CastlégarNews Feo 17. 1968 Bennett against VANCOUVER (CP) — A forest industry negotiator has warned that companies are only recently showing profits and woodworkers should not assume they will get hefty wage increases in their next contract. the union for a break years,” he said. B.C. Keith Bennett, chief neg. Ported otiator and president of the Forest Industrial Relations employer group, made the comments after two locals of IWA-Canada in B.C. decided in regional contract confer ences to recommend _ in: creases of $1.50 and $2 hourly on base rates of $14.48 an hour. Bennett said the industry, sales of $3.1 billion. needed, said Tourism ope which unsuccessfully asked “When “has a good memory.” “They shouldn't forget that this industry has been strug. gling back from disastrous Forest Products re. record profits. of $140.2 million on record sales of $1.4 billion in 1987; Corp. ‘reported record earn ings of $102.7 million on net sales of $1.2 billion; and Mac Millan Bloedel's record earn. ings were $281 million on “That's the kind of shot in the arm that the industry has Bennett warns hikes the industry was losing hundreds of millions of dollars, when the industry asked for a 4.5-per-cent (wage) increase to be waived, they were told to get lost,” he said. “The industry has a good memory.” Doug Evans, president of Vancouver local 1-217, said Monday the woodworkers “have a good memory, too, “In 1969, when the in- dustry was rolling in wealth, the union was in the middle of a two-year agreement. We asked them to reopen the agreement and renegotiate the wage increase, which I believe was 18 cents an hour.” in 1983, nfor rator hot about highway closure KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) Recent closures of the Trans Canada Highway west of Revelstoke because of the possibility of avalanches have been unnecessary and could affect the area's tourist in dustry, says the operator of the Three Valley Gap tourist centre. He admitted that tained, the danger. hold program and push summer we'll just be he said The tourist people get. a Gordon Bell said the two day of the 20 kilo metres between Revelstoke and Three Valley Gap on Feb. 11-12 was unnecessary and tied up about 1,000 veh. icles. closure Three Bell said the local High ways Department crew have adopted a destination centre is narrow criteria line. BABY DONORS Mom wants WINNIPEG (CP) The mother of a child born with part of its brain missing says laws should be changed to make it easier for such chil dren to become organ donors. “They always die.” Manning said 16 17,000 babies born cephalic their brain. “Their organs can give a chance to other children,” the Winnipeg women said in an interview Some medical experts in Manitoba agree. Dr. Frank Manning, chair. man of obstetrics and gyn ecology at the University of Manitoba, says such children are like computers without programs. “There is no pain, no emotion, no responses,” he said in a recent gave birth to such a ch: law She prevented “I was just to remain anonymous “I was more her.” interview. The problem isn't Order souvenir copies of the large, annual... Castlegar News REV VIEW: RECREATION. F Send to friends, relatives and business contacts 2 CASTLEGAR NEWS. “PROGRESS EDITION” CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN 3H4 PRICES ed and mailed for you Moiled to the U.S o+ any foreign country based strictly on road safety. ing safety is unpopular, but said if the criteria is main road would be closed for six months each year to avoid any potential “Our concern is if these of this Valley centre is closed for the winter and not affected by the road closure, but Bell said Revelstoke's future as a of the year in Manitoba are anen or missing part of The Winnipeg woman who year said she was doubly hurt when she. learned the transplants. was carrying twins so doctors couldn't remove the deformed child before birth devastated,” said the woman, who asked devastated than when I found out about LEE ALLL LEELA ENE EAE LAS NR i ARR NER, DUCATION. aaa CLIP AND MAIL THIS ORDER FORM $3.00ec. tates chat mee ere wt enter): Bell said he met recently with local highways officials and was told in a year of normal snowfall the road could be closed for as long as 30 days during the winter. Bell said he drove the length of the closure numer. ous ‘times on both days and saw nothing that would stop vehicles from _ getting through if some minor road clearing was done. He said the Three Valley Gap does experience some snow slides, which cover the road, but isn’t prone to ava lanches. He suggested the Highways Department could pilot. convoys of ° vehicles through uncertain areas. criticiz it in dead,” Gap on the change to Manitoba. Last year in Toronto, one anencephalic baby was kept alive on a respirator until it was legally brain dead so its organs could be used in a transplant. each The case of baby Gabriel, from the Barrie, Ont., area, made international headlines. She was the first anencep. halic baby to be kept alive on a life-support system solely for the purpose of organ transplants. 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Frank Oberle (right), federal M ister of Science and Technology and MP for Prince George-Dawson Creek, was guest of honor at Kootenay West Progressive Conservative wine-and-cheese par- Oberle pushes free trade By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The Canada-U.S. free-trade pact will benefit the West Kootenay, says the federal minister of state for science and technology. Frank Oberle and five members of the trade negotiation office responsible for negotiating specific chapters in the deal were in Castlegar on Friday to hold a workshop on the free-trade agreement and its effects on the local economy. The workshop was held so area residents could “make their choices and draw their conclusions on the basis of good information,” Oberle said before a luncheon group of about 35 people. He said the deal was “infinitely better for Canada than the U.S.” and that it “strengthens (Canada’s) pos. turing in world) markets.” Oberle continued to say the industries in the area stand to gain greater economic benefits with the lowering of U.S. trade tariffs on Can. adian goods. “Cominco will benefit from this deal immensely in the sense that it will permit them to invest more and concentrate more on the upgrading of their materials,” Oberle said. “Tariff reduction enhances their prospects immensely to sell refined products in a market 10 times the size of our own.” There are about 260 million people in the U.S. compared with 26 million in Canada. Canada is dependent on foreign trade more than any other industrial. ized nation in the world said Oberle. ty Thursday evening. Here he engages in conversation with Don McKay, left, of Rossland, and Bill Van Yzerloo and Wallace Horning. One out of every three jobs in the country depends on trade. Eighty per cent of everything Canada sells goes to the U.S. and Oberle said Canada must have open access to the U.S. market to survive in the oncoming years. Oberle admitted the issue is one of key importance to the Conservative party and said free trade would be the foeal point of an election if one is called before Jan. 1, 1989, when the deal goes into effect. But he would not say whether the Tories will call an election on the issue. “There's no doubt that this deal — free-trade agreement — will be a major, if not the major election issue — that's obvious,” Oberle admitted. “It's also obvious that we have invested a lot of our political currency in this deal.” Oberle said the Conservatives are DOUKHOBOR FILM COMES TOGETH By RON NORMAN Editor He is hoping the newly-formed B.C, Film Front wil! come up with the remaining fundin; been allocated $10 million to « are about B.C. and will be made in the “This film fits right into that category,” . B.C. Pilm Front has j feature films that Stark said. He said filming should begin next Janoary in Cali- back to ER fornia, move to the Kootenays, the Soviet Union and then He. said he is still finalizing ax Soviet bard ie the film will be shot pgs os “It's really from Los Angeles that he is “just telephone interview. weeks away” from wrapping up the TV movie in Nelson, final details. A2 Stark said Canadian Ted Kotcheff has agreed to direct the film, initially‘called The Spirit Wrestlers but purchased (he tights (0 the fitm and Stark is set to sign Canadian agreements with The Canadian distributors wili and American distributors. be Bright Star of Toronto, while Hemdale, whieh has distributed Platoon, Salvador and The Last Emperor, wilt distribute the film in the U.S. Toots Miia about another half-million (dollars),” Stark CosNews Photo by Burt Compbel! sticking to their game plan and have no intention of changing the deal in the event of an election. “It'll be more of an issue of course if the election were to be held between here and January first, 1989 when the deal will come into effect than it would be if the election is called after,” Oberle said. “But we have no intention of holding a referendum or anything like that. We're elected to govern.” Oberle wag quick to denounce previous governments and their “abil ity to wrap themselves in the Canadian flag” and blame problems on the Americans. “We have chosen- instead to commit ourselves to a path that we think is good for Canada and will pay dividends in the longer term,” he said. “We're moving ahead with this deal and will not be influenced by the timing of any election.” Castlegar Ald. Albert Calderbank took part in part of the free-trade workshop and said he thought it was an excellent presentation and that the officials “answered the pertinent ques tions” on free trade and its effect on the Kootenays. He said his fears of Canada losing its culture and economic sovereignty under the deal were put aside following an explanation of how the deal protects Canada’s economy and culture “They've done a pretty good job,” he said. Focus on emissions, study says By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Anyone with a nose knows: that Castlegar gets its fair share of air pollution. And now an lli-year study of Castlegar air quality compiled by the Kootenay Region Waste Management confirms this. The report says Waste Manage ment officials should place a high priority on improving emissions from Cominco's Trail lead and zine smelter and Celgar Pulp Co.'s mill. “Certainly things aren't OK as far as TRS (total reduced sulphur) is concerned,” Rick Crozier of the Nelson Waste Management branch told the Castlegar News. Kraft pulp mills emit a number of sulphur compounds, which together are called, “total reduced sul phur gasses.” “These are highly odorous com pounds to which the human nose is ex tremely sensitive. Hydrogen sulphide produces the characteristic rotten egg Salmo cop to appeal conviction By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — An RCMP con stable stationed in Salmo will appeal his conviction on a charge of assault causing bodily harm laid after a squab ble last year over a traffic ticket, an RCMP spokesman said Const. Luther Cutts will take his case to the B.C. Court of Appeal, Sgt Warren Nelson said in a telephone interview from Nelson, the district subdivision which includes Salmo. Nelson declined to comment on the employment status of Cutts, who was convicted Thursday in Nelson provin cial court and sentenced to 30 days in jail Robert Freiss said he told the court Cutts grabbed him around the neck in June 1987 after he tore up a ticket Cutts had issued him charging him with unsafe passing. odor of pulp mill emissions explains. The study, carried out from 1975- 1986, says the unpleasant smell as. sociated with TRS occurs at very low levels but harmful effects such as headaches and dizziness occur at 10 times the low level at which TRS is first noticeable. Crozier said the levels in Castlegar range “from the nuisance factor to levels where it can make you feel sick.” However, Crozier earlier said that people who-feel ill effects at those higher levels are usually more sensi tive to begin with, such people who are asthmatic. The air quality study gathered data from 17 air monitoring stations. Three the Library, the Castlegar Airport and the Castlegar and District Hospital stations — are operated by the Ministry of the Environment. The others are operated by Cominco Ltd. Atmospheric data from Environment Canada Stations, the Castlegar Airport and the Hugh Keenleyside dam are used to help analyze weather types. Crozier said more monitoring stations and improved equipment are needed for better testing. “We haven't really gotten all of the parameters to qualify what is coming from where,” he said The report looks at the effects of industry on local air quality. It says Celgar's emission scrubbing system, designed to reduce emissions from the recovery boiler at the pulp mill, is no longer good enough. It says the “incoming gas stream” is often too much for the system and high emis the report “results in unacceptably sions.” A computer model of the emissions from the three major stacks at Cominco in Trail also shows that under certain atmospheric conditions these emissions could affect Castlegar. Weather conditions more common in the winter and early spring indicate Cominco emissions carry over to Castlegar. The report says emission data submitted to the Ministry of the En vironment indicates sulphur emissions from the mill are within permit limits. continued on page A2 Nelson priest faces sex assault charges By The Canadian Pre: LSON — A senior member of the Roman Catholie clergy in this southeastern British Columbia town was charged Friday with 14 counts of sexual assault and indecent assault A spokesman for the Crown coun sel's office said Monsignor John Monaghan, 80; appeared in provincial court Friday and was released without bail. He is due to appear in court again March 29 for election and plea The incidents, all involving fe males, were alleged to have taken placed between 1959 and 1987 in pri. vate homes and hospitals, the spokes man said The investigation, which began when the complaints were brought to the Crown last week, is continuing Monaghan, a prominent figure inside and outside local church circles, has lived in Nelson for more than 30 years. He taught at the city’s Catholic school and was pastor for many years at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate. Tax goof helps rural areas By CasNews Staff An apparent bureaucratic bungle Apparently rural population centres within 320 kilometres of Ke in Ottawa has led to some interesting _Aowna — a major population centre — tax windfalls for West Kootenay resi dents living in selected rural areas. Many area residents have been declared eligible for the northern resi dents’ allowance deduction of $5,400. This deduction could mean an addi. tional refund of as much as $2,500 for anyone who has a net income of $30,000 or more. But not everybody is eligible are not eligible, says Marla Olson, the accountant for the City of Nelson. She said areas within 160 kilometres of Cranbrook are also not eligible The new policy was introduced for the 1987 tax returns and is the brainchild of Frank Oberle, Prince George MP and Minister of State for Science and Technology. The formula for the allocation of the benefits has places like South Slocan and Crescent Valley benefitting from the program but New Denver and Needles not receiving any breaks under the plan. “The allocation of the benefits is perhaps a little cumbersome and un: fortunate’ and the criteria is under review,” said Oberle on Friday. “Mr. Brisco and I have already arranged to meet with the Minister of National Revenues our colleague Mr. (Elmer) continued on poge A2