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PRITINGIAL LIBRARY
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VICTORIA BC

VOLUME 72 No. 18

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978

Protestors qpyp placecards outside the Prince
» confronted by Iona Campagnolo,
_ where a fund-raising dinner was being held by the
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Asked by telephone for
her responce to Jim
Fulton's critisism of her
stand on the Kitimal
Pipeline enquiry, Wed-

Cam-

nesday, Iona
_  pagnolo, MP for Skeena,
|< told the Herald: “When I

spoke at a meeting in
Masset, last Thursday- a

meeting which was at-

-tended by Mr.. Fulton
along with about 60 other
peaple, no questions were
asked. I-wonder why Mr.

'- Fulton did’ not raise his

questions then, when 1
was there in person,”
- “The Thompson

~ enquiry's: interim report

is ‘due at the end of this

' month. It-may well be

that Dr. - Thompson has
‘supplied the Minister of
the . Enviroment — of
. Transport already with

_. Sufficient information on

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Skeena MP. Answers

which to base a decision
on the marine aspect of
the Kitimat pipeline.
“Since Fulton was not
at the demonstration

meeting arranged by the.

Prince. Rupert group
outside the Crest Hotel in
Rupert’ on Saturday
night, he would .not be
aware of the fact that in

‘stating my support for a

National Energy Board, I
stated very clearly’ that
the Minister of Energy,
Mines and Resorses has
called for a supply and
demand hearing to
establish what Canada’s
oil needs are,’
Asked by the Herald
wheather U.S. Vice
President Walter Mon-
daie discussed with her or
mentioned to her, during
Mrs. Campagnolo’s
meeting with him on

Rupert Crest Hotel are
MP for Skeena riding, Saturday night,

4

district Liberal

tr a es

30

January 17. in Ottawa,
anything concerning the
disabled Russian satelite
which later crashed in the
Canadian North after
passing over: the Queen
Charlotte Islands in her
riding, the MP stated:

"N. Of corse not. The

satellite was not .men- -

tioned. I spoke, however,
fo Vice President Mon-

dale expressing my real ©
the.

concern about
\morality of the United

position since, as the.
result of the pasage of a

Billin their own Congress
against building ‘such an
oil terminal as the one
being discussed — for
Kitimat, it would be
impossible to then con-
sider building the. same
sort of terminal in such
an énviromentally

Emanual(‘‘Emil”) Haugland, longtime Terrace resident,. former
alderman and many years mayor of Terrace shown wearing the Queen's
Silver Anniversary medal he received this week. Haugland, a local
buisinessman operated a barbershop in Terrace for halfa century.

me, bn

' quarters.

NDP
Press
Release

Jim Fulton, N.DP.
candidate for Skeena, has
sharply criticized M.P.
Iona Campagnolo for her
position with respect to
the Proposed Kitimat oil
pipeline. ae |
‘On the one hand our
MP. has stated that no
evidence has been

on the other hand she
says that K.P.L,’s latest
application should be
given concideration by
the National Energy
It is. regrettable,’

is regre le,” con-
tinued Fulton, ‘that our
M.P. will not sw fhe

most affected. com-
munities in her own
riding ”

I believe the Thompson :

Inquiry would ve
ultimately proven that
the pipeline is not
required, and the Inquiry
process should never
ve been recessed.” '
Fulton, a long time
resident of the Queen
Charlotte Islands con-
cluded by saying that-

ught between her
loyalty to theTrudeau
cabinet and the needs of
her canstituents and, as -

happened during the -
Norihland: ‘Tram 4:

aportation fiasco; ‘the
needs -of her constitivents

are coming second.

Fulton

sensitive area here,
further up the same
Pacific coast.’ we,

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I.
(CP) — . panman was
overpowered by police
Wednesday about an hour
after.-he seized 14
hostages in a downtown
department store in this
Prince Edward Isiand
-coramunity.

A few minutes before
the hostage incident, a:
man was shot to death in
a nearby comer store.

Police identified the
dead man as Harold

among officers who
moved in on the credit of-
‘fice on the second floor of:
Holman's . department
store on Water Street and
seized the man who was
taken to police head-

. There were 13 hostages
still in the credit office
when the incident ended,
police said. Officers had
managed to free one.
hostage a few minutes
earlier. .

held were women. ’
Police

later Wednesday. | -
Reports indicated the-
incedent began Arsenault

.m. EST. His store is at
‘the corner of Water and
Duke streets in. the
downtown section of this
town about. 65 kilometres
west of Charlottetown.

‘A short time later, a

Most of those who were "beard

. saidna ‘ hews: <,
conference would be held

was shot at about 3:30”

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Protestors with placecards outside the Prince Rupert

Centennial Lions Are “Grand” Help

Youngsters at Jack
Cook School in Terrace
are $1,000 closer to
Disneyland with the help
of the Terrace Centennial

ons.
The: Centennial Lions
presented a cheque to the
schoo] at last . night’s
hockey game which will
go toward the school’s
planned ‘wip to Los
es, d

“With last night’s addition
to the fund; the Jack Cook
Scbool:-b:

“ait. abide “far” the:March
trip, according to prin-
cipal Myles Clay...

He ‘says he expects the

ny

man apparently armed
with a shotgun entered
Smallman’s department
store a short distance
down Water street and
still later a man seized
the hostages at Holman's
store, also on Water
street.

GUNS DRAWN |
Several policemen with
drawn guns entered
Holman's store while
store officials quietly or-
ganized an evacuation of
other employees and
shoppers. More than 100
peaple were believed in
e store at the time but
most were out within

minutes. .

Then he walked to the
tearby credit depart-
nent and went Inside...

A--worker- in the
Smalkman's | store said
the man eritered the
building, walked over to a
lunch : counter, pointed
the eee and sald:
“Everybody -get_...' into
the elevator or I'll blow
‘your ‘brains out.”

She said a woman
behind the counter
screamed and another
grabbed the shotgun,

‘ying to-get it from the
man; described as young,
earded. and wearing a
jacket, ;
The _ gun apparently
went otf and iro shots
went into the floor. No
one was injured.

The man then ran
eastwards down Water
Street to - Holman's
department store, went to
a second-floor sporting
Beods department. and’
asked for a shotgun and
ammunition

amount needed will be
about $3,000 depending on
the type of accomodation
and transportation the
youngsters get when they
arrive in California, _
Seventeen youngsters
and six adults will be
Boing on the trip. The
staff and some of the
youngsters will be paying
a portion of their airfare
which will help out with
expenses. .

Clay said the staff and the

working hard “ with
activities in the past
couple of months.

«baa almost .$5,000-stuc ents:-~havey---been:*- tuseumis~and'zéos: JO are- aval
‘Interiors,
’ Trading, Lakeelse

- Pharmacy and also at the

which started recently
has three full classes wit
30 dogs enrolled.
Raffles, a bake sale, a
garage Sale and a bottle
ive have also brought
in money for the trip.
The Los. Angeles trip
itinerary is still being
confermed, Clay said, but
plans are to spend two
days in Disneyland, and
visit Knotts Berry Farm
‘and Ghostown, the! En-
Village, 3

More’ fund-raising ac.
tivities are planned for
February.

Jack Cook Kids US Tour

made cushions will be
drawn next month, and a
Valentines bake sale wil]
be held Feb, 11 at the Co-
op. Anyone wishing to
donate baked goods can
contact Maureen Baker
at 635-9395,

The next big fund-raiser

‘is.a dance this Saturday

night at Skeena gym.
Music will be by. Vie’s
Mobile Music, appealing
to all ages. :

Tickets are:$5 each and
ibleat reas: °

Queensway

A ‘dog obedience class . A raffle on a set of hand-. door.

'” BC. Gov't Rejects Nishga Claims

mime BS ion pape
P.E.L. Hostage Taker
_ Overpowered by
Police

representatives at a
meeting Jan. 10 between
the two groups and the
federal government.
Last week, the federal
government said that
there may be a basis for
recognizing aboriginal
rights to land, and if so, it
nught be prepared to end
the ensuing legal en-
tanglements by joining
with the provincial gov-
ernment to give money
and land to the Indians as
compensation.

WON’T SELL

The Nishga replied last
week, however, that they
have no intention of
selling their traditional
lands to settie their claim
to aboriginal title,

Their, claim involves
about 5,-000 square miles
of land in the Nass Valley
in northwest B.C.

Their position paper
was presented to the two
levels of government in
1976, laying out 21
demands they felt should

met because of their
title to the Jand.

One of those demands
was for special status,
involving what was called
a citizen-plus concept.

The tribal council said
all income tax paid by
Nishga people to the two
levels of government
should be returned to the
individual taxpayer.

“This position is based
on the fact that in most
cases, the Nishga people
have earned their in-
comes from the very re-

sources that they
themselves own,'’ the
Nishga said:

Williams said Wed-
nesday the government
could not accept this.
_.“To accept the citizen-

lus concept would be to

alkanize the province in
a way which, in my view,
would be unacceptable to
the citizens of British
Columbia,"' he said,

SAYS TITLE ENDED
“The position of the
province is that if any
aboriginal title or interest
may once have exisled,

that title or interest was
‘extinguished prior to the

the union of British

Columbia with Canada in

1871,'’ B.C.’s response
said,

“It is clear, therefore,
that if - productive
discussions are to con-
tinue: among the three
parties, the subjects of
aboriginal title and
compensation for loss of
traditional use and occu-
pancy of land must be put
aside.’”

The
-the federal government
for waffling on the issue
of aboriginal title, and for
unilaterally stating that if
claims were found to be
legitimate, provinces
shared responsibility for
compensation,

Williams ' said,
however, that should the
federal governmen
approach B.C, to pur-
chase lands to be made
available for the Nishga,
the province would
consider it as long as the
sale would not be
detrimental to provincial
management and control.

STILL RESPONSIBLE
He said that. although
B.C. is rejecting the
claim to aboriginal title—
a position previously
made public—and of
special treatment for the
ishga, the province is
not abdicating its
responsibility for the
Imdians’ well-being,

He restated his belief
that although it may take
30 to 40 years to solve the
Nishga problem, the
province is willing to

gin discussion as soon
as possible on such items
as:

—Regulation of hun-
ling, fishing and trap.
ping, and ‘consideration

animals stenance,”
Willie “ai ine th

—B.C~ tagatsist* the
Nishga in ye

services” “as” ins
‘stitutional training and

rovince criticized |

academic upgradingnin.
order {o encourage:
economic development: :

—The minister said:
B.C, is willing to discuss:
the opportunities which:
may created by ex-:

-tending to the Nishga the:

concepts of local:
government. as an in-:
tegral part of
management and _ ad-:
Ministration of their
reserve communities;

—Ways in which the-
protection of the en-,
vironment can be en:
sured and resources be:
developed may be ex-:
plored; n a

—The government is:
prepared to discuss:,
means to improve such:
things as health care;:
telephone and hydro:
service, and education;-

—Williams also said:
the government is ready:
to discuss means to:
preserve and enhance the:
Nishga language and cul-:

Writish Columbia:
government has rejected:
the claim for special:
status by Nisgha Indians:
and has restated its:
gpbasition to _ their:
aboriginal land claims::

The government said:
Wednesday in its:
response to the Nishga’
Tribal Council's 21-point:
position paper that its:
dismissal ef two of. the:
key demands
negotiable.
Labor Minister Allan
responsible for Indian
affairs, told a news con-.
ference that B.C. intends
to push for a redressing of
the social and economic
ills suffered by \all In-
dians in the province
during the last 100 years,

Asked to comment on
the rejection of the Land _
Claims by

_B.C,Government, .
speaking from a House’
Phone in the corridor of _
Mrs. -

the Commons, -

_Campagnolo said:

“Tam not surprised..1 |

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