FRC ae led aoe es EL ee Ee re ae Te ee fe a a ye oe ye eer ~ Tantalizing trap set ONSERVATION OFFICER Peter Kalina checks a bear trap et up on Lambly Ave. in the horseshoe area. Residents fast jiweek reported aroaming bruin. That's a chunk of meat hang- ing inside the trap as bait. It's ‘on a hook connected to the trap's door. When the bear grabs the meat, the door slams _ Shut. TERRACE — Teachers here aré: stalling: renegotiation: ‘of their «contract in hopes the Social Credit’ government will be defeated in the provincial election, says school district chairman Edna Cooper. “think the “teachers “are waiting for the election,’* she said. Thursday. Cooper denied - the school district is doing likewise. . Provincial wage commis- sioner Ed Lien quashed the con- tract between the teachers and the school district last month, saying raises of seven per.cent-in Those guidelines of 4. 89: per regulations under the provincial government’s Compensation ' Fairness Act known as Bill 82... NPP policy is to. dismantle. Bill. 82, if the party is elected, * and replace it with legislation allowing for what it calls free collective bargaining. “There is no. urgency: (to renegotiate the. contract);”” Cooper said. ‘We are ready to talk when the teachers -are.- ready. We are patiently waiting for them to decide what they.- want to do." School trustees will decide at each of two years exceeds aes oo bape he a4 ane ~ = vti or) ear GO... how to respond to Lien's order, cent “a--year are: “contained ins. The local contract was reach- ‘ed May 13 through mediator Vince Ready after 14 months of negotiation failed to achieve a settlement: oe - Cooper said the school board isn’t making” any immediate moves to go back to the bargaining: table with school ‘district administrators either, Lien rolled: back their pay hikes of 5.2 per cent. She said no decision had been made on when. ta start renegotiating the administration wage increases. The Terrace: District aw Tuesday night’s, board meeting i; Téachers'::Union. (IDTU) ex; cate 7 sordshpabey npaldt he t j } eet ree rama. OR _AGAIN... olf you can get it here...° aor “We will give you a minimum of ecutive will discuss the situation next Wednesday, said union president Robert Brown. . -He calls Lien’s rollback of the teachers’ contract ‘‘unwar- ranted interference with collec- tive bargaining,” “Ed Lien and Bill 82 should have. gone :the way of Bill. Vander Zaim,”’ Brown said. “I look forward to the day when Ed Lien gets his pink slip.’’ “This is a scandal-ridden government that’s still trying to find an election: issue. If..the government was looking for a: way to cause anger and unrest in the: schcol system, it’ $ found Terrace Standard, Weenie, sept 41001 — ~ Page 4a , NDPr remains | re er re ave in the lead | TERRACE The New: Democratic Party continues to lead the Social Credit party in Skeena,. says a public opinion. poll, The poll was conducted for’. The Terrace Standard by Educomp, a lower mainland opinion survey company. Between Aug. 23-26, it asked, ‘IF there were a provincial elec- tion tomorrow, for which political party would you vote.”’ Of those contacted who were decided voters, 51 per cent said they would vote NDP and 44.1 per cerft: said they would vote Social Credit. That’s .a slight decrease for the NDP but a slight increase for Social Credit since Educomp conducted its first poll the beginning of August. The percentage of undecided voters increased, from 15.7 per cent of those who responded in the first poll to 17.6 per cent in the second one. _ Liberal support was 3, 9 per cent while one per cent said they would vote for other parties, The New Democratic Party in the North Coast riding remains on top with 53.9 per cent of Speaking in Terrace two weeks. ago, Premier Rita Johnston threatened to take ac- ‘tion if teachers and school ‘boards ignore Lien's order to renegotiate contracts. But she refused to spell out just what the government might do. While she hoped boards and teachers would renegotiate re- jected contracts on their own, Johnston said ‘‘There are provi- sions made for the government dealing with issues that are otherwise not, being resolved.”” She said the labour minister ‘would look into-each case and then come to cabinet with a ft. ” , recommendation on “how it oT Aiea cm a * ; we a as. * i fc ca a ry al he HD FF eR decided voters compared to 37 9 7 ‘per cent for Social Credit... uf ae es In the new riding of Bulkley Valley-Stikine, which takes in . the'Hazeltons and Smithers, 49 per-cent of decided voters said - ‘they would vote NDP while 43.9", _ per cent said they would vote a Social Credit. Undecided voter percentages : were 19.1 per cent in Bulkley Valley-Stikine and 14,9 per cent in North Coast. | The sample size per consti-. “tuency varied between 300 and: "Teachers said waiting for the upcoming election - 360 people. Educomp says that: gives. -a maximum error of plus’ or minus 5,8 per cent 19 times. out of 20. : In the last election in Skeena: in 1986, Socred Dave Parker: defeated then-sitting. NDP! MLA Frank Howard, by 48.6.. per cent to 41.8 per cent. © ¢:-4 Of the 10. northern ands Cariboo ridings, Educonip; found the Social Credit party: favoured in five and the NDP in ‘ four with one riding tied: q In the last poll the beginning of August, the NDP = were* favoured in five ridings and the? Social Credit party in four with:: one riding tied.’ cas should be dealt with.” Asked if one option i be ; to reduce the money the ‘pro- vince gives to school districts by the same amount the wage set- tlement exceeded Bill 82 guidelines, Johnston replied, ‘‘I don’t like to pull out’ any specific options.” She said the Compensation Fairness - Act is needed to restrain public sector wage in- creases which have been “‘far surpassing”’ those in the private sector. .. “You can’t have public sector employees dealt with in one way and private sector employees being dealt with in another,’ Johnster added? | Add + | que Needs A Home In Terrace Eighteen month old a “Johnny” will be moving to — Terrace to be closer to his * mother once an appropriate « foster home is found. Johnny is presently in- volved with the infant development program. He was originally assessed to be significantly delayed but has progressed to be much.” more age appropriate within the last few months. Apart from frequent colds Johnny enjoys good health. ~ Johnny enjoys the com- 2 pany. of other children and is fond -of animals. His. social. “worker describes. him: ‘asa happy baby who, likes to: faugh and sing. You can make | d difference. i .