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DITORIA

It’s not often a bunch of guys roll into
town and offer to put a $365 million
development in your backyard. So all of
us can hardly be blamed for being a bit

Orenda Forest Products proposal.

For a while there it looked like a,
‘slightly ‘depressing replay of what ‘has
thappened in other areas. Some people
iliked the idea. Others didn’t. There were
jaccusations, counter accusations and a
‘couple of temper tantrums.

| We can be excused for some of this.
\That’s because all large economic

‘developments are subject to a fairly new

:method of examination by the provincial .

igovernment called the Major Project
‘Review Process (MPRP).
| In itself, MPRP is a fairly sensible
‘idea. It sets out the system of how major
‘projects are to be examined. It brings in
‘relevant federal agencies. It does provide
for public comment. oe
But there is one major problem with

_'MPRP. And that is nobody has bothered

to explain just exactly what it is and what
it does. Although provincial officials
have been quite happy to answer ques-
‘tions, there appears to be no set policy
on the part of the government to spread
‘information about MPRP.

For instance, no copies of the pro-
wince’s MPRP.. euidelines were readily
available, in ;-Terrace.;when Qrenda an-

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Can it be that a couple of thousand
unruly teenagers have given Premier Rita
Johnston a campaign issue? You bet.
The premier had been trying to sell law
-and order prior to the July 28 Penticton
‘riot without much success. 7
‘She hauled out the sales pitch a couple
‘of months ago and reinforced it just

‘rusty on exactly what to do about the ©

And that is a company must sell its pro-

_ Muddy waters.

nounced it wanted to place its planned
mill south of Lakelse Lake. There were
no provincial pronouncements for-
theoming when Orenda made its an-
nouncement about what MPRP is or
what it is supposed to do.

City council added to the leadership

‘yacuum when two of its members chose

instead to get into a public dust-up with

‘people who had questions about the

Orenda proposal. It does say it wants the
MPRP examination conducted up north
but doesn't explain what that means.
In the meantime, Orenda has been.
busy fulfilling one requirement laid
down by the provincial government.

ject. |

Here again, things are a bit murky.
The open houses being held by Orenda
are not part of MPRP. Public meetings

are scheduled to be held when the com-

pany officially files its plan with the pro-
vince. Yet there is a faint impression the
sessions now underway are connected to
the approval process.

No reasonable person can fault Oren-
da for holdings these-sessions. It wants
to move through the MPRP as quickly as
possible. But because there weren’t clear
and concise-explanations available from
the start, the approval process which

Orenda has,to.follow stands.as a confus;
public’s business;

ing way to. conduct the
ae ow ak

and order

before the Social Credit leadership con-
vention. But it sort of got lost in the hub-
bub leading up to the convention and
there was no solid example upon which
the premier could base her position.
That changed when the mob‘hit the
streets of Penticton. It’s the kind of stuff
tailor made for election speeches. »

. For a city that advertises far

| The ties that bind.

‘and wide to lure anglers, prints
‘bales: of brochures to draw
‘ visitors, and sponsors three-day

; events like Riverboal Days to Bifecails
' put Terrace on the tourist map, :
‘ we're mighly bashful about our by Claudelte Sandecki

Through |

+ weddings. oy
i Were it not for Bundles of
; Joy: announcements, newspaper

One explanation may be that

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+ readers might get the impression
none Of us live together with the
benefit of ‘clergy. While it’s true
you can sometimes witness a
-horn-tooting, streamer-waving
procession down Lakelse
Avenue on a Saturday, their fre-
quency doesn’t begin to hint at
the 67 wedding licenses issued
by the government agent in the
first six months of 1991. *

_ Es. curious we're 80 shy

‘about our nuptials. We make
front page news out of scholar-
ships. Young folk drive boom
cars that herald their arrival six
blocks in advance. Teenage girls
wear pants so tight you can tell
at a glance the length of stitch
used: to sew their underwear,

what should be a:joyous event.

In: Halifax, home.) of
Canada’s navy, where knots are
tied ‘everyday, daily papers
often have two, whole pages of
wedding,.portrails, Just: pic-
tures, no words.” an
What): makes. Ht
newlyweds more. willing to pro-
claim ; thelr - fifetime-»commit-
ment? Do. they.-have- more ap-
preciation for::the.-deal: a $55
license. provides?:.¥
bananas over a 9. fishing
| hicensé;-gOod- for olté year: :

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Yet we -shun. the. limelight. for. :

“Halifax.

hile..we ‘go ;

Halifax has a wedding gown-
tuxedo rental shop that arranges
weddings, Part of their service

(and a clever adverlising ploy) is _

handing each bridal party @
printed form, with space for
names, date, and other
ceremony details, Completed

data. sheets go. direcily.. to”
newspapers, with a photograph. °
Chances are Halifax editors, ,
too, reserve the right to edit for:
~Jengtti and to publish when,
space is available. But the forms |

do get the news oul.
Who reads about weddings?

_Prabably most people, though

for different reasons. To win at-
tention, the bride doesn’t. have
to be Julia Roberts. :°: 32°

_who atténded are tickled
their names in print.”
> Btrend wedding ©

i: because. I'm nosy, .Maybe the +

“bride’s father hauled;
of- gravel, Maybe -he
“. had me’ sew a zipper,’

“with one of my daug

> Whyever her lame: rings ce an

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Fiteups

-Idad

" Maybe her groom sh ted a’clats®

recognize her name, E look to
see if any guests came from my
home town, -

Though I’ve lived away from

Saskatchewan since 1957,
whenever the North Battleford
News-Optimist prints an ac-
count of anyone I knew as a
child, my sister mails the article

to me. Inturn, I passit on to my

brother in the Northwest Ter-
ritories. It’s‘a way of keeping in
touch. 2°: ; S

( nally 1 might read a
social note like "Mr. and Mrs.

Smith motored to Sooke to at-
tend the .wedding of ‘their.
daughter, Kim” falways waitto~
-read about Kim’s big day. But
_ usally | wai ee
Her contemporaries compare. 20), |

“cher‘veil and honeymoon length:
“to othelr own. Ex: boy/girl
_ friends gloat’ or grieve, depen- °F
ding upon whether they” were: 9
‘dumpers or dumpees,Relatlves:

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VICTORIA — There comes a
point when reasonable people
can no longer support the
goals and, more important, the
methods of some environmen-
talists, The current efforts to
keep Fletcher Challenge from
exercising its right to log in the
Walbran Valley is a case in
point.;
, gThe:Walbran. Valley 4
“G00 ha watershed on .
; southwest coast of Vancouve

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‘Island, near. the Carmanah-- -

Valley, which was al the core
of a previous confrontation
between environmentalists and
the forest industry.

‘The Walbran stakes are easi-
ly explained, Fletcher
Challenge wants to log about
70 hectares in the valley this -
winter and must build access —
roads to the site now, Pro-
testers don't want any logging
to take place in the valley for
at least the next three years,
and presumably none
thereafter.

Fleicher Challenge had ob-
tained a court order last week,
forbidding anyone Lo prevent
crews from working in the
valley, but that didi’t deter
protesters. They blocked the,
road anyway. Eventually,
RCMP had to move in and
haul protesters out of harm's.
way. —_

Of particular concern in the

- Walbran controversy is the’.
fact that quite a number of
very young protesters have in-
jected themselves into the fray.

One young lady in her teens
broke down crying when two

_ female officers removed her

from the road into the
Walbran. I’m sure the anguish
she felt was real, but one still
musi ask why she was there in
the first:place
“ Lasked myself the same
question when six high school
students, ‘members of the En-
_ vironmental Youth Alliance,
went on.a hunger strike in Vic-
-toria to, protest the proposed
‘logging of the Walbran,
; Some questioning about the
_Lissue quickly.revealed that ~~
“their actions were fueled by.a
“jot-of emotions and very little

7 “young people, ve

input. That year, Fletcher.
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FRIENDLY To TOURISTS? S

From the

‘Caplial
by Hubert Beyer

to reach the conclusion that
someone is carefully tugging at
__the emotional strings af, these .
= ae wae fie +
- The strident zeal of ‘groups.
such as the Sierra Club, the ~
Western Wilderness Commiltee
or the Carmanah Forestry
Society is enough to prompt
young kids to:chain themsleves
to trucks or go on hunger
- strikes. a -
_” But considering the young
protesters’ relative ignorance
of anything but the emotional
aspects of the conslroversy, it
would be incumbent upon
these groups Lo counsel the
youngsters against taking such
irrational and illegal action.
Recruiting them for thelr cause
~ or even allowing them to do

what they do smacks of gross —

exploitation... 2...

The teenage protesters re-
mind me of a very enthusiastic
‘young girl at the recent Socred
convention. She was trying to
convince a Grace McCarthy

_-Supporler-to vote for Rita

“Johnson. Asked why, all she ~

could offer was ‘because she
‘is the future.” oo
_ The Walbran protesters got
some help from Alan Burger, a

University of Victoria seabird.
‘biologist. Burger said initial | °

evidence indicates that the.”

 Walbran is one of the prime -

~ nesting. ateas for the marbled -
‘ murrelet.: The marbled mur- ~

“species list, but so is the B.C.

logger. |

"suspect s0.do those of the Car- -

-manah Forestry Society and” _
= the Slerra-Club. In 1983, Fiet-.
cher Chiallenge developed its -_

first five-year plan for the” ~

valley, ;
In 1989, the‘deadline for a

new five-year plan was extend:

ed to provide:for mote public.

* Committee withdrew:
_Tocal advisory group..

on

: : heh

Challenge took about 600 Vic-
toria residents on bus tours to
‘tHe Walbi@n[ 8 le a tet
‘oth 1990fthe company!
established the Watbran Local
Resource Advisory Group to
solicit more public imput.
Members of the group includ-
ed representatives from three -

_ area municipalities, the WA,

the local Fish.and Game Club;
the B.C. Wildlife Federation, -
the Sierra Club, the Western -
Canada Wilderness Committee
and the Carmanah Forestry -
Society.

Later that year, the Sierra —

_ Club and the Carmanah
’ Forestry Society declared the ,

-Walbran a ‘critical area of old
growth.’ Meanwhile, the.
Deferral Review Team,

established by the government.

io recommend which old-
growth areas should not be
logged at the moment, said
that plans for the Walbran’
should not be deferred.

“In September 1990, the
Western Canada Wilderness.

_ Committee lost an appeal-in >

the’ B.C. courts and failed.to, .
halt plans For logging the. ;,;
valley,-The following month,*
the Sierra Club and the .-°
Western Canada Wilderness ,”
from the

In January, the'wo. groups.

mutt :guccessfully-appealed'the = °
‘relet is on the endangered -

“once again.
' “And here we are, \up-1d
armpits in-youthfulihanger

“ gtrikers and. protesters: My ad-

vice (o environmental groups”

is: if you feel that.strongly,. .-
“throw yourself'in front of a *
struck; don’ -misg
. ‘doing it for ya

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