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TERRACE — Westmin
Resources Ltd. has been found

guilty on. 12 pollution charges in.

“connection with the reopening
Of the Premier gold mine near
Stewart two years ago.

Provincial court Judge
‘Robert Graham convicted
Westmin on charges of in-
troducing © waste into™ the: en-
vironment contrary to the terms

_ Of its Permit.

Crown. prosécutor Elizabeth
_Bayliff said the charges-.were
laid because the company was
late i in setting up a water treat-
“Ment, plant to treat © con-
‘taminated mine water.

- The reopening of the mine in

1990 allowed old mine water
with. high levels of zinc and
other metals to escape into near-

-by.. creeks, Westmin’s water’

treatment plant wasn’t opera-
Honal until September, 1990 —

several months after the. mine :

reopened.

Bayliff said there have been

no problems with drainage of
contaminated water since the
trealment plant went into
operation. ce
Company vice-president

' Bruce McKnight said the com-

pany will decide whether or not

- to appeal the conviction after it

finds cut how large the fine will

‘be: : Sentencing is set for this

week in Prince Rupert.

‘We're totally shocked that

we lost the case,’? McKnight
said last week, ‘‘We thought we
were innocent.. Right now we
feel like we're a good Samaritan
who's been sucker- -punched.”’

McKnight noted the’ ‘old

Premier Silbak :mine has
historically released con-
taminated water ‘since it was
shut down more than.40 years
ago. -

Reformers gather

TERRACE — Reform Party
members are holding a public
meeting here Friday night where
one of the party’s B.C. can-
didates will speak.

_ Werner Schmidt, the Reform
candidate in Okanagan-South,

will be at the Terrace Inn at 7:30
p.m,

Local Reform organizer Greg
Cowman said the ‘meeting will.
be a test of local support for the
party, which they believe | has
been building.

There are now more than 400°

members in the Skeena riding,
he added.: The largely Terrace-

based riding association is also. ©’
expanding by setting up two. |
district committees —-.one in:.”

Prince Rupert and one. in
Smithers. ee

“We're on our . candidate
search right now,’’ Cowman
said, adding they hope to havea
tenlative slate. of nominees
sometime in June. Barring a
surprise election, he predicted
the nomination meeting will be
in the fall.

“The way we're reading it we
could have a federal election as
early as the fall,” he added.

ble high-profile local can-
didates, but emphasized that the
successful candidate ‘‘has really
got to be reform-minded.’’

“We want someone who's
committed — not’ just a
mouthpiece,”

It’s expected’ prime minister 7"

Mulroney will base his:election
campaign around constitutional
renewal. Reformers say the only’
real issue to call an election on is
the dismal state of the economy,

“We are burdened with a -

bureaucracy run amok,”’
Cowman said.
' He’said there are some possi-

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race and Thornhill area
schools will be fertilized
monthly. this program will
tun from. May through Oc-
tober 1992.

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