@ Free at last FIREFIGHTERS WERE called to the new medical building last week to free an elevator joad of people, stuck for about 15 minutes. Deputy fire chief Rick Owens says the departments been called to the building at least a half a dozen times since it opened, to rescue people stuck in elevators. Liberals wary of Nisga’a ads B.C. LIBERALS say they’ll boycott mectings of a roving committee that’s been sampling public opinion on B.C. na- tive land claim policy. Liberal aboriginal affairs critic Mike De Jong says recent ads in northwest newspapers indicate the government is going ahead with the provisions of a Nisga’a treaty before it’s signed and before the all-party select standing com- mittee on aboriginal affairs reports. The ads ask for public comment on proposed transfers of 15 chusks of Crown land to the Nisga'a and the proposed enlargement of eight Indian reserves. De Jong says that if the government is proceeding with those transfers, then there’s no point in the select standing conumitiee completing its task. “We sense that while the government protests that there’s no deals made, this is just one more indication that the Nisga’a deal is a done deal,’’ De Jong said. He also said a lot of people the committee heard from — particularly in Terrace. — started their comments with the suspicion that the government was not going to lake what they had to say seriously. Lands ministry officials say the ads are simply gathering public comment and are in no way an indication that the Nisga’a treaty is a go. And Nisga’a Tribal Council president Joe Gosnell said the standing committee was primarily aimed at future treaty seltlements — not a reversal of the Nisga’a agieement-in-principle signed last year. “| think it’s rather regrettable that this issue is now being used for a political game of some sort,” Gosnell said, ad- ding the select standing committee has just finished spend- ing a ‘‘terrific amount” of time and taxpayer dollars tour- ing the province. “Why does Mr. De Jong object to public consultation?”’ Gosnell said. Reform B.C.’s Jack Weisgerber, who is also a member of the select standing committee, said he’s registered his concern and has asked for an explanation, but hasn’t ruled out further work with the group. Nass RCMP get new homes from lease deal with Nisga’a NASS VALLEY RCMP, the Nisga’a Tribal Council and the New Aiyansh band council have struck a deai to pro- vide new housing for two police officers. The deal will sce the officer lease prefab homes being put in at a new subdivision in New Aiyansh, says Corporal Ewen Harvie, RCMP detachment commander, ‘‘Two of our officers are transferring out this year and the housing they're in is inadequate,’ said Harvie. ‘“By this arrangement, we’re able to provide better accommoda- tion for the new officers.’ ~ He stressed that the officers will pay market rents for the accommodation. Harvie’s expecting the two prefab homes to be delivered " by the end of the month. One benefit liked by Harvie is that the new homes are lo- cated in the village, away from RCMP-issue housing next - "to the detachment which is on ‘the outskirts of New Aiyansh. . ‘This way we can become more of a part of the village and not be isolated,’’ he said. ; “TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS Roundtrip from 6207 * pint anche Travel Now. Cae No Money Down | ceslhow y The housing initiative is one of two moves undertaken by the RCMP to become move involved in the valley. On April 1 what was the New Aiyansh detachment be- came the Lisims/Nass Valley detachment. Lisims is the Nisga’a word for People of the River and the name better reflects the coverage area of the detach- ment and the people it serves, said Harvie. The detachment’s four officers cover New Aiyansh, Gitwinksihlkw and Lakalzap (Greenville). Harvie’s expecting that will change when the road from Lakalzap to Kincolith at the mouth of the Nass River is completed in the next couple of years. Kincolith is now covered by Prince Rupert RCMP but with the road connection, that responsibility will shift to the Lisims/Nass Valley detachment, Ideally, an RCMP sub office will be located in Lakalzap to cover that village and Kincolith, said Harvie, = One of the issues that needs addressing is housing for RCMP officers in Lakalzap, Harvie anticipates setting up a similar arrangement to the leasing deal in New Aiyansh. 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APPLIES TO AMEND THE TULSEQUAH CHIEF APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT APPROVAL CERTIFICATE Redfern Resources Ltd. (the “proponent”) has applied to ihe Environmental Assessment Office for an amendment fo ifs original five volume application for a project approval certificate to reopen the former Cominco Tulsequah Chief under- ground mine. This project is currently being reviewed under the Environmental Assassment Act {the “Act”). The project, located at the base of Mount Ecton, 100 km south of Atlin, B.C, is the development of a 2, 250 tonne per day underground copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver mine af the former mine site. The original five volume apglication identified iransportation access alternatives which include a 120 km private industrial road through the Shazah Creek drainage to connect to public rouds near Atlin; the sea- sonal use of barging down the Taku River toon Alaskan trans-shipment facility; and a road or pipeline access to a trans-shipment facility. The road/pipeline option was dropped during the review of the original application under the former Mine Development Assessment Process, and the remaining two alternatives were brought forward for review under the new Act. . ; | Under section 12 (1) of the Act, the proponent may submif o written request to the Executive Director of the Environmental Assessment Office to amend an existing application. Based on its review of the transportation alternatives, the proponent has concluded that the barge option is not technically or economically feasible and hos therefore applied for an amendment to remove this option from its original application. The application for an amendment is to make the following material “Removal seasonal shallow draft barge transport on the Taku River from consideration as c primary transportation option for access to the The Tulsequah Chief Project Committee is reviewing the proponent’s application for an amendment and will base the review on the technical and economic aspects out- lined in the proponent's March 1997 report entitled “Feasibility Assessment of Seasonal Barging and Road Access Transportation Alternatives". 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