_ Housing society takes root r >, Rs ee ge eee ee TERRACE — = Ground- breaking for a 40-unit co- operative housing project will take place in early 1993, if all goes according to plan. Lynda Bretfeld, board member of the newly-formed Skeena Valley Co-operative Housing Society, said that plan called for a two-storey, townhouse style development of | two and three bedroom homes. Noting the: project was in- tended to provide rental accom- modation for low income ‘ families, she said two of the units would also be specifically reserved for the physically disabled. The entire capital cost of the development would be paid by senior levels of government, the province picking up 67 per cent and Ottawa the remainder. Bretfeld said the provincial B.C. Housing Management Commission would handle all the details including purchase of the land, design of the units and their construction. ‘‘All we are is a sponsor,’’ she explained. Once the units were let, it would also subsidize rents to the extent they would never exceed 30 per cent of the tenant's in- ‘come, The level of that income would also determine whether the family qualified to live there. ‘ As for a location, she said the society would be looking at land already zoned R3 multi- » POLICE BEAT a vestigation is continuing. neighbouring homes. Coke seized at house POLICE HERE seized more than an ounce of cocaine after a drug raid on a Soucie Ave. home last week, Armed with a search warrant, RCMP searched the house at 4611 Soucie at 8 p.m. Jan. 26, discovering approximately 33 grams of cocaine worth nearly $7,000 on the street. Police charged two men with drug offences. John Joseph Dignard, 29, of Coquitlam is charged with drug possession, and 32-year-old Steve Kent Goodman, of Telkwa, is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. Police say the arrest was not connected to any tips that have come in as a result of the recent two-hour television drug special Northwest Crackdown. Cable pirates probed CABLEVISION pirates beware — police are starting to crack down on illegal cable television hookups in.Terrace. RCMP last week searched a home on the 3500-block of Kalum Street and seized cable hookup equipment that was be- ing used to illegally obtain cable service. No charges have been laid so far, but police say their in- The search came after a complaint from Skeena Cablevi- sion about an illegal hookup. RCMP said the alleged violator was pin-pointed because of poor cable TV reception for Cpl. Garry Moritz said police will target several other homes using illegal cable hookups. He noted it’s a Criminal Code offence to fraudulently ob- tain any telecommunication service, residential either close to the downtown area or, if not, at least close to a bus route and school. Anticipating the group would be officially incorporated as a non-profit society within the next five weeks, Bretfeld said it would then have until March 29 to submit its proposal and ap- plication to the commission. The 40 units being sought would be part of the commis- sion’s annual 200 unit allotment for communities outside the Lower Mainland. Bretfeld said the society will have a table in the Skeena Mall March 6-7 at which people could get more information on co-operative housing and sign up as interested in living in the proposed townhouses. There is also an informal public meeting in the library meeting room, Wednesday, March 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at which potential tenants would . be able to become members of the society. Ultimately, the present board — — Bretfeld, Joe Patterson, Heather Eyjolfson and Keith Goodwin — will step down and a new one elected from among the tenants. Emphasizing the co-operative ce housing concept was based“ on need, Bretfeld predicted: ap- plications from would-be tenants will exceed the planned 40 units. oO Land claim case Starts in April TERRACE —Aboriginal af- fairs minister Andrew Petter says he’s disappointed the ap- peal of a native land claim won't be delayed. The provincial government wanted the start of the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en land claim appeal put off from April to September so it could better, develop a _ position of negotiating settlements instead of going to court. “It'll make negotiations more difficult if we’re going through litigation at the same time,” said Petter in referring to plans by the province, the federal government and native groups to establish a treaty commis- sion. . The appeal court last week turned down the request for the delay. That left the provincial government filing and then defending a legal argument bas- ed on the policies of the old Social Credit government, Those policies concentrated on the idea of extinguishing aboriginal title while giving some form of native self government. + «This rurts counter-tolthe NDP- NORTHCOAST BULKLEY CHAPTER of C.G.A. Association of B.C. Is Pleased To Present... | A FULL SEMINAR FOR SMALL | | BUSINESS PEOPLE Saturday, February 15, 1992 Inn of the West, Banquet Room - Pre-registration Required, Registration will be limited Cost $40.00 (Buffet Style Lunch Included) policy of recognizing what it calls the ‘‘political legitimacy’’ of aboriginal tithe and then negotiating what that means. The appeal is of a B.C. Supreme Court decision nearly one year ago which denied the Gitksan and Wet'suwet’en claim to 57,000 square kilometres of northwestern B.C. centred on the Hazeltons. The Gitksan and Wet’suwet'en opposed the delay request, saying nothing they’ve seen indicates the new govern- ment is different from the old one in the attempt to settle land claims. “We see litigation as a polarizing factor. We wanted the delay because we haven't had a lot of time to develop our negotiating position," said Pet- ter. The minister added that the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en op- posed the idea of appcinting a person who would find com- mon areas of agreement so that negotiations could start. Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en spokesman Don Ryan said they don’t believe the new govern- ment wants to do anything dif-, ferent from the ‘old one 3 © + ‘ wea Wk beste iM Sua fk y Saleways ° Nutrition ‘@ i. 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