Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 2, 2002 Victoria call centre now open to handle wildlife problems YOU MAY not be able to easily talk (0 a local conser- valion officer, but you cin naw phone one based in Vic- toria. A centralized call centre opened in the provincial ca- pital earlier this month, staffed around the clock by con- servalion officers. “Up until now there has been no centra! service to protect people when ‘faced with wildlife,” said water, land and air protection official Liz Bicknell. “The number people called to previously was more like an answering service..I think it. is a huge improve- ment over what was there: previously,” Callers were directed to that number when conserva- lion offices around the province weren’t open. In the past, conservation: officers responded | to 75 per cent of the calls received. The idea is to free up officer time for serious calis and to do investigations. Before, local officers handled local calls when they were available, The local office in the access centre now has a locked door, emphasizing the requirement to phone the call centre. Most issues the public calls about can be resolved without dispatching a conservation officer, Bicknell says. , Those types of informational calls include low-risk wild life reports such as a raccoon gelling into the parb- age or a bear eating unharvested fruit from fruit trees. Solutions to those types of problems, such as keeping garbage cans locked in a garage or making sure to harv- est fruit from fruit trees, can be given over the phone. The call centre doubles as a type of dispatch service as well. “They will know very, very quickly whether the cou- gar or the bear is a threat or if it is just ambling through on its way somewhere else,” Bicknell says. “They can deploy the necessary resources to have that matter dealt with instantly.” That means contacting a conservation officer from the region of the call or contacting other agencies such as the RCMP. CONSERVATION OFFICER Jeff Scott demon- strates how his computerized work station operates at a new wildlife call centre in Victoria. “[ think all enforcement officers, the RCMP, our- selves and other municipal officers need to work much more cooperatively when it comes to protecting public safety,” Bicknell said. The call centre is located in the same building as the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) headquarters and Bicknell said the goal is to train PEP personnel to work al the centre to enable the conservation officers to get back out in the field, IWA member chases council seat A SKEENA Cellulose worker is the first declared chalienger running for a seat on city council this fall. Allan McIntyre worked closely with NWBC’s Dan Veniez over the past year to help him organize Meetings and make con- tacts in the community leading up to his success- ful bid to buy Skeena Cel- lulose. “It turned out to be quite. a learning éxper- in the last year.” Mcintyre said he aided Veniez because his plan seemed much better than that of rival Mercer Inter- national, which planned to break up the operations, The 31-year-old IWA member has his own con- tracting business doing home and commercial re- novation work. He says he’s indepen- dent and not part of any labour-organized slate, de- scribing himself as pro: bu-_. ience,” he says, adding = sin people suggested he con- “Business is. what* sider running for council. makes paycheques “lve been involved in happen,” Mclntyre said. some of the biggest issues this community has faced “Investment is what makes the tax base g grow.” HOUSE OF COMMONS . Andy Burton pa of parliament for Skeena Constitvenry Office 4654 Lozelle Ave Terrace, B.C. V8G 156 Phone: {250} 635-1601 Fax: (250) 635-4109 Toll Free: 1-800-461-2208 E-mail: andy@and burton. ca Website: www.on yl burton.ca GREENWOOD | CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES - * Emergency Care & X-Ray * Auto & Work Injury * Sports Injury * Footmaxx Orthotics NO REFERRAL NECESSARY Dr. R.D. Greenwood 4635 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. 638-8165 , OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY Boutiques = -Noon-5:00 pm ” Skeena Mall Terrace ‘ 1-800-563-4362 © ke ea Tiana fp anlte edmation : swith Thornhill. 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