RE en ne ra Te SLAPS flea Seen CAI a NA Pr ne 5 eae a pie iEOb eat A te (re Ror ae eae tHe see fees RARE at ea PROVINOTAL LIBRARY VARLIAGENE BLDS3 VICTORIA BC _Spring Creek fire protection up the creek Lorne; | a : THORNHILL FIRE HALL Thornhill and Coperside Estate residents will vote for improvements to the Thorn Department on Saturday, have their mill rate doubled to eight mills, but taxes hill Volunteer Firefighters Thornhill residents will will increase only six percent, Homeown perside Estate, who are currently not cov department, will be levied an eight mill in increase will amount to a total of $61,300, which will go ers in Cop- toward purchase of a new ered by the paying off the debt on crease. The operations, fire truck and equipment, the fire hall and truck, equipment reserves, and training. , =a Terrace daily herald | ™ r FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1977 20¢ VOLUME 71 NO. 138 Pipeline would interfere ~ with hunting rights - FORT ST. JOHN, B.C, (CP) — A spokesman for the Union of British - Columbia Indian Chiefs told a National Energy Board hearing Thursday into a natural gas Pipeline proposed for northeastern B.C, that its approval would deny aboriginal hunting fishing and trapping rights, Louise Mandell said Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., Proposing the line, oesn’t understand In- dian aboriginal rights or their importance to the livelihood of natives. The pipeline would connect an area south of here to a proposed gas processing plant near Chetwynd, 85 kilometres nat of Dawson Creek, Mandell presented a Series of motions at the which is. hearing designed to delay proceedings so native people could gather evi idence to fight both this | pipeline and another proposed for the Silver- Dahl area north of here. Mandell asked that A. L. Horseman, author of Westcoast’s social and environmental ‘impact report, be required to attend the hearing so he could answer questions on his report. She later agreed to accept testimony from Horse- man’s aide, who was present at the hearings. Representatives from the East Moberly Lake reserve, near Chetwynd, testified that their way of ‘life would be disrupted severely during con- struction of the pipeline. They said native people were also concerned about loss or disease of animals along their trap Whale died of Dheumonia STEWART, B.C. (CP) Fraser Heston, a volunteer Vancouver aquarium worker who flew to this north coastal British Columbia com- munity Wednesday to attempt to rescue a sick dolphin, said today the animal died of pneumonia. Heston said the dolphin, originall: thought to be a whale, caught pneumonia from breathing cold air as it lay stranded on the beach with its weight bearing down on its lungfs, The animal, identified as a Risso’s or Grampus dolphin, a native of deep water near the California coast, was believed to have been stranded on mud and rocks at low tide Tuesday morning. ; Heston said the dolphin had a heavy infestation of parasites in its stomach and apparently beached itself in weariness from fighting the parasites. He said the animal's head was being taken to Vancouver for further ¢ autopsies to determine whether the parasites had also affected its ability to. send and receive sonar signals on obstructions in the water. A pod-of dolphins had been seen near here all summer and the dead animal, which was well advanced in age, probably came from the pod, Heston said. Volunteers had at- tempted to save the animal, battling a con- stant snowfall Tuesday night to create a salt. water pool to balk it's attempts to reach the beach. It was found dead Wednesday morning. Heston described the dolphin as being about three metres long, and weighing 800 pounds, with & large dorsal fin and grey skin. lines, the influx of workers disrupting their culture and their rights to rap, hunt and fish; e hearings continue today. . Pulp market to stay slow VANCOUVER (CP) — It may take three years before the world pulp market gets back: to normal, Ian Barklay, chairman of British Columbia Forest - Products, said Thursday. Barklay told a service club that the industry estimates it will take at least this long before surplus pulp inventories are worked off and prices VANCOUVER (CP) — The president of the Fort Nelson Chamber Commercewarned Thursday that if the British Columbia Railway's rail extension to his northeastern B.C. community is shut down, 700 jobs reliant on the Crown-owned railway would be in jeopardy, “The whole town will be screaming bloody murder if the provincial government shuts us down—our whole economy will be wrecked,’ said John Piety in an interview. The head of the Royal Commission —_ in- vestigating the BCR’s affairs announced Thursday that serious consideration was being given to a special interim report to decide the fate of the Fort Nelson line, which is expected to lose climb to an acceptable i - level. He said that Canadian pulp mills were expected t operate at between 75 and 80 per cent of capacity next year, down rom this year’s rate of slightly less than 80 per cent, Earlier this week, Ron Longstaffe, executive vice-president of Canadian Forest ; Products Ltd., said B.C. pulp mills would have to shut down between six and 12 weeks in 1978 to help reduce inventories. Barklay said he agreed 7 with this estimate, He sald BCFP cut produc- tivity by the equivalent of eight weeks during 1977, and could occur i hext year Since the 1978 pulp market was not expected . to improve. He said American danavian producers were estimated to have just under 2.7 million tons of manufactured pulp in surplus, with one third of that held by Canadian companies. North Similar downtown | and Scan- © Expansion of Terrace public library will go Saturday. The expansion will almost double th library and will cost $175,000. Expansion of Terrace public libr. library and will cost 700 jobs in of, $20 million in the next five years. Mr. Justice Lloyd McKenzie said t Special report, to be presented to the provincial cabinet early next year, would he Separate to the com- mission’s main recom- mendations on the railway’s operations. he announcement followed the disclosure that BCR intends to put $35 million into the Fort - Nelson extension in a three-year upgrading program starting next year. COSTS $100 MILLION Roger Clarke, the railway's chief finance officer, told the com- mission that $100 million in capital costs and operating losses have been sunk into the 250- mile extension from Fort St. John since it opened in ayk + $175,000. The loan and debenture will mill to referendum on e floor space of the Thr losn snf frbroyutr ellp- ary will go to referendum on Saturday. The expansion will almost double the floor space of the Weather The oudook for the weekend is more of the same - clear and cold with gusty north winds. Overnight low -10. Tomorrow's high is expected to he 5 degrees, jeopardy . Walter Shtenko, BCR’s chief of engineering services, said the line has caused so many problems that it is keeping busy 50 per cent of his depart- ment’s geotechnic staff and 70 per cent of his Prince George construc- tion crew. _ He said over 25 per cent of his $9 million budget has been spent this year on the line, which he called ‘‘one of the reatest railroadin iascos of our time.” A recent survey showed 1,458 faults in the rail, which is five or six times higher than normal, said A. G. Richmond, BCR’s chief engineer. Richmond said material orders for upgrad must be placed before March 1 for work fo mmencing in 1978. He said if the project is delayed a full year, losses will jump $4 ion. “by DONNA VALLIERES Herald staff writer A _ referendum to establish’ a volunteer: firefighting department at Spring Creek has been cancelled by the Kitimat- Stikine Regional District because of complications with district of Terrace firefighting plans, “We are left with nothing because of the interference of things that really have nothing to do with us,”’ according fo Todd Strachen, a member on the board set up to plan the firefighting department. esidents of Spring Creek had formed a society to put together a . proposal which was then resented to the regional rd. The society was asking for a $50,000 capital loan and $5,000 annual operating ex- nses which would have een recovered from homeowners in the Spring Creek area. There are from 50 to 100 homes in the area which extneds from the nor- thern boundary of Terrace out to Deep Creek, and to the Kalum Lake Road and Merkley Road area. In the past year there has been three fires in Spring Creek, one oc- curring this past summer which started in a trailer and spread to a nearby house. “The Thornhill department came to that fire and they did a great job, but it takes them sa ong to get there,” Strachen said. Thornhill volunteers may attend fires in Spring Creek and they are allowed to bring their tanker truck which belongs to the members, but they may not, because of regulations, bring equipment ; belonging to the Thornhill Department and paid for by residents of Thornhill. The same is true of Terrace . firefighters. Members may volunteer to fight the fire, but are not allowed to bring Terrace-owned equip- ment. The $50,000 loan was to have gone toward pur- chase of a building to house a 1,000 gallon capacity tanker truck and accessories. The society had an option on a property in ring Cree which eady had a suitable buil on it, but with cancellation of the referendum, the society will lose this opion. . "The delay is going to mean the loss of the building,’’ Strachen explained. in River Timber offered the use of one of their tanker trucks for the winter, but without a building, the society will have to turn down this offer, he said. John Bogelund, . president of the Spring eek Volunteer Hbrarlai: children’s... “y sine Perry Firefighters Society, was optimistic that the area would get firefighting services, “We put in the proposal only under the assump. tion this was the ly option we had for getting firefighting,” he said. However, at a Nov. 10 meeting between Bogelund and ad- ministrators from the regional district and Terrace, the three parties discussed other options of sharing fire pratection between Terrace and Spring Creek. ; The regional district then said that because of other meeting, the referendum would be cancelled. If talks bet- ween Spring Creek and Terrace do not come up with any agreement as to equipment sharing, though, a referendum could go through in the Spring, Bogelund said. “Some of the residents are upset over the delay,’’ Bogelund ad- mitted, but the proposed scheme could mean a potential reduction of insurance rates for homeowners. The plan if fer each resident in Spring Creek to contract with the Terrace Fire Department which would bill the resident for _ fire protection services. in the case of a fire, a Terrace fire truck would attend the scene and Spring Creek volunteers would put out the fire. The complicated for- mula for insurance rates does not guarantee a reduction in premiums, but if the society had gore the original route, reductions would have been definitely ruled out. Insurance rates in Spring Creek are about triple those of downtown Terrace, according to Bogelund estimated. Terrace has plans to eventually build a fire hall on the bench. Creek couldthen irateod for higher services for a lesser amount of money, Bogelund said. The society's president Stressed that no com- mitment has been made to share services with Terrace. “If we can provide aa good a service for less Cost then that's the route we'll go,” he said. Strachen was cerned that Spri residents would have to wait until next year to" have any fire protection — service at all. , “It's going to take a . long time for them to ' develop something,” he © said. “It’s prossible that -. it might even cost us” more and we'll no longer have the other alter- mew talking about “We were ing abou fire Protection for win- _ ter,” Strachen said, ° “Now we're talking about next year," Continued page 8 represent @ .057 mill rate increase at present rates and will cost about $4.56 per household. Purpose of the extension is to provide more space for boods and other library materials, study areas, lay area and more working areas. Above, head es with display of what the new library will look Uke If voters gif approval om Saturday.