Page Ai2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 2, 1992 Nisga’a get voice in logging, mining TERRACE — The Nisga’a now have a say in logging and other resource use decisions affecting the Jand within their claim. Details of the interim protection measures agreement were released last week. It’s to remain in place until next September or until the Nisga’a and the federal and provincial governments come up wilh an agreement in principle to settle the former’s claim to land and resources centered on the Nass Valley and watershed. Land claim negotiators call the agreement a way to ensure that Nisga’a interests to the land are balanced with those of other parties, The agreement docs not affect developments already underway or land use decisions already made. In the case of forestry, it makes formal what for the most part had been informal Nisga’a invelve- ment. within land claim But the agreement does halt the provincial government’s small business logging program in the West Nass. Instead, the forest service will try to find equal volumes of wood in the North Kalum. Other areas of Nisga’a involve- ment will be in mining, energy, environment, wildlife, agriculture and freshwater fisheries develop- ments, The agreement includes the Jack Ebbels Orenda Forest Products proposal only to the extent that wood the company wants to use will come from the Nisga’a claim area. The Nisga’a can also put, people on committees to plan logging in watersheds and on teams review- ing how much wood there is left to cut in their claim area. Chief provincial negotiator Jack Ebbels said the parties can now work toward next spring's dead- line to have an agreement in prin- ciple for the claim in place. But he did not know how the protection measures agreement will colour the talks. “Tt does give some indication of what could bappen, setting aside lands for community expan- CN sue Gitksan TERRACE — CN Rail ‘is suing the Gitwangak band for all the revenue the railway lost in Sep- tember during a six-day blockade by natives there. _ Three Gitksan were found guilty of contempt of court and were piven four-month suspended sentences. But although those men have been convicted of ignoring a court injunction, CN lawyer Ed- ward Chiasson says the company will continue to press its claim for damages, CN’s statement of claim doesn’t yet specify ithe amount of damages being sought. “T don’t know how much yet,” Chiasson said, “That hasn’t becn quantified yet. But it’s in the hundreds of thousands of dol- lars,” He said the lawsuit is against all the members of the band, and specifically names chief council- Jor Larry Moore and the other band council members. - Moore says he welcomes the CN lawsuit ‘We have an issue that hasn’t been settled,” he said, “and now it can be brought to light.” The outstanding issues is the question of ownership over the right-of-way CN uses. “They haven't paid for the Jand,’’ Moore said. “‘Now we in Police beat Cocaine seized KCMEP here seized $50,000 worth of high-quality cocaine in a raid here Nov. 21. Prince Rupert drug officers, assisted by Terrace RCMP, ar- rested 33-year-old Joseph Andre Mare Ducharme and 25- year-old Belinda Marie Wil- lier, and seized eight ounces of cocaine. ; Both Ducharme and Willer have been charged with pos- purpose of trafficking. The twa Terrace residents are io appear in provincial court here in Jan- wary. Assault alleged A 61-year-old Terrace man is charged wilh sexually ‘assault- ing a 14-year-old boy here on Nov.23. Donald William Lines ap- peared in court last Wednesday and was released on a series of conditions. . Lines is to appear in court again Dec. 18 to set a date for trial, session of a narcotic for the | tum can argue, the issues about who owns the land — the right of way.” He says the right-of-way was originally expropriated by the ‘Grand Trunk Railroad over the protests of band members at that time. —— SUPERIOR ViDzO WZZ/ sion for example, but it is hard to say how much it foreshadows a final treaty,’’ said Ebbels. Nisga’a Tribal Council execu- tive director Rod Robinson said the agreement shouldn’t be regarded as a clue to the final shape of a land claims settlement “This is a consultative process. That’s all it is. People shouldn’t be afraid of it,”’ he said. Robinson added that such agreements normally call for a halt to resource development unti a Claim is settled. “We really compromised about that. We’ve been really realistic,” he said. Robinson noted that the agree- ment is in existence for only a short period of time. The agreement would have been signed and in place months ago but for a dispute between the federal and provincial govern- ments. The federal government refused to sign unless the province gave assurances in writing that it had made best efforts to talk about land claims issues with groups af- fected by the outcome. ltyou've been waiting for the best time to buy carpet, now is the time. From now till December 15th. take advantage of spectacular savings on quality Richmond Carpet and Armstrong flooring. But that's not all. 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