CHRIS D'ARCY . . and supporters eagerly watch the tally board at the New Democrat -election night headquarters in the Steelworkers hall in Trail. Winning candidates Following is the Canadian Press list of members elected, majorities being approxiinate in many cases, with party gains in last election or byelection unless seat unchanged (x-Member of the last house): Alberni — xBob Skelly, (NDP) 1,655, unchanged. Atlin — Larry Guno, (NDP) 499, unchanged Boundary-Similkameen — xJim Hewitt, (SC) 5,961, un changed; Ivan Messmer, (SC) 4,242, new Burnaby Edmonds — Dave Mercier, (SC) 435, gain from NDP. Burnaby North — Barry Jones, (NDP) 611, unchanged Burnaby-Willingdon — xElwood Veiteh, (SC) 474, un changed. Cariboo — xAlex Fraser, (SC) 5,531, unchanged; Neil Vant, (SC) 3,861, new. Central Fraser Valley — Peter Dueck, (SC) 10,576, un changed; Harry DeJong, (SC) 8,454, new; defeated Jim McNeil (PC), Conservative leader. Chilliwack — John Jansen, (SC) 5,764, unchanged Columbia River — Duane Crandall, (SC) 391, un changed. Comox — Stan Hagen, (SC) 2,119, gain from NDP Coquitlam-Moody — xMark Rose, (NDP) 1,184, un changed Cowichan-Malahat changed. Delta — John Savage, (SC) 6,572 new; xWalter David. son, (SC) 6,211, unchanged Dewdney — xAustin Pelton, Norm Jacobsen, (SC) 151, new Esquimalt-Port Renfrew — Moe Sihota, (NDP) 2,964, gain from SC. Kamloops — xClaude Richmond, (SC) 1,114, unchanged; Budd Smith, (SC) 556, new Kootenay — Anne Edwards, (NDP) 502, gain from SC; defeated Terry Segarty (SC), labor minister. Langley — Dan Peterson, (SC) 6,197, unchanged; Carol Gran, (SC) 6,537, new. Mackenzie — Harold Long, {SC) 273, gain from NDP. Maillardville-Coquitlam — John Cashore, (NDP) 461, gain from SC. Nanaimo — xDave Stupich, (NDP) 1,653, unchanged; Dale Lovick, (NDP) 888, new Nelson-Creston — Howard Dirks (SC) 131, gain from NDP. New Westminster from SC. North Island changed. North Peace River — xTony Brummet, (SC) 3,580, un changed. North Vancouver-Capilano - unchanged North Vancouver-Seymour unchanged Oak Bay-Gordon Head changed Okanagan North NDP. Okanagan South Graham Bruce, (SC) 1,234, un (SC) 248, unchanged; Anita Hagen, (NDP) 805, gain xColin Gabelmann, (NDP) 2,258, un xAngus Ree, (SC) 6,313, xJack Davis, (SC) 4,896, xBrian Smith, (SC) 4,699, un Lyall Hanson, (SC) 362, gain from Cliff Serwa, (SC) 6,782, unchanged; Larry Chalmers, (SC) 6,077, new. Omineca xJack Kempf, (SC) 1,999, unchanged. Prince George North Lois Boone, (NDP) 379, gain from SC. Prince George South unchanged. Prince Rupert sc xBruce Strachan, (SC) 1,312, Dan Miller, (NDP) 1,655, gain from Richmond Bill Vander Zalm, (SC) 11,739, unchanged; Nick Loenen, (SC) 8,551, new. Rossland-Trail — xChris D'Arcy, changed. Saanich and the Islands — Terry Huberts, (SC) 3,078, unchanged; Mel Couvelier, (SC) 3,119, new. Shuswap-Revelstoke — xCliff Michael, (SC) 1,426, un- changed. Skeena — David Parker, (SC) 1,086, gain from NDP. South Peace River — Jack Weisgerber, (SC) 1,816, un changed. Surrey-Guildford-Whalley — Marvin Hunt, new; defeated Don Ross (Lib), mayor of Surrey. Surrey-Newton — xRita Johnston, (SC) 902, unchanged. Surrey White Rock-Cloverdale — xBill Reid, (SC) 7.782, unchanged (NDP) 757, un (SC) 34, Vancouver Centre — Mike Harcourt, (NDP) 8.713, un changed; xEmery Barnes, (NDP) 7,571, unchanged. Vancouver-Little Mountain — xGrace McCarthy, (SC) 2,442, unchanged; xDoug Mowat, (SC) 934, unchanged; de feated Art Lee (Lib), Liberal leader. Vancouver Point Grey — Kim Campbell, (SC) 2,026, un changed; xPat McGeer, (SC) 775, unchanged Vancouver South xRuss Fraser, (SC) 4,112, un changed; xStephen Rogers, (SC) 3,717, unchanged. Victoria — xGordon Hanson, (NDP) 4,330, unchanged; xRobin Blencoe, (NDP) 4,242, unchanged. West Vancouver-Howe Sound — xJohn Reynolds, (SC) 6,804, unchanged. Yale-Lillooet James Rabbitt, (SC) 569, unchanged. a , ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Monday, October 27 7:30 p.m. Hi Arrow Arms Hotel Election of officers Annual Reports EVERYONE WELCOME NDP party uncertain of leader VANCOUVER (CP) Some members of the New Democratic Party voted in September to put the leadership of the party up for grabs rather than run in an election with Bob Skelly as leader, Lyle MacWilliam said caucus At a Canada Savings Bond Driven Rate Kootenay Savings offers quick and easy 1 year term deposit renewals “It_was a discussion more said MacWil liam, who lost his Okanagan North riding by 362 votes in Wednesday's provincial elec than a vote tion which saw the Social guaranteed for 1 year * $1,000 (no maximum) for 1 year * Junior members $100 1815% Credit party take 49 seats to 20 for the NDP There was a vote at the end of it tive topic and I think I might be overstepping my limits on this. . 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Michael Wilson, branch manager of the FBDB's offie in Cranbrook, explained that not so long ago when one mentioned the fact that they owned a small business they would have received “a sympathetic pat on the back.” But today, “times have never been better for small business,” he said. Wilson noted that Canada has about one million small businesses with fewer than 50 employees and sales of less than $1 million. He states that in the past two years, small firms have created well over 400,000 jobs, about 70 per cent of all jobs created in that period. “Almost everywhere you look, entrepreneurs definitely are being cussed and discussed Small business definetly has got the ear of politicians from Victoria to St John's,” Wilson said, citing programs like tax holidays, grants, loans and venture capital programs Wilson noted that fledgling entrepreneurs are turning to business schools to get more basics before launching their firms. The Canadian high school system is also making strides when it comes to presenting small business ownership as a profitable career Takeover bid for Vestgron Vestgron Mines Ltd. has announced that it has been advised by Cominco Ltd., its majority shareholder, that a new cash takover bid has been made for all of the out standing common shares of Vestgron Mines at a price of 65 cents per share. The bid has been made by a wholly-owned subsidiary of CanEast Capital Limited, a private investment holding company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This is a competing take over bid to the one made on Sept. 24 by Zenmac Zinc Ltd As required under Comin co's agreement with Zenmac, Cominco will wait to see whether Zenmac will revise its bid to meet the 65-cent price before deciding whether to tender its shares in Vestgron in acceptance of the CanEast bid. RENT THIS SPACE Another change, is the increase in the number of women entrepreneurs. Wilson said, women ac- counted for about 400,000 of 1.3 million Canadians who said they were self- employed in 1984. This compares with the 1960s when only 22,000 women ran their own businesses. Wilson said female en- trepreneurs have been starting their own busi nesses at a rate of five-to one to men. And many Canadians are still eager to start their own businesses. He noted a 1985 survey of more than 1,000 Canadians in which half of those not self-employed wish they were. Men were slightly more eager than women to give up the life of the employee, he said. “Small business is the way of the future,” Wilson said, adding that thousands of Canadians will leave the security of their job for small business. Wilson said that during the past few years a lot has been learned about the characteristics needed for small business success. But he said what is still not know is if people have what it takes to succeed in their own business. ‘We have got a long way to go before we can predict how successful you will be as an owner/manager before you invest a lot of time and money in small business,” he said. Wilson was in Castlegar as part of Small Business Week and later led a seminar for local businesses. . never better Watch for our supplement in the Wednesday, Oct. 29 issue of the Castlegar News. BUDGET HELPER COUPONS 365-5210 Fast & Efficient Service Hourly or Contrect 365-3467 Sa, SPECIAL PRIZE for some lucky shopper! Fantastic deluxe accommodation package at the Royal Scot Motor Inn near the Parliament Buildings in downtown Victoria valued at PROPOSED UIC CHANGES Companies could lose OTTAWA (CP) — Work. ers are not the only ones with something to gain or lose if the current unemployment insurance system is changed. Companies too have come to depend on the existence of the safety net, particularly those operating in cyclical in dustries such as construction or forestry where work can. not continue year-round be. cause of the weather. When layoffs occur, the unemployment insurance less worker. But it also gives companies some assurance their will stay put wants the government to ex- tend the work period needed to qualify for full benefits to 52 weeks from the current variable requirement of 10 to 14 weeks, depending on the region. Anymore working less than one year before losing a job would find their benefits reduced proportionately un- der Forget’s scheme. As 8 result, fishermen, loggers and construction workers will see benefits fall during their annual layoffs. Jonathan Kesselman, an Kesselman points out that The cost of layoffs would quently laid-off workers could count on, thereby necessitating other changes such as wage increases or improved income-support instituting a system known as experience rating. Under this system, in widespread use in the United States, oar levels for employ- at the U of British Columbia and a and wait for operations to resume. And management can issue layoff notices secure in the knowledge that their work ers are not going to starve while waiting to be recalled The current system re duces the incentive for work ers to move to another area for a job and it also reduces on says that’s one way of dealing with the inequity in_ the current system whereby em- ployers and employees im-in- dustries with very low rates of layoff end up subsidizing those with high rates of layoff through the unemploy- ment insurance premiums they pay. Currently, all workers and the i for to find year-round employ ment for their workforce. All of this could change if recommendations said to be contained in the Forget com mission report are accepted and implemented by the government. EXTEND PERIOD Published reports say commissioner Claude Forget s pay the same level of premiums regardless of their industry's layoff record. But while construction, for- estry, agricultural workers and fishermen frequently draw on the insurance sys- tem to carry them through periods without work, their counterparts in more stable employment industries do not. Natural gas prices to drop VANCOUVER (CP) Homeowners as well as large industrial users must be al lowed to benefit from natural gas deregulation, says the president of Inland Natural Gas Co. “So far the beneficiaries of deregulation in British Co lumbia have been large in dustrial users who have re ceived some very substantial price reductions,” Bob Kad lee told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting “The average homeowner cannot negotiate with pro ducers for a favorable rate,” he said. “It is the distributing utility that must be allowed to negotiate for the home. owners.” In an interview, Kadlec said Inland, Westcoast Transmission Co. and B.C. Hydro had negotiated a price of $1.75 a gigajoule with the producers for gas to be sold to residential customers. ‘That's a substantial sav ing for B.C. Hydro but only a few pennies far Inland,” he said y vary by indy. de depending on their layoff record. 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