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Fir is fir is fir. Westar plans to snogerent and employee at Westar cts pose with first carload of FIRST LOAD OF KOOTENAY FIR 4 vA QOTENAY ‘eae FIR pepe \PPED SEPT.8 1 change that. “We're taking a product that’s identifiable with the region,” explains Rob Slater, general manager of Westar's southern trading division. Slater says Westar is hoping its customers won't just ask for fir, but Koot- enay Fir. And so far the innova- tive marketing strategy seems to be working. “The feedback we've got (from customers) so far is very positive,” says Slater. “We're pretty excited Kootenay Fir shipped Tuesday morning. New name and logo for the lumber is part of marketing plan. Kootenay Fir at Westar about it.” So excited, the mill's other four species of wood — Western red cedar, Idaho white pine, spruce and hemlock — are next in line for a new name. “We feel it's just the manager Wade Zammit agrees. “This is the type of focus, this is the type of attention we want on all our products,” he told mill employees during a cere- mony Tuesday morning in the mill's rail yard. Coshtews Photo Zammit is hoping the new marketing plan will pay big dividends. “Hopefully, it'll return us some bucks,” he said, adding that customers should begin asking not pag for fir, but Kootenay A tee says Westar plans to promote Kootenay Fir in trade journals, in particular at the North- eastern U.S. “Today is a big day in the history of this par- ticular operation,” he said. Near-miss reports’ Canada Post must pay Air Canada TORONTO (CP) — A near- miss report has been filed with Transport Canada after an Air Canada jet and two Soviet aircraft flew within 150 metres of one another Monday, a spokesman for the airline said Tuesday. Brock Stewart said the Vancouver-bound Lockheed 1011 with 189 passengers en- countered two military craft in international air space north of Keflavik, Iceland in the North Atlantic at about 11:49 a.m. EDT. The nine- hour fight originated from London, England. Stewart said the pilot did not take any evasive action to avoid the aircraft, which he understood to be a Russian Bear reconnaisance plane and a.foviet fighter jet. “They (the planes) were flying above the Air Canada plane,” said Stewart, Air Canada’s public affairs man- ager in Toronto. “It was a momentary in- “Sourdough Al” FALL ROSSLAND GOLDEN CITY DAYS SEPTEMBER 10, 11, 12, 13, 1987 FAIR SCHNEIDER'S BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD. “Our 25th Year" — deceah ore eevee workers union rates OTTAWA (CP) — Canada Post must train strike breakers at the same $13.24- an-hour rate it pays regular union trainees, an indepen- dent arbitrator has ruled. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Tuesday the ruling means about $1 million in back pay for an estimated 6,000 strike- breakers trained at $4.50 an hour for a possible postal strike this fall. But Canada Post spokes- man Harold Dunstan said the union's figures are exag- gerated and the impact won't be known until both sides meet the arbitrator and the decision is clarified. If the union is right, Can- ada Post will appeal to the Federal Court of Canada, he added. Dunstan said it is postal policy to pay union rates or higher during a strike, but CUPW said the ruling, by Toronto arbitrator Kevin Burkett, will require strike- breakers to pay union dues, giving the union access to their names, addresses, social insurance numbers and other personal data. John Fehr, CUPW's - national chief steward, said Canada Post has only 15 days to comply with the ruling and CUPW may know the ident- ity of potential strike- breakers if a walkout occurs. Asked whether the union Castlegar Aquanauts First BINGO of the Season Sat., Sept. 12 Arena Complex Early Bird 6 p.m. Reg |. 7 p.m. $1,000 Jackpot $500 Jackpot $500 Bonanza 60% Payout Early Birds 60% Payout Specialty Games NO ADVANCE TICKETS 9-ups. $9.00 for 20 regular games. might use such information to intimidate. or harass strikebreakers, Fehr replied: “Oh, no. We just want to talk to them. We'd say look, the union has won you more money because of this — so don't scab on us. “We understand that the employer is all too willing to use the fact that you are un- employed, or an immigrant, or on welfare, to blackmail you into doing this work,” he said in an interview. Dunstan said he doubts CUPW can force the release of such information before a fall strike. “It’s highly unlikely. That's part of the information that we have to discuss with Mr. Burkett . . . There are in- dividual rights involved,” he said. The union, which may be able to strike legally by the end of September or early October, says a walkout is certain unless Canada Post abandons plans to privatize post office franchises. vau byte all SUMMER HIKE . ers toke in view of Casi valley r start of the de ‘Anna Trail, Unsea: warm fall weather is making hiking popular. SUMMER WEATHER PUZZLING By ae pw vena It's said the only fino oped about the weather is that you can't predict it, But this summer's weird weather puzzled even fore- casters. ‘The summer was marked by a tornado in Edmonton, a torrential flash flood in Montreal, severe drought in the Maritimes, and a sweltering heat wave in southern Ontario. “In many ways it was an unusual summer,” said Amir Shabber, a climatologist with the Canadian Climate Centre, which monitors weather patterns for the federal govern- ment. In the East there was too little rain, leaving parts of the Atlantic provinces tinder dry. ‘Travel in the woods was banned in western Nova Scotia — a permit was required to camp, fish, hike and picnic — because of fears of forest fires. ASK RESIDENTS Town council in Truro, N.S., asked residents to put up with dirty cars and brown lawns so they wouldn't empty the reservoir. Meanwhile, Central Canada basked in near-record highs for much of July, although temperatures went back down in August. Southern Ontario sweltered in temperatures over 30 degrees for 14 straight days, using record amounts of electricity as their air conditioners worked overtime, says Shabbar. But when that hot tropical air clashed with cooler air from northern Canada, it created a rash of violent weather such as funnel clouds and severe thunderstorms. The worse storm hit Montreal on July 14, creating a flash flood that killed one man and caused an estimated $229 million of damage. BECOMES WET Although it looked like it would be a dry summer on the Prairies, it became quite wet in July, averting what had been shaping up as a catastrophe for farmers, said Shabbar. But the worst weather-related disaster hit Edmonton on July 81, when a violent tornado ripped through two neighborhoods, killing 27 people and injuring 258. It caused an estimated $250 million in damage. Weather were by 's unusual weather patterns during the summer, said an Environment Canada official. Experts haven't been able to pinpoint the source of the unstable weather, said Brian O'Donnell. The cold temperatures — the August average was 13.6 degrees in Edmonton — were recorded throughout the provinee, and it even snowed in High Level in northern Alberta for the first time in August in at least 25 years. British Columbia was a little drier than usual, although some coastal areas got only half their normal precipitation, said Shabbar. 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