a ane On TT Cea Ie ‘ News February 27, 1901 TRUCK SALES LTD. B.C. VIX TKS continued trom tront pege tourist train all the way from Princeton or Merritt right through to Grand Forks, Midway, you name it, through there. There is that opportunity in the future which is why it’s so important that we preserve right- of-way. * Birch: There's a Revelstoke businessman, John Meade, who says he may be willing to operate lines such as the Castlegar-Midway line if the provincial government would give tax breaks on the line. I understand (axes on rail lines are rather high. Would your government consider lowering the taxes? Vander Zalm: There's pressure on government anyway to reconsider how it is we get rail companies to pay their fair share of the freight, or the load. The reason these pressures are on is because they have a different system in Alberta and Saskatchewan from what it is we have over here. We tend to tax their (rail companies’) property. In Alberta and Saskatchewan and other provinces, I believe, they tax the fuel. The pressure has been on us to bring some uniformity into the system. We've not yet really gone into any detail on that but if some entrepreneurial type in Revelstoke or wherever has a proposal to make, that might be impacted with whatever our decision on that eventually, I'd love to hear from that individual formally by getting some brief, more than just talk, but something to sort of put forth,a business proposal. Birch: You've been very critical of the media and you've laid a lot of the blame for your problems on the media, What is it about the media you don’t like and would like to see done differently? Vander Zaim: Well, let me first of all say that I've also spoken to the B.C.-Yukon Community Newspapers Associ and I’ve ii upon them time and time again that I’m very grateful for community newspapers because they tend to bring in a degree of balance. That's not to say they always agree (with the government) or have to agree. Definitely not, for sure not. But they tend to bring a degree of balance. I’m talking about a big media which in the case of British Columbia is largely Vancouver-based. And that in itself is a problem. We don’t have competing centres like Calgary and Edmonton or Regina and Saskatoon or Ottawa and Toronto or Winnipeg and Brandon. We have no competing centres. Everything comes out of Vancouver as far as daily news, as far as TV coverage and much of the radio coverage now because they're going to networks. Vander Zalm And that's a little bit frightening because Vancouver is not the province and things are very different when you go beyond Hope. There's a different attitude, there's @ different way as to how people view things. Very different, We suffer from a Vancouver media, number one. r Secondly, I'll give you a right example and a wrong example which points out their biases. About a year ago, there was a gentleman, who'll go d, in a Lower d that was picked up for drunk driving. It became quite an event in the media because this person was of some prominence. When the media in Vancouver wrote about this or spoke about this, it was “‘A prominent Social Credit businessman has been convicted of drunk driving.’’ That's wrong. Politics shouldn't enter into one’s behavior. That was totally wrong. We now read in the daily news each and every day about Sylvia Russell. (Russell is the former executive director of the Vancouver Food Bank who is charged with four counts of fraud against the food bank, totalling between $1,200 and $1,400.) They don't mention her political affiliation or the fact that she was going to be an NDP candidate in the upcoming election. That's right. They shouldn’t mention it. It would be wrong to mention it. But they (the media) always have a way of conveniently somehow drawing it (political affiliation) in when it suits them because of their political bias or their anti-government stance and that’s what we suffer from. Birch: Is there anything you'd like to say to the people of this area? Vander Zalm: We in this province are pretty proud of our economic and fiscal record when compared to the rest of the country. But there’s some fear out there with some people right now, particularly in the more outlying regions of the province, that maybe some of this economic security that we've had for the past number of years is somewhat at risk now I just want to say that with some of the initiatives that are coming forth now, and with the prospects of hopefully an early peace in the (Persian) gulf, there’s optimism and there’s hope and I don’t think we should be too down on this province or its Prospects or its future because we have tremendous resources and very resourceful people. * Excellent Bargains + Financing will be available + All sales final PUBLIC NOTICE WHOLESALE DISPOSAL OF OVER 40 CARS & TRUCKS * All vehicles in good running order * Dealers and wholesalers welcome * Trade-ins accepted ( Apraiser on duty ) *) Please recycle The NEWS SALE TO BE HELD AT 635 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar B.C. (OLD SUPER VALU PARKING LOT ) Hours 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday sm '84 OLDS Omega 4 Door '85 DODGE 600 4 Door '86 GMC Jimmy 4x4 Full Size "86 OLDS Calais 4 Door - air "86 OLDS Cutlass Cierra - Air "87 BUICK LeSabre 2 Door 4 Days ONLY EXAMPLE OF DISPOSAL : om VEHICLES z "77 OLDS Supreme Brougham 4 Door '81 CHEVROLET Citation 97000 Km's ‘84 PONTIAC Firebird V/8 Automatic *85 FORD F150 Extended Cab - Canopy a \RIBBEAN CAUITJUICE Det Reate - a a pAWAIIAN Kelowna Tok: 604-765-5555 Fax: 604-765-5963 Lots continued trom front page Smecher said ‘‘it’s hard to say” if the city will ever recover its invest- ment completely; **It depends on the demand for the lots,”” she said. Hamilton said there are 18 lots remaining for sale in the park, most of which has sat vacant for the last decade. 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