A4 - The Terrace Sanaa Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - - ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 PUBLISHER: ROD. LINK . ” ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B. C. = V8G BR2 - TELEPHONE: (250)-638-7283 © FAX: (250) 638-8432 me nr WEBS www.terracestandard. come EMAIL: -newsroom@terracestandard, com ot Value priced | PITY the poor. Vancouver homeowners... Many opened their property tax annesstabats | earlier this month: to find their homes had risen | in value: not: by. a few" thousand dollars, but by $100, 000-or.more. \. ~ So white-hot-is the real estate market there that an ‘many. modest: housés are now. punching through | the $525,000. level where: the. provincial home " owner grant’ begins’ to- disappear. - a . The. grants provide most B.C. home ‘owners |. ‘with’ a break on their property. taxes —it works - out to: a $470 discount if you: get the. full regular ’ grant, .or S745. for seniors, ‘veterans sand ‘the’ _ disabled: — . os Ta One of of those who: has | lost the Home: siinde't ‘grant is Vancouver mayor » Larry Campbell, “whose small 19208-era house’ ona minimum-size ; | lot rose from $472, 000 to $585 700.. Already : the. ‘government is” ‘being veged to _ boost the limit so dwellers of Vancouver’: 'S tonier.| ~ neighbourhoods =: particularly those on: fixed: | incomes:—can keép | their grants. . . It’s-all‘a-bit much: for. northerners who: ave “ watched the values’ of their’ larger, newer homes. shrink toa tiny fraction of what Mr. Campbell's . |. ‘reminding. the . public of . the bo | : scandal cee P EES - swirling ‘around the feder Fand* -f It’s. tempting to ‘aaply’ jell: the ‘poor. ‘babies | smn» libenlg ee But \it’s -also - a “good . issue’ 7 for. the NDP. ‘The: Bap: ‘bétweai. the: Liberals’. “get- tough: theloric and. their’ actions. is. wide; and “criminals are’ getting a break, from “ = Liberal budget Cutsi es 7 “Ps The? NDP“ean’r: be. ‘accused of -fear-mongering, : Butif. they insist on staying there and carrying: : old-timer i 1s worth.: “down there’ to sell’ ‘their old ‘urban. -crapboxes, "| collect: their: $600, 000. or $700, 000 :and head: ‘north. They could’ easily buy. two bigger, newer | houses = —one to live in, one. ‘to Tent out = and d still have plenty ¢ of cash. left to squirrel. away. ~ larger mortgages. to: compete” for: housing: with Hollywood starlets, drug dealers-and'Hong Kong should:ab-ledst bextold: what millionairesy:they: they*re missing: viwac ce If the ‘province fiddles with t the‘ home: owner grant. threshold, it should £0 further and ‘turn it’ -into.atwo- -tiered grant. that delivers a higher level} underperforming regions... in outside the Lower: Mainland. | Ultimately: if B. C. is. to put tal a areas ‘back | - “on their feet, some daring ways: must: be: tried: as ~ to. encourage ‘people to” settle. ‘beyond: the 2 De . smoke. » . The B C Progress Boatd’s latest report warns |: - poverarient’ intervention to stem rural decline has; “backfired 1 in most ‘placés: it’s been: tried before, ; - But this»government: has’ made much of its” - desire. to assist the. so-called “Heartlands: and. | prides itself on. pioneering innovative solutions. |]. Tools do exist to begin bridging. the rural-urban . prosperity. gap: The- provincial government just. has. to rummage. deeper 1 in: its tool shed: to. find. them: and put them to work, : two weekends . ago, calling On : “Premier Gordon : Campbell’ to. “[ warned repeatedly. of the growin ‘ “threat from: organized. crime. Sect And. calter:, the raids‘. on. “the cea ICE Cffites! of top. Libe aides and senior federal Liberals, “the REMP. warned that organized - | “crime’s tentacles were. seaching: ate into every corner of the ‘province, ~ -o James. pointed .out: thatthe. °... of government's tough’ talk’ hasn't: of. property tax:rélief-in B:C:’s: underpopulated, z ; i ie Specificall y; she. called ‘on. ‘thes: been backed : up with ‘action: on . |: Liberals’ «to lift "a. ‘three-year : The extra: “rural regions - only” ‘grant. would: . appear on ail ‘tax forms and serve: as an annual | ; reminder ‘of some ‘of the’ advantages of moving | a “funding - freeze -imposed : on the Organized Crime Agency. ° “The 2 Agency | is’, : HOW CAN ‘the. ‘members: of, a television. audience : not” “Spot “1 something stashed, ‘under. thelr’ : seats? oe They - all ‘séem: ‘of ‘average at intelligence: and. are-able to ask: 48 “ reasonable. questions: of guests on... | /. 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Published on Wednasday of each work al 3210 0 can Steet, Tenace, British Golumbla, VeG"sR2: Stories, photographs, iusrations, tosis ‘and typesivies in tha Terroe Biendard are the property of the copy- right holders, Including Caiiboo Prass {1969} Ltd,, fa liustrallon repra'sérvices and advartising agancles, : # Reproduction in whole ot In pat, without writtan paitisslon, is dpactically prohibited, ‘Authoitzad as second-class mal pending tha bie Office Department, tor payment al postage cath ! ‘Special. thanks to all our contributors and carenpondens en _ for. thelr tine and talents of: You'd do- a double’ take, reach -*. ’ for™, your’ copy, ‘and say to the person beside you, “Look al this.. : Everyone gets a book.” Moe ° *)-Then you would:sit ‘down, the-.. _ the side. of an extra thick mnedium. othe: me has.” : ; “government (0. abandon plans. to: the, “main FROM THE caPITALIS PAUL WILLCOCKS, . police weapon, against ‘gangs ‘and os has- been frozen by the Liberals - “Since the “election: The - “agency - | warned “in its. last annual Teport ‘that: the freeze has left, it. anable “to-do its job! “s-The Liberals. have also failed deliver - so-far—6n an-election.. Pfomise t to: give muticipalities 15° traffic fines; That would be a $50-. million. ‘boost: for their, policing efforts. . “(Premier Gordon. Campbell - said the Liberals only: promised the’ change during their first term, . and: they , will deliver; before. the i 2005 election.) - - James also. called ° “on: the: THROUGH BIFOCALS * CLAUDELTE SANDECKI: _ pizza. “Bold black print declared - wits brand name. - a Z But when Dr. Phil aniicunced, “Each. one. of you ‘has. a’ scale: -- under ~ your.’ seat. ~ Everyone ©. "screamed, or. was’ too’ stunned. to “say: ‘anything, ‘They. retrieved the -four-inich thick:box, and beamed: with delight.All did a-fine job of’ a ahead of time. OR rah's” audience; “too! is: P ageker®\ YEA! WE - Bur wwar age ‘WoRKSHOP REALLY | , alot blonds Do YOU GOINGTO :: ~ organized, crime. But ‘its budget « ° ~ their seaits, is though shé p ives away “something on: many shows, ‘from Copies‘ of hérnéwest Book Club... .’ selection,:.to° boxes, of specialty : ~ chocolates, or. more: expensive.” trinkets most: of: us sould: never afford. Uberals vulnerable on crime | a “VICTORIA - NDP leader Carole or * James ° has ‘Picked ‘ae political of - Winner » Liberals on ofganized wcrinia? ye ~ whieh i ig slated for a I9: ‘per-cent / who are on the front. line." “Even thase: who’ don’ 7 agree “that more enforcement‘is the best . ‘solution have.to wonder about, the Liberals’ lack of consistency. :. inquiry into: organized - “crime, “by: Someone | like’ ‘Justice, “Wally? She * ‘thinks - we could. . examine: our, current efforts, look i Oppal: beyond the usual. responses. 4 ‘Sul, the: “gts wait. ‘on’ ‘the . ‘carpet ‘apparently as’ dit of sight as the college student’s care pack: - of soft, toilet tissue taped to the” - -underside-of his. bathrdom sink: Are” the:: their: ‘seats... keyed’ “up, ‘intent nomination meeting? otherwise “ Favourite Thing’ ‘hows: where shé’ “| “equal oblivious to ‘tems. andes ‘ Ives: every: audience: Aaember “ Medical: " reduction i in next month’s budget: . That includes $20 million ‘from, “ “the budget for: public safety. -It's'a good igsue for the NDP. aa The. ‘Liberals have “said: crime”: Lo a, particularly : organized crime . 2 is-a serious problem. ; - They've ‘called. on Ottawa: to. 7 ~ come’ “up” with: more: thoney’ ‘and” |. tougher: laws. So. it’s -hard.: ‘for. “them te, come: up with a logical: “| defence-of why: ‘they: are cutting’ “Or freezing budgets forthe people: last, :yedr. “Suggests we’ ‘waste’ “most. of “the: $465° million’ we' ~-spend.on_ drug - ‘énforcement, in “Take: headlines; But they. change heroin: when : Vancouver: police- “seized 99 kilograrns of heroin and. "Toronto: police : grabbed ‘andthér ‘ST kilos. Some six million dosés, “snatched from: the supply: chain. “And. nothing “happened on. ‘the. street: ‘The * “supply : Stayed. the “game. Heroin’ prices actually. fe] ~~ slightly: Users” didn’t’ cut back * Jamnes_also called-for a. ‘public: ‘s othe’ supply.” = = as “th ‘US ~ has shown: a deft’ totich’ with’ a places: and come. up: with anew. Plani in time ‘for the 2005 budget.. There ‘8 a- need: for some sort: ‘percent ‘of the. revenue from as review. of -our.. “Tesponse- to! ~ organized crime, but itrieéds to be: broader and r more informal than a. to respond... - public'inquiry, and: move us way. «Liberals. - = again { “tax: “cuts: ‘and’ balanced’ “deadline have’ ‘left ther table _the Orgatiized Crime. Agency areas. of the government already: ‘facing. their own n betetghrening : MORE oF : “about %, 000 worth’ of expensive » gifts from $80: pastel: ‘sheepskin Slippers made .“in’ Australia’ to “$420. sterling ‘silver necklaces, -. parents * ‘and’ Santa, the ‘audience ” knows. what’ s hidden under their a seals. ‘but. have. Agr a swarmed’ up for the. taping’ “by: an ‘pre-program routine and coached “in ‘the do's-and’ don'ts; “The plan “is to rey up-the ‘audience and thus “undér-the-seat: - _ delights’ ‘distributed: Santa style * -during...a “final , ‘infermission? | ’ Does: -the ° audience, return’:.to:” "to the home viewer, “upan- their. mission’..as phantom: ia “party members voting at a B.C. . -hyper:. 28 bis rabblerousing ability. With * A The-one- hour’ broadcasts’ we! - watch are drawn: from, “a longer “show,” “would”, feel~ gyppéd,- . ; inching through Los Angeles or - Chicago traffic to reach the: TV. * studio, 10 be: entertained for only: ; /60 mintiies..- “feigning” surprise, if ‘they. ‘knew aoe oo With ‘the action, "he signals. the : -participanits ‘Imagine ® as “the construction: signalman a i an guiding thé.crane, operator. an Not! worth, the hassle unless ., it sone of ‘Oprah’s' annual’ My. visitors reach for the gift stashed ‘under their’ seats, : TF] weul we coop summarce ir ORT] oT et ue owas THEN EVERYONE ane eee | WALD REALLY LEARN Aor! 7 “Association Journal. : Canada, Big. arrests. ‘or: -seizures'-° ‘nothing | for-. the*. “producers “OF. Consumers, . a Back 4 ‘in 2000 police elaimed. ; “a “major victory, in the. war on. } Crime-didn’ Ego down. Attacking “It's: past ‘time: “for. ¢ a major rethink: : Meanwhile, Jame damaging i issue'for the Liberals:. ‘ Footnote: The r ipivem forte that; Vad "budget: There : is ‘no “room:-to : come up ‘with significant ’ ‘money ..for : . Take. drugs... The. marijuana: | traded is. ‘considered’ a‘key- dtiver: of the: ‘current crime: “world,-Our. - “solution. tends’ to be more’ police, “more Taids and a wish for tougher ~senitences.... cut the: solicitor general s. ‘budget, ° policing. « -or.. victim: support: or witha pendant diamond, Ae “The: . answer: must - By like 7 transfer some.of ‘the excitement’ are.” ed: «by, ‘Audiénces ; “employee ‘chosen’ “fo earphones. to‘ keep: him: in: touch. audience. to.” chant* ‘the. shost’s ~ “Tame, ' “elap., thunderously, ° ‘and. .: “ generally, ‘react to ‘everything. that: \ mS Occurs ‘on. ‘stage. ‘Think ‘of shim‘: * Onily’.on.his cue’. do: ‘studio. “How Nery odd: