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Courses here this fall

TERRACE — You may have
heard the news that the Univer-
sity of Northern B.C. won't be of-
ficially opening until September
1994,-but did you know you can
lake UNBC courses in Terrace
this fall?.

UNBC:, holds an. "information.
session. at Northwest Community. .
College toindrrow, August 20 at 7.
‘dnd’ winter.

p.m: , on

courses.” "
Anyone iiferested in these or

future. UNBC programs is wel-

come to attend,

- The courses are at the third year

“its fall

cil, predicts
‘eventually have a four-year: liber-
al-arts program in: conjunction
‘with UNBC. » a

rious abo

university level, sid offerings in-
clude English and Canadian liter-

ature, native:and provincial his-
tory, woitteil’s sludies and
psychology.»

Gerry Martin, who ‘heads. the
Terrace University Access Coun-
Terrace

We need a broad gesteral prto-
grain. io satisfy (he many nceds of

people here and. forthe people-

who necd to upgrade,”’ said

Martin.

lf ‘you plan n n taking a stroll through George’ Littie Memorial Park,:keep a ak
one. was Spotted lurking: near bushes. Hiding: undefneath/thi

ter ‘af.the papler mache mask.’ She and six ather’children learner

day. Workshop taught by Dawn Germyn at the art gal

Rupert. is
“will.

2 is - orthwest
region, towns até looking at de-

Elsewhere : in’ the

veloping specialized - areas | of
study,

“Kitimat is looking’ at. all: ap:
plicd technologies ‘course’ and
looking at. marine
studies,’? Martin said, ‘Anyone
interested in: marine studies could

vtake two years here and then
“transfer to Rupert.’’ All courses

would be recognized as UNBC
courses. .
Earlier in the year the universily

{
“access council was concerned

about the amoumt of say the

lery:

"TERRACE — The public has
‘a-chance for 4 say in a provin-
‘cial review of northwest hospi-
tal and community health care
services,

A seven-member . team. as-
signed “by ‘the provincial
government to do the review
will bold-a public session the
evening of Aug. 31,

They'll have already spent the -

day interviewing hospital offi-

cials, health care union Jeadets.

and organizations - providing
community-based care, ©

Terrace Regional Health Care
Society chief executive officer
Michael Leisinger, who is help-
ing organize the’ team’s. visit
here, said a two-hour public
session {s planned. -

The team wants those. appear- _
ing at the. public session 'to give -

a maxinum five-minute: oral
version ofa written submission,
said Leisinget. . poe

That's; to be followed by | q
five-minute question’: and <atis:

wer‘petiod before going on to °

ublic heal

the next presentation,

Bert Boyd, a Vaucauver-
based health care consultant and
member of the review team,
said the submissions must be
based on. the+ tnandate of the
review teain.

‘This is by no means a repeat -
of the royal commission (into .

health care and costs),"" said
Bayd.

“This: is strictly a review to
look at. levels of services, of
specialty services. To determine
if there is ‘duplication on a
regional : basis, to determine if
there are efficiencies that can be
nade, and to determine if the
level of community-based ser-
Vices are: sufficicnt to meet
leeds on a regional basis,” said
Boyd,

The review will, also recoim-
mend changes to services of

"changes in the way- services are

provided,
The ‘Terrace portlon of the

‘team’s northwest agenda will be
followed by -visils to’ Kitimat ©

‘and to Prince Rupert.
It. has made provision . to
return should the need arise.

Leisinger described the
team's schedule as ‘‘very am-
bitious’? given the amount. of
people and groups to be inter-
viewed.

- “We're confident to let the

regions. were having in UNBC.
But thase concerns seem to have
been addressed by a meeting held
here carlier this month,

“T think there’s been definite
progress — particularly with the
regionalization,’ said Northwest
Community College student asso-

ciation representative Ken Haw-

kins,

The next major step in the uni-
versity’s development will be the
release of a major document on
regional operations and bow
UNBC will link with northern
colleges.

TERRACE — Local govern-
ments and forest companies will
be asking for more information
when they mect tomorrow with
federal and provincial officials
negolialing the Nisga’a land
claim.

And they’ll want a say in plans
by the federal and provincial

more say in logging ard mining
development before there is a
final claims settlement.

The meetings are being held in
conjunction with a negotiations
session taking place here next
week,

“I'll probably make the same

‘comment. Pveoiadecbafore nm
.. that local ‘people don't: really

know what’s going on,”

mayor Jack Talstra last week.
“Tm not exactly sure the local

non-native people in this areas

said

the federal government or the
Nisga‘as for that matter. Tt would
be helpful to all if that were the
case,’” he said.

The mayor’s also worried about
the prospect of a power sharing
deal called an interim: protection
measures agreement. It could be
released this Friday.

“Tf there’s some kind of agree-
ment, signed, sealed and
delivered an pronounced upon_us,

TERRACE — The door to the
student employment centre shut
last week, ending what has been
the slowest summer in three
years, a

Two hundred and two students
were placed this summer, the ma-
jority of those in casual jobs.
These numbers compare to 257
last year, and 384 students placed
in 1990.

sel

facts speak for themselves,’’ he.
said of the hospital’s posilion:
that more money is needed to
maintain service levels here.

Those interested in making a
presentation to the review team
can phone Leisinger at 638-
4021.

TERRACE .— Non-union
workers and managers and the
city have come up with a dif-
ferent kind of pay -raise for-
mula,

- Technically, staff members

increase this year,

That works out to au. approx-.
imate average increase of 4.5
per cent.

But employees willl § sce only

their pay cheques, says acting

cily administrator Denise
Fisher.

That’s because the employ-
ees have agreed to forego the

City workers.
halve pay hike.

going to be a bil tight for the

received a flat $2,540 a year cut.

half that amount of money in

extra money for the First six
months of the year,
“We knew the inaney was

city this year,” Fisher said of |
the staff’s decision to take the

She. said it meant someone
earning $20,000 a year will in
fact receive $21,270 in *92 in-
stead of the $22,540 the
nominal pay hike calls for,

The deal ensures the employ-
ees won't lose any ground ‘in
the long term.

Their increases next year will
be calculated on the 1992 base
rale of $22,540.

a

governments to give the Nisga’a -

are represented by the province or’

‘PH probably make the
same comment that I’ve
niade before — that local
people don’t really know
what is going on.”?

it could be a shock to our sys-
tem,’’ said Talstra.

“Or it could be a pleasant sur-
prise or it could be the kind of an-
nouncement that'll force us to
‘rethink how we've done things in
the past. It’s:not fair to present us
with a finished product, ” he
add

“democratic: process, it’s, uswally
done in information meetings’ and

in my view. that’s not being done!
_ now,”? Talstra said.

This’ll-be the second lime since
May.local government and forest
companies have met with negoti-
ators.

The intorita’ protection
measures agreement is considered

important because it'll most like- -

ly form the base for a final claims
seltlement,
The Nisga’a. want the agrec-

ment so as to not have the value .

of their claim diminished during
negotiations.
Skeena Cellulose fibre manager

A slim year
for students .

‘We did as much as we 5 could,

but it was really: down,” said
Nicki. Karlash, employment
counselor, ‘‘During . the | mill

strike, the whole lown panicked,”’

She blamed the reduction in
hiring on‘recession.

“People ‘are not spending
money. the way they used to,”’
she -siid, ‘‘Businesses arcn’l
doing as well,”

This’ downward trend isn’t
wiique to. Terrace, she said, ad-

ding’ hiring at student employ-

ment centres was down all across

‘B.C,

The students who did find jobs

‘were paid an average of $6.50-

10/hr. Householders provided the
majority of jobs which would last
anywhere from a day to a month.
Students also’ found jobs in. the
service sector and in business and
finance,

pales: are: to-changerin an

Local groups want
more information
on Nisga’a talks

Pat Ogawa, who was instrumental
in arranging the May and:-tonior-
row: sessions, said he’ and other
forestry representatives. are also
‘interested in the interim’ pro-
teclion measures agreement, :

“The unfortunate part of this is

that confidentiality ‘clause’ they
have,” said Ogawa in comment:
ing on an agreement between the
parties not to speak about the ne-
gotiations. ‘‘It slows: it down,

_ closes the door. They bave to fig: -

ure out a way to stickhandle
(hrough that.”’

John Sparks. of Orenda Forest
Products, which

been “na.
cpa. since lhe May mnecting.:
_ “We “are ‘anxious and. frus
“trated,” said Sparks of Orenda’, 3
efforts to learn more about the i in-
terim protection measures agres-
mente) 2 Ws ‘

We asked particularly to have

“gome role in this negotialion pro-
cess and it was denied, We asked.

and it has fallen on deaf ears,” he
said.

The meetings. will alsa give: the
provitice a chance to introduce its
new chief negotialor.

Jack Ebbels, who previously

worked for the land claims unit in

ihe altorncy-gencral’s ministry, °

ook over from Tony Sheridan

’ Aug. 1

~ Sheridan, who was an assistant
deputy. minister

aboriginal affairs ministry, bas
taken early retirement.

mich

cuts “in the
Nisga'a a en claim sald there had-

with . the