re erate ed Tone he canara ht a Heytrrsereacg, nite I WARE Dv re cae atwear erat rate h nore eon an aaa : | | a oO A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 18,2006 . Criminal contempt alleged for arrest at road blockade LILLIAN MOYER now faces the possibility of be-— ing found in criminal con- _ tempt of. court. stemming from ‘her Sept. 9 arrest at a mining road’ blockade just off Hwy37 ‘North south of Iskut, 6 0 She was the only one to be arrested that day after a group of. other Tahltan ~ people called the Klabona= Keepers voluntarily left the blockade which. ‘had . pre- vented beMetals from haul= “ing drilling equipment to an - area adjacent to its planned “Red Chris copper. and gold’ mine. _tion Sept. blockade to be taken down and then an enforcement or- der empowering the RCMP © to arrest-those who remain- ded at the blockade was is- sued. - 78 Moyer, 67, was’ released’ an after her arrest.and ordéred : to appear ‘at..court.in Ter- race. Oct. 10 where she first learned of the court’s inten- “tion to proceed with.a crimi- nal contempt charge against ‘her.. “here Nov. 20 where the re- lease of more information is "expected: She may also en- ter a plea at that time. . ‘Nearly 15 Tahltan were arrested at the same spot on’ the Ealue Lake Road nearly .a year before Moyer for “blocking it from being | used , by another company, For- tune. Minerals, which also” has property in the r fegion: But. unlike Moyer, pro- _- ceedings against | the group did not proceed... Proceedings ‘ against *.. Moyer do not stem from the : ’ criminal code but from the ‘Supreme ‘Court because of ‘the orders it issued pertain- ing to the. blockade, said Geoffrey Gaul, a senior trown prosecutor. |. . hy beMetals first received a. B.C. Supreme Court injunc- - 2 ordering the ' [i Moyer’ s due back i incourt__ LILLIAN MOYER stands outside the Terrace courthouse Oct. 10 prior to her first appearance in B. C: ‘Supreme: 2 ae ne ee Court after being arrested Sept 9ata mining road blockade on Hwy37 North. “We've done our ‘assess- ment of the evidence and . we’ve concluded there is_ a likelihood ‘if contempt is - found; it would be criminal contempt,” he said. | . Future’ appearances of crown prosecutors in. this matter will be to present evidence to the court, Gaul added. “She's: alleged to have . committed contempt of court and so it’s the court’s _ own process,” he said. _ Other contempt matters in recent years have includ- ‘ed actions. of Telus workers who were locked out of their . jobs last year in a lengthy la- bour dispute. . And still before the courts are the arrests of people pro-— testing the route chosen for a section of the new Sea . to Sky highway leading to - STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE The BC Northern Real Estate Board congratulates the following members _ for their, participation in Continuing education. 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Speaking outside. of the Terrace. courthouse before” her appearance, Moyer said she chose to stand alone at “the blockade because of the ‘restrictive nature of the en- forcement’ order for people. that: would have - been ar- rested. . ' “For the others, if they had been arrested, they would not have been allowed to go -to their hunting grounds and’, .to do any kind of trapping... » That’s what I would call a threat,” she said. “I did what I did on. my -own and not just for my na-- tion, but for all nations.” The blockade ‘this year and the one last ‘year were organized by a group of Tahltan worried about ‘the scope and size of planned mining and other projects on ~ "their traditional territory. In particular, they are worried about the Klappan area which is reached via the “Ealue Lake Road.as it is re- garded as a highly sensitive ..area by the Tahltan for its environment and history. This isn’t Moyer’s. first controversial move in-con- nection with Tahltan politi- cal, economic and environ- mental issues. — She was among a group of Tahltan who - occupied | the Telegraph Creek offices. of the Tahltan band for nine months beginning ‘in _ fan. 2005. > That was in’ ‘protest. of. band. leadership Moyer and others said didn’t represent Tahltan people, particularly - when it came to resource eveopment on traditional territory. : Since’ her arrest,. “Moyer, -who lives iri Dease Lake, 7 said she has received phone. — calls from people in and out-. side of the northwest saying “they support her actions. _ “They’ve really meant a lot to me,” said Moyer of the calls. Aside from Moyer’ s law: yer and a Crown prosecutor, ~ beMetals also had a lawyer in the courtroom during her Oct. 10 appearance. * Dave Warner said he was there as his client “still main-. tains an interest” in Moyer’s case, 4 ° Also in -the courtroom - was a small group of Moyer Supporters, — They waited. for approxi- “ mately two hours before her’ " case was called while other ‘matters were being heard by. - the‘court. branches on ‘As part of Credit Union Day celebrations, Northern October 19, 2006, Credit Union Day, for refreshments and to learn who | was selected to receive this year’s sponsorships from the Northern Savings Credit o Union Board of Directors. — | Everyone | Welcome! Savings Credit Union is sponsoring the Everyone | Welcome Swim at the Terrace Aquatic Centre on © Saturday, October 21, 2006, fr om 2: 30 to 5: OOpm. 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