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TERRACE _ - Cty couinell's
proposed
munity/conference centre needs

provincial help to get -built, .

mayor Jack . Talstra sald last
week...

Talstra made the statement in
releasing -pretimlnary drawings
for the'28,000 sq, ft. facility ex-

pected to cost.$4-$4,5 million... :
very. ‘nicely: with What they envi:
ston : for’ our; community,” he.

Although the final cost would

depend on: what changes . were -.
made to the plans in résponse to” °
public: opinion, ‘he sald if. the.”

estimate proved accurate,-“This
city. cannot accomplish building
it unless. we Bet. alot of help
from the province," «

- Talstra added: the ‘province:
will be asked ‘to come up with.

“at least" 30"per cent of the .
estimated cost. "If we don’t get: ~
funding in that range...we’re -
going to have to drop the whole

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(com... -

: > ey 1 he anid;

: “Although. Talatsa said ‘the
"province: hasn't indicated, of-

- ficlally ‘or unofficially, it will. ;

iprovide:as miuch:-as.$2 million

_ nor has the city-asked for it, he
added that the province favours. _
Terrace’ a5 :a ‘servi and supply.

tre’: concept fits in

ting it ‘paying: for ‘half of Fort

ti John’s $2 an communi-

‘He “en to indicate what .

4 "Recreation. ‘director ‘Steve i
“ Scott’: said ;-the:p) .
made large:. grants. ‘before: in. 2

proved ‘by: the’ voters. ‘he: faid

fall of 1991 with the |
: ‘opening: the: following-ye:

“eriount couhell: would: consider

asking taxpayers to finance: as-

-the, city’s share of the-project.
aaftlt's. a. figure that's under

- discisssion,"”. Talstra -sald, ‘ad-
ding the.city should’ ‘Know more.

financial: figures by: th ‘end of

August. cae

‘Only: ‘then;: “thé: mayor: con-

tnaede would city couricil look
at how much:is needed and how
much’ i¢.could borrow.’

‘That amount, | combined with

city council gauging’ public r reac-
thon ‘and. ‘support; ‘would lead to
decisi

ke th

construction. would begin in the
tre

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1 think we'd probably speed 1
the timetable for the library:

‘Asked what effect this nfoject

would have on the proposed ¢x- © .

pansion of the library,. Talstra

said, ‘We really can’t:s¢e any
reason why we can’t-have: both

projects in ‘the’ very, near.
future.”

He: pointed. ‘out:, coli had
already given the library ‘board ©

& commitment to take their pro-
posal to - referendum in

~ “November of 1991.00.
hea ded, , if it

However,
became: clear ‘the. community

conference céntre project was “|,
Mithen T|, Mie adn a
4 KITSUMKALUM band! s water taxi office got a an vuhexpert
; fe and not particularly welcome visitor. last week — the Kalum’ i
River. With a combination of heavy mountain’ rains and snow. -
melt ‘causing river levels to’ rise throughout the. northwest, A

- floods hit parts of Usk, cut the roads to Telegraph Creek and:

- Greenville and reduced Hwy 16, West toa single | lane,

The preliminary. ‘desi

"now be shown to businesses and
community groups ‘aiid public. .
meetings will be held to measure.

support and: to. ‘gather. final
design and other ideas. :--:-

Talks dismay teachers, board

TERRACE = * Contract: talks
between ared teachers: and
‘school. district officials: are: go-
ing slowly --with - negotiations
stalled. on -several key issues,
both sides say. ey

“We: knew it was: ‘going to

take some time because of the.

Incrédible riymber “of things
they-. -want,’?:<’school board
‘trustee Kris Chapmian said. The

talks. ‘are three months old, ‘and .

the.. two: sides ‘lave just’ com-

pleted their’ initial discussion of »
the proposed changes, . and-are-

now beginning actual: negotia-
‘}lons,- we
“The: ‘fact tha it taken:
‘long: ‘is ‘because

of:

“their: proposal,” Chapman’ ex: “

: peacefulness. Do they like doing. ;
“It this way? We sure don’t.!"°"
‘Houlden said the union ‘is un-

sure. of ‘the effects the Goods .

plained...“‘We're not'igo
‘apologize. for that. Théy
ones .that are lengthet

the process ‘by asking. for the

_ Barth,’*:

_Houlden “rejectéd - that :
‘atalyéls, noting the. school _ wan
‘board! refused to ‘sign: off any ~
‘clausesiduring the initial walke.”-
through. He. added: the

“qvailability of the. boar
‘dayt'a:thonth they can

- “The fact is that there are ex-
tensive proposals on the table

from both sides,” he said. ‘It

appears extremely unlikely that
we will be -able to resolve
everything before June 30.7
-That's when-the current con-
‘tract — signed last. year follow-
‘ing:a 19-day teacher strike, =

“runs out.
. This time school . ‘hoard 7
riegotiators “‘WANt & three-year:

contract, while the teachers are

insisting on a one-year agree:

: ment.

: "Naturally: we ‘don! t want. to
go: through this process ‘every

year,”’ Chapman explained.

“What we'd like to have is a

‘prolonged | - period .of

-and Services ‘Tax (GST) will

now: only. fini away, :
“He. sald the “unic
demands -will Include: int

to take’! the oftects of the:

into account, as well as making
up for inflation and the years of
restraint, The union also wants
to reduce from 11 to seven the
humber of ‘steps it takes

_tetichers to reach the maximum
‘Salary in ‘the district. Houlden

said’ curretit..teacher wages

 Falige, depending. on experience
and. qualifications,

from
$25,000 to $52,900.
More snags:are expected on

clauses dealing with the contrac-

ting out of teaching services,
class sizes, and provisions re-
quiring teachers be members of
the B,C, Teachers" Federation.

Houlden added that different
trustees at the talks tend to pro-
duce different results. It's like
walking into 'a tornado on some
occasions, On others it’s like sit-
ting down in the Empress Hotel
for tea. It.-seems to vary
somewhat on the trustees pre:
sent.’ oo

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TERRACE — A B.C, Wildlife
Federation spokesman is attack-
ing the decision by provincial
prosecutors to drop. moose-
poaching charges recommended
against three Nass Valley native
men,

Prosecutors did sO because
the men are native, and might
have taken the. animals for
food, district conservation ‘of:
ficer Peter Kalina said. The case
relates- to ‘a’ Nass-area “moose
shooting in January.

“Tt’s plain and ‘simple
poaching — which is the steal-
ing of the- resource,’ B.C.
Wildlife ‘Federation - regional
president Gil Payne said Friday.
“If we want to put the resource

first, everyone : should be: treated’
~ equaily-

der-the law.?) 4,

_ Wildlife Act charges against

natives are. automatically sub-:

ject to approval by Crown
counsel in Prince George, in
conjunction with officials in

No GST
please

TERRACE — The owners of a
private water utility company in
upper Thornhill want an exemp-
tion from the federal govern-
ment's planned goods and ser-
vices tax (GST).

Donna Ziegler of Woodlands
Utilities said last week an ex-
emption is needed or it will have
to charge the seven iper cent
tariff,

“Our rates are regulated (by
the provincial government). If
we have to charge the tax, we'll
have to ask for more money,”
she said,

“We're in kind of a Catch-22
situation. Municipalities won't
have to charge for water service
but we aren’t one because we're
a business,”’ Ziegler said.

Ziegler added the company
provides water to more than 400
residences and does so as would
any government body,

Various federal officials talk-
ed to last week anid GST legisla-
tion clearly indicates that
municipalities do not have to
charge the tax for their water
delivery systems,

At the same time, they said
the federal revenue minister
does have the authority to grant

exemptions in certain situa-
tions.

Le

Victoria. The: special procedure
— known as the sustenance
policy — is in place to make cer-
tain charges aren’t laid when
native people shoot animals for
food... .

Payne said the policy lets
poachers go unprosecuted and

leaves conservation officers

helpless to stop the violations.
“'They’re there to enforce the
laws equally‘ with respect to
everyone,” he said of conserva-
tion officers. ‘‘And when they
try todo that, they’re stymied

- by the political system. Orders

come down from the top to not
lay charges."”

Prince George régional
Crown counsel, Peter Ewert
‘declined to comment. ‘on -the

. “decision: to-not prosecute.

Payne said so few’ charges
against natives now go to court
that some witnesses don’t even
bother telling focal conservation
officers when they see viola-
tions, ‘And then people say if
the Indians can do it, so can
we,’ he said. “We're totally
against this policy. I’m all for
equal rights — but not more
rights.”

He said the government is
reluctant to prosecute natives
because of native land claims
now before the courts. He said
the policy makes wildlife stocks
the scapegoat in the political
disputes.

The case was one of 31 con-
firmed moose poachings last
winter in the Nass Valley,
Kalina said. The animals made
easy targets due to heavy
January snowfalls, and several
backup conservation officers
were brought in to increase
patrols in the area.

-have‘on the cost-of-living, and
a:

‘into ‘fong-term tons?
tract ‘with’ the: new: tax’. effect .

on's . wage

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