a. ‘eo aa ere ee ee Seer ee OE er co Page A& — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 8, 1992 Pilgrims take aim at banks TERRACE —There’s a sim- ple solution to the debt pro- blem facing Canada, says a -~lay missionary fora Catholic _policteal pressure aroun,” he — lay sect who visited here recently, And that is to take. away the power of the banks to create money. The problem, continues, Jean-Pierre Richard, is that money isn’t based. on the wealth that comes from the country’s production. Instead, it is based on the power than banks have to create or lend money many times past their deposit levels, “'Those banks have a terri- ble power. What they do then is create debt that peo- ple have to pay,” said Richard from the Pilgrims of St. Michael. The Pilgrims, who take their narne from St. Michael, ~—ihe archangel of justice, call their philosophy social credit: But it’s not the sacial credit that started on the Prairies and is used as the name for the B.C. political party, says Richard. “We're a non-partisan, adds. The Pilgrims’ philosophy is based’'on people receiving money — called dividends — as the overall worth of a country increases. This dividend would by paid directly to and share equally by each Canadian, said Richard, Richard travels the coun- try from the Pilgrims’ base in Rougemount, south of Mon- treal. His vehicle carries a sign promoting the lay sect’s newspaper, the Michael Journal, Signs advocating “Death to Taxes” are also on display. ' Richard says the newspaper has a circulation of 50,000 every two months and that the Pilgrims are now printing pamphlets in many languages. “The Pilgrims are also op- posed to the GST and are cir- culating a petition against the tax. JEAN PIERRE RICHARD displays succinct message of the Pilgrims of St. Michael. It’s a Catholic-based organization promoting a dif- ferent way of running the economy. Richard regularly travels across ROADSIDE SCREENING DEVICES -_ > FITIN THE PALM OF ANY C1) POLICE OFFICER'S HAND... ee ANY TIVE... ANYWHERE IN B.C. Q Canada with the organization’s message. DNA fingerprinting used in pursuit of poachers TERRACE — Conservation of- ficers here hope to start tracking down northwest poachers using a process called DNA finger- printing, DNA fingerprinting uses X-ray photography to compare genetic material from different tissue samples. Because each animal has its own unique set of genetic information, scientists can use the process to prove that two samples with identical genetic patterns came from the same animal. District. conservation officer Peter Kalina said the process hasn’t been used and tested in court yet. But they plan to start Using the process soon in Pager poachings of bear, mountain “vitice, goat and moose. Typically, he said, conserva- tion officers might find a poached carcass abandoned in the bush and take a sample from it. If they later seize some meat or hides from a suspect’s house, they could have the samples analyzed to link the suspect with the carcass in the bush. — oe 50 far the process hasn’t been tested in court to find out if it stands up to the. scrutiny of defence lawyers. Right now they're working on building up a collection of samples for different species of big game from around the pro- 4 A large inventory © of samples is needed to prove in court that the process is reliable and ac- curate. “Once the technique is ac~ cepted in court, there’s no longer a problem,” Kalina said. Hunters can help build up the inventory of samples by sending a small chunk of hide from each animal they take to Helix Biotech Ltd., the Richmond lab that is collecting the samples. Company president Terry Owen said hunters should iden- tify the species, whether it was male or female, and state when and where it was shot. Samples can be sent to Helix Biotech Lids, Suite 215;,7080 River Rdy; ): Richmond B.C., V6X 1X5. Local crime rate steady TERRACE —The crime rate in the city held steady in 1990 com- pared to the year before. Figures for 1990 show there were 221 Criminal Code of- fences for every 1,000 people living here while there were 222 in 1989, The 1990 rate was good enough for the city to drop to _ 9th place overall in the province for Criminal Code offences. In 1989, the city ranked fifth when compared to other municipalities in the province, “We held our own, (but) it shows things got worse in the other eight. places,’ said local RCMP detachment commander Inspector Lawrence Yeske of the 1990 figures. In 1988, the city ranked se- cond in the province with 244 offences per 1,000 population. The statistics don't include traf- fic offences. Yeske said he was relatively . happy with the 1990 figures but did note that crime across the province seems to be edging out. ~~ Larry Yeske And he was careful to point out that not all of the Criminal Code offences committed within the municipal boundaries are caused by people wha live in the city. ‘‘What we have are troublemakers coming into the town and connecting with the ones that live here,’’ said Yeske. “We're a hub, similar to Williams Lake when you look at their figures,’’ he continued. Williams Lake is a perennial fix- ture at the top of the crime rate list. It was first in 1990 with 268 offences per 1,000 population. Yeske said hit and runs and other traffic offences are also higher in relation to the number of people who live here because the city is a service and shopp- ing centre for the northwest. He attributed the stable crime rate to more stringent policing of liquor use and vehicle drivers. ‘If we can get somebody who gets liquored up before they get into a car and get into an acci- dent or into a fight, we're doing our job,’’ said Yeske. As for office caseload, the figure is now 102 cases per each officer in town and 98 for those in the rural area. The municipal rate comes close to the 100 given as a stan- dard figure while the rural one is higher than the 75 cases set as the mark. Pit lamp decision close TERRACE — Prosecutors are expected to decide by next week whether to charge a local RCMP officer with night hunting. The officer has been under investigation since being nab- bed in a pit-lamping sting operation run by jocal con- servation officers on the Nov. 11 long weekend. Night hunting with the aid of a light, known as pit-lamping, is illegal. Senior Vancouver pro- -secutor David Winkler said ‘he‘hag reviewed ithe file-and| | has made a recommendation. 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