Fa gem ST GETTING THE message across, CN Rail’s demonstration Saturday at the Kenney St. crossing left no doubt that when @ train and a car tangle, it's the vehicle that's going to come up on the losing end, Even at the relatively slow speed the train was travelling on impact, the car was pushed more than 100m down the track to the sound of screaming metal and smell of burning rubber. Once the car came to rest, res- cue crews went to work extracting a couple of “victims”. Probe has toll-free lines IT ISN'T officially underway but an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse at native residential schools has al- ready turned up 90 suspects, Announced late last year, the investigation is to examine al- legations at 13 schools. Up until now, RCMP officers, native groups and counselling groups have been setting up the investigation’s infrastructure, The probe is expected to receive an official start June 26 in Vancouver with the release of a brochure on what's involved, “Nearly-1,0) phone calls of var- - jous kinds have already been received, says one of the lead RCMP investigators. . *OF that, we've perhaps identi- fied 90 suspects, 155 victims and 60 to 70 witnesses. The other calls have been general en- quizies,”’ said Magark, Two 1-800 toll-free lines are available for those wishing to make contact The first, 1-800-721-0066, places people in direct contact with investigating officers while the second, 1-800-563-0808, pro- vides contact with counselling services. That two-pronged approach of investigating and counselling is what’s required for the probe, says Magark, no ; ‘Some .people may have al- ready dealt with what happened. Ail they need to do is tell a police officer and that’s the end of it. Others may not have begun to deal with what happened at all (4 Home Owners Policies Mi Tenants i Boats ™MSnowmobiles | p Braid Insurance Agencies Ltd. ; An Insurance Broker You Can Really Feel Comfortable With Autoplan Mi Travel Insurance i Bonding 1 Logging Equipment | Shayne Braid 4648 Lakelse, Terrace 638-8581 ; Congratulations Lynda & Bob! and counselling is then impor- tant,’’ he said, Magark added that determining Suspects is going to be long and complicated, “We're looking at age here — some of the people have already have died. Some are infirm. With others it may come down to can we locate them,’’ he said. The probe is described as the RCMP’s single largest criminal investigation ever in B.C, Up to 30 officers are involved in various aspects of , the. probe and that number will grow in the coming months. one ' The RCMP announced the in- vestigation last year at the request of the Nuv-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council on Vancouver Island. Two of the residential schools were in the northwest, Lower Post 1951 and 1975 and at Lejac near Fraser Lake from 1910 to 1976, Both were operated by the Roman Catholic church, Tt was once federal government policy to take native children from their families and put them in schools run by churches, In ad- dition to the Roman Catholic church, schools were run by the Anglican and United churches, The first of these schools opened in 1890 and the last closed in 1983. . In the northwest, an aboriginal’ . regional co-ordinator has been. named to work with counselling’ services. Shannon Russell is from Git- segukla and can be reached at 604-849-5490, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 21, 1995 - AQ News In Brief No kill for steelhead EFFECTIVE Saturday, July 1, anglers catching steelhead on the Skeena and Nass systems will have to throw them back. - In imposing the catch and release restriction, the provincial Fisheries branch has again cited conservation concerns about summer run steelhead. ; Bob Hooton, acting regional fish and wildlife manager, also noted the no-kill restriction was in line with undertakings given the Skeena Watershed Committee. Made up of com- mercial, native and sport fishery representatives, the com- miltee’s goal is to rebuild stocks in the system while ensuring all three sectors can live with the measures necessary to do that. “It (the catch and release order) is no surprise to anyone who’s been involved in the negotiations,” Hooton said, noting it had become an annual event here. The restriction remains in effect until Dec. 31. Forest Code now official THE FOREST Practices Code is now in effect. But forest com- panies still have two years to fully comply with its provisions. Between now and Dec, 15 forest operators must complete a cut- block and road review on all harvesting permits and approved oper- ational plans, They then bave until June 15, 1997 to ensure all plans and operations meet the requirements of the Code, The phase in period is intended to give companies time to become familiar with the Code and to train staff in its requirements. Stewart mine wins award THE PREMIER gold mine at Stewart has won a provincial mines ministry safety award, The award was granted to Premicr based on it having the best safety record for smali underground mines in the province, It was one of five mines entered in the category as part of Mining Week activities two wecks ago, “‘A mine’s safety record is made up of lost time, frequency and severity of accidents,” said Premier manager Denis Gregoire last week. There are now just over 70 people working at the mine. The award was made by mines minister Anne Edwards to John Ginka, the employee co-chairman of the mine’s occupational health and safety committee, and Ivan Low, the company’s co-chairman of the committee, ata Mining Week function in Vancouver. This isn't the first time Premier has won a safety award, In 1990, when it was an open pit operation employing 200 people, Premier won the national John T. Ryai Trophy for safe operations. Lakes logging okay for 70 years TREE CUTTING in the Lakes Forest District can continue at the current tate for seven decades, says a Timber Supply Review released last week. The Lakes timber supply area covers 1.1 million hectares and in- cludes Burns Lake. ‘The current annual allowable cut (AAC) is 1.5 million cu.m. per year, - The review suggests after that 70 year period, the AAC would have to be reduced by 13 per cent over the'next 20 years. 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