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‘VOL.17 NO, 26

www.terracestandard.com

Nisga’a to
host vice-
regal visit

> -By JEFF NAGEL” oe
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Adrienne
“Clarkson wiil visit Terrace and then
_ the ‘Nass’ valley .in.an historic. five: 7
- day lour-that begins tornorrow., :
_ The Queen’ $ -Tepresentative: ‘i
Canada. is .no: Stranger.to Nisga'a a”
leaders.—'she has. dinéd and toured.
with. president Joseph Gosnell ~ but’
she has not yet visited their valley, vie
“Is a-trip'T’ve “been: wanting to:
do for five- years, -ever since | be-. |
came ‘Governor-Gereral, ”” Clarkson
~ told The Standard ina telephone i ine we
terview last: week:
"Their land is. $0: ‘inextricably
linked to the. poeple; 1 just:want to. <
see the beauty of the Nass Valley. an
_~ That desire intensified when Par-_
lament: passed the ‘historic’ ‘Nisga’ a”
treaty, the first: modem:day Compre os
hensive. treaty in B.C: in 2000.. a
- It was, Clarkson's: signdlure™ ‘that -
delivered royal, assent-and. gave'the’:
‘federal cneoing tepislation the force.
of lave. we

. being: part ‘of: that, ‘moment ‘in. ‘his-
fory, | - ” ;

“T just thought ihis.¥ was 2 a realy Me
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on By MARGARET SPEIRS °
COUGARS have’ been: ‘spotted near
Kleanza Creek, the Thornhill dump,
and Terrace Mountain, leading some.
residents to be. concerned. for their _
safety. ;

“None of these sightings have. led to

NOL-

~"This. lets. the. big cat: ‘Know they res

THE ¢ CARVING shed of Nisga’ a artist Alver Tait will be one of the stops on the tour ‘schedule when Gov-°
"ernor General 4 Adrienne Clarkson (top left) visits the Nass Valley this week.

prey. and will: fight ‘back - oi

“Attack. ‘prevention,
fay children, i is another issue. Price’.
Says: children: should play in groups.
“ olitside and not Wander off.alone.. ~
“The, cougar “is
predator and’ likes’ to ‘attack from. a.

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REBECCA COLLARD F PHOTO -

‘should make themselves. as, tig
as possible -by waving: their arms,

yelling’ and picking - up'a Stick. or
rock as a Weapon...

‘especially. “should. go “with children he said,
_adding they should wait at the bus
“Stop to pick up their kids, .« an
- Any tural area can be considered
“cougar: ‘habitat.’ but the cals -have

-been known tg come into town:

“an, -ammibush.

error denying certification *

: “AL DRIVE to unionize Terrace’s.Wal- Mart: store has Failed, ~

; “to erititle it. to a vate,’ ” She said.

various other: gategories: of: employees...

- about the operations: a

“about.
“she found, “The job:
“is clearly one on a”
Tine of _Brogression.
“within the employer’ 'S
hierarehy.” ” :

o that.
. departmentmanagers .

had” overlapping. duties. that: would. be: an
obstacle to viable calléctive bargaining:"*.

“Price. says people. who: own :

‘cougar, encounters but éonservation’
officer’ ¢ Chris Price says following a.
few tips can help, keep. people'safé:

OAL cougar’ 5 response. when seeing :

a human depends on the animal and
the situation.

be! reported | to the onservation
office, oe

, “The ‘golden, rule with wildlife i

~When:,
. backing *

leaving, :

- Cougars like to attack:

altack.

ey never,turn-and run,” Prive says.
vadvises®
way. while: Watching the...
cougar carefully -and : maintaining. =
“ eye contact;

‘-He.said-a” cougar. sighiing should’. we

hidden location,” he’ says.”
space. between them: and ‘the nearest

cross ‘that: Space. sess

nS School, they. should: walk by. roads’
eir. prey”
° -from: behind so‘keeping eye'contact |
“omakes” the’ eats

If kids -play.in-a.field with open’

“brush; a cougar is is.-more’ hesitant lo :

livestock: :.

should: - . practise. -

_ husbandr, by-securing their animais

and onsidewalks and. not-on trails in. :
the brush,. -and especlally nol. H g0" by :
more, _ hesitant” ne! - se ’

inside barns al night. -- “
‘Hes advises ©

snacking, on them.

-“The thing to remember i is cougar’

good “proposed: bargaining unit,” she said.”

subdivisions io: keep: dogs and: wats
; On: leashes: and: bring ‘thei ifidoors’
‘at! night ‘to: preven

Qugars, from. :

"People, who. encounter a coves -

’ By JEFF NAGEL
TERRACE could -be. logging «ils own
comimunily forest as early as this spring, -
The provincial .. government .. “has”
offered the city a-licence to: -cut..30,000.-
; cubic Metres of. timber a year in, an area "
yet (o be determined. wy
At-makes the city a player i in the forest .
; industry, giving: it @ source of revenue,.
-. gome.control over how the timber i isused,
"anda way of channelling wood té.locat
* millers. a '
“Most ‘importantly, it Will provide:
_ Jobs. ~ mayor Jack Talsira estimates 25 |
- direct and 25. more: ‘Indirect: jobs. will be
created. * a :
: He admit

150,000.

;ommuni

tes what ‘Vielotia

df Terrace, *he added. “We hope: to get
started in de bush in the spring. :

_ Approved. - .
“We -bear- in: mind ‘that: we have. to
-share with: others,” Talstra said, :“There

“has to be énough to-go dround, Inctualiig a "
‘10. First Nations.”

Skeena’ MLA atid forestry” operalicns

nnouncement. here: last. Thursday,” said:

there may be: potential. for’ th “city to
-obtain-more wood.in the future, .
“The: city. will now “forinally: apply

or the: probationary

ly years. re could ‘also be converted, into.
‘a. longer: term: licence. -Burns. Lake’s -
7 community forest has just been converted

the typeof. ransformalio#-of the forest

“community forest

attacks are extremely rare," he says.

union ruling
contested |

UFCW asks ERB. to. correct -

‘By JEFF NAGEL:

the Labour Relations Board ruled last week, -

But the findiiig, handed down. Sept..29 by: LRB vice-chair - 7 .

Catherine McCreary, is beirig disputed by.union organizers,

who. say. -she incorrectly” calculated . that: insufficient’ ;

membership cards wete signed: + ae
“We think they made a ‘pretty basic: error j in determining

_ the number of” pecple-who are. inclided- or excluded from”

‘the. bargaining unit,” said’ ‘United Food and ‘Commercial -

Workers: spokesman Ardy. Neufeld,

He said the union has asked the: boatd. t0- ‘teview: and 7

. corréct the decision; predicting: ‘that Will: leat to. a Successful

certification at the ‘Terrace store?’
_ LRB officials were not available for comment last week. .
The union needed to pass a two- “stage test for certification.

— first submitting enough membership cards equal: to, at. least. o wt
4S per cent of the cligible bargaining unit, vie

If that Was successful, the: “ERB. would. make ' a. 1 final

But Mecteary tu rule a wii didn’t 5 pass the ‘first stage. ee

“The union-has-not submitted, enough h membership cards

7 department managers: ‘here: itist Be. bat ot ‘the: bargaining:

unit and have a vote: . : _
The‘ union had. ‘attempted to- exclude them, aS: well” as. 7

‘McCreary found’. evidence showed ' ‘tha eparinent: _

: managers. don’ U discipline employees i in-their. departments...

“The . department: managers do: not, have’ ACCESS ; to
confidential:
information’. either. ;

of the employer or oy “We think "they. it made
co-workers,” “@. pretty. basic ‘error’ in
determining the number:

McCreary. found ay
Wal-Mart's’.

_and other employees ea oa
‘in urmountable.,

“There: is. no. ‘rational and! defensible. boundary around.
tal “proposed bargaining unit ‘that’ ‘excludes: “department :
Managers, "she. said: eee :

~The" union: had urged her to: relax ihe, files on other"
~ grounds | ~that organizing ‘Wal-Mart. stores is difficult — “but.
she declined to rule and said that argument: would not have,

“negated” the finding. that the department. managers and. other ca
employees'could not reasonably be: ‘Separated, .

u: 'Even‘if there Wasa. finding. thal - these employees a are

~ jn a difficult to.drganize sector, there is‘still a requirement :

that’ there be a rational and defensible boundary around the .

The certification vote was held June 21 but the ballot box : mo
has beeh kept sealed pending the LRB decision. 2.
The. 82-day union’ organizing drive wrapped up| here Suri ith

AL certifi ication: here would. ‘make’ Terrice ‘the second -

‘unionized. ‘Wal-Mart: in. Canada” after’ one in Jonquiere, : ne

Quebec,: The UFCW would then.’ ‘begin ‘negotiations: with:

“Wal- Mart for a. collective’ agreement on behalf. of Terrace ae

store e workers. oe

oa 25-year term. - _ i eee
- Harris said-a forest controlled by. the .

_ *  elty= that can then’ help, generate revenue}:

~~ for“ other. city “Services “ard” ‘amenities: |
Os helps” “draw. ‘ao critical.
~+ beliveen the u use bf the tesource and local So
resident
“minister Roger ‘Harris, who ‘made the ©:

connection: [°

“We're. aving communi the ability
- tomake choices,” he satd..
‘He. called “it-a, coneret example of

‘Industry in the works as part of Victorla’s
reallocation of: the’ 20° per-eent of timber
Belg taken from major licensees, mo
Ml :tenures~ and ‘community: :

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