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and the design of the bridge
approach inadvertently leads
down

there. There's no way he could
have made it otherwise with a
double trailer. He had to go
against the traffic to get out. It’s
not his fault though.”

Carroll said most

rarest signage will kill

Genelle driver considets close call just too darn close

familiar with the areca know
which approach to use to get to
their destination, but he shud-
ders to think of those visitors

There's going to be a serious

directional signs, but assured
that the complaint would be
investigated.

“We will look into it and see
what can be done. I'll pass the
concerns on to our field people
for review. It might be that there
may have to be additional sig-

illumination—there are

takes Carroll's concerns seri-
ously ministry engineers did
that

Wednesday, July 13, 1994

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certain services no matter what the fees.”

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‘The diff

Dispensing discrepancy in Castlegar

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Pharmacy. Trey call t 2 loss leader" they nt the
pharmacy as a draw.”

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but Ci

shoppers are paying mows 00 have thaie pooenag’'
tions filled than other patients being served in

Nelson and Trail.

While some pharmacies, especially those
located in food stores in larger cities, are able
to charge low medication dispensing fees,

other pharmacies, such as those

B.C. Pharmacy Association Director of

Cc Judy S

said there

'y
is no legislation within B.C. setting guide-

lines for disp ig fees. In

strictly up to the store owner to decide how
much the patient will be charged for dispens-
ing a medication which often costs a fraction

of the fee.

“It’s up to the store, but a person should expect

So how do dispensing fees in Trail, Nelson and
Celogae sacle’ Sp camigered to other pharme-

cies?
Schlachter said the average dispensing fee of
$7.79 is “well within the ball park”.
ma cataholy whet they ould ve chereing
by law to
mow the dation he ont he pa.
Schlachter said the service of disp ig the

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is expensive.

“In B.C. it costs over $10 to provide the ser-
vices of the

Service, said Schlachter, should include such
items as: clear labeling of the drug; a listing of its
side-effects; the name and phone number of the

y "s name; as
with the iph i
the medication prescribed.

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from cholesterol problems and
that the ram meat was low in
cholesterol. But Judge Stewart

sions he would shoot the well-
known ram in order to break

Eaderton also cited what he
called reliable statements from

acquired
status card as justification for
shooting the 300-pound ram out-
f-season. Status Indians have the
Tight to hunt for food at any time

Kamloops man ‘walks in’ to charges
A 23-year-old

than could face a

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For the week of
Regional Annual Avg. - 194 gal/per/day

Coast Salish oral tradition, is
believed to be executed by Vancou-
ver carver Michael Billy. Reports
on the age of the artifact vary

irk College
are pleased to receive this gift
which has such high cultural and
educational value. For the time
being, the mask resides in the Col-
lege ea i ondiedlcrctra
Campus. Its educational value is

ogy to Canadian studies, and

Whitehead of Trail recently donated this hand carved cedar mask to Selkirk
. The mask, an example of Coast Salish carving tradition, is believed to repre-
sent Tsonga, a mythical bird akin to the Thunderbird which is prominent in other

Native cultures.

Photo submitted

Liberals recommend more police in Kootenay-Boundary
Reform MLA discounts threat as “product of whackos”

The provincial Liberals have rec-
ommended police set up patrols in the
peeacchergeirwonha patagues envi-

ying
logging equipment.

The current issuc of the Earth First
Journal has called for a “pre-emptive
strike” to save pristine forests along
the tributaries of the Kettle and Gran-
by rivers.

Liberal forests critic, Wilf Hurd,
recommended late last week that
police act to foil those who follow
the magazine's advice, come to

and destroy or immobolize

heavy equipment.

“I hope that on the basis of the fact
they they’ve announced they intend to
do this that we'll be able to step up
patrols and provide some kind of pres-
ence to ensure we don’t see working
men and women jeopardized,” Hurd
said.

“But Reform MLA John Weisger-
discounted the tabloid as the
product of “whackos” and said he
doubted anyone would take its
advice.

Peter Ronald of B.C. Wild, a

coalition of such leading B. Cc. envi

magazine had recommended. “That
kind of thing would just hurt the
cause of conservation on that area.

It’s not the place where environmen-
tal groups in B.C. are at all,” said
Ronald.

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Painter said the ‘B.C. vacation’ was being hosted by Canadian members of the
Earth First! group. She admitted she had never been to B.C., but had “seen slides
of the devestation.”

“At least you have some old growth left, we have none.”

ee eee Tee ee eee © EM © old of said Painter, because
many were di near the border.

But Pl Clausen sai he is familiar with such moctings, and said they are held to

ronmentalists as Vicky
Rick Careless and Colleen McCrory,
distanced his group from what the

reunite swap Stories and prepare for future activities.
Like the end of the article in the Journal states, “Good luck, be careful, don’t
get caught, and send wild tales to the Journal.’

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Kootenay briefs

New Denver — New Den-
ver police have arrested 28-
year-old Michael Scott

Legal aid

West Kootenay

cases passed over in protest

lawyers refuse cases throughout month of July

to a call from from a
woman claiming a male
acquaintance of hers had
tried to have sex with her

Christina Lake — Grand
Forks RCMP are investigat-
ing the theft of a Baja Sun-
sport inboard/outboard boat
and trailer that was stolen
from the compound of the
Christina Lake Marina some-
time between June 26 and
July 11. The boat is light
grey in color with blue trim.

Grand Forks — Overwaitea
foods in Grand Forks was

door. The break-in, which
resulted in the theft of sever-
al cartons, is one of many
that have been taking place
in that community.

Nelson — Seven vehicles in
the Granite Road/South Slo-
can area had windows and
headlights smasheJ by van-
dals, according to Nelson
RCMP. An investigation into
the early Friday morning
incident is continuing.
age is estimated at more
than $2,000. Similar damage
to a vehicle parked at Play-
more Junction June 30 was
also reported to police. Any-
one with information is
requested to call Nelson
RCMP at 352-2156.

SHARLENE IMHOFF

in Editor hooks f

During the month of July, West Koote-
nay lawyers are refusing to accept new
legal aid cases, unless they are considered
an emergency, as a way of protesting a
unilateral 22.5 per cent cut imposed by
the Legal Services Society to lawyers.

The cut, initially imposed by the

in ludes those

legal aid cases authorized in July that sur-
round criminal, family, and immigration
law. Changes to the legal aid system are
also forthcoming, despite clear evidence,
say private lawyers, that these changes
will cost more money and provide fewer

estimated $15 million fiscal leak in the
society's budget, has put the province’s
lawyers who handle legal aid cases in
what amounts to a strike position.

increased 100 per cent. That increase now
has been whittled back to the point where
Jawyers art spying that legal aid is chroni-
cally underfunded.
Nelson Legal Services Lawyer David
Miller said the association will feel an
if the Koot

Bar A

The West K Bar A
indicated, by way of a press release, to
area media that it is Prepared to refuse the
society's cases for as long is it takes to
reinstate a realistic tariff.

Trail Lawyer Brent Adair said lawyers
are aggrieved because this latest holdback
is the the third major reduction in tariffs
since 1992. In 1991 lawyers went on
strike and had legal society tariffs

ion refuses legal services
cases.

“The people who will suffer are those
eligible for legal, and now will not be
served by the private bar,” said Miller.

Miller explained that aside from the
four types of referrals that are sent out to
private lawyers, his office in Nelson han-
dies cases in at least 30 other areas of the
law. The free services from the Nelson

Office include everything from summary

advise over the
fy 100 ongoing file thar nocd tbs looloa
after each month. “We have a huge num-
ber of walk-in and telephone consultations
which we deal with on a regular basis. Out
of the calls we receive, approximately 60
are referred to a public

Meanwhile the Legal Services Society
intends to hire additional full time lawyers
of its own, as well as support staff and
paralegals in an attempt to handle an-ever
increasing workload. The society then
intends to set.up a mixed model system of
legal aid deli where cases would be
split 50/50 between staff lawyers and
those in private practice.

Landlords on losing end of new ministry decision says local
Elaine Phillipoff worried that lack of responsibility will have bad results

KAREN KERKHOFF

Sun staff

A local landlord says a gain by
the Ministry of Social Services
might be B.C. landlords’ loss.

A recent announcement that
security deposits paid by the min-
istry must be returned to the min-
istry, and not the recipient of
welfare, has Cedar Manor land-
lord Elaine Phillipoff i

government who cares? We're
[the landlord] going to lose in
the long run.”

Phillipoff heartily agrees that
the deposit should be returned to
those who paid it, in this case the
ministry, but wonders if there
might not be a better way in
which the ministry could recover
the cost of the deposit while at
the same time making the tenant

for its upon

who the winners will really be in
the end.

With over nine years ex;
ence as a landlord Phillipott
said she’s had to clean many
“pig pens” after renters have
moved out. She described in
detail the state some rental units
were left in such as broken win-
dows, burned carpets and
stained walls. Those who are
most at fault, said Phillipoff, are
those who have no stake in
whether the deposit is returned
to them—such as a construction
worker whose employer pays
the deposit.

i said that

vacating it.

While managing rental units
in Calgary, Phillipoff said the
Alberta Ministry of Social Ser-
vices also paid security deposits
for recipients of welfare. But
their innovative way of recover-
ing those funds resulted in what
Phillipoff believes a more cost-
efficient way and fair way.

“They would pay the deposit
and then take a little off of each
cheque. Then if their unit was in
good shape they [the tenant]
knew they would get their
deposit back. It's like borrowing
money.”

Mini of Social Services

of “welfare are like any ‘other
renter, some leave their units
sparkling clean, while others
leave it in a state of disrepair
and uncleanliness. But she won-
ders if the deposit being
returned to the ministry and not
the renter will result in the lack
of incentive to leave the unit in

good repair.
vie“I'm seeing bad things from
this. If the money belongs to the

Joy McPhail said the move will
not only assure that landlords
are fair when returning deposits,
but will also save the ministry
millions annually.

“This new policy is the result
of government's ongoing com-
mitment to combat abuse of
B.C.'s income assistance sys-
tem and restore public confi-
dence im our social safety net.
Prior to tightening up security

deposit procedures, my min-
istry paid out about $24 million
annually in security deposits to
landlords renting to income
assistance recipients, but recov-
ered very little.”

Since April 1, when the new
measure came into effect the
ministry has received fewer
requests for security deposits
from clients and have dropped
from an average of 2,600 per
week to 2,300. It's projected that
a continuation of the trend could
result in a savings of $3 million
to $5 million annually.

Ministry Spokesperson, Karen
Johnston defends the cost-saving
Measure, saying that prior to its

landl.

some

were notorious for keeping the
deposit regardless of the state the
unit was left in.

“There was no pressure know-
ing that the ministry would

Johnston said social service
renters will still be held account-
able for damages—but to the
ministry instead of the landlord.

“If it's chronic we will do a
critical review. Eligibility could
be restricted in the future.”

Although Johnston said that
under the law recipients can’t be
denied basic shelter and food, it’s
possible the ministry would
refuse to pay security deposits for

chronic abusers.

Johnston said there are alle-
gations from critics that the
measure would result in dis-
crimination from landlords
who, fearful of trashed units,
will refuse to rent to recipi-
ents. She said such discrimina-
tion is against the law and that
unless the prospective tenant
tells the landlord they are on
income assistance, the landlord
has no way of knowing who
will be paying the rent until
after the rental agreement is
signed.

“They aren’t allowed to dis-
criminate on the basis of source
of income.”

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