of the health care system has increased by four to five percent annually, while the province’ s population is increas- ing at a rate of 2.6 per cent, mediation and non- - resulting in the current stress on the health care system. Either some system of user fees will have to be implemented, said Appleton, or the province will have to ‘spend more money on health care. "T don’t see why we (the! doc- tors) should have lo. pay for it,” ‘he said. “But they (the government) won't implement user fees for ‘ political - reasons,’’ he — said. “They’d rather we be the bad guys. > In answer to allegations that BC doctors are paid 30 per cent more . than other Canadian doctors, Ap- pleton said fee schedules are not” comparable from province t to pro- - Vinee, * While he said it could be that - BC doctors are paid more, he said they ‘‘they’re certainly not paid 30 per cent more than anybody else.” he ramp. was. built ‘early days of. the clfy.:’ ginally: wha iddl ‘PRINCE RUPERT — Work «continues on the demolition < "gz Of ote. of ‘the: aty's most (=. “maiable landmarks . — ithe: emerges. The commercial net fishery bas operated near the mouth of the Skeena for five days so far this SCASOM. , ‘A total of 458 gillnetters took. part in the latest two-day opening for sockeye and pinks which are ‘so far returning in larger than ex- pected numbers. Commercial - fishermen report having ‘taken 131° steclhead in their nets lo date. This year many are, tagging the fish’ prior to releasing them. This incidental catch is being handled different this year. under the Steelicad Conservation: and Researcl program adopted by the | North Coast Advisory Board, the body representing all the major northern commercial fishery or- * ganizations.” The program calls for commer- lal fishermen operating in oul- side waters to tag. and release all stcelhead they find in their nets that re ‘in ‘good shape, and -vigorous’’, The procedure for boats operal- ing in the lower Skeena will see “live steelhead: held in tubs on barges, Each barge is to be capable. of holding up to 1,000 steelhead for five days. ~ The Gish will be held there until . that particular commercial open- ings is over, then tagged and tcleased to make their way up- stream. ane lhe committee. 7a and: {wo provincial agencies members at- large appointed’ by . the group. ; Iv’s to report to the provincial: commiltee which oversces. major development projects every” six months and to ‘issue’ a public - report every six months, >.” “David Parsons, the official in charge of the ‘provincial major projects stecring committee, said: the initial proposals are subject to discussion. “There’s becn 10 decision yet. Obviously’ things = can © be - changed,” he said. Parsons added that he expects all the committee: members - will be named first before its final , duties are outlined. - a Still to'be decided is the budget and’ administrative structure for "ee he provincial government has committed itself to financing the; aclivitics of native groups on the committee and Orenda will lave | lo pay for studies and: telated projecis , requested by: the com-. miltee and: approved by the pro- vince, : Also. to. be decided. is if. and when the commiltee *s meetings should be closed to the public, ‘To dale, the regional. district and native groups suggest. mect- ings should be closed at their dis- erction and depending upon. what they want.to discuss, But they also suggest. shat closed mectings will lead to. ‘a perception that decisions. which affect the public are being made . secretly. - Parsons said be believes ‘the meetings should be as open as possible. .