. ‘ 7 . Ad - The Teirice Standard, Wednesday, October 1 3, 2004. TERRACE (NDARD ESTABLISHED APRIL. 27, 1988 . "PUBLISHER: ROD. LINK” ADDRES: 3210 Clinton’ Street Terrace; B: C..* » V8G 5R2 . TELEPHONE: (250) 638. 7283: * FAX: (250) 6 638. 8432. — WEB: www.terracestandard. com: nen ~ EMAIL: newsroom@terracestandard. com- Pot Mushy government bureaticrats. - a report that taises: the: idea. of moving towards” regulation of | pine mushroom picking, along with: other so-called ‘Non-Traditional Forest: Products. harvesting must. be, regulated. says. boughsand thelike forfloral greenery, to. asearching for medicinal herbs. eee taxation, the board: concedes. gathering activities sustainable for the long: haul : more than makes up: ‘for the: discomfort: « : And. ‘they’re' . “calling ~ on government, to get the ball rolling. by considering. Range and Practices legislation. aaa eee! It’s. a U-turn: from’ the: ‘apparent direction. of” mushroom business concluded: ‘it. wash t in’ any productive-mushroor ‘patches - and other areas. may exceed the value of logs. mushroom picking? iS” feasible: across wide: swaths - of northwest B.C., and’other parts of the province, ~ where the fungus i 18; -fourid, beggars: belief. ‘controlled ‘areas, . ‘perhaps some. of the’ richer: salal fields. ‘of ' ‘Vancouver Island, but: it: “Seems: impractical up here. ; : : _If bettér-stats-on these Activities: are. eneeded, the ” answer might be to license buyers a and make them, on "provide information. “ : Likewise, . ‘if. the © ‘goal. ‘is ‘to preserve. “the : should: be on keeping: loggers - out ‘of: the best patches. — something the’ forests ministry. Should. _ be capable. of achieving: * : 4 exercise in futility: ~ BUBLISHER/EDITOR: | Rad Link ' ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach _ PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgett , NEWS: Jeff Nagel: : ~ NEWS/COMIMUNITY: Jennifer Lang ‘ NEWS/SPORTS; Margaret Speirs . “INTERN REPORTER: ‘Rebecca Collard FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping: . “e ~ CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: ‘Teresa Ross : ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: ° ara 2002 WINNER o CCNA BETTER © NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION ” ; AD ‘ASSISTANT: ‘Saridra Stefanik ot ! PRODUCTION: ‘Susan Credgeur’ logic | LIKE the mushrooms that pop up. through the. a moss of northwest. forests, idéas about new ways | to. ‘generate revenue: percolate: in. he. heads. of J. This year, -the. Forest. Practices. i Board tabled To prevent resources like. mushrooms and salal 5 : from being: overpicked, the: board . argues, ‘te. a Such harvesting contributes neatly $700 million ia per year to the proviticial economy. now; the report. _. Non- traditional: forest products i run: nthe ‘gamut i - . from wild huckleberry. picking, to cutting: cedar. Taser t policy fixes wi Regulations’ and - licensing imay. Vell lead to ~ But they argue: the. benefits of making ‘these! : “the: provincial . | the 1990s;. when: “an. “economist. ‘commissioned oe by the Te by ‘th: provincial: ‘government: to. study. the: pine, : deaths ithe, prowinee have’ best |. associated’ with. Taser. use, in > Prinée George, Burnaby ; and Van- © -eouver! Added to reports’ of almost a 50 deaths: in, the U.S. in the last “three. ydars, the cases, raised trou- provincial ma agement of our forests, particularly _ », bling questions. There : are: perfectly aha acguments for 4 belt £ a ae Battershilt to. head ‘ip. a review. where unconventional. products: are gathered t that aoe hE het ch, cal recommieridations: that. would’. “allow: police * to. continue: ‘using... ‘But to‘think that large scale. regulation ofp pine .]/ : Tasers while decreasing the risk: Such licensing mi ight’ workin. very small easily ‘ View of the evidence around Tas “e ers. : ons are, still useful as an interme": > abioke! speeches and: kitchen ” “ recipes are similar, Both ‘outline: oa plan of. intent. ° ‘difference i is'the cook, no imatter ~ _ how amateur; tackles thé venture *: : ‘determined to: ‘produce anedible; . "|. sp estasty. dish’ on time’ on: budget,” But attempting to force ihe northwest’ s legions: idee tgatisTy he ‘appetites of al: of mushroom: pickers, to. open’ the: books’ on:their | undeclared | income can mony, end up being an. mushrooms ‘for: future generations, the. focus” 7 ‘Many ie SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAN: a “$57.94 (+$4.06 GST)=62.00 per years. -Senlors $50.98 (+$3.87 GST)=54.55;° ae “Out of Province $65.17 (+$4, 56 GST)= 69) 73. _Ouside of Canada (6 months) $156. P10. 98 Sst 167 go =, Le legislature, with, various: dishes. oS , ” MEMBERLOF:.. : we 7 : Be, AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, SANADIAN CERT REWEPAPERS ASSOCIATION : act - AND! CoMmunte ewerasins “By c PRESS fois) WCHL (wre bepresscouncl og) . “hid Fale with ast Fabew Barving the Twit ud thom rm, blot on vey a ih wk t m0 ci Sian, Tertee, Brith Columble, V80 SA ~~ Blories, photographs, ital a, cinigne and iypeniyles in {he fanate Siancutd in ine propel al ‘he copyright holdita, Including Catlbed Press {toni} Ltd. Tg Ilunteation tapro.earvicas and Acveriiing agane! re - » Rapredyotion Iq whole ov in pari, without wtien parmmlagion, 'b-apecliically prohiblied.: - Authotlzad aa uacond alsa mall pening Ihe Post ort, Broach tor paymar af poutge h cath, ; Speclat thanks. to all our contributors and” . correspondents for: their time. and talents 7 : SIGNS VICT ORIA- The orobe of Tasers ” "in. B.C. has already: paid off. with’: «| fe > an inlerim: report ‘that recommends " tougher controls on. the use: P of the Lh - high-tech stun guns... : ae “Tasers were hailed as a: “great ef tool. for: police: when: they. were... | “introduced in 1998. The concept |. " was-preat — -|°" darts that zap dangerous ‘suspects |. the introduction. of: regulations. under: its, Fors, » withlectritity, making them easy | vs {1 “to subdué Police would have one’ more alterative’ to: ‘shiooling. sus- . “pects, ‘and. both- they and the, per-. Son. being: ‘arrested would be safer, - | a@:weapon: that shoots * “But in: the. last. 12 months four - IN OUTER SPACES a LOOKING saa aE OF. INTELLIGENCE : FROM THE CAPITAL PAUL WILLCOCKS - ~The: police. complains’ com ‘His interim report offers practi- - And ‘just: as : -importantly, the.» jeport ‘calls on .police to make =. - changes that could save.lives even . “in Cases: where-‘Taseis aren “tuséd, non Ws‘ a. balanced, “thorough: ‘Te- The report concludes ihe weap: 2 - expected to partake.; Government: Tacks an equivalent commitment. -} oo Wheii- the Governor: General” “reads: ‘the - throne’ ‘speech: she’ oe “like: thé. mother: ‘who glances. = J. over the. child’s choseii- fecipe to. | 4 °-maké- sure her pantry holds the’ | necessary ingredi¢nts,.The mom» » doesn’t, write: the ,.recipes 1. Governor. General doesn't write” the. speech: < One apron -covered individual ai on "akeschargeofthekitchenfoliows: Soe thé recipe, mixes the ingredients, i os ‘pops. the: con¢oction. into the oven’ J and-at. the proper; ‘time, removes... ‘the steaining dish 10. the table. If. “the, dish is‘a:suécess, she, reaps” “the credits: If the dish. flops,: ‘she bee Husband, Debbie Simons, Bruce. Martindale . : , “shoulders a any complaints: . " the’: Not.) so. with ‘government: “cooks” “gather in. the Pp LAST N (Gut! The" main = 3 Gas ov FiRE!. diate weapon, for police: T hey can ; disable suspects froma. distance - vom "something no ‘possible * with’ penper splay ‘or ie - and’ ‘they .* haven't been treated. wit the Te quired seriousness... "= “That’s. “not: “suiprisinig.: The: “ manufaciurér’s “pitch - has. always, 7 .bedn. that: the. Weapons pose. no health risk; that; claim. is now be-"-- cing. widely questioned around the a warld.” re The. “yepott ‘ites. inconsistencies” - CLAUDETTE SANDECKI oe jn mind. Though eager to claim. vany. and: all. ‘credit, ¢very, MP-is “quick to parcel. out blame, -to. the’. ‘opposition, economic’conditions, the rising. dollar, threats from, the; U, Ba you we ee Wy ere wT LL oF LINE AT CunciL YOUCAN JUST. | GEEZ YOUR, “actos . BC: ‘in’ - ‘training police t to.use the’s weapons. wo ‘A standard training course on Tas: er. use. should ‘be. developed, “the . repeated * THROUGH BIFOCALS § The. cook: embarks: ‘with. ae ‘deadline, usually / ‘of: four: hours” “or: less, Government is: wishy.. Avashy. Often an ventire four “Police » should al ‘also q ; - ACTOSS- B. Cand North ‘Amer ca, people captured and Testraitied iby’ police: ave been dying. The. v _..common’ scenario. is: a. frenzied,’ : - Unreasonable suspect, Often: One cocaine: or mentally. ill,’ “whois: : captured; restrained, appears to. ‘be . liner, atid’ ‘then stops breathing: . (Cocaine: was a common factor in. “the ‘cases of all four people’ who |” ~ have: died after. Taser use in B.C.) , "The condition is called “excited: delirium,” and police aren "Laware © -enough of the risks. of death, the cm “report found, ageinzecommending - mandate goes by without inching one bit closer- to fulfilling | throne: : speech | promises. Take universal : child “-caré,- first promised . by ‘the Liberals over ‘ten years ago, . Tuesdays: Soo: ‘throne. speech as though ‘itawere:* ki “te. deliver’. on’ “throne: Speed "promises eventually’ erupts i 4in-an.’ “last alight:tulb moment. The eook. Is. ‘constrained’ ‘by a need to. ‘produce. a. plalable,. ao riourishing. dish at an affordable:” - price.. -Waste. dtives Ottawa, The.” puri control overrun, for example, : “and ~ its: years - ‘of ‘application: . *- “pileups,-is: an’ “example. ‘Budget ; restrictions? Not in the’ Liberals’ : ‘kitchen. “Even: kitchen: failures ‘eli “end up in the garbage. Cooks firid oa Way, lo: “take? ‘the: -curdle : “out-of ° the. Hollandaise sauce, Fruit jells 2 that, didn’ t are spooned’ over ice. “cream as “sauce.” “Governments, Oe though; feel: free. to. 16ss° Ou “months of: Work and millions: of -tax-dollars when’ ‘they wake-up to: “their. unpopular recipe. ‘choices,:.. “Remember.” B.Ci's Coquihalla " “sale and” Privatization of liquor ‘stores? Loe D ir years tes A kitehon nirange unless broke a jeport says: and all: poles should “receive the training, » ©. Ttalso: calls for. mandatory ree * 7 porting any time-a-Taser is, ‘used, | . . ‘That's routine when‘a gun is used, ~~ but not all” police: forces. in--B.C.- = “Although relatively. rare, change: ‘in’ pattern ‘of drug abuse: maki : likely officers will encounter v tims of excited delirium mete'f quently,” the’ report warns, require similar. follow-up. “Even. “when the policy is in place; police... _ may not be following. it; the Feport . which: the: people are: restrained -. found. : “The report calls for a ban on use’ ao, buying a thie ‘Taser ‘originally introduced in © _| the province, ‘and. switch 'to'a less ” +. powerful, model: that ‘provides a ° greater margin-of safety... All thé recommendations make a ; ” sense. ‘The two requiring:reporting and training should. ‘have been“in:" : place from, the beginning, when * ~ thé former. NDP government aps “proved the weapons. a ‘-But.the repart’s biggest iipact a “may. come from wo recommenda- *- tons: that are only Paitly related to: “Taser.use.. °°" behind: the’, ‘suspect's baék-and” - linked to needless deaths.’ * tons: will save lives. ‘The Batt ; "shill report, looked at 22 restrai, - related deaths investi pated by “coroners between 1990-and:2003 v IL found. a: ‘disturbing familiarity’ ‘in the cases. ‘The. victim: is: gener: He to’ happeti.’ The recommen “should, ‘be adopted immediately. ‘ing his-investigation. of..the _of Robert. Bagnell who: dit “Taser: He released the. teri” need” to:get:the recomendations generale :hot air ‘regulated - “by =! - party’ politics, opposition’: antics ~ political zephyr... “order. paper. are: ‘erased: “The nex - from’ scratch, wasting. more:tim _and peoples* money, 1° "1 thinking 3 ~of the law to protect animals from “Government legislation ; sitme “Incommitiee hearings, filibusters im or in the, senate. - a serve: ‘foods favored by. ‘the entin ‘than’ half. the population” at any” ‘means: weve tied on our. bibs. ‘fo “more years of indi gestion’ ‘600 id: “dp. by nervous MPs looking i ‘a standardized tring program . The ‘risk of death also app ears to ‘be. incredsed ‘by ‘thé way. in the: “maximal: restraint : positial ; where hands’and ankles, dre. bound liés:on ‘his chest, saying: ‘it may: be “Adopting ‘both: -recomm ally.on drugs and acting bizarrely A... violent. struggle. takes’. place, vilhout: any: obvious injuciés,: ice lse:r estraints; And the ‘pe OI “They, were: . deaths that. did dations on restraint, atid Taser use :Footne : Batlershillis contir Vancouver after: being. sho “ ‘port:because: there was ‘ani: ‘urgen Out 10 police, Battershill said. - 7 eral: willcocks @ulirane ca 4 “gives reliable heat, “Legislatures “ media-palls, and any’ other: errant “AS ‘cooking. failure i “he ; itchen is soon forgotten; ‘Failure : election, ‘Uncooked items onthe. Parliament can. then’ “begin: agai abuse;: After years of discussion, Ae animals dre still vulnerable: Family” stews ‘simmer slow: cooker “or cast “itanp I'd" guess ‘most. home: cooks family, ‘Government’ pleases’ les dime, Tuesday’ 3 ‘throne -speec their, shoulders. :’ attr ;