tive Library. Bldgs., 501 Belleville St idg Castlegar News February 5, 1966 Canadian wine your advertising dollars dobetterin......... worth another look TELEPHONE per: 28 365-5210 New insertions, copy chenges end cancellations tor the Cestleger News By DAPHNE BRAMHAM VANCOUVER (CP) — An- theny von Mand! wants peo- ple to stop turning their noses up at Canadian wines. The 35-year-old winery owner and his partner, Nick Clark, have bottled a special reserve red and white wine to celebrate Expo 86 and show the world that his Mission Hill Vineyards wines are worth a second and third taste. Since the Mark Anthony Group Ine. expanded its wine importing business nearly five years ago to include Okanagan Cider Co., Great West Distrillers, and a win- ery, they've won 31 national and international wine awards — nine of which came in December from the New York International Eastern Wine Competition. “Four and a half years ago, we made a commitment to finally produce credible wines which follow in the footsteps of what Inniskillin and other wineries had done in Ontario,” von Mandl said in an interview. “But I knew at that time we could do it even better because the climate is be tter.” STARTS PROJECT The winery, along with 11 others, was approached more than a year ago by the Expo 86 Corp. to produce an Expo wine. Von Mandi said unlike the others, Mission Hill de- cided not to put a different label on existing brands. Instead, it created a wine maker's reserve red and white wine — 100,000 of each — especially for Expo that is now selling for $4.85 a bottle. “It means to us a singular opportunity to finally snap the credibility gap that all British Columbia wines are by definition inferior to wines used in other parts of the world,” he said. Von Mandi — a workaholic and consummate salesman — said one of the most frus- trating things about being in business is that “C: di “I find i€ absolutely in- credible there is so much focus on free trade with the United States and yet it's easier to sell to Copenhagen than it is in Toronto,” von Mandi said. “Given that situation that BUSINESS DIRECTORY Accounting Auto Rentals we are by prov- ineial policy through the var- ious liquor control boards, our real avenue is the United States.” The favorable Canadian dollar to European curren- a PERSONAL INCOME TAXES — $20 < Quethed AIAUCAA Accosnegat 2 So Asaemal bos tc ture Enotes * Couples Rate $35 toto! + Pensioners Rate $15 eoch Call 365-2659 cies has that problem because French, German and other wines have been cheaper than Can- adian wines. But, von Mand! said with the wi American and Canadian dollars, there are drastic increases in import wine prices, “which will give an incentive to more wine lovers to try other things.” He said Mission Hill's aim isn't to sell a cheaper wine, its aim is to create and sell a wine as good as the best in the world. Parks document released CALGARY (CP) — A new long-range plan for Canada’s mountain parks does not go far enough “in preventing rampant commercial expan- sion, say critics. Federal Environment Min- ister Tom McMillan capped four years of study and public hearings this week in re leasing a document to guide development and manage- ment of Banff, Jasper, Koot enay and Yoho Parks over the next 15 years. The guidelines ban recreat. ional snowmobiling, the air- fields in Jasper and Banff will be closed and no new roads ill be built. MeMillan also said existing facilities and services in the unfortunately, almost by definition have an inferiority complex. “About anything but our trees and our raw materials that we're the best in the world, there has been this credibility gap.” He said Canadians also are unlikely to fling away the security of a favorite bottle of imported wine and serve ing both will be ded to meet increasing demands from the 8.5 million to 10 million people who visit the parks annually. ist Brian Horejsi, a spokesman for the Alberta Wilderness Association, said the guidelines are too vague to protect the parks. He said severe population restrictions should be placed and Canadian to their friends. One reason Canadians don't know their own coun- try's wines better is a lack of free trade between prov- inees. SEES FUTURE Von Mand! said his com pany’s future lies in freer trade with the United States, but first he would like to see free trade within Canada. One of the hindrances for Canadians wanting to get to know their country’s wines is provincial government pol icies for listing wines. In British Columbia, for example, all wineries can apply to have their wine sold in the government liquor stores. But before they are allowed in th stores, the Liquor Distribution Commis sion considers the current market, the space available, demand for that category of wine and price comparisons with others in that category. Von Mandi said Mission Hill's wines, as well as Okan. agan Ciders, are not sold or listed by the government. controlled liquor distribution branch in Ontario because they are a perceived threat to local producers. on "4 MeMillan said facilities will be expanded only after the environmental effects and social and economic conse quences are studied. 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Circulation jonoger; MICKEY READ Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco talks about parliamentary retorm . | A Vol. 39, No. 12 ExportA series Castlegar's Felix Belc- ke Edblod CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1986 nell The day's Lotto 6/49 number wos 32. cial lottery draw is 1563189. ib in ] draw were two, five, seven, 36, 38, 42. The bonus The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provin- televised AS teday with cloudy wearmncass BY OTTAWA ===: Cominco granted 90-day extension ches 2 Sections (A & B) GREAT GAMS . . regional auditions Friday at . Les Filles De La Montagne Rouge dancers kick up their heels at the Kootenay Boundary Stanley Humphries secondary school. The auditions ore for the B8.C. Talent showcase to be held as part of regional weeks at Expo's B.C. Pavilion this summer By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco con firmed late Friday that the federal government has granted Cominco Ltd. a 90-day extension on Ottawa's offer of provide capital to assist Cominco with the $270 million smelter modernization. Cominco has said it can't proceed with the smelter upgrading unless the provincial government reduces the company's water license fees. The it levies the fees on the elec financial to the pai its lead smelter modernization. Cominco d the pr tricity Cominco generates for its own i ial use from its dams in the past the original Feb. 6 deadline for acceptance of the offer while the company continues to haggle with the provincial government over water taxes. “I would hope that the province and Cominco will be able to reach an agreement before the (new) 90-day ex tension expires,” Brisco said in the telephone interview. In November, Cominco signed a deal with the federal government calling for Ottawa to purchase through the Fed eral De Bank $69 Kootenays. Cominco public relations officer Richard Fish said Saturday he hadn't heard of the extension. “I can’t confirm that,” he said when asked about Brisco's had skyrocketed to $12.5 million. The company says the water license fee adds two cents a pound to the price Fish added that he didn't have any information on the status of the dis- cussions between the company and the province on the water license fees. However, he did say Cominco re- quested the extension because the two sides were making progress in the million worth of preferred Cominco shares. The share purchase is to 30-40 KILLED Train co HINTON, ALTA. (CP) Between 30 and 40 people died Saturday when an eastbound Via Rail passenger train collided head-on with a 114 car freight train in the foothills of west-central Alberta. It appeared to be one of the worst passenger train crashes in Canadian history. On Sept. 1, 1947, 31 people died when two passenger trains collided at Dugald, Man. Cedric Jennings, a Via Rail Costews Wilson (ComposingRoom Foreman) TOWNS IN B.C. STILL HURTING December.” VANCOUVER (CP) And some say the happening in their towns. throwing around. They can do Gilgan said in an interview ago. a positive sign for the province. reporters. The decline in the While Statistics Canada charts the rise and fall of the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, the mayors in British Columbia's small towns live with the reality behind the numbers. Statistics Canada’s released Friday, aren't much of a reflection of what's “['m not impressed by the statistics they keep ything with numbers and I think it's largely political,” Burns Lake Mayor Bill The figures show the seasonally adjusted unemploy ment rate last month in B.C. was 12.9 per cent, down from 14.1 per cent in December and 14.9 per-cent a year But Gilgan said there's no apparent trend to increased employment anywhere in central B.C. Premier Bill Bennett, however, said the statistics are “That's encouraging, but the trend has been that way although you get blips along the way,” Bennett told province's happening “not as quickly as I would like,” he said In Trail, figures, said Lakes. concerned.” unemployed. “They're not drawing any benefits or anything, but they stay listed so there's not as much delay in getting unemployment insurance when they get laid off.” jobless rate is New Democrat Colin Gabelmann (NDP Island), noted that while the Seasonally pdjusted rate has dropped, “there were actually 3,000 more British Columbians out of work in January than there were last RATE INCREASED Gabelmann said unemployment in southeastern B.C., Prince George and Victoria increased despite the decline in the jobless rate. Mayor seasonally adjust the statistics or do anything else with them, but his community is still hurting “The trend here is the opposite way,” he said “The Nelson district unemployment rate is the highest in the province and we're second worst. But I think we'll pass Nelson soon.” In releasing the January figures, StatsCan noted pockets of unemployment above 20 per cent still exist in areas of B.C. and elsewhere in the country “We're one of the pockets that’s really suffering,” “Trail is a one-industry town so we are attempting to do things for ourselves to create some other activity.” Revelstoke Mayor Tony Coueffin said he doesn't put too much faith in StatsCan employment figures “That thing is not anywhere accurate as far as I'm Coueffin said he knows of many community who are working now, but who remain listed with Employment Services and so North Charles Lakes says you can people in his are counted as Fund nearly exhausted By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer The professional development fund for Castlegar school district teachers is down to its last $1,000 and the Castle gar school board's education committee Monday recommended that the full board add to the fund from other areas of the operating budget. Professional development — or Pro D funds are used primarily for teachers’ travel expenses to and from, and registration fees at profession related activities such as workshops and seminars. School superintendent Terry Way ling told the trustees that the $16,000 fund is almost exhausted — with sev eral workshops for teachers still to come. Wayling explained that one reason the fund has been depleted this year is the number of teachers wanting to attend these activities. “Teachers seem more willing to get involved in professional activities,” he said, adding that he has been encour aging teachers to go ‘Compounding the problem is the fact continued on poge A3 in , said he could not give a more precise figure on the number killed. There was a discrepancy about the number of passengers on the Via train. Jennings said therejwere 103 passen gers on the train. CN Rail spokesman Bill Dewan said the train carried be tween 101 and 120 passengers. There is no accurate count. he said, because the conductor had not yet registered pass engers who boarded or left the train at Jasper or Hinton, its last two stops. There were 24 crew members on board both trains and seven — five from the passenger train and two of three from the freight — were missing Dewan said the accident, which hap pened on a slight curve in the main CN Rail line near Hinton, 280 kilometres west of Edmonton, occurred when the freight train ventured onto a single track from a double track The trains collided about 75 metres from where the section of double track ended. UNDER INVESTIGATION “The train should not have left the double track section, and whether its failure to stop was due to signal failure or human failure is what is under investigation,” he said Seventy-six cars from the freight train were derailed and all of the units on the passenger train ineluding three sleepers — left the track. The Via train was consolidation of two separate units that were joined into one. One originated in Vancouver and the other at Prince Rupert A fire that broke out after gas tanks ruptured was extinguished by fire fighters in helicopters and on the ground, Dewan said. Douglas McDonald of Winnipeg. a bartender-steward on the Via train. said he ran back into the train to find any survivors. He said he grabbed some cognac from the bar and passed it out because survivors, including him, were in shock. Passenger Bruno Belanger described the scene the crash site. “The dining car ended up getting Cominco paid $1.1 million in 1981 for water license fees. By 1985, that figure ‘ llision in split in half, like a sardive can, and some people were lucky to get out of there,” Belanger said. He said the only people to escape from the car in front of the dining car were those who came through smashed windows. Three passengers with serious in juries were flown to hospitals in Ed monton. MASS OF DEBRIS The collision left more than 30 cars in a 100-metre-by-50-metre mass of debris along a flat stretch of heavily treed terrain. Smoke curled from the wreck age and piles of yellow sulphur from Fish said Saturday Cominco has not asked for amy wage concessions from its workers. Bobby Schmidt, chairman of the gri- evance committee of the United Steel- workers of America Local 480, was quoted Friday as saying Cominco has “never applied to the union for con- cessions in any way, shape of form.” Alberta terrain. Smoke curled from the wreck. age and piles of yellow sulphur from the freight train were scattered along the right-of-way Helicopters were used to ferry people in and out of the crash site, 1'h kilometres north of ‘Highway 16. From the air, about a dozen lengths of large pipe could be seen jutting out of the tangle of wreckage. Dewan said 76 cars from the freight were derailed. Officials asked air traffic to stay at least 16 kilometres away from the crash site at an altitude of about 1,000 metres. Unions unhappy with PWA's latest offer By JEFF ADAMS CALGARY (CP) — The leaders of two unions on strike against Pacific Western Airlines have recommended that members reject the company’s latest contract offer and allow the 1l-week standoff to continue. Robert Biggar, international repre sentative for the International Asso ciation of Machinists, and Jo Bannon. business representative for the Can adian Air Line Flight Attendants Association, said Friday the airline’ contract proposal — billed as a “ offer” — is worse than one made in November. A company spokesman said future offers would not be as generous. Biggar said the latest proposal doesn't include job security clauses to stop the airline from contracting work to people outside the union, nor does it contain an agreement to guarantee an orderly return to work whenever the strike ends. Bannon said the offer to flight at tendants also lacks a back-to-work agreement. She said the proposed deal calls for more hours, more landings per flight, reduced out-of-town expenses and a twotier wage system that is worse than one agreed to by Air Canada staff. “The company is offering us a package that is worse that that of the other carriers,” Bannon told reporters. “The company has not moved on any of the issues, except for a ht move backward In asking members to reject the offer, Biggar and Bannon said there will be greater pressure on striking baggage handlers and ticket agents to return to work. STAY ON STRIKE Represented by the United Auto Workers, the agents and handlers reached a tentative deal with Pacific Western a month ago. But the union has refused to allow members to vote on it, asking them to stay on strike along with the machinists and flight attendants Hemi Mitic, UAW staff represen tative in Winnipeg. said his union will reassess its no-vote position now that the other two unions are to cast ballots. Mitic said his members are asking him: “If they (machinists and flight at tendants) can vote, why can't we? The UAW, in an effort to ease growing disconent, has offered a $100 “solidarity bonus” to every member who stays on strike. If the union asks members to remain off the job even longer, Mitic said further bonuses will almost certainly follow Jack Lawless, PWA's public affairs director, said that by putting the latest offer to a membership vote the machinists and flight attendants will learn whether they have the support of the rank and file. * He vowed the latest offer will be the best the unions will see — that “any thing that is tabled in future will be less than this.” PWA president Rhys Eyton has said the company can operate indefinitely with management staff, backed by temporary employees, but has acknow ledged it will take years to resolve the tension caused by the lengthy labor dispute.