sy. a2 Castlégar News December 17, 1989 Vander Zalm to get advice VICTORIA (CP) — Social Credit party president Hppe Rust says she plans to meet with Premier Bill Vander Zalm within the-next few days to offer her views about his future, While Rust refused to say what that advice would be, she stopped short of endorsing Vander Zalm's leadership. Shortly after his party’s sixth straight byelection loss on Wediesday, Vander Zalm told reporters he will consider his future as leader. Vander Zalm, who led the party to victory in the Oc- tober 1986 provincial election, said he would comment fur- ther ina televised speech in January. Vander Zalm supporter Iris Bakken of Salmo, is organizing a campaign to get the premier to remain as leader Bakken said she and others are phoning Socreds around the province encouraging them to phone or write to the premier's office with the message to stay. *‘1am confident that the Social Credit party and its leader will receive good support in the next general elec- tion,”’ Rust said. Asked if she felt the same way with Vander Zalm as leader, Rust replied: ‘I didn’t say that.”” She called the loss to the NDP in Oak Bay-Gordon Head a “‘great disappointment’ to her party. It was the Socred's first loss to the NDP in the suburban Victoria riding. She said New Democrats ran an ‘‘extremely negative’’ campaign. she has a y to look closely “*at the post-election analysis to ensure that a loss like this is not repeated,"’ she said. “Lalso havea responsibility to our membership to help ensure our government is re-elected in the next election."" the current leadership crisis. Attorney General Bud Smith joined Rust in condem- ning the NDP campaign, saying it was a ‘‘Republican- style’* negative campaign. Smith would not say what Vander Zalm should do. “I'll reserve my views for the premier.”* Editorials, page A4 The Socreds now hold 38 seats in the legislature while the NDP has 26. FOUR QUIT There are five former Socreds, four of whom quit the caucus in October over Vander Zalm’s leadership, now sit- ting as Independents. Minister Rita Johnston, a staunch Vander Zalm supporter, said the media have “done an exceptional hatchet job on the premier for the last two years. Energy Minister Jack Davis said he will advise the premier to continue as leader. Meanwhile, NDP Leader Mike Harcourt said the Social Credit party, with or without Bill Vander Zalm as leader, is tired and worn out. He has no idea whether Vander Zalm will step down but claims voters in the next general election won't buy any December 17, 1989 Briefly and doused the fire himself. Castlegar firefighters s check out the engine of a van which savant fire around 11 a.m. ray — smoke coming from the engine. He quickly Eocrewed ete extinguisher from the post office Appointment slamed VICTORIA (CP)}— tment of the former president of a national polling firm to a key position The appoin- in the B.C. civil-service is‘seprehen- sible,’’ says the New Democrat finance critic Glen Clark said he is upset by the appointment-of-fan-McKinnon, the former president of Decima Research, to the position of assistant deputy minister in the finance ministry McKinnon will work in the planning and statistics division to “provide leadership in producing information vital to decision-making in the provin ce,"’ says a ministry press release “The Socreds have put a pollster in Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Thur sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 6, 7, 18, 26, 27, 33,45 and 52 The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw were 2, 9, 22 25, 47 and 49. The bonus number was 38 The jackpot of $1,922,213.60 goes to the holder of a single ticket bought in Ontario The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia drawn Wednesday were: 6, 44, 56and93 The winning numbers drawn Wed nesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 6, 15, 30, 35, 36, 45, 49 and SO. These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial. © Canada Safeway © Central Foods © Fields © Overwaitea © SuperValu © Woolco © Zellers Not all flyers receive full distribution Hf you did not receive one of these flyers and would like to do so, please phone our Circulation Department at 365-7266. ~~ charge of giving political advice on the expenditure priorities of gover nment,” said Clark “This is a man (McKinnon) who headed up one of the most right-wing polling companies in Canada with connections to all of the right-wing parties in Canada. “In 1987, McKinnon was giving the Socreds political advice on how to win the Boundary-Similkameen_ byelec- tion, now he’s in the finance ministry to provide information vital to decision-making. What does that mean? It’sajoke.”” The Socreds lost the Boundary Similkameen byelection The appointment taints the entire bureaucracy, Clark said “This isa blatantly partisan political appointment going into an election year," said Clark McKinnon holds political-science degrees from Yale University and the University of Victoria and has held positions with the federal government and Decima Castlegar support group formed By CasNews Staff A support group to help people through the pain caused by the death of a loved one has been formed in Castlegar Spearheaded by Katherine Kalmakoff through the local Hospice Society, the group’s goal is to help grieving people from the trauma of losing someone close to them Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month with the next meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the office of Home Support Services on Columbia Avenue. Anyone who is grieving or who has recover reea¥ered from grief is invited to at tend, Kalmakoff said Kamlakoff said she came up with the ide& for the group after hearing-of the death of a young mother in Castlegar and wondering whether the women’s family members had someone to sup- port them. She gathered information on death and dying, visited other groups in various communities to see how they work and finally, with the help of Ann Fomenoff of Hospice, organized the Castlegar group Kalmakoff said the group's first meeting in November was ‘* cessful.”” very suc Police file By CasNews Staff Two Castlegar men have been remanded in custody until tomorrow when-they. will appear in Castlegar provincial court on separate and unrelated charges Kenneth Horcoff, also known as Kenneth Kinankin, was charged Dec 12 with breaking and entering and assault causing bodily harm after RC MP were called to an address on 9th Avenue at about 9:15 p.m., said Horcoff is also facing an earlier charge of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking Meanwhile, Kevin Charles MacKin non is charged with breaking and en. tering, theft and breach of probation after his arrest Dec. 14 at 3:30 a.m. for allegedly breaking into a business in the 1400-block Columbia police said pdlice Avenue, Rust said she will be meeting with the party's board of directors and party presidents to canvass their views on more ‘fresh start” Socred rhetoric, he said. Northern pulp mill faces charges FORT ST. JOHN (CP) — A pulp mill using technology billed as en- vironmentally safe goes on trial next month on charges of polluting the Peace River near the British Columbia- Alberta border. It is believed to be the first time in Canada that a mill using a relatively new process has been hauled into court on pollution charges. The Fiberco Pulp Inc. mill at Taylor, near Fort St. John, faces fines of up to $1 million if it is found guilty of any of the three charges under the B.C. Waste Managment Act Phil Larstone, a spokesman for the Peace Valley Environmental Association, says the mill's technology as well as its operators will be on trial when the case opens Jan. 9 in Fort St. John “*We were assured (the) mill was pollution-free, but it failed to meet standards that are not all that strict,”” said Larstone. “TL think Alberta residents should be concerned; it’s their water supply that isaffected,"’ he said. Fiberco president Tony Jarrett rejected Larstone’s claim that the process — called chemi-thermal mechanical pulp process — is on trial Jarrett predicted that the company would be acquitted. The charges resulted from ‘‘minor upsets during start-up,”’ he said in a telephone interview from his Van- couver office. know why they are proceeding.” FREE OF DIOXINS The chemi-thermal mechanical process does not use chlorine associated with bleach-kraft pulp mills. Unlike the chlorine process, it produces waste that is said to be free of dioxins. Westar continued from front page possible that the act is here and must be complied with. The public expects that of them.”* Noting the fine was *‘at the low end of the scale,’ he said determining a fine that would ‘make it meaningful” would be difficult todo “I don’t know what would hurt,” he said But if the company is charged again and the Crown __ successfully prosecutes, ‘*we will move the decimal point,’ he said, implying the Crown would seek a fine 10 times the amount levied Thursday Having the company cooperative and in compliance with the act is more important than imposing a high fine, headded McLaren agreed, saying the fact Westar pleaded_guilty indicates com- pany officials recognize a mistake was made and want to take steps to see it doesn’t happen again Each of the four charges carried a maximum penalty of $50,000 but it was up to the judge toset the amount A Westar spokesman said Friday company officials are pleased the issue has been resolved and look forward to continued good relations with waste management continued from front page because Zanet also seemed more ¢on- cerned about the school’s liability for the incident rather than Adrienne’s health. “It was never my intention to hold the school liable,"* Negrey said. ‘I’m really angry. I don’t want other paren- ts to go through what I had to go through.” She said her latest attempt Thursday to meet with Wayling to discuss the in cident was rebuffed Wayling said he was busy with a meeting Thursday and offered to meet Negrey later which he said she refused Effluents from chemi-thermal riechanical mills are fed to bacteria hat are supposed to consume solids before the waste is discharged into a river or stream. However, mill operators have found that bacteria lose their appetite in cold weather. When the tiny organisms stop eating, the effluent can reduce oxygen levels in the river and choke fish. Fiberco was charged during the cold snap last January which also caused problems for the Millar Western mill inWhitecourt, Alta., that. uses the same process. “Cold weather can be a problem,"’ said Peter North, Millar Western Pulp’s executive vice-president. ‘‘No matter what happens this winter, we won't have the same problems."’ The Whitecourt mill was forced to spend $4.8 million on additional ef- fluent treatment facilities after its discharge exceeded permitted levels last January. Mills using the chemi-thermal process are being built by Alberta Energy Co. at Slave Lake, Alta., and Alberta Newsprint at Whitecourt. Police to crack down on unsafe vehicles VANCOUVER (CP) — Police will crack down on motorists who drive un- safe vehicles, Solicitor General Russ Fraser said “*We intend to stop unsafe vehicles and order their owners to bring them up to a safe level,”’ Fraser said at a news conference where he announced a new voluntary vehicle inspection program Fraser said motorists whose cars are “*We will increase the safety levels of private vehicles in British Columbia by encouraging the public to have their vehicles inspected annually,’’ Fraser said. Under the Motor Vehicle Act police already have the power to order an un- safe vehicle off the road, and to prevent it from being relicensed until repairs are made. R But| the “‘enhanced’’ inspection Restriction lift enjoyed VIENNA (Reuter) — Huridreds of thousands of Czechoslovaks poured into Vienna on Saturday to savor the temporary lifting of visa requirements as the two countries prepared to symbolically cut their Iron Curtain border fortifications. An Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman said it was estimated that more than a million Czechoslovaks had visited since Dec. 4 when Austria lifted visa requirements. Party defends firing leader EAST BERLIN (CP) — The Socialist Unity party, fighting for its survival, said it fired party boss Erich Honecker to prevent civil war and to correct errors that had plunged the country into social and economic chaos. The latest ringing denunciation of the old regime was read at the beginning of an emergency congress of the party, which is considering radical moves in hopes it will retain some of its power in East Germany's competitive elections in May The congress later released a letter by Honecker in which he said he had ‘‘deceived"* himself about the state of the economy and the mood of the people Government changes proposed BELGRADE (AP) — The Communist party of Yugoslavia has proposed a multiparty system, free elections and full membership in Western economic institutions, including the European Community. ““Fhe-end—to-the-authoritiarian socialism has come,” said a declaration drafted Friday It also called for constitutional guarantees to bring market-oriented economic réform, establish an independent judiciary and protect human rights The document was prepared for adoption at next month’s national party congress and, was published by the Borba daily. The declaration is seen as Yugloslavia’s response to the reforms in other Eastern European countries Handling of documents debated VANCOUVER (CP) — Transport Canada officials are wrong in claiming investigators weren’t given a number of vital company docuem- nts, the lawyer acting for Skylink Airlines said Lack of these ‘documents resulted in the airline being found in violation of federal aviation regulations, They were partly responsible for cancellation of its operating certificate Oct. 6 Skylink owner Rafael Zur is appealing the cancellation But some of the records were given to Transport Canada auditors when they arrived at Skylink’s office Sept. 28, Michael Hutchison, who represents Zur, told civil aviation tribunal The audit was ordered after questions were asked in the Commons following the Sept. 26 crash of a Skylink Metro aircraft at Terrace. All aboard — two pilots and five passengers — were killed Abuse unreported, survey says TORONTO (CP) — One out of seven professionals who prepare reports for judges deciding child custody cases neglect to report sh Christmas crowds > to Grade 2 Castlegar Primary school students turned out in force for the school's annual Christmas concert last week. The ki: 9 music teacher Rene Brown. were under the direction of Killer Olson testifies KINGSTON, Ont. (CP) — Serial killer Clifford Olson kept a packed courtroom spellbound Friday with two hours of testimony in which he insisted God has forgiven him for murdering 11 ghildren and teenagers In a rare public appearance since pleading guilty to the slayings in 1982, Olson laughed sporadically, called a lawyer and the coroner ‘‘snotty’’ and detailed his ‘‘fantasy’* of killing the prison’s warden Olson, 49, was testifying at an inquest into the suicide of a fellow prisoner at Kingston Penitentiary He had been called to describe living Spending slas blasted by MP OTTAWA (CP) — The government slashed $1.4 billion in spending Friday in a move immediately branded by opposition MP as a cheap trick to help sell the un popular goods and services tax Spending cuts and fee increases planned for the next three years ranged from selling two executive jets to closing a private dining room for MPs and a de any more statues of former prime ministers on Parliament Hill “When Canadians used to look at federal government operations, they would see red — red tape and red ink, Treasury Board President Robert de Cotret said in an nouncing the reductions. “We have _met_all ordered off theroadb ~Tequirements ever since, so I don’t able to renew thels ficonce planes unigSd defects are fixed ) As well, the province is mounting a special roadblock program in thid- January to catch motorists drivingun- safe vehicles. There are 1,300 designated inspee- tion stations in British Columbia \ ened te a ein to have their vehicles tested fir- st, instead of having to be inspected by police. It costs about $30 to have a car in- spected. The provincial government used to operate a mandatory inspection program but it was abandoned in 1983 In memory Bernard McPake of Castlegar, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1989 at age 81 Canadian Armed Forces overseas. After the war, he moved to San Bernard McPake Mr. McPake was born Feb. 26, 1908, at Lanarkshire, Scotland. He grew up and there and came to Canada at age 29. He served in the shipyards. In 1965, he married Doris Wilcox at Los Angeles and they moved to Slocan City that same year While in Slocan, they operated the Slocan Hotel from 1973 to 1974. Mr. McPake also worked as a carpenter on many of the dams in the area He was a member of the Slocan Legion Branch No. 276, Colville Eagles Lodge and the Irish Regiment of Toronto. As hobbies he was in- terested in people and building things. He is survived by his wife Doris of Castlegar; son Daniel; daughters Collen and Jeanne; step-sons, Robert Dague of Milton, Vt., formerly of Slocan City, passed away Pedro, Calif., where he worked in the and James Dague of Coppers Cove, Tex.; step-daughters Barbara Seefeldt of Van- couver, and Mary McDowell of Colville, Wash.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, Eric, and one sister, Agnes, both of Scotland; and many nieces and nephews A service of remembrance will be held Thursday, Dec. 21 at the Silver Slocan Social Centre at 2 p.m. with the Slocan Legion Branch No. 276 officiating Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel Lucy Rezansoff Lucy Rezansoff of Krestova passed away Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1989 at Mount St. Francis Hospital at age 99. Mrs. Rezansoff was born Dec. 21, 1889, in the village of Tombovka, in the Caucasus region of Russia. She arrived in Canada in 1899 and set- tled in Saskatchewan where she spent her younger years. While in Saskatchewan, she was a member of Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood.—At-21-she married William Rezansoff at Verigin, Sask. in 1930, They moved to Krestova where she lived most of her life. She was a member of the Christian Community of Reformed Doukhobors and actively participated in the Doukhobor faith. She loved singing and enjoyed gardening and knitting. Mrs. Rezansoff is survived by her son Peter and wife Nellie Rezan- soff of Krestova; son William Rezansoff and wife Mae of Krestova; daughter Nellie and husband Nick Hadikin of Tarrys; 10 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband William, three brothers, Peter, Paul and Bill Relkoff, parents Nick and Grace Relkoff and great-grandson Johnny Voykin Funeral service was held Friday and Saturday at the Krestova Russian Hall with burial in the Krestova Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel ANEEATIONS OF SEXTAT ADUSE DY PATeMIS, SAYS A SUTVEY Of 220“ ASSESSOT done for the Law Society of Upper Canada The survey also showed 28 per cent of assessors complete their reports — including recommendations on which parent should be awar- ded custody — before the allegations have been investigated and resolved. Dr. Paula Caplan, the psychologist who conducted the study, said Friday she was “absolutely shocked’* that assessors would ignore such allegations She said 19 per cent don’t refer allegations of physical abuse or child neglect toa children’s aid group. The study was presented toa law society conference MacBlo extends invitation VICTORIA (CP) — MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. says environmentalists should see first-hand how it is logging in a valley near a reserve for killer whales The company has invited members of the Western Canada Wilder- ness Committee to tour areas of the operation in the Tsitika Valley, about 320 kilometres northeast of Victoria. The operation is near Robson Bight, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, where killer whales gather in the shallows to scratch themselves on the rocks. Last week, the Wilderness Committee accused MacMillan Bloedel of making too-big clearcuts in the upper valley, logging right up to creek banks, and causing erosion and a mudslide by building roads in the rain Driver tested positive in 1988 MONTREAL (CP) — The man believed to be the driver of the car that fatally injured Olympic swimmer Victor Davis outside a bar last month failed a breath analysis test in May 1988-after he was involved in a two-car collision, Quebec Court was told Friday. The 19-year-old is on trial for one count of impaired driving and one of driving with a blood-alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood Charges have hot been laid in connection with Davis’s death but a coroner’s inquest into the incident will be held. No date for the inquest has been set yet Liberals counter attack OTTAWA (CP) — The Liberal majority in the Senate has moved to counter a government attack over delays to a bill to revamp the $13 billion-a-year unemployment insurance system Allan MacEachen, Liberal leader in the upper chamber, introduced a bill Friday extending provisions of legislation now in effect that would allow easier access to insurance benefits for people in areas of high unem- ployment would mean Canadians in areas where the jobless rate is more than nine per cent would have to work 14 weeks to qualify for unemployment in surance instead of the current 10 weeks, Satanism growing, officer says WINNIPEG (CP) — Satanism, and the crime and violence which ac company it, is growing at an alarming rate in Winnipeg, says a Winnipeg police officer who has been assigned to investigate the problem “If we were to write down things that we've seen, people would say ‘we don’t believe it,’ '* said Const. Russ Heslop ‘*We' ve got the people who are eating raw flesh of animals, who are drinking blood — their blood and the blood of others."* Heslop has been working part-time on Satanism in Winnipeg since April, when two gophers were found crucified in a field in the city Without such a move, delaying the Tory government bill past Jan. 6 Conditions in the prison’s controversial segregation unit, but the proceedings quickly turned into a bizarre glance in- side the mind of one of Canada’s most notorious murderers Olson brutally killed eight girls and young women and three boys and young men — ranging in age from nine to 18 — in British Columbia in 1981 Later, the RCMP paid Olsen's wife $100,000 and her husband, in return, led police to the bodies “There’s nothing I can say to the parents of those children,” said Olson, his eyes occasionally fixing on mem bers of the jury. ‘I’m a Christian and they're my brothers and sisters. “As far as I'm concerned, they're before God today. I’ve asked for forgiveness, I’ve been forgiven, and that’s the end of it.”” Olson called one lawyer ‘‘snotty”’ when he asked him if he would|now trade places with the dead children. “Yes, I would gladly give my life for those I children,’’ Olson snapped KNEW VICTIM Olson said he knew Michael Zubresky, the inmate who hanged himself in the jail on Feb. 20, 1988 Olson said he warned prison ad ministrators Zubresky was suicidal, but his request for more security in the unit were turned down He described the segregation unit, home to prisoners who because of the nature of their crimes might be killed by other prisoners, as ‘‘an inhumane form of torture.” The inmates in the unit, mostly sex offenders, child killers and prison in formers, are kept locked in their cells 23 hours a day, with one hour for exer cise, Olson said The only other times they’re out of their cells are for showers three times a wetk, a visit to the chapel once a week, brief trips to pick up meals and to meet with visitors Olson said he has had only five visitors in his eight years in the unit “It’s very frustrating. There's no way of r Olson said, blaming conditions in the unit for Zubresky’s suicide Olson said his repeated requests to be transferred to the regular prison population have been denied He said that led to his fantasy of killing the prison warden “I've often thought I'd be'better of f in a mental hospital," Olson said “But there is only one way to get toa mental hospital, and that’s to kill somebody “don’t want to killa fellow inmate, so I thought about killing @ prison of ficer, But.why kill an officer? They are not responsible for my being here That only leaves the warden.”” ving tension,”” “T want Canadians to know that the government has been tightening its belt and will continue to do sc Finance Minister Michael Wilson told Parliament earlier he will make a statement Tuesday on his proposed nine-per-cent goods and services tax. He is widely expected tocut the rate to seven per cent The biggest cut came from extending a severe clam pdown on government budgets for another two years, saving $450 million Another $70 million was slashed from External Af fairs and a department promoting international trade, while budgets for foreign travel by MPs and civil servants were sliced by 20 per cent And $390 million will be saved by boosting fees for cer tain services, including getting a passport, applying for an immigration or visitor’s visa, getting a federal student loan and using national parks. Renovations to residences of the prime minister and Governor General were also delayed or cut Opposition MPs pounced on the cuts, Cotret was simply softening people up before the federal government announces its revised tax grab next week If he “‘thinks that this snow job is going to fool Canadians, that if this little smoke and mirrors show, this little cosmetic act . . . is going to make the selling of your goods and services tax any easier, Mr. Minister, you have something coming,”” said NDP House leader Nelson Riis Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, standing on the steps at the government's rustic Meech Lake retreat north of Ot tawa, said last Saturday most Canadians perceive Ottawa as ‘*fat-cat city."’ saying de MICHAEL WILSON . . promises statement on proposed new tax The spending cuts hit the Ottawa area especially hard, cancelling or deferring several construction projects, in- cluding a new headquarters for the Canadian Security In- telligence Service, an underground parking lot on Parliament Hilland repairs to the scenic Rideau Canat DUBBED SCROOGE The timing of de Cotret’s anouncement was not lost on opposition critics, who quickly dubbed the treasury board president Scrooge “Ebenezer Bob has perpetrated this announcement on Canadians just before Christmas season,"’ said L iberal MP Don Boudria Daryl Bean, presidedt of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents many federal employees, said the cuts mean lost jobs. “Any time you want to make the public servant a scapegoat for your owninefficiency . . . it's a popular thing in the rest of the country," he said Association releases dioxin test results MONTREAL (CP) The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association has released the results of a national dioxin testing program for chemical pulp mills in the Prairies. The study, pulp mills across the country, organochlorines, dioxins and furans in the pulp and waste water that flows in to rivers, as well as sludge from thé river bottoms. The tests were done at two mills in Alberta and one in Saskat chewen All three mills — Procter and Gam ble in Grande Prairie, Alta., Weld wood’ in Hinton, Alta., and Weyerhaeuser in Prince Albert, Sask use a bleaching process to whiten pulp which releases the chemicals. A fourth mill in The Pas, Man., that doesn’t bleach its pulp was also tested and the chemicals weren't detectable The association released the results in a press release Friday. The levels of the two chemicals, measured in parts per trillion and parts per quadrillion varied at the three plants, but the press release did not indicate whether they had increased or decreased There are no federal limits on dioxins and furans for pulp mills in part of a survey of 45 tested Canada The pulp and paper association is conducting the tests across Canada to understand how dioxins and furans are formed and how they can be reduced oreliminated In results for mills in British Colum bia and New Brunswick released in September, the association reported dioxin levels in effluent from the Woodfibre pulp mill in B.C. had dropped 90 per cent from a year earlier Overall, the Tevets-for-dioxins-and furans were lower at the mills on the Prairies than at the Woodfibre mill There were furans but no detectable dioxin levels in the waste water from the three mills Albert, Weyerhaeuser spokesman Joe Ralko said that “the results confirm what we’ ve been saying all along, dioxins are not detected in our mill effluent.” Results for mills in Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia will be distributed In Prince seen the release said. Company plans resort BANFF, Alta. (CP) — A Calgary- based developer has purchased land in Canmore with plans to build a $100-million golf course and world- class resort Hal Walker, president of Canmore Alpine Development Co. Ltd., has confirmed the company bought a 180-hectare parcel of land from the Alberta Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration for an undisclosed amount Walker said preliminary plans call for a S00-room hotel and ‘‘cham- pionship calibre’’ 18-hole golf course to be built near the Rocky Moun- tains, north of the Trans-Canada Highway Construction is tentatively sched- uled to begin in the spring of 1991 Walker is confident that his group can deliver and said ‘‘several million dollars’’ have already been com- mitted to doing the necessary stud- ies