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ico “NEWS eeeeeeeee = THERE ARE a few cracks in the glasses of premier Glen oe a ee ee =

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Last Friday the premier announced a youth employment Canadian | ——Ambassagor | Jonae

Teens busted for theft and training initiative to create at east 11,500 jobs for Pataplegi¢ Assoc jParents fot French wf

; young people this year. NisqaaTebal | Terrace Hospice | fest
TERRACE RCMP arrested two Houston teens The goverment is putting up $20 million in new money. Council-Teirace Society mi
Monday night after a robbery at the A-&-W on Keith Combined with the existing youth works program, an- 3 5 6 7 8 9g or
Ave. nounced in November last year, the total government bill Terrace ; Big Brothers & Tolem 3
Staff Sgt. John Veldman says the pair, aged 15 and for youth jabs comes in at just over $75 million, All told Lions Club Minor Kermode | Terrace Kitimat | terrace Ringetie | Big Sisters Terrace, ——— baile Club =
17, went through the drive-through on foot just after 9 it’s to mean more than 30,000 jobs for young people this of Terrace Baseball Friendship Shrine Club Tevraze Wiser aTital _ Kitete Cub _ =
p.m. They somehow managed to steal the whole cash year. Association Sociely | Anti-Poverty | CouncilsTerrace | Terrace Skaiing [Jimmy
drawer. and took offrunning. 2 But there are a few conditions that have to be met first. : ees Fy mane ~~ | ~
Mounties received a cll about « couple of suspi- | THe goverunent i relying on the private sector and erown 10 te 2 IS fA TS ial ae
cious people in the area near: Desjardins and Clark in: corporatians to come up wilh an additional $76.8 million Skeena Minor Kermode Tatrace THT Air Cadets | Paraplegi¢ ssoe. | Te [I
Thornhill just after midnight ; to help create these jobs. ; dr, Sac, Hockey Friendship Peaks | Terrace. | Nisga‘a Tubal | Ambassador 4
Ju oe . . Robert Buchan, of the skills and training ministry, School Association | Society Gymnastics | anti-Foverty | Counct-ferrate | search s Rescue |f® |
The pair was arrested there with the help of the doesn't auticipate any difficulty in getting employers to 3
police dog. They te facing charges of theft under come on board. In trying to drum up jobs for youth the 17 18 19 20 , 21 Terrace 22 canatio 23 tess an et
$5.000 and possession of a narcotic. government will be subsidizing their wages, “We've had a Thornhill yprace Kermode Terrace Le Theale Paraplegic Association ot
Staff Sgt. Veldman says the suspects were found tremendous response with programs like this in the past,’ dt, See, Hockey Friendstip Peaks = oe Kinsmen Cio [Pat

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oe manuan, They'll appear in court again on Apa th province will also offer on the job training sch Seto Association | Society ‘Gymnastics |. aati-Poverty. Count -Trat Tetrace Shang [fej
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in some circumstances and il isn’t interested in make-work D4 ye 25, 26 eT 2B 29 oe 3
* . proposals just so campanies or crown corporations can get CA errace Tentace Bleback | Order of Royal | Royal Canarian fkisumtalva Mutscur HSM?
Officer attacked in arrest | fovermmentmoney, he said, Sfeyp | War | Kemote | “Suman ) “Ripe” | taunt |aEseacttes SB
AN RCMP officer was cut in the hand Sunday “These are not bullshit jobs. These are real jobs,’ way see oct ried Povey Sat Ws Sino _ Sheena Valey |]
while arresting a man in his home near Legate Creek. Buchan continued, ——L_Etters | Snowmobie assoc Te, |
Staff Sgt. John Veldman said police went to the He ae pwrere oe will be located throughout the pro- | Sat, Afternoon Games Doors 11:30 a.m. Games 12:45 peed
home after receiving a call that a man was threatening | YiICe, ane [lal loca! peop e will get local jobs.’” How- | Evening Games Doors 4:30 p.m. Games 6:15
are ever, he couldn't guarantee that there will be cnough jobs . . !
someone else with an axe, in every community to meet the demand Thurs., Fri., Sat. Late Night Games Doors 9:30p.m. Games 10:00 p.m. ;
The nicer eanine ae catches +h breach of Most of these jobs will provide four to five months work | F@mily Bingo Every Saturday Afternoon Last Wednesday of the month is DOUBLE BINGO "
Ace Ray Parker, 60, is charged with breach o over the summer, but others will last up toa
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recognizance, aggravated assault and wound, assault- Buchan said the program will be financed by using TW MONITORS SMOKE REMOVAL AISLE CONCESSION
ing @ police officer, and assault with a weapon. projected savings from the current government hiring 4410 Legion, Terrace 635-2411 i
freeze and downsizing, savings from the three month ‘
residency requirement for out-of-province welfare ap- a

Hup one, two, three ‘plicants, and a beefed up attack on fraudulent welfare

EXPECT TO SEE more RCMP foot patrols as | claims.
springs draws closer, says the commanding officer of However, money saved from welfare reductions to
the local RCMP detachment. employable adults will not go into this program, empha-

Getting out of patrol cars is part of the force’s sized Buchan, That money goes into their training.

move to community policing, says Inspector Steve The goverment expects to start putting its new youth
Leach employment program into high fear over the next few
months.

“The officers can see alot more and they get out

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and talk to people,” he said: That’s why, for example, Sung people between the ages of 16 and 24 will be

cligible for the jobs. Specific requirements, such as enroll-

shoppers are seeing more officers walking through the | ment in a particular course of study, will depend on the in- !
Skeena Mall, dividual jobs. There will also be jobs available for ion- :

Spring also means a retum of the detachment's students.
bike patrols, a growing and popular method of policing The government hasn’t made up its mind whether it
in North America. wants young people to register at their focal Human

Officers on bikes can get to more places and can Resources and Development Canada office, or advertise :
respond faster to some situations than if they were in jebs through local media,
police cars. But young people can start the application process now

by phoning 1-800-637-5455 for an information kit, or by
dialing the government’s web site address www. gov.Bc.ca

Resume talks — report |
TREATY negotiations with the Gitxsan should resume, m =
the B.C, Treaty Commission has concluded in a report. mii / UA 6 3 5.1] P 6

v~~"Released “last “week; -the-report’ reviews: circum- ~|--|--qs Poe ce aS
“stances leading wp to the province's decision to’ walk 7]''L SIO PIERS
away from Gitxsan treaty talks in January.

Progress had been achieved during negotiations
and could continue if the parties agree to terms and
conditions for resuming talks, and allow the commis-
sion to monitor talks, the report states.

“We have concluded that the parties had not
reached the stage at the treaty table where they were
fully engaged in discussions on the core issues around
land, resources and jurisdiction, and that progress can
be made on these issues with close monitoring and
facilitation,” the five-member commission said in its
17-page report.

They recommend a meeting between the pravince,
the Gitxsan and the federal govemment to “explore

terms and conditions under which which negotiations The Northwest Real Estate Board

can be resumed.” . . .
If common ground is reached the province should installation of new officers for

retum to the table and reconsider its decision to resume 7996 year are as follows.
litigation, the commission says. Presicent Erika Langer Terrace
Vice-President Pat Quinn Prince Rupert
Zone Reps. Lisa Godlinsk! Terrace
Marg Gibson Kitimat”
Roy Webber Prince Rupert

.y =a Treasurer =. ‘Diana Wood Terrace
Ped Aw Fis Hee Se Education _ Gordon Olson Terrace
= Government Liaison Richard Evans Terrace
Communication Terri Glass Kitimat
> aDi | ed = | q aaa Arbitration Michael Hrehichek Prince Rupert
a Pe "| | > Past President Victor Prystay Prince Rupert

Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking your The top three contributing salespeople for 1995 are:
assistance in solving the break, enter io eae Pentax ot TERPAGe

and theft from a residence in the 4500 13 Gedon Ol CENTURY OP
block of Park Ave., Terrace, B.C. WIGHTMAN & SMITH

The investigation has revealed that an NV-AN
unknown individual or individuals broke

into a residence and stole the following Northwest Real Estate Board
items:

1 One Laser monochrome monitor, seri-
al #43979, of a value of $60.00

2 One 20mb hard drive, serial# _ WEEKLY CLIMATOLOGICAL AEPORT

DX02895, of a value of $355.00

- 3 sae Laser XT 3 eat erase serial#
os 20169, of a value of $875.00 YEAR . PRECIP, YEAR
: 4Qne Citizen VCR, serial# MARCH oor 1974. | 274 1972
W35426942, a value of $230.00 9 4117 1956 | 224 1966 an |
5 One 20” Citizen colour television, a 10 10.6 1956 206 1966 |
value of $500.00 i 183 °1956 | 224 i977 :
. 12 “44001967 | (27:
If you know the identity of the person 13 128 1967 132 1988 i
or persons responsible for these break 14 72 1967 | 203 1960
and enters, Crime Stoppers would like to “Hew Record .

hear from you.

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