_ Natives to také hard line on land claim | ‘" OTTAWA (CH) — Members of the Native Council of Caneda plan to ‘step up their efforts to settle long-standing tend claims, council president Harry W. Daniels said ursday, . . In an Interview on the opening day of the group's annual, assembly, Daniels aald delegates will be voting on a state- ment of claim intended for use in negotiations with the federal government. | . Discussions between federal officials and the council, which represents Metis and non-status Indians, have been going on for a number of years, ’ said his group’s research has reached the point . els ‘where he feels confident the claims can be properly backed Up. a PROVINCIAL LIBRARY PARLIAMENT: BLOIS VICTORIA 5 C" “We belleve that ag native people we have a claim on the federal government, and we're going to articulate that to them,” he said. uo ‘ . The land claims of the council vary from region to region. One set of claims, for examplo, arises from tha 1.4 million . acres of land promised the Metis when Manitoba entered Confederation in 1870. - . , "Some of the cther claims are being advanced on behalf of those who lost their status as Indlans because of federal ad- ministrative rulings or lawa passed after the British North America Act. ; for native people, Daniels emphasized that the couneil’s prime goal is justice “{ don't think Canadians should be concerned about our jand claims,” he said. “We don’t want the whole country Land claimsis one of three major issues to be discussed by ‘delegates at thelr working sessions today. The others are spécial status for natives in a revised Canadian constitution | and native hunting rights under the Migratory Birds Con- vention Act., , ; os ‘The federal government has already assured the council that native groups wil! have a say in the discussions leading to an all-Canadian constitution. — . However, it has not accepted the council's call for status — a call that includes seli-determination for native people, protection of native language righta and reserved seals for natives a8 members of Parliament and provincial ures. . Finally, the council is seeking federal support for legislation that would allow them to hunt migratory game birds from April to September of each your without fear of Prosecution. — : The government has saidit will amend the Migratory Birds ’ Convention Act to exempt status Indians an¢ Inuit from prosecution. Daniels said the council is seeking similar protection for Metis and non-status Indiana on ‘the that native peoples generally have relied on hunting for thelr livellhood. 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(CP) — The chief coroner of Ontario began an - investigation Thursday into a fire that seven fores' workers to death when dey “apparently panicked and — refused to follow their super- visor through flames to safety. ’ ‘ : The eight-mamber firef! ate the Ontari y e Ontario natural 4 minis ve *~ for his party to “He called him out,” Carroll weren't behind him. “tf he'd tripped or fallen, There were conflicting reports on how the fire was set and Carroll, the in- vestigating officer, said information was still coming in. Wesley's group ignited tao ‘3 group a Hines of fire — one ahead of them and one behind — when the wind changed the direction of the flames, trapping the workers. However, George Elliott, $e ean on for the m , 8a the fire was to burn in a circle over 10 acres and should have burned toward the centre, Heaald that when apparently began to’ burn an across the circle in one ‘direction. Terrace pioneer dies at 88 Eva Elsa Haugland, 88, sister-in-law of long-time Terrace mayor Emile Haugland died in Mills Memorial Hospital ursday morning. The late Mra. Haugland and her husband Chris were part of the family that ated and owned the tite Haugland and Kerr Sawmill and Pole Company. Funeral services will be held Saturday August 3% at 2 p.m. at Knox United urch. prev. — eM e™ Daily Herald carrier Todd Schwarz of § Bittern St. In ‘Kitimat loous happy here ac he Is congratulated by Kelth Dunsmuir, the Herald’s Xidmat route manager, and for good reason. Todd now has two return CP Air tickets to Vancouver, will be staying at Mayfair Hotel there and will have a pair of tickets to a B.C. Lions foothall game. Todd, who delivers the Herald on Bittern, Brant and Bunting Streets in Kitimat won the Herald's recent carrier contest, a draw the paper carriers could enter with new subscriptions to the. paper. Health unit here offering help screening preschools Sometimes young children experience problems in school due to developmental slowness or problems. To aid in detecting these problems and nipping them at the bud, the Skeena Health Unit in Terrace will be offering a more comprehensive developmental . screening » program for preschoolers. Mary Spoke, a senior community health nurse at the unit says developmental problems range from speech impediments to lack of perfect eyesight. The screening program will weed out these problems, after which time the child can be helped. “We had such a screening program for 4-year-olds before, but not much happened, We didn’t publicize it encugh so there was not much response. This time we are going all out,’’ she said. ; The program is being expanded to include testing for children 18 months and three years, Screening of prekindergarten children (4% to five) will continue. Spoke sald no statistics are available to evaluate the screening program in Terrace up to now, However statistics in other parts of the province show the testing is indeed worthwhile. What happens after the screening reveals the child has-a problem? The health unit has a speech pathologist and audiologist on staff who can work with the child. If the problem is more of a medical nature, the child is referred to ‘the family physictan. Spoke. emphasized the problems found in children are usually easily correctable, “When we detect a child with a developmental problem, we usually have no problems with the parents. Generally there is a good reaction. Sometimes though, parent apathy can be a problem,” she noted. ; The screening program commences in September. Anyone interested in more information should call Mary Spoke or Merilyn McLeod at 635-6307. Volun- teers interested in working in the program are also welcome. . TOO LARGE TO FIGHT Fire has critic burning — OTTAWA (CP) — A member of the Hunters and Trappers Association in Fort Smith, N.W.T., says a forest fire east of the community has become too large to . fight. Clayton Burke said the fire has claimed more than 1.7 mil- lien acres of land in the area between Great Slave Lake and Lake aa rge tracts af timber and many game animals have been destroyed. id a Buri: and other members of the association had met last month with Norihern Affairs Minister Jake Epp to complain about poor fire-fighting efforts by the government, In an interview Thursday, he sald little has changed since the Fira meeting ith the minister. " one 1s pul more effort into their work,’ he sald. “Anything that’s been done to date has been done under pressure from the local people," Epp eald earlier Thursday he will go to the Fort Smith area, some 400 kilometres north of Edmonton, on Monday to look at the fire and talk with local resident. And he defended his department agalnst accusations of “organized confusion and mass incompetence” in dealing with forest fires in the North, | Both the minister and the ‘rappers agree thal more men, equipment and money ls needed for fire-fighting. And both are looking at possible Improvernents in the present system, Burke said the real answer Is local control of fire-fighting, a goal that he sald ultimately assumes provincial status for the territory. “The civil servant we deal with has no vested interest in the North,” he complained. “He's there for two years, and that's that." '. Ottawa CP- Energy PIPELINE Gov't takes anew look Tories will take afresh. look at three Ray..." tyah : nd Ray. Heatyshyn = sald. Thuraday the government ip taking a new look at three competing ‘pipeline to move surplus Tro _ Alaskan oll through Canads ta the lower 48 states. Hnatyshyn told reporters during a break in Progressive Conservative caucus meetings he will“look at the alternatives with a fresh view" and then inform the United States of Canada’s preferred choice. The camtnents come in the wake of outgoing U.S. energy secretary James Schlesinger’s efforts-to push an alkAmerican ail pipeline proposal ahead of those com in Canada. Foothills Ol Pipeline Ltd., Canadian sponsor of an all land route, said Wi that Schlesinger’s support . might mean more oll tanker traffic along Canada's West Coast that could lead to risky envirnmental conditlons. In respome to a U.S. government request, the — Liberal government said last April it favored an all-land route for an oil pipeline along the Foothills-Alaska High- way route. . Foothills is asking for the new Conservative govern- ment to restate its preference for an all-land bry thisproject’’, Schlesinger's support for the samen Northern ler pipeline, to carry o moved by tanker from - Seeger ‘as in - state, comes ina confidential memo he sent to U.S. In- terior Secretary Cecil An- Schlesinger said the Northern Tiler proposal offers" the highest level of confidence in its ultimate construction” and is therfore Preferable to three com- peting Canadian ls. Schlesinger also vent on to pick two of theremaining CONFLICTING OPINIONS SEEN _ WASHINGTON (CP) — U.S. government depart- ments hold conflicting opinions about which of four pipeline proposals is the best choice for moving surplus Alaskan oll to the energy-hungry Midwest, documents released by the interior department Thuradsy {n- cate. : But it appears that the allAmerican Northern Tier * Pipeline Co. plan has an over the three other proposals, all of which would involve Canada. ' _ ‘The disagreement over how to move the oil from the West Coast inland showed in comments from ous ‘agency heade to interior Secretary Cecil Andria. Heis to recommend one proposal to President Carter by Oat. Carter will then make his own recommendation to Congress in December. Of the four proposals, only Northern ‘Tier was en- dorsed by more than one agency, The $1.¢-billlon project, which calls for an oil port in Washington state and a pipeline to Minnesota, was recommended by both the energy and agriculture departments. ' Agriculture Secretary Bob Hergiand said the Nor- thern Tier proposal would yield ‘the higheat national ' economic efits and is consistent with national security Interesta ...'" “Since no Canadian approval is required, the possibility of adverse impacta on international relations is minimized," he added. Energy Secretary Jcmes Schlesinger, whose comments became public on. Wednesday, said heprefers the project because it “currently commands the highest level of confidence in its ultimate con- struction.’' Schlesinger said that if Canada could, by Nov. 15 . provide either the Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd. proposal or the Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co, plan with the relevant permits, the U.S. should be prepared to con: sider these alternatives, . But he added: “Notwithstanding. any Canadian action it is important that actions designed to test the fine:.cing of the Norther Tier project and bring it to the construction stage be undertaken as 200n as pos- e.”" Other agency heads had different ideas, Douglas Costle, administrator of the Environmental, Protection Agency, said he felt that both economle and project, That plan, like Northern Tier, also calls fora Washington State oll port. But it would rely largely ‘on existing pipelines to move the oil to Edmonton and ls estimated to coat $500 million. The alternative endorsed by the government of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, the all-land Foothills Gil Pipeline Lid. , won the nod from the defence department, which sald it based its opinion on questions of national security, None of the agencies selected the §780-million Kitimat Pipeline Ltd. plan. That plan also was rejected by the Canadian cabinet, which refused fn 1978 to permit construction of an oii port at Kitimat, saying Canada had no need for the facility. In Ottawa, Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn sald Thursday the Progress|ve Conservative government Is taking a fresh look at the three proposals involving Canada and will inform the U.S, of ita preference. — Canada alpears likely to put political pressure on the U.S, not to allow oil tanker traffic down Canada's Weat Coast, a prospect that enhances the view toward the Foothills route. " three proposals ahead of Foothills ls, arguing they are more cost competitive, Hnatyshyn was not able to aay when the government would make its recom- mendation known to the U.S. government, U.S, President Jimmy Carter has until Dec, 6to inform the U.S, C of his administration's choice Canada's riage Coast, thereby enhanc Tospects for Foothills' alt-land route. The other two Canadian proposals involve tanker tattle down the West Coast ERROR IN HEAD Daily Herald readers who may have attended the Pacific National Exhibition In Vancouver can put their bottles of Milk of Magnesia away. vhe headline in Thursday's Herald erroneously reported cases of food poisoning at the PNE. In fact, public health officials found evidence of food poisoning at the CNE in Toronto. There have been no such reports from the PNE as far as we’re aware. Somewhere along the line the headline got changed from CNE to PNE . Close, but no cigar. connecting with pinelines environmental factors favor the Trana Mountain . :