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Vol. 8, Issue No. 1

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. Serving the communities of Terrace, Thornhill, Usk, Cadarvale, Kitwangey ‘Meziadin, Stewart and the Nags -Velloy

. “Westar. ‘Timber president Peter
Berry says forest minister. Dan .
| Miller’s ‘decision. to appoint ‘a.
. >. two-man commission and selied-
“ule public: meetings on: the sale.
‘of :the company’s Hazelton. area’:
‘assets’ shouldn't. affect: tite: sale

“of: those ashes,

Wala is Surrently i in “the

“process of: negotiating the sale of
thelr’ forest licence, ‘Tree Farm:
sawmills: at ‘Car-:
ne naby'a and. Kitwanga. and a chip-.

ping” “plant: ‘at New” ‘Hazelton.

‘Once a buyer is found, Miller

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will be asked to approve the
sale, and he says he would like
to take a closer look at the
issues involved before that
request is placed on his desk.

Miller explains that he has.

been contacted by several native

and private groups regarding the

sale and has found the issues
involved to be complex. "The
government is committed to
stable communities and

increased involvement by the

public and aboriginal peoples,"
says Miller. "I have established
this. commission to advise me on

- the issues raised by the proposed
transfer and to ensure public.
those .

consultation with.

Miller has appointed Garih

Langford, a West Vancouver
and .

chartered accountant,

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~ Investigators named r
_ to probe transfer of |,
Westar timber tenure

George Watts, president | of the |
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tribal Council
in Port Alberni, to review the:
issues and report their findings.
bythe. end of February. ."Wes-

tar’s. operations are a. major.

‘source. of employment. through- .

out the Hazeiton-Kitwanga

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areas," Miller says. "For this ~ y

reason, I want to ensure any

transfer of tenures or facilities.
-wilhhélp.. maintain. the long term. |
economic health of the area". -

The commission “has been

asked to look at the relationship

between the long-term timber
supply and mill demand, long

term community interests, and
native interests. According to
Miller, a schedule for the public
meetings will be’ announced
soon,

As far as the timing of the
announcement is concerned,
Berry says it might have been
better but he points out that
negotiations for the sale have a
ways to go yet and the February
deadline shouldn’t make much

‘difference. He also says he

understands Miller’s need for
accurate information.

"I can understand it," says
Berry. "When you’re on a new
job it takes time to pick up the
information you need to make

responsible decisions."

A gift of flowers brightened things up for the residents of Terraceview Lodge during the
j holidays. As it has for the past two years, Pacific Regeneration Technologies, formerly the

Thornhill forest service nursery, delivered several poinsettia plants to the lodge just prior

gto Christmas. Randy Armitage did the delivery work as Mae Fish and Nina Heubschwerlen
admired the flowers,

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