A12 - The Terrace Standard, weanestay, Seplember 20, 1995 Train savers on track NORTHWEST COM- MUNITIES. are banding to- gether lo ensure passenger rail service continues. .| Acting on a suggestion made by Smithers council, Priace George Mayor John Back- house bis agreed to spearhead a committee of regional dis- tricts who are concerned about the possible end to VIA Rail’s Skeena- passenger service . be- tween Prince George and Prince Rupert and want reli- able alternatives for the future. “fA rail Hine between Jasper and Prince Rupert is extremely important to the visitor indus- try, one of the Northwest's biggest money makers,” Back- f house said. ‘We have the resources to take on the task of heading up this issue and - willingly agreed.” The group is comprised of representatives from — the Skeena-Queen Charlotte, Kitimat-Stikine, Butkley- Nechako and Fraser Fort George regional districts. The committee will look at promoting an independent year-round, tri-weekly, daylight hours train service be- tween Jasper and Prince Rupert to replace VIA’s Skeena line. The suggestion comes after years of federal government threats to axe substantial sub- sidies to VIA Rail. Fhe Skeena lost $5.75 mil- lion in 1994, down from a $6.33-million deficit the year before. But the Crown. corporation denies any mumors of shut- downs. “The piesident has been saying quite stongly that VIA Rail isn’t. intending any changes to its service,’’ said Diane Graham, the company’s public affairs Spokesman in Toronto. ‘At this point we're trying to make improvements and have actually increased the number ‘| of people travelling on the line |, .{ this year by 10.9 per.cént,??:="J.., The committee’s’ first step | will be approaching BC Rail and the province to be co- sponsors of a submission to the federal government proposing BC Rail and Ottawa become } partners in creating a new pas- senper service, BC Rail was chosen because its equipment and current runs are the most compatible with the proposed norihwest route. rt > A Pa Oe A a As OS SS OD se SS eS AS Me A A Ae I r | Re Diorio r T Ly HR PE HH ait hy . SKEENA SAILOR Bob F Reeds protested actions of the RCMP and crown counsel in Terrace Friday. Reeds, who has left town, says the latter won't charge an RCMP officer with abduction. Boatman Bob stages protest TWO MONTHS after he came to town, Bob Reeds has Ieft after finishing his mission of drifting down the Skeena River to Prince ’ Rupert in an eight-foot flat bot- ‘tom plywood boat. But he left without one task completed - charging a local RCMP officer with the abduction ‘of himself aid’ his boat. it Reeds, 79, “contends that Staff Sgt. John Veldman had himself and his boat removed -from the Skeena River Aug. 7 without his permission. Bui Reeds says he received no concrete assistance from the local crown counsel office when he asked it to lay charges. “They say it might take three to six months for the case to be heard, I simply don’t have the resources to be -here that long,’’ said Reeds prior to boarding a bus for his journey down south. RCMP say they acted to Safeguard Reeds from danger when they took him from the Skeena River and returned him here, Reeds - originally Jaunched. > from Terrace ‘Aug. 3, ; Aft the time, Veldman said. the ... police weren’t convinced the plywoed boat was safe. And he said Reeds was treated with courtesy and his boat and gear stored at the RCMP detach- ment so it could be picked up by Reeds later on. Reeds did retrieve his boat, set sail again and docked at the North Pacific Cannery Museum near Port Edward two weeks ago. Reeds winters in Mexico. TERRACE STANDARD / SKEENA MARKETPLACE Action Ads or we will repeat your ad FOR FREE! 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