A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 10, 1999 Debate delay irks Nisga’a A LENGTHY DELAY in the provincial legislature’s debate of the Nisga’a treaty could disrupt the timetable for the federal parliament to discuss and pass the docu- ment, says tribal council president Joe Gosnell. . He was responding to the NDP government’s decision Feb. 1 to adjourn the legisla- tive session, effectively pausing debate and passage of the treaty, The move came after Progressive Democratic Al- liance leader Gordon -Wil-- son jumped to the NDP to become aboriginal affairs minister. Government officials said Wilson needs a few weeks lo get up ta speed on the treaty if he is to defend it on behalf of the government. “The adjourment con- cerns me because it’s going to impact quite likely on what happens whet the fed- eral Parliament recon venes,’’ Gosnell said. He said lengthy delays in passing the treaty in Vic- toria could push it off the agenda for the current sit- ting of the House of Com- mons in Ottawa, Partiament reconvened in Ottawa last week and the session there is ta run until ‘the end of June. I-had been’ expected the trealy would be passed by the B.C. legislature by Feb- ruary: or-March, leaving suf ficient time for it to get through debate in the na- tion’s capital, But the longer {t takes to leave Victoria, the less time there will be for it in Ot- tawa, raising the possibility the {realy could get put off until a fall session of Parlia- ment. Gosnell said he thinks the Joe Gosnell delay has a lot less to do with the treaty and a Jot more to do with the pressure the provincial government is under for cost overruns in the construction of fast fer- ties. ‘Quite frankly, I would say the ferry isste has com-_ pletely overshadowed the debate on the Nisga’a treaty as of today,”’ said Gosnell. He said Wilson is well- versed in the treaty. “I was quite frankly sur- prised and [ am certainly hopeful that be might bring something useful to cabi- net?’ Gosnell is convinced op- position members are deliberately trying to delay passage of the treaty, He noted the treaty has ale * <-> > teady been ratified as it Stands by the Nisga’a and that any changes would ‘Te. ~ quire a new vote. “If they’re even con- templating any changes being made, thal would not. - be the treaty that the Nisga’a nation has ratified, it would be something else.’’ Co-op’s Greig Ave. complex close to changing owners THE TERRACE CO-OP has struck a deal to sell its main building to a group of loca] businessmen. “*We have accepted an of- fer, but no money has changed hands so it’s not sold yet,” Co-op president Sandy Sandhals confinned last week. He said the offer is from a group of three individuals, one of whom is Mo Takhar — owner of Terrace Precut, the Gobind - Mail and a couple of local apartment buildings. Sandhals said the deal closes Feb. 27 to give the buyers enough time to get financing in place. . “You don't raise that kind of money overnight,’” Sand- hals noted, He wouldn’t disclase the sale price, but the building had been listed at $1.6 mil- lion since October. Part. of. the. deal. is. that Keenleyside Insurance and the Co-op Farm and Garden Centre are both allowed to Stay on the properly as tenants for up to five years, Sandhals said. ‘We wanted to keep the business,’’ he said. ‘*That was part of the deal and they agreed to it.” Apart from that, he said, the buyers haven’! said what they plan to do with the rest of the building or the prop- erly as a whole, “They haven’! given us any indication,’? Sandhals said. ‘‘l guess that’s not our business.”’ The Co-op board of direc- tors decided to close the main department store and grocery store last June and put the property up for sale, They had cited increased competition from big box retailers and the economic downtum in the decision to lay off 80 employees and concentrale on preserving the garden centre, building supply centre and fuel sales operations. Takhar was out of town last week and was not avail- able for comment, Maybe this will help THE CHIPPER in Skeena Cellulose’s log yard got ils long-awaited noise-reducing treatment over the weekend. Skeena Cellulose woods manager Derrick Curtis said a special putty was applied on Friday to the drum debarker unit and it was sheathed with aluminum plate that was then studded in place. - Curlis hopes the effort will reduce the booming and thumping noises that have kept some residents awake at night since last summer. _ “The material absorbs the low frequency _ sound waves,”>hesaid. Acoustic engineers in Vancouver sug- gested the putty and aluminum solution, he added. . The two substances each vibrate at dif- ferent frequencies from the stcel of the Teduce noise. “You've got each other,”’ he different sound frequencies should help three different substances Wrying to send the sound out fighting with explained. Curtis maintains the noise isn’t heard far away from the chipper except when there’s 4 temperature i inversion in town. come down in on the bench. City council When that happens, he said, a layer of cold air higher in the atmosphere acts as a surface for the sound to bounce off of and residential neighbourhoods said. it: would review the noise situation after the putty was in placa. Mayar’ Jack Talstra. promised residents - lhe city will require further action if the work, drum, so the interference from those three Prizes to be won! | Valentine Weekend , Be sure to come in © early to get the best seats. 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