Dee ee i 7 A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 14, 2005 i Kitselas celebration oe ‘KITSELAS: CHIEF Councillor Glenn Bennett holds one of the many commemo- ‘| crative placemats designed by Heber Reece that were, presented to guests at- ‘1 tending a Dec. 8 banquet to note the passage of the First Nation’s land code. ~ Kitselas is the 16th-First Nation in Canada to be granted comprehensive land planning:and use powers’ on reserve territories. A large number of Kitselas residents and visiting First. Nations leaders were .on hand for the evening. MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO "Retirees ready court case_| | against provincial gov't | RETIRED’. PROVINCIAL . ,. Civil servants now have a bit ‘more leverage in pressing the. government to restore benefits that were Teduced in 2002, A BC. Supreme Court _ justice has ruled their case. _can be heard as a class .ac- — tion lawsuit with'as many as. 27,000 retired civil servants involved. '.The action was started by ‘theB.C. Government 'Re- “tired Employees’, Associa- ; tion which says each retiree . is paying between $750 ‘and “$1. 500 i in additional benefits Public ry BS, RSME TT PSEA RADE NSBR pee By STB ARS ‘Smithers, BC VOJ 2NO Ee ESN sess ya REAee $2 NCAT | Proposed Change of Road Name ~ The Minster of Transportation gives notice that | pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Transportation Act, an application has been made to change: the name of Stewart-Meziadin Lake Highway to Glacier » Highway. Commencing at the British Columbia/ United States border within District Lot 4044, Cassiar District, thence travelling in a northerly then easterly direction, a distance of 65.2 km, more or less, to its end point within Unsurveyed Crown Land, Cassiar District, being the intersection with Cassiar Highway No. 37 at Meziadin Junction (District Lot 1100, Cassiar District). Written objections based on the effect of the proposed name change should be directed no later than January 30, 2005 to: Ministry of Transportation, Bulkley Stikine District ‘ Bag 5000 - 3793 Alfred Avenue Attn: Sherrie Applegate — . File: 325-12553 Fax: 250-847-7219 *» BRITISH © }COLUMBIA ~- www.gov.bc.ca RE ee RETA costs each. year since the’. changes were made. Retirees. now pay the difference between .old and new MSP premium rates, have to spend $250 instead of $25 before their prescrip- -_ action lawsuit certification, tion drug plan kicks in and _ when it does, coverage is at 70 per cent instead of 75 per -cent. Dental coverage was eliminated altogether. Norma King, who is the chair of the northwest branch of the retirees association, said the changes go against ‘what was presented when they left the public se service. Notice SSeS sit SS DABS elnC Ta is °o ~ 2005" On Christmas morning, your wife cant believe it. She - _ swears she'll wear it every day, for the-rest of her life. And she does. “You remember her eyes, and her tears. YAOGS) Your daughter tries it'on for what must be the - LOOOrh time. “But now its hers to’ ‘keep. She swears to wear it forever -- and does. "It was my best gift ever Jom mm always said: as she began the story. 2OF6 — -Your granddaughter slides onto her finger that precious old ~ ring her Moms worn forever: "This was a very special gift Grandma got from-Grandpay Mom would ay. And __.as she slips it on, she feels a history coming alive . The fine jewelry you give your wife this Christmas is only the beginning of its magical journey. of touching womens lives. So give the best to your wife . those other special women in your life. oe . and to “There were expecta- tions. A lot of people took less money in favour of hav-: ing more. benefits and then they were changed, ” ‘she’ said. ‘She now hopes the.class gives the provincial govern- ment the incentive to negoti- ate a setttlement. “Obviously we hope they’1l want to talk. Wedon’t want to go the court route -unless we have to. It’s very. expensive,” King added. “If it goes to court, the . provincial government . can ” drag it out. But we don’t feel what it.did:was right and we ¢° have to take a stand.” The retirees estimate they’ve paid an additional - $90 million since their ben- » efits were reduced as part of. ; . the provincial government’s cost-cutting efforts. The provincial govern- ment has 30 days to appeal the certification decision. King said there are about 160 members of the retir- ees association living in the: northwest. - She noted that belonging to the association is volun- tary but that a settlement, if reached, would benefit all retirees regardless of wheth- er they are members or not. h GMIAC. 2.8% Financing Rate for 36 months. 4 6% tease cnet nye of $0 2 per ian marca 2.8% purchase fnencing fr Good Place to Stay in TITS Lamplighter Motel 1901 E. 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