Citizen’s assembly to drive electoral reform Recall vet hopeful it will bring balance to B.C. ‘ By JENNIFER LANG A LOCAL political obser- ver says he’s pleased by the provincial govern- ~'ment’s decision to move ahead with a citizen's as- “We desperately need to: have electoral reform,” NDP swept te power in 1996 for a second term with just 38 per cent of the popular vote. “That's why we have such a strong mandate we'd have had more even- ly balanced government.” The group will study proportional representa- tion, a preferential ballot- Police make arrest for bootlegging A KITWANGA man is to appear in Terrace court in August on charges of boot- legging for two local teens. Police received a call June !4 around 7:30 p.m. of suspicious-looking teens hanging out'in front of the liquor stare on Eby St. “Some people there ob- served a gentleman buying some liquor that they be- lieved he was going to buy for the youth,” explains Cnst- Kevin Douglas. When he arrived at the liguor store he saw the two teenagers — a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy = wilingean: L8-pack--of ‘beer into a bag, _ The two teens told Cnst. Douglas who they bought the beer from and that man was given a notice to ap- pear in court on Aug. § for providing liquor to minors. The man’s name has not yet been released, but Crown prosecutors but said the man is a 42-year-old Kitwanga resident who is known to police, Douglas says the man doesn’t appear to have been at the liquor store with the intent of bootleg- ging, rather it appears to be the result of the oppor- tunity presenting itself. “It’s just an ongoing problem and issue and something we-are trying to take a more proactive re- sponse to,” says Cnst. Douglas. a proud pada of CRIME army STOPPERS Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking for help to solve : -gome thefts of motor vehicles from Terrace, B.C. ; On June 4th, 2003, a resident of Queensway Drive in’. stratified to represent age and gender. 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