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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1993

THE FIRST BATTLE being fought in the House of Commons by new Skeena Reform party MP Mike Scott is over office space. Scott and his parliamentary sec- retary, Philip Gordon, are trying

io wrest an office suite in the -

West Bock of -Parliament Hill from a ‘veteran Saskatchewan New Democrat MP. ;

Vic Althouse is one of the nine New Democrats left in the Com-

mons and has worked out of Suite #151 in the West Block since being elecled in 1980,

Scott says he was allocated the space by the Reform party’s caucus co-ordinator.

“Tm not sure what is going on,”’ Althouse said last week.

He said it would cost the: tax- payers lots of money to move his office.

‘You would have to move the

furniture, disconnect the phones and the computers, get new phone numbers, get new stalionery, new letterhead, new business cards —— and contact all those people you

- have bullt up. contacts with over

the last 13 and a half years and give them the new numbers.’ Althouse has” suggested’ Scott move into a vacant office in the East Block, just down the cor- ridor from where Sir John A.

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PAINSTAKING, Kitsumkelum hatchery volunteer Don Roberts uses tweezers (above) to care- ing approximately 4,000 future salmon.

fully ramove any dead chum eggs from @ tray. contain He'll go through nearly half a million eggs by:the time the complete sort is done,

Orenda challenges

ORENDA FOREST Products”

says figures the forest service wed in preparing its North. Kalum timber supply analysis are way off base. Bow ms

‘That's important because the.

figures will have an influence on .:

how much the annual allowable

cut in the atea will be in future ~~

years.” “Our

growth figure they've used,” said _ John” Sparks, a’-company. vie president. . Perna

“That “figure

primary concer is: the mean annual iricremental (MAT)

used to calculate the yield per hectare per year, or how fast trees grow ina given atea,

Although . the . timber . supply - phalysis'does not specify’ what’

MAI: was used, Sparks sald Orenda ‘had calculated: it must have tsed a figure of 1.8cu.m. to

5 arrive at its long {erm wood supp- _ “ly figures, _ ‘Thal contrasted sharply with the

than 4 cum. per heciare per year. IE Reimer is right, Sparks pointed oul, that means: the

‘volume of ‘wood. available “for harvesting over the long term will - -be more than double Forest. Ser- .

vice estimates. - oo

at setvice had io the

Macdonald had his office.

Althouse described the space as more than adequate. The last oc- cupanl was former revenue minis- ter Garth Tumier.

On Friday, Gordon . Althouse had not yet vacated and that he has made arrangements with the House ‘accommodations department to remove the MP’s furniture and equipment if he isn’t out by today,

“They're going to open the

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1 MP locked in office battle

doors, put all the stuff out in the hall, and change the locks if he’s not ont by Wednesday,’? Gordon said,

Althouse has written the House of Commons speaker, adding that re-elected MPs by tradition keep the office space they had before an election.

Scott, who had planned to open the office today, says he just went

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orthwest hospitals try to solve surgeon | situation once again

LOCATING AN _ orthopedic surgeon in Terrace could mean an increase of $400,000 or more to costs at Mills Memorial Hospital, says its administrator. Michael Leisinger made the comment as northwest hospital

representatives- get ready.-to .dis--. -

cuss where the surgeon, mow based in Kitimat, should go.

“Tt can only happen here if the funding is attached to it,” said Leisinger. ;

Typically, the health ministry pays for the costs involved, he said, a

Lelsinger said the extra money would be needed to pay for more surgical support time and for other services that go along with orthopedic surgery. .

A\so part of the financial equa- tion is the cost of equipment the hospital would need to meet orthopedic requirements,

The health ministry and the regional hospital district would pay for those costs.

The issue of the relocation of Dr. Sean Phelan of Kitimat has been around for a year, ever since a review of northwest health ser- vices recommended he be moved to Prince Rupert.

There was only one” general surgeon in Prince Rupert then and combining the two services was scen as way to make both viable.

But Mills: Memorial Hospital and Terrace physicians also made

‘a pitch for Phelan, saying it only

made sense because his services would complement those other services available here. -

“The circumstances have changed. Rupert was then very shaky in its medical infrastructure but they now have two

-surgeons,” said Leisinger, Other

services are either In Rupert or on their way. .

“Perhaps the original reason.

isn’t there anymore,” he added. . Leisinger’s counterpart at the

Kitimat General Hospital, Linda

Coles, also said the situation in

North Kalum, Sparks said it was therefore making projections with no information lo go on and had ‘grossly underestimated” tree growth in doitig so. . Reimer was’ now working on

> astablishing growth--and- yield * plots so accurate figures could be established. ° ar

Because the forest service did

not have the necessary: money, Sparks said Orenda is paying the . “gost of the project,

‘will monitor

‘plats...

~ cepted only minor variations in

Prince Rupert has changed since the northwest services review was written.

“The rationale just doesn’t fit. The physicians in Smithers are on record as being against transfer- ring the service to Prince Rupert,’ sald Coles. - 3.2505. +. “Why drive past two airports to go such a long distarice? It’s'a lot closer {o fly to Vancouver,’’ she said.: Ts - Leisinger isn’t- sure that the northwest hospitals can come to an agreement about where Dr. Phelan should go or if he should stay in Kitimat,

‘'Unless:some of the partics are willing to change their position we'll probably end up writing a

’ Ietter back to the deputy saying

we haven't: reached an agrec- ment,” said Leisinger. .

“This thing has been going on for a year and we need a decision.

All three hospitals need to know in order to do thelr planning,’’ he added.

The deputy. referred to by

‘Leisinger is Lawrie McFarlane,

the second in command of the It was- hls Nov. letter, asking .

" that the hospitals try again, that’s

put the issue on the table one more time.

“lf you feel that a consensus agreement cannot be reached among the three communities in an appropriate time frame,’’ wrole McFarlane, ‘‘the question I would ask is would you be agree- able to the minktry making the decision regarding orthopedic service by the-end of this calendar year ....”? ,

' The matter will be raised this.

Friday when the eight northwest - hospitals gather in Stewart io dis- cuss medical issues.

Doggie daycare prospect looms

NO LONGER will the com- munity’s canines have to be hame

. alone while thelr owners are. at

work, oe

Not if animal control officer Frank Bowsher’s lalest idea com- es.to fruition.

It’s a daycare for dogs, a con- cept Bowsher sald he came across wille down in Vancouver.

A couple opened just such an establishment there, charging $15

a’ day to look after people’s

pooches, and found there was &

big. demand for their innovative

service, 7 : The logic is simple, says Bow- sher. For people without kids, pels’ can’ take on an equivalent And, given the choice between simply leaving the animals on

ovt tree figures _

Sparks conceded it will "be

_many. years before the results

necessary to draw firm conclu- sions will be obtained from those

In the meantime, however, there was-io need for the forest service to take drastic action on AACS in

; the aca. * - .

Referring to the timber supply analysis,'Sparks pointed out it ac-

the rate of AAC reduction would

be needed lo compensate for as- "sumptions it used which later

_ could easily be corrected at that

thelr own all day and placing them where they can get attention and companionship, many owners plumped for the latter.

“There's someone to take them for a walk and to play with them,’’ Bowsher said, adding the experience can have a beneficial affect onthe animals,

“They (the owners) wanl. the dogs to be betier cilizens,’”’ he added. ;

Now that the animal shelter is in its new quarters, he’s consider- ing trying the daycare idea here,

At this stage, however, Bow-. sher just wants to float the idea and see If enough people are in- terested to makea goofit,.

Anyone interested or just, want-. ing to learn more about the dog- git daycare can contac! Bowsher.

proved to be false... oo

With the size of the. area in- volved and - timber «supply analyses. now being ..updated every five years, he maintained “there are no serious ‘risks’? in

" maintaining current cutting levels

for the next 30 years.

"We'll have very good in- formation by then,’’ he said.

He also repeated any mistakes

time ‘without ‘threatening the fu- ture of thé resource in the mean-

= ville,