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Hospital budget hike
won't avert deficit

MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital has received a budget
increase this year but it’s not enough to cover nsing costs.

The increase works out to 0.68 per cent - or $75,500 - for
a base spending figure of $11.204 million.

Yet that won’t be enough lo cover a pay equity increase
granted workers April 1, a general one per cent wage
increase in the fall or inflationary increases, says hospital ~
financial official Paul Manhas.

Based on just the above factors, Manhas is already expect-
ing a deficit for the new fiscal year which began April 1.

The wage equity provision will cost $30,300, the general
one per cent increase will cost $48,000 and general infla-
tionary pressures of two per cent will cost $83,000.

_ Although the provincial government has previously cov-

ered pay equity increases with one-time grants, that may not
happen this year, said Manhas. “It’s not in the budget letter
so we're not expecting that to happen,” he said.

Hospital officials are meeting this week and will go to
their governing board next week with plans on how to cover
the spending shortfall.

“As it is; Mills has to make up the $333,000 operating
shortfall it ran for the past fiscal year.

Mills did last year cut its workforce and trim spending in
the attempt to balance its budget.

One plan to increase efficiency and cost control - a reno-
vation project to centralize activity on its main medical ser-

vices floor - was turned down by the provincial government.

Last year Mills received a budget increase of $4,000.

Treaty talks face challenge

- NISGA’A TREATY negotiations are continuing despite a
court challenge by two Kincolith band members.

- James Robinson and Frank Barton have filed a petition in
B.C. Supreme Court alleging that the Nisga’a Tribal Council
does not have the authority to conduct final treaty
negotiations.

: The petition cites the vote that took place last year after
the agreement-in-prineiple was signed giving the Nisga’a
leadership the go ahead to pursue a final treaty.

It says the vote did not follow due process or the tribal
council’ s own rules.

‘ Robinson and Barton are among those in the westernmost
Village of Kincolith who feel they have been made to sacri-
fice more of their traditional territory than other Nisga’a
villages.

Under a final treaty, the Nisga’a would agree to give up
the rights to 92 per cent of their traditional territory and take

STOP Press

Flood danger subsides

THE SKEENA RIVER is down a metre from its high, but
there's still a lot of snow left to melt in the mountains.

The river peaked on Sunday. and while waters climbed, a
newly created flood watch centre in Terrace took action,

Crews worked through the long weekend to shore up the
banks of the Skeena along Mark Avenue, off of Queensway.

Fortunately. there was no property damage reported in the
Terrace area. Even-at peak levels the Skeena didn’t get unu-
sually high, said Jane Stead of the highways ministry.

“Tt looks like it's coming down now,” Stead said Tuesday.

Typically the Skeena has two peaks — one in mid May and
the other in June.

Hot weather would move the freezing level quickly up the
mountains. causing the higher snow packs to melt faster
than usual and possibly creating further risk of flooding.

Have you registered?

IF YOU WERE missed during door-to-door enumeration
for the June 2 federal election, there's plenty of time to
make sure you are on the list.

Registrations are being accepted at the Elections Canada
office in the mal! on Lazelle Ave. containing Chapman
Office Supplies and Northwestern Specialty Foods.

Workers there will check to see if you are on the list, But
bring identification containing an address and signature
because if you are not on the list, you can be signed up on
the spot. That"l! save standing in line June 2 to first register _
and then to vote. ,

The ability to register prior to voting ends 6 p.m. May 27.
The Elections Canada office here is open from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m, Monday to Friday. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and
from noon to 4 p.m, on Sundays.

The advance poll for this area will be held over three days
May 23 and May 24 and on May 26. running from noon to 8
p.m. all three days, It'll take place at the Elections Canada
office on Lazelle Ave.

Tory on TV

SKEENA PROGRESSIVE Conservative candidate Kent
Glowinski made an appearance on a panel of young candi-
dates on CTV's “Canada AM” this moming.

Glowinski travelled to Vancouver for the appearance and
is spending the rest of the day touring with Progressive
Conservative party leader Jean Charest.

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control of just 1,930 square kilometres of land,

“['m going to fight this thing with everything I’ve got,”

Robinson said last week.

If successful, the court challenge might force a new spe-
cial assembly to debate the agreement-in-principle and the

direction of treaty talks.

Dave Bilkey, lawyer for Robinson and Barton, said many

Nisga’a still don’t know what they’re giving up.

“We've got a patient that doesn’t understand they might

not come out of the surgery alive.”

Nisga’a Tribal Council spokesman Nelson Leeson said
the petitioners have jumped the gun, adding there will be

another vote on the final treaty when it's been prepared.

“People have been venting right from the signing of the

agreement-in-principle,” Leeson said.
“Pm very optimistic that a lot of
misunderstanding,”

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Timber

Supply
Review

Cranberry
Timber Supply Area (TSA)

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To Ritwangs

The public is invited to review and comment on
the Timber Supply Review information report
and data package for the Cranberry TSA.

The Timber Supply Review (TSR) is an
on-going review of allowable annual cuts
(AACs) — the amount of timber that can

be harvested annually on Crown lands —
for all 37 TSAs and 34 tree farm licences in
B.C. The TSR reflects the impacts of current
forest land use and management practices
on timber supply and provides the Chief
Forester with information to make any
necessary adjustments to the AAC for the
next five years.

The information report is the first of four
reports to be issued for the Cranberry TSA
as part of the TSR. The information report
summiarizes the technical information and
management practices in the data package
for the Cranberry TSA which forms the basis
of the timber supply analysis report. Other
reports to follow are:

w the timber supply and socio-economic
analysis report (followed by a two-month
public review period)

= a summary of public input, and

m the Chief Forester's AAC determination
and rationale statement.

This entire process will take approximately
11 months to complete.
Copies of the Information Report and the
Data Package are available ut:
= Kispiox Forest District,
2210 W, Highway 62, Hazelton
m Prince Rupert Forest Regiun,
3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers

« Timber Supply Branch,

1450 Government St., 1st Moor, Victoria”
If you have any questions or would
like further information, please contact
Sharon Robertson, District Manager at
(250) 842-7600 at the Kispiox Forest
District. Presentations will be available
to interested parties on request.

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