Commercial | inland fishery delayed until next year — Four member bands of the Gitksan-Wet’su- wet’an Tribal Council will not be able to con- duct a commercial fishery on the Skeena River this year due to an injunction issued by the B.C. Supreme Court. by Michael Kelly Bylaws which would allow the sale of fish caught on reserves were passed by the Kispiox, Gitanmaax, Moricetown and Gitwangak bands and received approval on . April 1 of this year under the terms of Section 82 of the Indian Act. B.C. Attorney General Brian Smith subsequently ~ sought and obtained an ex parte injunction suspending the bylaws Performers off to Expo 86 by Ginny Lowrie Terrace Contributor TERRACE —The last stages of rehearsals and excitement have arrived ‘and all the participants who are performing at the B.C. Pavilion Aug. 10-16 will soon be ready to leave. Some per- formers are flying while others are driving or go- ing as a group in a van. The Kitimat Karate Club and the Heritage Show have all been fund raising for the occasion. They have had garage sales, sold tickets and received donations from several service groups. These two groups, as well as Northwest Jazz, Audrey Faber (pianist) and Halfway Harry (singer), all participated in a ‘Showcase’’ in June. All performers: from Terrace ~ and Kitimat wish to thank the Terrace Concert Society for sponsoring and helping them so much. At the B.C. Pavilion, there are five all-weather performance sites and representatives from this region will be perform- ing from 11 a.m, -6 p.m. daily during the North By Northwest week Aug. 10-16. There will also be a showcase on Monday evening Aug. 11. These performers will do their very best to represent the North By Northwest region and look forward to seeiing local residents who at- tend the performances. on June 23, Don Ryan, a lawyer. for the Gitksan- Wet’suwet'an, stated recently that an appeal against the injunction has been launched and a. court date has been set, but even if the appeal is granted it will come too late for the Indians to implement the fishery during this year’s salmon run. Ryan expressed satisfaction with the September 11 court date for hearing the appeal and said, ‘‘I’m confident the injunction will be set aside.’’ He added, however, that the Gitksan suspect that the eight-week delay on the part of the government in filing for the injunc- tion was a deliberate strategy to derail the commercial fishery for this year’s salmon season. ‘‘They’ve ob- tained three injunctions against us in the past eight months,’’ he said. “This entire matter could have been settled directly by a constitu- tional appeal, but I believe they’re trying to. run us out of resources through these court ac- tions.” The primary legal issues involved in the fishing bylaws question are whether ownership of riverbeds adjacent to reserves lies with the crown or the Indian bands, and whether the Department of Indian Affairs overreached its authority in allowing the bylaws to stand. B.C. Supreme Court justice William Wesson has designated the full day of September 11 for the ap- peal to be argued. ' area, Bruce Hallsor, finance minister for B.C. Youth Parliament. Manager transfers to Vancouver TERRACE —Rick Prest, manager of the Terrace Branch of Cana- dian Freightways, is transferring to Van- couver to become a sales manager. by Philip Musselman Prest and his wife have been living in Terrace since November of 1985, but were raised in this Prest, who once delivered papers for the former Terrace Herald, is a graduate of 1966; therefore, he and _ his wife, also a 1966 graduate of Terrace, missed the reunion that took place over the past long weekend Aug. 1-4. Prest has been in the freight business for about 16 years and has worked up from being a driver, not for Canadian Freightways, to sales and Management positions. Other than being disappointed over miss- ing the reunion, Prest is generally enthusiastic about beginning a new challenge. Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 6, 1986 19 Meeting for — young people set TERRACE —Are you young? Are you in- terested in your com- munity? Then the British Col- umbia Youth Advisory Council invites you to at- tend a meeting for young people only. The meeting will be held tonight Wednesday, Aug. 6 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Terrace Public Library basement. It will cover a variety of topics relating to young people today. In attendance will be members of the British Columbia Youth Ad- visory Council, a non- partisan branch of the B.C. Ministry of Youth, They are touring the pro- vince this summer to gain ideas for their reports to the minister of youth. What you say could have a direct impact on government youth pol- icy, and in Terrace’s youth activities. Those wishing to at- tend as a group or in- dividually please contact Bruce Hallsor at 635- 9717 or 789-2557. On the move Rick Prest, Terminal Manager of Canadian Freightways, bids farewell to Terrace. His transfer of employment takes him to Vancouver. To the editor, I watched in dismay BCTV and CBC-TV talking about Bill Ben- nett’s legacy of 10 years of reign in British Col- umbia. I could not believe what I was hear- ing. All of these so-called media commentators were talking about his accomplishments such as the Coquihalla Highway, Expo 86, and the B.C. Place Dome. I can also think of some of the extremely costly blunders commit- ted by this man. Let’s stop and take stock of the entire story: @ Quadrupling of the B.C, debt in 10 years. @ Creation of BCRIC @ 700 million dollars of 4 Successes, failures outlined give-away to the development of North- East coal which resulted in laying-off people in other parts of B.C. @ Increase in property taxes. @ British Columbia Health Care Main- tenance Surtax of 8 per- cent i.e./indirect health care extra billing. @ Approximately sewage plant construction schedule reviewed TERRACE — The pro- cess of building Terrace’s new secondary Stage sewage treatment plant will not begin until complete financing ar- rangements are secured for the $1.6 million pro- ject. The municipal budget adopted at the end of May called for prepara- tory earthworks to start this year, but City Engineer Ralph Keen recently stated that the schedule has been amended. ‘‘Site stripping and fill could begin this year,’’ Keen said, ‘‘but then we'd have to crank the whole thing up again next year and recompact the fill. It makes more sense to wait, since this entire project can be finished in one construc- tion season.’” Keen went on to say that the municipal sewer account is presently ac- cumulating $80,000 an- nually, and that leaving Terrace’ $ sewage treatment plant. the account intact would ultimately reduce the amount’ of money the city will have to borrow in order to finance the project. The provincial government is expected to pick up 25 percent of the cost in revenue shar- ing grants, and any re- maining shortfall will be financed through a de- beniure issue, a process which requires approval from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. During the remainder of this year KLM Engineering will be designing the aeration system for the plant. Keen indicated that most of the construction will be done by contractors. 500,000 people receiving UIC benefits and welfare. @ Confrontation with many groups in our society i.e./labor, teachers, natives, and so on. Last, let’s talk about Expo 86, the 1.5 billion dollar circus show in Vancouver. In a demo- cratic country like ours, why are taxpayers of this province being kept in the dark about the total money that was spent on this white elephant and total money expected to be received at the gates? How much is the deficit going to be for Expo 86? Why is it being kept a big secret? Bill Bennett was run- ning around all over the province in 1975 telling everybody that his government would not have any deficit and that his government would be an open government. Why all the secrets now! Reflecting on his legacy, I would agree it’s quite a legacy, but not one to be terribly proud of. S.K. Malhotra Terrace, B.C.