Seniority _ here\NEWS AS A look at the potential impacts of a growing seniors population Fast start” rhe: Blueba ‘season. in : style\SPORTS C1 cks launch tha ecord- -breaking IF ICE USERS embraced the principle of paying their fair share, they would have better luck selling a second arena to the voters, says a city councillor. Gordon Huli said he’s so.far hearing only from people opposed to borrowing up to §2.1 million for the second sheet of ice. And he says he believes taxpayers in Terrace and Thornhill will vote to defeat the plan on Nov. 18 if there’s a signficant turnout at the polls. Hull says people are choking on the idea of having to pay the bulk of the capital cost of the new arena, and then subsidize. the ongoing operation of both arenas. their share,”’ he said, . pen, “I still don’t think it’s right with the taxpayer foot- ing the whole. bili,” he said. ‘‘I’d like to see a scenario where the ice users pay for it.”” He said a commitment from ice users to pay 100 per cent of the operating costs of the new arena would go . along way towards appeasing the taxpayers who _ don’t use the arena at all. ‘It sends message to non-users they'll atleast pay © City council could arbitrarily increase user fees to get better cost recovery on the arenas. But Hull said he holds out little hope that will hap- He pointed to last winter’s fi ight over en increases, and council’s ultimate cave- sure from skaters and swimmers. the project, says his kids skate. and play Teens to PROVINCIAL HEALTH officials here are prepared to hire teenagers to act-as decoys so that businesses don’t sell tobacco to. minors. Merchants face fines and a possible loss of their right to sell tobacco should they be convicted of selling the product to anybady ; under the age of 19. But Skeena health unit official Ron Craig said the emphasis will first be: ‘on education “and Vahintary corfipliatice.“~ ES “We're not out to set up a sting operation to catch anybody,” said Craig last week, © . Yet he warned that provincial legislation passed last summer making it an offence to sell tobacco to people . under the age of 19 must be followed. ° , Health unit officials will use teenagers in . two ways. In the first instance, health officers will observe one of the teenagers they’ve hired attempt to buy tobacco. =~ If it appears as if there will be a sale, said Craig, the health officer will step in and. wamn the seller of the law. © Teenagers will only be used to make buys .~ -as evidence -for possible, court action as a last resort, he added. ; . The. teenagers. will be paid at an hourly tate comparable to that of a clerical wage in - - the provincial government. The health unit hasn’t had one complaint “about tobacco being sold to minors since it became an offence. “*We'te suspicious of some (businesses) but we. have not yet received a complaint from the public,”* said Craig, - More than 500 businesses sell tobacco in’ the Skeena health unit’s jurisdiction which stretches from the Queen Charlotte Islands : toHouston. — already taking place in other health units , around the province, 2 businesses found an | 82 per cent ‘compliance, hei level.” aA crisp fall day TWO FISHERMAN try their luck casting for coho on the Tseax River, just north of New Alyansh, There were approximately 50 people spread out along the tiver that day, The waters are unclassified, ‘and that means out-of-province anglers don’t need a special license to, fish the river, _ A Canadian Cancer Society probe of 499 retailers in 10 cities this summer fousid that 60 per cent of retailers were willing to sell to minors. The highest rate was in Montreal at 98° per cent while Vancouver tanked the lowest a at 40 per cent. Craig sald the overriding foundation be- Claims talks hit a small snag LAWYERS ARE working on a way to remove a barrier to Tsimshian land claims talks before they even have a chance to begin. The issue revolves around a court suit filed by the Metlakatla band, a member of the Tsimshian Tribal Council, this summer, It’s alleging that it wasn’t properly represented in the early part of the century when. a piece of land was removed from its reserve holdings. The land now forms part of Prince Rupert. :. And that's a problem for the federal government because it doesn’t want to negotiate the larger Tsimshian claim at the same tithe as a member band pursues a separate action. But federal Indian affairs spokesman. Joan McEwen bays federal tawyers: ard - ones for the Metlakatla band are trying to find a way to treat the latter’s case as & specific claim. Specific claims pertain to lands as- Signed to bands which were removed without the direct involvement of the band, These claims are different than the lazger, comprehensive ones now being negotiated throughout the province. © The larger Tsimshian claim begins in the Terrice area, stretching west to ‘Prince Rupert and along the north ‘coast. Tsimshian Tribal: Council chief negotl- ator Gerald Wesley. acknowledged that the federal government and the Met Jakatla band are working on a deal to "suspend the legal action. “We are ‘supportive of Mela pr pur subg their clair," “he bald; — ‘*Council doesn’t have the backbone ti to say we've got to get better cost-recovery on. it,” Hull said, Hull, the most outspoken city councillor opposed to adds he still subscribes toa User-pay philosophy. “Most of them (second aretia organizers) can’t fig- ure oul why I haven’t jumped on board long ago," he & said, “My kids use it. But I’m Prepared to 0 pay what it -& is to be hired to stop cig sellers young people.” : “medical and other costs associated with . “bacco. a, aa Might last,» ployee atone store last week. Checking the compliance of businesses { is. "In the Prince George area, a check of 57 @ snapped off treesand a utility pol But Wesley criticized the federal government for what he said was a block to negotiating the larger Tsimshian claim. “Despite our best efforts to this: begin ‘negotiations, caught everybody by sur- prise.” i “Despite our best efforts to begin! yee gotiatlons, this calight everybody by sur: prise,” he said.. - - Wesley said that while. the Tsimshian have. been: declared. feady ‘to negotiate. ou under the BC. Treaty Comimitzalon 29 tem, the federal and provincial govern- ments have yet to reach that stage. The two governments and the Tsim- shian are scheduled o meet in Prince Rupert Nov. 2. _ That’s to compare documents in prepa- ‘ration for all parties to be declared ready ‘to. negotiate. : ‘ The meeting isn't being billed asi ‘he’ » gotlations session but as an occasion. to compare. notes ‘and: give the respective ; | negotiators: a chance to meet cach other. In ‘the meantine, almost bi oe Tegional: advisory 2 committee of industry,*.environmental, labour, recreational aad other groups is ; hockey, but ‘Gordon Hull hind the compliance program is to ted tobacco use in young people. o “In. B.C. 5,000 people alone die: eac year from tobacco,”’ he said, =. , “Advertising seems .to. be targeted at ‘Although - ‘the provincial “governmient: eams $500 million-a year from t taxes, it spends more than $1 Dillion’ in. He. added ‘that ‘studies show. tobacco. more addictive than cocaine or heroi THERE’ SA cigarette pew war ar going some local Stores. price wat nor any indication of how, fries work and the price Was ower, Crash kills’ two Y HIGH SPEED and alcohol are blamed fo: -a tragic car crash that killed two young Pp and injured two more Saturday night: 5 The Z-28 Camaro was Sspeediog oT ‘Melanie Louise Hill, 20, of Kenan 6, RCMP believe Pelletier’ was ryin elude police, who had i just spotted his card ‘Ing erratically or the bench. a (Kitamaat Village) claim . Most of the groups committee also make group established ‘to. dea Nisga’a claim, ~Members of the e group met; O : Terrace.” : mittee will be. “open to guidelines established b gotiated, “One “of: those meetings has: Iready ~-been held s