Oi ss Casi eg ir News May 31, 1989 Canada courses growing in U.S. ORONO, Me bit of aCanada nut At sects a fairlabel for This Week in Parliament as @ favorite television show and ed a Canada Club at the University of Maine in the (CP) — Keith Citrine admits to being a 0 American who remembers who sta picturesque New England town of Orono. That was in the late 1970s when he was ¢€ I science degree at the university with am » stwdies way, he Dalhousie Canada Along ‘the Halifax and got spent a year at University in hooked on Today, the dapper, dark-haired Citrine {s starting a consulting firm to search out business opportunities in Canada tor potential l , Citrine, 31, outgrowth of his fasgination with Canada + S. investors and vice versa Canam Assoyfaid#\a 4ogical which began calls with his father’s tales of hunting in the wilds of new Brun. swick and of the new Canada-U.S. tree trade agreement I see a real opportunity,” he said in an interview at his old alma mater. Citrine was (here to renew contacts with Canadianists as they the university's are called, and rifle through its impressive collection of Canadian business directories and publications for ideas. STUDYING CANADA is among a growing number of Citrine American students exposed in recent years to Canadian courses on everything trom politics and history to archeology and literature as they degrees across the United States Recent statistics say pursue university 500 U.S on Canada about universities and colleges offer course 1980, quality as full-fledged Canadian studies programs About $0, up from 10 in er enough classes and research opportunities to The University of Maine, with 100-per-cent Canadian content in 38 co is considered onc of the broadest and best ams in such states as California, Utah and Maine Unlike prog North geography and family ties on their side Carolina, Canadian studies in have A large chunk of the state is sandwiched between Brunswick million residents claim ancestors from Canada, Quebec and New and almost half of its 1.2 mostly trom Quebec and the Maritimes. Ask students why they decided to take a Canadian course, and the answer almost always comes back: ‘*Well, my great-grandfather was from Quebee,”’ or ‘*my gran dmother was from New Brunswick.,”* OW LITTLE Besides, the students concede with a trace of em barrassment, they knew next to nothing about Canada when they signed up for their first course, something their professors whole-heartedly attested to in interviews, (from serajeh,”’ said Alice Stewart, om 1948 until she retired in *You haye to st who taught Canadian history f 1980 to concentrate on building up the university's im pressive collection of Canadian books, newspapers, pragazinief iu bhestvens and documents By most accounts, acquainting students with the map of Canada is a major hurdle in itself That said, the introductory course ta Canadian studies By the end of the year, students face exam Do Canadian students at the university recruited to play hockey on the varsity te: Canadian courses than their Amerigan counterparts? “No, not really,"’ concluded Howard Cody, who teaches courses in Canadian politics and Canadian- American relations For the most part, the students say, they thought Canadians were pretty much like Americans and they were stunned to learn about political, cultural and many do better in always es between the two countries SUBSIDY EXAMPLE The question of subsidies alone points to telling dit ferences. In the United States, subsidy is a dirty word. In Canadian culture, it’s not, Why? economic differ It’s one question Chris Beach, a lawyer working on a PhD in Canadian-American history, ig setting out to an swer in his thesis. “1 think if you take @ historical approach to the His well-rehearsed response to inquiring friends? “I'm an economics major, | just tell them Canada is ‘our largest trading partner and they shut up.”’ Added Bailow, who hopes to make a career in inter national banking or business: ‘Any worldwide company would be delighted to hire someone familiar with Canada “Any who thinks C daisa boring country hasn't been there." — Robert Bailow, international affairs student Debbie McKinney, 21, remembers (he year she spent at Carleton University in Ottawa as areal eye-opener VERY DIFFERENT Americans have a lot of Canadians being like Americans,”” affairs student misconceptions ab said the international Job statistics studied closely OTTAWA (Ch) — Once each month a Statistics, Canada delivery vehicle makes an early morning sweep of news izations, gi ment depi and agencies in Ottawa. Starting with the parliamentary press gallery, copies of a report entitled Labor Force Information are dropped at each stop in sealed brown envelopes. Labelled ‘*Not For Release Before 7 a.m. EDT."’ it is one of the most important pieces of economic news to come out of Ottawa each month. ' The report contains the latest Cana ment figures Within seconds of the official release ‘time, the national unemployment rate, whether up, down or d, is flashed to across the country and punched into economic data bases around the world in unemploy- But beneath the surface there can be major shifts in employment and ufiémployment when the figures are broken down by age. sex. economic ‘sector, region, province or The report provides a general commentary, high lights, tables and charts to explain changes from the previous month. Raw figures gathered during the survey period are listed along with data adjusted to factor out changes caused by scasonal fluctua When the economy is strong, and the figures fall into a stable pattern, little public excitement. geographic tions they generate BIG NEWS When recession hits and unemployment soars — as it did with a vengeance in the early 1980s — they become front-page news. The most impact is felt by the million or so social benefits on the basis of charges in the figures The numbers are studied’ closely by the Finance Department and Bank. of Canada to help make decisions affecting interest rates, the printing of money 1 the level of taxes The Regional Industrial Expansion Departn uses them to analyse regional disparity and to decide where regional incentive grants should be spent The Employment and updates also Immigration and adjusts i Department prog policy on the basis of what the figures say And labor unions and research over the figures when plotting bargain preparing reports and forecasts nstitutions pore ig strategy or With’ all that’ riding’ on the nurhbers, Statistics Canada goes to great lengths to make sure they are Dating back to 1945, the survey includes individual interviews with 100,000 people aged 15 and over By comparison, the most-detailed public opinion surveys during the last federal samples of about 2,000 people Interviews are conducted during the same week each month by a national staff of 800 who visit each house the first time and usually, but not always, do follow-up interviews by telephone election involved Two questionnaires are used, the personal data on those interviewed to record address. etc and the second to collect detailed responses on employment, unemployment and job-hunting patterns first name Information gleaned from the questionnaires is transmitted by computer from eight regional offices to headquarters in Ottawa is no snap toeach other,” he sadi “It was amazing to me how much! had to learn about a country that was next door.'' — Betsy Beattie, student at the University of Maine (of the eyes) takes about two seconds,” questions that would leave many Canadians scratching — chuckle their heads. Describe the traditional way of Coast How about this one consider thi lite of the Pacific Northwest Indians, or the Eskimos. If that’s too easy, take a crack at outlining the rise and NOTBORING tall of new France and the relevance of the French period in Quebec today hasn't been there MUCH TOLEARN It was a@ng to me how much I had (o learn about a country tha#was next door,” said Betsy Beattie, a bubbly Wisconsin native and one of a dozen students now working on a PhD in a Canadian-related tield at the University of Maine Beattie, 42 part the Vietnam War era when it provided a home for thousand of U.S. draft dodgers. Quebec and other Canadian points race ot her soft spot for Canada to VANCOUVER (CP) Premier Bill CASTLEGAR ROTARY CLUB SUNFEST PANCAKE BREAKFAST Vander Zalm says it's no “big deal that Minister Lyall Hanson knew a’ senior bureaucrat lied to cover up intervention by the prem. pub Labor ier's principal secretary in a licensing scandal Vander Zalm said he has not 7a.m.tolla.m. Pancakes, Sausages, Eggs Juice and Coffee $3.50 $2.00 (Children Under 6) PLAZA SUPER-VALU SATURDAY, JUNE3 — SUNDAY, JUNE 4 ST discussed the situation with Hanson . but sees no reason for the minister to offer his resignation and he doesn't plan to ask for it son admitted last week he was aware of a phone call from David Poole, Vander Zalm’s former princi pal secretary, to Bert Hick,’ then liquor branch general manager, ask Delta Media ing that Services be Special thanks to donors — Castleaird Plaza * SuperValu * Trowelex * Castlegar Lion's Club added to a list of companies’ approv ed by the conduct neighborhood pub referenda government to Nightly at 7:30 p.m. DES GATE ADMISSION CES © WAGON RA\ one TAGE SHOW Z E80 SW. 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Alberta, P22 2M Lid] CWT) ZOMTT Toll-free 1-800-061-1200 call or write today development of Canada and the United States, you're going to discover two very different people living next door The students are less patient with fellow students who mn a bit weird for concentrating 6n Canada when they could be studying more exotic areas like Si European or Central American affairs Anyone who thinks Canada is a boring country said Robert Bailow, an international affairs student who speaks French and travels frequently to ferent “But the political and social value systems They are more tolerant as a whole than Americans very dif and more internationally focused than the United States Suil, students say friends and family turn off quickly is. when they expound on those differences outside the urfiver, sity’s cosy Canadian-American community \ ‘If L talk to my mother in Wisconsin, the glaze-over Beattie said with a Canada-U.S. at the recollection. oviel, country. Hence and doing a universities portion A vivid memory? Being grilled on her views about the free-trade arriving in Ottawa in September 1987 negotiations within days of “I didn’t know a thing about it,”” she said, grimacing *Hearned fast.” Protessors teaching Canadian courses say a major challenge is getting students to realize Canada is a foreign the emphasis on field trips to Canada of their studies at Canadian They may not think Canada is foreign before they leave, but ‘I haven't heard anybody yet come back and say it’s just like Bangor,” ‘said James Herlan, a professor of French and Canadian studies. Hick denied the phone call at a news conference, and Hanson stood by him. Hanson—acknowledged. last week that Hick has come up with conflicting answers about the phone call Vander Zalm said the issue has “straightened and Mr Hanson has clarified it, so I don't have any difficulty with it. It's no big issuc “L think difference between a lie and the way people may have understood oF Said it at the time and I don't see where there's anything wrong here,"’ he said in an his home in been away there is a interview at suburban Richmond Delta Media Services is owned by Charles Giordano, a former Vander Zalm campaign manager. He is charged with perjury with the Knight Street Pub affair Giordano’s firm conducted the ple biscite on the Knight Street Pub before it got its licence in May 1988. The pub has since closed and Hick in connection and Poole have left public service NDP Leader Mike Harcourt Monday that Hanson has been ‘‘stu nned"’ for a after allowing a said year coverup in the scandal and it's time for him to resign Hanson knew of lie LYALL HANSON - aware of call Surely the shock of the statement has té_wear off sometime and the minister should do the right thing when the shock wears off and resign,’’ he said Manager warned, IRC told VANCOUVER (CP) A fired Western Canada Steel manager was warned he “brutal” treatment from the firm's owner if he publicly discussed confidential com pany matters, the Industrial Relat ions Council was told Stuart Gilbertson said former Wes. tern Canada president John Willson told me that if I went public that Cominco would be brutal with me.” Under questioning from Cominco Gilbertson said would- receive lawyer Gavin Hume. he reached an agreement with the firm not to discuss corporate strategy leading up to the lockout of its 350 employees last July and permanent closure of the steel mill in Septem ber The council is holding a hearing complaints by the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers that Western Canada Steel committed unfair labor practices:and bargained in bad faith Hume asked Gilbertson, who was fired in July received from Willson in September about a warning he to keep his silence What's most vivid to me about that had 1 willing to go along | would have had Thank You! The Grand Executive of the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters of Castlegar wishes to thank all the businesses of Castiegor who so graciously donated prizes for our raffle for Cerebral Palsy. Grateful thanks also to the City of Castlegar, Temples in Dist. 2, Trail Lodge Knights of Pythias 23 and to everyone who made our Convention such a huge success! this meeting is been { an excellent reference and an excel lent severance."* Gilbertson said WAS BREACHED Gilbertson's severance package was coupled with a statutory declara tion that he publicly discuss company matters or release company documents. Hume noted earlier during the hearing that Gilb ertson's breach of that shows his word can not be trusted Hume Gilbertson Monday that Willson was concerned would not declaration suggested to that inside information not go to potential purchasers of the mill or to competitors Gilbertson agreed, with Hume's point but added that Willson’s con cerns were with equally if not more so regard to what had preceeding this.” This Gilbertson has gone on was in reference to what repeatedly spearhead ed by Willson on behalf of Cominco. to “lock alleged was a corporate strategy out its employees to avoid paying severance pay Under questioning by Peter Gall lawyer for the IPSCO Inc. of said that before he held ‘five or mill's current owner Regina, Gilbertson and after his firing six meetings’’ with employees to discuss a possible joint-venture buyout of the mill by the employees and another company Gall suggested to Gilbertson that he was plant interested in open return as its manager keeping the because he wanted to Gilbertson admitted the likelihood of his return was ‘absolutely zero unless there was some sort of employce acquisition Asked by Gall if he bring IPsco crerin went public to pressure on Cominco and Gilbertson vid there are tobe what is hap: times when we trav prepared to challenge Normally, the overall rate — which represents the labor force looking for work — changes only one- or two-tenths of a percentage point percentage of the each month. Canadians looking for work. The length of time they can collect unemployment benefits varie ment rates move up and down as local unemploy Some governments also adjust welfare and other te The survey is the conducted in Canada — census every five years. Variable-rate takes nerve By ROB CARRICK The Canadian Press It takes nerve, plus good judgment about where interest rates are head- ed, to take advantage of a variable- rate mortgage, says real-estate law- yer Alan Silverstein. “A lot depends on your personal demeanor,”’ Silverstein says. “If you're the kind of person who likes to go to bed safe and secure, go for a long-term, fixed-rate mortg- age While a fixed-rate mortgage holds the same interest rate throughout its term, a variable-rate mortgage has its rate set each month. The rate moves up or down, usually based on fluctuations in the prime rate at the major banks. Most banks have offered variable- rate mortgages since the early '80s, but they've never had much of a following because of the risks, says Dick Fillmore, manager of payment remains the same, however. If the prime has gone down, the customer wins because the month's interest charge is reduced and the overpayment is applied to the loan principal. But a rising prime rate means trouble. “Let's say prime’s at 10 pér cent, you've chosen a one-year term and then prime works its way up to 15 per cent,”* Fillmore says. “What happens’ is that you're going to be making payments based on 10 per cent. You could end up the first year owing more than you borrowed."’ Fillmore says variable-rate mortg- ages have never amounted to more ion Bank puts it at one-tenth of one per cent for TD Bank. ation for the Royal Bank's mortgage services in Montreal. At the Royal, a customer choosing a variable-rate mortgage can get an interest rate pegged at the current prime rate, for payment periods of one or two years. MONTHLY GAMBLE On the first of every morith, the interest rate is adjusted to match the change in the prime. The monthly As an ative to a iabl mortgage. Silverstein suggests cons: idering a mortgage with a fixed six-month term. “Traditionally, these rates are low- er than long-term mortgages,”’ he says. KEEP OPTION OPEN Whether you choose a six-month or variable-rate mortgage, Silverstein advises making sure you can convert to a long-term mortgage at any time. Chapter6 When the Castlegar Festivals Society started its promotion for Sunfest 89 Pioneer Days, an anonymous letter. arrived in the mail suggesting that if someone took the time to check out the history of the Rivers brothers, and pursue it under the Freedom of In- formation Act, they would be very surprised. A Society member was assigned the responsibility for checking out the story and when she reported this Story back to the group in late April, they were astounded One of the chairman asked, “Since we have a pretty good idea that the Rivers brothers will be in town for Sunfest weekend and will be trying to figure out the clues, to find the gold, why can’t we copy the clues, publish them, and put out a reward for the person who Sunfest search concludes furious. Maybe someone who is reading this story can figure out the clues and we will offer a reward of 100 pieces of gold which in reality would be loonies. Do you think the City of Castlegar would want this history brought out? Do you think they would be interested in the Rivers brothers? Do you really think the Rivers brothers would make an appearance at Sunfest? And now the story ends, at least for now. If you can decipher the clues from this story and from the cryptic messages Connie left, fill out the entry form at the back of the Sunfest program and tell us where you think the gold was buried. Mail or bring the official entry from (no copies or reproductions will be accepted to the Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce offices before Tuesday, June 6, 1989 at 4 p.m. figures it out first? “Great idea. Do you think we can figure out the clues before the Rivers brothers do?"’ said one member. Then the ideas came fast and Kootenay didn’t like to work so this was rarely used. A draw will be made from all the correct entries and the winning en- trant will receive 100 loonies (pieces of gold) courtesy” of Castlegar Savings Credit. Union. Decision of the judges if final. Good luck in finding the gold! — WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS RS Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar “If interest rates are going up, you want to be able to lock into a fixed-rate mortgage."’ he says. Toronto-Dominion charges $150 for such a transaction, while FirstLine Trust Co. has recently introduced a new five-year mortgage, with interest set quarterly, that requires only a telephone call to change from varia- ble-rate to long-term. Bob Ord, vice-president of mort- gages for FirstLine Trust in Toronto, Says many homebuyers are saying that both short-and long-term rates are too high Ord says 70 per cent of people setting up their first mortgage tend to go for the security of a long term, but a similar percentage, in renewing their mortgages, decide to go short. “People with a few: years of mortgage payments under their belts are saying, ‘I'm prepared to play the short game, especially now when I think I might be locking in at a rate that’s too high.""* most-detailed outdone only by the national monthly study The final figures are considered accurate within plus or minus three-tenths of a percentage point in the case of national employment totals. KOOTENAY SOCIETY FOR CASTLEGAR BRANCH invites new members of the public to join the Society and become in volved in the services it provides to individuals with various handicaps The Society's membership and Board of Directors is comprised of a cross section of community members. Members include parents and friends ot handicapped individuals, teachers, homemakers, business people, ac countants, doctors, service clubs and others committed to the in U into th 9 Services provided by the Society on a contractual basis with the Ministry of Social Services and Housing include: 3 Residential Services, a Day Program, a Life Skills program and a Respite Service. These and other contracts generate an operating budget in excess of $700,000 annually and employ upwards to 25 employees. If you are interested in serving with the Soc @s a member, a director or would just like information about the Kootenay Society please call the Society's office at 365-2624 or 365-3433, Our. 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