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TERRACE — A Kitimat-
Stikine regional district director
is wondering if angling guides
have to be either rich of
foreigners.

Les Watmough made the
comment after the provincial
government turned down an ap-
plication by a local guide An-
drew Rushion to build a cabin
by getting a five-year licence on
a 100m square piece of land on
the Exchamsiks River,

He wanted to build a skid-
mounted cabin on the site, to be
completed by this September.

Regional district shorts

Lakelse

TERRACE — The Kitimat-
cfoeand distrigt wants. to

reAine/land at Lakelge Lake so.--

thé community association
there can build a fire hall and
community hall.

The property is one hectare of
Crown land now zoned for park
use on the north side of Lakelse
Lodge Road, the. community’s
main access road. The associa-
tion plans to renovate a deserted
building already standing on the
site. °

A public hearing into the pro-
posed change has been schedul-
ed for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 30 at the district offices.

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July 30 is also the date for a
public hearing concerning
rezoning of land off the
highway frontage road in Thor-
nhill, ;

Western Pacific Maintenance
Ltd. and Sinjur Masonry have
jointly applied to redesignate
their properties near Sharples
Ave. to industrial from com-
mercial.

Western Pacific needs the
rezoning to allow it to go ahead
with plans to build an industrial
storage building on their lot. Its
present welding, machining and
metal fabricating shop does not

fit in with commercial zoning
but is considered “legal non-
conforming” because it was
already in place when the com-
mercial zoning by-law was
adopted.

Sandwiched between Western
Pacific and three lots owned by
Sharples Equipment — they are
already zoned industrial — is an
undeveloped property owned by
the Matwicks. While they do
fot object to their neighbours
being rezoned, the Matwicks do
not want any change to their
own property,

The district proposes to
rezone the applicants’ lots only.
It will also change the Official
Settlement Plan designation of
the Matwicks' land to industrial
to indicate that is the long term
land use intent for the property.

‘The public hearing also takes
place in ‘the district offices at
730 pm.
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Bears looking -for' an easy

“meal at the Stewart dump are

soon going to find the cup-
-board, if not bare, is at least
firmly locked.

‘With the bruins becoming a
serious problem at the landfill

site, the environment ministry —

demanded. Stewart take action:

to solve Hl. The solution agreed” L

; ou,ft. storage facility...)

The application also indicated
there would be no cutting of
timber, the use of a portable
toilet rather than an outhouse
and that ali waste would be
removed from the site.

But in recommending denial
of the application, B.C, Parks
regional planning manager
Mike Murtha said public
response on park policy had
been to preserve the watershed.

Regional fisheries biologist
Bob Hooton said allowing a
guide to build a cabin on the

river would: invite similar ap-

: “fions about herbicide spraying it “p
} plans 10 do arotind athprnbit of
* northwestern Sulstati

upon is installation of a 6,600

Once. it is in place, explained

Stewart director Darlene Cor-

nell, garbage trucks arriving at
the dump will dump refuse into
the giant, bear-proof bin. There
it will remain until remain until
it can be buried.

The regional district agreed to
send a letter of support for the

project which allows Stewart to .
apply for a 50 per cent grant

under a ministry -rural waste
Management program.

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Directors have taken up B.C.
Hydro's invitation to ask ques-

plications from the other five
guides licensed to operate on the
Exchamsiks.

He also explained those
licences were subject to review
to determine whether further
restrictions were needed to en-
sure ‘“‘a quality angling ¢x-
perience’’ on that river.

Pointing out Rushton was
born and raised here and had
already guided for several years,
Watmough said his attempt to
expand that business was now
being ‘“‘hit.on the head” by
government, cote

corti ead

Wstatioris! uy
They: want -to know’ What
chemicals are found ‘in’ the
sprays to be used — Roundup,
_ Glean and Simazine. :

Pointing out such products
were now accompanied by 2
hazardous materials informa-
tion sheet, Kitimat directors
Tom Goyert and Graham
Anderson suggested Hydro be
asked to provide that informa-
tion.

Hydro has said it will spray
within the fences surrounding
the substations and a strip of up
to 2m outside the fence.

“

Park
Report

by Maureen Atkinson

formulating Parks policy.

Travelling around the northwest is a real joy for those who appreciate the
natural beauty of the westem mountains and inland plateaus. Parks protect
special natural and cultural features as well a5 providing the public with
recreational opportunities. Last year, the Parks branch stared a new con-
sultative process with the public. They published several documents and .
beyan holding workshops, (Parks Plan 90), where cilizens gave thelr input in

About ten years ago, 8.C. Parks began using distinctive patterns and
association of landforma, wildlife, vegetation, climate and water to identity
important. regional landscapes. These regional landscapes are the
guideposts for maintaining a good representation of the diverse and intricate
life of the natural world, There are 69 regional landscapes In the province
that have been Identified by Parks. When Parks staff compared this, agalnst:
the number of Parks, they found 26 regional.jandscanes were adequately
represented. The other 31-had partial or no representation at all. :

To fulfill ita conservation mandate, B.C. Parks wants to have adequate,
representation from each regional landscape. That's whare the public
workshops came in; a8 part of the Parka Pian 90. Parks wanted to know from
the publlo what areas they wanted represented. Striking lhe balance bat
ween conserving B.C.’s special places and creating recreational oppor
tunilies for people Is a difficult task, Some people hava thelr awn special
places they want praserved: while other groupa say some araas must remain
opan for futura economic develapment. The public's views will provide the
basis for identifying specific park study

a

aréas and for establishing a timetable

for adding new parks,

hicnic. shelter.

‘Lakelse Lake Provincial —
- Park Visitor Programs |
July 11- July 15, 1991,
Thursday + July 11

3PM - WILDLIFE COLLAGE...wall mural craft and talk, Furlong Bay plenic shelter,
6 Pid CATCHING THE LIUHT” talk on outdoor pictograany. Furlong Bay picnic shelter.

3PM - “HEY ODS LET'S GET COOIQNG” Firepit at Furtong Bay. 24
7 PM - CAMFRRE TRAQITZONS...music and fun. Furieng Bay picnic shelter,"
3PM - FIRSTHANO FIRST-AID FOR CHILDREN, Futiong Bay picnic shelter: =
6 PA - “STEELHEAD OF THE NORTHWEST” by guest presenter - lob Brown. Fur
. “7PM - 108 GAMES, Laksise Lake picnic shelley. . Sora .
7 PAR + LET'S TARE IT EASY...A cassia! evening hike at Exchamsiks Alvef Provincial 7 J:
Park (meat at tha information sign nent to the parking lot} 2 0 eS

Monday’ + duly 18 we!
GPM - HUG-A-TREE SLIDE TAPE PRESENTATION, Furtong Bay picnic shelter,

jety 14

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_paving Craig Drive but the pro-

 difficulty.’'

-number of client rod-days he
*. gould operate on the river. -

~The district agreed to delay
_ commenting: on the application
>" until it had received clarifica-
© thon.on that last point.

ject will probably not be under-
taken this year, says the city’s
administrator. 2 sos hans
Craig Drive is located at the
western end of Graham: Ave.;:—U
and connects that: street-with..J) *
Medeek Ave. Bob Hallsor said: ff. .
paving Craig would be an exten-.. 9
sion .of the Graham. Aye...
upgrade begun by the city a cou-
ple of years ago. —_
However, with the city con-._
sidering taking a 25 year paving .
plan to referendum this fal, he -
said any’ decision to. proceed | |
with Craig. would probably. be,:«
delayed until after that vote, |.
He; pointed out the.terms of -
the.$42,500 provincial grant did
not require the work be done ~
this year so the city ran no risk
of losing the money, because of
the postponement. «. a
Normally, paving of city
streets such as. Craig is carried -
out as a local improvement pro-
ject (LIP) under which property
owners pay the full cost based
on their lots’ road frontage.

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At the same time, he added,
there had been “four or five
major (guiding) operations
started by foreigners with no

Watmough suggested.
Rushton must now be wonder-
ing *‘Do! have to have a million
bucks or do I have to come ™
from Germany?’”

Taking up Hooton’s
reference io the level of fish
stocks in the Exchamsiks, Wat-
mough said that’ was not an
issue if Rushton’s licence in-
cluded a specified limit on the

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