gram’s subsidies
time consuming for employ-
ers and usually have a quick
approval. She said they try
to choose quality employers
and monitor the contracts.

are not

Katherine Jones, _ tar-
geted Wage Subsidy Coor-
dinator and Sheldon Colton,
Employment ‘Advisor of
Peninsula Community Ser-
vices explained other Hu-
man Resources Develop-
‘ment Canada programs that

are available, including the .

Opportunities Fund, which
includes job coaches, and a
training: fund that helps
newly employed people up-
grade their training.

Terry Stewart, manager
of. Planning,;: Environment
and Community Relations
for the Victoria Airport Au-

‘thority spoke about the Air-
port and the Tseycum peo-

ple finding “common
ground on a number of av-
enues,” including archeo-
logical assessments and re-

“search on the expansion of.

the Airport. He also spoke
about the two Tseycum peo-

ple who: have been long.

‘time employees of the oper-

“ations department of the air-

port, and: how their dedica-.
_tion and understanding of’ ~Tet’s think ‘of the: positive,
not the: negative, and’ work:

2 on the Positive issues.”

=the operations was. instru-
mental in keeping the-ai

-other like numbers ...
are reaching out to get our
people. off. of - welfare —

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port operational during
many instances, including
the snow storm of 1996.

The Airport Authority
was able to hire five Tsey-
cum youth for summer em-
ployment this year and have
had positive feedback from
both staff and management
at the Airport. —

Stewart said, “We need to
be reeducated on the reality
of the community, this [First
Nations] is a large labor
pool. We have to try to ex-
plore opportunities to [use]
that employment base.” He
said they are also exploring
the possibilities of retail op-
portunities for the First Na-
tions people, offering Native
fine arts and crafts.

Chief. Vern Jacks ended

the meeting by saying,

“Let's work with each other
and build a bridge, a big
solid bridge. We are all go-
ing to be here a long time,
so let’s change, change to-
gether, quit treating each
We

hopefully, we can go some-

where from today on.
People can work together

if you give them a chance,

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the squadron was famed,
sent. her -

Maine.

that

; congratulations
from. her home | in seko,

- “Atthe: ‘rispectioni’ this
summer, there was a buzz...
“going: ‘round
~ Sarah Butcher was to be
named the | top: cadet for

CPO.

Vancouver: : Island,” rhe
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the past four annual inspec-.
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. cadets. To be honest, yes, it. hs

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