a4 Castlegar News ~ June 10, 1990 1 REIT 6 SL METERED ee re Se June 10, 1990 Castlegar News AS OPINION Castlégar N ews PAGE A4, SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1990 MEMBER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCK ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7, 1947 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1980 THE MID- WEEK 12, LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947-FEBRUARY 15, 1973 CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley EDITORIAL Castlegar chamber The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce is to be commended on the leadership itis showing in raising funds-to assess the socio-economic consequences of Celgar’s proposed moderni. and program — and the negative effects if it doesn’t go ahead and the mill closes down. The I concerns exp from many of our larger community, and in this space as well, are valid and important. But no less so are the economic consequences. OH... FINE... UST Hage AND HOW 8 YL As we stated in an editorial a few S ys ago, the by Celgar that it would use hydrogen peroxide to bleach pulp at the new mill is — in our opinion — a major concession to the people of this area. As we said then, and repeat now, it’s time to let the owners of the mill show what they can do, expedite the review process, and get the show on the road. Over 7,300 people signed copies of the petition circulated by the Castlegar and District Development Board asking Environment Minister John Reynolds for an ‘‘expeditious’’ review of the company’s planned expansion and-environmental cleanup. In a covering letter ac- companying the petition, board executive director Richard Maddocks told the minister West Kootenay residents ‘‘are not asking for short cuts or omissions to the approval process (but) we need to know that our mill will be here in the 21st century.”” Correction, Mr. Maddocks, we have to be sure of that fact very early in the decade we’ ve just entered. Chamber president Jim Craig is not prejudging the report his group is commissioning when he says in a story in this issue that the ic future of this 'y hangs in the balance. Only someone completely out of touch with reality would surmise that Castlegar and families on the mill could continue to exist, Or enjoy present standards of living, if the 30-year-old mill were moth- balled. We hope the chamber of commerce won’t keep the report, once it is ready, under wraps until the federal-provincial review panel meets here and the report is presented to the panel at the public hearings the panel is expected to conduct. The findings will be of far too great im- portance to be kept confidiential unduly long. Recession may be just around the economic corner LETTERS TO. THE EDITOR Blame placed unfairly CBC television news showed the mudslides (in the Slocan Valley) near the (Cape Horn) Bluffs, one of which washed out Highway 6 and nearly hit a house. The film clearly showed that the mudslide came from large 13-year-old clearcuts above the highway. The reporter interviewed lan Hamann, operations manager from the Ministry of Forests, district office in Nelson. Mr. Hamann said the slide ‘was severe and that it could have killed somebody. The ministry said the logging company, Slocan Forest Products, was to blame for not building the roads right. The ministry was contemplating pressing charges against the company. Well, | am all for the prosecution of logging companies which break the rules for environmental protection, but I must say that this sounded like the pot calling the kettle black. I wondered who could press charges against the ministry for not doing its job to enforce its own guidelines? Everybody knows a logging company will do the job in the cleapest, quickest way possible. Logging companies care more about their profit than anything else. This is a fact of life, and it is why we have a minstry of forests — to establish and enforce rules which ensure that the forest, soil, water and public facilities like roads will not be damaged. How can the ministry take the company to court for breaking rules wihout admitting that for 13 years the ministry failed to enforce those rules? On CBC Radio, Mr. Hamann was saying the roads were properly built but mining activities messed them up. Another way to blame something BiLinat ANALYSIS By LARRY WELSH OTTAWA (CP) — The kept advancing and the economy generated $0,000 new jobs. y limped ahead in the first quarter, but while -overall employment a recession already under way in Canada’s manufacturing in- dustry. And some analysts don’t believe the country’s production lines will speed up significantly during the second quarter “‘Manufacturing output has declined for two quarters in a row now by fairly substantial amoun- ts,’ said Ted Carmichael, senior economist at Burns Fry Ltd. jobs disappeared during the first three months of the year. Hardest hit in manufacturing were auto workers, as sluggish sales led companies to slow production and offer special rebates. “The answer to the problem of overall strength despite a recession in manufacturing is that the vast majority of Canadians were not directly affected by the problems in_the auto sector; except those who did buy cars got them a little cheaper,’’ Scotia McLeod economist Randall Poweley said in an investment report A recession oceurs when the value of production falls for two quarters in a row, after accoun- ting for inflation. Even though interest rates rose sharply and production at plants and factories fell during the first three months of the year, the ser- vice sector kept chugging ahead. That was enough to keep the overall economy rolling slowly forward. The total value of production in goods and services rose at-an annual rate of 0.8 per cent after adjusting for inflation, down from 1.6 per cent in the last quarter of 1989. High interest_rates may slow production ‘lines, but that is meaning less and less to the overall economy. While costly loan charges may dissuade consumers from buying a car or a fridge, they usually don’t stop people from buying services like getting a haircut, seeing a lawyer, going to the restaurant or seeing a movie. “There will be recession-type conditions in some industries, but because service is so big arid they’re going to be still growing at two to three per cent, on balance the economy is going to be moving forward,"’ Carmichael said. So far, it seems workers in plan- ts and factories have_been the vic- tims in the Bank of Canada’s bat- tle against inflation. Last year, more than 71 per cent of Canadians produced services for a living, up sharply from 55 Per cent in 1961. “*We're getting more and more into a service-oriented economy that’s less interest-rate, exchange- Fate sensitive,”’ Carmichael said So, while interest rates bite into goods-producing industries like manuf; 7 the service sector Centfal bank governor John of the économy will probably keep and besides clearcut logging and the Ministry of Forests. The Forest Service is supposed to ensure that mining roads are built properly. This is not the first mudslide from this clearcut — in the early 1980s a slide took out trees all the way to the lake — so it is all the more unacceptable that nothing was done to ensure proper drainage on What's more, where did the water come from that was! roads? It is documented fact that land whic! can no longer hold the water, ard this causes flooding, soil erosion, landslides and damage to stream beds and fisheries. The Ranch Ridge slide of two years ago was not caused by mining activities on the roads, neither was the Ferguson slide that took out a road in the same year. Hamann also says this newest slide is because the clearcut is 13 years old and they didn’t have as good methods then as they have now. Well, the clearcut that started the Ranch Ridge slide was less than one year old. What excuse do they have for that? The fact is these slides were caused by clearcutting. Asa result of the Ranch Ridge slide, the three . village councils of the Slocan Valley as well as the RDCK passed resolutions calling for an end to clearcutting in the main Slocan Valley and its So did three envi Pr g several people, up and down the valley. For two years the Ministry of Forests has ignored this and has insisted that it will go on putting clearcuts in our main valley and expect to happen but mudslides and other damage? Can we press charges against Mr. Vander Zalm for this? The eye that looks the other way is just as much a part of the crime as the hand which pilfers the goods. Pardom me if I think something is a little awry with the Forest Service blaming first the logging company and then the miners for this one. Deane Jodoin New Denver Apology owed Ihave been asked by a number of friends to write a letter of concerning the indi: in the othérwise excellent parade last Saturday who was squirting water (7) on the crowd from an AK- 47 assault rifle look-alike. How can young people learn that firearms are under no circumstances to be pointed at other people when irresponsible adults are seen doing it? And how can we in the recreational firearms community assure everyone that we exert every possible effort to promote safety and responsible firearms handling when just one person is seen to act recklessly? I believe the people of Castlegar are owed an apology from those concerned. Dwayne Hamilton, President Castlegar Pistol Club Information available I attended a New Forestry Conference in McBride last weekend. Speakers from all forest user groups presented some very interesting ideas on why and how holistic changes are needed in the management of B.C.’s forests. A few of the most salient, if overwhelming, points included: © $13 billion worth of pulp-mill development is planned for Canada this year. In the North, where NASA has identified the forests as the primary global carbon sink, only the Alcan Project is being to a federat Process. Feview_ * Canadians are allowing half a hectare every five seconds to be logged — this is equivalent to the harvesting rate we hear about in the tropical rainforests. © About 2,600 square kilometres of forested land is being cut-annually in B.C. © The net econmic benefit to the province from logging is $.02 per cubic metre of wood harvested. © Merv Wilkenson, renowned operator of a holistic woodlot since 1945 (which p more tatic used to keep workers from rebelling. All the workers present at this conference agreed they wanted jobs in forests, not slavery on plantations. There was so much information available at the McBride conference that to review it would take up all the space in this newspaper. Any one of the facts above could inspire a person to a whole new way of thinking. Information is available and with little effort one can find it through libraries, government and industry offices, schools, environmental groups, workers, neighbors and at conferences like the one in McBride. Here, as everywhere in B.C., government and industry keep telling us that ‘‘it’s all okay, we’re doing a good job, we know what we're doing.’’ Thén something like the Ranch Ridge or Memphis Creek slides happen. Do you still believe them? Sometimes it’s discouraging to see how many People actually don’t want to know what’s really going on and don’t want to take responsibility for their own education, their own decisions, their own ‘tives._On the other hand, more and more people are actively seeking to do so and are glad of it. The point is, we are all involved, like it or not. Radical change in the management of our forests is necessary and will happen. What will make the difference is if individuals choose to act or re-act, to embrace change or resist it. As Slocan Valley i: forester Herb said to the people in McBride, ‘‘We don’t sustain forests. Forests sustain us.’’ The question is, can you-see the forest in the trees? Colleen Bowman New Denver BCMA should speak up It’s been some days now since the chief medical officer in Vancouver stated that there is no danger in eating cancerous fish, fish with lesions or fish that have ingested chemical waste. I can only assume that since he is a medical doctor, he comes under the jurisdiction and the Jicensing of the B.C. Medical Association. Since the association has remained silent about all this, it is possible they approve of his statements to the press; or perhaps there is no one — really in charge of the medical office in Vancouver except a couple of young women answering the phones. ‘Shame on the B.C. Medical Association. Jim Chapman Castlegar LOCAL NEWS F B DB packs at the C. Joe Caravetta (right) and Wildlife y Complex ict Wildlife NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WEEK WINNERS Fast ring’ The Future y Oi : Safeguarding Our men, ~— ~~ ee ,..Miteiry of WAY Environment Jamie Shumey (left) and Chantelle Sutton were the winners of a poster contest ——S by thé Castlegar Conservation Office and the Di: . Conservation Officer d the two 11 -year-olds with new back ® 4 A representative of the Bank will be in CASTLEGAR on JUNE 13, 1990 to discuss your Business’ Financial and Management needs. Why not call us today ot 426-7241 to arrange on appoin- tment Le Bor dans les 1@ oltre ses services x langues otficielles BACKING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Federal Business Banque federale de developpement The Medical Clinic of Castlegar & Kinnaird is pleased toannounce.. . DR. MIRANDA GHES will be joining the practise. Canadit She will begin working in the Kinnaird Office (365-7255) on June 4,.1990. eal °F’state WITH BARRY BROWN THE GST On January 1, 199. the government is GST will be charged on the selling e GST —a REMEMBER WHEN price of newly constructed housing and on substantially renovated homes (when major structural changes are made). However, o Viger com sea cn the sole of east is and services in Canada. The GST would replace the outdated federal sales tox in effect since 1924 timber now than was originally on his Vancouver Island property), has been physically threatened twice this year by ‘‘Share the Forest”’ campaigners who don’t want his holistic practices to be publicized. aconventional logger in B.C. requires 10,000 cubic metres of wood annually to make a living (mostly to pay the bank for big equipment), while a horse logger requires 2,000 cubic metres of wood annually, said Doug Gook of the Cariboo Horse Loggers Assoiation. The average wage — in spite of the damage and danger to human life caused by the Hills slide. We are always told ‘‘Don’t worry, the government is watching to make sure no damage occurs.”” But for years the Socred government has been turning over management and enforcement responsibilities to the logging companies, slashing forestry staff and forcing what little staff is left to follow ‘‘sympathetic management” policies, which means lax enforcement of rules. What do they in the two styles is less than $30 per day, yet the impact on the forest is radically different. Please address all letters to the editor to: Letters to the Editor, Castlegar News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to our office at 197 Columbia Ave. in Castlegar. Letters should be typewritten, double- spaced and not longer than 300 words. Letters MUST be signed and include the writer's first and last names, address and a telephone number at which the writer can be reached between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The writer's name and city or town or residence only will be published. Only cases will letters be © For $600 million (less than the prop: Celgar expansion) sawmills in B.C. could be refitted to value-added remanufacturing processes, create 3,900 new jobs and boost provincial income $1.8 billion. © Unfair pressure tactics on forest industry and workers is pi payers without the writer's name. Nevertheless, the name, address and telephone number of the writer MUST be Gtsctosed to the editor. The Castlegar News reserves the right to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality, B.C. Environment degradation versus jobs is the 9! and taste. Scientists issue global warning Crow pushed interest rates higher during the first quarter, believing that upward pressure was building on inflation The prime rate, charged by major banks on foans to their top customers, rose to 14.75 per cent from 13.5 per cent during the first quarter It appears Crow was right to Press harder on the brakes as total production of goods and servites growing in the second quarter “What this all adds up to, as far as we're concerned, is not much difference between the second quarter and the first quarter — that is, very weak growth,"’ Car. michael predicted. “We don't see the economy slipping into a recession this year, but we do see the chances of that having increased quite substan- tially for mext year."’ LONDON (AP) _— Temperatures will rise in the next century faster than in the Jast 10,000 years and urgent measures are needed to curb “*greenhouse’’ gases, United Nations scientists have warned. in addition, a separate report warns that global warming poses serious threats to the planet, including rising sea levels, mass starvation, and the spread of disease. The world temperature is likely to increase about one degrees in the next 35 years and three degrees before the end of the next century, said a report released by th UN's intergovernment panel on climate change. Sea levels were predicted to rise about six centimentres each decade. The conclusions represent something of an international consen- suson_the scientific certainty of global warming. The release of the report by the respected UN panel of scientists could move the international agenda from discussions of whether global war- ming exists to plans for how to deal with it A number of governments, ied by the United States, have been skeptical of the phenomen and reluctant to take economic and policy steps to deal with it. The United States has called for more study. The UN established three working groups which together called on the expertise of about 1,000 scientists around the world. Global warming is the process by which greenhouse gases, such as car- bon dioxide and chlorofluorocar- bons, collect on the other edges of the Earth’s atmosphere and trap heat within. Shortly after the report's release, British Prime Minister Margare Thatcher urged-a giant internationa: effort to deal with the threat and committed Bri to a 30 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005. 4 YEARS AGO From the June 8, 1950 Castle News The opening games of the ball season, held last Sunday, raised $21.80 for the flood relief. . 8 . At a recent meeting of the Robson ‘Women’s tose it was decided to hold a Queen Contest in conjunction with their Strawberry Festival on July The Kinnaird W.I. has pledged $200 to furnish a room in the Mt. St. Francis Infirmary for the Aged at Nelson: . The-regular bi-monthly meeting of the Village Commission was held this week... A fequest to the government engineer was made for a survey of Parcel C in order to link up the high- way at the bridge and Main Street in a Proper manner. * . . The~ Castlegar Projects society decided at its meeting held Tuesday evening to take over the July 1 celebration, which has been dropped by the Kiwanis Club. The Society is planning a family day, with plenty of entertainment for the kiddies. 25 YEARS AGO From the June 10, 1965 Castlegar News The Kinnaird wells are still the property of B.C. Hydro and they will not be turned over to the village until everything is ‘‘ship shape” and a tank test proves they meet Hydro’s com- mitment to the village of between two million and 2.5 million gallons per day. ° . A meeting to hammer out villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird and the city of Nelson Tuesday night. . . A chlorinator is now treating septic tank effluent at the Arrow dam con- struction camp. . 8 @ Kinnaird’s water system im- provement tenders have been opened and the lowest bid is about $63,000 over the bylaw figure of $162,000 and engineering services and contingencies could widen the difference by another $15,000. 15 YEARS AGO From the June 12, 1975 Castlegar News The city of Castlegar has made a grant of $250 available to Regional Cc - associated with the purchase of an additional 70 acres of land for the Castlegar airport and the turning over of it and the present 128 acres to the federal government for $1 to allow the carrying out this year of half a million dollars in improvements was held by representatives of the twin CENTRAL Get More Value For Your Money with our heck Out Bargains! 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