Golden start Work is underway to re-open’ a small gold mine near closed town. of Cassiar/NEWS A13 Pulling together. Dollar signs | Local diabetics have formed ¢ a | support group to help each other/COMMUNITY B1 | Local hockey product becomes -| $1.5 million man with San Jose | ‘Sharks/SPORTS cl 7 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27, 1993 Mike Scott THE SIZE of Reformer Mike Scott's victory in ‘Skeena sur- prised even hie campaign organizers Monday right. The only bigger surprise was the disintegration of NDP support here, Scott won with 11,968 votes with all but one poll reporting in a riding that has elected New Democrals all but once in the Jast 35 yours. NDP candidate Joe Barrett called Scott to concéne defeat Just 75 minutes tno the yott- counting. = Bartett finished thitd with 6,537 NDP votes —.10,000 fewer than in 1988 under P MP Jim Fulton. Literal candida Rhoda Withorly rode the Liberal wave fo a seoond place finish with 7,477 votes and won her home town of Prince Rupert. National Party camfidate Isaac Sobol autged into fourth place with 2,425 votes, edging out Progressive Conservatin Danny. Shetidan who recelved 2,126. The local victim of the Tory: slaughter sald he wasn’t sure what happened, . (T's a roller cosater,”” Sheridan sald. ‘Tt goes P it goes , down?’ Scott sald he would have much preferred a minority goverment 80 his party could have forced the govemment ‘to be mom responsive on the way it spent mon Scott said the Reform party will act as the ‘fiscal conacience’’ of the nation. ‘*We want to bring a new quali- ty of debate to the House of Com- mons,” he said. Natlonal party candidate Isaac Sobol reluctantly congratulated: Scott, saying the successful can- didate saveral times deccived voter. Tt isn’t a tluniph for the dem- ocratlc process when winging je is at the. expense of truth,” said Sobol And, he continued, he's golng to start working on a petition to have Scott recalled Playhouse along with The w Tart but sweet LEMONADE is the name of one of Terrace Littla Theatre's latest one-act play, opening tomorrow night at the McColl Diary of Adam and Eve, Gail MacDonald and Margaret Sinjur (above) play Edith Northrup and Mabel Lamston, two lonely small town tye matrons who get together to sell lemonade, The resultis a tart, lightly-sweetened tale that splashes 30 years’ of joy and tragedy across the stage. The. -double-bIl runs Oct. 26-30 and Nov. 4-6. Big jet returns CANADIAN AIRLINES is bringing back its Boeing © 737 jet service OcL 31. It was taken away the end - of September to be used by a political party: for the fed- eral election. ;. “We released two 31s —. one io the Liberals and one to the. Conservatives,’” said. Canadian. Airlines regional manager Herb Pond last week. There’s. no. telling which 737 is coming back... That means’ travellers have the opportunity to eifher sit in a scat once occupied by. Jean Chretien or, by Kim’ Campbell, = *° . Canadian ‘Airlines brought - in a smaller jet @ Fokker F- 28, to fill the gap while the 731 was twa overnment axes TANDARD = “In the apiclt of the Reform party, I’m committed to this,” Sobol said of recell. Christian Heritage Party candl- date Luke Kwantes received 646 votes whilo Green Peter Mahiing received 178 and Calvin Danyluk ep the Natural Law party received Former prenuer Dave Barrett fell in his own riding of Bsquimalt-Juan de Fuca to a 33 year-old = parachutes candidate from the Reform Party. Scott swept bis hometown of Kitimat by mors than 650 votes ard demolished alt opposition in Terrace, Thornhill and Smithem. THORNHILL 75¢ PLUS 5¢ est VOL. 6 NO. 28: Joe Barrett - Toxic storage ous waste free zone if Kitimat- Stikine regional district directors get their way. ~ \ ‘Difectors voted 8-3 (with direc- “'f tors Bob Cooper, Pete Weeber and Darlene Cornell opposed) last Saturday calling on the environ- ment ministry -to place a moratorium on applications to bring hazardous waste into Thornhill for storage. The issue came up last winter when Dairyland Foods applied for a permit to store PCBs from its propertics around the province at its Kofoed Dr. location in Thornhill. The company backed down in the face of intense public opposi- tion even though environment ministry officials said the, proposal was safe and should be allowed to proceed. But Thornhill director Les Wat- mough says neighbours are worried Dairyland will. try again and have pressed for a bylaw ban-- ning such proposais. ““They’re very nervous,”’ he “said. The regional district's legal ad- vicc, however, is that such a bylaw would not‘prevail over a permit or order issued under the Waste Management Act. Instead, “he explained, . they sought to get a moratorium for Thornhill on such proposals. But giving Thornhill special ban sought THORNHILL WILL be a hazard- - Les Watmough Status as a haven from hazardous waste siorage angered some directors from other communities, Chairman Ray Brady; from Kitimat, demanded to know why just Thornhill should be ex- empted and be made some kind of “environmentally distinct area.” Terrace mayor Jack Talsira sug- gested the move could affect the operalions of companies that have locations in Thornhill and loca-| tions in othercommunities. _ ' “What happens to the hazard- ous wasie generaled in “Thorn- . hill?” demanded New Hazelton Cont'd Page Ad disclosure of controversial steelhead stats | THE ENVIRONMENT minis- try’s policy of releasing regular ‘ yeports on the strength of the Skeena steclhead run has been torpedoed by senior officials. The steelhead figures released have long been: the target of Prince Rupert commercial fishermen and Department of ' Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) staff, who deny the steelhcad are as weak as provinclal biologists conlend, . Smithers fisheries biologist Bob Hooton released the last steclhead report: in mid-August. Normally they are released until the end-of the run in early September, . Hooton said he was told to “‘not create any undo discomfort and to just stop releasing the things.”’. -. Environineat ministry. fisheries branch dirédtor: David Naive said’ Bob Hooten reporis halted after vocal protests from DFO. “There was some disagreement | between ihe DFO interpretation “of data and-our dwa,”":he sald. “ET _ “we: won't: Feleade, any ‘more a ‘We believed them. But it doesn’t do very much good if they're ridiculed elsewhere, perhaps with some vali- dation.”” until we get that sorted out.”” Asked if he had confidence in ithe numbers ministry staff had been releasing, Narver said: “We believed “them. But it docsn’t do very much good if they’re ridiculed elsewhere, per- haps with some validation.” -He said both federal and provinclal ministries hope to review the policy during the off season in an attempt to “make sure, to the greatest degree pos- sible, that we agree on what's being released.” © : “JNarver: . indicated © “pro's - response ‘siemmed - “from ‘the protests in carly August of com- “mercial fishermen, who. opposed a reduction in fishing at the river mouth from two days'a week to one. ce Commercial . _ fishermen prolested: in . the steels. and wrapped nels around the DFO building in Prince Rupert. “That was Teally, really sad'and disappointing,”’ he said. After a week of protest, DFO officials ‘granted fishermen more » - frequent openings. ‘Hooton: sald | "inal -figutes’ ‘fot : this summer’s run indicate- it was, 23 per cent ahcad. of {ast year’ "8 run, which was one of the worst runs on record. The estimated 16,800 steelhead that entered the river wer about. half the 10-year average and ‘‘far below target levels,”” : The target for sleclhcad returns to the river is 44,000. * Hooton said. the viability of “some individual steelhead runs is - serlously threatencd, The. Copper is in desperale straits this year,’’ he said." “Its in very sad shape." ne “Other tributaries, such ‘as the upper’. and ~ lower Sustut, the: Babine, the Bulkley: and. the Morice were described by! Hooton ; as“*marginal’’, Narver said ‘intense - discus sions’? with DFO: are ‘now. un- ~derway. to’ determine ‘how: ‘com- mercial fishing will: be ‘manage . : next summer, Ske