au A2 Castlegar News March 1, 1989 MPs take another month off OTTAWA (CP) — Parliament resumes April 3, @ month later than expected, and the opposition thinks the government is playing hooky Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said there was little point in bringing MPs back March 6, as ‘previously planned, when Parliament would rise again for Easter at the end of the month The federal budget will follow soon after Parliament resumes, Mulroney told reporters after a Conservative caucus meeting t would be bettér to come back immediately after and put in train a process that will carry us through to June and into the next years,"” Mulroney said. The Commons has not sat since Christmas Eve when the Canada-U.S. free-trade legislation was rushed through. The legislation subsequently received Senate approval and royal assent in time for implementation Jan.1 The current Parliament, which began shortly after BRIAN MULRONEY . delays opening the Nov, 21 eléction, will be prorogued and a new government agenda outlined in a throne speech April 3 at 3 p.m., Mulroney said Some of the agenda will be taken up by rein- troducing legislation that died when the Nov. 21 election was called. Mulroney also hinted that MPs could use the extra month because the Commons got back to work in record time after thé election and sat until late Christ- mas Eve MPsSIT In addition, !\e noted that MPs have sat in the Commons through most of the last two summers. The opposition was not impressed. Liberal House leader Herb Gray said the gover- nment is obviously drifting and doesn’t have its act together. “It’s quite clear Brian Mulroney has no agenda, Gray told reporters. ‘I think he and the government are drifting and they haven't got their act together, Other- wise, Parliament would be sitting on the sixth of Mar. ch.”” Between March 6 and Easter weekend, March 24- 26, MPs could have debated a throne speech, spending estimates, day care and possibly a budget, he said. Mulroney is treating Parliament more like a private corporation than a democratic institution operating in public, said Gray, noting the three-month break is one of the longest in recent Commons history. Audrey McLaughlin, New Democrat caucus chairman, said the government is showing an arrogance in postponing the sitting. “We want to be back in Parliament to hold this government accountable, to have this government ex- plain what their policies will be,’’ McLaughlin said “At the moment, we just get to.read in the newspapers what’s going to happen.” The show ends in Nelson closed with a flourish Sunday. In addition to a athletes who the city. — cosrews pm , were each bearing the name of one of the 2,200 d and filled the skies above Crash victims not insured VANCOUVER (CP) — Because a small British Columbia aitline con cealed its poor flight record, its in: rance policy is invalid, a B.C Supreme Court judge ruled Tuesday So the families of Al Passarell, a former member of the B.C. legislature, and businessman—Soseph- Florence can’t collect the more than $500,000 awarded them from Taku Air Fran sport Ltd “Ht-teaves the families without @ cent,’’ said lawyer David Church, who acted for Florence's family. ‘‘It’s areal blow to them.”” Passarell, 36, his wife Ruth, 36, Florence, 52, Shelly Smith, 28, Joe Florence, 52, and Ben Abel, 60, all of Atlin, B.C., died in September 1986 when a float-equipped Beaver aircraft owned by Taku crashed into Dease Valhalla continued from front page said has applied for 15 tree farm licen ces The Vancouver Sun reported that Weldwood Canada Ltd. — a company controlled by Champion International Ltd. of Connecticht — has filed nine letters with the Ministry of Forests regarding conversion of forest licences to tree farm licenses. A forest licence is a contract between a forest company and the ministry that allows the company to harvest timber in different parts of a timber supply Lake in northwestern British Colum- bia Teresa Bond, operations manager for Taku Air and the pilot of the air craft, was the only survivor Passarell, who had left the NDP and joined the Social Credit party, and his wife were on their way toa nomination meeting in Atlin for the Oct. 22, 1986, provincial election Taku has since folded, partly because-it-couldn’t find a company willing to insure it Florence’s wife Carol and their five children and Passarell’s three children, all of whom live in Kelowna, B.C were awarded a default judgment last year against Taku The Florences were awarded more than $350,000 while the Passarells were granted about $150,000. area. A tree farm licence requires that a company manage throughout the growth cycle from reforesting to harvesting The 25-year tree farm licences are Tor specific areas Parker is currently defending the ministry’s policy jof converting the forest licences in a Series of eight public meetings. The minister will be in Nelson March 6, McCrory said the Valhalla Wilder ness Society will confront Parker with its criticisms at the meeting the forest Stone continued from front page is being madeto overcome a regulatory hurdle “We're at the point where sooner, rather than-later, we'll have Invest ment Canada approval and I don’t want to pre-empt anything they may say or not say,”” he said Stone said’ if he doesn’t hear from the investment watchdog by today, he will extend the time limit on the offer to Consolidated-Bathurst’s sharehold ers. A forest products analyst in Mon treal' said the promise to upgrade should go far to satisfy Investment Canada. “I think Stone is saying with this an nouncement that they intend to upgrade facilities, not shut down facilities — and that’s a good mbve, said John Carroll of Andras Research Capital Inc The proposed takeover will mean a higher debt load for Stone Container, but Carroll said the company should be able to handle it “They've had a very high debt load before and they've worked it our fairly quickly,"” he said. ‘So 1 don’t think that’s a major concern. Two Canadian bond rating services have sent out rating alerts or watches on Consolidated-Bathurst since the deal was first announced But Mr. Justice Ken Meredith ruled Tuesday that Taku’s policy with Coronation Insurance Company Ltd was void because then: owner-pilot Richard Bond concealed the com pany’s treacherous 10-year flying record which included a 1979 crash that killed a 15-year-old boy. ‘Mr. Bond did conceal and misrepresent its accident record ... the fact is that it is highly probable that had (the insurance agent) been infor med of the accident record, the policy would never have been issued,’ Meredith said He cited six accidents between 1978 and 1985 including © A Beaver single engine—aircraft piloted by Bond crashed in March 1976, killing the 15-year-old boy © A passenger was struck by a propeller while Bond was attempting to dock the plane in August 1979. Mulroney extends Sauve’ OTTAWA (CP) — Gov. Gen Yeanne Sauve’s term of office, scheduled to end in May, has been ex tended to Jan. 1, 1990, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced Tuesday night A release from the prime minister's office says the Queen approved the ex- tension of the five-year term, and that Sauve, 66, has accepted. The Queen appoints the governor general on the recommendation from the prime minister ““L know the Canadian people will be extremely pleased that Madame Sauve has expressed her willingness to con- tinue in office for this additional period,” said Mulroney The release gives no reason for the extension s term Sauve, a former, Speaker of the House of Commons, was instatted-as Governor General on May 14, 1984, taking over from former Manitoba premier Ed Schreyer. She is the first woman to hold the position A native of Prud "homme, Sask., she spent much of her career as a jour nalist before entering politics as a Liberal in 1972. Her husband, Maurice Sauve,had—been_a_minister_in_the zabinet of then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson from 1964-1968 Jeanne Sauve entered Pierre Trudeau’s cabinet in Nov. 1972 and her portfolios-included science and technology, munications before she was appointed Speaker in 1980 environmént and com Fletcher, IWA to tackle layoffs DUNCAN, B.C. (CP) Challenge Canad dothe Inter national Woodworkers of America: Pletcher dnada have formed 4 mrittec timed at helping 425 workers facing layolts, accompany of ficial said Frank Lucy cher’s Vancouver Island region, said » Vice-president of Hlet the commitice will review more than 25 ideas put forward by the tien The company is closing ity VietOriat sawmill and cutting back operations in Delta-and at Youbou on Vancouver Island, citing a shortage of timer Lucy said bleteher Challenge also has some ideas about helping . the workers,. stich carly, Terirement packages, job retraining and tansters to other Pletcher Challenge milly He said Pletcher is doubling ity tree planting budget to $2 million in the Cowichan Valley and this may provide some work For those Lacing layotts Jack Mun national Woodworkers of America president of the Liter met with Lorest: Minister ker and Premicr Bill Vander Zan hast week Lo discuss the hay offs. Parker turns down inquiry KAMLOOPS (CP) — More calls for a royal commission on B.C. forest policies have bé jected by- Minister Dave Parker despite criticism of his proposed expansion of cor porate control over Crown timber “Those calls are coming from -en- vironmental coalitions, the Op- position and natives,’ Parker said **What a royal commission would do is delay and that’s the agenda of these people."’ The Forest Ministry wants to give large forest companies exclusive logging rights over vast tracts of Crown land in the form of tree-farm licences. The companies would manage the areas, currently a ministry responsibility Ed Tarasewich, spokesman for the Southern Interior Wood Processors Association, accused the Forest Ministry of ignoring the interest of small business. “We are of the opinion that many ministry officials are intimidated by these large corporations into decisions which are not in the interest of the general public. “By granting these firms their request, we will see more problems Mt h wercutting March 1, 1989 pan EGG. fomily's trons; CasNews Pho! more waste, less accountability, and perhaps a lower level of concern for our environment."" Dan Miller, the NDP- member for Prince Rupert and the party's forest critic, said the Socred recerd of poor forest management has led to a lack of confidence in the Forest Ministry as steward of public lands “Bear in mind that (tree farm licen- ces) are perpetual, and in the minister's own words in the house, ‘they're the closest thing to privaté ownership you can get,"" Miller said Parker and ministry officials also heard opposition from the Kamloops locals of the International Wood: workers of America, and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada “It’s not too late yet fo. ensure the survival of B.C.’s forests and our in dustry,”’ said Gerry Worth, local pulp union president. “We urge this gover nment to abandon its moves tc privatize our forests.”” ‘Senators target acid-rain bill WASHINGTON (CP) Leading U.S. senators have pledged to carve out new legislation to curb acid-rair pollution by June 1 with the hope ot having a final bill ready tor approval by the end of the year It is time to roll up our sleeves and xet to work,"’ Democratic Senator Max Baucus of Montana told his colleagues in the 100-member Senate Republican Senator David Duren berger of Minnesota also called for speedy action, arguing the pollution Was ravaging the environment of both Canada-and-the United States. The promise to get cracking on new legislation follows assurances from President George Bush that his ad. ministration will propose its own clean-air legislation, and work closely with Congress to come up with a tinal bill that could, as a byproduct, ease the No. 1 irritant’ in Canada-U.S relations - HHretorner—adiistittion ot Ronald Reagan refused to introduce stiffer pollution controls sought by Canada on grounds not cnougl® was known about the problem to justily d stly cleanup Bush has with Congres he wants to consult how to curb U.S. in dustrial emissions that cause acid rait on both sides of the border before opening talks on an acid-rain accord the new chairman of the subcommittee on the environ seta deadline of June 1 tor legislation to the Senate and 4 completing work on Rather than teintroduce avid-rain bills that didn't fly in previous years, Baucus said the commitice would try to forgenew legistation Any final bill must be approved by both the Senate and the 435-membet House of Representatives betore it could go to Bush, and the House ha not outlined its plans for legiskation. Lhe Canadian government wants au accord that would cut by one-half the wid rain falling in Canada which i traced 10 U.S. sources fect of the B.C Castlegar News . Jennie Hardy of Castlegar compares unusually large chicken egg to size of a cup. The egg, which measured 82 millimetres in length, was layed by one of her new justice, of Ouch. ANYONE WONDERIN¢ about the economic af Winter Games on Our provincial economy needed only to be on the road between Castlegar and Nelson late Sunday afternoon, OVERHEARD RECENTL library’s head librarian, Judy Wearmouth, is the city’s the peace, does that mean local lawbreakers will really have (ie BOOK thrown at them?>— KOOTENAY . ASSOCIATION has moved its office from Castlegar to Nelson. The new office is located at 610 Railway St : Now that Castlegar COUNTRY TOURIST FOR FULL DETAILS |< CHECK AT THE STORE TRIP FOR TWO 19800 M. CAR ‘OR WIN UP TO $1000 CASH! | tae ron TM CROSS RIB BONE-IN . . . CANADA GRADE 6 AP. $2 ad CHUCK BLADE BONE-IN. ... 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In memory 54. and daughter-in-law Lin flowers and hunting trips A graveside service will be held on Thursday Slocan Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. with Rev Frieda Hicks Frieda Pauline Hicks, beloved wife of Bill Hicks of Slocan, passed away Thursday, Feb. 27 in Kootenay Lake District Hospital at the age of Besides her husband Bill, Mrs. Hicks is survived by five sons: Willie ; Ed and daughter-in-law Shan; Doug; Roy and daughter-in-law Linda; Pete and daughter-in-law Margaret; 11 gran- dchildren all of Slocan; her mother, Margaret Greenwood of Kelowna; her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.O.Hicks of Slocan; brothers, six sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Hicks loved her family and granchildren and enjoyed her four » March 2 from the Calvin Brown officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Ser vice Lid Police help prostitutes find a better life VANCOUVER (CP) — Some Van couver prostitutes are beginning tc realize pimps can be their worst enemies — and police can be their best friends. Ask city police Det. Doug Lang. The vice squad officer recently received a wedding invitation from a former prostitute he helped get off the streets Lang, 40, said he.met the woman a couple of years ago when he first began working for the vice squad. She-had just been beaten and raped. **One night she phoned me and told me she wanted off the street,”” he said. Lang got her ona plané to Ontario, where she had friends The woman wrote him recently to tell him she’d ‘‘met someone decent”? and was getting married “There was this really nice wedding invitation,” said Lang, who"s married to a local lawyer. ‘I just couldn’t go, I had too much work to do-here, but I wrote to her saying how happy I was forher.’’ -, Another teenage-hooker_he helped relocate wrote to thank him last week “I know I'll always have friends Birthday farty to have 90 cakes REVELSTOKE, B.C. (CP) — Most birthday parties have one cake The birthday party for this alpine community in southeastern British Columbia will have 90 cakes — one for each year since Revelstoke was incor porated in 1899 “We just thought it would be something different to have 90 dif ferent groups participating with us,”” Mary McAskill, a member of the an niversary committee, said ““We thought it would look more ef fective to have 90 cakes around the room instead of one big one.’* McAskill said she had no problems getting 90 people to each bake a stan- dard-sized cake for the party tonight Each cake should produce 16 ser- vings, so there Should be enough for more than 1,400 people, she said. Revelstoke has a population of 5,500. The lighting of birthday candles and cutting of the cake will climax an evening of choral singing of tunes popular in 1899 and the re-enactment by the present city council of the signing Of the incorporation papers. Pesticide panel OTTAWA (CP) The federal government is_appointir panel to review the use of agriculture, say Minister Don Mazi He told the Canadian ederatic Agriculture that a chairman to review panel would be named soon Ile move would follow nearly a decade of detailed study by the Depar us of Health and Agriculture into hemicals used on farms and forests Mazankowski, also minister of sriculture, satd the government's cern about the environment will be cflected in its agrictltural policies as2ni Chopping Spree Mead & Shoulders, Ivo! Shampoo. & Conditioner Ps $5.00 store voucher” e staat. ORY CARL'S DRUGS Castleaird Plaza 365-7269 there (at vice) forever,"” she said in the letter The girl said she ‘‘knew she did the right thing’? when she turned in her pimp in return fora new life. 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