NATIVE POLICEMAN —

Job stress cause

PORT SIMPSON, B.C,
(CP) — Residents of this
native Indian village near
Prince Rupert on the north
coast say they think the
pressure of having to lay
down the law to his friends,
relatives and long-time ac-
quaintances was ‘getting to
Constable Edward McKay,
who shot to death hia slater
and her husband before
Killing himself.

McKay had volunteered
for an RCMP recruiting
program for natlve Indlan
constables, i, had three
mon a gina
and worked in Prince Rupert

Land

EDMONTON (CP) — The
“land ethic’* — or protection
of the environment — should
play a central role in the
development of the North's
natural resources, the
second International con-
ference on the human en-
vironment in northern
regions was told Tuesday.

Gov. Lee Dreyfus of
Wisconsin, chairman of a
panel on the role of govern-
ment in mining, said his
state is determined net to
repeat the “boom or bust”

for six weeks before re-
turning here: as the Tsim-
shian Indian band’s first
police officer.

(McKay) laid down the
law, and when that happeng
around here the rest of the
people would play around
and go agalnst him,” sald a
Port Simpgon resident who
did not want to be identified,

eds bitter against
any +.) an pla
him... but it dae when.he
laid down the law, it was
then they played against

im id

An RCMP officer sald he
thought McKay was getting

pressure trom his family
over his police work.

McKay’s wife left him and
their newborn son shortly
after ha won his badge. His
friends often became angry
when he told them what to do
and what not do, and said
they didn't care for him as
much after he became a
police officer. ©
’ McKay, 35, epent a lot of.
time alone, staying up nights
in his cne-man police office,
ensuring that everything In
the fishing and logging
community of about 1,000
people ran properly.

When he wasn't working,

ethic said

cycles in resource
development,
Other panelists,

representing the govern-
ments of Vermont, Quebec,
Saskatchewan and the
Northwest Territories,
agreed that protection of the
environment must not take
the back seat to economic
development.

John Parker, N.W.T.
commissioner, said that
although jobs are
desperately needed In the
N.W.T.,, the government will

aah

Insist that , developers

respect the “land ethic” in -

submitting thelr proposals.

All panelists cald resource
development must proceed
In the world's northern
regions,

Dreyfus said forests once

covered 30 million acres of di

Wisconsin's total land area
of 35 million acres but by the
early 19308 the
inexhaustible” forests were
virtually wiped out by the
ruthless exploitation of the

f

most of his spare time waa
spent bailding a new house
on the Port Simpson reserve
for his son and new common-
law wife,

On Sunday, McKay invited
his sister Phyllis, her
commorrlaw husband Bill
Alexcee — both in their 503 —
and about four other friends
to a party at his home,

At 2:49 a.m, Monday, the
RCMP detachment recelved
& call telling them Phyllis
and Alexcee had been shot to
death.

_ Police would not say who
made the call, It took police

nearly 244 hours to make the

boat trip to McKay's home,

where they found three
eB. ‘

McKay had died from a
selfinflicted wound which
went through his jaw and
into his head.

“It's a clear cut case of
murder-sulclde, with McKay
pulling’ the trigger," said
Prince Rupert RCMP Stail--
Sgt. Morris Nelson. |

“There had been a party.
You know how it goes. They
gotintoa bit of a squabble at

e .
An investigation into
McKay's background when

of tragedy |

he was first picked to take
part in the special constable
program found him to be
stable, RCMP said,

As a special constable he
was supposed to work only
parttime, delivering
warrants and enforcing
traffic laws.

Policing duties will be han-
died by the Prince Rupert
RCMP detachment until a
replacement is trained,
Nelson sald.

“He was a very good—

member, one of the beat
we've had,” he said. “He
was highly respected by the
rest of the force.”

crucial here

“lumber barons,’”’

He said the closing of
Wiseonsin’s last great -iron
mine two decades ago led to
the neardeath of mining
towns, loss of joba and en-
vironmental hazards.

The recent discovery of
large copper and zinc
leposita) in northern
Wisconsin “could signal a
hiatoric shift in the economic
futures” of the region, but
this time, Wisconsin will
“avold the boom and bust
cycle that has characterized

PORT MeNEILL, B.C.
(CP) — At least five

twin-engine. Pacific
Constal Air)|nes Frard
eraons, aboar
crashed Pr eka
northern Vancouver
Island, a rescue co-
ordination centre
spokesman said. -

The Britten Norman
Islander aircraft wasoana .
flight from Nanaimo,
B.C. to Port Hardy, B.C.

FIVE SURVIVE
PCA CRASH

" when it crashed in dense
persons survived when a_-

.,The spokesman sald

By’; dn. “‘résétue attempts’ were

There was no word on
the fate of other four
persons aboard the plane.

being made by hellcopter

and ground crews were

trying to reach the crash

site by slashing their way
ie W

The first known sur-
vivor walked out of the
bush and was transferred
by boat to Port McNeill.

He: continues:

to bite back

VANCOUVER (CP) — The
catracized treasurer of the
British Columbia College of
Dental Surgeons continued
his attack on other members
of the association ‘Tuesday

y
registrar hdd''a alarm sy3-
tem installed at his home —
and paid for by the college.

Dr. Murray Bloom sald in
& news release that cellege
registrar Dr. Roy Thor-
darson had the alarm system
installed in his West Van-
couver home March 15 by

charging... that., the,

Knills Alarm Systems,

Bloom said the company
billed Thordarson $1,700 for
the job and the college paid
for the installation.

“T have a copy of the in-
voice from the company and
thé’ cancelled cheque from
the college paying for the
work," said. Bloom. “I'm
now asking that the registrar
repay the college in the
amount of $1,700.”

Bloom has been critical of
the college's payments to
elected officials since he took
office In July.

KITIMAT COURT

Youth is given a break —

Brad Philip Nychyporuk,
17, was given a swipended
sentence, 12 months
probation, and 150 hours of
eommunity-service work in
Kitimat Provincial Court
Thursday.

The charge of breaking
end entering arose out of an
Incident June 25 when the
Kildala Red and White Food
Sore, 19 Babine, was broken
Into and soft drinks, potalo
chips, cigarettes and
magazires stolen.

Kitimat RCMP ap-
prebended three juveniles
md Nychyporuk at midnight
In a park near the store
eating chips and drinking
sot = drinks.

Judge Darrall Collins said
he was suspending sentence
for breaking and entering
because defence witnesses
end probation officer Bruce
Bannerman had described
Nychyporuk’s offence as
“eompletely aut of:
character.”’

; Collins ms the perused,

‘everything sald about you
is most positive except for
this serious offence.’

He pointed out that the

malty for breaking into a
Hvellng place can he life
imprisonment and the
maximum penalty for other
places entered illegally is 14

‘You cannot be the
recipient of a
discharge,"Collins said.
“Discharges are not granted
wW anyone liable to a i¢-year
to Efe sentence.”

. “Jt ls incomprehensible to
me," Collins said, “that four

young men of good character

would break into someone

dise's’ place.”

- Collins said that at 17
ars of age Nychyporuk

must be treated as an adult

in the eyes of the law,

He sald the juveniles in-
volved in the incident have
no criminal record but
N will.

epee the one who will
have to live down this foolish
ac J

Collins said be was im-
posing a lenient sentence so
that public will realize “ the
nature of the offence."

Collins said he bad never
imposed such a light sen-
tence for breaking and en-
tering before and warned
Nychy poruk, not break faith
with all who have supported

Collins also ordered
Nychy poruk to pay a quarter
af the damages caused by
the break-in.

The trial of Benjamin
Stewart, charged with in-
decent assault on a female
person, has been set for Dec.
13 in Kitimat Provincial

Court.

Stewart is aleo charged
with being in possession of a
weapon for a purpose
dangerous to the public
peace, Charges arose from
an incident in Kitimat Sept.6.

A charge of possession of
marijuana against Lance
Griffin was dismissed by
Jutige Darral Collinge in
Kitimat Provincial Court.

Griffin waa charge with
possession when Kitimat

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INFO

HEALTH |

DR. BOB YOUNG

The violent , assaultive,
and agitated patient cannot
help by generate anxieties in
those responsible for his or

her care. Often it is the.

emergency room, physician
and his nursing and orderly
staff that have to cope with
this problem, ll too
frequently the patient who
has loat control of his or her
actions appears in the early
morning hours when staff is
minimal.

Ususally the episode has
started elsewhere, and it is
the police that have brought
the patient to the emergency
department. The added
manpower provided by the
burly men in blue may be of
importance in
subduing a violent person
while sedation or other
measures take effect.

To the physician, the
assaultive, ‘wild', violently
juncooperative patient is just
‘another:case to be diagnosed
and treated. ‘The patient is
regarded as being ill,
generally acutely so, and
urgent action is required to
bring the situation under
control, The philosophy is
the same as with a patient

whose breathing or heart- .

beat has stopped-get a
handle on things and then

RCMP answered a call to
Mount Elizabeth Senior
Secondary School March 23
amd were given a piece of
burnt paper half an inch
square, alleged to contain
traces of marijuana,

Thepaper was analyzed by
the crime detection
Laboratory in Vancouver
and @ report sént to Kitimat
RCMP.

Constable W. R. Rennie
testified that he gave a copy
of the analysis and notice of
intention to produce the
analysis as evidence to the

fefendant's father, Donald

Griffin, Sept 3.

However, Rennie did not
serve the accused with either
document until just before
his appearance In court.

Because of this, Collins
refuseti to accept in evidence
dither the certificate of
analysis, or the
acknowedgment of service
gigned by the accused and
his father. ;

“Service on the father is
not good service,” Collins
said,

He said that according to
law no certificate may be
received in evidence unless
the defendant has received a

copy and reasonable natice |

that the document will be
proditced in court.

Collins said service on the
accused just before court
convened ‘ls not reasonable
notice.”

He sald he would not
speculate on what ‘‘the
father may have told his
son.”

look for the finer points.
Psychiatric conditions
such as severe anxiety, or
more serious diseases such
as schizophrenia or manic
reactions frequently present
with violent, uncontrolled
behavior. These are called
functional issnesses -the
machinery is not working

rly. ‘

PSemelimes the brain is
damaged by disease.
Aggressive behavior in older

ople may be due to lack of
Blond to the brain or an
inappropriate ‘ response ‘to
medication. Brain tumors or
head injuries may cause
restlessness or other
suspicious behavior pat-
terns.

In 1979 drug intoxication iz
by far the most frequent
cause of this problem. LSD,
PSP, acid and most of the
rest are capable of causing
disorientation and sub-

sequent: ;.. violent», ands),

aggressive actions.” ©
Withdraw] from alcohol,
barbiturates and other
sedatives, and even from
tranquilizers, may cause
agitation and even violence.
The physician will calm
the patient using drugs or
bonversation, or (usually)
oth. ;

“There is nothing in
evidence to show me that
this young man had
reasonable notice or an
notice at all,"Collins said.

Collins dismissed the
charge: of posseasion stating
the crown failed to make a
CHEE, va

In the case of John Rocha,
wiginally set for trial Sept ..
13, Collins acceded to a” 3a.
request form Crown Counsel’. -°
Jeff Arndt and agreed to |

disqualify himeelf.-.*:...
Rocha is charged. ‘with
creating

Secondary, March 16, ob-
structing a peace officer
realsting arrest and refusing
to leave the premises of a
public school when
requested to do so by an
authorized person.

Arndt made the request
because Collins presided at
the trial and conviction of
Germano Corrito who was
aiso involved in the incident,

Collins said that he
generally accede to such a
request from the defence to
five the accused a chance to
present a full defence in the
eyes of the public.

“*] do not feel the aame
applies In the case of the
Crown, Collins said.

However, he agreed to
disqualify himself on the
grounds that he had “ex-
Premed some views for-
cefully” during the Corrito
trial and “probably would

a ” ,

Rocha’s trail has been set
for Oct. 17 at 10 a.m.

a disturbance at: .
Mount Elizabeth Senior —

the development of
resources in the past.” -
Dreyfus sald Wisconsin |
was the home of Aldo
Leopold “who is widely
regarded as the father of
ecology.’’ Leopold advocated.
the "land ethic’ in
development — and this
ethic will be emphasized in
future development projects.
Brendan Whittaker, Ver-
mont's head of  en-
vironmental conservation,
told delegates from Canada,
the United States, Finland,

Japan, China and South
Korea:

-“Kyture generations will
hold us accountable for how
we care for the Jand and in
what condition we turn that
land over to them."
Saskatchewan En-
vironment Minister Ted
Bowerman sald his govern-
ment belleves that it must be
an active participant in
resource development to
protect the public interest.
Bowerman also gave an
account of a provincial
Inquiry into uranium
development in northern
Saskatchewan before ap-
proval waa given to the de-
velopment. He said .the
government had to be
satisfied that uranium
development will bring
economic benefits with min-

director of the Quebec en-
vironment department, said
his province has decided
against creating new towns
in resource development
because of bad experiences
elsewhere.

Leo Bernier, Ontario’s
northern affairs minister,
said his province has had
bad experience with mining
communities when mining
companies pulled out after
depleting resources.

Gov. Arthur Link of North
Dakota gaid a major part of
his state's mining policy ls to
“avoid uncontrolled
development and expansion
af unorganized boom towns
which could not provide the
services necessary to sup-
port a healthy living’ en-
vironment,”*

He said North Dakota aleo
has a pollcy of restoring
mined land to 100 per cent of
its original productivity
“regardless of the cost.”

Link said that because
North Dakota’s economic
mainstay is agriculture, the
state has introduced a
program providing in-
centives to beginning far-
mers.

“We believe by main-
taining the economic
viability of small farms and
the productivity of the land

The Herald, Wednesday, September 19, 1979, Page 5

REGIONAL
DISTRICT BRIEFS

Munciipal Affairs minister
Bill Vander Zalm has written
the Regional District of
Kitimat -Stikine board to let
them know he'll be in
Terrace sometime this
winter. Vander Zalm has
said he’s planning a lour of -
all the regional districts in
the coming months.

Also at Saturday's
regional district board
meeting, Les Watmough
brought up the subject of the
lava beds about fifty miles
north of Terrace. He's
concerned people going up

.“don't know what they're
getting into.” The board
member said signs should be
posted regarding the length
af the walk and that proper
footwear should be warn. He
implied there should be more
responsible advertising .

In other business the

regional district has changed
the cost sharing
arrangementfor the Terrace
Public Cemetary. The old
standard where Terrace
residents pald two thirds of
the cost and Thornhill
residents one third has been
amended so every taxpayer
will pay the same mill rate.
While the assessment will
vary from year to year (as
does the millrate) the actual

change is not very
significant.
There willbe a new library

referendum for Thornhill
residents on Nov. 17, This
tiem , the boundaries will be
redrawn co the library users
will be the ones who yate,
The idea of redefining the
referendum boundaries waa
given the ned of approval at
last week's Terrace District
Council meeting.

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