A& CASTLEGAR NEWS, “joncaey 28, 1981 | Neninindignd | will lead all © ‘ OTTAWA’ (CP) — New- foundland is expected to lead all other. provinces in econ- omic growth in 1981 with Al- berta growing more slowly than in the last 20 years, the Conference Board of Canada says today in its quarterly Provincial forecast, No region of the country will have an encouraging economic performance, says- the non-profit research group - based in Ottawa, predicting * growth will range between 38.6 per cent in Newfoundland and 0.4 per cént in Ontario. * The board says weak for- éign demand will curb Can- adian exports, offset only in * Other sectors, such as cori- -atruction, transportation, trade and businesa services, will suffer as a result. WEST STILL STRONGEST However, the Weat fs still the strongest region of the: - country, with Saskatche- wan's production of seeds and services expected to expand: by 3.1 per cent, British Columbia by 2.5 per: cent and Manitoba by 1.2 per cent. In Saskatchewan, @ seven: per-cent rise in agricultural production is predicted to provide much of the economic buoyancy although mining’ ard manufacturing are to’ tional part by higher ding by domestic businesses, govern- ment and consumers. : In addition, resource in- _ dustries, forestry and mining will be a drag on overall. activity. < Alberta, whose provincial economy had shown the strongest growth, will in- crease only three per cent in . 1981, says the board. iberta’s decision to limit oil production will compound the problems of sustaining output from depleting fields, says the board, warning that exploration and development drilling activity will be hit larder than p of post gains, B.C.’s high-spending con- sumers and investors have eased the province through: the current U.S. economic slowdown and export indus- tries such as minorals and forest products have not re- duced output as much agin WINNERS OF the 1980 Canadian. Cellulose president's trophy tor best overall safety record award in Vancouver are (from leit) sonnel and safety supervisor, Dick Paul, sing with the ave Kyle, por. pulping group ‘and machine Toom:s' it spend ote next two years: to, en-. courage private businesse: to -hire bil paren and the “:’Employment Minister . Lloyd Axwortliy. also an- nounced details of the 1981 - summer employment :.pro- ‘for: students. ‘Axworthy said the centres , are,expected to find jobs for tgome- 800,000 students,” “*; Asked: whether the fund- ‘ing for the new program will, be ddequate, given the esti- “mated hundreds of thousands of unemployed handleapped o gram for students, -which he - {a said would cost $100 million, ; is news conference were David . Gleave,: operator In'steam: and” recovery, ne Swesnsy, mill manag manager. . and, & Eric 6, product en’. the 1974-15 Manitoba, for whom agri- culture is twice as important as for the country generally, could expand economic pro- duction by an udditional 0.6 porcentage points if the farm sector rebounds to 1978 levels. The province was hit hard crude oil. Gold price slump. : By LAWRENCE hada ¢ TORONTO, (CP) — price: of-gold on estiationst markets has fallen to its lowest level since last May . but Toronto analysts say the slump won't last much long- er. : Strangely, it has been largely good news that .has caused the price of the pre- cicus metal to fall ‘sharply since the beginning of the year, Gold jumps in’ price when economic and political tensions cause investors to put their Paper money into hard form. The Freeing of the ‘U.S. hostages in Iran and some apparent easing of the -eon- frontation between unions and governments in Poland have contributed to a les- sening in deniand for gold as a safe haven, analysts say. The price fell to $519 U.! 8.° an ounce at the closing fix on the London Metals Exchange on Tuesday, down by more than 25 per cent from its high :of $720 an‘ounce in Septem- ber. i . : The average price at Lon- . F ‘don in 1980 was $612.56 U.S. ne or $715.70: Canadian. © Th ‘price quoted at Toronto-on Tuesday by Deak Perera Canada Ltd. was $617. Can- ‘adian bid and $627 asked. . . HOPES BRIGHTER : John Lumb, an. analyst with Dominion Securities ‘Ltd., said that, besides see- dng a brighter international - ‘picture, investors have taken ‘note of U.S. President Rea- -gan’s’ stated intentions to ‘fight inflation. The price of gold tends to :zise when inflation expec- ‘tations are high and when the U.S.. dollar is weak. But lately the dollar has been -firmin; Ze : ~ “Really what we are talk- ding about is confidence and for the time being there seems to be growing confi- dence in the U.S,” Lumb t Other influences pushing down the price of gold in-. clude rumors that Iran might sell the-1.6 million ounces of ‘gold that were part of’ its ‘assets frozen in the U.S. suring the hostage crisis, in order to finance its war with Iraq. Lumb said there ‘ts ‘also ‘expectation that the Soviet Union will sell more gold in world markets to buy grain. INCREASE SUPPLY Those moves would in- crease the world supply of gold and thus depress prices ‘ PODIATRIST | FOOT SPECIALIST S.G. Flellstrom, D.P.M. , ATHI ARROW ARMS . THURSDAY, JAN. 29 Pe.m, to 6:39 pa, FOR APPOINTMENTS PHONE 365-7202 | ‘by by poor growing conditions in 1979 and 1980. isn't likely to last but Lumb said that regard- less of market factors, he expects a rebound in the gold price as bargain hunters step in. “We would expect some kind of technical rally begin-. - ning in two or three weeks which could take the price of gold up to $600 or so.” John Ing, vice-president and portfolio manager with Pitfield Mackay Ross Ltd., said high interest rates have helped to depress the gold market because many inves- tors. finance: Bold’ Purehasos borrowing. ving said’ the price “might alide to as low as $500 to $510 U.S... and that investors should take that as a buying opportunity. © David James of Richardson ° Securities of Canada.in Win- | nipeg said:“We probably will, see‘a consolidation of prices’ at'-$500. to $550 U.S. The worst of the market will be seen in the near future. The, price will go through $600 this year and by and large the trend is up.” James cited increased buy- . ing ‘of gold by members of the , Publicity brings canloade- ‘EDMONTON (CP) — With dollar signs in their eyes, the young men from. Prairie. farms and Newfoundland out- ports come to the modest south Edmonton _ building that houses Canada’s only school for would-be oil-rig : - workers, * At least 60 per cent of the students come from Eastern’ Canada, school supervisor Jerry Francovitch said in an interview, and every time the Alberta Petroleum In- * dustry Training Centre gets some publicity in the east the - same thing happens: © “Ten carloads of kids head out here to make their for- : tune ‘on the gold-paved. Forest workers will seek. pay: — a package tobe placed before VANCOUVER (CP) B.G.'s forést. workers will be seeking wage increases this year that will ensure they are’- the « highest-paid industrial - workers in the province... > Doug -Evans, president of Vancouver ‘Local 1-217, said his’ members have, voted to” seek a ‘general, increase: of $2.50 an hour. plus an’ sub-+ stantial Unspecified adjust- ment for tradesmen... ” John’ G. Mumm, spokes-' man for Local 1-80 in Duncan, said his Vancouver Island want ab streets of Edmonton ... “The first thing they hear about is the money. They: forget there's work in: volved.” Mondy "is there: . virtually dent has a job before grad-. uation from the three-week". undeniably. ° i course arid can expect to earn.’ $28,000 in the first year. But, Francovitch said, too. many newcomers in the past _ have bean ill-prepared for lifer with a drilling rig: two gruel: . ling weeks of 12-hour shifte in ° isolated ‘locations, with a week off between two-week stints, .°. LOOKING FOR CAREER To reduce the high dropout. rate in the oilfields, the Al- increases the forest industry. FIGURES PRELIMINAR! Y" ‘Union: officials’: caittionéd that fhe ince from locals préliminary - but these "ated calls for: in- creases ° indicate. that, the TWA: rank and file’ are de-.: termined to remain the best-: “paid industrial workers: in the province. ~ Evans said. his members want a $2.50 increase in a- one-year contract because of. rises‘ in. inflation and ins board hike of $3 plus a $4 hourly adjustment (including costs for tools) for trades- men. That means an IWA tradesman would receive an of P Baportiog Countries, an im- proving. market . for gold. jewelry and greater use of gold in international financ-- ing and currency holdings. totalling $7 an hour. "Wage proposals from all locals will be faced before a union contract -conference here Feb. 26-28 and IWA negotiators will put together . due toi: corporate investment, ©... “Many ‘forest companies, are upgrading equipment in: corder to cut jobs,” ' said Evans. “He sald: TWA members” currently receive a base rate ; of $9.96 an hour and have an ° average rate of about $11 an hour in the contract ‘which ‘expires June 14. Prices in Effect til ’ Jan 3ist "NEW IN-HOME DRAPERY SERVICE Your Singer Store‘at the Castleaird. Plaza now ‘offers | you a new In home: custom Drapery Service. Our Drapery consultant will gladly come to your®: home, measure your windows, help you with your window design, and: have your deopae custom made, FORAN APPOINTMENT - PHONE 365- 3810 ro SINGER SEWING CENTER s Costeaird Plaza, Castlegar “NOW OPEN FRIDAY ‘TIL 9 P.M. and MONDAYS 365-3810 . every. atu-:- berta government. school puts applicants through: in- terviews * fly-by-night thing.” —-..\: To ensure students have a it; wate List of two months and a $140 fee. °°) Only grade 10 is formally juired for admission, but reqi : applicants with grade 12 are ‘preferred. * Lectures and practice on the operational drilling rig in * the centre's back yard em- phasize safety and _ team: work. The. course, Francovitch stressed, does not produce instant experts — erate safely amid the mech: ‘anical confusion of a, rig and know what to do of poisonous make’ sure - they're looking at the drilling ~ industry as a career, not'ss a against worten. It’s “jaat fe nature, of the: work. “Uf thoy can't plow a back, 40 - by” themselves, they . shouldn't: be there.’ (Once: through’ the school, - - the ‘graduate.’ becomes : a highly-prized | crew member: on oné. 6f Western Canada’s 600 ‘drilling Hes his: value enhanced: by turnover | rates.” The “fale spiiton- dots cost of a rig and the disasters, that can be’ sparked by one’ mistake .are: additonal rea: sons: for companies to prize personnel: who’ stay | with them. but it does: I turn. out people who can op-° hydrogen sulphide suddenly : . appears, i “Almost all the 460 students trained each year are male, Francovitch noted. Only: - about'10 are wonten and the drilling « industry does not, encourage women to under- take worl the‘ heavy physical | ‘ told” the federal , government ‘will’ ‘pay employers 85 por cont.cf the gross wages of th em: ‘ployees for: three months. ithe. devel of federal subsidies * , The: summer ‘employment programs aretoinvalve soms 49,000: students. : ” ‘The:$100 million act, aaido jor the programs, * plus an additional.’ $20, *million’ for > - ‘community’ job-treation proj: * eets; means the over-all-2981 - program is the same. size a last ‘summer's, « The bulk of this summer's . funds. are to go'to support. -proposals by federal depart- . ments ‘and agencies, local ; governments and otlier. es- tablished organfzatiozs.. The rest’ of the money is to be spent on a national adver- tising campaign to encourage \private firms: to hire ’stu- ‘dents, on cadet and reserve- training programs and to de- _ fray the cost Smith, chairman of the spec- ‘tal Commons “coinmittee on + * the handicapped and the dis- abled, ‘and: two other. com ., +. Smith sald employment ‘| aren the single: biggest isswo: for’. ‘. handicapped= persons ‘across Canada, and he welcomed the “new. subeldy . pro, “I think: da © 1,152 8q 2 carport * concrete drive : © 15'x24': ° 85x ota SO'lot 3. * 518-1055t "luebarry © $39,300. 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Caitogr. played hockey. ‘great team -.effort, mae the prick ‘and: shoot: ing their way to a 7-2 es pee. workin, CSCU defeated Trail 3-1 and 3 CROR defeated Trail 6-0. _ Saturday:' H’and | &.R de- feated Spokane No.1: team” 2-0 atid McLeod Construction ‘lost 8-5 to. Spokane (No. Mel : struction had 4, Spokane (Ne. 2) 1; Mike’s Mobile Homies 8,.: | Spokane (No: i) 6; Hand Ri, . ttee, coach — and 'all-: the : mothers © “that ent; ‘coming | away. with’ a’ 58-49: victory..over’ “Rossland to win the “consol ; TTACOMA, WASH: (AP) Leo. Mike orked. in’ the’ conc wie (neues Mir ai coluk. took: ov dolph, ewho held .. Boxin; MI know’ ‘some ‘people might feel I don’t have the right: to ay anything because Iwasin it so long. But I don’t feel I'-.’ should be qu t boca that.’ ’ it-After ‘a fight, you nice-and charitable all you want, But what are you goitig’;’ to do to help your. Speen afterjyou ‘boat him: Randolph was an este gold medallist — one of five - : U.S, boxing. champions in. Montreal in 1916; sere got back, the’ nameplate was gone and his sticks - split their. two “qwaekend games with Spokane over the weekend, They’ won 11-4'on Frida: “) Raniga Mu ‘ray dotinta ‘and: Mike : Col bett.