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2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 21, 1988

Federal Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon spoke to the Ter-

race and District Chamber of

Commerce last Thursday, ac-

companied’ by Skeena PC candidate Ray Halvorsen
(canter). Siddon announced the creation of a new advisory
body here to look after the interests of recreational
fishermen in the Skeena watershed.

Strike — continued from page 1

busy at this time of year.”

“At the Highways department,
regional director Neville Hope
said seven people were continu-
ing to operate road patrols, to

_ keep the public advised of condi-

tions. Maintenance and con-
struction work has been sus-
pended, Hope also said that

_ through an agreement with the

union, the Usk Ferry is continu-
ing to operate. Other inland

‘ferry services in the province
were not designated as essential

services. . - .
The Skeena Public Healt
Unit is providing some public
health services. Mike Corbeil
said the B.C. Nurses Union has
an agreement: with the BCGEU
to continue working during the
strike. Speech and hearing ser-
vices are not being offered, and
no public health inspections will
be done except in the case of an
emergency. There was no ad-
ministrative support staff work-
ing, and a picket line was in

place.
Magnusson estimated 35 peo-
ple from Social Services and

' . Housing were on strike, leaving

three excluded personnel to run
the office. District manager Bill
Anderson was answering the
‘phones Monday.

-- Some departments had been
shut down completely, and some
have an answering machine to
deal. with. calls. The recorded
message at Environment and
Parks advised callers to phone
-the local RCMP in the case of an
emergency, the local office of

the Corrections branch took
~ messages for staff to return, and

no answer was received at the

Weigh Scales on Highway 16.

The offices of Municipal Af-
fairs; Advanced Education and
Job Training, and Employment
Standards, all located at 4548

‘Lakelse, were empty. Only two |
"staff. people are excluded from
the union, a picketer explained,
and as industrial relations of-

ficers, they have never come in
to work when there was a job ac-

tion in progress. A notice on the
“door advised contractors need-

ing electrical permits to contact

B.C. Hydro.
"The correctional facility here

in Terrace continued to operate

as usual, with union members
“going in to work their shifts.
» ‘There was a picket set up over
“the weekend, but the union

discontinued jit. Staff have
worked through the strike; -get-
ting passes te cross the picket
line to maintain this essential
service. nes

ge

Magnusson said. that the
union has agreed to provide
emergency services, with
workers on stand by, if manage-
ment cannot handle the re-
quests, such as for public health
inspections. .

BCGEU spokesperson Sheila
Fruman told the Terrace Review
that wages were the only out-
standing issue. When talks came
to an impasse Friday night, the
government had offered five
percent increases in each of three
years, while the union was ask-
ing for 25 percent over three
years. “We've indicated we’re
ready to get back to bargaining
if the government is prepared to
move on their final wage offer,
and we're prepared to move on
our latest proposal,’* she said.

In all other’ areas..talked pro-.-

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gressed satisfactorily. In regard
to protection for BCGEU

members from privatization, an

agreement was worked out giv-
ing workers the choice of re-
maining within government in a
similar job, or going to work
with private contractors while
maintaining their pensions and
the right to opt back into
government service once the
contracts expire. oe

‘Several hundred Terrace
residents are members of the

29,000-strong B.C. Government

Employees Union.

- Federal Fisheries Minister
Tom Siddon took a whirlwind
tour of the Northwest last week,
strewing over $1 million of
federal money in his wake.
Siddon arrived in Prince
Rupert Sept. 14, where he an-
nounced a total of $190,000
from the Small Craft Harbours
Revitilization Program for
redredging the moorage at
Dodge Cove and installing lights
on the Rushbrook floats. The
following day in Kitimat he an-
nounced that the same program
will provide up to $1 million for
dredging, expansion and im-

provements at the Kitimat-

Stikine Regional District’s MK

Bay Marina at the north end of

the Douglas Channel.
Regional district’ adminis

trator Bob Marcellin said they.

have been: working actively for
about two months with the DFO
to put the deal together, He ex-
‘pects a report coritaining the
concept design of the revamped
marina to be issued in the next

" few weeks, with detailed plans to

follow before the end of the
year. oe

Marcellin noted that some
local money may be involved in
the project because it appears
that the eventual cost will exceed

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In Terrace Siddon spoke to
the Chamber of Commerce at a

luncheon meeting Thursday,

and while announcing no money
for the local community he did
say a new advisory body is being
established to represent sport
fishing interests in the Skeena
River watershed. The current
Skeena River Management ad-
visory committee is heavily

" weighted in favor of commercial

fishing interests, but Siddon did

body or act as an independent

advisory group. -

Jim Culp, a former. Terrace
community sport fishing advisor
to the DFO, was chosen to ‘‘de-
velop a consultative process”
with recreational fishermen in
the region.

Siddon was accompanied on
the tour by Skeena Tory can-
didate Ray Halvorson.

Terrace Mountain |
catches on fire

TERRACE — Near the end of a
quiet forest fire season a small
blaze erupted on Terrace Moun-
tain Sunday during an unlikely
period of heavy rainfall.

Kalum Forest District protec-
tion officer Erle Holt said the
fire burned about one-tenth of a

Date Hi Lo Prec.
Sept.12 19.5129 trace

Sept. 13. 17.9 11.7 nil

Sept.14 17.3106 -_ nil
Sept.15 14.8 3.6 trace
16.6 3.7 ~~ il
16.6 68 — nil

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