_ Lawyer drops tribunal in favor of law suit The lawyer representing Skylink Airlines in -hearings before ‘the Civil Aviation Tribunal in Vancouver has applied for a stay of proceedings. Michael Hutchison told the Terrace Review May. 11 that he feels justice for the now- defunct airtine’s: owner, Rafael Zur, is more likely to occur through a lawsuit against the Min- ister of Transport he is currently pursuing through the courts than through the CAT procedure. The CAT hearings began in October 1989, shortly after Sky- link’s operating certificate was cancelled as the result of a crash in Terrace that killed seven people. Zur argued that the Minister of Transport acted incorrectly in meting out the cancellation, which effectively put the airline out of business, Hutchison said he was originally secking an expedient ruling from the CAT in order to have the oper- ating certificate restored, but eight Bruneau trial continues next week The B.C. Supreme Court trial in Prince Rupert of Daniel Bruneau, the Terrace man accused of killing local teenager Crystal Hogg, has been adjourned to May 24. Bruneau has pled not guilty to one count of second degree murder. Crown Counsel in Prince Rupert said Monday the trial is still in voir dire, a "trial within a trial" to determine the admis- sibility of evidence. The argu- ment is mainly about the = admissibility of statements Bruneau made to police, he said. Bruneau was arrested in ‘Terrace on April 12, 1989, and later charged with the murder Of 16-year-old Crystal Hogg, whose body was found at the Terrace-Kitimat airport early on the morning of Nov. 11, 1988. Bruneau is being tried by judge and jury before the Hon. Justice K.M. Lyfyk. Two weeks have been set aside for the trial. Bruneau is being defended by Terrace lawyer ‘Jeff Arndt. months later Transport Canada has called enough witnesses to take up 10 full days of hearing time, and Hutchison figures there could be as many as 18 days still to go. He prefers to drop the CAT action and go afier the government in federal court. Hutchison explained that even if he does obtain a favorable ruling from CAT commissioner Barry Dryvynsyde, it can only come in the form of a recommendation to the minister to reconsider his deci- sion. If the court action is suc- cessful, the minister will be ordered to restore Skylink’s operating certificate. The suit against the Minister of Transport, Benoit Bouchard, and various employees of Transport Canada was filed in federal court in January and dismissed the fol- lowing month. Hutchison has now filed an appeal of the dismissal. The suit is in two parts, seeking a declaration that the cancellation of Skylink’s operating certificate was wrong and seeking damages from the Minister, Damages sought, Hutchison said, include compensation for the de- _ struction of the airline, loss of equipment, and loss of future prospects. He said the airline was grossing $6 million a year at the _time of the crash and was a profit- able and growing business with plans for expansion. "It’s value as ‘agoing concern could be estimated at $20 million," he said. — Since Skylink’s operating certifi- cate was cancelled the banks re- - possessed several of the newer aircraft, and “at least one" of the others is being leased out to another airline, Hutchison said. The application to stay the CAT proceedings was heard in Van- couver federal court Monday. The Court Registry there reported that the judge reserved decision on it, and the ruling should come down within days. Closed shop to prevail in School District 88 TERRACE— Twenty-one teachers in School District 88 will lose their jobs unless they join the Terrace District Teachers’ Associ- ation before June 30. The board of trustees reaffirmed’ their commitment to an agreement with the TDTA at a public meeting in Stewart May 8. Three letters on the agenda imploring the board to reconsider its position were received and filed. Secretary-treas- wer Barry Piersdorff said in an interview Friday that the board’s letter of April 25 to the non-union teachers states its final position on the matter. In its first contract with the TDTA the board agreed: to a ‘ Closed-shop provision that makes union membership compulsory for teachers, and Piersdorff pointed out that teachers opposed to union membership had been given con- siderable time to deal with the problem by cither reconciling themselves to joining the TDTA or presenting a case for exemption to the Industrial Relations Council. The teachers, members of the British Columbia Teachers for Association, oppose the concept of teacher strikes. They expressed concern to the board that if a strike were called and they refused to participate their jobs would be in jeopardy — they could be expelled from the union, and union mem- bership is now a condition of employment with the district. TDTA president Greig Houlden said he hasn’t been approached by any of the association members, and noted that this district is’ one of the few in the province that allowed a lengthy "grace period" — nearly two years — for union membership opponents. "We’ve said for the last couple of years that they have to make a decision," he said. Terraceview administrator leaving Kathieen Delgatty, the well-known and highly respected administrator of the Terraceview Lodge, will be leaving that position effective tomorrow. Diane MacCormac said Monday Delgatty had been considering the move but Terraceview had not expected it this soon. 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