UN BC Fate Here Still Un Known

U N BC fate here still un known, TERRACE -- The future of the most universities need large num- Colleges have been given the UNBC might require the injection smaller groups than we believe will be more (construction). If we University of Northern B.C. in bers of first- and second-year stu- power to issue what are called as- of more money from the ministry the university could," he said. have a smaller role &ere will be Terrace will hinge on the out- dents enrolled in order to balance sociate degrees, Weller added, for of advanced education as com- Construction of administrative less." come of critical negotiations this the costs of providing instruction students who have finished their pensation to the colleges, Weller centres in each of the regions -- The calendar for next year must month between university offi- in later years. first two years. indicated. referred to in the university's new be concluded soon, he said. "We cials and Northwest Community Weller said the colleges may That may make the colleges NWCC board chairman AI 68-page regional plan -- will be hope to have things sorted out by College. have to give up some of their first want to retain the administration Brocldey says the college hasn't tied to the negotiations on the end of November." UNBC president Geoffrey Wel- and second-year students to of first and second year university issued any ultimatums, but it does - courses, Weller said. Wcllcr maintains the new uni- ler said how many courses the UNBC to make it feasible to offer courses. • want to retain all first and second UNBC would likely build versity is committed to serving university can offer here ~ and degree-completion. "That would restrict us to of. year courses. centres to house office space, lec- the regions. indeed whether the university can "We have to make some hard fering third and fourth year • "We want to work this thing ture rooms, distance education "We'll do as much as we can offer courses here -- will depend decisions," he said. "We have to courses," he said, adding: it out," Brockley said. "It's impor- facilities, and computer labs in as soon as wc can -- within the on a negotiated deal with the col- figure out what we're both going would be difficult for UHBC to tant to us. It's important to them. each of the regional centres, the confines of practicality." lege in the next couple of weeks. to do." offer those courses without hav- So we're talking." plan says. "What UNBC can do is very He said numbers of students in ing administration of firSt- and He said NWCC believes it can "It will depend on the outcome dependent on the number of stu- Terrace are quite small. second-year/ offer more courses because it's of the first set of negotiations," dents there are," he explained. "We're not talking very big Any deal where the colleges more flexible than UNBC on Woller notes. "It will depend on For details of UNBC's new Because third- and fourth-year numbers and that's the limiting gave up some or all university minimum class sizes. who is doing the programming." regional policy report, please see courses attract fewer students, aspect for us," he said. transfer course ~programming to "We can hold courses for "If we have a larger role there pageA13. FORESTRY Natives get Minister orders fi rst c rac k damage at mill work TERRACE -- Natives will local people," said Marsh. receive a hiring preference on the The idea of preference will also check proposed Orenda Forest Products be extended to local companies pulp and paper mill, says a bidding for service contracts dur- TERRACE -- Local logging spokesman for the company ing construction. practices are about to be exam- that'll construct the facility. "There will be a certain amount ined by two government ap- But there probably won't be a of latitude given, but we do not pointed consulting companies. quota system set, adds Com- want to quantify it," said Marsh. Art Charbonneau, acting forests monwealth Construction industri- "But we are emphasizing that minister during Dan Miller's al rclations manager Bob Marsh. local companies must be competi- suspension, announced last week And he says there'll be plenty tive. This is not a licence to add a Tripp Biological Consultants and of opportunity for employmcnt couple of zeros to the contract," Northwest Hydraulic Consultants for all residents of the Tcrrace- he said. will immediately begin an audit Kitimat corridor. of northwestern cut blocks. "The general policy is to give The secretary treasurer of the What they will be looking at is people a preference who reside in provincial umbrella group of con. whether logging operations have the area of a project. In this area, struction unions says the kind of complied with guidelines aimed the native Indian populace to a native employment being talked at protecting fish bearing streams. greater degree will have a prefer- about for the Orenda •project.will ........... Tripp w~S. the: auditor..which once; said Marsh. be significant. blew the whistle on several com- Fleshing out what will happen "This is the first time we have panies which had cut timber on remains difficult until a study is ever discussed native involve- Vancouver Island. done of area natives to determine ment on a project • of that mag- They found more than 20 in- job skills they have and how nitude," said Bill Holmes of the stances of waterways having been those will fit in with mill con- B.C. and Yukon Construction and damaged as a result of the way struction labour requirements. Building Trades Council. logging had been carried out. That's part of a larger research "We have asked (Com- The offending forest companies project examining the impacts monwealth) to make enquiries of were subsequently given 60 days and possible benefits the $410 natives who are qualified and to clean upthe damaged streams. million project will have on area who can be qualified," said Forest companies who had op- natives. Holmes. erated on the Island were also or- Native job skill levels will He said the council supports the dered to review all the remaining determine what construction posi- concept of native hire on all cutblocks harvested since/an. 1, tions they could fill and what relevant construction projects. 1988 -- approximately 3,000 -- by kind of training might be needed "Individual unions already last week. to increase qualifications, said have natives - indigenous people' Those reports are now being Marsh. who are members of their looked at by Forest Service staff The kind of employment plan union," Holmes added. and they are expected to report that will emerge will be the The council has already pro- their findings to the ministry by largest Commonwealth has un- posed up to 50 per cent native the end of the year. dertaken in Canada but won't be workforce participation on con- Locally, Charbonneau has in other countries in which the struction projects on reserve asked Tripp and Nautical to company has operated. lands, Holmes said. check out a random selection of "In the Phillipines, in Peru, for The Orenda project is expected 90 cutblocks in the Prince Rupert When local residents gather at the Cenotaph instance, the requirement is to to create up to 572 manyears of Forest Region, which includes the Lest tomorrow to lay wreaths in remembrance of those maximize to a very large extent employment. local Kalum district. who died for their country in past conflicts, mem- Weather permitting, Charbon- bers of the 747 Squadron Air Cadets, including neau expected the consultants to we complete the audit of these Leading Air Cadet Tracy Coulas (above), will take Feds hand out selected areas by the end of the up position at the four corners of the memorial year. once again in recognition of the sacrifice made by He said the audit will eventual- forget those whose names appear upon the Honour Roll. ly be expanded to take in all coas- UIC penalties tal area forest districts. TERRACE -- Just over Innocent mistakes leading'to $156,000 in penalties were as- overpayments and possible false scsscd against 181 people for reporting are detected by employ: abusing the unemployment insur- ment centre computer programs Nass elementary school up in air ance plan for the six month peri- which match employer records od ending Sept. 30. with claims. TERRACE --. Nisga'a school ministry thinks it is worth. location isn't close," Azak con- estimated the project cost at In all, Canada Employment But information also comes district officials are still no fur- The lowest of tenders opened in tinued. $2.024 million, just under the low Centre. investigators found from other unemployment insur- ther in getting an elementary October came to $800,000 over It's the second time the project bid amount of $2.033 million. $322,448 in ove~ayments during ance employees and tips from the school built in Gitwinksihlkw. what the ministry is prepared to has been tendered. Students from Gitwinksihlkw the same period. public, says :investigation and A trip down south this week pay, said Azak. The first time, bids were also now take the bus daily to school Investigators looked at 1,446 control officer Sherlyn Taylor resulted only in statements that "The ministry's opinion is that over the projection and changes in New Aiyansh. cases covering Terrace, Kitimat, and one of three people in the in, the education ministry would the size of the school should cost were made to scale down the cost The ministry has suggested Houston, Hazelton, Smithers, vestigatiom unit, ' ; consider the proposal, says dis- oldy $1.2 million anywhere in the for the second go around.

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