39 A2 Castlégar News August 27, 1989 Premier and caucus head for retreat VANCOUVER (CP) byelection slated for Sept. 20. “I’m going through the'next election and | intend to be the premier told reporters in here for about 10 years," Premier Bill Vander Zalm isn*tgoing anywhere — at least for the next 10 years. Vander Zam said he will not resign even if the gover nment loses the Social Credit stronghold of Cariboo in a suburban Richmond on Friday. The Vander Zalm government has lost four byelec- tions since the 1986 general election. A loss in the Cariboo, where the Socreds have never lost, would be politically em- bi ssing for the government. The riding was held by Alex Fraser who died in May af- ter along bout with cancer “I know I can take pressure because I've already taken VANCOUVER (CP) says Premier Bill Vander Zalm National Exhibition dinner in his media. people frustrating.” video. Vander Zalm slams media The média are largely to blame for the dilemmas facing elected officials today, “The real leaders in society today are not the elec ted people anymore,”” he told 1,000 guests at\a Pacific honor “They create the issues and the perceptions of They sway’and create public opinion and that ought to be of concern to everyone. These are often dif ficult times and in polities it’s ocgasionally been a little Vander Zalm singled out AIDS as one of the major off “personal issues”’ that gets much media attention. “I don't think five or 10 years ago we did see a whole lot of mention of whether we should have con- doms-in the school or no condoms, whether we should provide condoms to people in jails or no condoms, whether we should provide needles for free to drug abusers, whether we should show a video or not show a Vander Zalm, whose government has refused to release a video commissioned by the health Ministry that promotes safe sex, said the media have more power very healthy.” “It's the as much pressure as anyone. The economy is great and I feel He said he would not be happy as opposition leader “because if that happened, the NDP would be government dnd that would not make me happy."” _ Today, Vander Zalm and his Social Credit caucus began a two-day retreat by the Canadian Rockies, and the hot springs gurgling nearby may come in handy. “The hot springs will relieve the tension, man Ruff, a University of Victoria political scientist. “There's alot to think about The retreat at Fairmont Hot Springs, a resort nestling the Alberta border famous for its volcanic springs, promises to be high on anxiety for Socreds. Although golf and cocktail parties will be the most visible part of the agenda, both backbenchers and cabinet ministers are likely to be keeping a close eye on the premier for signs of their own futures and that of the party Vander Zalm has said a cabinet shuffle is ‘‘not too far said Nor- That shuffle will include a new women’s ministry and will probably cost some ministers their jobs. Forests Minister Dave Parker, who will not be at the retreat because of family commitment, is widely viewed as high on thelist of vulnerable ministers. Recently Parker said environmentalists are trying to ruin the economy by creating economic chaos that would arrest development AIDS a ‘self-inflicted wound.” CAUCUS UNITED Entering this retreat, Vander Zalm’s often unruly caucus seems temarkably united. He also came under fire for calling today to guide such debates “This is not a criticism, it’s a reality” and it requifes “reasonable people to rationalize it out.’ A few years ago, few people concerned them selves with such personal issues and now the media spends about half the time on such issues,’’ he said, but acknowledged that some discussion is necessary Zalm government That is in sharp contrast to past gatherings when dissidents ‘have fifed off everything from complaints that Vander Zalm played favorites to insults that he governed like a Latin American dictator “I'd say the caucus is very united, secretary Elwood Veitch, a key power broker in the Vander said provincial ‘Showers dampened fire danger throughout B.C. By CasNews Staff Heavy rainfall throughout most of B.C.-has put a damper on the forest fire danger and reduced the number of new fires reported during the week to 43, a Ministry of Forests news release said. That number was well below the seasonal average of 160 new fires per week, the release added In the Arrow Lakes Forest District the fire hazard is in a low-to-moderate range and campfire bans have been lif ted for some time Skip Walsh, the district's fire infor mation officer, said there were no new fires reported this week, keeping this year’s total number of fires at 219 Strike settled VANCOUYER (CP) A bargaining sesSion lasting until 2:30 a.m. produced a settlement in the B.C Gas strike, union spokesman Paula Stromberg said today Stromberg said details won't be released until the 487 members of the Office and Union vote on the pact at 26 locations throughout the province during the next two weeks. Technical Employees She said the union bargaining com mittee is recommending acceptance The dispute produced a series of rotating strikes which were called off pending the result of the ratification vote B.C. Gas wa Hydro sold its natural gas division to Inland Natural Gas. A key issue in the disputewas_wage-parity_for the Two employee groups formed when B.C Vacancy continued from front poge 4.3 per cent to the 3.2 per cent recorded in the latest survey Daniel said it’s difficult to pinpoint the source of the lack of available units but the proposed mill expansion has brought buyers to the city a number of prospective “A lot of people are settled in a ren tal so they can look around at the housing market,” he said Nighuis added that the influx of people returning to school has added to the shortage At Selkirk College, students have access to a housing list featuring basement suites and room and board situations. Ruth Patton, information officer for the college, said there is no current problem facing the students. “Usually the students are looking “Crews are still on standby,"’ he said, adding that a weather break isex pected over the weekend “This is the first time since April 15, when the fire began, that firefighters and equipment have not been in heavy demand, either in B.C neighboring regions,"" Don Doidge, the provincial fire control of ficer, said in the release. Until heavy rainfall hit B.C tly, numerous small wildfires kept the province's firefighters and equipment moving from fire to fire. B.C. also sent firefighters and equipment to assist in the Yukon, Saskatchewan and Manitoba during July, the release said In the Nelson region there have been only six fires reported this week bringing the year’s total to 839. Last year’s statistics show the Nelson area had 252 fires@t this point in the season. The number of hectares burned also season or in recen- shows a big contrast between last year’s results and this year’s. To date there have been 1,792 hectares burned while only 303 hectares were destroyed by fires at this time last year Currently there are 22 fires burning in the Nelson region and a total of 89 fires still burning across the province, according to the news release. Also this week, tbe Forest Service's Protection Branch released a summary report with recommendations on the use of firefighting foams “We have been using foam sup- pressants in B.C. for four years,”” said Forest Ecologist John Parminter in the release. He says one of the purposes of the report is to exchange information bet- ween firefighting organizations about the successes and failures of foam con- centrates which have been used in Nor- th America forests for about 10 years. Underwater robot to film Ogopogo KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — Mem- bers of the B.C. Cryptozoology Club will arrive here Monday with a remote controlled underwater robot to try and film Ogopogo, the fabled serpent of Okanagan Lake The project will bea joint expedition with Robotic Systems International of Sidney, north of Victoria. It will in volve use of an underwater device equipped with an underwater camera and spotlight We might get absolutely nothing but we're determined to give it a try because the camera can work 200 feet from the vessel_and it has Visibility of up to 50 feet underwater,” said club spokesman John Kirk mother Interest inthe so-called monster was revived Aug. 10 after car salesman Ken Chaplin showed a home video of a five-to-six-metre-long creature. The footage impressed local Ogopogo expert Arlene Gaal and Mayor Jim Stuart who says he’s no longer sure Ogopogo is amyth The video shows a black or dark brown head swimming through the water with a long half-submerged body behind. During a dive, a pointed tail is revealed with two hind feet or flippers Gaal said the Cryptozoology club, formed to study ‘‘hidden animals,’’ has made claims that have not been backed up by quality film footage for. basement suites or room and board with a family just to settle into town “Very seldom do they have a need for houses,”’ she said. The surrounding areas have slightly better rates, the report shows. Nelson’s vacancy rate stands at 9.3 per cent, down from the previous April's survey which recorded a 14.6 per cent rate. In Trail the total vacancy rate stands at 12.8 percent The current report also says while vacancy rates are dropping, average rents are increasing at a faster rate. Both apartment and row-housing rents are higher and accelerating in urban B.C. centres, the report says , with in: creases varying from 7.7 per cent to 14.8 percent In a news release on Thursday, Claude Richmond, minister of Social Services and Housing, announced the B.C. Rental Supply Program which is expected to bring relief from the current rental crisis by generating new rental accommodations in low- vacancy areas in the province. The program encourages private- investment in new rental development by reducing interest costs on projects that meet gover nmerit objectives, the release said Richmond emphasized that ‘‘the B.C. Rental Supply Program is open to all British Columbia communities with vacancy rates of less than two per cent.”’ That criteria would appear to ex clude Castlegar from the program sin ce the city’s vacancy rate is slightly more than 3 percent. Ministry spokesmen unavailable for comment Friday were August 27, 1989 SS Castlegar News 3 Briefly OFFICIALLY OPENED . Muffin Mania at the Day Program Centre last we: Hancock look on. CosNews Photo by Guy Bertrand Mayor Audrey Moore cuts the ribbon to signal the opening of k while Dennis Hutchinson and Clara Society continued from front page ficult to attract skilled people when the society cannot af ford to compete with the $12-an-hour wages the school district provides. There are currently 25 to 30 staff members involved in __pening all the society’s programs and balancing the budget short- falls with the need for services is “‘challenging sometimes,” he said. ts unless there is funding for more staff to act as job coaches, he said, and funding for more alternative housing is urgent The society has submitted proposals for more housing funds but the ministry says there is money,’’ Hutchinson said But Hutchinson is encouraged-by-what he sees hap he cominunity; he said. Disable sais ore becoming a permanent part of the C and the community itself is no new developmental ‘astlegar school system extremely supportive and has become very understanding of people with handicaps,” he More clients cannot be put in individual job placemen- said said The goal of the society staff members — to themselves out of a job’ work is slowly becoming reality, he Precedent-setting ruling opens unions’ doors VANCOUVER (CP) — The door is open for hundreds of religious people to-leave_unions after the Industrial Relations Council permitted two anti abortion Catholic teachers to do so, say people on both sides of the issue. The precedent-setting ruling allows Justin and Nancy Wasilifsky to stop paying union dues to the B.C Teachers Federation because they op- pose its policy recommending abortion be removed from the Criminal Code Abortion was removed in 1988. “What will happen is you'll get a flood of applications,”’ said Stan Lanyon, past-president of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C labor law committee. “The decision provides a summary method for being excluded.”” Burnaby teacher Rick Spier, a Christian member of a group opposed to the teachers’ federation, agreed “This opens the door for more than a couple of hundred people we know New tax squeezes students VICTORIA (CP) — A _ housing shortage for students is likely to result pfrom the federal government's proposed goods and services tax, says the chairman of the Canadian Federation of Students Jane Arnold said planned ap. plication of the nine-per-cent tax to newly built homes will squeeze the housing market, creating a severe shor tage for the public and students in Vic toria The federation made its prediction Friday at a four-day annual national convention at the University of Vic. toria The federation represents 400,000 post-secondary students in Canada, including more than 10,000 at the University of Victoria Arnold said it intends to appear before the House of Commons Finan. ce Committee at its fall hearings to op- books, tuition cafeteria food for off-campus studen- ts, and most student fees will be subject to the tax, which is to take effect Jan 1,1991 Tuition fees are already too high and student loan debt loads are overbur dening students after graduation, Ar nold said B.C.’s student loan program already suffers under the highest default rate of,any such provincial program in Canada, said Pacific Region Chair man Pam Frache. The federal government again has overlooked the role it plays in post secondary education," Frache said some fees, of,’ he said in a Friday interview “And it should encourage others to come forward."" Most; members of the dissident teachers’ group, B.C. Teachers for Association, hold strong religious convictions, said Spier, who attends Christian Reformed Church. Even though the teachers’ federation will appeal the council's decision, Spier said some people are cheering the ruling, which permits people to leave their bargaining unit if they have religious Objections to a union policy UNDERMINE UNIONS But a member of Vancouver's Catholic Action Network said she is disturbed fellow Catholics have used the abortion issue to ‘‘undermine unions.” Denise Nadeau said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops stated strongly in 1986 that unions deserve support because they protect workers and promote social justice. Nadeau is worried the Wasilifskys’ fight against abortion has led to them ignoring ‘‘the higher goal of protecting the rights of workers.”” Although Justin Wasilifsky said he has had many people tell him they would like to follow his example, he believes the council will still make it tough for someone to stop paying union dues if they disagree with a union policy Lanyon, however, has read the decision and said it provides a step-by step procedure for people to leave unions on grounds of faith The council’s test for whether a per son of faith can leave a union is ‘quite subjective,”’ Lanyon said. ““It basically comes down to: If they have a heartfelt conviction, you have to let them out. That’s not the way you do public policy. You require a more ojbective test.” Although the courts have decided in favor of Seventh Day Adventists who say their faith demands they stay out of unions altogether, Lanyon said the council ruling narrows the religious grounds for opting out RULINGS MADE Meanwhile, (wo Nanaimo teachers have received opposing rulings on bids to.gain exemption from their union and the teachers’ federation on religious grounds. Lottery numbers The following winning numbers were drawn in Wednesday’ s lotteries LOTTO 6/49 — 5, 9, 15, 17, 29 and 35. The bonus number was 7. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia were 7, 23, 85 and 90. The jackpot of $1,681,586 was shared by two tickets from Quebec, each winning $840,793. B.C. KENO — 27, 29, 31, 33, 44, 52, 53 and 56 The following are the winning num bers drawn in Thursday's lottery B.C. KENO — 1, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 41 and 44. These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial VERNON, B.C. (CP) — Con- sumers in British Columbia can now buy wines in bulk and take them home in their tainers “Our thrust is to sell wine cheaper and we do this by allowing customers to fill their own con- tainers,”” said Harry McWatters, of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery in Summerland Bulk sales have begun in one private Vancouver otitlet, the Okanagan vineyard operator said last week. The venture will expand to beer and wine stores throughout the province “We got all kinds of containers but the most seemed to be milk jugs,"” MceWatters said of the first bulk sales. The wine is packaged in S8-Htre stainless steel containers with taps “It’s not just our wine own con- Consumers save on bulk wine Watters said. ‘*We are buying sur plus from other estate wineries."” “So far it’s 80-per-cent Okanagan wines but we will import from California and Washington State.” McWatters said customers can taste before choosing and can blend their own wines. They can also buy a keg and bottle it them selves for about $4 a litre. Sumac Ridge spokesman Bobbi Webber said consumers can save up to $1.70 a litre by buying in bulk For example, a white marketed under the Coastal Pacific Cellars label would normally sell at $5.95 a litre in liquor stores. The price would be $5.35 a litre for amounts between 1.5 and 10 litres; $4.75 a litre between 10 and 20 titres, $4.50 a litre between 20 and 50 litres and $4.25 alitre over SO litres Sri Lanka violence ignites COLOMBO (CP) — Gunmen killed about 35 people in a remote village in north-central Sri Lanka in the latest flareup of violence on the island, residents said They said women and children were among those killed Friday night in the attack at Pi in the a district, 175 kilometres northeast of Colombo. . Speaking by from A pura town, could not give details. Military sources confirmed there were killings in the village, but said they had no other information. Polish rail workers return WARSAW (CP) — Rail workers, heeding an appeal by Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, returned to work Saturday in Poland’s second biggest city, ending what threatened to be the first major strike against Prime Minister Tadeusz Masowiecki The official news agency PAP said work resumed at all stations in the central city of Lodz overnight after a one-day strike for more apy. It was not clear how many workers had joined the brief work action **We have resolved to suspend our strike action, giving proof of our support and confidence to the prime minister,”’ the strikers said in a statement They had talks Friday with Mazowiecki, a veteran Solidarity adviser who was appointed Thursday as Poland's first non-Communist prime minister in more than 40 years. Copps may bid for leadership OTTAWA (CP) — Sheila Copps says she’s leaning strongly toward making a bid for the Liberal leadership. “It's very much in that direction,’’ said Copps, when asked if she will run The 37-year-old MP for Hamilton East said Friday she will probably make a ‘full and final and irrevocable’’ decision in the fall, after Parliament returns from summer vacation. “I'm putting the pieces in place, if in fact 1 do decide to give ita go, | think that’s important,” she said in a telephone interview from Quebec City, where she was attending a family wedding First elected to the Ontario legislature in 1981, Copps took a run at the Ontario Liberat leadership the Tollowing year. She finished second | behind David By ——— Police clash with protesters CAPE TOWN(CP) — South African authorities Saturday broke up at least one banned rally protesting foreign teams and restricted a weekend conference by the country’s two largest anti-apartheid labor federations. On Friday, riot police armed with tear gas and shotguns clashed with anti-apartheid protesters in townships near Cape Town. Police wounded three youths and two black men were reported to have been killed in Toxic preservatives found CALGARY (CP) — A layer of poisonous wood preservatives up to 1.5 metres thick has been discovered in land along the Bow River west of downtown Calgary. Alberta Environment officials are searching for ways to contain or clean up the preservatives, which government tests show may also have seeped into the river. Firms that used creosote and pentachlorophenol to preserve telephone poles and railway ties were located on the land for four decades. Both preservatives, which government tests found up to 10-metres un- derground at the site, can produce deadly gases and leach into flowing water Some scientists say the two preservatives are more toxic and worrisome than controversial polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs. The site covers about 16 hectares along Bow Trail in the city’s south- wyat comer U.S. aids in drug war KENNEBUNKPORT, Me. (CP) — U.S. President George Bush, appealing to other countries to rally behind Colombian officials ‘on the front line of the war against drugs,” is sending President Virgilio Barco’s government a $65 million US package to combat narcotics trafficking. The aid announced Friday by the summer White House consists primarily of aircraft — mostly helicopters — and a variety of other equipment and supplies, but no U.S. troops Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, however, said some U.S. advisers would be sent to show Colombians how to use and maintain the equipment. He said they would number fewer than ‘‘dozens”’ but did not have a precise figure “We will provide only material support and training,’’ the vacationing Bush said in a statement. **The United States has complete confidence in the capability of the Colombian police and military to deal with this situation.”” MP predicts election apathy EDMONTON (CP) — Alberta’s Senate election is a meaningless plebiscite that will induce more yawns than interest, federal Conservative whip Jim Hawkes said Friday **A lot of people know they’re not electing anybody to anything,”’ said the Calgary Tory MP, predicting widespread apathy during the Oct. 16 vote. In an Edmonton Journal story out of Ottawa, Hawkes was skeptical party members would either donate to the Tory candidate or help out in the campaign. “It's perceived as a bit bizarre."’ Tories and other Albertans are unlikely to even vote in the election, which is being held at the same time as the municipal election. Less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters will bother to go to the polls and those that do will either spoil or reject their Senate ballots, he said. Retailer within his rights ‘WINNIPEG (CP) = The Charter of Rights and Freedoms gave a Winnipeg retailer the right to stock videotapes depicting incest, group sex and other sexual acts, a judge has ruled Mr. Justice Scott Wright of the Court of Queen’s Bench said the freedom of expression provision in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms legalizes pornographic material that used to be considered obscene. } In making the ruling, Wright acquitted video store owner Don Butler on 242 obscenity charges. Butler was convicted of eight other obscenity offences for stocking tapes that contained homosexual bondage scenes **Every limit on the circulation of obscene expression involves the ar- bitrary removal of an individual's opportunity to make his or her choice," Wright wrote in his 50-page decision “Free choice is part of the bedrock of a democratic society. Tem: ptation is necessary to allow people to choose — to choose to be right minded, or moral or not. “Without temp}ation, can free choice fully exist?”” Saskatchewan legislature ends REGINA (CP) — After six months of frequently bitter debate, the second longest session in the history of the Saskatchewan legislature en: ded Friday after 106 sitting days. Among the bills passed on the final day of the session were changes to electoral ridings, a move the Opposition New Democrats say will give the Conservatives an unfair advantage in the next election A bill to privatize Saskatchewan’a potash corporation, worth bet ween $500 million and $t billion, resulted in a fiery four-month debate which ended last month when the government used an unpresendented closure motion Charges laid in PCB saga BAIE-COMEAU, Que. (CP) — Thirteen people. including the captain of a Soviet freighter that slipped its moorings and sailed into the fog after unloading 15 containers of PCBs in defiance of a court injunction, were charged with contempt of Friday Cited by Mr. Justice Paul Corriveau of Quebec Superior Court were four officials from the company contracted by the Quebec government to dispose of the waste; a vice-president of Hydro-Quebec, which is to store the waste; six truck drivers hired to move the PCBs to a Hydro-Quebeé storage depot; and a_man identified only as Gaeten Halle. They must appear before Corriveau on Sept. 28. The court order forbid the unloading of the PCBs. from the freighter Nadezhda Obukhova. Con. tempt of court for violating a civil in- junction carries a fine of $50,000 and ora year in jail The 15 steel containers of waste are stranded on the government wharf here until at Monday, when Corriveau will decide whether there should be a permanent ban on the storage of PCBs at the Manic 2 court least hydroelectric site, about 30 kilometres from this community on the lower North Shore of the St River The unwelcome cargo has paralysed the wharf, with the town’s huge pulp and paper mill unable to ship’ its product. The adjacent ferry terminal is unable to handle, passengers. They must travel 60 kilometres to the nearest terminal A clutch of provincial police guar ded the containers Friday while a dozen demonstrators remained at the wharf entrance to ensure the shippers don’t try to sneak the cargo through to Manic 2 “We're very satisfied with the turn of events,”’ said Micheline Fournier, a lawyer representing the coalition of 26 community groups fighting to prevent storage of PCBs at Manic 2 Corriveau issued a 10-day injun ction early Thursday morning against unloading of the cargo and ordering it be reloaded if necessary But shortly after the captain was served with the injunction, documents show, the ship slipped its moorings and set sail for Montreal without reloading the containers. The Lawrence court PM will consider changes to new tax OTTAWA (CP) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says his REP NET GRE v to the planned nine-per-cent federal sales tax on goods and services. In an interview with the Ottawa Citizen published today, Mulroney said recommendations of a Commons committee studying the issue could lead to changes in the controversial tax — opposed, according to a_ poll published Friday, by more than three- quarters of Canadians. “‘Absolutely,"” Mulroney told the newspaper. ‘The reason it went to the committee was to invite their helpful criticisms.”” He told reporters today at the Con- servative national meeting that the technical paper released by the gover- nment this month “‘represents our best judgement as to how this matter can be appraoched. It probably can be im- proved.”” However, he added: ‘*We believe that the structure and the concept of the tax, as it is, is the way it ought to be.” SETS COURSE On Friday, Mulroney said in a major address to the Conservative conferen ce that deficit reduction, stitutional reform and unfinished business are priorities for his gover nment’s second term. Accompanied by his wife and four children, Mulroney entered the darkened conference hall to throbbing music and fevered cheering. As he mounted the podium, photographs of the prime minister with various world con- leaders flashed on giant screerfs Mulroney beseeched corporations —more—in- development and called for im- provement in educational systems he said are shortchanging students. He said the government will focus on long-term investment in people, education, literacy and skills training, Earlier in the meeting, opposing Tory factions sent a message that the issue of abortion has to be high on the government’s agenda ship was expected in Montreal today There were at least 50 Quebec provincial police officers on the dock at the time the ship left, and court docu the injunction ents show some were aware of Corriveau was critical of provincial police for being ‘tin concert shippers. as they unldaded the PCB containers "with the However, he did not cite thgm for contempt Martin Clermont, general manager of the waste disposal company Dynamis Envirotech, was one of those cited for contempt His company, which has a $7.9 million with the Quebec government to get rid of 1,500 tonnes of PCB waste from a fire in St-Basile le-Grand, had already shipped some of the PCBs to Liverpool, England, where they were turned back contract OTTAWA (CP) — Federal and provincial energy ministers are ex pected to announce Monday they will strive to cut carbon dioxide pollution by 20 per cent by the year 2005. The commitment, expected to come out of a meeting in Toronto, would make Canada the first coun try to adopt such a program on carbon dioxide, considered a primary cause of the greenhouse effect Eric Alexander, a spokesman for Energy Minister Jake Epp, said a federal-provincial committee set up to study the issue has reached consensus on the 20-per-cent target. The committee has produced a report, ‘which the | __ ministers are expected to approve Ministers meet ‘on pollution The 20-per-cent cut was recom: mended by an international con ference in Toronto last year Carbon dioxide, produced by burning fossil fuels, traps solar heat that would otherwise be radiated back into space knownas the greenhouse effect Many scientists believe growing concentrations of the gas in the at mosphere will bring higher average temperatures, leading to increased drought, festations and other problems. PLAN INCOMPLETE Alexander cautioned the target will be difficult to achieve, and the officials’ report doesn’t contain a full blueprint for action “It (the report) is essentially seeking to get there, bearin; This is forest fires, insect in. “If they do that, they become world leaders,” said Kai Millyard, policy director of Friends of the Earth, an environmental group. “They would be the first national government in the world to make that commitment. That would be an extremely important step for ward.” i mind that there are an awful lot of obstacles and unanswered questions in the way.”” If projected economic growth until 2005 is taken into account, a 20-per-cent. cut from 1988 pollution levels would be equivalent to a 46-per-cent cut, he said Issue divides OTTAWA (CP) — Pro-choice and anti-abortion factions battled at the Conservative party general meeting Friday, a forerunner of the war that's likely to break out when the always contentious comes before Parliament this fall Scoring in round one, the PC women’s federation passed a near- unanimous motion that abortion should be a matter of choice between a woman and her doctor. The motion was passed Friday morning Furore ensued when that fact was revealed at a social policy workshop Friday afternoon Anti-abortion advocates, caught unprepared for the motion, argued the women’s federation had stacked the policy workshop Grace Cameron-Labbe of Ottawa insisted the women’s federation issue NDP leadership still undecided OTTAWA (CP) — Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin faces her first major test today in her bid for the NDP leadership, as the party starts a 15-city all-candidates tour in Winnipeg In typical NDP fashion, it will all be fair and democratic, with the speaking order selected 15 minutes in advance The seven candidates will have eight minutes each to speak before party members start asking questions, There will likely be some tense moments Party insiders say McLaughlin, as the apparent leader, has the most to lose if she stumbles in front of the rank and file. Watching it all will be backers of Saskatchewan MP Lorne Nystrom, who lost to Ed Broadbent in 1975 and who is the man many thought would replace him last March Nystrom’s plans are a mystery to @ven his closest supporters and the par ty’s finance critic will only say he will announce his intentions by Labor Day, which sets up an interesting scenario. Should: McLaughlin do well today, party sources say, that could be the end of any sspense until the party returns to Winnipeg for the leadership conven- tion Nov. 30-Dec. 3, because Nystrom will stay out McLaughlin, with half of caucus publicly supporting her, would likely win. lan Waddell, the chronic caucus bad boy, would finish a distant second, party insiders add ARTERIES TOUGH In May, when Waddell opened his leadership campaign, he said the party is suffering from hardening of the ar teries. In 1987, he was dropped as communications critic when he rejec if McLaughlin stumles — and that’s possible because stie was only elected in June 1987 — Nystrom could decide to run to liven up what even the most diehard of NDPers acknowledge has beena dull race Another wild card is Waddell’s British Columbia colleague Dave Barrett, who has called a news con ference for Monday to discuss his leadership ambitions Because Nystrom has left it so long, even his closest supporters had thought he was staying out. But when the Commons finance committee returned to Parliament Hill in mid-month for hearings on the proposed goods and services tax, colleagues were surprised at how much Nystrom’s appearance had changed over the summer Nystrom, with boyish good looks and naturally curly hair, had done what many candidates do: he had been on a crash diet and lost more than 20 pounds. represents a small-but-vocal feminist clique in the Conservative party, not the majority of female party members “You have a small, active minority here who have taken over the women’s caucus,” said an indignant Cameron. Labbe, who does not believe the party should be segregated and doesn’t at- tend the women’s federation meetings. “*A lot of Conservative women are not active in the women’s caucus. I'm notalone.’ MOTION DEFENDED Jennifer Lynch, incoming president of the women’s federation, defended the motion, saying it was part of a democratic process. There were more than 200 delegates in the room when Tories the motion was presented, she said, and only three voted against it The government is expected to in troduce a new abortion law in the Commons this fall Ottawa delegate Barbara Ford denied that pro-choice Tories were trying to force their view on the meeting “Iwas not planned," Ford insisted. “1 mean, I didn’t know about it (the motion) until I got to the meeting and they were handing out the sheets “Iwas thrilled.”” Abortion isn’t on the agenda for the three-day meeting, which is supposed to identify policy directions for the next century INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned for the con struction of the project entitled 1989 Root Replacement of Columbia View Lodge, Trail, B.C Bids are to be delivered to: Columbia View Lodge, 2290 Labur- num Drive, Trail, B.C. VIR 4N2 Envelopes to be marked: Attention: Mr. J. Paul Caraca, 1989 Roof Replacement Specifications and detailed instructions to bidders are available to rooting contractors at the office of Associated Roof Services Ltd. R.R. No. 1 Valley Road Kelowna, B.C. VIY 7P9 Phone: 763-5202 Fax: 763-6225 Columbia View Lodge Bids must be unchanged for Sixty (60) days and be accompanied by a Bid Bond which binds the bidder in the amount of ten (10% per cent of the bid at the time of bidding A Performance Bond and Labour and Material Payment Bond each in the amount of fifty (50%) per cent of the contract price must be provided by the successful bidder prior to the award of the contract Bids must be made out on the form enclosed, and delivered to the above noted hospital not later than 2 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 7, 1989 where they will be opened in public. The tewest or any tender is not necessarily accepted BOWLING IS FUN FOR EVERYONE! LABOUR DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL All Bowling 50¢ a Game Shoes reg. price. Hrs. Noon-5 p.m. 7-10 p.m. 206-1 1th LEAGUE BOWLING STARTS TUESDAY, SEPT. 5 Openings tor Individuals and Full Teams in Some Leagues LEAGUES AVAILABLE REGISTRATION SATURDAY. SEPT. 9 LEAGUES NOW FORMING 1 Mon. MIXED BEGINNERS ae CASTLE BOWL Ave.. Castlegor Call 365-5723 for More Into torn dior Va ! OPENPLAY ee,” Sot &Suh Only SUtAGUE 1 witt THis COUPON BOWL 3 pay for only 2 Ceke ne OPEN BOWLING I 10.4 ted official party policy and opposed hak