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CONFISCATED! Conservation officer Peter Kalina displays the rifles his enforcement team seized
from hunters caught pit-lamping i in the region during a two- “night sting operation.

“It's lights out

TERRACE: - Charges of
hunting with “lights are an-

:ticipated against seven local”

‘ hunters after . conservation

officers: conducted a pit-

- Jamping sting, operation Nov,

10-12.

The Wildlife Act prohibits
the use of lights while hun-
ting at night. The technique,
known as pit-lamping, is
sometimes used by violators
who shine vehicle headlights
or spot lights at animals to
paralyze them. before.
shooting.: ;

District conservation of-
ficer Peter Kalina said the-
crackdown on hunters who
use lights came after reports
of numerous kills over the
past year due to the practice,

“It's a pretty surreptitious
type of offence, so it’s hard
to -get a-true handle on the
degree of this sort of
activity,’’ he said last week.
“'Tt's really pretty

oo. “The number of people w we
-. Normally random night worked in :this project ‘was
patrols are periodically used. ~. fairly high,’’* he said. **It
to look for violators —. 2° staggers the brain as to the
method Kalina calls ineffec-- —_ possibilities. of how large
tive because the odds: are. scale‘a problem this is.”
heavily stacked against the He also-called night hun-
Tegion’s two conservation of- ting with lights both
ficers. ; dangerous and inhumane.
This time they brought in — Firing into the darkness
four extra conservation of- without “knowing what’s
ficers from outside the . back there is definitely un-
district, and set -up safe, he said. And if a night
mechanical wildlife . decoys hunter only wounds an
and waited for the hunters. animal it often wanders into
Kalina = -said they the bush to die slowly,
videotaped and photograph- —_ because it’s difficult to track
ed five different groups of | a wounded animal at night.
hunters that saw. the remote- If convicted, Kalina said,
controlled mechanical the hunters. involved face
moose, shone lights on it and maximum fines.of $10,000,
fired shots at it. A sixth vehi- an automatic five-year hun-
cle stopped and looked, but ting licence suspension, and
couldn't find the decoy. - possible seizure of firearms
Seven hunters areexpected used,
to be charged with night- Conservation officers con-
hunting violations, and fiscated numerous rifles, and
Kalina called that numberof — one high-intensity hand-held
violations surprising, “~~ spot light’ during the sting.

disgusting.”

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TERRACE — The number of

~ weeks @ person has to work to

qualify for unemployment in-

* surance in the north has drop-

ped from 14 weeks to 12 as new
Tegulations take effect this
week. :

* At the same time, there is an

increased waiting period to cal- -

lect for those who quit a job
without just cause,

' The changes are part of 2

large scale revision of
unemployment insurance as the
program concentrates on people
who need help the most, says a
local official with the Canada
Employment Centre.

Alice Banister said the new .
regulations affect all those who.

file claims after Nov: 18. °
There is one major exception
to the Nov. 18 date and that is.
‘for workers over the age of 65,
. she said,
“+ “The age 65 provision is

-tatally gone under the Charter.
. Of Rights, and that's retroactive
to. Sept. 23, 1988, People over -

-65. can receive unemployment
insurance and are insurable like
anybody else,” Banister con-
tinued.

The drop in the qualifying
period to 12 weeks is based on
the region’s unemployment
rate, now estimated to be bet-
ween 13 and 14 per cent. Such
calculations replace
Canada-wide policy of working
for 24 weeks to qualify.

New rates are calculated each
month meaning that a person
who doesn’t qualify at first,
may do so later on if the percen-
tage changes,

‘We'll be sending out notices:
to everybody who files. It’s im-
portant they read what is sent
out,’’ said Banister.

The increase in the number of
weeks a person has to wait
before collecting after quitting a
job is perhaps the largest change
in the unemployment insurance
program.

As of Nov. 18, the minimum

period’ is nine weeks (the stan-

dard two week waitin time and

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 21, 1990 — Page Ad

Major UI changes |
come into effect —

could rise to 12 weeks depen-
ding upon the circumstances of
a person quitting.

‘“‘Twelve weeks would be for

; somebody. who left without just
cause — who just quit, That’sa
long time,” ‘said Banister.

Adjustments "in’ this: section

‘ also’ affect those who are fired ~

from jobs or those who refuse
to take other work.

-As* well,
benefi its will drop to 50 per cent
for. those in the above categories:

- once they’ pass the disqualifica- S,

tion period; .

‘jobs. : ; F

the .amount. of .

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up the 10 weeks, _
Banister ‘said the changes
reflect’ the unemployment; o:
surance program’s. purpose of 7
helping people who do lose thie

: “Hts: still ‘not a social: ‘pro: ;
gram and it’s not welfare; She: se
said,’
The changes are also to be ace.
companied by $800 million - Us
across the country for increased .
training for those who have Jost
their jobs,

“It’s not, yet-known how much
of that amount will be spent in

The ‘increase ‘in the number of weeks a person’
has to wait before collecting after quitting a job:is.
. perhaps the largest change in the unemployment >

insurance program.:

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the.

‘Other changes also affect the

“number of weeks a person can

collect unemployment in-

-surance. In 2 14 week qualifying

region, a person can now collect
for 46 weeks.
: The sickness, maternity and

‘parental provisions have also

been adjusted, providing 15
weeks in ihe period surrounding
the birth of a child and 10 weeks
of parental benefits. A couple
can choose any combination of
the latter between them to make

the program. Federal contribu-

t
the northwest. ¢  ~ oe :

The changes’ were first. in- rf
troduced in a parliamentary. bill Pi
last year but it took until this’ s
fall for the required legislation :
to be passed.

Employers and employees
have been paying | increased
unemployment - insurance
premiums since the beginning of
the year to completely finance

tions to the program no longer
exist,

New fire chief —
here next month

TERRACE — North Van-
couver resident Bob Beckett will
take over as the city’s fire chief

- Dec. 10 upon the retirement of

current chief Cliff Best.

Confirming.the selection, ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor said
Beckett had been selected for
the job from a final shortlist of
four candidates, two of whom
were Terrace department
members.

For the past two, ‘years

Beckett has. been regional co-i- managements! 1 ae Mee etd “

ordinator for the North
Vancouver-based B.C.
Transplant Society. Prior to
that he was fire service advisor
with, the Ontario Fire Marshall's
Office (1980-88) and a member

of the Waterloo fire department

(1974-80).

As well as having firefighting
experience, Hailsor said Beckett
was ‘‘very knowledgable in the
area of administration and good

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