oe ce ae A& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 6, 1995 Negotiators promise access to land claims negotiations NEGOTIATORS ARE promising public access to the talks which will settle the Tsimshian and Haisla land claims. ‘Tt may seem like watching paint dry,” said chief provincial negotiator Mark Stevenson in commenting on how the talks will function. That’s because the parties will be going over a lot of pro- ‘cedural matters in addition toe the nitty gritty details of land, cash and resources, Stevenson was on hand in Terrace with other negotiators Nov. 28 to give an overview on the status of the Tsimshian negotiations. Based on the. experiences in Smithers and the Hazeltons where Wet’suwet’en and Gitksan talks are taking place, not many members of the public attend, he said. “But we are committed to openness and that’s what is taking place,’’ Stevenson added. The Tsimshian and federal and provincial governments are at what’s called Stage II of the negotiations procedure as laid out by the B.C. Treaty Commission. At this stage, the three parties have to show the treaty commission they are prepared to move into the next stage _ which calls for a framework agreement to set up what will be negotiated, : The second stage involves sacio economic studies on the areas under negotiations and holding initial public in- formation meetings. . Approximately 30 people altended the Nov. 28 forum. Even though negotiators say they do want public negoii- ating sessions, there are exceptions judging from an open- ness protocol signed for the Haisla negotiations. That protocol indicates talks will be held in public unless the three parties decide otherwise. Those decisions are to be based on whether having talks - stay open will help a particular session, interfere with the effectiveness. of the session. or whether open talks will harm the positions or strategies of the parties. Officials at the Nov. 28 forum predicted that concluding | a treaty could take up to. five years. They anticipate having a negotiating framework agree- School plagued by false alarms CALEDONIA SENIOR Seconduxy has beem teabled by a number of false fire alarms since the bepaming, ef the school year. - But this time it's not just bored Ikits pabting the alone when no one’s looking. Instead these students hive in- volved innocent teachers and stadeats i in their potentially costly stunts, Constable Kim Hull of the Terrace. RCMP Teports that a small group of students have been taking false fire alarms’ to elaborate new extremes. They take a fishing line, tie a knot on one end, hook it oa the pull bar on the alam, and run the fishing line down the hall.‘ Then the line is hooked through a floorboard with a small metal eye, and run up io aclassroom doorbandle, =... The next student or teacher whe opens ‘the door in- advertently sets off the fire alarm: ; Constable Hull says she doesn’t think the kids realize what a serious offense a false alarm is, Under the criminal code, a person who pulls a false alarm faces fines and possible imprisonment for up to two years. Deputy fire chief Rick Owens adds that if a fire truck i is involved in an accident on the way to a false alarm, the person who pulled it is liable for any costs. There is also the danger that the fire truck might be needed at an actual - fire while it is responding to a false alarm. Terrace Realty Ltd. 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