August 20, 1986 BCRIC head says Celgar a priority By CANADIAN PRESS B.C. Resources Investment Corp.'s new chief executive thoughts of selling other assets at this time,” said Smii debt by selling Westar Timber's Celgar Pulp Operations in Castlegar as well as the company’s interest in the Brae oil field in the North Sea. The company said recently it is negotiating the pulp operation sale with Power Corp.. Consolidated Bathurst and China International Trust Investment Corp. In July, it sold Westar Timber's Skeena pulp operation in Prince Rupert and its sawmill in Terrace to Repap Enterprises Inc. of “That doesn't mean we're not going to take the operant? to grow in the future,” said Jack Smith, who Bruce Howe at BCRIC's helm. “There's no other thenghts of cling other assets at this time,” said Smith. He said the corporation hopes to sell the assets by the end of December and will look for smaller aquisitions at the beginning of next year. “We're not going to jump into anything. At this slage we're not in the financial position to do that.” Smith said BCRIC will be healthy by early next year if it sells some of its assets by the end of December. He said he is confident the company’s shares will soon begin to rise from de listen to representatives fr. irom sponses ma of environment, agriculture and food during public meeting on INONOAKLIN FISHWAY Castlegar Mayor Audrey ‘Moore read a letter from council also supporting the third alternative. Moore said that addressing the fishway and allowing for increased irrigation. According to the report, support for One of the presentations made at the meeting was by Fred Salekin, representing the West Kootenay Out- Salekin also read a letter from the Trail Wildlife Association. All three groups support the third alternative. While speaking for the Castlegar Wildlife Association, Salekin said the project at Box Lake should be taken on as soon as possible. Salekin also said Inonoaklin Creek should be closed to all fishing after the fishway is constructed. And he said fencing off the stream will also have to be addressed. He said livestock should not have free access to streams, especially where there is a chance of contamination. Salekin questioned whether, with $2 of the $3 million set aside for fisheries management, there would be enough funds for constructing the fish way. package from B.C. Hydro is long overdue, adding that people who lived along the lake not only lost fishing but farms and property as well. “I would certainly hope that we can come to some sort of compromise,” she said. Dave Bilinski, representing the Inonoaklin Watershed Association, voiced concern over the proposed fish- way, especially about water rights on the creek and their priority. Bilinski told the meeting that the Ministry of Environment applied for a water licence in 1972 while a couple of farmers had applied for licences in 1969 and 1970. When the licences were granted the Fisheries application took precedence over the agricultural licences. He said the ministry has known about the shortage of water since 1972. Bilinski also noted the social impact of the Inonoaklin Creek. “All the kids” in the valley have grown up along the stream, he said. “Kids in the country have to rely on what's naturally there,” he said, adding that they learn how to fish in the creek. Gordon Brady, who also gave a formal presentation, said he was speaking on behalf of the tourists who come to the area He said the fisheries system must be developed in order to attract tourists. “I don't think there are very many people against the project,” Brady said, although he admitted that the farmers do have some legitimate concerns. “I think the fisheries department should get on with the job and get this . third alternative thing done so the tourism industry can balloon.” During the open session, Castlegar Ald. Albert Calderbank asked whether there would be objections from Okana- gan residents if Box Lake was damned. Fisheries biologist Harvey Andrusak replied that a dam would have an adverse impact on the lake's fishing. Bilinski said that he knows of many people from Vernon who fish Box Lake. He said many’have expressed concern about the proposed dam. The Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Food will take written submissions on the Inonoaklin proposal until Sept. 30. The submissions will then be reviewed by both ministries and the information summarized. A final report will be submitted to’ the respective ministers for a final their current $1.25, down from a high of $9 since the company was started in 1979. “You hear a lot sbout bankruptcy,” said Smith, whose appointment was announced last week. “But that's not in the “This is s company with a lot of debt and a lot of commodities — such as oil — that haven't fared well, but plans we have will make the company very successful in the future.” Hi he je solved overnight.” ‘The company was created by the pr “None of these pr will be most of its resource holdings into a new paar ae ‘and then gave away five free seer to all British Columbians. The offering made the company the most aie held company in Canada and surprised everyone by selling 69 million $6 shares, raising more than $400 million in equity ‘Smith, who has been in charge of the day-to-day running of the company since he became president and chief operating officer in January said he does not anticipate bis style will differ significantly from Howe's. “We do have different styles — we're different people with different personalities. But there won't be a lot of COMMISSION RECOMMENDS New electoral riding for Okanagan Valley By LESLIE SHEPHERD (Canadian Press OTTAWA — Four new federal electoral ridings should over from the two existing ridings except for the Sunshine Coast Regional District. The Burnaby segment would be removed from the the Uk: Valley, This would give British Columbia 32 seats in a ‘November on its proposals to redraw electoral boundaries to take account of population growth and shifts. Similar commissions are at work in the other provincies in an effort to increase the Commons to 296 MPs from 282, likely in time for the next federal election expected in 1988. The commission calls for a new riding to be known as — Centre, comprising most of the central Okanagan RE nt an Temlene Ee tes The other riding on the island is Victoria, held by Allan a. The municipality of Richmond — now part of the Richmond-South Delta riding held by Fisheries Minister Tom Siddon — would become a new Delta would also become a separate riding along with aprt of Surrey. It's now part of the huge Surrey-White Rock-North Delta riding represented by Conservative backbencher Benno Friesen. The rest of the riding would be split into Surrey North and Surrey-White Rock. Island-Powell River, which would include everything left North Burnaby riding now held by Conservative MP Chuck Cook. Two new electoral districts would be created from North Vancouver-Burnaby and neighboring Capilano — North Vancouver and Capilano-Howe Sound. The latter would include the Sunshine Coast and would pick up Squamish and Whistler from the existing riding of Cariboo-Chileotin. The Coquitlam segment of New Westminster-Coquit- lam, now held by New Democrat Pauline Jewett, would be removed. Two new ridings would be formed from New Westminster-Coquitlam and Burnaby, now held by New Democrat Svend Robinson. That would also mean changes to the adjacent riding of Mission-Port Moody, represented by Conservative caucus chairman Germain. OKANAGAN AL’ As a result of forming the new riding of Okanagan Centre, changes would be made to the north and east boundaries of Okanagan-Similkameen. Conservative MP Vince Dantzer’s Okanagan North riding would be redefined as Okanagan-Shuswap and would include Vernon and Shuswap Lake to the north as well as Revelstoke and Golden to the east. Shuswap Lake would be removed from the Kamloops-Shuswap riding held by New Democrat finance critic Nelson Riis. But the riding — renamed Kamloops — would see its southern boundary extended to include Merritt and Brookmere. Much of Kootenay-East Revelstoke and Kootenay West ia be combined. The boundary between Prince George-Bulkley Valley and Prince George-Peace River would be adjusted. Under a complex redistribution formula, the govern- ment wants to create 13 new ridings — four each in British Columbia and Ontario and five in Alberta. The other provinces would retain the same ember of MPs although the boundaries of their constituencies might BRISCO HOT continued trom front poge “It doesn't make economic sense in the context of Kootenay West being an economic unit unto its own,” Brisco said. He said there isn’t any economic link between communities like Trail and in Kootenay West and - Similkameen. Kootenay lake communities from the rest of the economic region and place them in the new Kootenay riding. “The regional nature of the local ries don’t make sense because of the size of the new Ok lations. It does not, however, provide for extra staff when distance is the riding. “It's a huge area, just huge,” he said. mijor Brisco also pointed out that consti. twents in urban ridings have easy access to virtually every government department. However, in rural ridings the MP’s West at 19,000 square kilometres and a population of 65,000 is no small task. To office must serve as the government office, meaning a rural MP deals with a host of problems an urban “I would expect the B.C. caucus to come out with a uniform ition,” h said. pe ° Brisco said the electoral boundary commission will hold a public meeting in Nelson Nov. 5 to discuss the changes. The hearing is one of eight such hearings to be held around the Province from Oct. 27 - Nov. 13. But Brisco says he won't wait until Nov. 5 to make his feelings known. He says he plans to immediately appeal Howe a civil servant VANCOUVER (CP) — Two prominent British Colum bians — Norman Spector and Bruce Howe — have been named to senior federal government positions in a civil-ser- vice shuffle. Spector, 37, formerly B.C.’s top civil servant, starts next month as secretary to the cabinet for federal-provincial relations. Howe, 50, who resigned last week as chief executive officer of the B.C. Resources Investment Corp., gets a senior position as secretary to Science and Technology Minister Frank Oberle, starting Dec. 1 In a news release, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said he was “pleased to have been able to appoint individuals of the calibre” of the two men. Spector, who resigned as deputy to former premier Bill Bennett last month, is widely regarded as the architect of Bennett's controversial restraint program. He had been Bennett's top assistant since 1981, replacing Patrick Kinsella, now a Vancouver political consultant Before that, Spector spent five years as a policy adviser for the Ontario government. In 1963. he led government negotiators in talks with the B.C. Government Employees Union; a meeting of Spector, Bennett and IWA leader Jack Munro ended a growing confrontation between the govern- ment on one side and unions and cosffmunity groups on the other, and halted talk of a general strike One of Bennett's last acts was to sign a cabinet order that will allow Spector to retire with a full pension at age 55. Although Howe denied at a news conference last Friday he was a sinking ship. his six year tenure as BCRIC'’s chief executive officer was rocky | one. The company was plagued with losses and sii share the boundary changes. He asked how 90,000 constituents in a large rural riding such as the pro- posed Kootenay riding could be as well served as 90,000 constituents living in a small urban riding like Vancouver Centre. “The answer is simply that they values. Last Friday, shares dropped to $1.25. As well, MPs will have a chance to debate the proposed changes in the House of Commons. Church studies « gays SUDBURY, Ont. (CP) — An official statement on the role of homosexuals im the United Church of Canada won't be forthcoming for at least two years when the church's general council is scheduled to meet again. Delegates at this year’s council dis group co-ordinating Ropes the group's findings will lend to 2 decision on whether self-proclaimed homosexuals should be ordained. “We're working towards making that decision,” she said, adding that no self-proclaimed homosexual has yet been ordained in the United Church. The only decision delegates are expected to make on the topic this week is whether or Rot to order a more wide-ranging approach to the sexuality study, with less force on homosexuality and more emphasis on responsible ce lifestyles for all church mem- Castlégar TREET TALK THE CORN LADY, Mrs. Signe Bende, who will be 83 next month, has been selling corn in South Castlegar for 41 years. Living just behind the Apostolic Church near Woodland Park, the hardy mother and grandmother has 2'2 acres in corn and rises at about 4 a.m. each day to do the watering. Some of the heavier work is now done by a grandson, Doug Bonde of Vancouver, ‘who spends the summers with his grandmother. Mrs. Bonde’s husband, Vie, a retired Cominco employee, died in 1960 NEW OFFICE manager at Castlegar Savings Credit Union is former Vernon resident Mike Jensen. He and wife Terry and two sons, Scott, 5 and Clark, one-year-old, have taken up residence in South Castlegar Mike was with the Vernon and District Credit Union for seven years and the opportunity at CSCU along with glowing reports on the area from his sister and her hus band, Rosemary and Herman Manarin of Ootischenia, decided them on the move. Mike and Terry both enjoy golf, raquetball and look forward to winter and cross-country skiing. SPOKANE GOLFER Arlen Forsythe won a 1986 Chevette, courtesy of Riverview Chevrolet Oldsmobile of Trail Sunday in the Rossland/Trail Open golf tournament at Birchbank Golf Club. The prize was put up for the tournament to anyone who shot a hole-in-one on the seventh hole. And Arlen did just that! SIGNE BONDE... who will turn 83 next month, has been selling corn in South Castlegar for 41 years. THE OLD Winlaw Bridge, built in 1927, will be coming down to make way for a new one. Tenders have closed for a contract to build a new bridge over the Slocan River at Winlaw. The closing date was Aug. 6. The project site is about two km west of Highway 6 on the Winlaw Bridge Road. The old wooden structure will be demolished and replaced by an 83-metre-long three span prestressed concrete box stringer bridge. It will have a two-lane roadway and one sidewalk, supported by two abutments and two piers on steel pipe les. r ‘The date for completion is Dec. 15: HAVE YOU EATEN at the new restaurant at Playmor Junction? It’s called Hubby’s and is located directly across from the Kootenay Savings Credit Union branch. Owners are Hazel and Cyril Demoskoff. TWO LATEST businesses to close their doors include Carter's Sewing Centre in Castleaird Plaza and KC Pet Mart. Both are having closing out sales now. CRESTON AND Grand Forks will once again have commercial air service. Skylink Airlines of Vancouver has announced it will begin flights four days a week between Vancouver, Grand Forks and Creston either at the end of this month or the beginning of September The airline replaces Air Caledonia which ceased flying to the two communities several months ago. Skylink will also fly to Victoria, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Powell River and Abbottsford. The airline will begin by offering flights on Friday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday Vander Zalm here Monday is that he will make an announcement regarding Cominco Ltd.’s application By CasNews Staff Premier Bill Vander Zalm will arrive at Castlegar air port at 8:45 a.m. Monday to for assistance with its lead begin a one-day visit to the smelter modernization pro Trail-Castlegar area ject Following his arrival at At 11:30 a.m. Vander Zalm Castlegar, the premier will will address the Trail Cham meet with members of ber of Commerce luncheon at Castlegar council. At 10 a.m. the River Belle Inn. 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