, rE ees HEF LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, COMP. TtfFS . PARLIAWENT BUILDINGS, : ORTA, B.C. #ol : ky TERRACE-KITIMAT _ | , \ _, VOLUME 72 NO. 48 THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1978 Native Bid for Grandue Fails VICTORIA (CP) — Justice Douglas Andrews of the British Columbia Supreme Court has adjourned in- definitely-a hearing into a land. claims writ filed Tkesday by a group of native Indlang laying claim to the Granduc mine In Stewart in an effort to save it. ; ‘Justice Andrews said Wednesday the Indians had not taken correct procedures with their writ by failing to seve the -attorney-feneral. 2 - BULLETIN:» - ° Bcurrently “‘aliting on a _fPtory which could be of great significance to the mining and access highway construction that would employ several hundred them permanently. Facts are hard to come by, and The Terrace HERALD ‘is - Of the 26-million-dollar. pla workers — the majority of. represented by a lawyer. . The writ against the. provincial government: and Newmont Mining Ltd.— owners of the northwestern B.C. mine—was signed by . five. members of — the Cowichan band, three from the Nishga tribe, two from: the Chemainus band and one from. the Seshant band in Port Albernt. : n+ These tndlans were, nol. taining the to be brightening day byq day. Coupled with Tuesday’a official an houncement, from Ottawa, port of Prince Rupert, ow hoped for atory, (that mus atlll be considered in th “rumour” stage at the present), bodes-well — motll : cally for the 2,500 registered unemployed in Terrace, but also for its hithertol unlucky ‘sister . community] of Stewart, that has suf-— . fered so many booms an busts ince the turn of th cording to law.” . Newmont has announced it will close the copper mine, the community's only in- dustry, because of depressed world copper prices. ae Indians also base their aim on illegal possession o: land by Newmont and illegal licensing of mining claims by the provincial govern- extracted by Newmont Mining Ltd. at their mine called Granduc at Stewart"- nbecause the government's takeover of the land last century was a criminal act. The writ calls for the court to seize all properties and assets of Newmont Mining, “to be held in trust by this court until such time as these affairs are all settled ac- _... Trail $ Reaches Ag their services. Feb. . 4. Another 35-CUPE members are. still on strike in the - Grand. Forks district, af- fecting 1,500 students. Picketing in both districts bad been restricted to school ’ board - offices, ‘and spSnts . have been. going: to schools briefly several times a week to pick up assign-ments. Contracts between CKP and the districts and with the Nelson and Castlegar school boards, and Selkirk College at Castlegar, expired June been reacmed in the month-. long contract dispute bet- . ween. the Trail School District and its maintenance and custodia] employees that ’ has halted classes for more than 4,000 students, Theschool board approved ent at a meeting. ; nd the 50 workers, “members of the Canadian ‘ Union of Public Employees, were to meet: Wednesday to: ratify the one-year contract, | ~ Fred Pyke, CUPE national " representative, said | the . - uncon has recommended agreement is retroactive to However, we will be anly century, ; too happy to publish the ©— We just thought it migh story when all'the “facts? he nice, for a change, te fare in, Atthe moment, we have some optimistic news ean say this, though: the on the-front page. ‘acceptance of the pact. He details of the agreeement: were being withheld pending results of . the ratification vote. last June and will expire this municipal workers in Trail Government Employees:. Union (BCGEU members marked the event witha birthday cake, Above are celebrated thelr fourth anniversary Wednesday and local Re TICKETS $5.00 POLICE BLOTTER Windshields in two vehicles parked in the McEwan Motors display lot were smashed by unknown youths at about 12:30 a.m. . Wednesday. Police are still ‘in- - vestigating. ‘The only other reported incident was the lodging of a man in local police cells for -being drunk. nquiry “OTTAWA (CP) — Indian Affaire Minister Hugh Faulkner confirmed Wed- nesday he has proposed setting up an inquiry into constitutional development in the Yukon: n Faulkner told the Com- mons the aim of the inquiry is trying to bridge the dive- slons emerging between the white and native population in the North. But Erik Nielsen, the Pro- gressive Conservative MP for the Yukon, said he feels the new measure would make matters worse and be “a gross intrusion into the affairs of the territory.” Any inquiry should have been ordered by the elected legislative assembly in the Yukon, not by the federal government, he said. Faulkner algo rejected as irresponsible comments by Nielsen that the inquiry and proposals for revenue. sharing between the federal government, the natives and any Yukon government could endanger northern pipeline legislation now before the House. ’ PAVES THE WAY -The bill, under detailed study by.a special Commons committee, paves the way for’. a $10-billion : Alaskan they oppose any construction with the federal government. “One of the main reasons for setting up the inquiry is- an attempt’ by ‘the govern- ‘ment. to resolve the land claims before construction in the ‘Yukon starts in 1981. Faulkner said he met the - Yukon ‘Territorial coitnecil'” "last fall “‘to discuss the next . step in constitutional development," He said he decided. an inquiry is needed and the proposal. was made to the council in Whitehorse last Friday. He said he is awaiting a reply from them. Torontonian John Kerr, 30, has been named the “Garcia -Canadian Angler of the Year", His 1977 scorecard notes some 50 coho salmon to 12- pounds; 10 chinooks topping 25 pounds: a 9.8 pound brown trout taken on 4-pound line and ultra-light tackle; plus more than 300 big rainbows, two of which tipped the scalés at 14.8 pounds, The ay | con ser released most’ to fight another day — including a - 22-pound ‘bow he fought 30 :. minutes -before discovering it was foul-hocked! The far-flung runners-up include Frank Graham of St, John’s, Newfoundland, and Kjell Pedersen of Port Alberni, B.C. Graham's 6.8 ‘reinbow set a provincial fly Tod record, and Pedersen hoofed over Vancouver Island's mountainous terrain for houra before sinking his -barb into the 14.3 pound . rainbow that got him the ned over. 40,000 others in the Daily. Colonist King Fisherman Contest. Manitoba's nominees are. ‘wwe, Julie Loretie, a member of the Terrace Figure Skating Club, practices for the club's annuall skating carnival coming up this weekend. Julie plays the sheriff in a wild west number complete with a train, robbers and a posse. Show times are Saturday, March 11 at § p.m. - ipeline that would cross the ay j ron, had _ Earlier -this week, native. groups.from the area . said and Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m. Native Fisheries Expert To Speak in Northwest Terrace — Barbara Lane, a University of Victoria Professor and widely- regarded expert in the area of Native fishing rights, will be speaking in the nor- thwest during the week of March Ist. She is being sponsored by the Aboriginal Studies Program (Northwes Communith College) as part of its regular series, “Aboriginal People and the Lani.” She will speak in Prince Rupert on Monday night, March 13th, at 7:00 p.m. at the College: facility in the Amante Building; in Terrace on Tuesday night, March 14th, in Room 206 of the College; and on Wednesday evening, March 15th, in the Hagwilget Band Hall in Hagwilget Village at 7:00 Bm. as well, Her topic will be: “Native. People and Fishing” and she will look both at the com- mercial and the food fishery. Ms. Lane was. recently expert witness for the West Washington tribes in their historic court decision guaranteeing them a large percentage of the com- mercial fishery. on the American northwest Pacific coast (the Boldt Decision). In 1975, she was research do- ordinator at the Land Claims Center of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. 300 Women March on Parliament . OTTAWA (CP) — About 300 women marched on Parliame tHill on Wednesday to mark International Women's Day and press demands for equal pay, child-care centres, and what they termed decent working conditions. Marc Lalonde, federal minister responsible for the status of women, attended and donated $1, as did others present, to help defray costs of the march. : ~ “Lalonde -did not speak at the march but told reporters women ‘raising a. family home was’ recognized ‘‘by tripling family allowances in” ~ until their land claims have © 1974. The government could -been settled in negotiations , 90t support a wage for mothers, because it would increase taxes. 4 ’ ‘The wage demand was made bx the Ottawa tenants’ council in a statement. “We're grown up now,” the statement said. ‘‘We-don't want an allowance any ‘more—we want. a living wage,” | ; Helen Levine, a professor of social work at Carleton University, Ottawa, told demonstratorf that despite recent perfonal and polltical gains,. womennmust rebel against the power structure. Meetings such as the " Fishing Hall of Fame mm | names Angler of year # Dennis Crook and Sandor Keszler, both of Winnipeg. Crook, a barbless hock and put-‘em. back-alive prac- P piscatorial prowess with a uda Trophy fisherman Keszler bolstered his envialbe track record by winning an hour- long tug'o war with a 5% foot 75 pound sturgeon — on 10- pound line! Mark Kontianen, ‘Agin- court, copped the heavyweight title — In Molson's Ontarlo Big Fish Contest with a 54.8 pound musky from Georgian Bay. Saskatchewan anglers attacked the record book in ‘77. Harry Gutsch of Prince Albert staggered the rain- bow mark with a 163 pounder from Plprill Lake, and August Dansereau of North Battleford established a new target for walleye buffs with a 14.12 pounder out of the North Saskat- chewan River. You'll not convince Dansereau black cats aren’t unlucky, Not after one beat the taxider- mist to his finned prize! Saturday, Marc recent first ministers’ conference show ‘'men making decisions for us. We recognize the tyranny of such & spectacle,” The Ontario budget, tabled Tuesday by Treasurer Darcy MecKeough, brought scathing comment from spokesman Pat Daley, of the. Oliawa Women’s Centre, at an earlier news conference, ‘IGNORED - JOB CREATION’ Accusing McKeough of “refusing women the right to. work," Ms. Daley: said. the ‘that tHe- Ama poFtance: "of: budgel=ipdovedk fob ‘sation- when there are cases of ‘than it did for men. . Provincial Tedkctionf in social services and a moratorium on day-care construction have reduced services and potential jobs for women, Ms, Daley. ad- These policies ‘‘keep for women; ‘and set~ a dif- ferent goal for full’, em- ployment among women of the work force.” The moratorcum on day- care conftruction should end immediately and a system of 24-hour free day care should be established, Ms. Daley said. © : Women who chose to stay in the home should receive increases in family allowances, or a wage for cmild-rearing. . “IUf a tough job raising kids, and there isn’t a lot of support from the com- “munity,” she said. “People shouldn't’ be so surpried abtipe."”* ocr Hee Among other demands made -by the. women’ were; Equal access.to work and equal pay; abortion on demand and accessible _ birth-control. informatlon; government-funded rape crisis centres; rights for Indian women and lesbians; ma’ kecng Intern Women’s Day a statutory holiday, women in the home and out Herald Job Finder i i EPR Sa rs eT he =. stances Ss j , ae , a Peggy Bourque foe gS 20-yr old Peggy Bourque is looking for a job in Terrace. While she is an experienced waitress- having waited on tables in such places as Watson . Lake, in the Yukon-and would probably grab an offer of employment as a waitress in Terrace at the drop of a menu, nonetheless-and | un- derstandably-Peggy does have her ‘“Druthers.” Since 13 she has owned her own horse. Right now - she has her own quarter-horse,-a Palomino eel and Welch, and having been around orseflesh all; her life, she would ‘“druther” | have a job involving horses. But,. she'll take. ‘whatever comes first, and will be good at it. Interested empoyers-or tipsters-can reach through 635-6207 or leave a message with the ' HERALD. Blege 5