ee SES Eee TEE ie THAT SHEAF DON’T PANIC. There’s still plenty of time to ensure you are on the voters list for the June 2 federal election. ' Up until May 27, voters can check to sec if they are on the list and, if not, regis- ter accordingly. This is particularly important for those people who thought they had registered by mail. ' More than half of those who sent registration forms by mail neglected to in- clude photo copies of ID. And that means while they think they’ve been put on the list, they were not. So Elections Canada officials are telling these people to keep a close eye on the mail this week for registration confirma- tion notices. If you don't receive one soon, chances are you may not be on the list. Arid while you can register to vote at advance polls and on general election day, that can be time consuming and frus- _f. trating. FULL of mail-in registration forms being held by Elections Can- ada worker Sandy Koopmans came from people who didn't include coples of ID. And that means they aren't on the voters list. But Elections Canada offi- cials will check the list you've got and put you on if need be. There's lots of time to get on voters list An easier method is to visit the Elec- tions Canada office at 4609 Lazelle Ave., says local assistant returning officer Pat Zaporzan. Elections Canada workers there will check the preliminary voters list issued last week, If you aren't on the list, you can register on the spot, says Zaporzan. **But bring some ID,” she adds. “A driver’s licence is best because it has a name, address and signature.”’ Phone queries are welcome at 635-6153 ag are ones sent by fax to 635-6157. 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 & p.m. all three days, It'll take place at the Elections Canada office on Lazelle Ave. Prominent people _ push Nisga’a deal A LETTER urging a final Nisga’a land claims treaty be concluded as soon as pos- sible has been signed by 21 prominent Brit- ish Columbians. Ranging from former B.C. premier Dave Barrett to former federal Indian affairs min- ister Tom Siddon to wildlife artist Robert Bateman, the letter bas been sent to the fed- “eral and provincial governments and the Nisga’a Tribal Council. - “British Columbians have a unique op- portunity to conclude a bitter chapter of Ca- nadian and B.C. history by resolving long- “standing obligations and grievances’’ by negotialing a final treaty, states the fetter, Lynn Hunter, a former Vancouver Island NDP MP and a member of the committee which organized the letter, said the sig- natories are worried that a final Nisga’a deal may not go forward. “'There’s a sense of dread the parties may not do the right thing and delay and delay and delay and there'll be a blow up some- where down the road and tum public opinion away from treaties,’’ she said. "If we can’t do a treaty with the Nisga’a, -that says something about our process,”’ Hunter continued. The group which organized the letter Sue Simpson......... Dynamic Health il Munson....Northern Motor Inn came together in February after they coin- cidentally made presentations on the same day to the provincial select standing com- mittee on aboriginal affairs. It’s holding hearings on the Nisga’a deal across the pro- vince, From there, says Hunter, the group drew up a list of names of those who might be in- terested in signing the letter. The organizing group includes former Liberal MLA Clive Tanner, Hunter admits that the 21 signatories, none of whom live in the north, can be ac- cused of being outsiders to a northern issue such as the Nisga’a treaty., “This goes beyond Terrace and beyond the Nisga’a and is bigger than B.C. and, in fact, is bigger than Canada,’ she said. **This is an international justice issue and Canada’s reputation for fair treatment will have suffered if a treaty isn’t signed soon,”’ said Hunter. 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