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COMMUNITY

October 12, 1998

PIRG NEWS!

The Public Interest and
Research Group (PIRG)
at the University of
Northern BC invites
members of the public,
as well as students, to
come check-out the
resource library at the

PIRG office next to the
NUGSS office at UNBC.
The library contains jour-
nals, magazines, audio-
cassettes, and videos. of
non-mainstream sources
dealing with social and
environmental justice.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN To ME>

TH NIN

[t's important for all British Columbians to have the facts about the Miguaa Treaty,

Some of the things hap-
pening with PIRG are the
organic food group, a
political film series that
show every Monday
evening at 7pm in the
elders room of the First
Nations Centre, compost

GAA TREATY

5 -

Is private property on the table?

Private land is not part of the Nisgo’a Final
Agreement and won't be on the table in any
treaties the B.C, Government negotiates,

Will my taxes go
up to pay for this?

B.C. taxpayers are
only paying one

fifth of the tofal cash

cost - the rest will
be paid for by all

Canadians.

Will the Nisga’a
pay taxes just like me?

YE

group, ‘egal support
group which meets
Monday at 4pm at the
PIRG office, and the
Anarchist Discussion
Group which meets
every Saturday evening
at 7pm at the Isle Pierre

The Nisga’a will be subject
to all provincial and federal

taxes and are the first aboriginal group

iil

Indian Act

Canada to agree to gi

For Your Copy oF THE NisGa
OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, F

000-10

http://www.aaf.gov.bc.ca/aaf/

e up their

Pie Shop. Input for other
ideas are welcome.
Finally, make sure you
check out the PIRG web

site at
http://vaughan.fac.unbc.
ca/pgpirg

The following are con-
tacts for students and
members of the public to
contact if they have any

by Jeremy Fung
Although it sounds
more like a military oper-
ation than a fundraising
event, Operation Red
Nose is a serious, and
very worthwhile project
aimed at reducing the
number of drunk drivers
on the road this holiday
season. The concept for
this project originated in
Quebec during the mid
1980's. The credit for its
beginning goes to Dr.
Jean-Marie De Koninck,
a university professor
and coach of Laval
University’s swim team.
Operation Red Nose is
a FREE service provided
by volunteers. Vehicle
owners who do not feel
like driving can call 563-
NOSE (6673) and ask
for a team to help them
out. The team of three
volunteers (driver, navi-
gator, and escort driver)
drives to the location of
the vehicle owner. The
driver and navigator
enter the location and
find the client, they then
drive the vehicle of the
client wherever they ask

- to be driven. The escort

driver follows, and picks
up the rest of their team
once the delivery has
been completed. The
team will happily drop off
passengers before tak-
ing the owner, and their
vehicle to the final desti-
nation. Of course every-
one in the borrowed
vehicle must be wearing
seat belts, if there is a
shortage of seat belts,

questions ideas:
Jenny Biem
(Coordinator)
pgpirg@unbc.ca,
Christine Callihoo (PIRG
Board member) ccalli-
hoo@hotmail.com,
David Juniper (PIRG
Board member)
juniper@unbc.ca.

or

Operation
Red Nose.

the volunteers will do
multiple trips.

This service will begin
December 10th and run
every Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday from 9:00
pm to 3:00 am. The last
day of service is
December 31. If you
plan to drink this holiday
season be aware of
ways to get home that
don’t involve drinking
and driving.

The Prince George
operation is. fundraising
for UNBC’s athletic
department, and
although this is a FREE
service, donations are
graciously accepted. BC
Tel mobility, the Forestry
Service, and ICBC have
all sponsored the event
by contributing commu-
nication devices and
paying for the extra
insurance of the volun-
teers’ vehicles.

There are three posi-
tions that you can volun- |
teer for: driver, navigator,
and escort driver. To be a
primary driver volunteers
must be 21 years old. To
be a navigator volun-
teers must be 19 years
old (as you may have to
enter bars or clubs). The
escort drivers need to be
18 years old. If you can
spare even one night
this December contact
Jim O’Meara at 960-
6368. There will be a
general information ses-
sion held at UNBC on
Oct 20 at 11:30am and
the room number is 7-