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application will be made to the
Director‘of Vital Statistics for a
change of name, pursuant to the
provisions of the “Name Act” by
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porarily, they could transfer to
Prince George or Quesnel and
return to Terrace to complete
the course.

Since this new nursing pro-
gram at NWCC was announced

- in late December, more than.14
applications have been pro-
cessed and more are “in the
works”’, Thomson points out
that the vast majority of in-
quiries and applications are
from mature residents who have
‘been waiting for years to have a
nursing program in the north.

She adds she has answered re-

quests from men on the nursing
program as well. Nursing is
becoming much more.appealing
for men. The wages are going
up; the diversity is there; and the
image of nursing is changing.

The new program is being co-
ordinated with the College of
New Caledonia (CNC) in Prince
George, which already has ex-
perience with the two year nurs-
ing program. Associate Director
of Health from CNC Judy
McGilvrey is working closely
with NWCC to ensure the suc-
cess of the Registered Nursing
program.

Thomson is excited that
NWCC will have direct input in
adapting the nursing program to
the needs in our area. She points
out that there are good resource
people in Terrace who were in-

‘volved in the nursing program
started by the Nisga’a a few

years ago, —

‘Thomson. has been coor-
. -dinator of the Continuing Care
: Assistant and: Nursing programs

cat NWCC since January 1989.
’ She ‘graduated from a three-year

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5530 p.m. Ask for Dava.

‘three or four

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iod-last.week uncovered 41

Vehicles . with safety defects.

enough. to ‘be: ticketed.

‘those vehicles - were .
the toad and towed.

_ Cpl.

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of 40 wprn; ability to work _ | :

" Porteus, ‘head: the Terrace

‘detachment’ Ss. highway. - patrol
section, said most. of. the other
- serious problems. involved non

Jim .
en asked what -

‘functioning: emergency. brakes
and brake lights and. worn or
defective steering components... -

.@.province-wide police campaign
to get hazardous vehicles repair-.

_éd, New. regulations enacted by

the Solicitor General give police

the authority to impose a mini- —
mum fine of $500 against .the :
t owners:of cars and- ‘trucks wha,
. fail to-have designated repairs or

-inspections performed within 30
~“days.. The Insurance. Corpora-

tion of B.C. can withold renewal -
of i insurance: Tor, vehicles = under.

The two-day blitz was part of -

*
repair ‘orders.

-In addition to the: two vehicles
taken off the -road -‘in local

roadblocks, 31. vehicles. were -
: sent to designated repairs shops: _
‘to be fixed and inspected and -

another eight were ordered tobe:
repaired. and re-inspected by
RCMP staff. Eight owners. were

“formally charged with operating =

unsafe vehicles,

law ‘ ‘enforcement - landscape. ins
this. area. gn,

Tou r ism task fol rce - a continied from page eo Ag

‘some of its local problems first.

His first suggestion: “Repair

city: streets and potholes, a

Gord’ Shaben of Blue Ridge-.
Graphics, agreed. ‘“Terrace is the:
~- hub,”’-

~he - said, “but ‘when
tourists start: coming here we

have to. have our’ infrastructure:

together.”’Shaben also told. the

task force that more campsites

"are needed in the area and local.

- businessmen — should start

hospital-based: nursing: program
at St. posepn’s Hospital in: Vic-

developing. things. before out-

. - Siders capitalize on-.our tourism.
'_ assests. “We need more local en-

trepreneurs,’’ he said.
City tourism development

representative Peter Monteith ..
stated as s the first priority for the »

licensed practical nurses’ who
want to upgrade to Registered

.. Nurses. They will get credit for

pleted by oo A
through the Open Universit
The vast majority of the course

was taken at UBC, Thomsen -

feels her broad-based educa-

tional background gives her a

different perspective and ex-
perience to bring to the nursing
program. She and two instruc-
tors, Cheryl Brown from
Kitimat and Kathy McDonald
from Lac La Hache and Papua,
New Guinea, provide the direct
instruction for the students, with
Larissa Tarwick as resource per-
son. Tarwick is the Division
Head of Health and Social Ser-
vices for all the college centers of
NWCC,

Northwest Community Col-
lege has applied for funding to
increase their nursing student in-
take from 16 to 24 per year. |

The college is also hoping to
offer accelerated programs in
Chemistry 12, Introduction to
the Health Care Field, Health
Care in B.C., Sociology and
Developmental Psychology.

The courses will be broad-
based enough for people want-
ing to train as lab technicians
and physiotherapists. They are
just waiting for funding to offer
these accelerated courses (12

weeks in duration rather than .

15). The Registered Nursing pro-
gram can be taken on a part-
time basis if the support courses
are done prior to entering the
program.

The new ‘‘bridging program”

will be geared specifically to

ve approximately 24 weeks of their
‘training, They will come into the

‘college. for a 10-week refresher
d-Orieitation and then go di-
rectly: ‘intosecond year Regis-

-tered = “Nu sing. programs at

give information. to any. ne: in-
terested in the nursing.
in the Northwest. This. could i in

clude potential students in’ the!) js,

nursing program, parents of.i

terested people and any in-

terested residents. The meeting
will commence at 7 p.m. in room
208 of the Administration Build-
ing at NWCC. It will be tele-
conferenced to all the college
centers in the Northwest.
Discussion will include course
pre-requisites, ‘‘bridging’’ for
practical nurses wanting to up-

grade to RNs, changes in nurs- .

ing in the Northwest and what it
will mean to all of us.

Please phone Student Services.

at any NWCC campus if you
would like to attend.

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‘area the need for a provincially-

funded marketing. survey.

“*There’s' a. lack -of- good. -
Statistics,”” said. Monteith. We’
talk, about. marketing but first
_we have to know who's coming

and why. If we don’t ‘get these
numbers we can’t focus | our

marketing strategy.’’ As far as.
‘training is ‘concerned, Monteith.
pointed out that .the general |
“public is one of our. greatest.
assets and:they need training as -
well, Anyone who has an out-of--
_town friend or relative visit them:
‘Should know where to take them. c 1

.. *; for the first cut but there may be |
of. Mount :
Layton Hot, Springs. seemed to.

and what to do.”
Bert . Orleans

agree with Monteith but added a

- few ideas of his own. First, we
have to have something to offer -

.tourists the facilities they want
before we start advertising. This

is where Monteith’s marketing -

survey would be useful. In deter-
mining just what sort of
facilities we need. ‘Otherwise
we're going to have disap-
pointed tourists,’’ said Orleans,
‘‘and they’re not going to come
back.”* Orleans added to this
that local tourism businesses
have to start working together.
.For example, local fishing and
hunting guides, Shames Moun-
in and the hot springs might
eam up to provide a com-
2 ive package that would
jre‘inviting to the potential
ist.” We.have to work
together, he ‘explained, instead
of each of us fighting gur own
battle. "

Kitimat-Stikine Regional
District economic development
officer Andrew Webber also
supported Monteigh’s idea for a
survey. “Bert Orleans says give
the client what he wants, but
how do you know what that is?”’
said Webber, ‘‘From the devel-
opment end, it’s hard to work
with investors without some sup-
porting information. I think a
survey would be a real aid to the
development pracess.’” And one
thing that should be addressed in
that survey, says Webber, is
determining the market value of
our fish stocks. If we’re going to

. promote fishing in the area,
what is the profit compared to
_ the cost? In addition, he said,
. Fish management. policies are an
_important .factor in’ attracting,

keeping and making a profit on

’ tourists.

area.

‘Comments from the» task’ |
force included the’ tourism boun- |
dary issue. Pucci said. he would |

like to see tourism boundaries ’
re-aligned for a. number ‘of
reasons.

Re-alignment into
smaller and more specific: areas

-would provide - better. manage- |

ment of. the resource, individual

regions would: be able to lobby

harder for funds, and local
budgets for. marketing from the
provincial government would
“‘increase-tremendously”,:
: Pucci also touched on the VIA
Rail issue. -We weren’t targetted

more,. He said there -has been
talk of privatizing VIA Rail and
the B.C, Ferries system, and the

region should be working closely

with these issues. More ferries
and passenger trains with better
scheduling could make a big dif-
ference to the Northwest. Also

involved in transportation,. an:
east-west air link between the
Queen Charlottes and Edmon-

‘ton, serving all points in bet-

ween, could add greatly to the
attractiveness of our region, He
added: later that a customs ser-
vice at the Terrace airport would
be a part of this.

Bolton touched on Native

issues and concerns and made

some valid points. One of our

- greatest drawing cards as a

region is the Native culture and
many people are unaware of
what’s available in their own
“The finest cedar bark
weaving in the world comes right
from our own area,” said
Bolton as one example. Few -
were aware of the fact. This is
something Bolton described as
“annoying”? and added that,
“Training is really important,
People should know what's
available in their area,’”

Only a hodge-podge of ideas
exists at this point but Pucci says
they will be considering all sug-
gestions they collect before they
submit a priorized list of the
needs in our region to Victoria,
All the ideas’ presented at the
Terrace meeting were of value
and if something comes back
from Victoria we could-have a
comprehensive tourism package
in place soon. But don’t start
counting your dollars yet. Pucci
said that even if we began today,
it would be at least three years

. before any promotion would
begin to show a profit.

-*Porteus: said. vehicle ingpecs wet
tion roadblocks are going’: to -
_bécome-a regular feature of. the _: