The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 3, 1997 - A9 EEE | Timber case =ammm News In Brief | won't affect —_| “oor Leon of books, Terrace Art Association's . videos an 20th Annual Christmas Arts & Crafts Sale He did, too SCi hold i n S bl a at the Terrace Art Gallery FORMER NDP MP Jim Fulton did give money to pampptets. | - with over 45 exhibitors party candidate Isaac Sobol’s federal election FORESTS MINISTRY officials say a court decision on Friday, Dec. 5 from 7 pm to 9 pm campaign after all, aboriginal rights to timber docsn’t prevent them fr Saturday Dec. 6 from 10 am to 4 pm Fulton announced during the election he donated i . i 4 re for] ' i P $500 but his name didn’t aupeat in the list of revenues See tule tee fan Ticences ike the ane hell Dy ® Adis il ote iw oie econ ane expeneiture submitted by the Sobol campaign. The case revolves around Haida efforts to block the wi at lie Terrace Sct Salary th at’s because all such donations are forwarded in | renewal of Tree Farm Licence #39, held by MacMillan DOOR PRIZES e name of the New Democratic Party which then Bloedel, on the Queen Charlotte Islands. aay SocIeTY 1-BBB-223-3366 Cont Check available sends back a percentage, says Prince Rupert accountant A B.C. Court of Appeal decision handed down in No- yer Sue Kopelman, who was Sobol’s official agent. vember held that the Haidas’ aboriginal rights to the land Fulton will receive a tax receipt for his donation and can be an “encumbrance” on what had been MacMillan it wilt come from the New Democratic Party. Bloedel’s exclusive right to harvest trees there. U N B C : Northwest Region The immediate fear in government and industry was that New way to help out an unresolved native land claim — which exist almost Register Now for Winter 1998 UNBC Courses : THE TERRACE CO-OPERATIVE Association has in- everywhere -— could block the forests ministry from # * troduced its own $2 a, : renewing tree farm licences. ches Food Ba nk. coupon in aid of the Terrace Chur Tsimshian leaders suggested they would explore the pos- favo afer ig but ing w be indued in | a Sites te mm Lee fn 1998 province-wide pilot project of coupons. as , Aan ‘ That pilot project, by the provincial agricultural min- cra sores i eameridiated babar aire attals Doug a is based on the coupon revenue being uscd by cluded a business as ‘sna misiry has con- ‘ood banks to buy B.C. food products. As such, the ap ; . : oe : hu i i pilot coupon project is meant to aid food banks and thought by governement oid industey or cna seid. "There help develop the provincial agricultural industry. , : ° P Hy is no effect on the ground.” The pilot and Co-op coupons can be bought at the ee 1¢ Bt ' registers as part of a regular grocery buy. MacMillan Bloedel is still logging on the Charlottes and ; tate . the government plans to make a decision as scheduled on Co-op manager Ed Berney said it would have liked to : have been included in the project. the renewal of Tree Farm Licence #1 next year. : . . “‘Tt’s raised the flag to some extent,’ Caul added. ‘‘It ‘But since that wasn’t possible, we went out and did 4 . ‘ our own, And the food bank can use the coupons for says what the courts have been saying all along: govem- whatever it needs to, It : C. _ | ment needs to get on with settling treaties.” ts’ he said eds to, It’s not restricted to B.C. produc Caul said there’s nothing to stop the Tsimshian from The Co-op may ask to become part of a larger going to court and trying to have the courts identify and : nforce their aboriginal rights. coupon program should the government’s pilot one be : : a So far only the Gitksan in the Hazeltons have d fix y lave pursue successfully cvaluated early next year and then expand. the court route, while most others — including the Tsim- i in Terrace M.Ed. Counselling 7 EDUC 692 - Collaborative Therapies | M.Ed. Curriculum and instruction EDUC 602 - Educational Research Data Analysis (see also Web courses, below) First Nations Language FNST 237 — Tsimshian Language, Level Two BA General FNST 301 — Art and Material Culture of BC-First Nations ENVS 309 - Women and Environmental Studies PSYC 427 - Cross-Cultural Psychology 7 Teleconferenced Courses Ss COMM 342 — Services marketing (required tor the BA in Resource-Based Tourism} ENGL 385 — Modern and Contemporary American Short Fiction” ~ ca HIST 301 — Canadian North Be HIST 320 - Western United Stales HIST 458 — History of Crime in Ganada . shian and ihe Nisga’a — are altempting to negotiate Suit home un known treaties that would resolve timber rights and other issues. In Prince Rupert SKEENA MP Mike Scott’s libel suit against former The Nisga’s treaty, nearing completion, would turn over BA General, and for the Summer Field School course ANTH 301 : 7 control of about 2,000 square kilometres in th i NDP MP Jim Fulton for comments made on a TV pro quare kilometres in the Nass River ANTH 202 - Archaeology in Northern British Columbia gram during an exchange about land claims is still valley to the Nisga’a, and would include transfer of about working its way through the court. 140,000 square metres of timber from SCI’s TFL #1. In Smithers Filed more than a year ago, Scott’s suit called But that doesn’t mean the flow of that wood to the saw- ; Fulton’s remarks false and defamatory. Since then, mill here would be tumed off. BA General, BA in Resource-Based Tourism lawyers have been gathering submissions from all con- “We're committed to maintain the fibre supply for ENVS 205 - Environment and Society cerned which will then form the information for a court | Skeena Cellulose,”’ said Nisga’a Tribal Council spokes- World Wide Web Courses (these courses may be subject to change) - case. man Nelson Lesson. ' POLS 100 - Contemporary Political !ssues : fis TE It’s that court case time which Scott says might be He said the court ruling underscores the need to seitle ENGL 420/620 - First Nations Literature heard in Terrace sometime next year. treaties and that the Nisga’a approach of negotiation and EDUC 645 — Discourse in Classrooms He says Terrace would be a logical place because the cooperation is better than litigation. ee issues surrounding land claims are very important to “We've negotiated honourably,’? Leeson said. ‘‘Those Most classes are scheduled for evenings and weekends, nothwestern residents. people like the Citizens’ Voice (on Native Claims) are for the convenience of working people. Instructors are friendly and "But Fulton said the matter of cost would have to be going to lock at our deal and say that’s the way to go classes are small. UNBC wants to serve your educational needs and interests. taken into account. OW. For registration information, please contact one of UNBC’s regional offices: ‘With the exception of Mr. Scott, myself, my lawyer and his lawyer don’t live in the north. Having to come CRIME nT up for such a case would be expensive,” said Fulton. , ~" on In the'end, it’s up to the courts to decide the location. 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