STOP Press Murder charge laid a another man will have a preliminary hearing later this month. Warren Timothy McDougall, charged with the second-degree murder of Allan Dale Little, appeared Monday in Smithers provincial court to fix a hearing date for June 24, - Twenty- seven-year-old McDougall » was s arrested aft. er police received a report of a stabbing at: the Delcourt Trailer Park May 31 at 2 a.m. New Hazelton RCMP suspect the stabbing took place alter the two men got into-an argument. When police wrived the suspect and ‘the victim had fled the scene. oO Officers later found Little in critical condition on the steps of a residence, Little, also from Hazelton, was rushed to Wrinch Memorial Hospital where he was pro- nounced dead. Water levels rising THE WATER IS going to be high: but officials monitoring the situation are still hoping the Skeena won't reach flood levels. “We're cautious but- optimistic it's not going to rapidly rise,” regional highways manager Jon Buckle said Tuesday. “The snowpick is slarting to come off quite a bit more so.you're seeing the watercourses come up.” ‘Buckle said the cooler weather, cloud’and showers that set-in Monday i isn’t necessarily bad. if the temper- atures stay down. That allows the snowpack to melt and Tun off at a moderate controlled pace. “If the temperature went up a lot or cif the. showers turned into steadier rain, then it would be a real con- cern,” Buckle said. : College fire willfully set TERRACE FIRE Department and RCMP responded Saturday evening to an alarm at the main administration building of he Northwest Community College. A flammable product had been poured on the floor and a fire deliberately set in the first-floor men’s wash- room. The fire destroyed a toilet and may have damaged ceiling tiles, Damage estimates are not yet known, Two Terrace youths, ages eight and nine, were apprehended, However, because of their ages, no charges will be laid, RCMP Inspector Steve Leach said. A HAZELTON man charged in the stabbing death of Bo dgsuystede Bite of daa ‘FROMFRONT Giocery s store workers vote Union members and others who attended an anti- poverty rally Saturday in Terrace marched on Safeway and Overwaitea to show their support lo workers on the picket lines. Carrying signs and chanting “Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Locked out workers way to go,” the marchers proceeded from the rally at Lower Little Park first to Safeway and then to Overwaitea. Lavallee said the May 28 re-election win by the NDP has helped the locked out workers. “There’s no doubt in our minds (Overwaitea owner) Jim Pattison and Safeway were looking forward to a new government so they could change the labour cede and bring in replacement work- ers,” he snid, Shroom boom And a___ long-standing boundary dispute between Russia and Japan over a cluster of islands could create some political friction in Japan for any importer of Russian mushrooms. Fluctuations in the value of the Japanese yen relative to the dollar is another vari- able that affects mushroom prices. Gerard St. James, a * Nanaimo-based ~ mushroom - buyer, says changes in Japa- nese culture could also mean pine mushrooms will’ gradually fall out of favour. ‘A lol of the younger Jap- anese are changing their tastes,’ he said. “If they get away from the traditional foods, I think you could see the market soften.” “‘And at a certain stage they'll say enough is enough and slop pay-.g these prices for them.”? REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Skeena Region, Fisheries and habitat Section(s) of the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands ‘and Parks is requesting proposals ia conduct “LAKES INVENTORY, according ‘to Resource Inventory. Commiltiee standirds throughout the Skcena Region. Five separate contracts, of comparable value, will be let for inventory inthe: (1) Cassiar Forest District, (2) Kalum Forest District; (3) North Coast Forest District, (4) the Kisplox/Morice Forest: Districts combined and (5) Bulkley Forest District. To qualify, contractors: must have demionstrated the ability to conduct lakes inventory to Resource Taventory Committee standards or its equivalent: and have attended the MELP sanctioned bull trout identification workshop, Qualified contractors are inviled to request Detailed Request for Proposal Package(s) in writing or electronically. and indicate which forest districts they dre interested ia from Paul Giroux, Fisheries Inventory Specidist, Fax 847-7728, e-mail _-- Pagiroux@smithers.env,pov.be.ca and-Rick Kiem (Bulkley only), Senior” Habitat: Protection Officer,’ fax” BAT: 6305, ‘e-mail “rlkiem@imforO1, for.gov.be.ca; Requests for packages must he submitted by June 14, 1996, This project is funded by Forest Renewal BC. Fisheries Branch, Skeena Region BC Environment, Lands and Parks - 3726 Alfred Avenue Box 5000, Smithers, B.C., Vill 2NO (“ta Province of y | British Columbia FOREST 4 | a) ENVIRONMENT we A SNOS AND PARKS RENEWAL BC CANADA’S LARGEST VOLUMEDTE