Castlegar News september 10, 1986 Tories promise a Commons vote Editor's note: Following is the first of a two-part series on capital punishment By BRUCE LEVETT The Canadian Press It has been nearly 25 years since a small, hunched figure last moved back and forth across Canada, knotting his ropes and leaving death in his wake. John Ellis, traditional alias for the official hangman, has been unemployed ever since that one final assignment when he dropped two men simultaneously one bleak Toronto morning in 1962. Whether John Ellis will come out of retirement to work at his grisly trade once more is up to the federal government, which has promised that members of Parlia ment will be given an opportunity — unfettered by party considerations — to vote on the question of capital punish ment before the next election The next federal election is expected in 1988 or 1989. So far, however, no decision has been made as to precisely when such a vote will come or what form it will take — or how the question will be phrased PRIVATE BILLS Several MPs have private bills on the Commons order paper calling for a return of the death penalty. They argue that because a private member's bill is limited to five hours of discussion in the initial stage, this method would have the benefit of curtailing debate on such an emotional issue. Opposition erities have objected to the prospect of a government turning the initiative over to a private member and have called for full and open debate. Last April, John Crosbie, justice minister at the time, replied that the government would not hide behind a private member's bill but would “choose ourselves how (the issue) is best dealt with and when.” Hanging predates Confederation in Canada. Records show that up to 1859, under British rule, Canadians could be put to the noose for any of 230 offences — among them stealing turnips or being found in disguise in a forest CUT TO THREE Within six years. however, the list of capital offences had been trimmed to three — murder, treason and rape. The campaign to get rid of the death penalty altogether 15h RE I OS DEATH OTA ES | PENALTY: goes back to 1914 when a private member's bill was introduced, only to die on the order paper It was not until 1962, with capital punishment still on the books, that the federal cabinet began commuting all such sentences to life imprisonment In 1967, in Canada’s 100th-birthday year, a government bill was passed bg a vote of 105-70, dbolishing execution for a five-year trial period. There were two exceptions noted hanging was retained for the killing of a policeman or a jail guard In 1973, a new vote was called for and — by 13 votes the trial period was extended for another five years DROPPED IN 1976 Finally, in 1976 after a stormy debate that ate up 100 hours, capital punishment in Canada died by a margin of six votes. It remains on the books of the Canadian Armed Forces, however, for the wartime offences of cowardice, desertion, unlawful surrender and spying for the enemy The late John Diefenbaker, a former prime minister sitting in opposition when the deciding vote was taken and an avowed opponent of the death penalty — said, “I hope the result will not encourage those who wish to assassinate themselves into history.” “The country as a whole will rue the day this has happened,” Allan Lawrence (PC - Northumberland-Durham) said at the time. In the last 10 years, however, whenever a child has been abducted and slain or police have died in the performance their duties, the cry has gone up for a return Lo the death penalty “The government (says) that making a decision after a killing is not good because it is an emotional time,” says Greg Cohoon, the police chief in Moncton, N.B., who is president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. “But when is the right time?” URGES REVIEW The police chiefs’ association, at a recent Winnipeg meeting, voted to switch emphasis in its fight for a return to capital punishment It wili no longer argue in favor of execution as a deterrent, but instead will call for a “full review and public debate” on the grounds that it is “an issue of justice, not utility.” Almost simultaneously, 1,000 delegates to the Associa tion of Municipalities of Ontario also went on record -- after long debate — in favor of capital punishment. Public opinion polls taken to sound out Canadian attitudes conclude that, in general, the public favors a return to the death penalty A Gallup poll showed that members of the Progressive Conservative party were more strongly in favor of a return to capital punishment than either of the opposition parties. Prime Minister Mulroney, however. is known tu be against it —— SESE Asian triads spreading TORONTO (CP) — Asian organized crime has spread to all corners of Canada. terrorizing peaceful ethnic communities with life threatening violence, says a report by the Criminal In \elligence Service of Canada From Vancouver to St John’s, Nfld., 11 Chinese and Vietnamese ‘triads — secret shares information, warns “One of the major concerns of police forces in Canada is the anticipated Communist take over of Hong Kong by the People's Republic of China in 1997.” In that year, Britain's 99-year lease on the colony expires. 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Veteran left-hander Ron Guidry, nicknamed Gator by his teammates, chewed up the Jays with a seven-inning, five-hitter that sparked the New York Yankees to a 3-1 American League baseball win over Toronto. third-place Yankees remain 11 games behind. “I was just trying to get the first guy out every inning.” said Guidry, who was winless in his previous five starts with one loss and four no-decisions. “Toronto's a good-hitting ballelub and the only way to beat them is to keep them off the bases.” Guidry retired the leadoff batter in five of the seven innings he worked and set down nine Jays in a row to start the game. “Tve pitched a lot of good games this year but have little to show for it,” said Guidry, who improved his The game was knotted at 1-1 in the eighth when Mike Easler touched loser Mark Eichhorn, 12-5, for a run-seoring single and Willie Randolph added an insurance run in the ninth against Tom Henke with a sacrifice fly that scored Rickey Henderson. New York's fleet-footed centre fielder drew a one-out walk in the ninth, was balked to second on an attempted pickoff by Henke and stole third, his second swipe of the game and 79th of the season. Don Mattingly had started the eighth against Eichhorn, who relieved starter Dave Stieb in the made a winner of Guidry. “T'm not young anymore (36), so if I can give the club six or seven good innings I feel I've done my job,” said Guidry, who fanned nine and walked none in posting his first win since Aug. 6. “The key tonight was making two or three good pitches when I had to. “I think they broke their bats on all but two of their hits and when that's happening, you know you're pitching pretty well.” Freedom No-wax floor finish Glade Solid Air Freshener . “ Duster Plus Lemon, 200 Gram $999 $199 $199 Bon Ami Toilet Duck 500 mL In the Heart ot Downtown Castlegar CLOSED THIS SUNDAY 365-7813 The Jays’ loss, coupled with front-running Boston's 1-5 victory over Baltimore, dropped second-place Toronto eight games behind the Red Sox in the East. The a good note.” record to 7-10. “It’s hard to turn the season around with one good game, so all I'm trying to do is end the season on seventh, with a single for his third hit of the game. He moved to third on a walk and a fielder’s choice and set the save, stage for Easler, whose base hit to right-centre field Another Yankee southpaw, Dave Righetti, went the final two innings to earn his major league-leading 36th breaking the club's single-season save record set by Sparky Lyle in 1972. Tkachuk second in Grind By CasNews Staff Castlegar's Marco Tkachuk came within 11 seconds of capturing top spot in the annual Golden City 10k Grind Sunday in Rossland Brian McLachlan of Rossland edged Tkachuk by 11 seconds to take first place in a winning time of 38 minutes 49 seconds. Geoff Ball, another Castlegar runner, was third in 39:03. The race was held in conjunction with Golden City Days. Ben Thor-Larsen of Castlegar ran in 45:47 - aes ee Bf = KIJHL to shrink to nine teams By CasNews Staff The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League could be short another team by the time the regular season starts. Grand Forks Border Bruins are the latest club to request a one-year leave of absence, citing financial difficulties. KIJHL team representatives will vote tonight in Creston on the request from Border Bruins’ president Angus Manson. If approved, Grand Forks would be able to rejoin the league at its anrfual general meeting next spring without penalty. Should the request be denied, the The move would leave the league at just nine teams: four in the East Division and five in the West. That's down from the high of 12 teams just two years ago. Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs and Creston Clippers pulled out earlier. The remaining KIJHL teams will review the 40-game unbalanced sche- dule at tonight's meeting. Meanwhile, Elk Valley Raiders have solved their difficulties and have pledged to participate i the 1986-87 regular season. The Sparwood-based club has chosen to play this season IT’S OUR 6TH ANNIVERSARY You're invited to help us celebrate our 6th Anniversary at the Chahko-Mika Mall. The Birthday Cake Cutting Ceremony will be on Thursday, September 11 at 7 p.m. with music, clowns and entertainment for the whole family! Friday, September 12 — Caboose the Clown will be at the Mali 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday, September 13, the Kootenay Bears will entertain you. Shop the terrific Birthday Bargains throughout the mall and enter your name TO WIN A FAIRMONT GETAWAY PACKAGE FOR TWO! © chanko -Mika Mall Situated on Beautiful Kootenay Loke 1150 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, B.C. Open Thursday & Friday nights unt! 9 p.m Bears play Trail to 10-10 tie By CasNews Staff Trail Legion scored seven runs in the last two innings to come from behind and tie the A & W Bears 10-10 Sunday Border Bruins could still pull out. However, they could-not-return to the league without first paying a $5,500 their training camp last night at the fee. Community Complex. JACQUES DEMERS | at Butler Park The Bears outhit the Legion squad 15-6, but committed 12 errors. The Bears’ lineu; featured five new players. Bears management said they were pleased with the play of the new members. Rod Gritchen and/Cory Ross led the Bears’ attack, each with solo home runs. ) Adrian Strelaeff ¢ontributed a triple, double and two rung batted in, while Graham McKenzie, Stam Sjrelaeff, Jeff DaRosa and Gritchen eagh went two for three at the plate. | Gritchen, Mickey M@flegand DaRosa shared the moundeduties. G strike out 10 Legionnaires. battle through the first two innii emerged tied at 22 heading top of the third The Bears then went ahead 3-2, only to see the Trail tie the gam@ 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth But the Bears broke the game open with three runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to take a 10-3 lead into the bottom of the sixth Castlegar captures Boyd Cup By CasNews Staff A team representing the Castlegar Golf Club has brought home the Boyd Cup from a golf tournament last week end at Christina Lake The Boyd Cup, competition for which started in 1937, goes to the top club team in the Kootenays The eight-man teams compete in pairs with the trophy going to the team with the lowest total score in the non handicap event Bringing home the silverware for Castlegar were Gord Walker and Randy Kirby, 68; Bill Perehudoff and Ron Konkin, 71; Dan Walker and Alex Perehudoff, 71; and Denny McArthur and Alan Akselson, 72 Castlegar's combined score was a six-under-par 282 A team from Rossland Trail took second place. HE'S SAFE! Coeur d'Alene Auto Parts player beats throw to first base during final of the second annual Castlegar Slowpitch Tournament Sunday af- Coeur d’Alene's Budweiser team captured the second annual Castle gar slowpitch tournament over the weekend, drubbing cross-town riv als Coeur d'Alene Auto Parts 6-2 in a.m. Sunday the final game The Budweiser club took home $750 first prize money, while Auto Parts grabbed $375 as runners-up. Budweiser took the title the hard U.S. team takes tourney double knockout final round The 18-team tournament began Friday evening and continued Sat urday with the final round at 9:30 Besides Budweiser and Auto Parts, other teams which advanced to the final round included Carlings Classics and Williams Movers of Castlegar and Dam Inn of Slocan way, coming out of the B side in the They represented the top two final CosNewsPhoto by Doug Hervey teams in three divisions By Sunday afternoon the six teams have been whittled down to just three after Budweiser topped Dam Inn 2-1 in extra innings. Budweiser then bumped off Car ling Classics, which ended up in third place with $175 That set the stage for an all-Idaho llesic concerns Lions VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columiba Lions are concerned about the kicking game as they prepare for a battle of the Canadian Football League divisional leaders Sunday in Toronto against the Argonauts. Head coach Don Matthews said Tuesday the Argos have fashioned a respectable 7-3 record this season on the basis of the punting and kickoffs of Hank Ilesic along with sound play by the Toronto defence. “Toronto must be a good team because they keep finding ways to win,” Mathews said at his weekly news conference. “Ilesic is the premier punter in the league when he goes for distance and he also presents problems with his long kickoffs. ~ “Against Toronto we always take the ball at the 35-yard line after field goals because of the fine job Ilesic does with his kickoffs. Ilesic is the CFL's leading punter with a 49.3-yard average this year, compared with the 42.2 average of B.C.'s Lui Passaglia Toronto place-kicker Lance Chomyc, who gives way to the strong-legged Ilesic on kickoffs, has made 23 of 27 field goal attempts, while Passaglia has been good on 17 of 27 after missing the first three league games with an abdominal muscle pull EARLY VICTORY The Lions, 8-2, defeated Toronto 28-17 earlier in the season at B.C. Place Stadium when Argo quarterback Con dredge Holloway watched from the sidelines with a knee injury while Norman Gibbs and David Bates called the signals. Now the Argos have Holloway and former Ottawa pivot J.C. Watts at quarterback, along with No. 3 quarterback Tim Cowan, obtained recently from the Lions in exchange for a first-round draft pick in 1987 “Toronto didn't do well last year after losing Holloway with a leg injury,” said Matthews. “You can see the difference this year with him in the lineup We respect Holloway because he’s always looking for that something extra to make his team a winner. Having veteran quarterbacks makes Toronto an entirely different team this year.” Matthews plans two lineup changes for the Toronto game. Linebacker Bernie Glier comes off the reserve list in place of Bruce Barnett, who suffered a hip-muscle injury last week during a 40-10 victory over the Ottawa Rough Riders. Rookie lineman Bob Skemp will take the place of veteran offensive tackle Bryan Illerbrun, traded to the Montreal Alouettes for another first-round pick next year Illerbrun has not reported to Montreal NEW STARTER Jim Mills moves into the starting lineup at right offensive tackle on the strength of a strong, 30-minute performance against Ottawa in the second half. Mills, six foot-eight and 280 pounds, was a B.C. territorial pro tection in 1983, but elected to sign with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League - Mills was released by the Colts following the 1985 season and signed with the Denver Broncos, but was released after training camp and eventually signed with the Lions. The Richmond, B.C., native played his college football at the University of Hawaii Veteran linebacker Glenn Jackson of the Lions also is bothered by injury, although a sore shoulder won't keep him out of the starting lineup against the Argos. Defensive end John Ulmer may see action at linebacker if Jackson has problems, Matthews said The B.C. coach praised the play of Toronto cornerback Kerry Parker, a former Lion who was traded to the Argos during the off season. NHL postpones tampering issue VANCOUVER (CP) — The National Hockey League will not deal with tampering charges regarding coach Jacques Demers of the Detroit Red. Wings until after the start of the 1986-87 season, NHL president John Ziegler said Tuesday The St. Louis Blues filed formal tampering charges in June after Demers jumped to the Red Wings from the Blues. Demers insisted he had no written contractual ties with the Blues after he signed a five-year, $1.2-million US contract with the Wings on June 13. “I have elected to put this issue over to a special meeting which will be called after the season starts,” Ziegler said at an informal news conference following a meeting of the NHL board of governors. “The reason is that I didn’t feel we would have time to deal with this here.” The NHL governors began mettings Tuesday as part of the festivities sur rounding the annual Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and dinner tonight at the Hotel‘ Vancouver It’s the first time in the 26-year history of the event that it has been held outside Toronto. PLAYERS HONORED Former NHL players Serge Savard. Dave Keon and Leo Boivin will be inducted, along with Bill Hanley, long time administrator in the major junior Ontario Hockey League Also to be honored are journalists Tim Moriarty of New York, Leo Mona han of Boston and Dick Johnston of Buffalo. Ziegler presided over meetings of several NHL committees Tuesday including the finance and broadcasting groups, but refused to elaborate on the discussions. He said NHL governors will be given more details on the new five-year collective bargaining agree ment reached July 27 between the NHL owners’ committee and the NHL Players’ Association The NHL rules committee will deal with several recommendations put forth by the league's general man agers, including possible additional penalties for players who are ruled aggressors in fights. The NHL governors are expected to approve a proposal to increase the first round of the playoffs to best-of-seven series from the present best-of-five format. Ziegler also expects the owners to discuss the introduction of a rule making it mandatory for new players entering the NHL to wear plastic face-mask visors for protection of the eye area. “It would be difficud to make it mandatory for everybody to wear a visor at this time,” said Ziegler. “I think the discussion will centre around whether we should adopt a visor rule and phase it in like we did with helmets.” Another issue to be considered is the ise of instant replays by officials in NHL games. We'll look at @he studies done with respect to cost, implementation and operation of replays for use in goal, nogoal situations,” Ziegler said. “It would be a major step and we may still be a wa). away from that.” The International Hockey League experimented with video replays in one game last season at Indianapolis and the NHL has studied a report on the game Ziegler said the cost of establishing identical replay facilities in the 21 NHL arenas is considerable and presents many problems.