<2 Castlegar News May 4, 1901 Forestry report calls for mass.changes VANCOUVER (CP) — A new Crown orporation should ad- minister B.C.'s forests and there should be a dramatic reduction in the cutting rights now enjoyed by forest A forest resources corporation should be set up to oversee the new system of cutting trees and replanting them, the report said. The corporation would create a says a go missioned report. “Smaller tenure holders" such as natives and II. market and pay dividends to She B.C. government, and would receive revenues by should get a bigger share of the an- nual allowable cut, the forest resour- ces commission said in a 98-page report released Thursday. Such groups. would respect wildlife, watersheds and the recreational uses in a forest, it said, jing forest land. The commission, which cost $3 million, was created by the Social Credit government in June 1989 after widespread public concern over the logging of old-growth forests, clear- cutting and the amount of waste by lumber companies. OTTAWA (CP) — American cable superstations — large in- dependent broadcasters offering a mix of sports and movies — should soon be available in Canada. The U.S. State Department decided this week an embargo banning the superstations in Canada should be lifted. Only the paper work needs to be signed and that was expected to be completed Friday said Timothy Finton, counsellor of telecommunications trade with the State Department. The Canadian Radio-television Canada may get U.S. superstations cable companies superstations. But the State Department ban- ned them until Canada put in place a new copyright fee struc- ture that would ensure the super- stations -received. royalties from Canadian cable companies. The Copyright Board finally issued a fee structure last fall, which the State Department reviewed and approved, Finton said. Jay Thomson, vice-president of regulatory affairs for the Cable Television ion, said cable com- panies are anxious to offer the to carry the and T Com- mission, which regulates the television industry, has granted approval for years for Canadian “A lot of them would like to begin the superstations in Sep- tember, Thomson said. up. — GARDEN DEBRIS MATTRESSES PUBLIC NOTICE SPRING CLEANUP The City will be sponsoring a Spring Cleanup Week. Those who wish to participate are to phone City Hall (365-7227) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Ma register for this free service. Actual pic! chup will take place during the week of May 13 to May 17, 1991. During this event the following types of refuse will be picked — BULK ITEMS LIMITED TO OLD FRIDGES, STOVE AND — HEDGE AND TREE TRIMMINGS 6 to May 10, 1991 to Forests Minister Claude Richmond refused to comment in detail on the report's contents.’ But he said if the government implemented all 108 recommendations it would mean a major shift in forest policy. “We're not going to make those changes until we've had a lot of con- sultation with the industry and with the user groups,’ he said. Commission chairman Sandy Peel said in an interview the commission wants a land-use plan for all forest values. developed in the next two years. Implementing the plan will only be NDP still VICTORIA (CP) — B.C. Finance Mel Couvelier should resign for passing along a memo about the real estate agent who sold Bill Vander Zalm’s Fantasy Gardens theme park for the former premier, the Op- position said. For the second straight day, the NDP said Couvelier should quit over the memo, which included infor- mation about Faye Leung, the real estate agent who sold Vander Zalm’s Fantasy Gardens theme park. The memo from the financial in- stitutions commission concerned a trust company application. The NDP said Couvelier, by passing on the memo, breached the confidentiality provision of the Financial Institutions Act. “I think very clearly the minister of finance has an independence because of his statutory respon- sibilities and .the breach of that by 1g information known to the pretnier’s office is clearly wrong.’’ said NDP Leader Mike Harcourt. Leung, meanwhile, has written to Couvelier, warning his memo—con- tains ‘‘libelous, confidential and false statements’’ about her. Vander Zalm resigned as premier April 2 after conflict-of-interest The garden debris and hedge/tree trimmings must be bagged, bundled or boxed (Maximum weight — 40 Ib./unit; maximum length — 4'/unit) for ease of handling For safety purposes either secure or remove the doors from the fridges and stoves We would prefer that the refuse be placed at the front curb side RE-DISCOVER THE KOOTENAYS MINI-ELDERHOSTEL AT LEMON CREEK LODGE educational experience. Lectures ietoae forestey. geology ond Japanese /elocotion in the Kootenays MAY 20-23 © MAY 27-30 ‘A Unique Mother's Day Gift CALL LAKE CITY HOLIDAYS FOR MORE INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS 352-5253 Possible with a new government ministry of renewable natural resour- ces that rolls together the agencies now responsible for fish, wildlife; water, forests and range, he said. “Fish fight with wildlife, parks fight with water, and they all fight with forests,”’ he said. ‘They don't look on it in an integrated way.” If the government is serious about its long-term commitment to growing new crops of trees there will have to be a ‘two- to three-fold increase in what's spent on silviculture today,” Peel said. That is unlikely to come, from government, he said, because of rising health care and education costs, So a new Crown corporation would collect all the rents from forest companies and channel them into proper forest management, he said. The corporation would also over- see a restructured system of forest tenures. About 85 per cent of all trees cut in British Columbia now are held under one form of long-term tenure by companies owning sawmills, pulp mills Or some other processing plant. Peel also said about half the wood cut in the province should be turned over to others to cut, The wood would go to an open log market where. the highest bidder would get the rights to it. “If we get that expanded log market, if we get a forest practices act with some teeth that we can en- force in the courts of the province, 1 think we've made some steps ‘in the right direction,’*’ said Joe Foy, a Western Canada Wilderness Com- mittee director, hammering Couvelier commissioner Ted Hughes found he mixed public office and private business in the $16-million sale of the gardens in sub toa the Fantasy Gardens issue,’’ he said Thursday. But the NDP argues Couvelier is ing his tune. Taiwanese billionaire. Vander Zalm, who had asked Hughes to investigate conflict allegations against him, said Tuesday he has launched a B.C. Supreme Court action to overturn some of Hughes’s findings. Documents in that action reveal Couvelier received a memo Oct. indicating a possible violation of the Real Estate Act during the Fantasy Gardens sale. A later memo from Couvelier to David Emerson, Vander Zalm’s deputy minister, contained the com- mission’s findings with the comment: “*I draw this matter to your attention for information and such other ac- tion as you may feel is required.”” Section 217 of the. Financial In- stitutions Act requires those involved wtih the commission not to disclose information or records “‘other than for purposes of administering this act, the purposes of a prosecution or where required by law.”* Couvelier, who ultimately is i for the denied any wrongdoing, saying Van- der Zalm as head of government was entitled to be involved since the in- ion, came from a check in an.application to establish a trust company. “There can be no substance to any suspicion that might have influenced BURT CAMPBELL SATURDAY, MAY 18 Fireside Banquet Room Happy Hour 6 p.m Dance to Follow Cost $15.00/per person Includes dinner and dance Tickets may be purchased at Castlegar News LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE Dinner 7 p.m Finance critic Glen Clark pointed out that Couvelier has frequently referred to the role of the financial commission as being similar to the Police. **His (Couvelier’s) position is quite similar to the attorney general when it comes to this kind of quasi-police investigation which is really what the financial institutions commission is,’’ Clark sai What is not clear is who deals with breaches of the act. Commission superintendent Bob Hobart suggested breaches of con- fidentiality may be dealt with inter- nally, but also could involve the At- torney General's Ministry. “It’s a new act and we've never had a breach,’’ he said, ‘*It’s not specific in the legislation who deals with it.’” Attorney General Russ Fraser said he wouldn't say whether Couvelier.is being investigated. Labor group want charter with trade KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — A Nor- th American charter of labor guaran- teeing minimum wages and working conditions should be part of any free trade with Mexico, the president of the Canadian Federation of Labor said Thursday. James McCambly told the B.C.- Yukon Council of Labor the charter is needed to protect Canadian workers facing competition from cheap Mexican labor. “*We believe that loss of industry and jobs on a mass scale is inevitable if free trade with Mexico proceeds without adequate safeguards to deal with labor issues,’’ he said. In addition to wages and benefits, the charter would guarantee workers the right to organize, bargain freely and establish health and safety stan- dards, McCambly said a federation delegation will_go to Mexico on Saturday to study labor conditions there and assess the potential impact of a free trade deal among Canada, the United States and Mexico, Although the federation, unlike the larger Canadian Labor Congress, is not tied to any political party, McCambly said the organization was happy when an NDP government was elected in Ontario. “And we will be happy if a New Democratic Party government is elec- ted to power in British Columbia. No party in Canadian history has stood so squarely on the side of labor as the NDP. “If the. voters should choose another Social Credit government, I hope the new government .will learn from past mistakes and pursue policies that are less antagonistic and damaging to the working people of this province."’ Union continued from front page of service would also get a lump sum of $2,000. but alleyways will be permitted (Please specify | ion and description when phoning in. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS / WDNEY TOURS 1355 Bay Ave., Trail 368-6666 West's Travel 365-7782 OREGON /CALIFORNIA COAST & CRUISE YELLOWSTONE /BLACK HILLS Jom: tg > Ay apy ts YElowstone NATIONAL PARK ond the BLACKHILLS 3 SOUTH DAKOTA. Travel back to e days of the OLD WEST . . . 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Emmerson told the Castlegar News that the letter was her only way to fight back against rumors she had heard and phone calls she had received to the effect that her mother wasn’t receiving the proper care or attention in her final days. “Well, after several phone calls I had, 1 was wondering how many more people were saying the same things, but didn’t have the nerve to come forward and say it.”” Emmerson’s mother Ada Marie Beatch died of cancer in Salmo April 10 at the age of 91. Rumors began circulating in the small community about 45 kilometres east of Castlegar after Mrs. Beach decided she wanted to leave the hospital and spend her remaining days with friends she had met in Salmo. Emmerson said it was her mother who made the deicision to leave the hospital after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She said the decision was made a year in advance of her death and was made in consultation with her doc- tor, the head nurse of the Trail Regional Hospital, Social Services and other family members and organizations. “The care giving and’ comforting were available (to my mother) and given when necessary on a 24-hour- a-day basis. | know this because I was able to visit my mother every day on my way to, and sometimes my return, from work in Trail,"’ she said in the letter. She said her mother had ‘kind of adopted the family’’ in Salmo and wanted to stay with them and their three teenage children in her last days, a wish Emmerson couldn’t refuse. “The children called her gran- dmother, she didn’t have any gran- dchildren here, so it was really nice that she was able to stay there for her last days.”” Emmerson’s husband Bill said his wife was enraged and hurt by the in- sensitivity of some people in the community. “As far as I'm concerned people were thoughtless and insensitive and, I'll use the word, somewhat ignorant. I mean this is her mother that passed away and that was totally forgotten, that was thrown out the window.”” Emmerson said she just got fed up with it all. “1 supposed it (writing the letter) helped me let off steam because it’s been a hard time really.”’ A pair of young C that sport to work on ¥ chy ABCs using ry words on the guide. CosNews photo by Ed Mills d took a break from the rough and tumble world of at Kinsmen Park as a handy Treaty recognizes natives OTTAWA (CP) — A _ new covenant or national treaty among natives, French and English could be the first step towards a renewed Canada, the president of the Native Council of Canada said. “We are willing to use a national treaty to accommodate both our own demands for recognition and the essential demands coming from within Quebec,’’ Viola Robinson Details such as the division of powers between provincial and federal gi ing the aboriginal self- government. Bur B "s proposal would soveriegnty and constitutional amending formula or Senate reform would be left for a p round of talks. Robinson said the treaty would be a way to agree on the essentials of what Canada is before a deadline of October 1992 when Quebec might hold a on told the i on the constitutional ‘amending formula. “Now it is aboriginal peoples . . . who may have the express train and the tracks for getting Canada out of the mess we were left in last June.’* She proposed a national treaty that would recognize aboriginals as a fundamental part of Canada with a right to self-government. It also would recognize French Canada’s realities and distinctiveness, centred in Quebec. It could be reached relatively quickly because it wouldn’t require constitutional amendment — treaties once ratified are protected by the Constitution. bi said her or which represents natives without of- ficial status, hasn't approached Quebec with the idea yet. MPs and senators greetéd Robin- son’s proposal with optimism. Willie Littlechild, a native MP from Alberta, described it as “novel idea which I think is certainly worth a lot of consideration. Your proposition deals with both Quebec and native issues at once."* Last week, George Erasmus, nationalchief of the Assembly of First Nations, discussed a national ‘super’ treaty that would recognize By LOUIS LaROCHE Special to the Castlegar News College, takes geology to heart. for the fun of it. Kaslo: so much so that several people have taken the course two and even three times simply to yahcrs their Teacher's fascination rubs off on students Lesley Anderton, a geology instructor at Selkirk In addition to her full-time duties at the college, she volunteers to teach a popular night course entitled Geology of the West Kootenay. The course focuses on identification of rocks and minerals, as well as on earth-forming processes and local geological history. Hands-on experience is an essential part of this stress-free course. There are no marked assignments of exams — just plain learning Anderton’s fascination with geology truly unfolds on each of the three full-day weekend field trips offered as part of the course. One such field trip was last Saturday, when she took her class of 26, ranging in age from 12 to 70, on a fascinating tour from Balfour to New Denver. On the menu: a bit of local history, rock hounding and an unexpected mineral water (like Perrier) tasting session from a roadside spring outside of Similar trips have inspired hundreds of students since she began teaching the course in 1970. In fact, Lely Anderton hes det hen on memories and to relive the experi a geologist will take the course, drawn > Enderton’s legendary field trips. The next geology course won't be offered until the spring of 1993, but geology lessons wil? carry on in the meantime. ‘The money raised from the course is used to sponsor an educational program in Castlegar where hires two of her regular students to visit schools and teach geology in a fun way. This year’s students, Lara Halisheff and Christina Markin, are now ready to take students on field trips that include panning for minerals and @ visit to a may be deal only with the relationship bet- ween natives and Canada. Provinces wouldn't be involved in negotiating it and it wouldn’t try to recognize Quebec's status. Audio problems botch test OTTAWA (CP) — The Supreme Court of Canada has seen the future — they just couldn’t hear it. The high court was supposed to use video technology for the first time in a full-fledged appeal hearing Tuesday, a trial run for a more am- bitious plan that may eventually see entire cases argued by television. The picture was clear enough as Larry -Kowalchuk, the lawyer representing the anti-poverty group Equal Justice for All, stepped up to a podium in a studio in Saskatoon. He was to present an argument against the controversial Saskat- chewan electoral map that has come under challenge by a variety of groups as discriminating against city- dwellers and favoring rural Tory strongholds. But not a sound could be heard in the ornate courtroom in Ottawa as Kowalchuk started to speak. The nine judges in Ottawa went on to hear from other lawyers the old- fashioned way — in the flesh, stan- ding in front of them Despite an hour of behind-the- scenes tinkering, the audio link still wasn’t working as final arguments drew to a close. Although the video project has the support of the Canadian Bar Assoc- iation, it has been greeted with scorn by some counsel. “*1 wouldn't do it on a bet,”’ said one lawyer who practises often before the court. “It doesn’t allow for interplay between judges and counsel,’ another said of the video scheme,“‘It raises real questions about the role of advocacy before this court."” Defenders of the plan say it would Open the Supreme Court to lawyers who can’t afford frequent travel to Ottawa and break up the clubby at- Argo volunteers labor, supplies for causeway ‘A far sighted and public spirited gesture,"” enthused a visiting Trail Rotarian, senior Cominco executive and engineer. “‘The chance of a lifetime.”” He was attending a Castlegar Rotary Club meeting on Monday and had just heard an offer by Argo Ltd., the con- eyesore. However, the city has in- formed the society that there are funds available for the vital recon- struction needed. In view of this situation, Charters wrote a letter to superintendent F.W, Doucette of Argo Industries on behalf of the Heritage Society asking for i} and received the tractors currently working op the Celgar Pulp mill site, to reconstruct the often damaged and inadequate causeway to the Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park. The problem goes back to the B.C. government-city shared pur- chase of the badly overgrown and vandalized Zuckerberg Island Property in 1981, and the 1983 Rotary project to make it into a park. At that time, access to the island was a harrow concrete causeway. Construction of the $100,000 pedestrian suspension bridge, and restortion of the Chapel House (both built by volunteer labor with Rotary Club, government and local in- dustrial support) produced a volume of traffic which greatly reduced the concrete causeway to rubble. It has been repeatedly patched over the past six years with earth fill and broken concrete, and destroyed just as often — the floods last June, July and December being the most devastating. This has meant that the island and Chapel House have been repeatedly without fire equipment access. A $15,000 fire in 1986 (covered by in- surance) to the face of the Chapel House heightened concern for its safety and underlined fire chief Bob Mann’s repeated warning that without proper equipment access to the island, fire insurance was void and the loss of an irreplacable heritage site would be total. Anxiety is intense this year with forecasts of record floods and the loss of what remains of the causeway, not to mention the fact that the place itself is an aesthetic following letter which was read Monday to the Rotary Club: “This letter will serve to confirm an offer by Argo Industries Ltd. to donate the necessary manpower, equipment and materials, to recon- struct the existing causeway connec- ting Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park and the riverside mainland. “We propose to reshape existing contours to neat lines (and) build (the causeway up) to an elevation yet to be determined but higher than (the) previous high-water level. “We propose to face the upstream side of the causeway with large rip- rap, face the downside with small broken rock, and fill and compact the causeway itself with good granular material. “We offer to undertake this project solely for the benefit and en- joyment of the people of Castlegar and district to show our appreciation for the help and cooperation our company has received since we came to this area, to participate in the modernization of the pulp mill. After reading the letter, it was pointed out Argo is offering a no- cost option to the city, a permanent solution to a dangerous ongoing problem and, since they are one of the major excavation contractors in the province, an ideal agent to carry it out. The club voted to support and sponsor the proposal. Since then, Argo’s letter and all pertinent information have been forwarded to city council with the recommendation that since it is “the opportunity of a lifetime,"’ it should be acted upon with all possible haste. BRIEFLY By CasNews Staff and News Services Accident kills two Two men were killed Thursday morning near Salmo on Highway 3 when the tractor-trailer unit they were driving crashed into a cement guard railing and exploded, Salmo RCMP said Friday. Ronald Meredith Lowcay, 52, and his son Edward James Lowcay, 20, both of Kamloops were heading east about three kilometres west of Salmo when their vehicle failed to negotiate an S- curve and crashed into the railing. The vehicle ignited immediately after crashing into the south ditch. The trailer contained 36,000 litres of gas, police said. Fire officials, West Kootenay Power representatives and Salmo RCMP officers arrived at the scene within minutes of the collison, police said. The RCMP and the B.C. Coroner's Service are investigating. Police said the gasoline burned but didn’t appear to cause any environmental damage Bill 82 fight continues The president of the Castlegar and District Teachers Association will join other representatives Tuesday from around the province in front of the legislature buildings in Victoria to protest Bill 82, the provincial government's wage sector restraint law. Joyce Adams said Friday there would be at least one person from every teachers association in the province at the demonstration. As well, parents and trustees and other public sector union representatives are expected to attend. Following the rally, Adams will meet with Chris D'Arcy, NDP MLA for Rossland-Trail, to lobby for his support in getting Bill 82 repealed, she said. Students out of luck Cominco Ltd. in Trail does not expect to hire any students for vacation relief in production and maintenance this summer but a small number may be hired for relief of office and technical positions, a news release said. The company said summer hiring is being curtailed because of poor business conditions, the number of people already on layoff who still have recall rights, and the winddown of construction activity. Tax break for land Two inisters will be Cabinet to approve a property purchase tax exemption for groups or individuals buying land dedicated to preservation Finance and Corporate Relations Minister Mel Couvelier and Graham Bruce, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation ané Culture, said they will also ask the federal government to give purchasers a break on the-GST, a news release said The tax amendment, which would be retroactive to March 23, 1987, would spell out the conditions which must be met in order to qualify for the exemption. Refunds would be provided to taxpayers who have already paid the tax on purchases of qualifying land, the release said. “‘It makes good sense to eliminate the tax in these cases,"’ Bruce said. ‘‘After all, this privately-acquired land will be managed and Preserved for the long-term benefit of all British Columbians. Vancouver Sun switches The Vancouver Sun will switch to morning from afternoon publication starting in September, Pacific Press president Stu Noble said Thursday. The change — effective Sept. 16 — means the broadsheet Sun will compete directly with the tabloid Province in the morning. The Sun publishes every day but Sunday; the Province every day but Saturday. Both newspapers are owned by Pacific Press Ltd., a division of the Group which 18 daily Court officials had no nm whether the failure in this case Ea eevee to 90 ahead wich the and more than 60 community newspapers across Canada. Southam Newspaper Group is an operating company of Southam Inc. ee a a ee se