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§ Tsimshian divisions spill into open |

Overlapping —
claims hinder .
treaty ’ talks. 7

By JEFE NAGEL *

AN. INTERNAL-~ battle ‘Between.

Tsimshian. bands’ and‘ their ‘central: tr

cal council will: be: fought. out. ‘Starting: 3
yin Prince”

today-.at-a special assembl
Rupert. Bre
On .the’.h E seat will be ‘Bob -Hill,

the. president OF. the: “Tsimshian: Tribal, :
the _

. Council, who is: fighting toavoi
breakup of the organization.

Tsimshian. to be hanimered. oul at the
meeting | slated for the rest of this: week

= ‘anid he’s prepared to extend: discus:

sions as-long as required.

SIP it takes us a Week to’ ‘do. it; we’ a :
take” a-week "to do- it,”. Hill. vowed..
. “We: hope to" Te- emerge with, a unified:

oN The fractious. ‘Tsimshian’ have’ long.
ot struggled to-n gotiate. as ‘a,one: tribal.
even though: the ‘seven: ‘distinct:

group,
im illages : “would prefer. to: vend
Fea with seven. ‘different: -treatie Qe

-wanted | to ‘sig ‘one ‘efficient ; over:

the. senior ‘governmeiits.

The dissent boiled out into the open
‘this spring after the Lax Kw*alaams:
band (Port Simpson), pulled out of the:

negotiations.

“governments. io ‘choose. ‘between: th
“courtroom or. ‘the negotiating: table.
The: ‘Withdrawal: of? Lax’ Kw’ alaais

he: largest. Tsimshian: -band” ~ raised”
questions: aver how: treaty: ‘negotiating -
“money: ‘would: now: he:.disbursed, and. :
the! Be Cc. Treaty’: Commission. cut. off. :
n S the: flow-of. cash at’ the. beginning of i
arching treaty: with th ‘Tsimshian, but (April, when the: 2004 fiscal year be :
now. stand ‘ac: *

> cused” of driving: wedges: between ° nike Me

“pane
‘That forced the Kitsumkalum: ‘band

Tsimshian ‘Tribal Council and treaty,

-?The.band had. Yaunched : a awsuit.” b
vagainst™ Canada -over fisheries issues”
> ind -was*. then” ordered: ‘by, the’ senior -

trealy negotiations — office:

managed to'put its ‘egoliators, to work,

‘on other projects,

for’ treaty talks.

“ inoney ‘équally, between: ‘bands. ”

Rath f under the tr
al, council, ‘the six: remaining bands’ “are
inthe” ‘process: of. form

Kitselas ©

“A tussle is row On over whether the.
- ‘Tsimshian- Tribal Council or its mem, -
er bands: controls the cash’ ‘earmarked’.
ms _ Commission hegotiations were being. Li
One ‘problem: was’ ‘Lax. Kw" alaains:” z
i: -wanted : treaty. money to be. handed: out.’..2
‘on “the basis: of : ‘population - = which ©
would hive: favoured -it — rather than,
the historic practice ‘of: dividing ithe:

‘Tsimshian’ Treaty: Negotiation, “Society, ‘2

“It’s not going to bea tribal council
or any kind of governing body,”

- stressed Mel Bevan, the Kitselas trea-.. ;
ty! negotiator who: i is helping: organize oo
“the néw sacicty.”

* Meanwhile: Hill: told the’ B. c Treaty ~

suspended.

“council: president ¢ did not: “have the au-
thority to stop the. talks.’ :
~say don" t

have the powerto' do that, * Hill'said :
“last week:-"In. fact T-do. :

= Thar’ § one of the disputes to ‘be ‘set -

which ‘would be’ strictly.a money: cone

~duit: between the: treaty. ‘commission: me
and: the. bands. « oo

Continued Page A2

“He. was: swiftly ‘contradicted by. ‘the. Me,
“seven: ‘Villages,--including* Kitselas’ and 0
Kitsuinkalum,:; -who:said ” the. tribal” -

closes.
despite
vote |

By JEFF NAGEL.

THE TERRACE Co-op will stay.
alive as .an- organization. but. its:
board of-diréctors has decided’ to.
continue’ the. shutdown: of. ‘its -
building supply centre: ee :
‘Members. ‘voted’ 82- 43 io. dig
band the Co-op: and. sell its fuel -.
cardiock at the Terrace Co: opera- .
tive Agsocialion's. Annual’ general:

. Meeting April. 20.° Oe =
~’ -But the. 65.6 ‘per. -cent of: mem-
‘bers. in favour’ ofthe’ resolution
was. just short: of the: tWwO- -thirds
majority. required: by thie, Co- op 8.

bylaws.

Anew board: of directors, ‘lec
ted the same ‘aight. decided’ ‘April
21 to push. on with the: ‘plan to lik
guidate and. close. the” Co: “OP
Home Centres. oe.

The ‘eight workers there sot.
layoff notices last: month;

“It’s a yery: emotional *thing;” :
re-elected Co-op president, ‘Nirmal
Parmar said. “But there” was: no.
option left.” 0 ’

He said a $915, 000 ‘Toss ‘over’
the -past.- five ‘years: "meant. ‘the .-
Home Centre® “could, not remain -

open. :
“To ‘be a viable’ ‘business: you-
have-to havea profit,” Parmar
‘said, “You can’t havea lc s year :
after year after year.” 3"

The decision to close: followed”
‘an emotional” and turbulent: meel--
ing of nearly: 130 menibers: at. the ;

ie. “bands to exploit | their divisions.

“to fay, off, the: three employees 4 in its’,

By: JENNIFER LANG:

CABIN. AND homeowners’ ©
at Jackpine’ Plats and. La-
. kelse Lake. will-learn more *
|” about’ a ‘forthcoming plan
that, will: shape - -future de-.
_velopment -in their. neigh-- °
’ pourhodds - ‘and ‘address...
long-standing. ‘environ.
mental ‘concerns... .

~ Residents have been: in-

-vited lo. a:méeting’ tonight

at the Thornhill Commun
ity Centre: where’ consul.

a tant David .Forgie ‘of. Asso-

‘ciated . Engineering”. will
outline: phase one ofa
draft. Liquid: “Waste Man-"
agement Plan, It’s a. fol-.
low-up, to .an. open: house

last month.

His report, contains § Sev.

eral. ' ‘recommendations

aimed at improving. waler .;
quality at -Lakelse” Lake,.:
“an environnientally-sensi-.
tive and popular ‘Tecrea:.
‘tional site. . “

Solutions include mite
residential .
growth. at the: Jake. and’. |
Jackpine “Flats, improving -
on-site ~sewage treatment
~ by ‘upgrading septic sys-
lems, and havirig groups of...
move-,-tb.
“cluster”. _treatment®: Bys-
ters. or even- community -

ing - -future::

homeowners,

“| sewer systems...

/GO- OP members vate on ‘disbanding at last Tuesday's. annual general meeling. JEFF. NAGEL PHOTO -

Elks: Hall. :.

The, resolution ‘they: voted on.
would have wound up..the Co-op
‘and ‘approved the ‘sale -of its Keith «
Ave. cardidck ‘to the Vanderhoof :.
Co-op, which: would: continue: to.
operate ite, me

- Because.

‘ibility. of either holding.a second

there were, four,
“Spoiled. ballots — enough to’ ‘swing. .
“the yote —“Parmar raised the poss-

“vote to slarify,the result. or have:
thes floor agree: to. round, up. the.

65.6. per cent. result and: ‘accepl. it”.
‘as. a ‘two-thirds - majority: ‘But
‘members* on: both, sides , of* the
- issue said that would: be: anti- dew
“mocratic, and the result: stood. 2:

. Although the Co- -op- itself sur vo

| Silviculture cash

vives,” the. directors still have. the -
power to close the Home’ Centre, .
in spile of. the® vole. 7
‘ran -high. ‘at fast.
ot week's: meeting among those. who.

Passions.

Continued ee Alt.

. “We're concerried with,
: what: pedple ‘have to. ‘pay’. if,
‘we: have to go to..a'com-
‘munity - system,”

‘Stiking regional’ district of-.-
“ficial “Roger. ‘Fooms-< said: cat, :

: * the open house;

“We haven't

of listed that "yet2", -

- Permissible: ‘Tot! sizes

and” land. use‘designations —
ate also at stake, oe

OF: “Kitimat, -

; concer ;

Kitimat; .

“It's the . government ~’
trying: to. shove something _
down your throat,"
cabin owner Dave. McCrea

properly owners who-most-°

“ly réside “in Kitimat and a
Prince Rupett. oe

‘ He-doesn’t, tély on the :

lake for dribkiag. water: but”

he: docs: usé it _to- fill, his: ;
genérator-run hot. tub.
: He’s “concerned “abou

“pollution, but doesn’t want”
the added: burden: of extra.

expenses = related © to: new

. tegulations’ or higher. taxes. aa
2 for: additional: services...

“The: regional. district ex-

; pects’ to spend-$50,000.on.
a feasibilily-study to deter---.
~ ming. the scope:of” the. en- .
“vironmental ° problems ‘abot

the: lake,’ which: has: high’

levels. of fecal: coliforms, oon
Je. Cols: phosphorus. and |
~ enterocci” veal. ‘conlami-

nants associated with: sew

age! ce, _
The- overgrowth’ of the: a

“noxious. lakeweed E Canae..)
dénsis,:. which. has” flour-

ished ‘in -recent years; ‘is:
ironmental ;

One: of! he’ biggest oe

-questions. ‘the: study = -will
“ address) is “where: the'con-,. |
“tamination i is coming from.

“Commercial and. resi-
dential | septic, systems, ;
paiticularly.. low-lying sep-
tic fields, have: long ‘been

Suspect,: “but. now the: Agso- _

ciated. Engineering: report :
‘and “the .NHAare raising ..

"questions: about. Jackpine
"Flats; w

which is part-oF the ®
watershed draining .. into

: of Makes Lake. wos

said”.

. ‘one of "26° =
‘~southivest.” ‘Lakelse ‘Lake’

~ Region’s calls for.

aid fall on deat ears
By JEFF NAGEL

region will. get just a tiny: fraction ‘of
the money many -Say-is needed. for: ‘sl
viculture work this year’; *°

The ‘government-controlled Forest
Investment Account (FIA) will provide .

$300, 000 in the. Kalum: forest: district ee:
“Roger Harris: had called-on Vietoria

Thar 8 ‘down’ from $1, 1 million are

2003 and way down from district bud-.. year and provide $2 million, for’ the

«district. B
_They's sid that would: have helped

gets of around $10 million under For- -
est Renewal B.C C., the, defunct ‘Prede- ”

_cessor to FIA.
FIA’s formula doles out: dilviculture
- fioney based’ on how. much: ‘logging °

“was: done over ihe Previous three...

DESPITE Tepeated pleas. for nore, itis

“Terrace: city. council and, “MLA:

dispense’ with ‘the. FIA’ formula : this.

That means. money. for: tree. plant- .
-itig, pruning, spacing, and ‘a.variety ‘of °
inventory ‘counts’and | studies: has dried -
‘up | ‘thanks to the-Jong shutdown of New
Skeena: Forest : ‘Products, : coupled, With

‘West. Fraser’ s closure last year.:

“Kevin. Rilpi trick, said: of the. lobbyi

- because we're not cutting enough,” |
ier said. We’ re also Pein Per.

put. ‘people: back. to work i imediately ©

while the government’ §-timber reallo-:

cation is worked-out and. New ‘Skeena :
“some of this district's 20- -yeat-old for"

ve est stands.. The: ‘window of. opportunity: LS

sorts out its ‘future. :
“Te doesn't. seem like: that. went. very

far,”. district. stewardship forester i
ng: would accelerate: the’ growth. of second:

only, mean. less ‘employment Tight now.
_. it. wilf also hinder long-term planning a
“projects. important. to. managing noith-.

west: Forests. and” fi nding. important new

“Welln re, ‘nol, 1 only. being: ‘penalized:

than’ ‘Kalum,
“added. Mucly more: FIA money is going
to" interior regions, -wheré.- Jogging - is.
ramping up‘to deal: with: the Pine bee a
tle: infestation: “7 oS timber’ takeback » will be- used for r silvie: ae
_ Rilpaieln noted. FIA, has, 8 aproved

naiized ‘for. future: opportunities of i im-

proving « our. wood and wood supply.”

Now. is the. optimum time ta ‘space

is’ closing’ to. do® that: work,-which-

growin stands and. make:

hem, ready:
r. harvest” ‘much: -eatlier :

The - adjacent. Kispiox.-and. “North.

Coast. districts. may: be: hit-even harder
“the, cash: shortage, che

an: additional $565, 000 in emergency
Measures to help: deal with the dothi-.-

‘stroma: needle blight infesting. pine.
stands j inthis region, 3:2.

But he: suid’ it - was: ‘expected, that’ wa
money’ would come-in’ addition to a
thuch: healthier « amount for. general sil-

New. money. amaete Pioducts Tor i