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The river

IF YOU DON’T FISH or own a riverboat, you’d
hardly know that we live beside one of the most
beautiful rivers in the world. ’

Tourist guides and publications speak in awed ,
tones of the scenery that awaits people who drive
the highway beside the Skeena River or take the’
Via train, !

And it is the river where untapped potential ex-
ists to make the city a truly livable place, attrac-
tive to its citizens and for those who come to
visit. The challenge in this is arranging for public
access.

Imagine a trail system that winds its way along
the river on the south side of Terrace. In the.
summer it would be a place for strollets and
cyclists. In the winter, possibly a cross country
ski trail.

In early 1998 a city concept for public access |
failed because of objections by people who own?
farmland alongside the river. Might it now be
possible to revisit that idea?

There are already key elements in place to build
upon the river’s presence, Ferry Island, despite
flooding, is a popular place on which to take a
walk. Could it be possible to attach a footbridge
beside or underneath. the highway bridge that
now connects the city to Ferry Island? Crossing
that bridge now on its narrow sidewalk isn’t
much of an enjoyable experience.

And once on the city side of the bridge, a trail °
system extending on both sides would provide —
added opportunity to enjoy the river.

The city has already demonstrated its ability to
work with landowners and volunteers in provid- |
ing for green space and trails. Of all the work the
city does with the tax money entrusted it, its ef-
forts in green space and trails stand out; 2.3" 2.

Witness the work done to extend the trail

;
tem along the foot of the bench in the horseshoe.
New bridges and gravelled pathways now make
it possible for an enjoyable and extended stroll!
among tall trees, connecting up to the existing
stretch which comes out at Christy Park. As well,
volunteers have made improvements to the sec-

tion beside Howe Creek just north of the park.

With this kind of track record, a concerted ef-
fort on the part of the city for river access for the
enjoyment and use by all can only add to the
city’s growing quality of life.

Cruising along

PRINCE RUPERT is taking another step in de-
veloping a tourism cruise indusiry which will
also benefit this city. The Prince Rupert Port’
Authority has let tenders to fix the dock where
the closed Atlin fish processing plant now sits.

Next month, if things go according to plan,
tenders will be let to fix up the plant building as
a reception point for cruise ship passengers.

Once this is done, Prince Rupert has the foun-
dations upon which to continue marketing itself
aS a cruise ship stopping point. This can only
boost the coastal city’s economy. And a healthier‘
Prince Rupert means a healthier economy here.

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VICTORIA — In one of
the most blistering rulings 1
have ever read, a B.C.
Supreme Court judge last
weck described a
defendant’s actions as a
“compelling and cynical
example of duplicity and
bad faith.’”

The ‘arrogant’
defendant, Justice Glen Par-
rett said, had deliberately
tried to suppress more than
2,000 documents germane

to the case and done every-.

thing possible to cover up
the misdeeds that brought
on the trial.

Ladies and gentlemen, I-

give you the crook that so

raised the ire of the judge —
s the Ministry of Forests.of

the province of British
Columbia,

The case invoives Carricr
Lumber of Prince George
which had its timber licence

cancelled in 1993 for al-.

legedly failing to live up to

the terms of its agreement

with the forests ministry.

But Justice Parrett found
that the firm had been
“sacrificed’’ to cover up
forests ministry mistakes
and because of changing
political priorities. He
awarded Carrier
damages for the 2.5 million
cubic metres of timber it
had left to harvest under its

MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital

Lumber.

‘FROM.THE CAPITAL
HUBERT BEYER

licence.

The award will leave B.C.
laxpayers on the hook for
more than $150 million,
plus punitive damages yet to
be determined.

. The trial brought to glar-

ing light what I have said

for years: The forests minis-
try is out of control, with
bureaucrats yielding the
power of economic life and
death over anyone making
their living in the forest,
aided and abetted by
politicians who cannot or
will not rein them in.

Carrier had been given a
10-year, five-million-cubic-
metre licence in 1983 to
harvest a pine beetle-
infested area 200 kilometres
west of Williams Lake,

All went well until the
licence was cancelled in
1993,

What really was behind
the cancellation of Carrier’s
licence was an out-of-the-
biue promise by former
premier Mike Harcourt at
108 Mile House in 1992 to
native leaders that Carrier
wouldn’t be allowed to log
in their traditional territories
without the natives’ con-
sent,

Also at the meeting were
then forests minister Dan
Miller and David Zirnhelt,
who holds that portfolio
now.

Harcourt had never made
a secret of his conviction
that native land claims were
high on his government’s
agenda. oe

The:. treaty process: ‘was.

shifling into high gear, the

goal of justice to natives at
long last was a noble one,
and promises not to log on
any disputed land until final
agreements were reached
seemed quite in order, but
only-as long as any actions
based on those convictions
didn’t hurt others.

The choice was really
simple. The government ei-
ther allowed Carrier to com-
plete its logging operations
or fell the company that
priorities have changed, log-
ging must stop, but there
would be fair compensation,

What the government and

rewoven, and his Florsheim

iis bureaucrats attempted to

do instead amounts to large-
scale thievery,

In the aftermath of this
conduct most foul, several
issues need to be addressed
immediately.

First, forest minister
David Zirnhelt must resign.
He is so tainted by the
scandal that no British
Columbian can ever trust
him again.

Second, a successor must
be found. May I suggest
Corky Evans, the current
Minister of Agriculture and
Foods. Evans is one of the
few cabinet ministers who
has not squandered the pub--

., lic trust. He may not want

‘the job but should take it
nevertheless.

And third but not last, the
bureaucracy that has run the
forests ministry for decades
must be disemboweled to
bring & measure - of |
normalcy and faimess to
forest districts and regions
that are now but fiefdoms
ruled over with impudence
by high-paid and high-
powered bureaucrats,

Beyer can be reached at
Tet: (250) 920-9300; e-mail
kubert@coolcom.com;
Fax: (978) 477-5656
web:http:/iwww,
huberibeyer.com/

be included: a rent-a-maid ser-

Here’s a way to make money

hopes to rent lobby space to

vendors as a way of, increasing

its revenue. Vendors selected

should not only make patients’

hospitalization less stressful

but also give them greater”
retum for the time they spend

lying abed,

To think, in this high-geared
age when everyone tries hard
to do three tasks at the same
time — for instance driving
through traffic, chatting on
their cellphone, and listening
to Bill Richardson on CBC
Radio -— that once a person
sieps through the frout door of
a hospila] they flake out on a
bed and for the next 12 hours
do nothing more productive
than cough, unless they're
there to deliver a baby.

With a proper selection of
vendors, even the anesthetized
patient can accomplish select
tasks while draped for surgery.

For example, the insurance
agent who drives to the hospi-

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tal at dawn for 8 a.m. surgery
could park his car in the side
lot where an aulo detailer —
booked 16 months in advance
— could clean his vehicle in-
side and out using scrubbing
and = vacuuming © equipment

hauled about in a van.

While he’s in surgery, the
agent’s street clothes could be
pressed, the L-shaped tear in
jacket

the ‘sleeve of his

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shoes polished.

Rather than leave his Irish
setter to sulk in its dog run, the
pet could be whisked aff by a
groomer for a clip, shampoo,
and nail job before his master
is discharged by his surgeon.

When the palicnt retums
home .that evening to con-
valesce, his mind will be at
ease knowing these niggling
errands have been tended to,
Peace of mind aids healing.

And why not capitalize on
the general anesthetic adminis-
tered for amputation of a
diabetic foot or excision of an
abdominal tumor, Arrange for
a dentist to fill or crown a few
molars at the same time. Even
a podiatrist would find space to
lop off a bunion or two. Work
both ends against the middle,
you might say.

What with the shortage of
nurses, beds, and budgets,
several vital vendors. ought to

vice, a bed rental outlet, and an
hourly janitorial service for
finicky ox rich patients if their
rooin doesn’t pass the white
glove check-up,

Regardless of doctors’ and
surgeons” skills, life insurance
-— similar to that sold in air-
porls — should be available to
every patient And instead of a
direct phone to the local cab
service, why not a direc! line to
a pizza place? Hospital stays
are too short for any other food
service to deliver before the
patient’s sent home.

Today, even major surgery is
but a minor blip in a patient's
daily routine because of. the
need to cut expenses, get by
without nursing care, and mini-
mize costs in every way pos-
sible.

A thoughtful choice of
vendors will bridge that blip
until even your postman won't
kiow you had surgery.

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