t i d i i B . AND YUKON COMMUNITY HESPIPERS ASSOCIATION, Le Senin the Tetrdce and- Thoin area, Pobtished on Wedrstay of ca week al 210 Glinon Stet, Tea. Aa - The adobe heme oan ” ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 cle * PUBLISHER: ROD LINK..- . “ADDRESS: 3010 Glinton Street Terrace, B.C. ® » Vea. Bro | TPN (250) 638-7283 » FAX: (250) 538- B432 _ WEB: www.terracestandard, Goma Pe _EMAIL: Newsroom@terracestandard: com. Un- bear-able _ AT A time when the northwest cotild use a psy- chological lift, it has. been given the back. of. a, hand by the governing party of the province. BC... Liberals, gathered in convention. two: weeks ago in Whistler, tabled: a local Liberal mo-'| 7 tion calling for support in having. the northwest’ Ss. _ Kermode ‘bear named the. symbol. and. mascot of the 2010 Winter Olympics. . ea oe ‘ The 2010 Olympics is to’be a multi: billion dol: ; lar party financed :— and guaranteed = = in part by. northwest tax. monies ‘but:'the- governing party. could not see: beyond its urban ‘tunnel vision... Local Liberals and ‘others have seized: upon | the Kermode as any Olympic symbol ‘to draw at-. ’ tention to the. economic and -other opportunities at of. the” northwest. It’s a clever move given. that . the majority, of the: benefits, of the’ 2010’Olym-=:|. ‘pics are: to rest in the south. Using’ the Kermode |- to promote the: northwest i is not’so much. tied to” _ the Games themselves. but’to. what-could. happen: 1. - afterward ‘from reaping incalculable Public. rela, Ly tions exposure. -There may be some dispute: ‘about. ‘taking ‘the. Kermode and trivializing: and. transforming it into’ | - costume- like figuire but’ the point is that it repre= | sents a great: chance at placing the: northwest ‘upon. the world stage. So for’ B.C. Liberals, ‘giddy as. s they probably: were at being in “Whistler, the site that: will: profit. immensely { from the 2010 Games, to bury. the mo- ye. tion is to insult the northwest. oa mie What their. would B.C. Liberals like to have is ~asymbol? A rusting: sawmill i in Terrace? Line “ups” each month in the alleyway outside. the: building’ containing the Terrace. Churches’ Food. Bank? | beyond the lower: mainland, you don’t. -eount. ~ Back to: your: -sod:-huts. 8. . That’s because the. tabled 1 motion went beyond. cee ‘the Kermode: itself. It read, in part, “The unique “} | Kermode (Spirit), bear. represents, the: diversity 4 ‘of-our culture, the beauty. of our wilderness; the: “presence and contribution. of the north and tur, : SINCE’ JULY when “switching. back. to cablé.TV reduced my ” “choice of programs and viewing - me “times, T’ve been. ‘searching . for. ~ entertaining. replacements. ve. areas to British Columbia .. wee Read that’ again: The motion speaks ‘about’ the: . north. and the rural areas as: being important and | - integral to the province. For B.C: Liberals to deriy “| -. the motion is to deny there’ isa B. C. beyond the: - lower: mainland: <0). oo -, What could: have: been « a “feel: “good. motion: to yee PUBLISHER /EDITOR: Rod Link a >a “NEWS: Jeff Nagel . . wes oo "NEWS / COMMUNITY: Jennifer Lang CCHABETTER -.. NEWS/SPORTS: Margaret Speirs’: PAPERS: _ INTERN REPORTER: Rebecca Collard’ ‘COMPETITION | “ FRONT OFFICE: Darlene. Keeping. oe CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: “Teteset Ross . 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Speclal thanks to all ‘our. contributors and < ‘oorrespondents for thelr time and talents: Ta Tora FuNK-Foop. pa ) HOW s CAN HE DO THs Mira oft ne THAT THe WAIT [' GOES ‘WITH. GORDON. crear =: {c+ AND AIS HARD~ NOSED oo EABERAL AGENDAT as ALWAYS THE inte J < fronts Wie oer HURT, A. “yicr ORIA - The threat to: our’ a ing. Out: . Jt: from within... % ‘has undermined confidence’. “are ‘enough lo shatter: our confi” dence. gical procedures’. tracked. by, the: / fidence,’ is: the: impossibility: of, | “ be done. - . Ahree per cen, ~The case: eof a a Vancouver wom- ; found one, Trading Spouses. - [> week. During that. week .the -re-" *}-, placément parent: cries“ to’ fulfill — - - “the absent: Ws duties. while recognize the Kermode. bear has instead: become the absent: parent's duties whl “a symbol both of arrogance. and i ignorance. - eae | _. Fhen again, why w would. we expect anything dif. | ferent? ~ decide: the best way for’ the. hast © ~ incentive: for: -participating. In ouby the'spousess: 0). : Allocations’: ° range | } -room fora large- family. with’, in only one; a down V payment on a _ public-health care ‘system: isn't. from. private clinics, or of conc m | The: people i in harge: = not just wo . the politicians, butihe profession- .. al managers in the. system:— have- » -done-a bad Job, atid their failure “Phe? public sill: always ‘have’ difficulty. judging the system's: — bis .performance.: We: don’t know if. -. -. the ‘doctor..made ‘the. ‘right. Meci- | 1 sions in trying to fic us up.- : But there‘are some clear mea — _— ures, like: wait tirnes, And they. - ga eS ‘It's nol just itie- length of wait, Lee though that is’a concern, Median- wait times:for’ 10° of the 16 sur- . 1 eigl * for -surgery for.a- brain. tumour;... vand been cancelled twice, sparked - : government. aye -increaséd? in “headlines and hand- wringing. - othe last-three years. Waits for two. an [oe procedures: have stayed the same, OE “] and~ the: wait’ for, four.athers.i ‘ Local: Liberals say” we should not pet excited: oes The’ premier seeks to soothe the northwest by say- | ing. ‘he:himselfis.a big” Kermode fan. They say it | is not tmembers. of. the B. C. ‘Liberal party: rior the ~{° government that will make the decision about ‘the: — Olympic: symbol. Perhaps... But aclear’| message Ae, has’ been: delivered. and it.is this - = you out there | : But’ ‘he: : years. ‘ago: :4,369 ‘people: pot the. _ Meurosiirgery’- they ; needed;: ‘greater problem, in terms of. con- “-getting® a clear answer about why. ' they ate: increasing, and. what can ~, Some answers are : obvious, th wt many: ‘areas. We’re.’simply. doing: © fewer: operations: than we-were”. «three “years ago; despite: a. popu-. * Jation that has. grown by almost: four, months «ending this. March. ; a)! than: in-a, comparable period . ir 2001. Fewer Surgeries means: In Trading Spouses, wo fami-"” | ‘. ‘lies switch: Moms ‘or-Dads fora. _ putting his‘or her personal’stamp - a “on. the way things aredone. | At the .end’-of the. weeklong : . switely, each, traded: Spouse ‘must ~~ a THROUGH BIFOCALS |. family'to spend its'$50,000, ne. el : _CLAUDETTE SANDECEI , ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach J ree cases, the'allocations are PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgenr - other. cases,: the traded. spouse : oP misjudges teribly, i in the opinion: of oft the. recipients.. -No' matter, The: <> Money must’ be spent ‘exactly as. " “allocated in the letters. crcranged o “from ° Soe $10, 000"of. cooking : ‘lessons for. - a couple who: seldom-ate meals. “with their: Kids; and ‘extra: bath- : hams wae os DUMPS HERE! PRISPECTED OUT THAT'S WAY LE PAUL WILLCOCKS: — an who ‘hil waited eight weeks How could thig:be?. One, obvious © ‘answer. “ig. that” realth Cire system: is doing. fewer ~ \curogurgical - -pitocedures... Three | the last’ fiscal, year -the, number of procedures - Was SiA~ per cent | ' =" lower, ,For-five of the.13 proce: dures that can be-tracked’ori the government's wait time. website’ the story is the same. “Fewer. Ope: erations tyere: “performed: in. the’: - perceplive:, and. ‘imaginative. Inv. “house for renters: and: $40,000' . toward debis fora father‘working- 20: hours. a day: at “tome. who had * years. . "Trading Spouses lat, average. : “parents do ‘the work of Drv Phil,’ -assessing what's.out.of kilter and: making ‘simple. changes « ‘to cor “rect them. The “amazing part. is. how. well an average parent can “dude, the needs. ofan, unfamiliar: | SoPHow CAN W WE PROMOTE. MINERAL. ACTIVITY: IN A. | DEAD AREAS J Health care in deep 9 trouble 7 longer. wails... “Not all areas of: surgery’ have “of been’ cutback. ‘The ‘number. of. ! hip and. knee replacements are up: © - about 50 pei cent, oyer three: years "BBO. i ~ But why Is. it “because ‘baby. 7 boomers who want to get back to.” “Tennis. are: pushy “and: politically: o effective, or because.there's: ‘alot. of good. knee doctors’ right: now | _ eager to keep: busy? There's cer- ' tainly no evidence. to suggest that - -” the’ best professionals gat. down: “and made-an: informed: ‘deécision, “systei- ivide, on-.what_ ‘kinids of, : surgeries - should. be; “performed a given: limited | money. : “tidns. Why: hasn't, Hansen = after, - thore: ‘than: three: ‘years. ‘waiting? ~. "And mote ilically, how can " “the government’ and health au- es sthorities inanage wait times when .- say: they don’t: even kniow,. | what a they are? -. “Health: care’ ‘costs ‘each, Brit a ‘ish, Columbian an average. $2, 700 a. year - $1:1.000 for a family ‘of * four. But the. health « care sysiem a, Spouse switching | is fun 10 watch: family. 7 Pairings: are usually opadités:”: : | =a: country:family, with an urban.” - family. A: down-to-eérth : ‘Mom .. - witha seif-centéred’ Mom:-An- __ abs-of-steel health nut.with a. slug < -who feeds her family takeout and. : production: levels. Make: ‘ay habit ‘of juegled milking times and. | “£0W may suffer. slept on ‘his offiée floor: for three, - ~ In‘this instance: aS am. Moni a who helped run.a:150-héad dairy . was matched with acily: woman. “aceustdmed ‘to, sleeping: until] pam. When the country.’ Mom es would: have ‘been . connecting : cows. to: ‘milking: ‘machines, the. -cily” laggard “was? still - “applying.” “her makeup «al7:30, Poor OWS. * + ean 1 say hat people cat expect: . we can, they. say. Maybe you'l “maybe you won't. Take what we, : give you, and don’task questions, - } -because it’s complicated: and any- an extraordinary. level of caré, The. : " problems are complex, And some... ‘excellent work is being done, like... : the Wester. Canada 2 Waiting List. & “Project... a concern. for a-dozen years; ‘and: ear “there j is still no accuiate measure" eae | ‘Health minister. Colin. Hansen”. a + doesn 'thelp build confidence, He : ‘responds to. questions ; about wait’ times in part by saying he doesn’t: “believe the-data: compiled by.- his a “povernment: He. alsa’ dismisses” _ other s studies: hat show. engtheri “Ang waits, . That: raises a couple of ques-. J table. access tO Health care for. all. oo Canadians. - =,able tio” | .come. up with: data" he: considers: "reliable on how. long people are “ “definition of. acceptable. waits, no. : » fair queue: and: no- guarantee: of; trealment With a- -reasonable time; 5 ‘changes, that’ ‘undercut: the. impor-, et ‘tant, principle or universal; equi-; 2 . ityst to provide decent’ information: 3 means.the public ‘can’t make-an, “informed ‘choice: about spénditig,. ae 3s priorities.: ‘Most British Columbi- . a ans:would have’ gladly: foregone, ay the | sales: tax’ ‘teduction” af theres” Was’ a ‘clear: promise of reduced!’ wait. times. for specific. proce-3 > ae "Edeliver,: : “Poor Farmet. a Wy: with: their- kids, share. ‘heals, ae oot for them al events, and play, ve ., board. games with: then develop,’ Tao -.-a bond missing in-families where, a wee ” avoids ‘the kids..- a ee a “While the. video footage is un scripted, a- lot of: screening'must | _ go.-into’. selecting participating © ~~ families. Jit fifteén “minutes -you:- |. can see'their differences.and’ why » the two families \ were: (natched. ~” One job pairing bothered - mé, _ Coming from. a. farm, I know the- importance ‘of dairy: cows: ‘being -milked-on time. Otherwise cows 2 éndure: miajor discomfort, avaste, a. milk, and éventually. drop’ their.” ‘patents: diove. him. bananas. ‘Thee’: “wuck ‘driver’ coached “him in his a - had:.the! parking valet. tie his tig | * for him ( the: truck: driver always oe “up buddies, something the Taye 2 *- envied.” : traded: spouses are always. Happy... -tem me." ; os ee Low! | paopose HS Tin WHOLE REGION FOR i A E NATIONAL: AR for'their: money.’ We'll do what eb os get. needed” surgery this’: year, >> way:we don’t have: answers. ‘It’s not good enough. . ; Certainly, the system provides Bul waits aiid access have béen, ens ~ The*result is” increasing. “frus-3° tration; ‘and: more ‘demands for, . 7) Buried geo td a ‘ipa ‘Footriote: T 1¢ system:s inabil- . durés. The health care authorities’ ~willéocks@ultranet.c ca “ — -Farnities-who sii ti time. dal” 2 a parent works 18 hours: a day’ oF. Ee ' Many: time: “hen the fami: lies ‘re-group the: resident - parenty, -is jealous of:how mich:fun andy. § “affection ' her’ (or his) Kids" ‘sharedy, “od “with the visiting parent.- phe ~In‘-orie memorable. episode, oe 2 truck: “driver ‘from: ‘the: “Southe we , exchanged - ‘places. with” a highg” ff "powered: New. York’ lawyer-thé ” ~ week his 13 have’ his:bar. mitzvah: ‘The: kid” 5. ~yeat-Oid gon: was'to.. ft speech, encouraged him,: ‘eveit a wore: tee. shirts), ‘The-two ended - Without - “exception,” ‘though,. a: oe to "be home. fo: matter, ‘how: dys= Qs functional. their families appear: