‘Page A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 9, 1992 News in brief Land claims ads AN EARLY fall radio campaign giving information on the Nisga'a land claim cost $12,226 for production and air time. The ads appeared on private northwest radio stations featuring Nelson Leeson of the Nisga’a Tribal Council and a paid actor. Their contents ranged from what the Nisga’a wanted in a land claims settlement to statements that natives do pay taxes if they live off a reserve and eam their living off a reserve. Cost of the ads was divided between the Nisga’a and the federal and provincial governments. They form part of a program by the threc parties ta give information on the settlement talks. A pamphlet has already been distributed and an open house has been held in Terrace. Gun amnesty extended THE NATIONAL firearms amnesty has been extended to Dec. 15. Owners of unwanted guns and ammunition can turn them in at the RCMP detachment without penalty, or phone the detachment for as- sistance. RCMP here have received a handgun and a hunting rifle so far. The guns and ammunition collected will be destroyed. ; The amnesty gives immunity from weapon possession charges, but doesn’t preclude investigation if the gun was used ina crime. It’s a chance to get rid of unregistered restricted weapons or prohibited weapons without fear of prosecution. Prohibited weapons don't just include assault rifles and Uzis. The list extends to large capacity magazines, stun guns, switchblades, mace and tear gas. Helmet law boosted A SOCIAL Credit MLA has introduced a private member’s bill calling for the mandatory wearing of bicycle safety helmets. Cliff Serwa, MLA: for Okanagan, West,.said 840 people are cither injured or killed each year in bicycling accidents. ‘‘The B,C. Medi- cal Association finds that wearing a bicycle helmet reduces the risk _ of bead injury by 85 per cent and brain injury by 88 per cent,’” said Serwa. . Lo Last year, the provincial royal commission into health care and casts also called for mandatory use of approved bicycle helmets. Serwa said there should also be an education campaign to en- courage safe cycling. Rest stop improved THE HIGHWAYS ministry bas spent $77,000 making improve- ments to the Sanderson rest stop right beside the West Skeena bridge spanning the Skeena River. . That money provided concrete walkways, new picnic tables, clearing brush away for easier access to the river-and doing away the outhouses in favour of a building containing chemical Qush toilets, said ministry spokesman Shawn McKinley. The walkway will make it easier for people in wheelchairs and the picnic tables are constructed so that a wheelchair can be easily posi- tioned, he said, ‘We're also putting in bear proof receptacles. They'll be easier to clean out as well,”” added McKinley. He said work on other ministry rest stops has been planned but that restrictions on government expenditures may postpone those projects. Christmas bonuses set PEOPLE ON social assistance will get a little bit of extra Christmas money next month. a oo 7 Adghe will receive $33 and ‘children $9.50, said social services. ministet Joan Smallwood. Approximately 300,000 people in the province are on the welfare rolls. Province pays its taxes THE CITY of Terrace has received a $188,652.55 grant from the B.C. Buildings Corporation. The money is in lieu of the 1992 municipal taxes the cily would normally receive if the provincial crown corporation’s properties in - Terrace were owned by private companies or individuals. This year’s grant is only $650 higher than 1991. ; The city also receives similar grants each year from B.C, Hydro (approximately. $200,000) and the federal government (approxi- mately $24,000). Chief forester names deputy JOHN CUTHBERT, the province’s chief forester, last week an- nounced his new deputy will be Bronwen Beedle. Now the district forest manager in Fort Nelson, Beedle obtained versity in Kingston, Ontario. Beedle took up her new duties this week, WCB advice available INJURED WORKERS or dependents who have claims questions can get free and confidential advice here tomorrow. An adviser from the labour ministry will be at the provincial govermment’s access centre. The adviser is independent of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Appointments can be made by cail- ing the government agent at 638-3200, For advice without an inter- view, call the workers’ adviser office at 1-800-663-4261. , Pot plants seized AN AERIAL search of the northwest in late September helped RCMP drug officers scize more than 500 marijuana plants. number is down from the previous year when 3,000 plants were seized across the northwest. Although there was a bumper crop of homegrown marijuana in the rest of the province, Mackin said northwest growers were hampered by a late spring and an early frost. Police got help this year from a new program known as Northwest Marijuana Eradication. 7 They’re asking for help in identifying growers and grow areas from the public and businesses that sell garden supplies. hoping they'll receive more next year. ‘ He said this year’s helicopter search covered from Kitimat to Ter- race and up into the Nass Valley. Most of the plots found had already been harvested, he said. 'Tt’s a big business,’? Mackin said, adding marijuana cultivation is on the increase in the region. a “It’s just so easy to grow,” he said. ‘‘And it’s difficult to control — the only way we can do it is with the public’s assistance.”’ Nisga’a get money . THE PROVINCIAL government will give the Nisga’a Tribal Coun- tied to its land claim. ; And italso locked in for the season just past as much as $500,000 for silviculture work the Nisga’a do each year. a measures agreement released two weeks ago. _ They call for a grant of $80,000 for Nisga’a Tribal Council ex- penses and a further $63,450 beginning next April to the end of the agreement Sept. 20, 1993. The provinciat government will also cor: her Bachelor of Science, forestry degree at UBC in 1974, She also | - has a masters degree in business administration from Queen’s Uni- } . Prince Rupert RCMP subdivision Const. Tim Mackin said that Mackin said the program generated some tips this year and he’s | cil just over $160,000 to help finance participation in an agreement The financial commitments are contained in the interim protection. TERRACE — There should be a CT scan machine here, stales the northwest review into health care. Yet the cost of the machinc isn’t known nor is the cost of re- quired renovations and what it'll lake to operate the machine, the review report adds. And the report also finds ‘Sinteresting’’ that the hospital’s finance director isn’t involved in determining overall costs, In response, Terrace Regional Health Care Society chief execu- live. officer Michael Leisinger said it has a good idea of the pur- chase cost and what it will take to operale. “We have a very good handle on what it costs for the other 21 scanners in the province. We have plans on where we think il should go in the hospital and ‘those are being gone over by engineers and architects even as we speak,’” he said. Leisinger estimates the cost of a mid-range CT scanner recom- mended by the review at $600,000. That’s the target figure set out three years ago when the Dr, R.E.M. Lee Hospital Founda- tion began raising money for ils purchase. “Tt would have been a waste of time three yeats ago to put to- gether a detailed proposal. But we now have a clear signal. The light was red, not it’s tumed ycllow and it’s starting to tum green,” said Leisinger. A successful sale of cash calendars this month should put the foundation at its $600,000 goal, he added. The next hurdle is convincing the provincial government to pay for the estimated $250,000 opera- ting costs and to get its help in paying for renovations. Leisinger is pleased with a review recommendation that the radiologist now in Prince Rupert have access via a special phone line to.the scanner. That, he says, will help fulfil the regional use concept devel- Health care society chairman Lael McKeown was also pleased with the review’s position on the CT scan. "We're just absolutely delighted with that,’’ she said. A CT scan machine at Mills ’ seven-member CT scan backing» pleases hospital OE will add to the region’s capability to provide the same kind of spe- cialized service available to those who live down south, McKeown added. kak Northwest health care may re- quire more money now lo’ save money down the road, says a member of the Hospital Employ- ces’ Union (HEU). That new moncy should provide . community-based services to re- place more expensive ones at hospitals, says Bella Maud. She was one of three health care union representatives on the team which prepared the review of northwest health care services released last week. “There should be a gradual decline in (bed) utilization rates as soon as possible,’’ said Maud. “When patients are discharged they should go to proper support in the community and that should be set up in advance,’’ she added. “FT think the minister of health has to take a close look at this and MARY KAY HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS ) Mary Kay fragrance limited . edition gifts are perfect for everyone on your list. And the gift wrapping is free! Call today. if it means more allotment of money, that should bappen,”’ Maud said. 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