TERRACE Representatives Health Board Administers Hospital Tml People in the Nass Now Have Aries Are," Said Talstra
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Day in the woods Video and you Player heads south Logging is as much about rules Seeing is believing and that's Jason Krug will be playing hockey nowadays as it is taking wood out what will be going on at the at a southern Minnesota college of the bush/NEWS A5 college/COMMUNITY Ba. this fail/SPORTS Cl WEDNESDAY 75¢ PLUS 5¢ GST JUNE 29, 1994 TL ND RD VOL. 7 NO. 11 Health issue touches on claim TERRACE representatives Health Board administers hospital tml people in the Nass now have aries are," said Talstra. "If we Peter Weeber said. "I do not feel minister hasn't listened to us on backed a Nisga'a bid on Saturday and health care finances in the over their health care finances. accept this would the regional comfortable saying yes on behalf anything else. Why should he of the taxpayer." listen to us on this?" to keep control of health care ad- Nass. .But the plan ran into trouble be- district be accepting boundaries But under the province's New cause it was accompanied by a that are still under negotiation?" Several directors wanted to "I don't see any reason why we ministration in the Nass. delay the decision until August. Bul the support only came after Directions health care strategy, map with proposed boundaries of Other directors were also reluc- arc making a big deal about this But Nyce maintained a decision a heated discussion that spilled the Nass would be combined with a Nisga'a regional health district. tant to vote for the proposal except that we're all mad that is necessary now because the pro- over into areas of land claim ne- a larger Skeena regional health Terrace mayor Jack Talstra was without finding out more about we're not at the (land claim) ne- the implications. vince is in the final stages of es- gotiations. board. 'concerned that by supporting the gotiating table." "I feel like we're going in blind tablishing the regional health dis- Kitirnat Stikine Regional Dis- That new board will be charged boundaries proposed for the In the end, Terrace directors on this thing," said Lakelse trict boundaries. trict directors were debating a with deciding how to spend health district, the regional dis- David Hull and Jack Talstra Lake's Sandy Sandhals. Hazelton mayor Alice Maitland proposal to create a Nisga'a health care dollars in the north- trict might be interfering with the voted in favour of the plan which "I resent treeing this lengthy backed the Nisga'a position, Regional Health District that west. ongoing negotiation of bound- passed 8-3/. would encompass the Nass and Nass valley director Harry Nyee aries of the Nisga'a land claim. document dropped on our door- noting the final decision will be said the Nisga'a proposal would "We're not privy to that and we step and then being told to ap- up to the province. Directors AMy Burton, Pete extend as far as Meziadin Lake. Weeber and Sandhals were op- Right now the Nisga'a Valley merely maintain the level of con- don't know what those bound- prove it," New Hazelton director "We hardly have any say in this anyway," she said. "The posed. Scott invited. on personal tour of Nass JACOB NYCE wants to show ment structures. Skeena Reform MP Mike Scott "I jnst tl~hlk h~,~t,,v~e!,n,~ around the Nass Valley. biased,'Y .said.N.y..~.~, _),,~_e.~_.n9t The hereditary chief and former after tlie land that p~Opl0 ~OWn Gitwinksihlkw chief councillor here in the Na~S Vati~g"We*i'O says he's fed up with statements not going to take it away." Scott is making about land "What we want is compensa- claims. tion for the land that's been taken "l think it's a fear tactic. He from us. It's the government who can't do anything for his con- must pay that compensation be- stituency so he's picking on land cause they sold it to those people claims," said Nyce last week. in the first place," he said. "He's a big bag of wind ~ no Nyce estimates the tour will action." take one day, involving visits to "If he wants to. see concerns, various places in the Ha= Valley. we'll show him our concerns. I'll "I'd like to show him what we show him the high grade logging see -- the destruction of the land that's gone on here." and what we're doing to bring "I'll show him that we got back the salmon habitat," he • nothing for our land. That land said. was taken away from us," Nyce Nyce will also show him a doc- said. ument obtained by his grand- Scott has been saying lately that father years ago which said he land claims settlemenls in B.C., If owns his traditional territory. based on northern Canadian "I'd like to see his document, models, may amount to many or any other document, which millions of dollars and take in says he has bought this land," large areas of land. said Nyce. He also favours votes to Nyce, a conunereial fisherman, determine if natives prefer direct called the Reform party a ,, Polly wanna paddle? land claims settlements or have hardline group that is redneck in ON THEIR way to Alaska from Minnesota, Jeanne, her hus- on Lakelse Lake. Polly always goes with her kayaking, said them go through native govern. nature. band and their toy poodle Polly found some glass-like water Joanee. sitting contentedly in the basket with a pet lifejacket. Illegal sprinkling fine Logger boosted up $100 killed THE CORONER'S OF- TERRACE RESIDENTS who to the city's Deep Creek dam and ing that there may be less low FICE and the Workers' water• lawns this year when reservoir several years ago which level snowpack than in previous Compensation Board are they're not supposed to face in- prevents it from accumulating years. continuing to investigate a creased penalties. water. That means the sooner Deep June 20 accident which The city is only one of two "We face a shortage of water in Creek flows slow down, the killed Currie Huflln, an muncipalities in the province the summer because of Deep greater the chance there'll be employee of a logging given permission to bump the il- Creek. The ministry and the Clfief more spdnlding restrictions. company. legal sprinkling fine to $100. Judge recognized this," said Christen.sen noted that the city's Huflin, 50, was working This comes under the municipal Bowsher. ability to provide water runs close on a piece of equipment in ticket information (MTI) system Sprinkling restrictions come in to th0 line when Deep Creek the Nass Valley at the time being used by the city. place here July 1. flows slow down. of the accident, Terrace Other fines in other Residents with even house The creek does produce 11 mil- coroner Jim Lynch said last municipalities for contravening numbers can water on even days spflnkltng restrictions fall in ithe lion litres of water a day during week. while those .with odd numbers normal flows while the city gets The employee of Main $50 to $75 range, can only water on odd days. City by-law enforcementofficer 16 million litres of water a day Logging was attended to at Frank Bowsher said the request to "There are no restrictions on from the Skccna River. the scene and flown to raise the fine amount went down hours at this time," city works That's fine during winter Mills Memorial but efforts to the attorney-general's ministry superintendent Stew Christensen mont~ with consumption at 7 to save him failed. last year. said last week. million lttres a day. Lynch said Huflln" died of It was processed by the ministry Thls yesr's restrictions are corn- But the consumption rises to head injuries. and then sent to the Chief Judge lng in two weeks after last year's 24,000 million litres a day when He said it would be a of the provincial court for ap, because of the wet spring, there are no sprinkling restrie- while yet before all in.. proval. : i: 'i Deep Creek, from where the tions and between 16 and 18 mil- "Lillooet. is the only other, place, city.obtains a substantial portion hen" when odd: and even day formation has been to have a fine of$i00, satd of fls water, has had healthy limlts are in place. gathcrcd ~andhis report is Bowsher. :: flows So far thiS year, said "It doesn't take muchto realize BETTER WATCH out beginning in July. City sprinkling restrle- concluded.t In Lillooet the re~son was heat Christen.sen. " what Could happen," said tlons come in then and by-law enforcement officer Frank Bow- but tmre it relates tii damagedone, ' thesuperintendent' ' is warn- Chnslens"' en .......... ..... : ..... sher can issue $100 tickets. That's an increase over last year. i i =, A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 29, 1994 I ~ Si:hool District No. Almost 8,000 Injuries Is A High Price To Pay I ~: 88 ('rerraoe) ' For Speeding, Rights complaint All playing fields in the Terrace and Thomhill Please, Slow Down, area schools will be filed against city Fertilized Monthly. This program will run from May through Dr..Dean Burtch October 1994. wishes to announce Dr. Thomas Nenninger has joined him as an associate i~:!~~!.:i~~~:,~ "i~~ i: ~, :~/~ Kay's complaint comes under continue the matter or hold a ....... " ~,~i~i!'!~ Section 8 of the Human Rights hearing.