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‘ ‘consuliant’s recommendations...

the operation of Mills,*’
Strachan said, ., ©

“He added he’ won't give:
Walker’

Y.: guidelines setting
: {minimum acceptable
level Of service ‘should exist-at

: “Te you're going to put that -
type. of ‘guideline, that. type of

- Policy in place, there’s no sense
in having a consultant,"’

mmunity questioning

ee

Fishing Lodge — pleaded guilty
in court July 9 to two counts of
guiding without a licence tast
year, and received fines of

$1,000 on each charge. |”

Kalina said the fines were. high

university courses could be of-
fered here at Northwest. Com-
munity College as early as next
year, ,

4. NWCC president Don Ander- :

son said Friday the college-plans
to offer’ a- basic package ' of

ting in September of 1992 as the
college develops closer ties to
B.C. (UNBC),

“It's not definite yet,”? said
Anderson, “‘but it’s approved in
principle,”

The college plans to survey its
second-year students. in ‘the
coming semester_Jo-assess. the

whilch , courses. Should. be of.
feredy-hesaidss
' Anderson « said’ the college
‘would probably offer a basic
package of five or six third-year

TERRACE -~ Fisheries ‘of-
ficials say they’ye Started: their
environmental review: of the
Kemano Completion Project.
“We have begun the technical
aspects of the review process gs
specified by the assessment and
review guidelines,’? said
Michael -Nassichuk, of the
Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (DFO). | ot
A court decision this Spring
threw out the federal govern-
ment's decision last fall to ex-

lodge operator Martin

$2,000 for guiding without r
licence,

the now-closed Exclusive Fly

because of Schmiderer’s

“serious:
f

environment,:

third-year arts and sciences star- .

the new University of Northern:

demand;- and: tochelp-itadecide:

Fish guide fined

TERRACE — Local fishing Previous Wildlife Act convic-
tions — operating as an illegal
Schmiderer has been fined hunting guide in 1985 and giv-
ing false information to conser-

: vation officers. in the early
Schmiderer — who operates “1980s, .

renew his guiding licence but he
“Carried on: guiding anyway,”
Kalina said. ‘t's sort of akin to .
‘driving’ your car after the in-
surance expires. One day it’s.
The first count relates to an -good, the next-il’s not.”

incident in which Schmiderer °:
guided on Sept, 2-4, 1990 on a
class 1 section of the- Copper:
River and again on July 2-12,

renewed his guiding licence this
‘year —*says he: doesn't know
“ywhen cor if he will be able ‘to:
1990, on a class 2 section of the Teopen’ the ‘lodge. Ttie fishing -
Skeena River, ©. dodge was'a Strictly catch-and-
Conservation . officer Peter . release. operation, calering to
“well-heeled European and
American fishermen.

" Stractian said. “I think in the
past we've had to many
guidclines and too many

- policies,” a
. Mdon’t-think irs appropriate
for-us to try, to Second-guess the

. consullant-in terms ‘of identify-
ing numbers, But ict me say that
T-am fismly committed ‘to ‘the
results of that report."*. :
Terrace Regional Health: Care
Society chairman David Lane
said he was *tabsoluteily
dclighted” by the decision.

““T'm.at a loss for words Mr.

Minister,"’ he said, ‘Let me Say
I'm just absolutely delighted that
you have taken the decision that

College planning

TERRACE — Third-year

- Ourses.
We're probably lookitig at
the higher enrolment areas that

;would probably have UNBC

‘credit — areas such as English

and psychology and courses like
that which are kind of the core
for any general arts program."’
_. The: Open Learning Agency
has ‘also joined the northern

“university to provide. what’s

called distance education using

“computer and itelecommunica-
tion technology to serve some of
the more remote communities,

‘4Government officials . say

$200,000 Will be pravided.to pay
for the special partnership bet-

ween..UNBC:,and._
Learning Agency.
“We were really "please
“about the Open Learning Agen

“ty coming on board,” said

“Anderson.

empt Alcan’s *$1-billion
hydroelectric project from a full
federal environmental review,
and ordered that such a review
take place.

Nassichuk said DFO has been .
working for the past three

..weeks On this initial assessment
Of the project, adding that stage

of the fisheries review will pro-
bably be completed in late
August. : .

_ That first stage, when com-

“Mr, ‘Schmiderer didn’t

‘Schmideter — who hasn't

you have. Thank you very much
for listening to our plight.’’

. Hospital Employecs’. Union
. Spokesman Elaine Pigeau:. said
she was ‘very dissappointed’?
by: Strachan’s announcement,

adding she had hoped to ‘see the -

, Minister give the: hospital: more
‘money, cee oer

“There was no: real commit.

tment: from Mr, Strachari to
make this a regional shospital,'*.
Pigeau said. “I think the 11,582'
People who signed that petition:
are going to be wondering what
this consultant’s going to.come -
up with.” Se

ses here

Anderson said the university
is also working on two-year pro-
grams eventually leading ‘to
degree completion in forestry,
nursing, business administra.
tion, and social work, ~

~-They’re also working on _bet-
ter ways to blend the operalions
of ‘the college system and. the.
new universily, such as joint use
of. computer systems, -

the .. Open: a

September 1993, _ accom-
Modaling up to 2,000 students,

Kemano review underway ©

plete, could become the ground-
work far a more detailed full
public panel review, under the
federal Environmental Assess-
ment and Review Process
(EARP)...
_The federal court. of appeal
‘on July 12 rejected Alcan's at-
tempt to block such a review un-
til its appeal of the May. 16
federal court ruling: is heard.
Company officials hope the ap-

. peal will be heard sometime this -

fall.

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