New strips on highway | don't work for cyclist —

~ Dear ‘Sir:

The placement of the rumble strips on Hyg 19 Kitinay, “also known as ididt strips:

: ats that they-are-no longer-svhete they should -be.!< > This thay save: ‘the lives of said. idiots, butat. what cost?

Fe AS acyclist; 1bi ke. up and down our chi shi ays when, they are not covered i in: Snow and i ie@ e+ :

a will be forced. Io eyele down the highway. asa ‘regular vehicle of the: road. ‘Given hat: we have. motorists: who. need

- ~ercisé, sofnething that: some of these-drivers are in desperaté need of. x

“that great. “bill: ‘how: iany _ highways: and: law. enforgemer if

; ALL I know i is. that I vill haves a cell phone w wit the RCMP on speed dial. :

Terrace, BC,

: BRIAN. FEHR; FIGHT, poses. with new fumble strips

“race: to, Kitimat. They are to” alert drivers if:they bé- oN to. > stray sat te toad. and : over r the centre line.’

_ Dea Sir: a : a “It appears. that Kitimat is. a closer than ever-to the real-.

“That's because, as theyare designed, they: are to sale it di 7

‘And tip until this: point:-1 have made “eviry’ ‘effort to be - “courteous ‘by: biking’ on the shoulders when Possible. With - oacthe Placernent of these: idiots stip that.i is: no longer an Op o

> Braille: io drive: down the toad, what i are my’ chances of nat’ . getting hit awhile engaged | in one of. my { favourite form-of cx-.

“ground: into -hew. ‘asphalt:on-the highway. from Ter-."’

lan just toon

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _

preserve the- | quality. of the

“tation of an ‘Liquefied ‘Nat-», ian ee a - Ural Gas:(LNG). plant being wa : - located within. its’ s borders, ve

-¥incial ' ao "gessmicn ‘process semis: o ome

we are: pushing hard for the: federal. government

dip teat,

7 project and consultation-with the.people; but ~ knowing in the. end that a project such as the LNG: plant: avill. be approved,” . ‘Should: ‘the: LNG. plant’ go alitad, it: is. ry tin” derstanding ‘hat’ ‘it will: Ary and: ‘sell ‘the ‘product-to™ - Eurocan and: would i imagine’ Methanex: with the. - Femaining gas shipped via the existing PNG. pipe dine'from Kitimat to: markets. outside ofourcarea. ! 3 The. liquefied natural: “gas wvill:be, shipped. froin! 1: Jinderstand: Russia, China, Singapore and: pos: sibly other countries, At the LNG plant the. Jique-* fied. product Will be‘converted back.to its. original *, ~-paseous state“and’ shipped’ after. the. local ‘sales. lo: U, Si destinations, - Lote oa of it- is: found. that the. PNG: pipeline proves

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Kitimat

“termine. where a, new “pipeli ie cated, © As- well; fica thie, lower’ Kitimat: ‘River. “Valley, than: ikely: ‘overland: 10 -and‘up “the Williams. Creck : Valley, along Trapline Creek, down the Clore Riv-: “er Nalley,‘up: the Zymoetz; River-Valley’ ‘through: -the"Telkwa Pass and thai: ‘down the Telkwa River. = 8 Valley to the Interior and,to the US. markets. :" il am: ‘predicting: that. some: time between now"

; Skeena, “Not.

would - arrive. by .

: wide public oul-

ery ‘a federal. ene :

““quirys: Wo" appli- fs Cations’ before the*. te National. coe Board - that Were. ran turned down and. - : inthe. end. the Federal cabinet sid to the pn

“Why: would: any goveminedt cansider a i proj “that j is‘ out-of-tune with a-part:of British Columbis “that is’ building: a Strong Lourism: industry, whicl “is based. on-cléan’ water; unspoiled. Super nalu

“the world-famous fish: values. ofthe’ Skeena ia and: :

“AY huge’ invesiment ‘has been made i in: a cruise: ship industry and: other tourism developments

© portant’ corhmeicial fishéry ‘on: the North’ CoAst. - whose very ‘dependence’ hingés upon.a: productive vt

fisheriés: along Douglas. Chaiiel; the’ waters thal» - tankers would travel through: and the Skeena: R - eae watershed: and ils. (sapproach waters, po

"area 50. famous. ~

- ‘paliieal solutions... “and. - those Avho | promote econom-. “ici interests over. everything"

aa be ~ the eae major obsta-" . - ' a: Kitin mat tPipe- -Rupeit tas wide’ spread Support. 22 dine... Compa. tupicy of, New Skeena Forest Products theré is ‘an * I id ny Ltd. wanted. opportunily to restructitre the. forest industry. to be» na 1 statement from Kitimat:on-Nov.29 said that (0 ship “oil: : that’, _ more. diversified and provide’ more ae added -

“preducts’ along with-a structure th écologically sustainable,-320 5 4: - bam-a strong ‘believer

re tal ne from: Kitimat : forest industry. can" “provide: a “greater® variety of

One'ca 1 ; the ‘US: ‘mide f jobs that will be more’ permanent, ‘reliable: and e ; ~the-‘envi onméntal asescineit ptocéss is‘ only a®. ‘west: The™. opro=.” : joyabie to Work al eee Bi necessary, evil: that must be. carried ‘out to. satisfy, “posal - "generated _ > An industry; ‘Ahatw lend: to tight off for ¢ our. 17 -the ‘public: demand. ‘for’ ‘environmental, analysis: ahuge province “aren is agriculture. ‘1 accept. that: ‘becalise of our:

-climate and’ g ‘geography i it Will never be’ large in- dustry, bul, it cin play an hmporiant a and epi place in our economy, . oan ee

-Energyo-> dim-Culp ee iS. Califoniia, ‘the 6 develop of hothouses may: Ol be a. financial the Lakaie He panicularly when

ery, First’ Nations. Heritage: ‘values, ‘an

assur that there are ‘no io salely risks’ to the publi

iver. Watersheds? :

there. continues: to ‘be: a Jarge-: and:im

Kitimat and ‘other north-coast: rivers; tobe’ forgotten are First: Nations’ foo

resident. anglers angling guides. “who carry: “on!

: lection in. May. 2005, at the: tost ‘opportune time, an. announcemen will ‘also. “be made’ by 1 the provincial’ governinen : posal | 10.construct an-oil pipeline from the Albefia. Tarsands to either’ Kitimat or Prince: Rupert, swith l a terminus: in one of. the comimbnilies, °.-°. “Tfthis “happens, itsvill-be without any public aieeussion or inpul'into.a: decision’ that-will’ have: : ; Wa huge- impact upon. our-arca and at the same time” “be very-acrimonious and controversial,’ .-. °

- Shéuld.a an: ‘oll - spill: take a place. - “as a result of a.ruptured pipeline,,- S . thé damage’ could be. enormous. °! ;

Imagine if it. were next to Williams: Creek. and the. oil flowed “down: ‘into’ Lakelse Lake 2 and the: Lakelsé “River. os

in. Those same ‘walersheds: awill: all be. altered

of us who'live here do. hat: want this Brilish, Colyrhbia torn apart;

“Ast have sh obs and to makea contri ‘bution ioihe economy of:

“great panto of

- If at oil pipeline is ‘builtand ‘what I have readit* . - ~ will-be a 30” diameter pipe, guess Where it will be ‘located? ‘It.wvill likely be along the sdine roule as al described ‘fora new natural gas pipeline because, : ‘theiris no other, logical: focation.. “Should, the: oil terminal’ end ‘up. in ‘Princes Ru: pert the pipeline: would have ‘to follow: the along ' “the Skeena River and possibly through’ a number! ~of other river. valley" 8 before it reaches.| iis desti-" “nation. * ay Be The scale:o isturbance lo the environment | ins hese: ‘river: Valley's will ‘be extensive, because of” athe competition for space wilt he. oxisting ENG _tieate it natural ‘gas pipeline. : 7 7 -_ One has to ask ‘the question where i isi postible” a) find room In-a sleep ‘river: valley. or through: a: Ps natrow. pass. -or.alohg side-a prolific ‘fish ‘bearing .. > river of-stream where there is: little- room: for the: existing 10" PNG line, let. alone for'an additional”: pas pipeline and worst of all possible: s clarios a 30" oll Pipeline

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. -elties ‘of

“itcan'be located 4 (hour positiga serious environ- mental risk, to. valuable fishe and: ec .- sygtems’ adjacent, G. balk commiuinitie:

Itisincredible that weappearto be headin the sane. debate over an oil. terminus, tankers an - Pipelines that took place i in the fae 1970s 0 when the ~

‘The. ‘current: and growing: ‘tourism: ‘industry’is “not compatible with oil spills (large: orsmall),: thie” . Sile of oil tankers; excavation. of massive amounts” “Of low lying river valley land foi'a pipeline; along = with possible: rivercrossings, tank farms and ship:

ping facilities for oil: : i OFF spills large and smi would ‘be dévastating “(0 the commercial fi ishing. dustry: and to: the First

_ Will be created are. properly. and corp / e » royalties, and’ expenditures: by-the proponent and “Ts employees: ia tHe area: resulting | in-atippte ef- fect through out, the communities: atid money be- -_ ing funneled.inta the ‘provincial, treasury: ‘and : ; turn into: provincial programs... - This,of course, tsa positive for thes wash. starved’

‘an allérhative,; he tourisin, forestry, commercial $ will contribute a.

ssuch : a potentially’ harmful impact, “Should anoil-spill take place'as‘a “resul of” ruptured: pipeline, : the. damage could “be ¢no: mous. ‘Imagine if it were'next 6: Williams Creek: © and the. he Lakelse River: . ‘The thotightof the properly d maize { that ‘would « aké place around: the ‘lake and to ils eco-system’ ends. Shivers. -up.my s spine. Think of. what: would Em

food" fisheries.

‘Spl that: a: Hol.

there a are going: to be. anes i

il terminals around the world ta-cause’ a cumula- ive damage to the environdient? “While, hey; rarely: happen, niger oi

ken place and most Of us know the dam-" » use, particularly.in cold: water. areas -.

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Terrace, Kitimat'and Prince Rupert,/A : t oh 10,

cB meric: n.consuihers and the proponey i nthe Pipeline atid term

“Jim Culp; ; “Terrace; B BC.

esteem, | *

Ayer’ | Seasonal:

7 > Salmon industry of BL C's.) J. North Coast.The follow- |: . ing year, Rod disappeared

J esences ‘of. the: residential school, -

~ J. summer, when-as children many’ of US would sit un- - “der. the cannery. Sidewalks “| near to the river's edge to

environment that makes ¢ our: - : talk about our lives,:

. Contrary to. stot term. L: | pers": Booth: -Memarial

‘| -High. School, Rod. ‘Rob-: . _ingon.was‘among. several. | First. ~|who were later to- become»

, “Neaders i in their communi- “ties... We ‘graduated: from’. : f the: same'class more than 50 years ago, ‘and throughout the — “years that followed Rad became one of the most articulate: “and persuasive: ‘speakers among us.

“never been, extinguished.

f there: is a. iron. clad ‘agreen ent thal as sec- at

/ -a livelihood froin the: ‘yivers fishery’ §,-eC0* “four-,.- ‘» jsm’and: other tourism activities. thal ‘take: place ai

own there are other Ways to create:

the: “province. andthe: region: that does not resent.

flowed down: {nto Lakelse, Lake and:

‘community ‘dnd. sts

ttrict news hsidlines but ai are common’ rerough’ at | : ~“genetations. lo.come-as a

-proud and. honoitred. man “whose passion and. deter- ~ “-minalion’shdped the’ suc- ~ _.cess of the Nisga’ ati realy. “nepotialions:"”

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“stich as where we:live, where it is. impossible lo

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - AS

Tributes for

Rod Robinson

TRIBUTES BY. way of letters and statements in.

_ honour the late Rod Robinson have coine from neat

and Far in memory of the Nisga’ a leader who died Nov. 30, . oe __ Below find-exceprts from some that have come 7 co from’ government, leaders. . flee ds

SK tremendous Joss”

Mrs, Marjorie Robinson a New Aiyansh; B. Co.

‘Dear Mrs. Robinson: . oe Your husband's reputation as.a leader or the Nisa’ as peaple: is exemplary. He led :by. -example. with-a; consel-

_ entious, statesman-like approach: The dignity with which ©

he always’ conducted: himsel Was ony. Of our highest 7

Over decades, his- streng perseverance. ‘and, tireless : éffarts contributed enormously i in securing a fair and hon- - ourable Nisga‘a Treaty, 'T' trough: his-resol ve. and. determi-

~ nation, the Nisga’ a.cilizens have the foundation‘ to build a . future that-is ripe with hope’ and Opportunity. °. oy”

’ This is'a-tremendous loss for:the Nisga’a a people, Brit, .

“ish Columbians and all Canadians.:

The Honourable Andy Scott, PC, ‘MP; Minister, Indian ‘and Northeri Affairs Canada -:

-\ visionary leader” oe a TA‘statement by 000” . Tona ‘Vv. Campagnolo- 0 0: - Lieutenant-Governor of-British Columbia "

a first met Rod when. T'was seven:and he was eight years - ‘old at North Pacific Cannery onthe Skeena River ; .. His parents;: like mMine,:. <= workers \. in the ‘once, thriving wild '

inlo the: mysterious ‘ab--

‘to return each —

Later.” at ‘Prince. “Ru ~

‘Nations’. “students,

; fona Campagnolo

Rod Robinson. was. among. ‘those ‘visionary k leaders who ’ hiiped to found the Nisga’a Tribal: Council and the Land .

Ee “Committee, formulating. what. would, become: ‘the: Calder

‘Through all the: tumultuous: ‘years leading io 5s the. finale”

|: tation: of the Nisga’ a treaty, ‘Rod and] mét:inany times ~.

—at the first Nisga'a: pole. raising-in a century, ‘atthe first oo, “Nass River Secondary School, during i issues S arising from. fe "the: CalderDecision, -""

* Among’ uncounted other: ‘initiatives, Rod. vas. mang ::

; those’ who helped: lo: develop, the Nisga’ a House:of. Learn- - ing, Wilp Wilxo’Oskwhl Nisga’ a, in conjunction: ‘with the: University of Northern British Columbia, a school that lo- 7. day | boasts 92 ‘Nisga’ a post: sécondary students, : -

* As Simog? git Minee“eskw, Rod Robingon. was the first”

Ariba of the Nisga‘a First Nation, He was a proud, . - informed and a deeply spiritual. individual, Ordained asan ; Anglican Church Minister; he : proved:-to be an ‘anchor’ for.

“the valucs and. principles that fad stisiained’ the’ ‘Nisga’a-

* people for more.than a.century.of contlict and controversy

on theirwvay to self-governance; : : oe, *. Although » much © “honoured, Rod: Robinson. humbly. .

oh [served his people, | his’ province and his. country with great ©]. distinction and’ earned the enormous. respect. in which he = will always. be held:: ,

- He had-a quiet, ‘rational “hon-combalives approach tat

: will continue to affect the. evolution of Canada for many | years. to: come: ‘If -we'are fortunate, Canada’s siory will | ‘| never be completed, ‘Wei are best defi ned by! those who, are. ae included. within our constantly evolving: Confederation. °

— Few people are-blessed with makivig the impact-on their.

; times that'Rod: Robinsori and his Nisga’a- colleagues have _ “done. Rod Robiiison will ‘always: be ‘counted among those. |.”

“outstanding Nisga’ a leaders who led’ the way-to- ‘positive |

y change’ in-constant courtesy; without violence or Fancour,. . . but with solid facts and calm resolve. re

Goodbye my ‘old rep

‘Toader for the: Nisga’a No

‘will, ‘be. remembered ‘for

Gordon Campbell

» “His leadership,. vision : we rand hard work throughout 0 ne wears spoke: volumes about the kind oF siving, car Committed person that he was: me, a