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TERRACE — It doesn’t matter
‘what’ political party’ Nisga’a
“People support because the
‘Overriding issue is land claims,
says a Nass Valley chief -¢oun-
cillor and Social Credit party - 4
member, eae .
“We: have. Nisga’s
Social Credit “and:

is asking.: people: 't

Social Credit on election day,

id Harry |

en i i ra

the North Coast ridiiig, said he
ae to: support
Matshall-Lutz : and’: will vote

-__ {tPeople ‘have'a free'choice,
We'ré ot tellag” them aa
council or NTC (Nisga'd Tribal: . @boriginal title to land..B
Council) how to. vote,” hésaid, Court split’ on the ‘questi
ani The Nisga’a home of the Nass . 3

| ings will get beiter, bit © Valley Was part of the old Atlin ~.-. meanwnite, Boot "au
maybe things will get better, bit - ridi seni Johnston saya et totee ;, to" the

“far: as: land claims” ar. : ed Up .in
ed.Fran for the int __ the ‘North ‘Coast ‘tiding: which
People;"* he said": :. includes Prince Rupért,”.-/

oo. Nyce. who. tain: dnd lost eles

..-Bgainst Linda Marshall-Lutz for to the legislature, Frank. Calder
"the Social Credit nomination in Tepresented the area, first for’

» Of .17, years to ‘be tAlthpuph.
“streets: after 10 ptm. unless ‘ap:~-—“Adthough.

, Supreme Court of Canada déci: . At the same time, Johnston
fan, pearing his name -which said’ her “government, if re-.
ound: that

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(clainns)-seteled,** * ”

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Unable to hike the fines for
‘breaking curfew, the city is
Jooking at other ways of getting
teens off the streets late at
night. a

And that, says. Permits direc-
tor Bob Cafleur, sine bce
restricting the opening hours o
local pool halls..."

Lafleur said a regent’rash of
break “and enters, acts-of van-
_ dalism and incidents: ‘of ‘arson
had prompted the city'to take
action,” hess

Although one ‘option was to
enforce the city’s Curfew by-
law, he-.said the fines were too
low to. be any: real: ‘deterrent:
That’ by-law, . passed in 1978,
prohibits anyone under the age
Out:.on the

companied by. an adult or
“custodian’®, ° .. wet
Although those breaking: the
curfew are subject: to’ 4 fine,
Lafleur said they only amount
to $1 for the first offence, $2 for
the second and $5- for every
subsequent otie, - OS
The city had investigated ‘the
possibility of: in ing:" the
fines but discovered that’ could

Municipal Act itself’ was chang.
ed, mo " Cee ahh. a _
Therefore, Lafleur said, the -

option now being considered

was restricting the hours<of
operation of the pool halls,
night-time gathering places for.
these young People. ;

by unio
TERRACE" ‘Social Credit
candidate Dave Parker accused

tion campaign in Kitimat.
Referring Friday to his own

campaign: team,: Parker said:

“None of them (are) paid union

mitted diseases —-
f. contracting ‘ej
the. Skeena... 3

from: one:
hepatitis B cases’ in
im-4 to 1B over thé

areas

employees on leave ‘from their
place of: work, like. Helmut
(Giesbrecht) has in Kitimat with
the Health beter dals Union
representative.running his office
on leave from the hospital, be-
ing pald with your tax dollars.”*
- “That makes me puke,” he
added. “OK, so an IWA
member does. it. 1 don’t mind
that. But hospitat? I don’t think
so,” . cw

Kitimat General Hospital ad-

ministrator ‘Linda: Coles con-

on of ;

vyer™  ridiag wae CoMtroversy over jand claims
‘Tegislature. That riding .was ihis Year becauer the govern-
wi ment has a plan that’s working,
« Speaking « here ‘last’ week,
Johnston sald the Social Credit
government of the last five
wee EHICe RUDE 2, . Years has “*gone a long way in ¢h
And before Guno'was elected - attempting. to .résolve a process
that will eventually see. them

b
fines eight ball

only be done if the province's’.

his NDP opponent of using |
hospital:-workers to run his elec- :

be

her election campaign.

‘vednditions,."

:SNDP,” Johnston added.
: The .

& nsistently

co refused to
TECOg

ginal title and claim; but
bas: entered negotiations With
the: Ni

a¢, federal government to. settle
the “former's land claim to the

area."

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_ She added that aboriginal
issues are not a specific part of

ihe aN @lected, would. enter negotia-.
. Aboriginal title to land, But the .-tlons.:-wieh ‘RO. pre-conceived. |

“We're going to start from

Square one, And that’s contrary
position taken” by the
© Social Credit party-has

nize the concept..of

Nass “Valley and surrounding

curfe

Order thém’ eldsed at specified
‘times - wo
Noting the R.C.M.P. and fire.
department had. both expressed
Concerns about the number of
Youngsters out on-the streets at
“ might, Lafleur added, ‘‘Some of
‘these kids are only 12 of 13
--years’old and they're out there
at midnight." - .
“R.C\M.P. inspector Larry
Yeske agreed. ‘‘A tot of young
kids who should be at home are
hanging around there. The pool’
"hall people can't be babysitting
them all the time,” he added.
. Although it was not possible
to rectly link those young peo-
ple with the recent “rash” of

Parker sickened
n helpers |

firmed two hospital workers

went on leave until Oct. 20 ©

citing “‘urgent union business.”

The move caused scheduling
Problems for the hospital, she
said, but the union will be pay-
ing the full cost of replacing the
two workers,

“Campaigning on the tax-
payers’ money?"’ asked NDP
campaign chairman’ Gail Mur-
ray. “‘Socreds. do that, We do
not have anybody working on
our campaign at the taxpayers’
expense.”

For profiles of the NDP and
Soe.

ial Credit campaigns and

APE ROT
regulated at the moment, the ci- .
‘ty did have the authority to.

_taken part in sever | efforts to

~ try and:develop and’ process of

what will be negotiated and who
will be responsible’. for settle--

"| ment payments,

_ Although the federal govern-
ment has’ the primary fespon:.
sibility’ for natives in Canada,
provincial governments control
the land which natives claim. i
."*We-have to- have some of

the stakeholders there: — those:

representing the forests ins.
dustry, the mining industry and
local government. Because they:

“

en ~ have alot at stake as well,’ said
Nisga’a Tribal Council ‘and . Johnst are

ston. wet
We're not going with any.

. preconceived idea other thai we.

have to be at the table to repre—
"Sent the taxpayer." she said,

break-ins suffered by. businesses:
on the 4600 block of Lakelse,-
Yeske said “they could be
related.’ cot
. Describing the pool halls as
“‘an ideal place to hang out’’, he
said they were also somewhere.
“to duck back into” for anyone
Who decided “‘to get into some:
Allowing those businesses to
stay open late at night unfor—
tunately created ‘'a - situation:
that breeds problems"’, he said?
Yeske suggested a closing
time of 9 Pim, or 10 p.m. would.

‘not be unreasonable. It would
{ ‘allow the businesses to be open:
* in-the early evening hours when,

they tended to get most of their
business ond could alia. solve
the present problems being ex-

Perienced -in the downtown
“Bob Beckett

core, 7
Fire chief:
Pointed out the department had
responded to 10 deliberately set
fires in the vicinity of the pool
halls during the~ past year,
Anyone of those arsons, he add-
ed, could have resulted in a ma-
jor fire. ae
More dangerous still was a re-
cent incident in which a “gas:
meter was knocked off allowing:
the free flow of high Pressure -,
natural gas, ;
Lafleur said the question of
limiting the pool halls hours of
opening will be considered at,
the council committee level next
week. -

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