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Wednesday, January 27, 1993

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Under legislation, Americans have greater rights to Canadian water than most would believe

Dear Editor;
Recently, there has been quite
1 bit of talk and news coverage
sbout the Columbia River Treaty.
fortunately, one of the areas
that people should be mest_con
rned about has not been dis.
issed. There, reason for this is
recause H does not fall under the
lumbia River Treaty but falls
tead under the Free Trade

Agreement

Canada's fresh water resource
ncluded in the Canada/US
¢ Trade Agreement (FTA) and
North American Free Trade
zreement (NAFTA). Water is in
he Tariff Schedules as article
rt in the FTA, where it is
fefined as “Natural Waters of all
ids (other than sea wal * and
2201.90 in NAFTA, as
snow and potable
caning drinkable) water not
where specified, not contain

as article

lows: ice

ing sugars or sweeteners. Water is
also included in the text of the
FTA under article 711 as an Agri

cultural Good.

The inclusion of water as an
agricultural good presents a
major problem for Canadians in
general, and in Kootenay West
Revelstoke in particular. Under
article 601 of the FTA, we are
allowed to reflect the sale of cer
tain goods where necessary to
protect public health, safety
essential security, the environ
ment or consumer interests. How
ever article 609 of the FTA is
very specific, that the restriction
apply only to goods other than
agricultural. In other words, we
can't restrict the sale of water for
any reason.

In 1989, the 6,000 member
agricultural institute of Canada, in
the interest of sustainable devel
opment of the agricultural sector

submitted to the federal govern-

~ Ment a unanimous resolution req-

uisition that, since government
officials continually assure us that
only bottled water.is included, the
FTA be amended to specify that
water is included only as a bottled
beverage. The government has
refused to comply.

Article 105 of the FTA says
that we must allow both Parties to
the agreement the same rights
with respect to trade in goods and
services. With water listed'as a
good, American (and eventually
Mexican) consumers and farmers
could demand the same right to
Canadian water as Canadian
enjoy

There are several huge water
diversion project proposals to
supply water to the south. The one
which effects us the most is the
Western States water Agreement
concept. (WS-WAC) planned

Ele %

The expert choice.

water diversion projects go right
to the mountain source, We would
get our own water second hand, In
the event of a shortage, we would
suffer while the US enjoys our
water. We had an example of the
Potential for this last year, Lets
not make it permanent

lt is argued by government
officials that domestic legislation
will protect our water supply, but
under A@iicle 103 of the FTA, we
are required to ensure observance
of this arrangement by all levels
of government, our own legisla-
tion is therefore overridden.

The Reform Party of Canada
has made a commitment to sus-
tainable development. This is an
inter-ge ational commitment; it
is a promise to future Canadians
that we protect and save Canada's
resources for their use. So far, all
they have been left is a huge and

growing debt. There is a potential

for a safe, viable and highly prof
itable water export industry in
Canada, but only if we maintain
full control of our water resources,

A section of the Reform
Party's plank on the economy and
international trade states, “The
Reform Party of Canada assures
that not withstanding the inclu-
sion of water in the Canada-US
Free Trade Agreement and the
North American Free Trade
Agreement, exclusive and ‘unre-
stricted control of water in all its
forms will be maintained by and
for Canada and that-both free
trade agreements will be amend-
ed to reflect this.”

Any anonymous sage once
Stated “Sure, if my neigh-
bour’s well was dry I'd share my
water with him. And if he was
going to. need it for a spell, I'd
charge him for it! But I'd have to
be pure foolish to put his hand on

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Medical issue
was reported
unfairly

Dear'Editor:

T read with interest the arti-
cle on midwifery in the Jan, 13
edition of The Castlegar Sun. 1
would like to correct the many
misconceptions that were made
by Ms. Nilsen.

Many physicians in Castle-
gar have cared for women con-
templating a home delivery.
This is despite strong medical
advise to the contrary, the
BCMA gives no guidance in
this issue. Still every pregnant
woman should have good pre-
natal care and easy access to
the hospital if necessary. Most
midwives doing home deliver-
ies only see women who also
see a physician.

All of us care for woman
desiring a vaginal birth after
caesarean (VBAC). We find
them very safe with the inci-
dence of uferine ruptare low.

Still 30 per. cent_will require-a+

caesarean and to attempt a
VBAC outside of the hospital is
negligent. After seriously
examining the patient's history
and ruling out contradictions,
no woman is refused the oppor-
tunity for a VBAC. Protocals
require that the ability to do a
caesarean be available within
one half hour, Routine fetal
monitoring is not necessary and
the slightest irregularity does
not prompt a trip to the OR.

It is unlikely that midwifery
will reduce hospital stays.
Home deliveries are uncommon
in all developed countries and
virtually all deliveries occur in
hospitals or birthing centres
Midwives may not ‘be cheaper
than physicians. If midwives
become the preferred method
of delivery, a true paradox ser-
vice. Doing no or few deliver-
ies, | would be the one called to
deal with the complications! In
spite of this, licensed midwives
are probably inevitable and I'm
sure will be a valuable addition
{o obstetric care.

Ms. Nilsen was very brave.
Doing a VBAC on a woman

SF a 4 y Soy, Sports Dept. John Van Putten 365-5579

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WEDNESD. January 27, 1993 9A

Rebels return to old form,

JOHN VAN PUTTEN
Sun Sports

The Rebels have turned over a new leaf.

A leaf that had been covered over in snow.

Winning two of their last three games, Co-
coach Gary Sauer says the players have returned
to their form and are starting to look like, and play
like a team again.

“The guys are slowly Starting to work harder
every game. They are showing they want to win
and work like a team,” Sauer said.

In their last three games, the

Border Bruins out in front. Derek Bifd’s open net
goal with just over one minute to play put things
out of reach for the Rebels.

“In the game against Grand Forks they (Castle
gar) were working like a team. Our team earned
the win, it was a real tough one to lose for us,”
Sauer said.

Bouncing back from the loss earlier in the week
Castlegar hosted last place Rossland, Saturday
night. .

Opening the scoring for Castlegar and the game,

Bill Brewer netted his first of his

Rebels have downed Columbia
Valley 5-4, Rossland 11-4; but lost
a 5-3 decision to Grand Forks last
Tuesday.

Sauer has decided one of the
seasons goals is to take over third
place from Nelson.

“We are trying to gain spots in
the standings and move up to third
place.”

Castlegar’s two wins, combined
with Nelson's two weekend losses,
moves the Rebels to within four
points of the Maple Leafs in the
KUHL West Division Standings
Castlegar has 39 points and sole

‘The guys are slowly
starting to work
harder évery game.
they are showing
they want to win and
work like a team’

— GARY SAUER
Rebels Co-coach

four goals of the night.

Three first period goals to
Rossland’s one, sent the Rebels
into the dressing room with the
lead.

It took the Rebels only 20 sec-
onds to extend their lead with the
first of four goals in the second
period.

Each of Rossland's four goals
of the game were’ scored on the
powerplay.

“If it had been any team but
Rossland, we would have lost
that game,” Sauer said. -

If the Rebels can stay out of the
penalty box themselves and force

possession of fourth place while
Nelson is within an arms re:
at 43 points.

With a third place position in
the standings at the end of the
season, the Rebels would play the
second place team to start the
play-offs—A-fourth-ptace would

_haye Castlegar playing the first

place team, something they would
rather not have to do. As the
standings are currently, Grand
Forks is comfortably in first place
and Spokane is holding onto sec-
‘ond spot
Last Tuesday, Castlegar was
matched up against the Grand
Forks Border Bruins in Grand
Forks. Castlegar dominated the
scoring, with goals by Mike
Hunter, Kevin Leiman and
Todd Doyle in the first two
periods
Controlling more than the*scoring, the Rebels
managed to keep the Border Bruins from having
many chances to score
We held them to only nine shots in the first
two periods,” Sauer. said
Grand Forks took over the game in the third,
scoring three goals to tie the game in less than
three minutes. One goal later in the period put the

GARY SAUER

the opposition to take the penal-
'y wi

“We have to suck the oppo-
sition into taking the penalties.
The guys have realized that
we will get killed if we are in
the penalty box. They have to
Stay on the ice to win the
games,” Sauer said.
In net for Castlegar, John
Ray faced 27 shots, stopping
23, while in the Rossland net,
J.C. Moore was kept busy
fending off 46 of the 57 shots
fired at him.
“It was a good game for
John Ray in net, he played
well coming up with some
nice saves,” Sauer said.
With the weekend starting
tg look up with a win, the
Rebels were hosts to the
Columbia Valley Rockies Sunday afternoon

Being less than courteous hosts, the Rebels
handed the Rockies a 5-4 loss.

Columbia Valley is in sole possession of first
place in the KIJHL East division with 30 points.

The game was close from start to finish with
Brewer's goal, his first of the night and fifth of the
weekend, opening the scoring midway through the

first period for Castlegar.

Columbia Valley tied the game up later in the first
period

One minute and forty-five seconds into the sec-
ond, Darren Farrarelli put the Rockies out in front,
2-1

Castlegar netted two goals during the second
period and the Rockies scored two more to take a
4-3 lead going into the third frame.

Derek LaLonde slide the puck past Columbia
Valley goalie, Kerry Reed, for his second goal of
the game, to tie it up at four. .

Less than four minutes to play in the game,
and things were all tied up. Kevin Leiman put an
end to that scenario for the Rebels, scoring the
game's winner, assisted by Neil Schuler and
Mark Graff

In an effort to tie the game up, the Rockies
pulled their goalie for the last couple of minutes.
Castlegar missed a couple of long chances at the
open net goal to put the game.totally out of reach

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for the Rockies.

Throughout the game, the Rebels had numerous
scoring ch but could not italize on them.

“We had lots of good chances but could not put
them in the net,” Sauer said.

Over the past few games, there have been some
noticeable changes as far as the actions of the
players, according to Sauer. He says there are still
some things that need to be worked on though.

“We started off slow, but then we got the first
goal that picked us up.” :

Defensively, the team still needs to work on keep-
ing their opponents from spending time in front of
their net. -

“Our defence is struggling at times. They are
not taking the man out in front of the net, it’s
something we are going to work on in practice,”
Sauer said.

Next action for the Rebels will be Friday in
Beaver Valley and a home game Saturday against
Elk Valley.

Columbia Valley goalie Kerry Reed makes an off-balance save as Rebel, Derek
LaLonde takes out Columbia Valley Defenceman Ken Goudrich in an effort to get to

the rebound

SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten

CASTLEGAR REBELS’ HOCKEY

GAME RESULTS
TUESDAY, JAN. 19
CASTLEGAR 3 @
FIRST PERIOD

1. Castlegar, Hunter 14 (Rilcof) 7 30

GRAND FORKS 5

3 Columbia Valley, Farraretli (Uriachger
Castlegar, LaLonde 4 (Grafty 6.33

Columbia Valley, Dickenson (Gourdrich, McNeil) 12 2
17.34

Castlegar, Flodell 14 (Hunter, Brewer)
Columbia Valley, Jensen (Guss) 18:54

THIRD PERIOD

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with two previous caesareans at
home shows serious problems
in judgement. Her obstetric
experience is rather limited —
most physicians do 30 deliver-
ies and usually more in medical
school alone. Added to this are
many more in internship or res-
idengies. It is also likely that
most licensed midwives will be

detail shop RN's or LPN's =~ There is @
i considerable difference in edu-

which includes: cation and experience. As a
A’ member of the board at Castle-

gar and District Hospital, it is
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SECOND PERIOD
2 Castlegar, Leiman 16 (Hunter, Schuler) 4:31 (pp)
3. Castlegar, Doyle 16 (DaCosta) 18:43

Castlegar, LaLonde 5 (Graff) 4:54
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5. Grand Forks, Hancock (Osachott, Bird) 3:53 (pp)
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The Castlegar Sun should
have asked for an official opin-
ion from the hospital. To pre-
sent such an important subject
in an unbalanced fashion does a
disservice to the community.

At our local hospital the
physicians have been at the fore-
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the birth experience. Every year
we make attempts to liberalize
rules in order to accommodate
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1. Castlegar, Brewer 8 (Babakaiff, Craig) 3:51

2. Castlegar, Flodell 13 (LaLonde, Graff) 8:27

3. Rossland, Hawley (Feeney, Fauth) 10:10

4. Castiegar, Oldham 11 (Doyle, DaCosta) 17:00

EAST DIVISION STANDINGS
TEAM ap ow L T QF
Columbia Valley 3418 19 O 191
Golden Rockets 340-11 «23 Os‘
Elk Valley Raiders 34 s 25 te)

SUNDAY

Halifax 5 @ Frederict
Moncton 5 @ Cape Breton 1

Springfield @ Adirondack
175 Utica @ New Haven

Baltimore @ Providence
Hershey @ Rochester
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St. John's 6 @ Hamilton 2

Binghamton 6 @ Baltimore 2

SECOND PERIOD
5. Castlegar, Brewer 9 (Dyball) 0:20
6. Castlegar, Graff 23 (Babakaitf) 5:42 (pp)
7. Rossland, Kiddal (Charterland, Johnson) 10:46
8. Castlegar, Brewer 10 (Hunter) 13:07
9 Castlegar, Hunters 15 16:09

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Utica 6 @ Adirondack 3
Capitol District 5 @ Providence 3

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10. Castlegar, LaLonde 3 (Leiman) 1:05
New Haven 2 @ Springfield 2

11. Castlegar, Brewer 11 5:07

12. Rossland, Charterland (Fauth, Wert) 5.29

13. Castlegar, Graft 24 (Leiman) 6 14

14. Castlegar, Pottle 5 (Oldham) 8:08

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1. Castlegar, Brewer 12 (Flodell, Schuler) 12:49
2 Columbia Valley ,.Dickinson (Peterson, McNeil) 17.41