PRINCE RUPERT VOL. 9 NO. 28
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Tipsters help cops track down thief
Feature
Suspect caught on camera apprehended
Food Network star gets Dolly’s cookin’ Page B3
BY MARTINA PERRY PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
“With your assistance, police were able to ... arrest this man.”
News New rules govern happy hour Page A3
A suspect in the break, enter and theft of the Belmont Liquor Store has been apprehended after police released to the media a surveillance photo last week. On July 2, at a p p ro x i m a t e l y 6 a.m., RCMP received a tip from an anonymous caller that three men were breaking into the - Const. Matt Ericson liquor store. When police arrived, the suspects had already fled the scene. While the anonymous caller had indicated there were three men, police only had one suspect caught on camera.
LET’S SEE A COW DO THIS... Kevin Campbell / The Northern View
Jayden Pretulac gives a hula hoop a twirl during Cow Bay Day on Saturday. For more on the annual Cow Bay event, see Pages 16 and 17.
See THEFT on Page A2
Gitxsan vow to block Prince Rupert LNG project
Sports North gearing up for Summer Games Page A13
Claim land in Kitsumkalum and Kitselas final treaties is theirs BY JOSH MASSEY PRINCE RUPERT / Black Press
Haida Gwaii Ghost towns found in search Page B1
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The Gitxsan First Nation has vowed to block any natural gas pipeline construction — including the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project — on their territory unless certain title rights are acknowledged by the government for an area of disputed land. Kitsumkalum and Kitselas First Nations approved land claims agreements in principle with the federal and provincial governments last spring, paving the way for final treaty negotiations. This would grant them ownership to tracts of land extending east of Terrace, toward the Gitxsan traditional territory, but the Gitxsan argue that
“There are several parcels of land that are within Gitxsan traditional territory.” - Bev Clifton part of the land contained in those agreements in principle to form part of the eventual Kitsumkalum and Kitselas final treaties is in fact theirs and want it recognized as such. To leverage their claim, the Gitxsan now say they want no further work done on planned natural gas
pipelines that would pass through their territory toward planned liquefied natural gas plants around Prince Rupert and at Kitimat. This would have an affect on the ability of three proposed pipelines to proceed in their area including the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project by TransCanada, Westcoast Connector project by Spectra Energy and the Pacific Northern Gas looping project. “The [federal and provincial] crowns refuse to abide by the rulings of B.C. courts that the Gitxsan have strong prima facie rights and good prima facie title to these lands since contact in 1846,” a media release from the Office of the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs states. See CLAIMS on Page A2
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