thinks the announcement is ridiculous. “If women and : postal workers can’t protect themselves with pepper spray - then they should be allowed to carry handguns and be : wained to use them,”’ said Patsick, | ‘ legislation bans a substance that is comforting to people. - you, they deserve to get sprayed,’’ Dettwiler said, THAT'S LANCE Detwiller holding a small can of pep- per spray that will soon to be illegal to sell and a larger size that will still be available for sale. Pepper spray ban irritating THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S June 23 decision to outlaw small, concealable pepper spray containers is not going over well in Terrace. criminal! use which officials say is a risk to public safety, one to cary aly pepper spray canaister less than 224 ml or | grams even if they claim io be using it to protect them- selves from wild animals,’’ said RCMP Sgt. Russ Grabb. sizes to repel animals, illegal smaller cannisters but merchants who sell them ' after the deadline risk fines, RESIDENTS OF Dease Lake and surrounding area are waiting to hear if the federal immigration minister will help them get a doctor. The one they Want is from outside the country but he’s been denied a visa by a Ca- nadian consulate official in New York City. Dease Lake’s last resident physician left nearly a year ago and it has relied on rotating temporary doctors €ver since because it can't find a permanent Canadian replacement. Extensive advertising within Canada in various medical journals, calls to governments and head- hunters havent worked, And now the string of temporary or locum physicians runs out July 12 when the last one leaves. "We've looked every- where, There are just no more lacums to be had,” says Stikine Health Centre administrator Tom Wright. When the last resident physician left in 1997, the health centre began looking for a new one, Unable to find one right away within Canada, it then began relying on temporary physicians called locums. Late last year, the centre found Dr. Jacid Malik, a Pakistani who had spent the last seven years practising in South Africa. He cleared the necessary checks in terms of medical qualifications and the Slikine Health Centre anticipated a quick arrival. But when Dr. Malik ap- plied for a visitor visa at the Canadian embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, be was tumed down. The doctor then decided to visit the United States and was given a visa to do so. Wright says Stikine health The ban, effective July 23, is the result of increased The goal of this legislation is to make it illegal for any- Grabb said hikers and treeplanters can still carry larger He said RCMP have no plan to confiscate the soon-to-be Brian Patrick, owner of Misty River Tackle and Hunting, Lance Dettviler of Valhalla Pure Outfitters said the “Tf you're out in the wilderness and an animal attacks god Cleganee Fashions ‘Summer Everything In The Store* (Excluding Undergerments) * Suits * Jackets = Blouses * Pants « Maternity * Jewellery See our rack of selected fashions fe oe 3230 Kalum St., Terrace Ph: 635-3666 Re LUCKY DOLLAR BINGO JULY 1998 PALACE JULY 1998 _isuivae—""Hiowpay TUESDAY . WEDNESDAY THURSDAY“. 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The problem, say officials with Skeena Reform MP Mike Scotts office, is that the official doesn’t consider Dr. Malik to be a bona fide visitor, That’s because the doctor has sold his assets overseas, a sign that there’s nothing in South Africa or in Pakistan to cause him to return once his visitor status runs out, But Scott’s officials say the real poini is that Dr. Malik has made a five-year commitment (to work in Dease Lake, Since all other efforts to find a physician within Can- ada have failed, federal im- migration officials should speed Dr. Malik into the country and up to Dease Lake, they add. “Dr. Malik had met the requirements of the Stikine Health Centre and was will- ing to work in the remote community,’’ wrote MP Scott to federal immigration minister Lucienne Robillard June 17, “Tam therefore requesting that you please review this application and allow Dr. Malik to come to Canada.”’ Wright says Dease Lake residents find it hard to be- lieve a doctor who wants to come to Dease Lake is being stopped at the border. “This is a very serious situation. 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