New strips
on highway
| don't work
for cyclist —

~ Dear ‘Sir:

The placement of the rumble strips on Hyg 19 Kitinay,
“also known as ididt strips:

: ats that they-are-no longer-svhete they should -be.!<
> This thay save: ‘the lives of said. idiots, butat. what cost?

Fe AS acyclist; 1bi ke. up and down our chi shi ays when, they
are not covered i in: Snow and i ie@ e+ :

a will be forced. Io eyele down the highway. asa ‘regular
vehicle of the: road. ‘Given hat: we have. motorists: who. need

- ~ercisé, sofnething that: some of these-drivers are in desperaté
need of. x

“that great. “bill: ‘how: iany
_ highways: and: law. enforgemer if

; ALL I know i is. that I vill haves a cell phone w wit the RCMP
on speed dial. :

Terrace, BC,

: BRIAN. FEHR; FIGHT, poses. with new fumble strips

“race: to, Kitimat. They are to” alert drivers if:they bé-
oN to. > stray sat te toad. and : over r the centre line.’

_ Dea Sir: a : a
“It appears. that Kitimat is. a
closer than ever-to the real-.

“That's because, as theyare designed, they: are to sale it di 7

‘And tip until this: point:-1 have made “eviry’ ‘effort to be -
“courteous ‘by: biking’ on the shoulders when Possible. With -
oacthe Placernent of these: idiots stip that.i is: no longer an Op o

> Braille: io drive: down the toad, what i are my’ chances of nat’
. getting hit awhile engaged | in one of. my { favourite form-of cx-.

“ground: into -hew. ‘asphalt:on-the highway. from Ter-."’

lan just toon

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _

preserve the- | quality. of the

“tation of an ‘Liquefied ‘Nat-», ian ee a
- Ural Gas:(LNG). plant being wa : -
located within. its’ s borders, ve

-¥incial ' ao
"gessmicn ‘process semis: o ome

we are: pushing hard for the: federal. government

dip teat,

7 project and consultation-with the.people; but
~ knowing in the. end that a project such as the LNG:
plant: avill. be approved,”
. ‘Should: ‘the: LNG. plant’ go alitad, it: is. ry tin”
derstanding ‘hat’ ‘it will: Ary and: ‘sell ‘the ‘product-to™
- Eurocan and: would i imagine’ Methanex: with the.
- Femaining gas shipped via the existing PNG. pipe
dine'from Kitimat to: markets. outside ofourcarea. !
3 The. liquefied natural: “gas wvill:be, shipped. froin!
1: Jinderstand: Russia, China, Singapore and: pos:
sibly other countries, At the LNG plant the. Jique-*
fied. product Will be‘converted back.to its. original *,
~-paseous state“and’ shipped’ after. the. local ‘sales. lo:
U, Si destinations, - Lote oa
of it- is: found. that the. PNG: pipeline proves

ect. ot

~ral-scen

Kitimat

“termine. where a, new “pipeli
ie cated, © As- well;
fica thie, lower’ Kitimat: ‘River. “Valley, than:
ikely: ‘overland: 10 -and‘up “the Williams. Creck
: Valley, along Trapline Creek, down the Clore Riv-:
“er Nalley,‘up: the Zymoetz; River-Valley’ ‘through:
-the"Telkwa Pass and thai: ‘down the Telkwa River.
= 8 Valley to the Interior and,to the US. markets. :"
il am: ‘predicting: that. some: time between now"

; Skeena,
“Not.

would - arrive. by .

: wide public oul-

ery ‘a federal. ene :

““quirys: Wo" appli- fs
Cations’ before the*.
te National. coe
Board - that Were. ran
turned down and. -
: inthe. end. the Federal cabinet sid to the pn

“Why: would: any goveminedt cansider a i proj
“that j is‘ out-of-tune with a-part:of British Columbis
“that is’ building: a Strong Lourism: industry, whicl
“is based. on-cléan’ water; unspoiled. Super nalu

“the world-famous fish: values. ofthe’ Skeena ia and: :

“AY huge’ invesiment ‘has been made i in: a cruise:
ship industry and: other tourism developments

© portant’ corhmeicial fishéry ‘on: the North’ CoAst.
- whose very ‘dependence’ hingés upon.a: productive vt

fisheriés: along Douglas. Chaiiel; the’ waters thal»
- tankers would travel through: and the Skeena: R
- eae watershed: and ils. (sapproach waters, po

"area 50. famous. ~

- ‘paliieal solutions... “and.
- those Avho | promote econom-.
“ici interests over. everything"

aa be ~ the eae major obsta-" . - '
a: Kitin mat tPipe- -Rupeit tas wide’ spread Support.
22 dine... Compa. tupicy of, New Skeena Forest Products theré is ‘an *
I id ny Ltd. wanted. opportunily to restructitre the. forest industry. to be»
na 1 statement from Kitimat:on-Nov.29 said that (0 ship “oil: : that’, _ more. diversified and provide’ more ae added -

“preducts’ along with-a structure th
écologically sustainable,-320 5 4:
- bam-a strong ‘believer

re tal ne from: Kitimat : forest industry. can" “provide: a “greater® variety of

One'ca 1 ; the ‘US: ‘mide f jobs that will be more’ permanent, ‘reliable: and e ;
~the-‘envi onméntal asescineit ptocéss is‘ only a®. ‘west: The™. opro=.” : joyabie to Work al eee Bi
necessary, evil: that must be. carried ‘out to. satisfy, “posal - "generated _ > An industry; ‘Ahatw lend: to tight off for ¢ our. 17
-the ‘public: demand. ‘for’ ‘environmental, analysis: ahuge province “aren is agriculture. ‘1 accept. that: ‘becalise of our:

-climate and’ g ‘geography i it Will never be’ large in-
dustry, bul, it cin play an hmporiant a and epi
place in our economy, . oan ee

-Energyo-> dim-Culp
ee iS. Califoniia, ‘the 6 develop of hothouses may:
Ol be a. financial the Lakaie He panicularly when

ery, First’ Nations. Heritage: ‘values, ‘an

assur that there are ‘no io salely risks’ to the publi

iver. Watersheds? :

there. continues: to ‘be: a Jarge-: and:im

Kitimat and ‘other north-coast: rivers;
tobe’ forgotten are First: Nations’ foo

resident. anglers angling guides. “who carry: “on!

: lection in. May. 2005, at the:
tost ‘opportune time, an. announcemen will ‘also.
“be made’ by 1 the provincial’ governinen :
posal | 10.construct an-oil pipeline from the Albefia.
Tarsands to either’ Kitimat or Prince: Rupert, swith
l a terminus: in one of. the comimbnilies, °.-°.
“Tfthis “happens, itsvill-be without any public
 aieeussion or inpul'into.a: decision’ that-will’ have: :
; Wa huge- impact upon. our-arca and at the same time”
“be very-acrimonious and controversial,’ .-. °

- Shéuld.a an: ‘oll - spill: take a place.
- “as a result of a.ruptured pipeline,,- S
. thé damage’ could be. enormous. °! ;

Imagine if it. were next to Williams:
Creek. and the. oil flowed “down:
‘into’ Lakelse Lake 2 and the: Lakelsé
“River. os

in. Those same ‘walersheds: awill: all be. altered

of us who'live here do. hat: want this
Brilish, Colyrhbia torn apart;

“Ast have sh
obs and to makea contri ‘bution ioihe economy of:

“great panto of

- If at oil pipeline is ‘builtand ‘what I have readit* . -
~ will-be a 30” diameter pipe, guess Where it will be
‘located? ‘It.wvill likely be along the sdine roule as
al described ‘fora new natural gas pipeline because, :
‘theiris no other, logical: focation..
“Should, the: oil terminal’ end ‘up. in ‘Princes Ru:
pert the pipeline: would have ‘to follow: the along '
“the Skeena River and possibly through’ a number!
~of other river. valley" 8 before it reaches.| iis desti-"
“nation. * ay Be
The scale:o isturbance lo the environment | ins
hese: ‘river: Valley's will ‘be extensive, because of”
athe competition for space wilt he. oxisting ENG _tieate it
natural ‘gas pipeline. : 7 7
-_ One has to ask ‘the question where i isi postible”
a) find room In-a sleep ‘river: valley. or through: a:
Ps natrow. pass. -or.alohg side-a prolific ‘fish ‘bearing ..
> river of-stream where there is: little- room: for the:
existing 10" PNG line, let. alone for'an additional”:
pas pipeline and worst of all possible: s clarios a
30" oll Pipeline

~ TS

a "Nations

. -elties ‘of

“itcan'be located 4 (hour positiga serious environ-
mental risk, to. valuable fishe and: ec
.- sygtems’ adjacent, G. balk commiuinitie:

Itisincredible that weappearto be headin
the sane. debate over an oil. terminus, tankers an
- Pipelines that took place i in the fae 1970s 0 when the ~

‘The. ‘current: and growing: ‘tourism: ‘industry’is
“not compatible with oil spills (large: orsmall),: thie”
. Sile of oil tankers; excavation. of massive amounts”
“Of low lying river valley land foi'a pipeline; along
= with possible: rivercrossings, tank farms and ship:

ping facilities for oil: :
i OFF spills large and smi would ‘be dévastating
“(0 the commercial fi ishing. dustry: and to: the First

_ Will be created are. properly. and corp /
e » royalties, and’ expenditures: by-the proponent and
“Ts employees: ia tHe area: resulting | in-atippte ef-
fect through out, the communities: atid money be-
-_ ing funneled.inta the ‘provincial, treasury: ‘and
: ; turn into: provincial programs...
- This,of course, tsa positive for thes wash. starved’

‘an allérhative,; he tourisin, forestry, commercial
$ will contribute a.

ssuch : a potentially’ harmful impact,
“Should anoil-spill take place'as‘a “resul of”
ruptured: pipeline, : the. damage could “be ¢no:
mous. ‘Imagine if it were'next 6: Williams Creek:
© and the.
he Lakelse River: .
‘The thotightof the properly d maize { that ‘would «
aké place around: the ‘lake and to ils eco-system’
ends. Shivers. -up.my s spine. Think of. what: would
Em

food" fisheries.

‘Spl that: a: Hol.

there a are going: to be. anes i

il terminals around the world ta-cause’ a cumula-
ive damage to the environdient?
“While, hey; rarely: happen, niger oi

ken place and most Of us know the dam-" »
use, particularly.in cold: water. areas -.

: clean the’

Terrace, Kitimat'and Prince Rupert,/A : t oh 10,

cB
meric: n.consuihers and the proponey
i nthe Pipeline atid term

“Jim Culp;
; “Terrace; B BC.

esteem, | *

Ayer’ | Seasonal:

7 > Salmon industry of BL C's.)
J. North Coast.The follow- |:
. ing year, Rod disappeared

J esences ‘of. the: residential
school, -

~ J. summer, when-as children
many’ of US would sit un- -
“der. the cannery. Sidewalks
“| near to the river's edge to

environment that makes ¢ our:
- : talk about our lives,:

. Contrary to. stot term. L:
| pers": Booth: -Memarial

‘| -High. School, Rod. ‘Rob-: .
_ingon.was‘among. several.
| First.
~|who were later to- become»

, “Neaders i in their communi-
“ties... We ‘graduated: from’. :
f the: same'class more than 50 years ago, ‘and throughout the —
“years that followed Rad became one of the most articulate:
“and persuasive: ‘speakers among us.

“never been, extinguished.

f there: is a. iron. clad ‘agreen ent thal as sec- at

/ -a livelihood froin the: ‘yivers fishery’ §,-eC0* “four-,.-
‘» jsm’and: other tourism activities. thal ‘take: place ai

own there are other Ways to create:

the: “province. andthe: region: that does not resent.

flowed down: {nto Lakelse, Lake and:

‘community ‘dnd. sts

ttrict news hsidlines but ai are common’ rerough’ at |
: ~“genetations. lo.come-as a

-proud and. honoitred. man
“whose passion and. deter- ~
“-minalion’shdped the’ suc- ~
_.cess of the Nisga’ ati realy.
“nepotialions:"”

spil Is :

“stich as where we:live, where it is. impossible lo

a gone 1 7
and ur hireleuee a

7 sion and. faith.” woe

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - AS

Tributes for

Rod Robinson

TRIBUTES BY. way of letters and statements in.

_ honour the late Rod Robinson have coine from neat

and Far in memory of the Nisga’ a leader who died
Nov. 30, . oe
__ Below find-exceprts from some that have come 7 co
from’ government, leaders. . flee ds

SK tremendous Joss”

Mrs, Marjorie Robinson a
New Aiyansh; B. Co.

‘Dear Mrs. Robinson: . oe
Your husband's reputation as.a leader or the Nisa’ as
peaple: is exemplary. He led :by. -example. with-a; consel-

_ entious, statesman-like approach: The dignity with which ©

he always’ conducted: himsel Was ony. Of our highest 7

Over decades, his- streng perseverance. ‘and, tireless :
éffarts contributed enormously i in securing a fair and hon- -
ourable Nisga‘a Treaty, 'T' trough: his-resol ve. and. determi-

~ nation, the Nisga’ a.cilizens have the foundation‘ to build a
. future that-is ripe with hope’ and Opportunity. °. oy”

’ This is'a-tremendous loss for:the Nisga’a a people, Brit, .

“ish Columbians and all Canadians.:

The Honourable Andy Scott, PC, ‘MP;
Minister, Indian ‘and Northeri Affairs Canada -:

-\ visionary leader” oe
a TA‘statement by 000”
. Tona ‘Vv. Campagnolo- 0 0:
- Lieutenant-Governor of-British Columbia "

a first met Rod when. T'was seven:and he was eight years -
‘old at North Pacific Cannery onthe Skeena River ;
.. His parents;: like mMine,:. <=
workers \.
in the ‘once, thriving wild '

inlo the: mysterious ‘ab--

‘to return each —

Later.” at ‘Prince. “Ru ~

‘Nations’. “students,

; fona Campagnolo

Rod Robinson. was. among. ‘those ‘visionary k leaders who ’
hiiped to found the Nisga’a Tribal: Council and the Land .

Ee “Committee, formulating. what. would, become: ‘the: Calder

‘Through all the: tumultuous: ‘years leading io 5s the. finale”

|: tation: of the Nisga’ a treaty, ‘Rod and] mét:inany times  ~.

—at the first Nisga'a: pole. raising-in a century, ‘atthe first oo,
“Nass River Secondary School, during i issues S arising from.
fe "the: CalderDecision, -""

* Among’ uncounted other: ‘initiatives, Rod. vas. mang ::

; those’ who helped: lo: develop, the Nisga’ a House:of. Learn- -
ing, Wilp Wilxo’Oskwhl Nisga’ a, in conjunction: ‘with the:
University of Northern British Columbia, a school that lo-
7. day | boasts 92 ‘Nisga’ a post: sécondary students, : -

* As Simog? git Minee“eskw, Rod Robingon. was the first”

Ariba of the Nisga‘a First Nation, He was a proud, .
- informed and a deeply spiritual. individual, Ordained asan
; Anglican Church Minister; he : proved:-to be an ‘anchor’ for.

“the valucs and. principles that fad stisiained’ the’ ‘Nisga’a-

* people for more.than a.century.of contlict and controversy

on theirwvay to self-governance; : : oe,
*. Although » much © “honoured, Rod: Robinson. humbly. .

oh [served his people, | his’ province and his. country with great
©]. distinction and’ earned the enormous. respect. in which he
= will always. be held:: ,

- He had-a quiet, ‘rational “hon-combalives approach tat

: will continue to affect the. evolution of Canada for many
| years. to: come: ‘If -we'are fortunate, Canada’s siory will |
‘| never be completed, ‘Wei are best defi ned by! those who, are.
ae included. within our constantly evolving: Confederation. °

— Few people are-blessed with makivig the impact-on their.

; times that'Rod: Robinsori and his Nisga’a- colleagues have _
“done. Rod Robiiison will ‘always: be ‘counted among those. |.”

“outstanding Nisga’ a leaders who led’ the way-to- ‘positive |

y change’ in-constant courtesy; without violence or Fancour,. .
. but with solid facts and calm resolve. re

Goodbye my ‘old rep

‘Toader for the: Nisga’a No

‘will, ‘be. remembered ‘for

Gordon Campbell

» “His leadership,. vision : we
rand hard work throughout 0
ne wears spoke: volumes about the kind oF siving, car
Committed person that he was: me, a