Al2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Busy season expected You must take care with bears IF A BEAR gets into a gar- bage cans in your yard this year don’t expect a conscr- vation officer to come around to get rid of it. Senior ‘conservation of- ficer Marlin Melderis said that’s because they're put- ting the onus on city homeowners to curb their end of the problem. “We won’t attend to com- plainis where it’s just simp- ly a bear knocking down somebady’s garbage,’’ he added. However, if a bear shows signs of being aggressive or that it’s habituated to gar- bage, COs will make every effort to take care of it. Otherwise their expecta- tion will be that people take every step they can to remove what is attracting ee Don Ryan Gitxsan talks revived THE PROVINCE is once again starting to talk to Gitxsan Icaders about the future of their land claim dispute. “Were having ex- pioratory discussions with tham,’’ said aboriginal af- fairs ministry spokesman Péter Smith. “We want to see what would be required to ‘get negotiations back on track, but nothing’s been agreed to yet.’’ The tentative talks might signal a thaw in the at times frigid relationship between the native group and Vic- toria. The province hed broken off treaty negotiations with the Gitxsan in 1995, citing irreconcilable differences. The province had sought to negotiate a settlement in which the Gitxsan would select a small portion of their traditional territory as trealy lands. But the Gitxsan were instead interested in co-managing their entire 57,000 square kilometre tra- ditional territory. The breakdown in treaty talks led the Gitxsan to ap- peal their land claim court case, Which had been started in the 1980s. The case culminated in the landmark Delgamuukw de- cision December 11 by the - Supreme Court of Canada. It’s been seen by natives as a ruling that strengthens their claim to aboriginal tille, and it’s feared by some as 4 ruling that could freeze resource industry develop- ment in much of the pro- Vince, Gitxsan chief negotiator Don Ryan met with Premier Glen Clark in February, of- fering negotiations to resolve the uncertainty cre- ated by the court case. Ryan said there have been a number of meetings sitice then. ‘We have to sort through what can be done given the Supreme Court of Canada decision,”’ he said, HALF-OFF . ) LUNG SPECIAL See your local tobacco dealer for details... 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