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2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 21, 1988

Federal Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon spoke to the Ter-

race and District Chamber of

Commerce last Thursday, ac-

companied’ by Skeena PC candidate Ray Halvorsen (canter). Siddon announced the creation of a new advisory body here to look after the interests of recreational fishermen in the Skeena watershed.

Strike — continued from page 1

busy at this time of year.”

“At the Highways department, regional director Neville Hope said seven people were continu- ing to operate road patrols, to

_ keep the public advised of condi-

tions. Maintenance and con- struction work has been sus- pended, Hope also said that

_ through an agreement with the

union, the Usk Ferry is continu- ing to operate. Other inland

‘ferry services in the province were not designated as essential

services. . - . The Skeena Public Healt Unit is providing some public health services. Mike Corbeil said the B.C. Nurses Union has an agreement: with the BCGEU to continue working during the strike. Speech and hearing ser- vices are not being offered, and no public health inspections will be done except in the case of an emergency. There was no ad- ministrative support staff work- ing, and a picket line was in

place. Magnusson estimated 35 peo- ple from Social Services and

' . Housing were on strike, leaving

three excluded personnel to run the office. District manager Bill Anderson was answering the ‘phones Monday.

-- Some departments had been shut down completely, and some have an answering machine to deal. with. calls. The recorded message at Environment and Parks advised callers to phone -the local RCMP in the case of an emergency, the local office of

the Corrections branch took ~ messages for staff to return, and

no answer was received at the

Weigh Scales on Highway 16.

The offices of Municipal Af- fairs; Advanced Education and Job Training, and Employment Standards, all located at 4548

‘Lakelse, were empty. Only two | "staff. people are excluded from the union, a picketer explained, and as industrial relations of-

ficers, they have never come in to work when there was a job ac-

tion in progress. A notice on the “door advised contractors need-

ing electrical permits to contact

B.C. Hydro. "The correctional facility here

in Terrace continued to operate

as usual, with union members “going in to work their shifts. » ‘There was a picket set up over “the weekend, but the union

discontinued jit. Staff have worked through the strike; -get- ting passes te cross the picket line to maintain this essential service. nes

ge

Magnusson said. that the union has agreed to provide emergency services, with workers on stand by, if manage- ment cannot handle the re- quests, such as for public health inspections. .

BCGEU spokesperson Sheila Fruman told the Terrace Review that wages were the only out- standing issue. When talks came to an impasse Friday night, the government had offered five percent increases in each of three years, while the union was ask- ing for 25 percent over three years. “We've indicated we’re ready to get back to bargaining if the government is prepared to move on their final wage offer, and we're prepared to move on our latest proposal,’* she said.

In all other’ areas..talked pro-.-

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gressed satisfactorily. In regard to protection for BCGEU

members from privatization, an

agreement was worked out giv- ing workers the choice of re- maining within government in a similar job, or going to work with private contractors while maintaining their pensions and the right to opt back into government service once the contracts expire. oe

‘Several hundred Terrace residents are members of the

29,000-strong B.C. Government

Employees Union.

- Federal Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon took a whirlwind tour of the Northwest last week, strewing over $1 million of federal money in his wake. Siddon arrived in Prince Rupert Sept. 14, where he an- nounced a total of $190,000 from the Small Craft Harbours Revitilization Program for redredging the moorage at Dodge Cove and installing lights on the Rushbrook floats. The following day in Kitimat he an- nounced that the same program will provide up to $1 million for dredging, expansion and im-

provements at the Kitimat-

Stikine Regional District’s MK

Bay Marina at the north end of

the Douglas Channel. Regional district’ adminis

trator Bob Marcellin said they.

have been: working actively for about two months with the DFO to put the deal together, He ex- ‘pects a report coritaining the concept design of the revamped marina to be issued in the next

" few weeks, with detailed plans to

follow before the end of the year. oe

Marcellin noted that some local money may be involved in the project because it appears that the eventual cost will exceed

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$1 million. . = In Terrace Siddon spoke to the Chamber of Commerce at a

luncheon meeting Thursday,

and while announcing no money for the local community he did say a new advisory body is being established to represent sport fishing interests in the Skeena River watershed. The current Skeena River Management ad- visory committee is heavily

" weighted in favor of commercial

fishing interests, but Siddon did

body or act as an independent

advisory group. -

Jim Culp, a former. Terrace community sport fishing advisor to the DFO, was chosen to ‘‘de- velop a consultative process” with recreational fishermen in the region.

Siddon was accompanied on the tour by Skeena Tory can- didate Ray Halvorson.

Terrace Mountain | catches on fire

TERRACE — Near the end of a quiet forest fire season a small blaze erupted on Terrace Moun- tain Sunday during an unlikely period of heavy rainfall.

Kalum Forest District protec- tion officer Erle Holt said the fire burned about one-tenth of a

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June2!-July22 it family matters intruding on the professional scene? Bediplomatic.

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