Bé6é In Quebec CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 16, 1981 Byelection boring voters BY DAVID LORD L'Epiphante, ais: (CP) - It's a The area is a PQ arene f tI local seminaries, dredging up and hold and local bi Joliette voters who aren't on vacation are either bored with elections - there've been five federal or provincial votes here in the last two years - or are in their fields preparing the tobacco and corn harvests. Several of the eight candi- dates in the federal byelc- tion race in this largely-rural riding just northeast of Mon- treal are predicting that less than half the 63,000 eligible voters will cast ballots on Monday. Jean-Guy Poitras, mana- ger ofa furniture plant in this sleepy village 40 kilometres from Montreal says: “No one except the poli- ticians is talking about the election. Anyway, what Diff- erence will it make if one or the other is elected?” That attitude appears to prevail in this lacklustre race. On the face of it, the real battle is between Liberal Michel Denis and Progress- ive Conservative Rock LaSalle. Joliette has been LaSalle's fiefdom since 1968, except for a brief spell last spring when he bolted federal politics to lead the Union Nationale Party in the April 18 prov- incial election. That proved to be a disaster for the UN and, the Liberals are hoping, left “lee Joliettains” resentful toward LaSalle for abandoning the Commons and forcing the byelection. SHUT OUT 2 LaSalle is banking he'll be able to shut out DEnis by promoting his. years of ser- vice in the riding and using a blistering assault on Liberal i and i Guy Chevrette, Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau and backbencher Rene Blouin have indicated vhat LaSalle, although a federalist, has stood up for the “interests of Quebec.” LaSalle. a voluble, back- slapping former supply and services minister in Clark's short-lived cabinet, appeared to have a lead at the start of the campaign. His opponent Denis, a former legislature member, was little known and steered away from the national issues with which LaSalle set the scene. But the Liberals retaliated with a flood of visits by MPs and ministers who tackled the tough national questions, freeing Denis to stump the riding vaunting the advant- ages of having an MP on the government side of the Commons for the first time in 18 years. HAND OUT GOODIES While Agriculture Minis- ter Eugen Whelan met with farmers, Justice Minister Jean Chretien spoke about the constitution and the economy. Health Minister Monique Begin handed out a $9,000 grant for an old-age home as C debts. Denis has campaigning hard on his own and in the company of high-profile Liberals - he is rarely without an exper- ienced MP at his side. Fox, cabinet minister responsible for the region, hus been the most active Liberal in the race. Each Liberal MP has been given two of the 28 parishes in the riding on which to concentrate.antonio Yanakis, MP for Berthier, said this week he believes the balance of victory lies in the two northern parishes he is stumping for Denis. LaSalle's ies have been " BUSINESS GIREC New Insertions, Telephone 365-5210 the C ECTORY copy and for New: Directory will be accepted tatore the first Wednesday issue of each month oe Peet Eee Dunwoody & Co. Chartered Accountants 410 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph, 365-2151 Len Folkman, B.Com.,.C.A. Resident Partner Services Complete Septic Tank Service %* Sand, Gravel % Topsoil %* Excavating * Post! Holes —— Groceteria & Laundromat a Shake ‘e Shoppe 1038 Columbia Avenue (Bottom of aeaues Hill) OPEI 2364 Dayee Year Mon.-Sat. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Sun. & Hols. 9-10:30 p.m. Groceries, Tobacc: Confectionary & General Phone 365-6534 we sell and our prices are right. Don't buy another Honda until you check our price or you may have paid too much, Elliott Motors Ltd. 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But with all the national political stars in the riding - Alberta Conservative MP David Kilgour and onetime Conservative leadership hopeful Brian Mulroney came into boost LaSalle - the two major contenders were usu- ally out of the limelight ing kitchen i An ication of Conser- Soligo, Babcock Co. * Chartered A : Snow Removal 365-6505 365-3015 605 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B. Sc., C.A. Resident Partner vative fears of the two fringe .; candidates has been seen in allegations by LaSalle and his organizers that the Liberals have been funneling money into the Socred and in- dependent candidate’s cam- paigns to draw off Conserva- tive votes. Mercier, a former PQ backbencher ousted for crit- icizing the party's. liberal abortion policy, has been attacking LaSalle as a “false and this could Policies. He also has had a helping hand from Conservative Leader Joe Clark, his wife Maureen McTeer and other pominent Conservatives, and has tacit endorsements from local parti Quebecois members of the IQuebec legislature. touring factories, teeing off at golf tournaments, trying to meet. as many voters as possible. With fewer reporters around, the campaigners got down to the real business of rural campaigning - digging out the family ties with prospective voters, remin- iscing about school days in Senior citizens Unique lottery The crusty hard hitting former newspaper editor will soon appear in a series of radio and television ads pro- moting the new senior citizens lottery in B.C. “They need you and you need them, and that’s fer damshur,” says the 94-year- old legend. Murray's picture will also appear on member- ship coupons that entitle the 294,000 seniors in the pro- vince to free membership in the seniors group of their choice. whether they buy the lottery tickets or not. “This will help draw many seniors out of isolation and get them participating in activities,” said former Van- couver mayor Tom Alsbury, 71, a driving force behind the lottery. In addition, greater membership will give seniors more clout in talking to government about matters such as improved pensions, better health care, senior Cominco The parade in Trail September 19 to honour Cominco’s 75th anniversary looks like it will ‘be “the parade to end all parades”, says organizer Art Howard. So far, more than 50 floats and six bands are scheduled to be part of the parade, and organizers expect to hi from oven more the next couple of weeks. It could be even bigger and more boisterous than the memorable “Cominco on Parade” that was part of the Trail Jubilee 50th anniversary celebrations in 1951. That civic parage 30 years ago stretched over two miles. The parade in September will be just one event in a weekend jam-packed with festivities and competitions citizens housing, and battling rent hikes. “The lottery will be held once a year and is the first of its king in the province,"say: Alsbury. Anyone can buy the tickets, which are on sale now. Province-wide house- holder mailings will this week. “The tickets are $2 each, or a book of 6 for $10, and proceeds to to the participa- ting seniors’ groups in the province to help finance housing projects, recreation equipment, outings and other activities. The prizes are a $100,000 in tax-free cash” a 14-day, all expense paid Caribbean- Panama Canal cruise for two; and $22,009 is other prizes, including a $2,000 prize every Tuesday in October, and a $1,000 prize every Tuesday in September, November, and December. The lottery is sponsored by the Seniors’ Lottery begin * have a disastrous effect on LaSalle’s support. Both Mercier and the Social Credit Party's national president, Carl O'Malley,’ believe they can squeak by LaSalle and Denis. O'Malley, a Montreal businessman, said the possibility of a Socred victory “is the stuff miracles are made of.” set up ation of B.C., 64 branches of the Senior Citizens Associa- tion, and 94 branches of the Old Age Pensioners’ Organi- zation. Other participants in the lottery are the Royal Canadian Pensioners “Action Now”. Alsbury, said the lottery enables seniors to use. their store of skills and know-how to contribute to the province.” He said there is a growing movement of juniors and seniors working together to serve the interests of seniors and all citizens. “Iam giving all out support to the lottery as a means of enabling seniors throughout the Province to become a strongly organized group to better serve their interests, and so they can use their skills and know how to contribute to the life of the province. “I know everybody is in- terested in helping senior citizens and the lottery is a 3 of doing it.” parade will top all Kimberley on the previous weekend but the only parade is in Trail. So far, the bands lined up for the parade include the Cranbrook girls Bugle Band, the Trail Maple Leaf Band, the Kimberley Pipe Band, the J.L. Crowe Band, the Nelson Kiltie Band and the Trail Pipe Band. Lorne DePaolis is co-ordinating the bands for the parade. Howard said the response from the general community toward . pi in the Dancers, Trail Chamber of Commerce, the village of Montrose, the Legion Colour Parade, Warfield Credit Union, Trail International Folk Society, West Kootenay Aquatic Society, Trail Militia, #681 Air Cadet Squadron, Glenmerry Guide Company, Kimberley Antique Cars, Kootenay Cattle Company, Bill's 7.V. Rebuilding, Alliance Church, Rossland Eagles, CJAT, McGauley Ready-Mix, Job's Warfield Guides parade has been excellent. Among the sponsors of floats for the parade are West Kootenay Power, the Trail School Board, Local 480, the city of Kimberley, the city of Rossland, the village of Warfield, the city of Trail, pe Aaa Lodge, Colombo in of C anniversary. Many of the sports events and anniver- sary festivities will go on in Waneta Paes CP Rail, R.C.M.P., Trail Fire Dept., Antique Car Club, Trail Highland ah Brownies and the Rossland Golden City Days Queen Float. 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FURNITURE & AUTOMOTIVE, UPHOLSTERY & SALES 365-30: 650- 23rd St., Castlegar pertstaktve Library, ; Vistesap cher es WEATHERCAST Vay. ay oe Be 4 3) sor ery coir ih with denier Maoh aie oaeciee ts Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1981 VOL. 34, NO. 66 35 Cents 4 Sections (A,B, C&D) Media report urges government action OTTAWA (CP) — The Kent royal commission on newspapers has called for tough government action to fight concentrated newspaper and broadcast ownership that new kind of the hands of a few corpora- “It is a concentration of democracy of society,”’ he tions and indivi hip, a Hon of said. It concluded ‘after a $3- power in one set of hands “‘What has already hap- million study lasting nine which is clearly the reverse of pened is, in the commission's months that all normal of free- *” the engulfs the newspaper indus- dome of the press, the liberty Kent report said. It predicted try and said media giants and independence and the greater concentration unless should be forced to divest themselves of holdings in some regions. At #8 news conference, Tom Kent singled out Thomson Newspapers Ltd. for special criticism.. Thomson owns 40 dailies in Canada, the prestigious Globe | and Mail Je:Toronty: laws change. besbieton to prevent more Kent, a former editor of oe Winnipeg Free Press, fellow issioners ‘§ cous closing of Thomson’s Ottawa Journal and Southam Inc.'s Winnipeg Tribune, urged the government to pass paces Fights! Gaal to aubaltoe adherence to the new laws. Report goes to committee OTTAWA (CP) - The federal Ravvernmel has ite fe from g it has fought for and Won. “But, in all matters; free- dom requires not éaly the absence of, i E i Al recommended unprece- dented laws to regulate own- ership and journalsim quality. It warned that the free ex- change of ideas is threatened by transfer of newspapers to the Kent royal commission ism Minister James Flem- report ot Bewspapers and ing said today. to mak He ‘added that he also to cabinet, was d a working group to study the "excit- ing”-report which made strong ‘recommendations Continued on AS Zi Hoe ie powerful minoritie impose on others, mental conmlitee to study "Model: Nareiag car, 1929. \Model A four-door sedan and 6.1295 Hudeon Supe per 6. é ‘ BRINGING these old cars back to life is et ‘thelr in town Tuesday enroute to, Powell River from Regina owner will be doing in the next while. The cars stopped whera they were purches ed. They are, from left; 1917 Forest t industry. _contract ‘Famously atged tts'3;000' mem ting” aajeataaat “aia = - ‘béts Spurn the offer Monday. ‘tional time off.” The .6,322- ae | ee eis cor cent member local is ‘the second. 3 of 15 per cent largest'in the union: - in the the first ‘year and 13 per In. Cranbrook; she 21 cent in the second year, member executive of boosting the industry’s aver- 1-405 attacked the tentative ‘age hourly rate to $15.17 from pact for failing to include $11.55. provisions for sccumulated The Port Alberni local’s. time-off that was originally a executive is upset that 28 key demand, said local presi- given to its dent Wayne Nowlin. About 20 union met Monday in Nanaimo to discuss a last-ditch attempt to organize opposition to. the offer. Mezawhile, some locals of the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada ignored their negotiators’ advice RCMP Supt. Bruce ‘North orp, when ‘asked if ‘the dis- appearances of Colleen Daignault, 13, and Terri Lynn ‘hh — RCMP turn te computor from rticle page AS MacMillan Bloedel’s Harmac isha cae the man has been charged tei or hee been with one count each of rape, ai eight missing gross indecency and buggery youths in“ south- ATteged to 5 have takes’ lace “ place in western B. oy ins ThEy the fast & of May. Notthor> aes at a media briefing Mondsy that Carson was ‘‘not on the list, per se,”” ‘adding that “‘it’s the impres- slor of her mother that she’s alive ‘and around.”’ Bat’ after speaking with Suszey (RCMP ‘cfficers early Wednesday, Northorp said a different view had been taken ces the Aug. 1 disappearance wee largest locals tea: jection. The executive of Local 1-85, in Port Alberni, the largest local on Island, Vancouver Island voted 98 percent to accept. However, Local 8, which mostly for strike-related activity have not been rescinded by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. as part of the back-to-work rejection of the contract tenta- tively accepted by the 48,000- _ member union’s negotiating commi ‘ And Local 4, which repre- sents employees from Prince Rupert, voted S9 per cent. for . rejection. - “The Port Alberni executive is also dissatisfied with the proposed wages, cost-of- the ex of Loal 1-405 in Cranbrook, the union’s largest local in. the Southern Interior, unani- The.charges were laid after the man was taken into cust- ody for questioning about the slaying of Judy Kozma, 14, whose body was found near’ - Weaver Lake in the: Fraser Valley. Kozma is one of three teenagers found slain in the Fraser Valley this summer. Poll finds support for premiers VANCOUVER (CP) — Sixty per cent of Canadians ques- tioned in a recent Gallup poll commissioned by eight prem- iers think the federal _govern- ment’s attempt to unilaterally patriate the. constitution is adians.’’ dividing the country, Premier The pollsters, who conduc- Bill Gennett told a morning ted with news conference. 1,064 adults between July 18 “They wish to see further and 22, found 74 per cent of meetings to ensure that all Canadians in the Prairie prov changes to our inces think patria- are made in Canada,” Ben- tion is divisive, compared net said of the poll, commis- with 67 per cent in B.C., 59 aicis pet cent in Ontario, 56 per except Premier Bill Davis of cent in the Atlantic provinces Ontario and Premier Richard and 51 per cent in Quebec. strong feelings about what Hatfield of New Branswick. . Bennett called for a one- their | scouatsy means to Despite Canadians’ con- yar moratorium on the consti- them. cerns about the constitution, tutional debate so that atten- Bennett called fora “pause in tion can be given to the the tangle,’’ which he.said is while the more immediate plagued by unitive interest Trudeau should meet the aeaeeie the) problems concern, the state of the rates, double-digit inflation premiers to try to reach < economy, is resolved. and a weak Canadian dollar. on the “C do not with to “Surely what is needed now He said he would like to see and 90 per cent said all be forced to choose between is a pause in th of itutional ch their federal and provincial VANCOUVER (CP) - tangle... to give us time to governments,” Bennett said.’ B.C.’s investment surge will “Canadians do not wish to sxpport ihe roy allecon. see their governments getting omy this year and continue to along and reaching co-oper- provide growth for the next ativ e solutions to their every- few years, Royal Bank econo- day conceras.”” mists reflect on where we have been, where we are going as Canadians and to give us time to address the serious econ- omic problems that are-the chief concerns of all Can- rather than veto constitutional But he stressed sna the call for a Bennett’s personal Sinan" and is not meant to reflect the feelings of the seven other dissident premiers. © d errr The dissident premiers want the 114-year-old British North America Act brought to Canada with an amending. formula that would allow up to three provinces to opt out of future changes affecting - powers. Ottawa’s amend- ing formula would require the consent of Ontario, Quebéc, two of the four Atlantic prov- inces and two of the four Western provinces, but all future changes would apply to all provinces. 3 Bennett called upon Trudeau to join the premicrs in ‘‘arriving at common sense since April 21 are related. Hall said the incident invol- ving the sex offences took place in Surrey. He said he did not antici- pate any further. charges be- ing laid against the man end then declined. further ‘com- ment. The man was arrested Aug. 12 near Port, Alberni on-’ disp Vancouver Island. At the time of his arrest he had two hitch- hikers in his vehicle. At an earlier appearance in court he was also with two counts of breaking and entering and is scheduled to appear on those charges next week. if Bennett said poll statistics i that 54 per cent of have P oe been following the consti- tution issue closely does not mean most Canadians are not interested in the debate. North Delta to retura to her own home. Surrey RCMP also earlier. al ‘*Most Canadians don’t need to be current to have Prediction calls for growth Almost 90 per cent of those polled said Prime Minister a the Supreme Court of: Can- ada’s ruling, expected in September, on the provinces’ challenge of Ottawa’s handl- ing of the constitution ques- tion. except those which affect the 4 : amending formula, should be 2 iS made in Canada. e a m About two-thirds said they. P p 3 would prefer that the Senate eo ‘ e or be given the power to delay VANCOUVER (CP) - Hu : man carelessness is to blame for 20 of the 94 new forest product fires that broke out in British rere by 8.2 per cent this Sciambia on eaeay: said to8.6 per forest p neh offi- cent ey 1982. cials. It said residential invest. | The new fires increased: ment continues to be strong, the provincial total to 615. housing although starts are Uncontrolled fires number- ed 23 Tuesday, up from 12 Monday. A total of 1,528 fire- NOON DOLLAR : awonmaeal c)- US. Wildcat closes Cominco mine funds at noon today was z down 28-60 at $1.2094. Pound: KIMBERLEY B.C. (CP)- Steel Workers of America, He did not say what the sterling was down 21-60’ at A wildcat walkout has closed said picket lines went up company actions were. $2,2114. Cominco. Ltd.’s mine and today to protest a series of In New York, the Canadian fertilizer plan in Kimberley company actions against em- dollar was up 8-25 at $0.8269, and idled 1,100 employees. p:oyees, which began Thurs-' Leno Sachilotto, president day when a probationary and pound sterling was up 7-20 at $1,8285. of Local 651 of the United electrician was discharged. Sachilotto said a picket line was set: up briefly Friday, resulting in three more dis- missals and nine suspensions.