‘ > as Castlegar News /o.wory2!. 1990 OPINION Public meeting should be held Celgar Pulp Co. officials seem to be quite aware that they need to be open and forthright about the company s proposed expansion of its Castlegar pulp mill The opening of an intormation office in the City Centre Square mini-mall in downtown Castlegar is an excellent idea and we hope the public takes advantage of the information Celgar makes available As well, we appreciate the press conference the company held last Monday to answer some of the questions and concerns raised so far about the expansion project However, we continye to believe the company. should hold ot least_one public meeting betore the Feb. 3 deadline for submissions on the company’s envir | impact t Direct contact between the company and the public could go a Perhaps you should make the announcement without the lampshade, Mr. Premier long way towards assuaging any tears and answering any questions , the public may have about the project. Such a meeting would also give people who are-not inclined to make formal submissions on the environmental impact assessment a chance to list their concerns But I'm still the life of the party, right ? The suggestion we make is not intended to belittle thet of the information office. But it's untair to expect the staff of the office retired Celgar employees, to answer questions about company policy or questions of a more political nature as they relate to the expansion project And we while we in the newspaper business attempt to do as thorough a job as possible given the constraints of time we're able to devote to any single story and the space we can allot to a story nothing we can provide in the way of information on the expansion in the newspaper can match the direct sharing of information between Celgar officials and the public ‘Our radio colleagues are in an even tougher position; having to toke volumes of information and condense i! into two- or three minute on-air stories although they do have the advantage of being able to devote time, if they wish, to live in-depth interviews in which newsmakers such as Celgar officials can talk directly to the public and answer questions called in by listeners . But we've said it before and we Il keep saying it nothing beats ‘an old-fashioned town-hall meeting for all parties to lay their cards on the table How about it Celgar? Time for election “ Politics, in many ways, isa lot like a team sport. When one player is disrupting the team and stopping it from winning. that player must go for the good of the team No one likes a quitter, but Premier Bill Vander Zalm should have announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as leader of the Social Credit party. Blame who you will the media, dissenting Socreds, labor but Mr. Vander Zalm has lost the confidence of the people of British Columbia as witnessed by the six straight byelection losses to the NOP. The premier’s stubborn refusal to step aside means we are in for another several weeks or months of turmoil as the Socreds wage an inevitable behind-the-scenes battle over the future of their party Meanwhile, critical issues such as the environment, the federal government's proposed goods and service tax and the Meech Lake accord, all of which the provincial government must deal with in the coming year, will take a back seat to internal Socred squabbling. Mr. Vander Zalm has become a liability to the good government of this province Despite his attempt at contrition by offering apologies for asserting his personal views on moral issues such as abortion, it was obvious throughout his much-anticipated televised speech that he won't abandon his “my way or the highway” style of government That was not a man who appeared ready to accept differing viewpoints. That was not a man to whom the word “consensus seems to mean anything Mr. Vander Zalm quite rightly pointed out that he wos democratically elected leader of his party and democratically elected premier by the people of British Columbia and that no special interest group or groups should be allowed to force him out of office But we believe the dissatisfaction with his leadership is widespread and it's sheer arrogance for him to believe that he must stay on as leader for the good of the province If Mr. Vander Zalm feels he “has a job to finish,” then we feel he should get a new mandate from the voters It's time-tor a. general election Change in gov't needed T was watching the news the other day and the was i etderly, the children who need daycare whether Bill Vander Zalm would stay or resign. Both the broadcaster and a reporter said their perception was that there was no reason for Vander Zalm to leave because B.C. is doing so well. They said how good the economy is and how many jobs there are. I thought, Is that really the way we judge the quality of life and happiness, how much money we’ re making? I imagine anyone could make the economy look good if he didn’t mind selling the province to foreign in- vestors, ripping off our forests at record rates and allowing pulp mills to break the law by polluting our water and air. But what about the price we pay in the damage to the environment? We won’t be able to clean it up like the Ex- po site, another fiasco of the Socreds. And what about our schools and hospitals which are short-staffed because this government won't pay decent wages. This government is driving away hundreds of nurses. Now people are dying because they can’t get necessary operations. And what about the welfare of the thousands of single mothers, the or because of abuse, or families that need counselling or other social help? This government has cut so many social programs that I really can’t believe it has any real sympathy and desire to represent the majority of average people in this province. Everything but the economy has been terribly neglected. And the economy is good only at the expense of the environment © (which — is irreplaceable) and at the expense of selling control of our land, resources and energy to foreign control. Short- term gain, long-term pain In this day and age when people are realizing there are far more greater values than money and greed, we badly need a change in government. And let’s not hear any moans and warnings about socialism and turning our province into what tired Eastern European countries are rejecting. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence can see that there is a huge middle ground between a repressive socialist communist dictatorship and the Van- der Zalm Socreds. Even you, Iris Bakken. Keith Light Winlaw a ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7.1 INCORPORATING THE MID. WEEK MIRR' Uv CAMPBELL Castlégar News MSsABER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCHL PUBLISHED SETPEMBER 12.1978 AUGUST 27, 1900 PUBLISHER AUGUST 7.1947 FEBRUARY 15. 1979 Burt Compbell Simon Birch FOREMAN ADVERTISING MANAGER ICE MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1980 Peter Horvey Wayne Stolz Linda Kositsin Heather Hadley Letters to the editor ‘Improvements’ a worry Editor's Note: Because the proposed expansion of the Celgar pulp mill is such an im- portant issue to the people of the West Kootenay, the Castlegar News this week decided to publish, with little editing, the lengthy letters about the proposed expansion which appear on this page. However, we remind writers that space in the paper is limited and in fairness to others who may wish to share their opinions we urge writers to limit their let- ters to a maximum of 300 words. Letters should be typewritten, double-spaced and MUST in- clude the full name, city or town of residence and felephone number of writer. This letter is addressed to all the people who live in this area, but especially to those who catch and eat fish from the Columbia River below the Hugh Keenleyside dam. Dioxins and furans have been in the news a lot lately. Many of you will have heard about these deadly chemicals in conjunction with discharges of pulp- mill effluent into bodies of water Dioxins and furans are part of a group of chemicals called organochlorine compounds. These are a byproduct of the bleaching process of pulp. They are formed when chlorine reacts with organic com- pounds during this bleaching process These organochlorines are measured as AOX (absorbable organic halides) in the pulp-mill effluent discharged in- to rivers. Dioxins and furans are actually polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PC- DDs) and polychlorinated diben- zofurans (PCDFs). According to Celgar’s environmental impagt. assessment, ‘‘there are 75 different PCDDs and 135 different PCDFs.”* It goes on to say, “‘the most toxic of allthe chlorinated dioxins and furans is 2,3,7,8-TCDD.”’ According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen- cy 2,3,7,8-TCDD is ‘‘the most toxic molecule made by man,"’ and it finds no safe level of exposure. Monkeys who were exposed to concentrations one-trillionth their body weight con- tracted cancer Another important piece of infor- mation concerns the fact that dioxins Honest I write fo strongly protest the recent announcements that Celgar intends to expand its mill and that the pulpwood agreements are becoming reality. Once again I have the sick feeling that the Socred government in B.C. has planned a catastrophe behind closed doors. Since Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks is a cabinet minister and the representative of a constituency which will be very directly. affected by the pulp-related decisions, I have asked him to honestly answer the following: 1. Can he please explain the history of the pulpwood agreements and how their implementation will affect the Kootenay environment? 2. Exactly who made the decisions to go ahead with pulpwood agreement planning and why have there been no hearings for public input into the plan- ning process? 3. How long have the pulpwood agreement plans for B.C. been in the works? 4. What environmental impact studies have been done, by whom, when and where? If so, available to the public? 5. If these agreements go ahead, what will be the impact on the public's water, air, soil, wildlife, fisheries, parks, wilderness, heritage, tourism, food (like mushrooms), native land claims, private land, public people's lives? 6. How do local highway im are they roads, ¥ and furans are bioaccumulative. This means that when these chemicals are picked up by living organisms, in- cluding fish and human beings, they accumulate in the tissues of the organism. These organoghlorine com- pounds are also very persistent in the environment. When they enter the aquatic web of life they are there to stay in a most toxic state for years to come. This means that even if pulp mills stopped putting toxic wastes into bodies of water today, they would per- sist unchanged in the environment for years before they broke down. The fish which live in the Columbia River below the dam contain dioxins. and furans. Studies have been done on the levels of these toxins in rainbow trout, suckers, squawfish and lake whitefish. The results of these studies are found in Celgar’s environmental impact assessment. According to these studies, lake whitefish below the pulp mill contain dioxin concentrations which ‘‘are above the 20 ng/kg levels recommen- ded for human consumption from sport fishing.”’ (20 ng/kg means 20 parts of dioxin in a trillion parts of fish by weight. This is the guideline set by Canadian Health and Welfare for con- sumption of fish.) Other sport fish species have not been studied for dioxin and furan levels, but it can be assumed that they will contain these chemicals because of the nature of the toxins The present Celgar pulp mill releases into the'Columbia River effluent that contains AOX concentrations of 4.8 kg/ADt (kilograms per air dried ton- ne of pulp). The mill currently produces 560 ADt/day. This translates into 2,688 kg (5,914 pounds) of AOX (containing the deadly dioxins and furans) being pumped into the river every_day.fox, 950 days each year. Doing some more simple mathematics, the grand total of toxic organochlorine compounds being put into the river by the pulp mill comes to 940,800 kg (2,069,760 pounds) per year. Celgar, in its proposed expanded pulp mill, plans to reduce this AOX level in the effluent. Celgar must do this to meet the current guidelines for AOX levels in the effluent set by the B.C. Environment Ministry. The AOX in the effluent must be at a level of 2.5 kg/ADt by 1991 and must be further reduced to 1.5 kg/ADt by 1994, (The p d mill is d Remember When? 4 ¥EARS AGO From the Jan. 19, 1950 Castle News The work and projects undertaken by the Castlegar Board of Trade during 1949 were i, meeting of the Board by the retiring President, L.V. Campbell. Three new committees had been formed, the Agricultural Committee, the Civic Improvements Committee and the Post Office and Liquor Ven- dor Committee. The Civic Im- provement Committee went all out to have improved the appearance of the business section of the village and received considerable cooperation from the business firms. The Board had pressed for better Arrow Lakes boai service and for @ new bridge across the Columbia River at Castle; The Board endorsed the resolution regarding @ proposed new bridge, which was brought up at the annual meeting of the Canadian Legion held in Trail last year. However, instead of a new bridge, Castlegar would soon sce operating @ 28-car ferry, replacing the present one. . 6° * with many other to start production in 1992.) Celgar plans to meet the 1994 objec- tive of 1.5 kg/ADt but not the 1991 2.5 kg/ADt. If the proposed pulp mill does meet the 1994 objective of 1.5 kg/ADt, the effluent will contain 1,800 kg (3,960 pounds) of AOX. This will be a decrease of 33 per cent from the existing AOX level in the discharged effluent. Knowing what we know about the bioaccumulative effects of dioxins and furans, it is frightening to think that even with the ‘timprovements”’ there will still be large amounts of toxins flowing into the river being taken up by the aquatic life. The only way this can be prevented is the total elimination of the use of the chlorine i In schools throughout B.C., a number of district 9 schools have been forced to close lately by the unusual cold and heavy snow drifts. These include the Castlegar School and Kinnaird School. The outlying schools are warm but the snow drifts are too deep for the children to get through, which caused Mr. King to remark, ‘‘first it was in- sulation, then fuel. We got those beaten, so this year we have over-size drifts. You can’t win.”” 25 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 21, 1965 Castlegar News A 31-year-old Vancouver architect who received an honorable mention for his design submitted in the com- petition for Simon Fraser University has won the ition to design the process in pulp production. Is having pristine, white pulp (paper) worth the cost of turning the river that. flows through our community into a toxic waste sewer for years to come? Think about it. Celgar was required by the gover- nment to submit reports addressing the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the expan- ded pulp mill. Several copies of these reports were put in several places such as the Castlegar Public Library for public viewing. The public has until Feb. 3 to respond to these reports. The environmental _ impact assessment is over 200 pages long an- d would require at least a day for a per- son to peruse fully. There is obviously not enough time for all concerned citizens to get a chance to read this document. Because there does not seem to be enough information getting to the public concerning the proposed expan- sion of the pulp mill a group has been formed by residents of the area. It is called the Coalition for Information on Pulp Mill Expansion (CIPE). If you are interested in supporting the coalition’s efforts to gather infor- mation and educate the public about the total impact of the Celgar expan- sion project on the entire West Kootenay region, and to promote and pursue all available avenues for full public participation, contact Darcy Suehn in Castlegar. Libby Ruljancich 1 answers wanted provement projects in the last five years fit into the picture and what are the real costs to the taxpayers for building and maintaining haul roads for tremendously increased truck traf- fic? 7. How is it that we have excess chips already in the Kootenays? Could an unsustainable annual allowable cut have something to do with it? 8. How are pulpwood agreements any different than the tree farm licence rollovers proposed last year in which the government met with great public opposition? 9. How does he justify the liquidation of old-growth forests (such as ‘the hemlock Stands of the Kootenays) when the global scientific community has made it painfully clear that old growth acts as a vital carbon- sink and deterrant to global warming? 10. Do the pulpwood agreements imply that soon a 40-year-old tree will be considered harvestable? Is this the government's ‘new’? policy for old growth forestsin B.C.? 11. Why is Celgar being allowed to even consider building a pulp mill that will still produce dioxins and other deadly pollutants? 12. Why is Celgar not required to expand only in recycling mode as-such processes are the most socially respon- Bible way to go? 13. Who is financing the Celgar ex- pansion and is he a stockholder in the company? 14. Willhe call for a moratorium on pulpwood agreements and all pulp mill construction and expansion until a full public inquiry into forestry policy is held? These are a few of the questions all residents of the Kootenays need honest answers for, and we need them now. Many people are feeling depressed, frustrated and threatened by the degree of social injustice they ex- perience in trying to. exercise their democratic right to dialogue with their government I sincerely wish it did not appear that Mr. Dirks is the instrument of a hid- den, non-public authority, but his con- tinued encouragement of megaprojec- ts and environmentally uneconomical planning makes his involvement highly suspect. It seems to me that allowing Celgar to double its pulp production means the forests.of the Kootenays will be liquidated very quickly, along with jobs and communities, and that our children will be condemned to lives of terrible injustice. If you want to log for chips and paper, you must first act on recycling the massive amount of waste paper already available in Western Canada. Anythifig else is globally naive and socially irresponsible. Please give me honest answers to my questions. M. Colleen Bowman New Denver proposed West Kootenay regional college to be built here. John L. Kidd received first place and $2,500. He also received a commit- ment from the regional college council to design the college should the money bylaw be successful in February. . * «6 The regional office of the depar- tment of highways at Nelson is looking into the matter of an upper Robson road and will be giving its views on the matter to the highways department at Victoria shortly . . 8 Rossland-Trail MLA Don Brothers told the Castlegar News on Monday that it appears ‘‘doubtful’’ that the Robson ferry will continue to operate following completion of the Arrow reviewed at the | dam but he will take the mattef_up_ directly with Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi. 15 YEARS AGO From the Jan. 23, 1975 Castlegar News Recommendation on the structure of Regional Recreation Commission No. 1, its operation and relationship to regional District of Central Kootenay and the area, have been submitted to the recreation board by its director, Jack Alouf. . . 8 The Castlegar district's Good Citizen of the Year for 1974 for the fir- st time will be jointly shared by a husband and wife team, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bate. * 6 8 Complaints, protesting the delay in getting traffic lights and pedestrian crosswalks at the 7th Ave. and Plaza intersection, snow not being removed efficiently and dogs, have all been received at various times by the city. . A Castlegar lawyer could well be the youngest judge in British Columbia. Bruce Josephson, whd was appoin- ted by the Lieutenant Governor Dec. 23, will be one of three judges to serve the West Kootenay. 5 YEARS AGO, From the Jan. 16, 1985 (Castlegar News Castlegar service stations are locked in a ferotious gas war that has seen the price of regular leaded gasoline drop 13 cents a litre in the last month. And so far the only winner is the consumer. As of this morning, regular gasoline was selling for 41.5 centé a litre at most stations. It is supposed to sell for 54,5 cents alitre. . . ‘Westar Timber will spend more than $2 million this yeas on a new bleached cleaning and screening system for its Ceigar pulp mill. The project will begin next month, and is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 2, says Peter Johnstone, Westar project engineer. . oe Eighteen Kootenay West projects will receive a total of $663,000 in win ter Canada Works grants, MP Bob Brisco’s office announced Tuesday ‘ January 21, 1990 MORE LETTERS Green platform backed David Suzuki recently appeared on the CBC noon talk show, Almanac. The host asked what Suzuki thinks the average environmentally concerned listeners should do with their vote in the next election? He said vote for candidates who care about ‘‘the environment,’ whatever political banner they are running un- He singled out Jim Fulton, and John Fraser (NDP, Liberal and Conservative) for exam- ples of what he means. * This is the politics that created South Moresby Park, and is what could be done before the sea change ir attitude in the general popniation about “‘the environment”’ happened. On the same show, Suzuki said, ‘*Where are the Greens?"’ ‘‘The Green Party has been around for a while,” and ‘‘There’s no time to build the Gieen Party.’ How can a guy who is as Green as Suzuki say don’t vote for the Greens now? The population is stirring all over the globe. What is in the air is that maybe the--whole—thing has been pushed too far and-cannotbe undone. Suzuki knows that the exponential growth of the human impact on the biosphere is the problem. Barring cer- tain kinds of technological advances, economic growth as we have known it must end. Even the Brundtland Com- mission, which with little evidence _~dook a leap of faith to say that ways could be found to double the human population and multiply global manufacturing. by 10 times over the next few decades, only saw hope of doing this if the vast preponderance of this growth occurred in the Third World. Voting for people carrying the ban- ners of political parties that stand for more growth in the First World, and this clearly is every, as they say, ‘major’ politicat- party in Canada, will result in political will for more growth. This is a time to very clearly draw the battle lines. The wilderness dies and the civilization goes through at best a near- death experience as the planetary life support systems crumble due to more growth. Something like this scenario drove Suzuki to blow one of his jobs trying to wake people up. His former employers at the Globe and Mail call him a broken record. Nobody wants to hear this. The politics that created the parks will kill the planet. The era when the general population figured the planet would actually hold out until they were dead no matter what was done, except if the bombs went off, is over. The ecological crisis is the bomb that goes off if we just remain on the road we are on, no button required. People are figuring it out and feeling very powerless knowing how much inertia will have to be overcome. The only way to save anything we value now is to completely turn the whole civilization around. Growth is the problem and voting for a party committed to more growth is adding to the confusion. Maybe all this talk makes you feel like, **What the hell, let it blow out, it’s too far gone and we don't have any idea how to change." D There is a ife-threatening situation maturing that Bffects the vi ity of the entire civilization. Any real solution is goii to be a major economic and social transformation as great in its own way as was the change from feudalism to capitalism. In this political landscape, the Green political banner is the only one that can be committed to no more growth. David Lewis Crescent Valley Canada Post policy ‘inflexible’ Ata public meeting Jan. 16 in Rob- son Hall, the 68 Robson residents pr- envelopes and pick up the various for- ms for income tax, etc., which the post esent PI d their resolve to*keep our postal service at its present standards. We, the ad hoc committee formed to save the Robson post office, put for- ward the following basic reasons for retaining our Robson post office: 1. Convenience and security. We seriously question the postal officials who claim that they are trying to ‘‘im- prove’’ our postal service by removing the post office from Robson. Without our post office, we will be forced to drive to Castlegar to mail packages, pick up parcels, buy money orders, special letters, aerograms, stamped office ly offers. fers. This will be a particular hardship for the elderly, youth and single parents. Furthermore, we can’t see how the green boxes would be an improvement with the erratic delivery, exposure tO inclement weather and small size un- suitable for delivery of anything but the smallest packages. 2. Loss of jobs. We want to keep our postal clerks who = are professionally trained and bonded. We don’t want these jobs privatized which will inevitably mean a decrease in the quality of service due to the poor remuneration Canada Post typically offers for franchise operations. 3. A sense of community. The in- tangible values of our rural post office which can’t be measured in dollars in- clude such things as a sense of identity of Robsonites and the personal touches offered by our postal workers such as volunteer delivery of mail to the ill, checking up off élderly who haven't picked up their mail in a while, a focus for local schoo! field trips and consistently friendly service. 4. Fair treatment for rural residen- ts. We pay our taxes just as urban people, and feel we are entitled to receive equivalent service as Canadian citizens from Crown corporations. We seriously contest the idea thatthe postal service in each community should show a profit 5. Environmental concerns. The removal of our post office will cause increased traffic (from at least 600 households) to clog our busy roads, already too crowded since the ferry shutdown. One mail truck every day will add for less pollution than will the use of many moreprivate vehicles. The potential increase in littering of junk mail at green boxes is also aconcern. Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Robson Post Office Kathy Armstrong Les Godberson Sandra Groepler Marlene Jones Elmer Pellerine Richard Widdifield Robson committeé formed I, together with approximately 70 other Robson residents, attended a public meeting on Jan. 16 and reviewed the Canada Post notification that Robson postal service was to be franchised. There were a number of valid concerns raised at the meeting and I contacted My. J.D. Zayac, manager of rural services, by Landlord asks fo As the landlord of the building in which the Robson post office is located, I have given my -tenants, Canada Post, every opportunity to cooperate with me. A few years back, as you all know, Canada Post sent me their plans and blueprints for their version of im- provements. We advertised for ten- ders. I waited and finally the contrac- tors and those involved told me the building doesn’t meet with the building codes here. All this has cost me money. To date, Canada Post has not offered to pay me for any of this expense. As the owner of the building, I have never been telephone on the morning of Jan. 17 and reviewed this matter at length. First of all, there is no question that Canada Post is fully committed to the removal of the Robson postmaster. In other words, even if suitable alternate premises were readily available, Canada Post would not maintain the present service. against additions or alterations to the building within reason. But these upgradings cost money. Yes, the Robson post office is a lan- dmark“and for the people of Robson the post office should stay where it is. My building has served all you people in the community all these many years. I have gone to a lot of ex- pense over these many past years to improve and make those many women who served Canada Post a more $2,000 — REWARD Missing Since Oct. 31/'89 John R. Derhousoff Age 26, Height 5'11", Weight 200 Ibs. Blond Hair, Blue Eyes, Scar Across Throat, Wears Silver Frame Glasses, Blue Jacket with Kawesaki Label Inside, Dark Grey Cord Pants with Grey Shoes ANY INFORMATION SHOULD BE SENT TO. SKOGSTAD & CO. 608 Baker St., Nelson, B.C. 352-7228 or Castlegar RCMP 365-7721 Reward tor information leading 10 the finding and positive identification ‘of the person of remains ot ® DERHOUSOFF. No one connected with the administration of justice in any country is eligible If the claimant is @ minor paid to the next of kin or “public trustees. Reward mus! be claimed in writing to SKOGSTAD & COMPANY by December 31. 1990 Money will not be paid to anyone who caused oF contributed in any way to the disap pearance of JOHN R. DERHOUSOFF Location nda Winlaw Elementary School For more details, call Al Geissler, Community Rel for B.C.Hydro at 549-8531 (collect) At this time, apparently no local retail business has expressed any in- terest in entering into such a franchise agreement. If no franchise agreement can be negotiated, delivery will be ef- fected through some ‘‘green box”’ rural delivery, although I was assured that mail would be addressed to ‘‘Rob- son.’’ The timetable fcr this process of r help pleasant place to work in. Now, do you people of Robson want to see your Robson post office aban doned or will the people of Robson stand with me and help me improve the building so Canada Post can keep the post office where it belongs, in the town of Robson? Please let me hear from you. Let’s make thisa community affair Gordon Ferguson Castlegar ~ You are invited to attend a seminar in Winlaw on the Columbia River Treaty. Last month, B.C.Hydro presented a seminar on the Columbia River Treaty in several communities in the lower ¢ ‘olumbia Valley Now the seminar is being presented in Winlaw to give residents of the Slocan Valley an opportunity to attend Key presenters at the seminar will be B.C Hydro staff members Tim Newton, who is Chairman of the Canadian Operating Committee for the Treaty, and Al Geissler, ¢ ommunity Relations Coordinator for Hydro. This is an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the Columbia River Tredty. Please plan to attend To register, call Shelley Hancock at 359-7564 Registration is free. Date Mon., Jan. 29 (Hwy. 6 north to Winlaw, left at the intersection) ove aus BC hydro ations Coordinator conversion is already ‘‘ticking,’’ being a 90-day period commencing with the delivery of the notice. = I presented to Mr. Zayac the fact that with the proposed Celgar development and Keenleyside power- generation project, demands for postal services in Robson will increase but the policy of Canada Post is in- flexible. I regret that I must present this in- formation but I feel it essential the af- fected people are informed of this issue prior to the public meeting scheduled on Jan. 23 at Robson. 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