TERRACE — There should be
more involvement by northwest
residents in. the seitlement of -:
land ‘claims, say two” native ; :

leaders.

That kind of participation is:

lacking despite “:a ‘proviticit
government annouricement “
will form a committee to’ ‘give

advice on land claims, say‘Rod
Robinson of the Nisga’a Tribal:
Council and Don Ryan ‘of. ‘the:

_Gitksan and Wet’suwet'en. :.

“The provincial committee will :

"be made up of approximately 25

people from specific’: groups.

with financial and ‘other’ ‘in-

terests in how claims are settled.

Those groups: they re e ciilled.
third parties, come from. the
‘major resource: industries, -
‘business -. organizations, . trade
‘+ unions and wildlife and outdoor’,
- societies. oa ee )

cut the public. Third ortied art

said Robinson. ::
He added that thes groups the’

"provincial : ‘government has ask-

ed to sit on its advisory commit-

_ tee: ‘already. have a¢cess ‘toand”.
influence |.dn.’provincial - Jand!-

stalin Fegotiations policies:

° “What we have proposed and

: what: Wwe Agreed to is a’ process

for miore public. information,”
Robinson continued.
“ He" was particularly unhappy

with: the ‘presence of: various
$. commercial fishing groups in-
vited to sit‘on the advisory com-
: ‘mittee.: ‘ They: object’ to land
‘-¢lalms:séttlements which would

induatry, that’s. ‘big: business,’ turn over ownership and control.

of ‘portions of the, fi shery. to

‘native groups...

. “These people have been

-‘rastist in their actions they've
They've

subjected on us.
‘smeared us right across B.C.,”
aid, Robinson,

“This (the committee) is

‘another block to negotiations.

It'll take time and up here, in

. Our own neck of the woods, the
- resources will have been gone,”’

We have been. exploited to
death: Maybe we should turn

. this around. Maybe we should
Say to the Council of Forest In-

dustries (one of the group: ask-

_ed to sit on the committee) that
you: have raped Our forests and

- how about giving some of it
_back,’? said Robinson,

‘Don Ryan from the Gitksan

and ‘Wet’suwet’en said the ad-
‘visory committee will com-
a Dlicate the negotiations pracess

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TERRACE — There won't bea a.

lbrary expansion or any other

major recreational or cultural“.
project until the city reaches an -
agreement. withthe Teglonal 7
district sta. share construction -
. costs, says-mayor Jack Talstra,.
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now pay. only a portion.of cur-
rent facility Operating costs, he

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~ the amount ‘is ‘capped at $42,000
year, =

“through piovinglat iin, to,

capital, costs,” ‘said Talstra,
"We will. approach: the: -for-the referendum based on a

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“We've already seen the in-
fluence: these: groups have on
many fronts. ° Most of those
third parties have always
dominated the advisory boards
already in place,'’ he said.

“As a taxpayer, I’m upset. I
don't want‘to see more of my
money going into things like
this,’* Ryan added, 7

He raised the possibility of
the Gitksan and, Wet’suwet’en
bringing in northwest municipal
or other leaders, into its negotia-
tions.

“We've always said local
areas should get involved and
know what is going on. People
come to us “and ask who

represents their interests *
say the federal. _government
does, But if you don’t: trust the
government, who the helt. do.
you. trust,”” said Ryan. os

He also called the advisory ne

committee ludicrous”: because
the biggest third party in any
land claims negotiations is the -
provincial government. me

“We own the land, the ‘pro-
vince has never had title, What

you'll see is the province taking —

money’ from the federal govern-
ment for land that they've never
owned,’” said Ryan. co
Provincial “native - affairs
deputy minister Eric “‘Denhoff

cont’d A2 -

Jail upsets.
residents —

TERRACE — Some Thornhill
residents in the area where the
provincial government wants to
build a new correctional centre

. say they'll fight the plan.

“It's ludicrous, It’s crazy. I
don’t know who sits around
dreaming up these things,'’ said
Ruth Delaronde, who lives on
Ediund St. about two blocks
from.the Sha parcel of Crown
land earmarked for the new jail,

“T'd live just 2 short distance
from .it,”’ she said,.“‘I was so
mad when I read that. This is
just unreal.”

Government. officials last
week “confirnied the “proposed
purchase of thie latid fiear Thor-
tain sub-
division, on the: ‘hortheast cor-

ner of the. intersection of

Edlund St. and Kerby St.
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letters, lobby politicians and do
whatever is necessary, te to defeat .

“*Something’s: ‘got to be done

‘before this goes too far,” she

said. “I’m not going to sit by
and watch this time,’

Delaronde said she has lived
in her Edlund St. house with her
husband for more than 18
years. They are considering sell-
ing next year, but now fear pro-
perty values will plummet. ‘If
this jail comes, nobody's going
to be buying here,”’ she explain-
ed, .

‘When they wanted to put
this thing up on the bench and
everybody fought tooth and nail
against it to keep it from going
through, they were saying it
should be quite close to the
RCMP ~ detachment,’
Delaronde said.

“Well look at how far away
this is from the RCMP. And
there isn’t one cop that knows
the streets out here. They come
out here and they drive around
in circles."”

Other residents, such as Vince
Cooke, say they don’t have a
problem with the selection of
the site, “It’s got to go
someplace,’’ he said.

But Diane. Campbell, of
Hagen St., says she’s circulating
a petition to block the plan.

“We do not need this in our
neighbourhood. The people on
. Halliwell didn't want in in their
neighbourhood.. They opposed
it. Why the hell should we have
it?” .

Increased’ traffic is the main
concern for Jeanette Anderson,
whe runs a daycare centre called

“This is a densely. populated
residential area,'’ she said, “‘I
just don’t think it’s necessary.
I'm sure there’s ample Crown
land available in other areas.’’

“If it wasn’t good enough for
the bench, what makes it good
enough for us out in
Thornhill?” Anderson asked.

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Potential. neighbours of the
planned new correctional centre
will have to wait awhile before
seeing what kind of facility the
provincial government has in
mind, :

A survey of the 9ha site
underway and a site plan will be
submitted when the regional
district is asked to rezone the
land, says a corrections official.

Rob Watts said the plan must
cross several more hurdles, in-

a itd :--several—-cluding-a-public.hearing, before
neighbours say. they will write

‘the, ‘purchase of the Crown-
owned land is complete,

Threat
shortens
dance

TERRACE —A bomb threat
Saturday night cut short the
northern winter games teen
dance at the Skeena Mall.

The crowd was cleared out of
mall while RCMP with the help
of the detachment’s police dog
checked for anything
suspicious.

Nothing was found, said Cor-
poral Gary Moritz of the local
detachment. The call came in to
the games control centre and
was relayed immediately to the
RCMP about half an hour
before the scheduled 11 p.m.
end of the dance. ;

There were also reports of
fights in the crowd which mov-
ed across the street from the
mall to the McDonald’s parking
lot. One young offender from
out of.town spent the night at
the RCMP detachment.

Overall, the games weekend

proved quiet with no
measurable increase in pro-
blems, said Moritz,
- “For such a large group of
people coming in for this. fune-
tion, they’ were well-behaved.
They're welcome: anytime,” he
said,

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