Police

Fagan to

face charges

.The B.C, Court of Appeal
ordered a local man to stand
trial on 1995 drug charges
last week.

Rene Joseph Fagan, 64, of
Thornhill was arrested pos-
session for the purposes of
trafficking cocaine in
Marck, 1995. He was sched-
uled for trial in November,
1997 but the case was dis-
missed on a time delay,

Last - October, federal

Crown prosecutor Jack Tal-
stra fought to have that deci-
sion overturned and won.
. Fagan was arrested on
March 12, 1995 after RCMP
officers watched him pick
up a package containing a
quarter pound of cocaine at
the local Greyhound bus sta-
tion. Officers say the
cocaine had an estimated
street value of $22,000 in
1995. Court staff are work-
ing on a new trial date,

incidents

unrelated

THE TIMING, « they say,
was coincidental.

Feb, 22’s power outage,
that darkened parts of Ter-
race, Thornhil] and Jackpine
Flats was caused by line
problems near the Hwy37
four-way stop, say RCMP.

Though local residents
saw large flashes that lit the
Sky, the power outage didn’t
have anything to do with a
car that caught on fire in
4300 block of Queensway
Drive al almost exactly the
same time,

RCMP officers had
originally received calls
from the public, saying the
car had hit a Hydro pole.
But after looking in to the
case, officers now believe a
gas leak in the car’s engine
Started the blaze and com-
pletely destroyed the car.

The two women in the car
were uninjured,

Caught with
cocaine

TERRACE RCMP arrested |

Frederick Gerald Mowatt, of
Thombill, with drug charges
on Feb. 16.

Officers were originally
called to an assault in prog-

ress on the Thornhill front- ©

age road, But when they got
there, two men were trying
io escape on snowmobiles.

RCMP say they found

$4,000 worth of cocaine and
charged Mowatt with pos-
session for the purpose of
trafficking. Mowatt was
released on bail until. his
next court date. Police say
more charges are likely.

Domestic

assaults

ON FEB. 24 RCMP arrested
a Terrace man for assaulting
his common law wife after
an argument, .

The 20-year-old man ap-

peared in court last week,
was released and told not to

communicate with his wife. -

and stay away from her
home. His next appearance
is set for March 12, 1999,
Later that same night, po-
lice were called to a home in
the 5400 block of Hampton
Avenue to arrest a 28-year-

old man for-repeatedly pun- ..

ching and kicking his wife’s
head and body.

He was charged with as- |

sault aud released to appear
in court here Apr. 2,.1999,
His 32-year-old wife
sustained bruises.

impaired

charge laid

A TERRACE MAN faces
impaired driving causing
bodily harm charges after an:
Feb. 24 accident in New
Hazelton.

The two-vehicle crash sent
six people to
Memorial Hospital with tn-
juries ranging from fractures

to minor cuts and bruises,

RCMP officers say a west-

bound travelling Mercury: ° 0 Ah tien pahar bay saitcer iigeagh Aebteeae

Topaz on Hwyl6— west

crashed into an eastbound —

Chevrolet sedan near \Col-
lege road in Hazelton. The

29-year-old driver had al-. dy
legedly crossed the” high a

way’s centre line. =

Treaty money could
Beat finance housing here

FINANCING to build
homes in Terrace could be
one of the benefits of the
Nisga’a treaty to Nisga’a
people living here,

Housing assistance is just
one of a package of benefits
including health care insur-
ance, dusiness startup loans
and cash payments 1o elders
that will apply to Nisga’a
living in urgafi argas outside
the Nass Valley, says
Nisga’a_ = Tribal = Council
secrelary-treasurer Ed
Wright,

He said pais of the $190
million cash settlement
could be used to set wpa
financing am for Nisga’a
citizens.

That could then extend
low-interest loans to
Nisga’a to build their own
homes in places like Ter-
Tace.

And he said the Nisga'a
goverment could also em-
bark on affordable housing
projects for its members in
the urban lacals. Those
would be similar to the
Moks-Kum-O] managed na-
tive housing complexes al-
ready in place in Terrace.

Wright said the housing
issue is recognized as im-
poriant because many
Nisga’a elders need to be
closer to full-service hospi-
tals and medical treatment
than the Nass Valley.

He said the financing
could also be extended to
proposals for business ven-
tures,

“Any spending of the
settlement money will be
subject to a vote of the
Nisga’a Nation,'’ Wright
added.

He also said the Nisga’a
Valley Health Board has set
up a branch in Terrace in the
Park Avenue Medical

Centre in preparation for
providing health insurance
services to Nisga’a here,

That’s to replace the cur-
rent health insurance ser-
vices handled by the Depart-
ment of Indian Affairs.

Local organizations will
be formed in each urban
area, Wright said, which
will be in charge of entering
into contracts to provide
health, education and social
services to members living
off reserve.

Different urban locals may
have different priorilics, he
noted.

“The people in Prince
Rupert are interested in set-
ting up an administrative

" Ed Wright

centre that would also act as
a cultural centre in Prince
Rupert,”’ he said.

He said cash payouts to
elders — a $15,000 pay-
ment when they turn 60 —
will apply to Nisga’a every-
where, not just in the Nass.

Shelly Schulmeister

& Gino Carpina

May 1

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& Michael Luis

May 22

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