A TERRACE man says a probation of- ficers and crown prosecutor here violated his human rights when they used his men- tal illness to try to stop him from reunit- ing with his wife. Joseph John Miller was sentenced to 18 moniks probation on March 10, 1998 for assaulting his wife, Katherine Miller, while they were living in Prince George. Miller says he has schizophrenia and bipolar diseases, As a part of his sentence, he was or- dered not to have any contact or commu- nication with Katherine Miller. But in October, the couple decided to get back together. Katharine Miller, who also suffers from bipolar disorder and who has been ad- mitted twice to hospital for depression, says she’s not worried about Joseph burt- ing her. KATHARINE AND Joseph Miller have successfully appealed a court order which prohibited them from living together. Rights violated, they say “Pm not afraid of him,’’ she said. They applied to have the no conlact or- der lifted. But the couple’s probation officer didn’t think that was a good idea. “T am skeptical about their reunion given their disorders, particularly with the difficulties Mrs. Miller is currently expe- riencing,’’ writes Herb Resch ina letter to crown prosecutor, Rila Kis. Miller says he regularly takes lithium and other medication for his schizophrenia and bipolar disease and Resch’s focus on them really amounts to discrimination, ‘Just because | have a mental illness doest’t mean ] don’t have feclings,’’ he said. ‘‘A person has a right to be treated with dignity, kindness and respect.’’ The Millers won their appeal in court and live together in Terrace. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 9, 1998 - A9 Yanks threaten boycott over grizzly bear hunt AN AMERICAN environmental group is calling for an immediate boycott of B.C. timber unicss sport hunting of grizzly bears here stops. “We are appealing to everyone in San Francisco, Cali- fornia and the United States to boycott timber products from B.C. unless the B.C. government enacts an immedi- ate moratorium on sport hunting and takes urgent action to protect adequate grizzly bear habitat,’’ said Allan Thomton at a press conferetice in San Francisco, Thorton is president of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a US environmental group based out of Washington, D.C. More than 114 environmental, wildlife conservation and animal welfare groups have joined their appeal. The call comes just six weeks after an independent report on grizzly bears called for B.C, to stop making logging toads in grizzly habitat. The report, Grizzlies on the Brink, British Cokambia’s Bear Conservation Strategy, says the provincial environ- ment ministry doesn’t know the real number of grizzlies in B.C and can’t protect them. They simply don’t have the money or the power, says” one of the report's three authors, Brian Horcjsi. **They need money and time and trained people and an agency with mandate,’’ said Horejsi. The ministry, he added, employs a lot of good peopte but needs policy changes at senior levels, The problem in B.C., Horejsi says, is that the environ- ment ministry is ineffective — it’s not in charge of the land grizzlies live on. To Horejsi, the grizzlies’ fate in B,C, depends on the very mninistry responsible for logging, the forests ministry. The loss and management of grizzly bear habitat, writcs Put something very special Come to the Usk Hobby Farm and Gift Shop for all those extra speck ial sift . 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Aer fist months, $60 seri-anrvol bling applies, Horejsi is ‘a management realm clearly beyond the legal mandate of the Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks.”’ Facing budget cuts, the environment ministry also needs more moncy to know exacily how many grizzlies are out there. They need to build a data base to track the movements of bearg,”’ Horejsi said of a study that could take up ta 10.” years to do. “We can’t do that, we don’t have the moncy,’’ he said. As it stands now, Horejsi said the ministry studied a sample arca in Southeast B.C. and extrapolated the data, ‘*There’s enormous potential for error there,” he said. Horejsi and researchers did their own grizzly study on the population of bears in coastal areas. They say ministry population estimates (13,000 grizzlies) in B.C. are inflated 41 to 88 per cent when huuting, deforestation and lack of salmon are included, The report also says thal the ministry should make bear data more available to the public and asks for public debales. Horejsi conmended local biologist Dionys de Leeuw for his critical March 1998 report asking for increased input in sport hunting licences, — “He is absolutely right,’ said Horejsi, “We have to view grizzlies as public.”’ The report also asks for a moratorium on grizzly hunting and that protected areas for grizzly bears be increased from 12 to 60 per cent, based on American studies. “B.C, bears are no different than anywhere else,’ he said. By instituting more protected areas, he said, B.C. could use bears, through tourism, to add to their economic base, SPECIAL FUTON FACTORY Phoenix SE Double frame with mattress in your choice of green or black. Limited Time Offer! 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