Page A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 14, 1993

City conference bid successful

TERRACE —~ The city’s bid to
host the 1994 By-Law Enforce-
ment Officers and Licence In-
spector’s conference has been
successful. :

And,- promises _ local enforcer
Frank. Bowsher, it's Boing to be
“the best ever?’

Confirming the city was already

working on trying to secure a line”
“site. of the’ city’s : latest sub-
~ division development.

up of ‘‘top notch?” speakers, he
sald those:..invited ° will include

Municipal ‘Altairs minister Robin a

Blencoe, «
Apart’ ‘fom. the broad ‘topic of
by-law ‘enforcement, -

animal _ con{ro!:
licences, ees
For the environment issues, he

‘Bowshier '
said the Terrace agenda will also .
focus ‘on--environmental issues, ©
and business

hoped to secure Brian Taylor, an
environmental law specialist who
had spoken at this year’s Kam-
loops conference,

asked to address the subjects of
effluent and buming. -
That last has been the source of

* controversy here in recent months

and prompted test burns at the

~ Apart: from “the «speakers and
‘workshops, Bowsher also: wants

“to Hold ‘a mock trial dealing with -

some aspect of by-law enforce-
ment which officers would run
into during the course: of. their
duties. 7

And, to make the trial authentic,
he hopes to persuade a local

their’ social * side,-

judge ‘to presiiie over the case
and, having heard lawyers’ argv-
ments, hand down a judgment as

if it were a genuine court case.
In ‘particular, Taylor would be ~ -

Bowsher ‘suggested ‘sccing. a
specific and relevant case argued
would be valuable to: Conference

delegates,

In ‘ortler to encourage as large

_an attendance. as possible, he said

the city is also looking into the

feasibilily of organizing aspecial .
~ charter flight: from- Vancouver to

. bring..up people : from. across ‘the

southern regions of the province.

And while all conferences have
‘the. Terrace
event will add a charitable twist
by holding a casino night with all
proceeds going to the local Chik
Development Centre.

Frank Bowsher

Sustainable cards put on the table

SMITHERS | — If we want
things to-stay as they are, we? re
going to have to change.
That's: the ‘message in Round
Tablé on the Environment and the
. Economy. Teport, released last
~ week.
“Called ° Sustainability From
Ideas to. Action, . the 70-page

report: is the final paper in a series :

- of five that Jays out its findings.

» Since’ 1990, ‘when the Fable was.

struck. by. B.C’s. Social Credit
government, - the.
panel has been -attempting to

hammer” “oul a . province-wide
sustainable: -

Strategy: for
development.

Their: ‘conclusion ‘i is, despite the

province’ S. “present
“expectations _
sustainable.”’
Their roport contains: aa
More . than ~~. 30
recomenditions for individuals
and: governments alike lo change
their’ lifestyle; o

_ prosperily,
are. not

TA loud call for a change in:

ICBC fraud phone| 7
ringing off hook —

TERRACE — People are mad as

heck, and -they’re hot ‘going «to --

‘take itanyriioress<
Well; at least 2,481 people
‘aren’t going to take it anymore.
That's ‘how. many: have phoned

| an ICBC: (insurance Corporation -
of B. C.): tip: line in the past nine e

“lent or. ‘exaggerated. ‘claims, 299.
WEIS: “for. misuse. of license plates,
f :

The remaining calls reporied i in-

cidents:such as unsafe drivers, ex-.
+pired plates/decals and underwrit-

‘ing issues; ":

In an attempt to discourage and

uncover. fraudulent claims, ICBC .

: set up the. tip | line last October.

lent: “claims - and. other © related ~

“ topics 16 contact insurance inves-
‘tigators:.and adjusters. If the in-
formation’ i is accurale, it could

Tahitan drop plan
to pick mushrooms |

TERRACE, — Tailtan natives
- backed down on their plans to il-

legally. pick mushrooms in the
_ Stikine River recreation area.

Iskut. band: chief Louis Louie

said: "parks ‘ministry. - - officials
threatened to tear up the band’s
application. fora permit to - Tun
river rafting and boal.tours on the
* Stikine if the mushroom picking
took place,

“Y think it’s blackmail,” 2 Loule
said ‘last’week. ‘Our. whole
tourism hinges on it.” Pk

Parks “ministry

-.. of the permit.

“The: band itad sought ‘ministry -

. authorization: ‘to “commercially
pick more! mushrooms ina burn
‘area near Spalsizi provincial park.
‘Mushrooms. grow. well in. the

independent

_ was available. ; =

| «The public is telling us that |
The: lint allows: people ‘with i in- -

spokesman.
Hugh’ Markides said using the -
boating: ‘permit for commercial *
"harvest. .of “-mushrooms:: would’
-haye. ‘contravened the: conditions -

Shoes For:

attitude toward
exploitation; and,

~— Specific proposals, such as
community meetings, for local
involvement,

This latest paper is. significant
because, in it, all members of the
diverse pancl agree B.C.’s basic
economic -séimp has got ‘to
change, says a Round Table
member,

Tesource

“Our present. economic trends
can’t continue,”’ she said. ‘‘It’s
time to look at the fundamental

premises of our. economic
structure,”’ .
The: panel . included the

president of.-B.C.’s ‘Council of
Forest Industries, president of the
Recycling Council of B.C,
secretary of the Truck Loggers

“Our present economic trends can’t continue. It’s
lime to look at the fundamental premises of our

economic structure.

2? seustansuensenennees PAL MOSS

Pat © Moss, appointed to the
group’ last. fall, called the
document a wake-up call.

“Tt’s important, for this varied
body with representatives - from
industry and labor — not just

' social justice -and_ environmental
- groups . —

has reached a

CONSENSUS.

lend to claim disallowance.

Before the line was‘even sei up,

ICBC was receiving approxima- |
a
About 10 per cent of those ledto FT §
. Insurance estimates show that iS
between 10 and 20 percent of in- —
surance claims are fraudulent, ex- Fy
aggerated or misleading. That Bagm
translates to claims costs ranging { &
from $160 million to $300 mil- |

tely 80 calls a week regarding
fraud and misrepresentation.

claim denials or recoveries.

lion,

months of pain ToRC man- F

Association, the founder of
Greenpeace and students.
They agreed on seven principles

for sustainability: «

— Ensure. human. impact ‘Kept
within the world’s. ‘carrying
capacity’;

— Preserve and protect the
environment;

— Minimize depletion of

ager Jim Worrall said more than jee

$180,000 had been saved,
they will no longer tolerate abuse

If you want to report fraud,
questionable activity, or other re-

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years immediately after a forest
fire,

Parks officials advised them It’s
illegal for anyone to commercial-
ly- harvest any vegetation in a
provincial park or a recreatlon
area,

Louie vowed to lead his people
to ‘defiantly pick mushrooms”
anyway.

“Most of this mushroom crop
has now rotted and Loule pins his
hopes for ‘the harvest of next
year’s crop on an agreement thal -

“may be reached governing native

resource use in the region. |
"You can make $600 or $700 a

day," he said: of the lucrative

‘mushroom trade, :

* Markides said the negotiations
are ata preliminary stage. How-
ever, any” agreement reached
would not overrule laws prohibit-
ing commercial harvest of plants
and mushrooms in Parkland

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— Promote long-term
cconomic development which
doesn’t deplete the environment;

— Meet pcople’s basic needs;

— Create a political system that
incorporales sustainability; and,

— Promote values and actions
that support sustainability,

The group also developed
specific plans for waht it called
community sustainability.

They included limiting urban
sprawl by increasing density in
developed areas and preserving
green space, improving public
transit, water
management, |

Avstill further document, to be
called ‘Economic Framework for
Sustainability’ is still in the
works, Moss said.

More public meetings will be
held before. that one is finalized,

she added. ‘‘We’re now at the

crossroads, Now we have to pet
the message out to the
community.”

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