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Under the bill, any riding having a population of 60 per cent greater than its set base will get a second member. In the case where the riding al- ready has two members, the receipts and expenses, and _riding will be split into three | proper, access for the dis- abled te vote. 4 The Victoria member of the legislature called the bill a “Socred insurance policy for the next election,” adding that under the legislation 10 new members could be elec- ted, all except one in ridings currently held by the Social Credit party. Chabot said the Opposition seemed to have forgotten the intent of the bill is to rec- ognize the growth in popula- tion that has taken place in selected constituencies in th province. ridings of equal n. e commission, th will inelude chief electoral officer Harry Goldberg, Ian Horne, clerk of the legislature, and a judge of the provincial court to be named by the chief judge, will use the latest Statistics Canada population figures to decide how many additional members will be elected. The population base on Vancouver Island will be on the basis of the two-member Victoria riding and the sin- gle-member Oak Bay-gordon head riding divided by three. Expo recovery figure unknown VICTORIA (CP) — Expo 86 should be cancelled “unless a settlement that insures construction labor peace is accepted by the building trades council,” Expo chairman Jim Pattison said today. Pattison met earlier in the morning with the provincial cabinet 4s Premier Bill Bennett had requested publicly two weeks ago when, during a televised address, he said the world’s fair might be cancelled because the construction unions had threatened to turn the fair into a battleground over unjon-vs.-non-union labor issues. Pattison made the announcement at a hastily called news conference. The cabinet had not announced its position yet, Premier Bennett said Monday that he didn't know when the final decision on the fate of Expo would be made, but he said it would come before the end of this week. Meanwhile, Expo 86 hasn't any projections on how much of the $80 million it has already spent could be recovered if the world transportation fair is cancelled, says an Expo official. Brad Philley said Tuesday that Expo has spent $80 million on planning, design and site preparation at the site on False Creek near Vancouver's downtown. But no one has calculated how much could be recovered from the site's owner, B.C. Place, if Premier Bill Bennett cancels the fair because of problems over whether the site should be open to both union and non-union contractors. Construction unions have agreed to an open site only if non-union labor is paid the union rate. That figure doesn't include any of the cost of Canada Place to date. The $137-million pavilion will be converted to a trade and convention centre as well as a cruise -ship docking facility following the fair. Judge sentences RCMP constable KAMLOOPS (CP) — not drive his car with the in- RCMP Const. Louis Desfos- ses was found guilty in prov- incial court Tuesday of dan- gerous driving in connection with the highway death last May of biker Rocco Cervo, fined $400 and. forbidden to drive for six months. The conyiction and sen- tence were handed down by Judge Bill Blair in a court- room filled with -police offi- cers and bikers. Cervo's par- ents were also present. In his 12-page judgment, Blair ruled that Desfosses did / 6 ACADEMY Aw SHOW TIMES: 7:00 & 9:15pm GIFT CHEQUES NOT VALI POR THIS FEATURE WINNER OF STAR ARDS! ac. SATURDAY ! TS PRESENTED IN DO eaasieeoy RTT p LSHUMe NEC ® Movies a5 they SEBWLB be seer -TBAR-LIFE motion picture screen!| tention of running down a group of five bikers near Ly- tton in the Fraser Canyon. Blair said the victims were, to some extent, authors of their own misfortune in that they had crossed a double solid line on the highway. The judge added that the dangerous driving in this case was momentary and minima! in nature. Cervo, 31, a member of the Satan's Angels motorcycle club, was killed in the inci- dent and four of his com- panions lost control of their bikes when Desfosses’ un- marked police cruiser sped into the highway’s passing lane to force the motor- cyclists back into their prop- er Cervo's father, Leo Cervo, described the sentence as a slap on the wrist and said he will take civil action in the courts. He said that in a great sense he is relieved that the case is over, but is “absol- utely dismayed at the price of a man’s death — $400 and six months’ suspension of a dri- ver's licence.” ‘areas: — Millwright — Machinist — Automotive Repair — Heavy Duty Mechanics For more information contact: IMMEDIATE VACANCIES AVAILABLE TRAINING ACCESS — approximately 6 month pre-employment course replacing the pre-apprentice programs has vacancies in the following — Electrical —Small Engine/Motor Cycle Repai (Inboard /Outboard) " _— _— wg, plowed area) A month general welding program - Students who successfully complete this program will obtain the Minist “C" Level Welding Certificate. F inatny ol Labour QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE: Minimum 18 years and c leti Grade 10 or Grade 12 graduate. i alla: OFFICE ADMINISTRATION UPGRADING & WORD PROCESSING — Special requirements needed for the Word Processing Program. Selkirk College ROSEMONT CAMPUS 2001 Silver King Rd., Nelson, B.C. VIL 1C8 — 352-6601 ~ t scaled oo Alaa? , Verigin Industries. Ltd. has decided to scale down its proposed subdivision for the Schofield Creek area from 178 ots to just 30 lots. Ald. Bob MacBain said the was not able to ob- tain financing for the major subdivision. council has indi cated Mat the new proposal for a 30-lot subdivision may be approved if the developer des a down. ule. As well, council told the developer it wants a guaran. tee the property will be de-, veloped uniformly and with continuity, MacBain also said the de. veloper has agreed to up- grade 37th St. as part of the 30-lot subdivision. MacBain said the develop. er will be abel to undertake the project in phases, be. ginning first with a 30-lot pI ion sched Trade Fair to be best ever By CasNews Staff The 8th Annual West Kootenay Trade Fair — Futurama ‘84 — is less than three weeks away and it looks like it will be one of the best yet. Sponsored by the Castle. gar Selkirk Lions Club, the trade fair will again run three days, April 27, 28 and 29 at the Community Complex. Lions Club spokesman Alex Cheveldave says more than 100 exhibitors will be displaying their wares. “We're sold out on the inside with a waiting list,” says Cheveldave. And there's only a little room left for outside space. The Lions have made avail able a total of 41,000 square feet — 23,000 ‘square feet inside and 18,004 square feet outside>- * “It’s coming along great,” says Cheveldave. Exhibitors will be display- ing everything from cars, trucks, ive aids, rec- many again this year Everything gets underway at 5 p.m. April 27 when senior citizens and handicap ped residents will have a special one hour chance to tour the displays. Also at that time, Mayor Audrey Moore and the Castlegar royalty will offi cially open the trade fair. Then at 6 p.m. the fair will be opened to everyone. It will close at 10 p.m. that night. The fair will continue Sat urday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to5 p.m. Attractions this year will include a Bavarian garden with live music Friday and Saturday night. “We've got continuous dancing music .. . throughout the whole Bavarian garden,” says Cheveldave. In addition, there will be dancing Friday and Saturday night, as well as taped music reational vehicles, home building and kitchen aids to tools, books and sports sup- plies. Cheyeldave noted that the trade fair has always been popular because it allows residents access to variety and expertise in one place. “People want to see vari- ety and at the trade fair they get variety,” he said. He said exhibitors usually have a larger selection for the trade fair and bring in top people to help explain every. thing. Cheveldave ackowledges that there has been an econ. omic downturn, however, he's optimistic about the trade fair's success. He said there wasn't any drop in attendance last year and officials aren't expecting a decrease this year. Last year more than 10,000 people streamed through the Trade Fair doors and Cheveldave expects there will be that from Wayne McCarthy. Ch d says the cash draw this year has been changed. Instead of three separate prizes of $500 on each of the days, the trade fair will offer one grand prize of $1,500 to be drawn Sunday at 4 p.m. There will also be “bobcat dancers” — a sort of square dance with machines, along with a Heathkit ham radio and robot demonstration. Of course, there will be the usual door prizes, a pancake breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, clowns and a special drag car display. Community and school bands will play and there will be a variety of stage acts to keep everyone entertained. All funds raised by trade fair are used for community projects, stressed Chevel- dave. “It’s strictly a non-profit thing.” he explained. “We spend all our money right here in the community.” Royal Bank has new loan scheme TORONTO (CP) — The Royal Bank of Canada is of- fering a plan to reduce the monthly cost of borrowing to buy a new car. Under the terms of the loan, the’Hank agrees to buy. back the car at a specified price at the end of a three- or four-year loan. A borrower's monthly payments are re- duced because he doesn't repay principal on the amount he'll receive when the bank buys back the car. The bank gives an example of how a borrower can save $111.43 monthly on a $10,000, three-year loan. With a buy-back price of $4,800, a borrower pays $172.71 a month in principal and interest on the first $5,200, plus $48 in interest alone on the $4,800 buy-back value, for a total éf $220.71 a month. A standard loan, with principal and interest on the fuall $10,000, would mean monthly payments of $332.14. At the end of the loan, the borrower has the option of paying the buy-back price and keeping. the car, refinan- cing the balance owig—or turning the car over to the bank. “A lot of people would like to buy a new car and we think this will make it easier,” said Gwyn Gill, man- ager of personal lending for the bank. The bank said the cost of the program is being covered by charging a quarter of a percentage point more than a standard car loan. HOMEGOODS FURN WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat. Ch ina Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” ITURE » 9:30 - 5:30 sh a The Petpet of the Rentals to the B.C, He also refused to extend the act to cover idents of hotels and rooming houses which prompted one t group to say that Hewitt had an absolute lack of ledge of living in "s @astside, an area regarded as the slum part of town. Sue Harris, a for the D dents’ A allowed to die on the order paper besause of pr from . R landlords and tenants. r) f Opposition critic Robin Bleneoe, who spoke against the bill during most of the three days it was debated, said it was filled with cancer and urged Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Jim Hewitt to perform surgery. . “If we do it right and do it quiekly I think there is an opportunity to get rid of the cancer in this bill, but at the moment it certainly is cancerous, and although it gives the impression of fairness, it is not fair.” He called it a feudal bill that gives all the power to the landlords. Hewitt disagreed, saying the bill is fair to both landlords and tenants, and removes government inter vention from the marketplace. CHARGES WAR Earlier, Blencoe accused the government of declaring war on tenants in the province, saying the bill eliminates any protection the 380,000 tenant households in the province may have had. The bill also puts all landlord-tenant disputes either in the courts or before arbitrators appointed by the government. Blencoe expressed fear the arbitrators, to be appointed by the minister, would be partial. Hewitt refused to back off from the $30 user fee that will be charged those using the courts or the arbitrators to settle their disputes, saying that costs could be awarded against the losing side. said hotel and rooming house tenants can be evicted without notice and that landlords have total control over their guests. She said landlords have the right to seize tenants’ belongings for any reason, forcing them to go to court to have their goods returned: WILL BE REPLACED The Rentalsman's office will be replaced with a new residential tenancy branch two months after the new bill is approved. Hewitt said the new system will cost about $2 million a year compared with $4.5 million under the old system. It also will mean about 60 people will be laid off. Arbitrators will be appointed in:all “sizable communi. ties” in the province, and will be paid about $40 a case. Blencoe said the Rentalsman’s office was good and cost-efficient, and should have been improved not destroyed. The earlier bill abolished the office of the Rentalsman effective this Sept. 30, and transferred his jurisdiction en- tirely to the courts Oct. 1. It eliminated rent review effective last June 30 and gave the landlords the right to evict tenants without cause. Opponents rallied under the umbrella Solidarity Coali. tion that brought the province to the brink of a general strike last fall in protest against Social Credit government policies, and the more contentious clauses were dropped in the new. bill. located at Castlegar Mohawk FRIDAY, APRIL 13 10.a.m. to7 p.m. SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9 (CASTLEGAR) SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS —A DISCUSSION PAPER— Recently the Minister of Education, J. 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