...... ...... .. ,, _ ....... ~'~.._. ........... .... ~ .......... ~"*----~" . ~,x,~: . ,-;a:~,.~.,..~ 'pT'-e""'m~ : ~. .~ ..-: ,; ':." . - ,~-'.-~':-~ ,j:~'~, - ,~ , :~:. ,.~.:;,., ..... .*,-...'# .i~ ,.~...,,:, . "-i WHO'S MINDING THE GRIZZLIES ? -- A2 i]~i:~!~!!:~!::~!i~:~::~!~!i!~i!i~!!~!i~i!~iiii~i~i~!~i!~::!::!i~:~i::!~ii~ii::~::!!!i!~::~i~::~i~:ii!::~i!i!i!~!~!i!!i~!~!~!~!~iii~ii!i!i~i!~:~i!~!i~::~::~!~::~!ii::~i::~i~::~ii~i!~i~::~ii~ii~ii~!!~i~i~iii~ii~!ii~i!!~iiiiii:~iiiiiiiii::i::iiiiiiil i['egislative l-ibrary, ¢; , WEDNESDAY, •JUNE 6, 1990 iPar'liament Buildings Vol.. 6, Issue No. 23 IVi etruria B.C. VSV IX4 0]" NCU TFN • .'.I 5o¢ ." • . ' I . , " 'I i • [ • • r'~" Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 I Bruneau gets ) years Charge reduced . % . after ruling on evidence by Michael Kelly The man arrested in April 1989 in connection with the death of a Terrace teenager was found guilty of manslaughter last week in a Prince Rupert county court session and sentenced to three and a half years in jail. Daniel Joseph Bruncau, 29, of Terrace, pied guilty to manslaugh- ter after the Crown dropped second degree murder charges against him. Terrace Crown counsel Laurie Langford said after the trial the second degree murder charges were abandoned became much of the evidence collected by Terrace k RCMP was ruled inadmissible. ',, :.~-~ ." ":'a~:,,<~,~,~,,,., ,,~, • , Bmneau stood accused of killing 16-year-old Crystal Hogg on Nov. 11, 1988. Her body was found at "Well, I don't know what more can go wrong today," muttered George Clark, walking out of his Terrace the Terrace-Kitimat airport in the early morning hours, and an inves- Travel office as flames shot up the side of the building Monday afternoon. The stubborn fire was answered with tigation determi.ned she had died a general alarm, and fire~ghters took over an hour to extinguish it completely. The cause is under investigation. by strangulation. On a motion by defense lawyer Jeff Arndt a voir dire -- a trial .... Prepared for flooding, officia!s say within the trial to determine whether evidence is admissible by Tod Strachan Esker overpass construction site A few years ago, says Zylicz, river Salem says, however, this isn't was held and the Hon. Justice where flooding was prevented only levels could be determined bY true. Government offices are Lysyk handed down a 49-page All systems were working, says when workers used fill •from the simply phoning a number and informed and know what's hap- decision that struck down a large Terrace provincial emergency plan overpass approach to raise the counting the beeps emitted by the pcning. He says that last week Ms :: body 'of evidence based .on Bru- zone manager Rod Salem, and if level ofa detour there. Zylicz says monitoring stations. But now, he office was working closely with neau's •statements to police on the the rising Skeena River had actual- there was als0 flooding on the says, those signals are sent to a Water Management in Smithen evening, of his. arrest and the fol- ly posed a threat to the Terrace Greenville road but he described satellite which in turn transmits and other ministrles~such as High. lowingday. , , area in the past week we were that as more of an annual than an them to a Computer in Vancouver. ways and they were ready. They • .The following sequence of events .prepared. emergency event. The only way to access the infor- had, in fact, already stockpiled . was noted'in the.judge's decision: But not everyone agrees. The Zyl!cz •says that in spite of the mation after that, accordingto sandbags in ,crucial areas" suchas On April .I0, 1989, after an ex- ' privatization process may have left flooding situation in low.lying Zylicz, is to contact the Water Hazelton which he says was the tensive, investigation •into.. Crystal ,a few people in the dark. North ~ areas, though, they were unable to Management office in Vancouver;, most threatened community in the Hogg's, death, Terrace RCMP Coast Road Maintenance manager get any information and this put but they're closed evenings and pest week... arrested Bruneau and took him tff, Mike Zylicz says flooding was a North Coast crews in a "reac- weekends. He adds that emergency. ~ntres" ,the. detachment headquarters. At :real concern in some areas but his tionary mode" rather than an "anti- A rapid rise in water levels at had been designated andwere the time Of his arrest :and at one office was unable to get any accu- cipadon mode". 01err Vowell could give us 12 ready if needed; in Smithem it !point during the questlohing that ,' rate- :up-to-date information on The problem began, according to hoers or more warning, says would have been: the B;C. Access- followed,, B run~u was,advisod,by changing river levels. Zyllcz, when electronic fiver level Zylic~, but we seem to have lost Centre and in Terrace, the PBP the arresting officer of hb'."right to ' .,He says theli" c0ncem was caused., ',: monitoring syste.msatOlen Vowell that capability. The only warning off/~ at ~:a~ Lazcll©, As w©ll, L* seek and.instruct, Counsel".. Bin- by a foot of water on the road near and Usk were changed from phone now might not come until the Continued. on page 2-Old ..Remo. and ,a situation at: the, access to satellite/computer access. water ison ~he road, ' > Cmmnued0n,pa~2o:-,, .. ... ;;,, . .: ,f ........ ",..;. .. {i * . * t ! A2 Terrace Reriew -- Wednesday, June 6, 1990 Flood --: continued from page A1 planner Ray Tank was one of the informed and he too was ready. On Friday night in fact, says Salem, the initial stages of Terrace's emergency plan had already been implemented and- were ready to go into action if the situation continued to worsen. City crews, says Terrace director of engineering Stew Christensen, were also ~rell informed. He says that due to information they had received he was able io tell con- cerned Skeena St. residents that they were in no danger at all. What did he know? The Bulkicy River had already begun to drop, the freezing level had dropped From 8500 feet to 6,600 feet thus reducing the runoff, and only minimal precipitation had been predicted by the weather office. Residents were safe for Saturday, and updated information would indicate the trend for Sunday and days following. Salem says there is a provincial- "800 number" and a phone list for all key personnel. "If the water was rising in I-Iazelton," he says; "i would be called fight away." And so would other people like the Ministry of Highways, he adds. But from Zylicz's point of view, The Skeena River alarmed many local residents last week and flooded part of Usk, but the situation wasn't nearly as serious as that it's perhaps time this phone list of in Prince George and the Fraser Valley. Local officials say they were monitoring the river and prepared to act. key personnel is checked. There may be a few names missing, and according to Zylicz that could lead to unnecessary confusion at the Poaching level an unknown wrong time. TERRACE--- Big game animals Northwest, but there is presently concerned witnesses. Kalina and somehow held an aura of respecta- are being illegally killed in the no way of determining how many, his fellow C.O. Ken Hoffman have bility, with the warden being seen a local conservation officer Said 25,000 square miles to take care of as a spoil sport. Before the poach. ing problem can be seriously continued from page A1 last week. in the Skee.na wildlife management Bruneau Peter Kalina was commenting on unit. Much of it is difficult to get addressed, that attitude has to neau indicated hc understood, but dures, other than the cliciting of a report carried in the Vancouver at, and poachers are sometimes change. "There arc a limited num. did not ask to telephone a lawyer. information from the accused Sun that indicates poachers may be better equipped -- with helicopt- ber of conservation officers and Judge Lysyk noted that there were himself. I have quoted an extract killing as many animals as legal ers, for example -- than the many public and commercial users. posters in both official languages from Staff sergeant Woods' cross hunters arc in B.C. "For one thing, regulators. Some of the respomibility (for on the wall of the booking-in room examination which concludes with it's surreptitious in nature. There Although it would seem that conservation) falls on their should- at the police station stating the a frank acknowledgement that this are a number of reports indicating licensed hunting guides have a ers, They have to accept that res- fights of accused persons. isolation of the accused was motiv- that the ratio (of legally to illegally vested interest in nailing illegal ponsibility," he said. That evening Bruneau's brother, ated, in part if not wholly, by the killed animals)is one to one. hunters, Kalina says the level of The health of the Northwest's mother and father came to the desire to preclude a lawyer or Around Terrace, I can't say. cooperation in reporting poachers population has been called into police station, asking why Bruneau anyone else from advising the There's an clement we're aware from the guides is "disappointing". question, and Kalina notes that had been arrested. RCMP person- accused of" his right to remain of, and an element, that we're not "It's in their best interest to help, B.C. currently has no laws agalmt nel, under direction from Staff silent." aware of. We do know there's it's a matter of public trust.