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by Don Baker

.. The Sritish Columbia
Ministry of Human
. Resources has set up a
telephone answering and
referral service -to at-
tempt to combat. child
- @tuse and = Terrdce
r-sidents can use a. toll-
icee number to seek Help
or make a report if they
feel a child here is being
iilstreated. .

Grace McCarthy | the
Human Resources
Minister saya in a press
release that the ‘Helpline

for Children” is designed

-to “ supplement existing
services and provide
access to them for people
‘who may not. be able to
find the” appropriate
telephone number in a
moment of stress.”

Terrace resident wants city . 325,50
to pay after charges dropped

. Bishop said Tu

Manuel Da Silva, a
local restaurant owner
attended ‘the regular
meeting: of. Terrace
council Monday night to

protest what- he con- ha

sidered unfair’ treatment
that he"said he had
received at the hands of
city administration.
DaSilva told council
that he had taken to

t

court by “the municipal .

buildin,

struction of a new.
restaurant-office | com-
plex | on Lazelle
Avenueand said he had
been forced to pay $500 in
lawyers fees before the
charge was withdrawn.
“I'm -trying to create
mimicipalty,” he salt
m ty,” he sald.
“They took me to court
before they would even
explain to me what I was
doing wrong,"he added.
. Crown councel Tom

Callers who use the
helpline during normal

business hours will be °

connected to the nearest
ministry office, At other
times, the caller's .in-
formation will be relayed

_to the nearest ministry
‘office. Atother times, the
caller's information’ will

be relayed to a
designated contact in the’
caller‘s area.

“Among the calls we
expect to receive we
anticipate some will
involve incidents posing
an immediate threat to
the eh, the meinieter
says. “The response
such crisis situations will
he immediate,” Me"
Carthy says: “Promp
‘action in these cases is
required by law and by

the: policy of the
Ministry."" - ,

i “MeCarthy also says
that she wants.‘ -all
British Columbians to be
aware that a single
telephone ‘call can con-
hect them with the staff

4nd services which my
“ministry has available to

deal. with pr
child abuse and neglect,”
McCarthy ‘says also

that she“would like to

“fémind
Columbians thi
. j Ww es
: ae who puspects that

‘crown counsel’s office

acts a8: prosecution in

all British

that

neglected. 0 report the
‘neglec repor
information to. the
Ministry. of Human
Resources. Persons who
make ‘such -reports in
good faith cannot be held
le for any less or

case where municipal ~

bylaws
ive

said the
DaSilva's
service

Crown councel Tom
Bishop said Tuesday the
crown councel's office
acts a5 prosecution in
case where municipal
bylaws are alleged to
have been: broken ‘and
said the. charge.. of. or-
cupying the third floor of
the complex. without a

permit
DaSBilva’s

.. catering

proper
against:

catering service was
withdrawn about a month -

ago =. because =‘ the
prosecutor's office
feltoccupanc
issued to Da Silva was not
worded clearly enough
for a violation to b
proven in c

es

-permit —

are alleged to _
been broken and |
charge against .

problems of:

ber to report chil

damage and the caller
can remain anonymous if
he or she so wishes,”
‘Marg Greening, the
regional manager of
human resources here
said Tuesday that ‘The
purpose of the helpline is
to" make the duty all
residents of British
Columbia have easier to
perform, "G nee.
“We do every we
can to keep the child in
the home,” Greening

added. “The public-must:

realize however that
child abuse. does exist in
this area and it is up to
those who witness a child
being — abused or
neglected to report the
incident to the ap-
propriate authorities,
Greening said. _

“If the child is not in a

_ for

sttation which warrants
his ‘immediate réfnoval
from the home,,.the
Ministry of Human
Resources may attempt
to aid. the family in
several different ways.e
One way in which a home

situation may be im-—
‘proved is through the use

of support staff. For
example, if a child is
being improperly cared
because the parents
or parent is ignorant of
proper child-care

methods, ‘a homemaker

or nurse may be in-’
troduced Into the home,
Y support wor!
may also. be mal
certain situations wheré
. is not- deemed
remove the

necessary to
- Child or children in

question from the home.
but where help is needed
to establish an en-.
vironment which is

When a child must be
removed from the home
for his or her safety, the
social worker who is
assigned to investigate

,the situation has the

authority to remove the

‘child without a. warrant
‘ but he or she ust present

thelr case before a judge

- within seven days of

removing the child from
home,”Greening sald.

me,’ sald, ©
The act which provides
social workers with the

provincial and municipal
constables’ and the
superintendent of child
welfare with the same
authority,” .
Normally the police do
hot get involved in. these
of = situation-

athreatening situation by
uniformed officer."

Ministry of Human
Resources to be involved

in child abuse and neglect
cases than to have the
police involved.” Latta
added, ‘‘ they should have
been doing this: a long
time ago.”

“We don't get a lot of

‘complainta about. child

abuse but ‘that doesn't
mean that..{t.doesn't go

on.. Actuallyithe hospital ph

Province of
British Columbia

The Herald, Wedhesday, August 15, 1970, Page 3

d abuse -

Probably gets more
complaints about child
abuse than the police
department.” Latta said
he had not been ap-

oached « the

pline but he would "be
interested in seeing just
exactly what happens
when Zenith ‘1234 is

oned,” ~ . .

Ministry of
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oung i With the ever-expanding Reforestation Program

within the Prince Rupert Region and the ex-
pected bumper crop of cones, Forest Service and
companies will be requiring a large number of
fallers and cone pickers this autumn.

All Interested individuals please check with your
local ranger station or logging company: for

further details.

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