People
'shaken
into
reality7
by
ELI
SOI'OW
Citizen
staff
reporter
Kathleen
Ruff,
B.C.
Human
Rights
Branch
director,
said
today;
the
Vanderhoof
inquest
Into
the
death
of
Coreen
Thomas
has
"shaken
people
into
reality."
Ruff
will
meet
today
wi
th
the
B.C.
police
commission
and
David,
Vickers,
deputy
attorney
general,
to
discuss
native
problems
In
Vanderhoof
and
throughout
the
province.
She
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Victoria
today
that'
she
will
also
meet
with
B.C.
Native
Homemakers
Associa-;
tion
president
Rose
Charlie.
;
.
Ruff
said
the
meeting
willbe
'
to
discuss
"what
practical
things
can
be
done
in
Vanderhoof
"and
other,
areas
of
the
"
province."
She
said
the
troubles
that
h
exist
between
whites
:
and
Indians
in
Vanderhoof
also
"exist
in
a
great
many
parts
of
the
province."
Ruff
said
the
four-day
inquest
into
the
death
of
21-year-old
Coreen
Thomas
"made
a
lot
of
people
recognize
there
are
serious
,
problems
to
be
dealt
with,
and
that
native
people
live:
in.
a
world
where
there
is
poverty,
hostility
and
disease.
"Too
many
people
have
accepted
this
as
normal
and
the
inquest
has
shaken
those,
people
into
reality,"
she"
said.
Ruff
said
it
is
unfortunate
.
that
it
is
only
after
a
death
that
people
respond
to
needs.
"What
does
it
take
to
make
people
listen?
Is
it.
only
after
someone
has
been
killed!
that
people
respond
tosother
peop-',
e's
needs?
I
think
now
people
:f&
listening
in
the
province.
"It
has
shaken
peoplqto
the
realization
,
that
there
is
an
intolerable
problem
in
the
province,
"she
said.
;
Ruff
said
it
is
shocking
that
native
people
in
Vanderhoof
asked
for
something
to
be
done
about;
problems
prior
to"
the''
Thomas
death
but
nothing
came
of
it,
"They
asked
Rose
Charlie
and
the
human
rights
comrnis-'sion
to
do
something;
those
j
people
went
to
RCMP
officials
J
iin
Victoria,
and
iwere
:
told
nothingyouldb'e-done'ishe;
"
"
I
said.
'
;
'
Thomas
was:
struck
and
'killed
July
3'
by
a.
car
driven
'by
Richard
Redekop,
22,
of
1
Vanderhoof
.as
she
was
walk-ling:
to
the
:
Stoney
.Creek
reserveeight
miles
fromtown.
A
coroner's
jury
found
I
Redekop
negligent
inthedeath
I
because
he
was
driving
too
fast
,through
a
crowd
of
people.
The
inquest
was
called
following
Indian
charges
that
the
death
'had
not
been
properly
investigated.
Meanwhile,
action
is
being'
;taken
on
at
least
one
of
the
recommendations
madeby
the
Tcoroner's
jury
at
the
Thomas
inquest.
'.
Helen
Jones
of
the
Stoney
;Creek
reserve
has
been
asked
to
sit:
on
a
joint
Ind-.'ian-white
'planning
committee
in
Vanderhoof
which
'will
look
at
the
prospect
of
jrjpening
a
friendship
centre.
The
centre
will
be
fonboth
natives
and
whites.
Jones
said
in
a
telephone
Interview
from
Vanderhoof
.Wednesday
that
"it
can
help
develop
an
understanding
between
whites
and
natives"
in
the
community,
I
:
Jones
also
said
itis
a
misconception
that
"outsiders"-stirred
up
trouble
between
jvhites
and
Indians
in
.
She
said
Stoney
Creek
band
members
could
not
get
help
from
local
people
to
solvetheir
probbms
so
they
approached
the
B.C.
Indian
Homemakers
Association.
Hoe
down
Citizen
photo
by
Dave
Milne
Workmen
attach
cables
to
a
backhoe
which
toppled
into
the
Carrie
Jane
Gray
drainage
canal
Wednesday.
The
machine
was
being
used
by
Wettlaufer
Construction
Ltd.,
todoclcariupwork
on
the
canal.
The
driver
was
not
injured
in
the
accident.
WAGES
ROLLED
BACK
Reaction
noisy
THETFORD
MINES
(CP)
Police,
officers
and
firemen
inthis
miningcommunityhave
launched
a
harassment
campaign
to
protest
a
decision
by
the
Quebec
.
anti-inflation
board
to
roll
back
their
1976
salary
increases.
After
learning
of
the
board's
ruling
Tuesday,'
they
drove
patrol
cars
and
fire
engines
with
sirens
blaring
through
the
streets,
awakening
many
residents
inthe
middle
of
thenlght.
The
board
decision
reduced
a
salary
Increase
already;
awarded
the
combined
police
and
lire
department
staff
to
11.4
from
22
.28
per
cent.
This
would
require
weekly
salary
cuts
of
between
$27
and
$33
and
a
total
cash
reimbursement
of
between
$1,010
and
$1,04!
insalary
payments
prior
to
the
rollback.
mm
!
ill
.
'"I?
''M
$feV
J
Airline
begins
use
of
French
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
Air
Canada
announced
Wednesday
It
will
immediately
begin
to
implement
terms
of
a
court
order
requiring
it
to
allow
the
use
of
French
in
aircraft
cockpits.
Airline
president
Claude
Taylor
has
Informed
management
personnel
the
Quebec
Superior
Court
order
has
been
served
on
the
company
and
Its
terms
will
be
honored,
an
airline
spokesman
said.
HOSTAGE'S
LIFE
IN
BALANCE
MA1KO
CLAIM
A
FOCAL
POINT
ites
asked
to
join
protest
Native
Indians
are
asking
whites
to
join
them
in
a
provincial
day
of
protest,
Oct.
12
to
emphasize
lack
of
progress
In
Nazko-Kluskus
land
claims,
A
spokesman
for
the
K
aiko-Kluskus
'
bands,
located
about
60
miles
northwest
of
Quesnel,
said
today
the
lands
claim
issue
there
will
be
used
as
a
focal
point
;
for
native
land
claims
throughout
Canada.
,.
He
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
'
Victoria
that
it
will
be
easier
for
the
public
to
understand
native
struggles
with
land
,
claims
If
one
specific
example
is
emphasized.
"Rape
In
general
Is
not
really
listened
to
but
one
girl's
account
of
her
rape.
Is.
That
is
the
principle
we
are
working
on.
"I
;
think
if
we
use
the
Nazko-Kluskus
Issue
as
a
model
for,
all
Indians
In.
Canada,
then
the
issue
will
be
understood,",
he
sald.:,
The
two
bands
have
been
trylng.'lor
three
and
one-half
years
to
gain
:
control
of
.
development
in
the
Narcosll
Public
Sustained
Yield
Unit
located
near
their
villages.
A
list
of
20
demands
sent
earl
ierthis'
month
to
the
provlnclallgovtrnment'
includes
the
right
to
monitor
mineral
and
timber
development
and
use
traditional
hunting
and
fishing
rnethids
In
all
seasons.
Tom
Waterland,
provincial
rnires
and
forests
minister,
has
said
timber
near
the
Indian
villages
is
essential
for
survival
of
Quesnel
sawmills.
Because
of
that,
he
lias
allowed
logging
i
n
the
region
In
spite
of
protcs
1s
f
ronn
Indian
leaders;
The
spokesman
said
Indians
also
will
stage
peaceful
protests
throughout
the
province
on
Och
5
in
support
of
the
Nazko-Kluskus
bands.
On
Tuesday
about
1O0
native
Cndians
marched
through
the
streets
of
Quesnel
in
peaceful
protest
againststalled
talks.
Indians
are
also
trying
to
raise'
support
from
whites
in
the
province
for
a
combined
native--white
day
of
protest
Oct.
12.
That
is.
the
same
day
Chris
topher
Columbus
landed
i
n
the
Americas.
The
spokesman
said
It
Is
more
than
Indi
an
rights
that
are
at
question
In
the
talks.
.
He
said
it
is
an
issue
of
malting
the
best
use
of
our
naturar
environment
by
both
whites
and
natives.
The
spokesman'
said
ecological
awareness
is
growing
in
society
and
the
Indian
can
play
asignificant
role
In
contributing
informal!
on
to
that
awareness
.
'
Members
of
the
Nazko-Kluskus
bands
are
meeting
in,
Victoria
with
govern-,
merit
officials,
officials
of
the
Victoria
Labor
Council
andt
human
rights
commission
chairman
Bishop
Re
ml
DeRoo.
lCitizen
Thursday
September
30,
1976
PROGRAM
'TOO
RIGID'
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
Schreyer
th
r
eate
n
s
to
sever
AIB
link
BRANDON,
Man.
(CP)
Premier
Ed
Schreyer.
said
today
is
it
"extremely
unlikely'
'
Manitoba
will
remain
in.
the
federal
anti-inflation
progra
m
after
the
end
of
March
unless
major
changes,
are
made
in
the
scheme.
He
told
the
Manitoba
Federation
of
Labor
annual
meeting
that
the
anti-inflation
board
often
is
too
rigid
in
its
interpreta-'
tion
of
wage
guidelines.
Manitoba
signed
an
agreementwith
the
federal
government
early
this
year
to
participate
in
the
anti-inflation
program
at
least
until
Aprii
of
next
year.
Itlr.
Schreyer
supports
controls
in
principle
as
a
way
of
curbing
inflation,
but
he
has
criticized
several
recent
rulings
by
the
anti-inflation
board
which
reduced
wage
Increases
won
by
Manitoba
workers.;
.
His
statement
today
was
his
strongest
yet-about
Manitoba
dropping
out
c
f
the
federal
anti-inflation
progra
m
next
year.'
'At
the
sam&tlmei:
however,
he
told
union
members
his
gov-;
ernrnerit
woui
J
feel
obliged
to
bargain
within
the
spirit
of
federal.
restraint!
Mr.
Schreyer
praised
many;
msers
to
make
final
fry
The
Canadian
Press
The
10
provincial
premiers
meet
Friday
and
Saturday
in
Toronto
for
a
last
stab
at
agreement
on
how'
to
start:
reform
of
tha
country's
constitutional
law.
The
start
they
seek
Is
just
how
to
go
about
making
the
British
North
America
Act,
the
country's
legal
framework
since
1867,
a
law
of
Canada,
Instead
of
a
statute
of
Great
Britain,
that
may
be
amended
here.
'
If
trie
premiers
fail
to
agree,
Ottawa
says
it
will
act
alone.
It
is
a
well-trodden
path:
This
Toronto
meeting
is
part
of
what
political
scholars
count,
as.
the
10th
distinct
attempt
to
find
agreement-on
constitutional
reform
since
the
Dominion-Provincial
Conference
of
1927,
the
diamond
jubilee
of
Confederation.
But
when
the
10
leaders
come
down
from
their
closed
conference
on
the
31st
floor
of
the
midtown
Hyatt-Regency
Hotel,
they
will
be
setting
the
scene
by
action
;
or
default
for
a
likely
federal-provincial
power
struggle
this
winter
that
will
sway
the
country's
long-term
political
development,
Pen
drama:
a
scene
of
frustration
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
B.C.
(CP)
'
With
a
dank
early-autumn
fog
clinging
to
its
towering
concrete
walls,
the
British
Columbia
Penitentiary
remained
a
scene
of
frustration
today
as
no
progress
was
made
lo
free
a
guard
held
hostage
by
prisoners
since
Monday
night,
Talks
between
penitentiary
service
officials
and
a
prisoners'
committee
representing
the
nine
hostage
takers
and
about
200
prisoners
who
have
rioted
almost
non-stop
since
early
this
week
faltered
ever
the
intermediary
role
to
be
played
by
a
Citizens'
advisory
committee.
The
prison
negotiators
seek
the
release
of
Wayne
Culbert,
21,
and
an
end
to
the
insurrection
Which
has
seen
the
devastation
of
the
east
wing
of
the
maximum
securityinstitttion.
The
prisoners
want
more
rights.
In
Ottawa,
Solicitor-General
Francis
Fox
said
he
will
recommend
acceleration
of
a
building
program
lo
replace
old
prisons
such
as
the
'
B.C.
Penitentiary.
Mr.
Fox
also
said
force
at
the
Convict
spokesman
at
conference
penitentiary
would
be.
used
only
on
his
orders.
More
RCMP
were
moved
to
the
prison
Wednesday,
as
police
and
armed
forces
personnel
continued
taking
over
the
duties
of
the
peniten-tiary
guards.
A
contingentof
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Light
Infantry
also
arrived
Wednesday,
bringing
the
number
of
soldiers
at
the
strife-torn
prison
to
102.
The
troops,
were
flown
from
manoeuvres
at
Wainrlght,
Alta.,
to
relieve
a
72-mara
unit
from
Canadian
Forces
Base
Chilllwack.
The
nine
prisoners
who
are
holding
Culbert
in
the
kitchen
area
of
the
prison
released
50year:old
hostage
Walter
Day
on
Tuesday
after
officials
agreed
to
let
the
prisoners
committee
give
Its
list
of
demands,
or
the.julings,
of.
the.anti-inflation
board
and
the
dedica-tion
of
-those
working
for
the
board.
But
he
repeated
two
major,
complaints.
One
is
that
there
is
inadequate
recognitiion
for
workers
coming
of
multi-year
contracts,
and
the
other
is
that
the'
board
often
failed
to
understand
the
intent
of
contract
terms,
he
said.
-
Mr.
Schreyer's
speech
came
two
days
after
hisvisit
to
Ottawa
to
seek
a
reversal
of
wage
reductions
ordered
for
health-care
workers
and
government
liquor
store
employees.
See
also
page
2
Province
to
control
buildings
KELOWNA,
B.C.
(CP)
-Formation
of
the,
British
Columbia
Building
Corporation
to
develop
and
manage
public
buildings
was
announced
Wednesday
by
Public
Works
Minister-Ales
Fraser.
.The
Crown
corporation
will
manage
all
public
buildings
except
schools,
hospitals
and
the,
legislative
buildings..
Mr,
Fraser
said
that
under
the
corporation,
significant
savings
can
be
made
by
eliminating
the
duplication
of
facilities.
The
corporation
has
authorized
borrowing
limits
of
$200'
million.
,
Cabinet
ministers
appointed
to
the
corporation's
interim
board)
of
directors
are
Mr
Fraser,-
Consumer
Services
Minister
Rafe
Malr
and
Finance
Minister
Evan
Wolfe;
UNITED
NATIONS
(CP)
External
Affairs
Minister
Son
Jamicsonsald
today
there
Is
a
possibility
that
Canada
maybe
asked
to
contribute
to
an
international
fund
proposed
as
part
of
a
package
to
settle
Rhodesia's
,
racial
and
political
problems!
Jamleson
made
the
disclosure
os
ho
emerged
l(om
a
20-minute
meeting
with
Henry
Kissinger
and
a
briefing
on
the
US.
state
secretary's
efforts
to
persuade
Ithodonla'8
white
rulers
to
transfer
power
to
the
country'!,
black
majority,
TODAY
'Goodbyi
i-daar
and.
ronvembcr
:
whatever
Clark
tayi
y
ou'w
stil
th
boml'
FEATURED
INSIDE
Vancouver
la
belle
city?
It's
shaping
up
that
way,
Southam
writer
Nicholas
Hills
reports.
Page
6.
This
lime
Muhammad
AH
really
sounds
like
he's
almost
ready
to
quit
boxing.
Page
15.
Syrian
troops
and
tanks
scored
a
major
victory
today
in
the
Lebanese
civil
war,
driving
Palestinian
guerrillas
out
of
a
20-mile-square
salient
east
of
Beirut.
Page
5.
Business,
8;
Classified,
18-28;
Comics,
38;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Tamily
,
50,
51
;
Horoscopes
,
33
;
International,
5
;
local
and
Pro
vincial
,
3,
9,
29,
44
;
Nation
al,
2
;
Sports,
1
-17
;
-Television
.
38.
c
THE
WEATHER
Suisliine
and
a
few
afternoon
cloudy
periods
are
forecast
for
today
and
tomorrow
as
a
ridge
of
high
pressure
moves
into;
the
Central
Interior,
A
few
rain
showers
can
also
be
expected.
The
high
today
and
Friday,
15;
the.
low
tonight,
0.
Wedresday's
high
was
16;
theovernightlow
was
0.
ThehiighonSept.JO,
1975
was
2(t
the
low
was
2.
Temperatures,
page
2
(
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Someone
in
Prince
George
could
strike
it
rich
in
the
Irish
Hospital
Sweepstakes.
A
ticket
with
the
pseudonym
Mafiahasb-een
drawn
onahorsenamedTampa.
The
ticket
holder
lives
on
Summit
Street
in
Prince
George,
The
race
horses
run
in
England
Saturday.
Some
people
really
take
their
physical
fitness
seri-o
usly.
But
at;
midnight?
A;
young
fellov,
who
appeared
tobe
in
hisl
ate
teens,
complete
withshor
ts
and
sweatshirt,
managed
lo
avoid
sidewalk
pedestriantraff
ic
Monday
by
skateboarding
along
Queensway
at
close
to
midnight.
i
4
Alocalstoreemploycewasscoldedbyhis
bossreccntly
for
playing
a
pinball
machine
during
vorking
hours,
The
employearguod
that
he
got
five
free
games
on
the
machine.
"3
know,'.'
said
his
boss,
"and
I
only
got
tivo,"
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Some
College
Heights
parents
concerned
about
over-ciuwdingaJid
shifting
In
district
school,
are
wondering
hew
such
a
situation
could
exist
since
Itie
census
figures
were
released.
According
to
the
census
the
population
of
Prince
George
has
dropped
10,000
-
ani
still
there
aren't
enough
schools.
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