‘oan + ore rs i OX ‘ eee ete . IE NN ail rel el aad ath ri 8 EEE TERRE ERE ELE CEC CE ESET EEE TE LT TEE OTE Ra at eT a hl ate a a he dag ‘SINGLE LANE cleared on road to Greenville shows how much ice was carried up and onto the surface. That's Ernie Kuehne who oversaw the clearing work. PHOTO COURTESY GLEN OVERHOLT Nass road opens TERRACE — The temporary isolation of the Nass Valley community of Greenville ended last week when equip- ment cleared a path through nearly Skm office, The road to the community was closed Feb. 8 when ice was carried up onto it from a iribulary of the Nass River. That ice floated onto the road when warm weather cause the river level to rise. The road opened to single lane traffic Feb. 10 -and was completed opened the follow- ing day. Crews from Nechako Northcoast Construction, the company that has the road ‘maintenance contract in this area, pushed the ice back over the edge and into the river. “Tt was pretty heavy sled- ding, There was six to eight feet of ice — in some places it was 15 feet,’’ said highways ministry contract Glen Overholt. Overholt said crews’ waited until they were sure the water had receded so as nol to pose a danger to work, ‘We won't put the crews into any type of danger,’’ he said. Overholt added that Nass residents told him they hadn’t seen anylhing. like that sitice 1954, Nechako Northcoast presi- dent John Ryan said the cost of clearing will be borne by the company, There: is provision for the minisiry to pay anything in ex- cess of: $25,000 for traordinary situations. Regional Provincial Emer- gency Program manager Rod Salem said his program was ready to assist Greenville if the closure had gone on any longer. manager exe ‘charged Montreal-based owner widespread wood rot and ex- _ tensive damage by vandals, ‘derelict buliding on Olson Ave... Hall St. TERRACE — A Vancouver film-maker’s film footage of last September's railway blockade by Gitksan natives is the object of a court battle. Canadian National Railway filed a motion last fal] demanding Nettie Wild band over her film __ from the blockade. CN is suing the Gitwangak band for revenue lost while its trains were held up during the five-day blockade. ‘Wild. filmed the Gitwangak blockade as part of Blockade: One Land, Two Cultures — a two-hour independent docu- mentary. film to be aired on tele- vision this spring. She and her production team, Canada Wild Productions Ltd., were shooting in the Hazelton- Kitwanga arca for 15 months, in- cluding September when the blockade took place. Wild said she bas learned that CN thought she was “Just some Jady with a camera.’ “They thought they could just scoop me up and use my video tape as they saw fit,’’ she said. Wild contends CN lawyers are demanding to sce the footage so they can “go ona fishing expedi- tion’? for possible evidence to use in their lawsuit against the Gitwangak band, CN has since backed off on its requests for Wild’s film, but its lawyers reserve the option to go after ber videotape later on if they feel it’s important to their case. Gitksan leaders set up the blockade 10 call-attention to the ongoing economic problems caused by the closure of Westar’s sawmill — their community’s main source of employment. The provincial government’s transfer ofa forest license in the area that The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 17, 1993 - Page A11 CN heads to court for blockade film provided no timber supply for the mill also angered nalives. Three Gitksan leaders were at- rested and convicted as a result of the blockade. CN then sued the band for civil damages incurred during the blockade and is seeking a permanent — injunction more blockades, Wild says she’ll fight CN’s re: quest for her footage ‘on the grounds that it sels dangerous precedents for Canadian media. After winning the trust of people and getting them to open up on camera, CN: now wants to take that footage and possibly use against, it against those people, she said, “We just can’t allow a situation to set in where this kind of chill sets in,’? Wild said.. ; CN representative Marian Rob- son said the. company is waiting to kearn what Wild's formal posi- tion is on the foolage. CN lawyers are waiting to learn what the Gitwangak band’s defence will be. before making their next move, Robson said, “We believe the video tapes: Netlie has. done covered events prior to, during and-after the blockade that could have a major impact on a very important case before the courts,’’ she said. Learning the |Ropes Pays ong CAR RENTAL nuisance is facing... 2 ge ire eat démolition TERRACE — The owner of an abandonned hovwse on Hall St. has six weeks to clean up the property or the city will demolish it at her expense. In proposing the property be declared a public nuisance, coun- cillor Danny Sheridan pointed out, “This has been going on since ] first came on council near- ly six years ago.’ While council did not like or- dering a property bulldozed, he said the city had been more than fair. The city received the first com- plaint about-the property in 1987, Eventually, the city moved in to clean up the yard in 1988 and . 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