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nurses: "willbe ‘cut ‘at: Mifly Memotial Hospital;: : ve i

oS traen Who! Many “e “pected would give the hospital . More money ‘when he came hére ‘Monday. itistead said Ma olf. Walker will: find:-ways* costs: and elminate the hospita, $270,000 budget deficit,::")

iq athan seidthe ministryand.----- Layott hotices went ci, but » the hospliat, ‘upon appeal have’ been: rescinded:-No. beds » the plan, will “be ‘bound:

Will ‘be closed or. nurses laid off “ MMUL the fepottis in, °F Walker decides there is no. : _ Hosplial employers: started a

Na

‘ ‘consuliant’s recommendations...

the operation of Mills,*’ Strachan said, ., ©

“He added he’ won't give: Walker’

Y.: guidelines setting : {minimum acceptable level Of service ‘should exist-at

: “Te you're going to put that - type. of ‘guideline, that. type of

- Policy in place, there’s no sense in having a consultant,"’

mmunity questioning

ee

Fishing Lodge — pleaded guilty in court July 9 to two counts of guiding without a licence tast year, and received fines of

$1,000 on each charge. |”

Kalina said the fines were. high

university courses could be of- fered here at Northwest. Com- munity College as early as next year, ,

4. NWCC president Don Ander- :

son said Friday the college-plans to offer’ a- basic package ' of

ting in September of 1992 as the college develops closer ties to B.C. (UNBC),

“It's not definite yet,”? said Anderson, “‘but it’s approved in principle,”

The college plans to survey its second-year students. in ‘the coming semester_Jo-assess. the

whilch , courses. Should. be of. feredy-hesaidss ' Anderson « said’ the college ‘would probably offer a basic package of five or six third-year

TERRACE -~ Fisheries ‘of- ficials say they’ye Started: their environmental review: of the Kemano Completion Project. “We have begun the technical aspects of the review process gs specified by the assessment and review guidelines,’? said Michael -Nassichuk, of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). | ot A court decision this Spring threw out the federal govern- ment's decision last fall to ex-

lodge operator Martin

$2,000 for guiding without r licence,

the now-closed Exclusive Fly

because of Schmiderer’s

“serious: f

environment,:

third-year arts and sciences star- .

the new University of Northern:

demand;- and: tochelp-itadecide:

Fish guide fined

TERRACE — Local fishing Previous Wildlife Act convic- tions — operating as an illegal Schmiderer has been fined hunting guide in 1985 and giv- ing false information to conser-

: vation officers. in the early Schmiderer — who operates “1980s, .

renew his guiding licence but he “Carried on: guiding anyway,” Kalina said. ‘t's sort of akin to . ‘driving’ your car after the in- surance expires. One day it’s. The first count relates to an -good, the next-il’s not.”

incident in which Schmiderer °: guided on Sept, 2-4, 1990 on a class 1 section of the- Copper: River and again on July 2-12,

renewed his guiding licence this ‘year —*says he: doesn't know “ywhen cor if he will be able ‘to: 1990, on a class 2 section of the Teopen’ the ‘lodge. Ttie fishing - Skeena River, ©. dodge was'a Strictly catch-and- Conservation . officer Peter . release. operation, calering to “well-heeled European and American fishermen.

" Stractian said. “I think in the past we've had to many guidclines and too many

- policies,” a . Mdon’t-think irs appropriate for-us to try, to Second-guess the

. consullant-in terms ‘of identify- ing numbers, But ict me say that T-am fismly committed ‘to ‘the results of that report."*. : Terrace Regional Health: Care Society chairman David Lane said he was *tabsoluteily dclighted” by the decision.

““T'm.at a loss for words Mr.

Minister,"’ he said, ‘Let me Say I'm just absolutely delighted that you have taken the decision that

College planning

TERRACE — Third-year

- Ourses. We're probably lookitig at the higher enrolment areas that

;would probably have UNBC

‘credit — areas such as English

and psychology and courses like that which are kind of the core for any general arts program."’ _. The: Open Learning Agency has ‘also joined the northern

“university to provide. what’s

called distance education using

“computer and itelecommunica- tion technology to serve some of the more remote communities,

‘4Government officials . say

$200,000 Will be pravided.to pay for the special partnership bet-

ween..UNBC:,and._ Learning Agency. “We were really "please “about the Open Learning Agen

“ty coming on board,” said

“Anderson.

empt Alcan’s *$1-billion hydroelectric project from a full federal environmental review, and ordered that such a review take place.

Nassichuk said DFO has been . working for the past three

..weeks On this initial assessment Of the project, adding that stage

of the fisheries review will pro- bably be completed in late August. : .

_ That first stage, when com-

“Mr, ‘Schmiderer didn’t

‘Schmideter — who hasn't

you have. Thank you very much for listening to our plight.’’

. Hospital Employecs’. Union . Spokesman Elaine Pigeau:. said she was ‘very dissappointed’? by: Strachan’s announcement,

adding she had hoped to ‘see the -

, Minister give the: hospital: more ‘money, cee oer

“There was no: real commit.

tment: from Mr, Strachari to make this a regional shospital,'*. Pigeau said. “I think the 11,582' People who signed that petition: are going to be wondering what this consultant’s going to.come - up with.” Se

ses here

Anderson said the university is also working on two-year pro- grams eventually leading ‘to degree completion in forestry, nursing, business administra. tion, and social work, ~

~-They’re also working on _bet- ter ways to blend the operalions of ‘the college system and. the. new universily, such as joint use of. computer systems, -

the .. Open: a

September 1993, _ accom- Modaling up to 2,000 students,

Kemano review underway ©

plete, could become the ground- work far a more detailed full public panel review, under the federal Environmental Assess- ment and Review Process (EARP)... _The federal court. of appeal ‘on July 12 rejected Alcan's at- tempt to block such a review un- til its appeal of the May. 16 federal court ruling: is heard. Company officials hope the ap-

. peal will be heard sometime this -

fall.

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