eS Serene TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson DOREEN'S JOB QUNSE LING a career in pirating or “OK, Mr. Hook. Seems you're trying to decide between we can help you narrow it down.” py. Well, may Cominco turning financial corner? i Ailing company shows market improvements Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER After months of red ink, the cash is coming in at Com- inco. “Things have improved somewhat over last year,” said the company’s financial vice president Bob Stone. Cominco Ltd., including all of the corporations holdings, showed an $18.1 million prof- it from April 1 to June 30. The company claimed losses of $4.9 million from Jan. 1 to Mar. 31 of 1992. “The increase certainly is positive and I don’t want to sound ungrateful,” Stone said, “but ($18.1 million in the second quarter) is anything but staggering. “It is still a very poor re- turn by anybody’s measure.” Among Cominco’s holdings are the Red Dog Mine in Alas- ka, Polaris Mine in the North- west Territories, and High- land Valley Copper in B.C. Stone said that May layoffs at the Trail operation helped Cominco financially “in the latter part of the quarter as expected.” However, when asked if laid off workers would be re- hired as a result of increased revenue, spokesman Richard Fish replied no. “We have made it quite clear all along that we were reducing the number of jobs required to do our opera- tions,” Fish said. “Just because the company turned a profit doesn’t mean we're about to start rehiring people.” COMMUNITY ROCK, RHYTHM & BLUES, FUNK INTENSIVE PERFORMANCE The new moon's rising. It's time to rock. Capitol Theatre is the spot. 15 musicians! Oh so hot! Bo Conian with Clint Swanson, Cliff Maddix, Robert Beatty, Bill Wilson and all the participants in the Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Funk Intensive Workship. Thursday, July 30 at the Capitol Theatre. $8.00 at the door. A KLSSA event. Phone 352-2402. 159 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. 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Frustrated that the province won’t commit itself to the construction of the Castlegar-Rob- son bridge, the city is considering bylaw changes that may force the government's hand. Those changes could see load and weight re- strictions placed on traffic along Columbia Av- enue and Arrow Lakes Drive. “The government has to realize that we are serious,” Councillor Kirk Duff said. “We’re not going tosit back anymore.” ° Arguing that Columbia is a secondary high- way and Arrow Lakes is a municipal road, the city can make changes to its own traffic control bylaw under the Municipal and Motor Vehicle Acts which would prevent tractor trailers from accessing the two routes. “To close the roads (to truck traffic) would be a pretty drastic move, but we have to get the government's attention,” Duff said. “We want to get the government to commit to building the bridge.” The $23.5 million bridge was axed earlier this year despite a provincial government com- mitment made to the Celgar Expansion Re- view Panel. “I think the main objective here is to get the bridge built,” Duff said. “We have to let the gov- ernment know that the longer they wait, the more the (truck) problems will grow and the more the bridge will cost.” Castlegar’s push isn’t getting much support from the Regional District of Central Kootenay, however. Presented with the city proposal at last Saturday’s board hearing, the RDCK vot- ed against any changes to Castlegar’s traffic bylaw. ; Only Castlegar’s RDCK representative Doreen Smecher endorsed the plan. “Clearly, there are deep concerns,” Area J di- rector Ken Wyllie said. “The plan is incredibly short-sighted. As it is, I don’ t think it would provide any remedies to the problems we have.” The bylaw change must be approved by the Transport. Minister. SIGN HERE PLEASE pes a Pesticide Spraying irks RDCK Scott David Harrison EDITOR The Regional District of Central Kootenay is taking its opposition to pesticide spraying to Victoria. Angry that a spraying permit has been approved in the Kootenay Boundary district, the RDCK has filed an appeal with the Environmental Appeals Commission. The permit, which allows Emcon Service Inc. to spray Highways 3 and 3B west of Grand Forks, was approved on June 25. Led by Area J director Ken Wyllie, the RDCK is appealing the permit, saying pesticide spraying is harmful to the environment. A letter issued to the appeals commission states that the “Regional District of Central Kootenay since 1985 is See 4) on record as opposed to News photo by Glen Freeman The Jim Taylor “My Canada Includes Quebec” tour came to Castlegar Thursday to collect signatures of support for Canadian unity. Taylor has collected more than 250,000 signatures to date. spraying... and remains committed in its pursuit to protect the local environment.” The RDCK letter is also SUB RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. Flux considers a return to OCP chair meeting to discuss Flux’s departure because no for- a commi ir may stay on t Update 7 ttee chair yey mal letter of resignation has been filed with Castle- complete 1992 Official Community Plan gar. Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Walter Flux is rethinking his decision. More than a week after announcing his resigna- tion from the Official Community Plan Update Com- mittee, Flux says he could return to his post as chair. Flux quit July 16 when he decided his position as chair would be perceived as a conflict of interest with his plans to take the City of Castlegar to court over a billing dispute on a water and sewer connection. “I’ve been doing sqme rethinking, I’ve had lots of calls,” Flux said. “My legal counsel feels there’s no conflict since it’s a volunteer position, not paid.” He says Councillor Bob Pakula even called to en- courage him to return to the committee. City representatives have not called a committee Committee member Dale Donaldson says that Flux “brought in a lot of experience dealing with the city.” mittee doesn’t depend on Flux. process is bigger than the individual.” Donaldson added that the whole matter was un- fortunate for the update committe and the city. “A lot of ber time I feel sorry for the city because you never really get to hear their side of the story and DCK’s co int i : they seem to be attacked on a daily basis.” Lar te beg. geeidr ga | Councillor Kirk Duff says potential court action principle.” He said the surrounding water and sewer charges shouldn't in- complaint would force a public terfere with Flux’s role on the update committee.He hearing on spraying, which added, however, that the strength of the update com- could overturn the permit. concerned about pesticide spraying near waterways — namely Beaver Creek — and the possibility of chemical drift into its region. “There’s never been any test on the accumulative effects of pesticide spraying,” board chair George Cady said. “We don’t know what the long-term effects of continuous spraying are and no one can tell us.” Cady admitted that the lodged “on a matter of “We go after the hearts,” he “Until he does something, I don’t see this affect- said. “We'd like’ to draw the ing the effectiveness of the OCP,” Duff said. “The attention of people to this and hopefully have it stopped.”