Federal vote soon, says MP —

TERRACE - There"ll have to
be a federal election and a
Quebec provincial election be-
fore any attempt at further con-
stitutional: movement takes
place, says Skeena NDP MP Jim
Fulton,

Speaking afler voters rejected
the Charlottetown Accord Mon-
day evening, Fulton said: Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney will
have no choice but to soon ga to
the polls.

There’s a need to clear away a

lot of the emotional debris
created by the process that’s just
taken place,”" he said.

The same is true in Quebec
where Premier Robert Bourassa
faces a strong opposition, Fulton
added,

And he’s predicting there will .
be a new kind of method taken
to bring about constitutional
change.

That could be a constitucnt
assembly, a gathering of perhaps
a 1,000 people elected from

across the country 1o discuss
constilutional changes, said
Fulton,

The federal Skeena riding re-
jected the Charlottetown Accord
by 72:84 per cent. Of 176 of 186
polls reporting Monday evening,
23,959 ‘people said ‘no‘ and
8,790 people said “yes’. Just or

78 per cent of registered voters

cast ballots. :

All areas of the riding solidly
rejected tha accord with the ex-
ception of the Nass Valley.

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UP SHE RISES: Harry Nyce looks on as a new totem pole is pulled skyward in Gitwinksihlkw.
For more on the Nass Valley totem pols raising, see page B1.

Police set for Hallowe’en

TERRACE — Youths won’t run
riot in the downtown streets this
Hallowe’en if RCMP Inpsector
Larry Yeske has his way.

The. city’s top police officer
says the jocal . detachment. will
field more-'than: the 20 officers it
sent out last. Oct - 31 to face. ‘the
ghouls and: goblins;? » -

"We're going :ta have. a- lot
more of our own people. out there
this year,’ Yeske "said, « ‘And
we'll bring in more. from other
detachments if we need to.”

Last Hallowe’en, police officers
were outnumbered by a mob of
150 young people who barricaded

Lakelse Ave. with shopping carts

and ‘rampaged through the
downtown, smashing’ windows,
throwing ecpgs and shooting

‘fireworks at passing cars.

Police could only hold back and
watch, and drew sharp criticism

‘from merchants whose stores

were vandalized.

“We want to make sure there’s
no repeat of this nonsense we had
last year,” Yeske said.

He said. he’s meeting with the

Fire Department and other agen-

cies to make preparations.

Yeske would not say what
measures he will authorize to dis-
perse youths this year.
It’s hoped school dances, will

consultation : takes .

tions aren’ t. going : fe
to. work unless this’

Water Watch
» Lakelse Lake

residents demand
flood- control action. '

keep many local young people
busy this Hallowe’en.

‘When there’s nothing to do
that’s when somebody starts
some mischief,’? he said. “TE we

have things’ to kecp them inter-

ested elsewhere, hopefully they’ll
go and enjoy themselves there in-
stead of run the risk or running
afoul of the law.”’

Yeske said he is also encourag-
ing downtown merchants to lock
up shopping carts and to maintain
some Kind of presence that night
to deter vandals and thieves. |

‘We want to make sure a fot of
the. shenanigans don’t pet a

’ chance to start.’*-

And one poll, at the
Ellisworth Camp up Hwy.x37,
was unanimous in approving the
accord wilh 63 ‘yes’ voles.

Across B.C,, 67.9 per cent of
voters said ‘no’ while 32.1 per
cent said ‘yes’ in a tumout of 77
per cent of registered voters.

Fulton said B.C.’s rejection of
the accord should not be consid-
ered as anti-native or anti-
Quebec. ,

“There were five main com-
ponenis to vote ‘yes’ io. People

TERRACE — Nisga’a land
claim negotiations are at an im-
passe because Canada won't sign

‘an agreement that sets terms for

resource use prior to a final settle-
ment.

Word of that came out when a
dispute between the federal and
provincial negotiators surfaced
unexpectedly at what was billed a
media bricfing session last Fri-
day.

Sharp words from chief federal
negotiator Gay Reardon and her
provincial counterpart, Jack Eb-
bels, provided the first ever idea
of how the talks are going.

It became clear the federal
government will not sign the
agreement without written as-
surances from the province that it
jiad adequately consulted people
in this area on. the terms oft the

At issue is the. interim pro-
fection measures agreement —
signed by the Nispa’a and the
province, but missing the signa-
ture of Canada — that will
determine what level of mining
and logging can go on between
now and the final settlement of
the 25,000-square-kilometre
Nisga’a land claim.

The agreement is also expected
‘10 yield clues as to the shape of
the final agreement.

But Reardon bluntly stated Fri-
day Canada will not sign the
agreement without the provincial
governnent’s wrilten assurance

TERRACE — Council’s going
to ask the business communily
what it thinks of the idea of hav-
ing large stores open on slatutory
holidays.

That will come before council
contemplates going to
referendum on the matter, mayor
Jack Talstra said last week.

The issue came up this spring
when the larger retail stores,
backed by the city’s economic

advisory commission, asked
council to allow openings on
statutory holidays.

It’s prohibited by provincial law
but the Jarge stores have been
opening on those holidays here
since the spring.

Council decided several months
ago to not pursuc the matter until
it spoke with provincial officials
at the Union of B.C.
Municipalities Convention last

found so many reasons to vote
‘no’ in what was a complicated
package,”’ he said.

The MP did acknowledge that
there were what he called ap-
prehensions and misapprchen-
sions conceming native self-
government in the northwest,

“That certainly came up at
the 43 meelings EF held (on the
constitution). There were a con-
stellation of reason," he said.

Despite the defeat of the ac-
cord and its native sclf-govern-

Jack Ebbeis
that ‘the document was discusse:!
with and supported by those who
will be affected. -

Without the federal signature, it

9 not“ known “~whetr-it- might: be~-

released to the public.

Although Ebbels’ predecessor,
Tony Sheridan, did give verbal
assurance this has taken place
with third party interests, Ebbels
said it will not be provided in
writing.

Both Reardon and Ebbels
reacted strongly at the comments
by each other, saying this was the
first time they had heard them.

‘Federal representatives . were
at these mectings (with third
parties). They can advise Canada
whether they were adequate or
sufficient,’’ said Ebbels.

‘At no time did we recelve a

month.

*The sense we got is that there
will be no provincial change con-
templated and .if we, Terrace,
wanted to do something about it,
which is a vote, it would be up to
us,’’ said Talstra of meetings with
municipal affairs minister Robin
Blencoe.

The mayor added council

wanted to avoid the matter be-
cause of the acrimony that sur-
faced in 1987 and 1988 when
Sunday shopping was discussed,
’ City voters turned done Sunday
openings in a referendum but a
court decision in: Cranbrook
struck down the Lord’s Day Act
in 1988.

**We had hoped there would be
something sensible, province
wide,’’ said Talstra.

**It should geally be the same all]
over and in the northwest. If

provincial

THE FUTURE:

¢ The city unveils its draft .
plan for land use here in
the years ahead.

ment provision, Fulton said Jand
claims in B.C, can be addressed
by a treaty commission eslab-
lished in September.

But he doubted if ‘Prime
Minister Brian Mulroncy would
undertake any futher discussion
on native self government. out-
side of any constitutioanl ar-
fagement,

Fulton said Mulroney. will
campaign on the economy: but
won't be succussful,

Claims deal held
up as negotiators |
- scrap in public

Gay Reardon
request from Canada that we

_ were asked for written ASSUTALLCES

that there had been adequate con-_
suliation in the entire negotiation

-perod of the “interim protection. --

measures until after it had beeh
initialed, Until after it had been
signed by the province and the
tribal council,” he continued.

‘Ebbels, appointed just this sum-
mer as the provincial govern-
ment’s chief negotiator, described
a series of meetings over the past
year with third parties who will
be affected by the interim agree-
ment, He said were no strong ob
jections to its content.

“Canada can draw its own con-
clusions, Canada had a full and
complete opportunity to do all the
consulting it wants if you look at

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City wants opinion
on stat shopping ©

Kitimat is open, we should be the
same,"” he continued. ;

Talstra said be did not know
when council would again discuss
the matter but wanted to contact
the chamber of commerce and
other interest groups first.

“We don’t want to act in isola-
tion,”’ he said.

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The latest move surrounding
statutory holiday openings comes
at a time when four large stores
here ‘are being charged under the
Holiday + Shopping
Regulation Act,

The’ ‘provincial “goverament is

alleging that’ Safeway, Over--

waitea, KMart and ‘Woolworth
opened: on: July: a a “statutory: ;
holiday; © -:~ .

Representatives: of ‘those stores
are scheduled to,make a a first
appearance, in “provincial, court
here Nov. 4. 9,

why:

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