A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 9, 1998 Airline cuts to hurt health care in Dease LOSING SCHEDULED air service would be devastat- ing to medical services in Dease Lake and area, says the clinical services director of the Stikine Heaith Centre. People who need to fly south for medical treatment would be forced to drive to Terrace or Smithers, says Pat Schindel, And it could days for bad- ly needed drugs to be delivered to the centre by road, she adds, Schindel made the com- ments in anticipation of Central Mountain Airlines cancelling its daily service to Dease Lake. “Some drugs have an ex- piry date so we keep on hand just the amount we need,”’ Schinde] said of the health centre’s pharmaceuti- cal supply. She also worries that with the pending loss of schedul- ed service, winter snow clearing and maintenance at the tiny community’s airport might suffer. That could have implica- tions on medevac flights land and taking off for criti- cally ill or injured people, said Schindel. Losing a scheduled air ser- vice would make it far more complicateé for visiting medical specialists and relief nurses who staff fed- eral nursing stations in the surrounding area, said Schindel. “People would have to drive and that would take at least a day from Terrace and it may be that we'd find no- body willing to do that,” Schindel continued, The planned cancellation of scheduled air service is the topic of a meeting Sept. 10 in Dease Lake. Bulkley =‘ Valley-Stikine NDP MLA Bill Goodacre, who represents the area, doubts Central Mountain will change its mind, But he is adding up the MONCY"NPent by the’ provin-” G cial government on air ser-_ vibe ts Desoe bake nome “Tf we add in what the federal government spends, and then what the bands in the area spend, we should hopefully come up with an amount that could be attrac-. tive to somebody who wants to run a schedule three or four times a week,’’ said Goodacre, Skeena Reform MP Mike Scott said Central Mountain’s problem is tied Porn suspect In court A KITIMAT man facing three charges related to the trading of child pornography on the internet has elected wial by Supreme Court judge. Joseph Richard Scrivens, 20, made the decision in Kitimat provincial court last week. Nov. 19 has also been set aside for the beginning of his preliminary hearing. Scrivens was charged after RCMP seized a computer and its files from his home Aug. 27. The three charges are possessing — child pornography for the pur- poses of trafficking and two counts of possession of child pomography. Scrivens is being kept in custody until his preliminary hearing. He also has yet to enter a plea on the charges, Police forensic investi- gators in Vancouver are now pouring over the files from the seized computer, Police believe Scrivens’ computer contains more than 10,000 images and video clips. They don’t believe Scrivens created any of the images himself, “The material that has been viewed would have come from the internet, they weren't the home-made kind,” added Detective Cse, Bruce Headridge, an investi- gator with the Co-ordinated Law Enforcement Unit (CLEU) in Vancouver. to taxes and other costs. “Tf the cost of doing busi- ness is so high it is extreme- ly difficult if not impossible to meet overhead and other costs,’” said Scott. He's in favour of a sub- sidy or incentive going to airlines serving northern and isolated areas, “The taxpayer already subsidizes buses and ferries 80 in a case where air trans- portation is the only viable option to more remote com- munities, I see nothing wrong wilh some as- sistance,”’ he said. kk kkk In the meantime, Central Mountain has delayed its cancellation of service from Oct. 5 to the end of the month, That’s to fit a 60-day can- cellation notice period as re- quired by Transport Canada, vg rogesti A only’ Advertls : ed ‘ MILES INTERNATIONAL, HOLDINGS NV. LOVALTY " GROUP, CANADA INC AUTHOR Green No. 1 Grade. WEARHOUSE SALE... NOTICE All playing fields at the Terrace, Thornhill & Kitimat area schools wiil he fertilized monthly. This program will run from May through October 1998. CFIOVETST Soest ANNOUNCING DR. SHANNON CERNIUK Optometrist 4550 Lakelse Ave. * pediatric, geriatric and contact lens specialty * In house examinations available * Laser vision co-manager Drop in appointments welcome! 638-2020 7 | Safeway Club Price Safeway varieties. Apple Juice Or TownHouse. Fram concentrate. 1-Litre, FIRST FOUR - Combined [2 SAVE up to 44¢ ed. ra ec 2.69 Safeway Club Price Luceme Ice Cream Assorted varieties, 2-Litre. SAVE up to $1.60 Pe fib. 218/kg Safeway Club Price Seedless Grapes Product of USA. SAVE up t ‘0 $1,.00/b, | “Chef Styte” |) Valu Pack. 4.29... Standing Rib Roast Gp Removed, ib. 1100kg TRS Garena Boneless “New York’ Strip Loin Whole, Cryovac. 3 | seer Wear TBE baP ata -! Safeway Club Price Nature's Blend Raisin Bread : 570-9. As From the Bakery SAVE up to 7 ee mores