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VOLUME 71 NO, 162

Roger Davis, BCGEU Staff Rep and Ken Zorn, Skeenaview Industrial Relations

rep. shown with offer to Council of assistance to make meeting with Health
Minister available to more persons with a concern for Skeenaview.

Central Arctic gas line
would set world records

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Polar Gas consortium’s

_ official bid Wednesday to

build a High Arctic
natural gas Pipeline
pushes the ederal
government into another
series of crucial northern
development decisions.

Opposition already is
massive to the ambitious
$6.1-billion proposal to
string 42-inch diameter
pipe through the tundra
and 36-inch pipe beneath
the Arctic waters. Native
organizations from the

black, spruce, forests ‘of
“Northern Ontario to the

windswept Aretic Islands
are joining forces to
oppose the project. .

ttawa’s immediate
headache is to decide
‘what pect public forum
shoul provided for a
thorough airing of the
pros and cons of the Polar
Gas plan,

Indian, Inuit and en-
vironmental groups are
demanding a full-scale
Berger-type inquiry to
investigate the social,
economic and = en:
vironmental aspects of
the proposed pipeline.
They have said they will
accept nothing else.

The thought of another
Berger inquiry is enough

to cause stomach aches in
federal offices here and
in the North. Some
government officials, and.
other persons, feel the
Berger inquiry into the
proposed Mackenzie
ley gas pi e Was a
mistake not be repeated.
STUDIED TWO YEARS
er spent two years
studying the possible
adverse affects of a
Mackenzie Valley line
and recommended it not
be built for 10 years. He
was accused: of. going
éyonil . his teams of
erence and of placing
teo much weight on
native ar ents that
some people said did not
truly reflect the con-
sensus of the native

people.

Considerable bitterness

remains, .especiall
among whites in the
N.W.T., that his inquiry
was an important factor
in deciding to put the line

through the Yukon.
The Polar Gas line
would run 3,763

kilometres (2,388 miles)
from the High Arctic
islands, across the
central barrens, through
northeastern Manitoba
and into Northern On-

A Coast
Guard auxiliary

OTTAWA (CP) — Transport Minister Otto Lang

announced details Wedn

ay of a volunteer coast

guard auxiliary to be established early next year for
search-and-rescue operations.

The federal government will set aside $750,000 for
the service, which is expected to have 800 members in
its first year and be operational by April 1, 1978, Lang

said in a news release.

To become a member, a volunteer must own a

suitable vessel, know how to operate radio com-
munication facilities or be willing to serve as a crew

member of a vessel.

The volunteers will reply to distress calls and try to
prevent marine accidents by providing safety in-
‘ormation to pleasureboat operators.

The Canadian coast guard will provide professional

training for the volunteers and

will compensate

. volunteers for expenses incurred during searchand-
rescue operations.
_ Lang said that distress calls are increasing at an
average annual rate of 20 per cent.

tario. Its route is through
the heart of the home of
Canada’s estimated 17,-
000 Inuit.

Inuit Tapirisat, the
national kimo
brotherhood, says the
government is committed
to establishing a Berger-
style inquiry.
PROMISES REVIEW

Warren Allmand,
former Indian affairs and
northern developrnent
minister, promised the
Innit: a fu ee that

vould. give all persons
affected a-fair say in the
matter, say Tapirisat
officials. ,

Hugh Faulkner, his
successor, said in a
statement Wednesday he
will recommend to
cabinet that there be an
abpropriate form of
public review.” Tapirisat
would be consulted on its
terms of reference.

Grand Council Treaty
No. 9, representing In-
dians in Northern On-
tario, have asked Polar
Gas to stay out of their
territory. The council,
Tapirisat, the Keewatin
Inuit and Manitoba In-
dians already have had at
least one formal meeting
to plan their strategy.

‘cipal of East Flatbu

‘Winthrop Jr. High School, “rake” up. the missing”

Lazelle pre-school =f

granted a reprieve

BY: REV. DAVE MARTYN

It appears that the Lazelle Preschool will still:

be open in January. After the Protest March last
Friday, the local Department of Human
Resources can came throught with an increased
grant for children with special needs. This will
effectively allow the Preschool to remain open.

: However this does not mean that the Preschool
will remain open, It is quite possible that in
three months the Preschool will have to close its
doors. The problem is that the money avallable
from Human Resources is granted in terms of
the number of children that attend, which is a
flutuating variable. Unforunately the expenses
of the preschool (salaries, supplies and rent) are

fixed.

The Preschool is in the position ofa condemned

person walting for the hangman to come. “The
authorities have given a brief reprieve, but we're
still in jail, and we're still waiting for the death

. blow.”

Any persons that are interested in working
with, or being apart of, the Lazelle Preschool
Board are invited to a meeting January 5-1 p.m.

at Knox united Church, 4907 Lazelle Ave.

. Believes in Santa

NEW YORn av-“Do f
believe in Santa Claus? I
furedo, 1 sure do,’’ said &

rooklyn schéol
prieipal asa truck rolled
up Tuesday with toys to
replace 700 stolen over.
the weekend.

Lillian Howitt,’ prin:

ave her al
‘meanest thie

designation to the crooks'
who made off with the
toys her school’s 1,00
pubils have been

sh’s . ,
iv.

thering to distribute at
Kin, County Hospital.

* But she said the load of

‘160 toys from the Ideal

Co. and other

e'll have more

We even plan to edd
another hospital to our
st.’

| Welfare cheques late |

VANCOUVER (CP) —
More than 130,000
provincial government
social assistance cheques
held up in the Christmas
mail rush are on their
way to British Columbia
residents, Ray Ducker,
director of the B.C. and
Yukon postal district,
said Tuesday.

Ducker raaid n most of the
ues vere
by Christmas.

He said the provincial
government did not turn
the cheques over to the
post office until Dec. 20,

t that they were moved
through the mail ayetam
Tuesday as a top priority.

Kitimat Elks start fund
for boy mauled by bear

KITIMAT, B.C, (CP) —
The Kitimat Elks Lodge
has opened a relief fund
for d Taskinen, 10,
whose side was torn open
and scalp ripped off by a
bear Oct. 6.

The boy faces at least a
dozen more operations
and will wear a hairpiece
for years, but his mental
state and spirits are good.

Money from the fund
will help pay for future
hospital expenses, travel
costs to Vancouver, and
such things’ as the
hairpieces the boy will
ni periodically as he
grows older.

Skeena MLA Cyril Shelford at meeting with Health Minister Bob McLelland.

Chad has had six
operations already, and
next year faces three or
more trips to Vancouver
or plastic surgery.

e son of a pulp mill
operator, Chad returned
home two weeks ago after
more than a week i

hospital here, then Van-

couver.
SIDE RIPPED OPEN
When he was attacked
by the six-foot, 300-pound
jack bear, his ing ‘hls
rip) open leav:
fioney and liver exposed,
and his scalp was torn off.
Every time he screamed,
the bear bit him again.
He was saved by neigh-
bor Klaus Kushke who
shot the bear with a .303-
calibre rifle as it came

toward him with the boy
in his mouth.

The bullet’s impact
lifted the bear off its feet.
Chad fell to the ground
but remained conscious
until the ambulance

arrived,

Two hours later, the
boy’s scalp was found in
thick bi and taken to

- hospital where surgeons

were working on him.
be scalp was stitched

ck on,

The club, which started
donations with its own
contribution of $800, has
set no goal.

“All we want to do is
help meet expenses as
they arise,” said Gary

Young, club secretary-
treasurer.

Ron Gross resigns —

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Ronald M. Gross,

resident of Canadian
Pellulose Company Lid.,
is resigning as an officer
of the company effective
March 1, 1978.

The company said in a
news release today that
Gross will become
president and chief oP
erating officer of I
Rayonier at ita in-
ternational head office in
New York.

Gross, who has been a
CanCel senior executive
since 1968 and was

largely responsible for u
reorganization program
in 1973, will continue as a
director of the company
during the transition

The board of directors
announced the ap

intment of Donald N.

‘ataon as president and
chief executlye officer to
succeed Gross.

Watson has been a
director since 1973 and
has been board chairman
since July, 1976, He will
continue as chairman of
the board,

_- Skeenaview

ate

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1977

ea

MLA Shelford and Health Minister Bob McLelland at luncheon with represen-
tatives from Kitimat Stikine Districts and Mills Memorial Hospital.

75 meet with
health minister

A crowd of about 75
people concerned about
the pending phase-out of
e met
with Health Minister Bob
McClelland Wednesday
to discuss the future of
the unit.

Also at the meeting
were members o
Terrace council, Skeena
MLA Cyril Shelford and
Skeenaview ad-
ministrator Brad Gee.

The major concern of
the audience a to
be the transfer of patients
to other facilities as the
phase-out rogresses, but

cClelland assured the

- audience that. n0 more
Bue e tha Hd" be with six less “nurses than

residents" woul
transferred.
Eight patients were
francterred to arking. in
ovember, spar a
public outcry, but the
odge administrator
explained this move was
made because these
patients needed extended
care which is provided in
Kitimat. ;

Another 10 patients
were scheduled to be
moved ealier this month
because of staffing
problems, Gee said, but

cClelland cancelled this
plan, sta’ that the
problem as = been
somewhat alleviated.

The governement first
announced _ the
Skeenaview phase-out in
October, stating that the
reasons for this decision
was the structural decay
of the building whic
made it unsafe.

The next step, Me-
Clelland said, is for the
Skeenaview Sociéty to
make application to the

Bevernment for a new
uilding.

ig

(The Skeenaview
Society is an appointed
board which has an ad-
visory capacity.)

When this application is
made, it “will get our
immediate  approval,’’
McClelland said.

When questioned about
staffing problems at
Skeenaview, McClelland
replied that there is a
serious shortage of
‘psychiatric nurses
throughout the province.
- In fact, the reason for
the threatened transfer of
10 patients was because

“the lodge was operating

provincial guidelinés.

Gee stated these
positions have. been
temporarily filled by
health workers while
applications from
registered nurses are
being processed.

“When asked why was
the transfer threat made
in the first place, Gee
replied ‘that these a

lications were only

rought to his attention a
few weeks ago. .
Roger Davis, staff

representative for the
b.c. government Em-
ployees Union, asked
McClelland why 28 on-
call staff had been told
they were being laid off.
replied that there
was an adjustment in the
number of on-call staff
needed at the lodge.

One ward inthe
hospital has been shut
down because of the lack
of staff, but Gee said that
when, the lodge begins
admi people again,
more viet vould be hired

and the ward would be re-
opened.

Several members of the
audience pointed out
there has been a
reduction in patient
programs, although
McClelland disputed that
claim.

However, the BCGEU
representative charged
that $100,000 of the
Skeenaview budget was
returned to Victoria last
year because of these
cancelled programs.

Charges were also
made of low staff morale
caused by lack of com-
munication between staff
and administration. ~
- McClelland stated that:
communication was a
two-way street and this
was something “you'd
work out for yourselves.”

The health minister
said the location of the
new facility would be
determined by Terrace .
council and the regional -
district with imput from ©
the public. :

Thus far there are four
locations being con- -
sidered: The present site,
adjacent to Milis
Memorial Hospital, with
the proposed Health and °
Human Resources
Centre, or across the
street from the centre.

MLA Shelford com-
mented that he per-
sonally feels the present
site is the best, but said
that the majority may not
aagree with him.

oncluding the hour-
long meeting, a petition
was presented to Mc-
Clelland containing 748
nemes of people who are
concerned with the future
of Skeenaview Lodge.

Victorian Settles

VICTORIA (CP) —
Members of the em-
ployees association of the

ictorian, who lost their
jobs when the thrice-
weekly newspaper folded
early last month, have
accepted a severance pay
settlement, an asso-
ciation spokesman said
Tuesda

iy
The spokesman said

i

E.T. Kenny School,

i

the 35 employees will
divide a settlement of
$11,000, approximately 60
per cent of what they said
was owed to them on the
basis of one week's pay
for every 12 months
worked for the company.

The settlement was
reached following
meetings with Frank
Hilton, a mediator ap-
a + Se
a

inted by the Labor
lations Board.
Publisher John
Damgaard said the
newspaper, which em-
ployed more than 100
person, folded because it
was losing money.
There is no indication
what, if any, settlement
other workers have
received.

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