Crown urges judge to reject native ancestry in sentencing Man, guilty of manslaughter, is half Haida By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN SHAWN WALKER’S na- tive ancestry should not be a reason to reduce his sen- tence for manslaughter in the 2002 beating death of a local man, a Crown pro- " secutor says. --[nstead--Walker, who-is- half Haida, should be sen- tenced according to stan- _dard ‘provisions .under the criminal code and should serve time.in-jail, prosecu- tor Mike Fulmer told pro- vineial court Judge Ed de Walle. oe Walker was originally charged. with second: de- gree murder after Lorne Lupick, 44, was beaten to death in the parking lot of the. Woodland apartment complex {formerly known as: the Keystones) on March 7, 2002. ‘That. charge was re- duced in June to man- slaughter in a deal. be- tween the Crown and de- fence in return for Walker, who was 18 at the time of the offence, pleading guil- ty to manslaughter. Fulmer, in making his sentencing argument Sept. 30, urged Judge de Walle ~to ignore any call that may come from the defence to make use of special sen- tencing provisions for aboriginal offenders. That section of the cri- minal code is intended to address the over represen-. lation of aboriginal in- ‘ mates inthe prison system by diverting them. through other sentencing options considered more culturally appropriate, Walker's mother is Caucasian and his biologi- cal father is Haida, but - Walker had no contact with his father until he was 14 years old, court heard. Fulmer argued Walker's connection to the aborigi- nal community is not suffi- cient to trigger the provi- sions of the sentence. “It's concerned with people that have been im- pacted by that native her- itage, there-is nothing here “that indicated he -has~ been: impacted by his aboriginal The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 - Al] Notice of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for SKEENA KALUM Rather it was Walker's lifestyle — a history of al- cohol and = marijuana ibuse, a poor record in school and habitual party- ing with his mother - that contributed: to Lupick’s death, Fulmer said. ’-He added the ‘section should net- apply ‘in’ any event, because of the vio- College here. “This section was de- signed for the betterment of society, so ultimately recidivism rates among First Nations people would be decreased,” she told the Standard. Munn did note many violent’ offences~ call for- - minimum sentences that cannot be by-passed. HOUSING SOCIETY to be held at the Family Place, 4553 Park Avenue on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 5:00 p.m. New members welcome. “There is nothing here that indicated he has been impacted by his aboriginal ancestry.” “It really depends on the nature of the offence whether this can be in- voked or whether or not it will be invoked,” she said, \, FALL CLEAN UP WEEK ancestry,” Fulmer suid. © “He has no ties to his aboriginal past.” Fulmer argued any con- nection Walker’ might have to the Haida Nation is strictly genetic and not cultural, adding his First Nations ancestry had noth- ing to do with the commis- sion of the crime. Tax revenue wanted for fire B.C FIREFIGHTERS want . the provincial government to improve firefighting services by using more money from a special fire insurance tax it collects.. In 1999 alone, $152.3 million’ was collected from a 1 per cent tax placed against home insurance premiums. But barely $2 million‘ went to the provin- cial fire. commissioner's office for its operations, - says Terrace fire chief Randy Smith. _ “The rest went into peneral revenues,” Smith noted. “And that’s a huge pile of cash.” The one per cent tax was first introduced in 1921 as a way of raising money for fire protection, - shid Smith. “There was a day up here when volunteer fire- fighters would go down for training,” he said of one iniatitive that has fallen by the way side. Fire commissioner offi- cials would also visit far flung fire departments to offer advice and sugges- tions but that has alse stopped. Other service reductions include cuts to the B.C, Fire Academy, cuts to in- vestigative services and cuts to fire safely pro- grams. What ends up happen- ing is a-reliance on local taxpayers for services, says the Fire Chiefs’ Asso- ciation of B.C. which is asking the province to re- FISHERY NOTICE Effective Friday, October 3 at 12:01 a.m. until Friday, October 31-at 11:59:p.m.;--- - | the following waters are closed to sport angling for coho: The waters of the Kasiks River Coho returns to the Kasiks River are lower than anticipated for 2003 and have necessitated this managment action. Variation Order No. 2003-465 For more information, contact: Mork Reagan Resource Manager - Recreational Fisheries i a { Fisheries and Oceans Canada North Coast Area (250) 627-3409 A fiver Of CO Webi Capt event It’ The North’s Turn For a Powerful Worship Experience October 10 - 12 Featuring Vancouver Based Worship Band The Wildings Bill Olsen, Speaker, Musician and Recording Artist South African, Mike Graves, Special Guest Speaker Paches ef Océans Canada [YouTA EMPHASIS: A CALL TO GOD'S GUIS & GEORY GENERATION Worship by The Wildings & don’t miss TH VLM4ik FEAR FACE GALLON Fri, Oct. 10 7:00 PM Riverlodge, 664 Columbia, Kitimat BC Morning Session: Afternoon Session: “The Worship Revolution” (Fee lunch Provided) “Prophetic intecessory Worship” Sat, Oct. 11" 10:00 - 3:00 PM, Rivertodge, 654 Columbia, Kitimat BC [Workshops for Worshippers,, Musicians & Intercessors | Worship Celebration & Inauguration Service of The Harvest Worship by The Wildings Sat, Oct 11" 7:00 PM, Riverlodge, 654 Columbia St, Kitimat BC Special Sunday Celebration Worship ledby The Wildings Guest Speaker Mike Graves Sum Oct 12, 10:30 AM, Copper Mountain School, 3883 Kirkaldy Rd, Terrace [River of God Worship Celebration with the Wildings Sun Oct 12, 6:30 PM, Copper Mountain School, 3883 Kirkaldy Rd, Terrace All Events are free ” For Info Please Call Mike Rosenau at 638-1270 or Art Lucier 639-4114 There is no minimum sentence for manslaughter but the maximum sentence is life in prison. A second-degree murder conviction would have carried a minimum 10 years before parole elig- ibility. Fulmer winds up his sentencing submission Oct. 14 and will be followed by one from Walker’s defence lawyer, Race) OCTOBER 21-24, 2003 The City of Terrace's Public Works Department will pick up extra garbage and refuse, free of charge, during the week of October 21-24, 2003. Please have the extra garbage and waste material in plastic bags or cartons to assist in the pickup, and set it out on your regular garbage collection day, although it may not get picked up until later in the week. This service does NOT include car bodies, stumps, industrial waste, or items normally charged for at the Landfill (such as major appliances). LANDFILL SITE: © WINTER Hours - Noon to 5:00 p.m. (effective October ist) * CLOSED every Tuesday & Wednesday lent nature of Lupick’s death, The criminal code sec- lion was brought in to re- cognize that the. traditional justice system wasn’t ad- dressing the need to keep crime from reoccurring, says Melissa Munn, a cri- minology instructor at Northwest Community Safety » (urn more of the money il collects and use it to im- prove firefighting. It says the provincial government severed the connection between the tax and fire protections services in the 1980s, Nanie: Ryan Thompson — aka "The Mighty Mangler” Hobby: Wresiling 6 year old son - “Mosquito Boy" Problem; Pinched Nerve = Solution A BC Chiropractor Result: He's back on the mat!