News in Brief Tuition fees still frozen ‘TUITION fees will be frozen for a third consecutive year in B.C. That move met with enthusiastic support from col- lege educators, Ed Lavalle, president of the College In- stitute Educators’ Associalion, said freezing feces would have a real impact on the cause of student debt. The freeze will benefit more than 150,000 students across B.C, The province is also increasing the amount of money available for student assistance by 14 per cent —- worth $13.4 million. And the province is giving money to.colleges and universities to open up 2,900 additional spaces. Now the province is calling on the federal govern- ment to support a country-wide tuition freeze and addi- - tional help for students. Masset man flips car A 69-YEAR-OLD man from Masset was taken lo Mills Memorial Hospital last week after his car rolled into a ditch near Carwash Rock on Hwy16 west of town. Police say the man, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, was driving east-bound toward Terrace when he failed to make a turn. The car left the highway and rolled into a ditch on the other side of the road. . The driver sustained a cut to bis hand and bruised ribs. He was trapped inside the vehicle by his scat belt, but later freed. Terrace RCMP would like to thank members of the , public who assisted at the accident scene, in particular drivers from Lomak Transportation. Kitimaat home invasion KITIMAT AND Terrace RCMP are looking for a suspect in a home invasion last week that left two people stabbed. Police responded to a call at about 2:30 a.m, March’ 13 fram a residence in Kitimaat Village. A suspect had | broken into a home there and assaulted the male and female residents, A struggle ensued between the suspect and the male occupant, and the suspect fled on foot. Both occupants were admitted to hospital with stab wounds, the woman was released, while the man remained in stable condition in intensive care. The suspect was wearitig a face mask, sweatshirt and sweatpants. Anyone with information is asked to call Kitimat or Terrace RCMP. James W. Radelet RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors Tax Law © Trusts * Corporate & Commercial 1330 - 1075 West Georgla Street, Vancouver, B.C. VGE 309 Phone: 604-589-0878 Fax; 604-689-2386 A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 18, 1998 Why are doctors closing their offices for Don't expect B.C’s best-sellin - import to last much longer. 3198 /mmo. lease : $() down oe 98 Tercel 2 door/4 door Tercel features: + 2 door or 4 door #15 litre DOHC 16V engine _ + Power steering ~ © 51 MPG highway * AM/EM Cassette * Wheel covers CHfer apphes to qualified retail purchases of 1998 Tercets in dealer stoct, Finance offer applies. to all qualitied relat customers based DAC. $20,000 at 38% requires a monitiy payment al $366.53 over G0 months equaling $21,992.00. Savings are based en comparison of the average hank rate of $8.5% as of Feb, Bib, 1999. Lease affaris based on a 49 month lease of a 1988 Tereal CE ACSSLMKC) BCS3LMIB). Total lease abligation is $9,408.00 purchase option price and % No limit financing e over 60 months. BC's Best Selling Import. $700 {or freight and pre-delivery inspection. See your participating dealer for details Offer ends Marchi 31, 1999. >) TOYOTA BC DEALERS lease obligations ata based on a maximum of 99000 kilometies. {f kilomatage is exceeded, additional charges are applicable: 0.10/km. Daaler may lease for less. TRY TOYOTA'S Excludes lieense, insurance and applicable (axes. Includes a maximum of TALS INS 299-1 is this action about increasing doctors’ fees? three days in March? The government’s budget for patient care has run out. In fact, it’s run over by $70 million dollars, and doctors must work 15 days without pay this year just so the government can balance its books. Closing our offices—just as major hospitals in BC close operating rooms—is the only way for doctors to cope with this gov- ernment’s chronic underfunding of health care. 0 Should the public he alarmed because doctors’ offices are closed on March 18th and 31st? No. As they always are, doctors will be on call and emergency rooms open around the clock. But you should be alarmed about the reason for these clo- sures: critically underfunded health care due to this gov- ernment's refusal to pay for an aging and growing population. The amount of the current overrun - $70 million — is almost exactly the amount necessary for the 4% increase in population. No. We have taken this action because the sys- tem needs more money for patient care. Doctors are frustrated that they cannot care for their patients properly because of the acute shortage of health care funding. Already, waiting lists for people needing surgery and medical tests. are dangerously long. If government funding continues to ignore BC’s growing and aging population, conditions like these will only get worse. _ . #] Have any independent views been sought on health care funding? | ~ | Yes. Irwin Nathanson, QC, the mediator selected A and approved by the government, said the follow- ing: “The burden of increasing health care costs should be borne by society as a whole, not by medical practitioners... The position taken by the gov- ernment is untenable and should be withdrawn.” (September 22, 1997) | BC doctors care about your health. Ask the government what it cares about. If you don’t like the way these politicians practise medicine, tell your local MLA.