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Page, A2 — Terrace Standard, Monday, December 30, 1991

JANUARY MARKED the movement up to Shames Mountain of the day lodge from Kitsumkalum. That's

Jim Beler of Beler's Moving in Prince George, the company that did the work. The lodge was moved in
pleces, re-assernbled and renovated for its active role in mountain amenities.

February

Northwest participation is
lacking in the settlement of land
claims despite a provincial
government announcement of a
third-party advisory committee,
say Rod Robinson of the
Nisga’a Tribal Council and Don
Ryan. of the Gitksan and
Wet'suwet’en,

The third parties — major
resource industries, business
organizations, trade unions and
wildlife and outdoor societies —
already have access to the

‘negotiations process, but the
hpablig ddesn’t!iRobinson: said:
on Provincial--native- affairs
‘deputy minister -Eric Denhoff
defended the advisory commit-
tee, saying there are provisions
in its mandate to create commit-
tees of regional representatives
when necessary.
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Sharing and increasing fish
stocks were the subjects of a
talk session between Tsimshian,
Nisga’a, Gitksan and Haida
Yepresentatives in February,
‘following the signing of an
agreement to work together on
matters of common interest,

The treaty is also regarded as
a statement to the federal and
provincial governments that
they won't be able to treat land

claims negotiations of one
group separately from others.
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Plans by the B.C. Buildings
Corporation to construct a new
regional correction centre near
Thornhill’s Kirkaldy subdivi-

sion. were thwarted by more ,

than’350. angry local residents
who signed a petition against it.
- + Residents’ felt the B.C.B.C,
+ should have consulted them
before ' ‘earmarking the land,
. The: Kitimat-Stikine _ regional
“ gouncil voted by a nine-two

"margin not to proceed with the

rezoning bylaw required to
allow construction of the facili-
ty.

Corrections director Rob
Watts met. with Skeena
Cellulose spokesman Pat
Ogawa four days later at a clos-
ed door meeting .about the
possibility of selling a 53-acre
parcel of land on Keith Ave. to
the centre,

KKK
. City council. approved. a
referendum this fall to expand
dhe slibrary,, ipart..of:a plan-to

vhave, the.qural areas, contribute
more-to community facilities.

Mayor Jack Talstra said the
rural areas make up 29 per cent
of the library users, yet con-
tribute only 14 per cent of its
operating costs.

The proposed library expan-
sion ~— estimated to cost $1.2
million — was put on hold last
year when council began to ex-
amine ideas for a new com-
munity/convention centre,

kkk kik

Shames Mountain officially
opened this month with
speeches, a ribbon cutting and
ski demonstrations.

The mountain began opera-
tions last December but waited
until everything was ready for
an Official opening.

Skiing on Shames marks the
end of several years of effort by
a local corporation to develop
the facility as a local and tourist
destination, .

, kakkikk

‘Incumbent Kitsumkalum
chief CHff Bolton was defeated
in elections this month.

Replacing him is Steve
Roberts who has served as a
councillor and as a chief coun-
cillor before,

AS FEBRUARY dawned, thoughts of Canadian armed forces

Part of the area set aside for .
the creation of a new 20, 000ha
-park in the Tseax lava beds may —

be held in reseve for minetal ex-

ploration for more than 10 —

years.
The park would have recrea-

* tion status; which would‘ pro-"-

vide companies : with: a 10-year

window ‘beginning’ after-‘a
government-sponsored imineral -
asessment. If the companies:

find nothing their claims will be
taken back by the. Crown
without compensation.
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The city treasurer ‘Tecom-
mended raising'local sewer rates
40 per cent and. water rites eight

per cent next year to better’

cover the actual cost of water
and sewer operations. -

That means that sewer rates
would rise to $9.50 a month
from. $8.80, and sewer rates

would jump to $10.75 from

$7.70,
kkkkik .

A 3(-metre gap found in Cor-
ona Corporation's claims in the
Eskay Creek “will result ina
decision by the provincial gold
commissioner affecting owner-
ship worth hundreds‘of millions
of dollars,

The gap is significant because
companies must keep work on

members in the Gulf prompted a focal response. Cyndi Angew was
one of those wha made yellow lapel ribbons as a statement for a

safe return home.

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THE TERRACE Churches’ Food Bank kept up with demand in.
March. Volunteer Lydia Angus was one of those who devoted time .

to organizing and distributing food for those less fortunate.

-There’s a good chance a
_ detailed examination of en-
‘s, virommental and economic im-

, e pacts arising frem a proposed
"port at Kitimat will take place,

"an environmental official said.
Fhe federal. fi sheries depart-
ment has: ‘expressed concern
about-the effects of dredging on
the fish habitat, and Transport
: Canada has- ‘questions about the
e impact - ‘on. its port at Prince
“Rupert, said Frank Blasetti, one

 Ofitwa, /people involved in ad-

ao ministering the provincial
te government’s major project
5 ‘Teview, process,

: BI kok

ficials are tightening the restric-
on how the City of Terrace
operates: its dump. a

“fice ‘at the «dump - that -

ref for three weeks’ and

il scion fi ‘ from the: provine
ernment: for Interna-
‘est\Products to export

Environment ministry’ of- :

Ki .
sput Hoel people back to...

_ April

workin April.

Interfor shut down its con-.

tract logging shows last year
after. falling lumber prices
couldn't cover the cost of shipp-
ing wood from up north to mills
it has on the lower mainland,
Exporting ‘logs will. help
‘defray those costs.
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The provincial government:

will put up to $7.mitlion into a
road leading into the gold-rich
Iskut Valley’ area north on
Hwy37.

The road will open an area to -

mining ‘exploration’ “and
development, ‘to logging and to

recreation in an area where.ac- °
cess is now. only: ‘by air, MLA

, Dave Parker said:

and handle cases’ probably tops.”

crease in break-and-enters at”

homes and businesses: jn the

first three months of the year. °

About 80 per. cent of the

_ thieves were juveniles under 18
years old, said RCMP Cpl. Don
Woodhouse, and most of the
goods were being sold to buy
alcohol or drugs.

Most of .the theives gat in
“through unsecured: windows. or;
“doors, - whe,
errr tT a

Community law-centre- of:
* ficials here say it'll be cheaper.
to hire'a second legal aid lawyer
"than to continue giving work to:
Vavcouver lawyers, . = °°

Figures released. in April by
_ the Lax Ghels Community Law’
“Centre indicate the amount of -

; ) money. paid out to’ Vancouver ~
significant’gold showing in the *
Eskay dc rh will build the’

“Tegal aid tawyers to fly up here:

$40,000'a year,

The law: centre's
ag’ beer: ‘pushing for'a: a
btatf lawyer fot over'a' yi

eg eed becca hoe at

claims active, although work on

touching:claims can be‘averag-:.
ed “<2. gm two years for the feasibility
*. study,’ approval “process “and

ownership ‘Of the” claims ©

declared in question. |
. KKK...
The city’s economic develop-

‘ment .. department ‘said. the
‘amount
floorspace in Terrace could in-

of retail store

crease by almost one third by

the end of the decade.

Growth in retail space is link-
ed to economic activity not only
in Terrace, bot in the whole
region, said:economic -develop-

‘ment officer Peter Monteith, ;

took kak _
-PRM .. Resources, a
Vancouver-based company that
wants to build a copper smelter
at Kitimat wants to. begin the
federal environmental review
process within six months,
_Apreliminary study indicated
that there is a demand for a
150,00 ‘tonne a year copper
smelter that would cost $400
million and create 400 jobs.
Roger Taylor, president of

PRM, anticipated a start of pro-
duction in. the mid-1990s,_ ‘based

search fora major partner to

share expenses, and two years to

) Werrace Mayor’ Jack Talétra

“said: that the rejection ‘of Ray
“Lovstad’s application to rezone .

“property on Eby St. is part.of a
the larger question of creating

-bufer zones between exisitng
“residential areas and an expan-
ding downtown ‘commercial

‘core. _

- He ‘said Lovstad’s application
to rezone property on Eby bet-
ween Walsh and Davis as multi-
family residential was ‘rejected
because he gave no indication of
what the finished ‘building
would look like, |

Alderman Ruth Hallock said
that although there is a need for
more apartments in the city, she
would prefer’ to see con-
dominiums built rather than ‘‘a
great, blundering. block of a
building.”” nen ;

March _

Orenda Forest Products’ pro- -

posed pulp and paper mill south
of Meziadin is being reviewed
by provincial environmental of-
ficials to determine whether it
should be approved in principle
or subjected to a more detailed
study.

Orenda wants $ to use wood it
has under.licence around

Stewart to. produce magazine- —

quality paper by what it calls an
environmentally friendly pro-
cess, developed in Finland.
Provincial officials also
Kstelied to-issues raised by other;

‘Broups like theeKisiiat Stine: "|

regional district, “concerned
about development in the area
surrounding the mill, and the
Nisga’a Tribal Council which
wants no development on land
it has claimed.

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Teachers voted to strike as
contract talks between them and
the school board ground on,

But the two parties also
agreed to bring in a mediator in
May as one way of trying to
reach a new deal.

Class sizes and specific
management rights were among
the issues the board and union
cannot agree upon.

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Mills Memorial Hospital
faces a deficit at the end of its
financial year, and the news
after that isn’t encouraging,
said a spokesman,

Michael Leisinger of the Ter-
race Regional Health Care.
Society said the hospital isn’t
getting any more this year. in

_real dollars than it did last year,

despite inflation... _...-

He said the hospital has been
told it might get anywhere from
a zero increase to three per cent

vs JEFF BOLINGBROKE didn't want a section of forested land behind North Eby and Gair turned into ball oe
> iflelds, His letter to council in Aoi d rewa response when the ty decided not to go ahead with the pros -
fect. |

increase next year:
, * * * * * *.

~ Negotiations. with the Nis a
to settle their land claim: will
change ‘now.’ that; the “B.C.
Supreme Court’ has, dismissed

ideas of aboriginal. ‘title, said

provincial ‘native affairs
minister Jack Weisgerber.
“Chief ~ Justice” Allan

‘McEachern ruled on’ a, land

claims suit filed by the. Gitksan
and Wet’suwet’en.” that
aboriginal ‘ownership of lands
now,..part of B.C. - was
Piwittn B.C:¥ jotived

nae

formal land claim - “was signed
March 20 by the Nisga’a, ‘the
federal and provincial govern
ments.

Nisga’a for more that. 100
years have said they never relin-
quished title, want self govern-
ment and want a say in:-the
management and use of . Jand
and TESOUrCES centred. in ‘the
Nass Valley."

Weisgerber..: ‘added that the
provincial government ‘las
never accepted. the: idea” ‘of
sovereignity. over land.

ReRK IK

The province's head fish and
wildlife biologist for the region
said steelhead ‘anglers are in for
a disappointing season if trends
to the south are repreated up
here.

Bob Hooton: said winter
steelhead returns to the south
provide an’: accurate prediction
of what summer.runs will be i in
the northwest, .~

He said: Washington, Oregon,

-southern B.C, and the central

coast (Bella Coola) experienced
very poor returns this year,