Hit and run

Avenue near the Sandy Overpass.

her hand.

Two injured

Krumm Rd.

Fires calmed

help of fire crews and cool, wet weather.
the north, but most were being contained,

largest fires.

TERRACE RCMP are looking for the driver of an older
model mini-van who hit a pedestrian Friday on Keith

The pedestrian, Gloria Brown, sustained a slight injury to

The driver of the white van-is estimated to be in her mid-
thirties, has a mid-to-heavy build and dark, curly hair. The
three known letters of her license plate are DVT.

TWO PASSENGERS were taken to Mills Memorial hos-
pital Friday after two vehicles collided on Highway 37 near

A Terrace woman braked to avoid a propane cylinder on
the highway. The female driver behind her was unable to
stop and ran into the car. Both drivers escaped unharmed.

THE FIRES that grew steadily last week to threaten the
Telegraph Creek area have been holding steady, with the —

As of Monday afternoon, six fires were still burning in
Crews have been digging fire guards to contain the two

The 4000-hectare fire that grew along the Barrington
River is still holding at 24 kilometres west of the town.

Meanwhile, the 7000-hectare fire 20 kilometres south-
west of town hasn't seen any growth since late last week.

Neither fire is currently threatening Telegraph Creek.

A NISGA’A treaty should
be completed this week fol-
lowing marathon negotia-
tions over the weekend.

Forestry, roads, and the
naming of geographic loca-
tions were among the fast of
the stumbling blocks being
resolved, - ;

Also troublesome . have
been the legal language for
achieving certainty and the
Nisga’a demand ‘that the
nearly $40 ~million “bill
they’ve rung up negotiating
the treaty over 25 years —
covered so far by. federal
government ~ loans be
forgiven.

The Nisga’a negotiating

Gunman
arrested

A 32-year-old Hyder,
Alaska man is charged with
attempted murder and weapons
offences after giving himself
up to Stewart RCMP.

Gary Mason was handed
over to Alaska State Troopers
following a Friday night
shooting.

was airlified out with shotgun

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on Hwy 37

‘EXTENSIVE PAVING work on Highway
37 north of Meziadin bas drawn mixed
reactions. .
* Road crews are working on over 180 km
sof the highway through the summer.
* Tom Wiggins, whose R.V. park is south
‘of the constuction, says the road work has
thurt his business and caused serious delays
‘for travellers. ”
‘ “We have comments in our book that
* they'll never come back bere because of the
‘road,”’ says Wiggins.
1 He says his business has lost 50 to 75 per
‘cent of its customers compared to past
y years,
» “They have so much tom up (that) in the
tourism booth in Prince George they’re tell-
ring people to go up over Fort Nelson,”
: Wiggins adds.
* T's more like a minor delay for a long
term: gain,’ contends project manager

David St. Thomas,

Jane Stead, of the highways ministry says.
it’s unfortunate that the work comes during

Tourist opinior

wounds to his groin area.

mixed
roadwork

the tourist season but that the summer is the
only time it can be done.

The Stewart Chamber of Commerce says
that, so far, tourist numbers at the info
centre are identical to last year.

Angela Brand, of the chamber, has started
a comment book and says that most of the
comments from tourists coming from the
north have been fairly positive about the ef-
fort to improve the road.

‘The ones that are really mad maybe
aren’t writing it down,’’ says Brand.

The 32.5 kilometres from Bell Irving to
the number one Deltaic Bridge is being
gravelled and getting a double layer of seal-
coating.

The 152 kilometre stretch from Hodder
Lake to Morchuea Lake is receiving a new
layer of sealcoating.

St. Thomas says the work will be com-
pleted by the August 15 deadline.

AS one ‘traveller wrote in Stewart, “It
slows you down so you can enjoy the
scenery.”

,

Scott Wilkins, 37, of Hyder, §

cost was always to have been
deducted from the $190 mil-
lion final cash settlement of
the treaty.

“Issues still need to be
resolved but there are no
major items,” Nisga' Tribal
Council president Joe
Gosnell said Tuesday. “The
legal wording is time-con-
suming, -It has to be done in
the proper way.” -

The February, 1996
agreement-in-principle also
called for transfer of nearly
2,000 square kilometres of
land and a package of self-
government options. —

If negotiators do emerge
with a deal today or later this
week, politics will instantly
take over as the work shifts
to selling the agreement.

That will be a chore not
only for the government but
also for Nisga’a leaders, who
have encountered internal
opposition in recent months
that they are settling for tco
little in light of the Supreme
Court of Canada’s ruling on
aboriginal title in the

Delgamuukw case.

Provincial government
representatives emphasize
that the information cam-
paign stage will be about
making the public understand
the deal — not consulting

_ them or creating the possibil-
ity of changes to the deal.
~“There’s been consulta-
tions on this right from the
beginning,” aboriginal affairs
ministry spokesman Peter
Smith said:

The Nisga'a negotiations
have faced steady criticism
over the years because —
unlike more than 40° other
treaty tables now underway —
they’ve almost always been
held in secret.

The pravince has tried to
address that by consulting
with a.range of third party
interests over the years. —

He said a treaty summary
will be published and mailed
to every household in B.C.
and a toll-free phone number
will be set up to take inquir-
ies from the public.

What happens next?

HM Once negotiators
emerge with a completed
agreement, they'll shake
hands and head for home.

‘Mi Lawyers for cach side
will spend a week or so
going through the text to
check for any final problems,
Meanwhile, copies of the
treaty will be printed and an
electronic version will be
prepared for access through
the Internet.

B An initialing ceremony
will take place in New
:Aiyansh, July 24 has been a
much-rumoured date for it.

Nisga’a treaty expected today

M@ At that point the final -
text of the deal would be
released and an extensive
public information campaign
would begin.

@ The Nisga’a will hold a
ralification vote 90 days
later.

M@ The B.C. legislature
might hold a special sesrion
this fall to debate and vote on
the Nisga’a treaty,

M Once passed by the
Nisga’a, B.C, and Canada, °
the implementation phase of
the treaty begins.

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