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‘By BECKY RAGLON
Herald Sialf Writer

After three days of meetings, members attending the :
: ‘ Nishga Tribal Convention were able to reach consensus on a

program of opposition to the tailing dumping from Amax's

molybdenum mine into Alice Arm.

‘Don, Rosenbloom, a Vancouver-based lawyer ‘has been
retained to file suit against Amax it was announced at the
end of the convention Thursday.

Rosenbloom said the Nishga would seek to challenge the

legality af the mines operations.

“The case should be heard very quickly, Roseabootn |
added, ard should be before the B.C. Supreme Court by next. -
week. ‘The Nishgas hope to get a court decision saying that:

. the company is operating illegally.

In the meantime, Amax will. continue to dump v2.00.
, “everything ‘to fight your way’ out")
“The federal government was not prepared to establish a 2
, federal inquiry and no one expected {pase to shut doen

- ’ ire meng toe ahead .
a something will happen,”” warned Goswell.

metric torines per day into Alice Arm... ~- -

Se ae

- atc ame wn ways, ‘formed a part the mid-day
~ panquet Gosnell was referring to. Tables spread out in the

. -fanyon City community ball were loaded with dozens of hot

* dishes prepared in the homes of the wn and ciirried to the .

-~ hall through the afternoon drizzle by the local cooks,
“Bul fear has gripped our people,” Gosnell: Went on, and

wanted to know, daly half-facetioualy if the opfichan tasted
. | the same.

“Tailings are already being dumped into Alige Arm by

| Amax' and the Nishga are waiting ‘fearfully-6 see what

effect that will have on the salmon run.which should begin
* "in June. : . Ns ‘‘.

‘ange form ulate battle plans :

ws ee el ee
* James on president of dhe es Council, told

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‘Bon Résenbloom (left) and James Goshel plan strategy to ‘stop Amax. -

- A delegation from the council will also travel to New York
May 7-10 put forth a fesolstion ata meeting of Amax.
shareholders. The Nishgas, who bought four shares in order
to give them access to the shareholders meeting, will put -
forth’a resolution calling for a moratorium on the dumping
until the environmental impact has been determined. |

_ dan McKenzie, Rosenbloom, ‘council’ president James
(oanell and Rod Robinson will make up the delegation to
the meeting.. Amax has  $9,000- ‘shareholders. ©

- "Four shares i all it takes to bé able to say something at

~ ‘that meeting,” Gosnell said.

_ A sea demonstration remains a pestilty if everything
else fails. :

We never really talked ofa blockade," Gosnell said,

"strike in the carly: Part me

” from ‘the district.

ie err
The Dally © Herald tiss

learned that the Terrace
Distric! Teachers.

. Association may .be plap--.

ning a. one-day: protest 2

The protest . centres
around district personnel
policy and the treabitent
that staff bave received

A Terrace higtt ‘schoo!
principal and a. Thornhill
principal have recently

ace teachers. plan strike

” heen removed from their

positions.

. According to Terrace
District Teachers
--Asgociation President
Wayne Wyatt, they are not
protesting the dismiszal but -

: they will be protesting the
‘manner in’ which it was

carried out. -
_ “We're facing a much
-larger issue," said Wyatt,

"this hinges on a whole

gambit “of -persennel
problems in the district.”
It is unfair to reduce the

_ issue io individua} problems

said Wyatt, He feels the
Situation. stems. from the
lack of bargaining rights

"accorded to teachers by the '
School Act .

"the School Act limits the *

negotiable’ __ rights: of
teachers’ to salaries and
bonuses.
possible ‘for. teachers to
negotiate separate local
agreemenis with. ‘school
boards.
What ©

‘the ‘teachers

into the school

“However, it is |

association wants to da is to
- implement

ac. com--
prehensive personnel polley

"policy books. .

“Both . ‘the: leachers
” astoclation and the school.’
board met last night to
disciss the issue. a

Teachers have attenipted

- to have such’ a: policy im-

plemented in the past "bat.

according * ‘to Wyatt. ‘have
never made the concerted

“effort they are naw.

Volume 73 No. 60.

Friday, April 24, 1981

- Eurocan: ‘holdings. are sold —

By MICHAEL HOWLETT
; Herald Staff Writer. .

"Enso-Gutzeit, Osakeyhitio;
a Finnish. multi-national —
company has. ‘sold: 40 per
cent. of its. holdings: in ;

‘‘but don’t forget, when. pressed. into a.corner you'll do CEN:

” Arivix’s position is that ne contaimination of food sources
will ‘happen . because ‘of the - ‘tailing . dumping. .
“"Tand when we're sure ibe food ehnin is contaminated:

Gosnell sid. ihe’ ‘Nishga w were mot péing e atop, “voicing
their concern about: ‘pollution, ‘But he added. that they’ no
longer trusted National Health ‘ang. Welfare tovtell: “ther :
whether'or not their food would be contaminate Pot

He’ said that Indians in Grassy Plains were polsaned by
mercury and it took Japanese. experts af the disease to

uncover the true facts of the case.
“We don't have faith it them,” anid iGoanell, referring to:

Health and Welfare. He said that, they were now jooking to .

the World Health Organization to test the water and the
fish, and determine whether it would’ be: safe to eat
sockeyes, and indulge in the future ta » hanguets harvested
from. the sea.

Nishga taste salmon, oolichan and seal prepared after Amax dumpings

er ae

Dee et err Rie at Lt asia epeniotereiaad

. Proceed

froma letter of intent to :
. with | -, the

“A plamped more by. the ”

‘Teachers: Federation | ‘of

British Columbia (BCTF) to -
hold a. province-wide -
referemdim -has \- been —
postponed. - ‘pending. the ,
outcome of a commission '
appointed to look into the
handling of their pensions.

The federation _ chad

is Finland’s
‘industrial corporation. Its.

ot

_ arrangement signed i in 1979,

The deal “must

| approved ‘hy the Foreign
Investment Review Agency’

-( FIRA)

‘Frasers 50 per. cent
American ownership. ‘An
- initial filing with the agency
was made in October 1980.’

_. Eurocan spokesmen expect
.20 problems to arise from.

- the FIRA application.”

"Enso-Gutzeit Osakeyhtio
largest

_ gross world wide sales last

‘year were one billion”
“dollars. It has. interests in,

every continent, brut deals

- mainly with the marketing:
Canadian’ .

: produced Sprest products...

aspects of

"Butocan wad Formed by'a

group af’ The =Fidtnlsh |
“ . corporations ;
. . interests “were gradually __ mecha
- ‘Yanconiver April 2, O0Dws ‘assumed: ff: | Quesn

“Oeakeyhtio. At the time'of:,
ihe West Fraser sale, Enso.

‘canned t to 5 fellow up: the
* referendum with some form
“ol protest action. A one-day.
_ Benéral strike was ‘one of...
several actions ‘propoced- to’
federation leadership,
The provincial,
government -offered to
conduct a’ joint-stiitly of
pension

be

due to West

: annual : ‘outptt, ‘is
cubic metres of luster. aid . present aiid projected -
ie ps” “donald

twhege

savestment

owned 10 per. cent of -

: Evrocan ‘stocks, | About<35
per cent of Eurocans British
Cofumbia | output is exported

to, Europe. while.the same’

amount’ “goes “to. Japan.

South-East Asia receives 20-

per cent of the output while
5-10 per cent is sold in North
and South. -Ameriea:
Eurocan’s sackkraft

‘production represents 25 to

30 per cent of Canadian

output while its linerboard
output takes up 8 to-12 per

cent of . Canada's

“ West ‘Fraser Timber Co.

British ,. ‘Columbia: Its.
1,500, 000

$160,000,000.

”

‘ol Japan's. Hargest paper:

companies.

“practices
_ teachers. accepted: ae. a
“ measingfull . step- towards
* ending the dispute.’

* The teachers have been ? x

‘ invelved in 8 dispute with
the provincial government —
over pension indexing and
” pension investment policies.

At present pension funds

Lid. owns and operates.
sawmills in the interlor of

a which “the.

:
:

West. Fraser's President
and :. Chief’. Executive,

_Offieer, C.A. Johnson, sald.”

‘that the Eurocan ‘purchase:
reflects a continuation of!
‘the. ‘company’s ” ‘ policy. of:
forward integration aimed’
at securing .a fibre. base,

“West Fraser | has
established a- pre-eminent
position in: interior.

sawmilling: and’ Eurocaa -

offers us a unique op:

portunity ta expand our

_ operations into both the pulp
_ and.
” sawmilling aspects of the

and the coastal

industry," said Johnsen. :
‘West Fraser will assume —
‘management of ‘Eurocan’s
newly, created. sawmill -
ision Which includes both

“operations, until

iit is- currently. Eyrocan is able to build up, . a

own | - sawmill .

i. at -* oaanization,. At: pre

Burners sawmill division’,
“generates between. $6070 |

~‘muilliog a, aru, sales, m me -

Pied

- The federation wants: ‘to:

‘have some teacher ; input:

into pension: - fund.
investment _ Manageme,

Fishermen support Nishga

Treaty which he said would not protect Conadian stocks :

Two members. of the ‘United Fishermand and “Allied.

from American interception.

The convention was told that fishermen support Nishga :
- Land Claims and so does labour generally although Nichol

” Workers Union (UPAWU) were on band: Thursday to.

admitted that they will have to do more in the future than

just pass resolutions.

Arnie Thonlinson, the union’s

enviroomental ‘o-

“ordinator, said that the “insanity of dumping tailings in

Alice Arm” had to be stopped. The first study for a.

proposed molybdenum mine on the Wilson Fjord in Alaska,
projects dumping 10 times as rhany tailings es proposed by

Amax for Alice Arm.

The study cites "great success ofthe technique alresdy
carried out In B.C.”" as one reason to go abead with the

dumping.

address the Nishga Tribal Council Convention in Canyon:
City. ‘The theme of the: 24th annual convention was,
“Survival; Past, Present. and Future.” ' En
UFAWH President Jack Nichol, striking en ominous note,
said that the Amax dumping was only the tip of the iceburg =: =

Nichol pointed out that B.C. “Hydro was now on 1
intensive campaign to convince B.C. residents that there:
will be brown outs in the province by 1964 unless the~
company is; allowed - ee. ahead with massive hydro

projects. ie
The provincial government is golig around the world |

_ encourage others:

‘Thontireon sid that is just one more reason why the Alice
Arm project must be stepped because it it im not, It will

over-selling the province, Nichol maintained, and can't...

Supply the resource extraction Industry.
’ Nichols topched briefly on. ste, Canada-US. Fling

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