Page 2A Se fACEIN THE gy tie secret: Swimming pool , Odie{mydogs) Vehicle: None you rather be doing? Eating!!! you like to be our Face In The Sun? you know someone who would? er Feedom of Information legislation SUN STAFF It’s been a long time coming, but like any other initiative it has strengths and weaknesses. The new Freedom of Informa- tions Act, while widely embraced by most, has left the British Columbia Health Association (BCHA) apprehefhsive that their method of internal peer review— quality assurance—might become public domain. At a recent meeting held in Fairmont Hot Springs, BCHA Tequested that the Act include an exemption for any notes or docu- ments produced in quality assur- ance reviews. “An important component of quality assurance is confidential, unhindered, peer review Teports These reports are an essential way to ensure and improve high stan- dards of care,” explained BCHA President Herman Crewson. went on to explain that the process of peer review was intended to educate health care personnel and was not intended as a dis- ciplinary process “Peer reviews are like you or me going to our colleagues and asking: ‘How am I doing?’ and requesting their frank opinion We can lear from this. The pro- cess is quite different from a dis- ciplinary review in which a particular incident is investigated and the results are recorded in public documents.” Crewson is concerned that should the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Pro- tection of Privacy Act FIPP apply to quality assurance the Process of review could be jeop- ardized and might in turn affect the level of patient care The BCHA is requesting the Provincial government to amend the legislation so that the appro- Priate clause of the Evidence Act would prevail over the Freedom of Information Act in this instance SUN STAFF A man from Genelle is cur- fently answering to charges ing two counts of danger- Court will consider two counts of dangerous driving ous driving causing bodily harm. Kenneth Carl Johnson will begin trial in Castlegar, January 26, 1994, WKP rep SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor The Castlegar Sun Kolman sends Area J candidate questions SHARLENE IMHOFF » A i Wig Sun Editor Hans Kolman Says he is not a politician; he just likes helping people, which is 'why this Robson resident is planning to be the néw director to represent Area J at the Regional District level Kolman, former owner of Ace Disposals Lid., said he decided to run for director quite some time ago, after a specific experience he had with current Area J Director Ken Wyllie, whom he describes as “unapproachable and inacces sible”. Kolman said he finally got sick and tired of leaving mes sages regarding a problem he wanted to discuss with his repre sentative. “It has always been dif ficult to get ahold of Wyllie. I know he's busy but even when people are able to talk to him he ives evasive answers.” Kolman said Wyllie admitted to being too busy with his law practice to talk to him. “That's when I decided to do him a favor Candidate Hans Koiman | thought if I run against him and win, he'll have a lot more free time on his hands.” A resident of the area for more than 30 years, Kolman said he recognizes that Area J is growing, and with it, the need for more communication between the pub- R Director Ken Wyllie lic and its director. “The area has really started to grow, whether people want it to or not. Let's send it in the right direction, complete with input.” Kolman said he would like to See frequent updates on the development of downstream ben Wednesday, October 27, 1993 challenge to Wyllie current director's commitment elastomer ee oe efits negotiations and a firmer plan for future developments in Area J. Although never before involved in local politics, Kol man said he felt he could work well with Area I Director John Voykin, as well as any director representing Castlegar. \Last week, the Regional Dis trict of Central Kootenay allowed BC Hydro grants-in-lieu to be dis. persed, under some controversy, to directors-whot have BC Hydro facilities in the areas. Wyllie is among the few directors who are now able to provide funding to various initiatives in their respec- tive areas just prior to an election As a result, some residents of Area H (Slocan)in particular are claiming the timing of the hand outs prove they are nothing more than blatant clectioneering Kolman meanwhile, said he does not feel disadvantaged over Wyllie’s portion of the grants, “It's about time he did some thing for this area,” Kolman fin ished. SAA ta ede 4 Ta ie Ti: cencetaticeie scams mee SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff Public Works Department employee Nelson Newlove was busy early Monday morning putting up the STOP signs that had been knocked down the night before (note the tire marks). Newlove said that at least three signs had been run down Sunday night, likely as a prelude to the upcoming Gate Night. Local police say they will be out in full force on Gate Night, which falls on the night before Hallowe’en. Residents anxious to remove telephone poles points to November as latest telephone poles and wiring are still in place Even though the wiring is complete awful looking telephone poles coming down, you're not alone If you're wondering when those gawd still upright in the revitalized downtown core, will be Many residents have been making inquines, including a few to The Castlegar Sun, requesting information as to why the underground, representatives from BC Tel and West Kootenay Power must now Switch individual businesses in the down (own area over to the new underground Each switch-over takes a few hours, and involves a temporary power Outage to that particular business for at system least one hour Each individual propery owner must get a hold of WKiP in order to make an appoint ment-for the switch-over.” said Doug Fergus. son, area supervisor for WKP 7 Fergusson continued to say that the tele Phone poles in downtown Castle gar will start coming down in early November Rain, snow or shine down.” the poles will come lood donor clinic falls short during World Series KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff The Phillies weren't the only ones competing against the Blue Jays during the World Series—so was the Castlegar Blood Donor Clinic held on October 19 and 20 Chairman of the Castlegar Blood Donor Clinic, Dr. Keith Merritt, said that although the community donated 494 units of blood, far exceeding previous donations, the hoped for goal of 350 units per day—or 700 units wasn’t met. “The World Series beat us out.” Merritt said although the goal wasn't miet the donation of 494 units of blood was heartening and “nothing to snub your nose at.” “We did more ever than before, but not enough to justify another two-day clin- ic.” This is the first year Castlegar has hosted a two day Blood Donor Clinic. Merrit said had the clinic met its goal the retum of a two day clini next year would have been economically justified and probable. However, that is not to be—only one clinic will be held in Castlegar next October. But Merritt stressed that donors need Not wait until next year, when the clinic returns to Castlegar, to donate. “People should think regionally. In the spring the clinic will be in the Kootenays again. There will be clinics in Trail and Nelson.” Castlegar clinic results Oct.19 Oct.20 Total Donated 258 236 494 Deferred 15 27 42 Attendance 273 263 536 Icy road conditions now a factor Icy road conditions are being blamed for two Separate motor vehicle accidents which occurred at approximately the same spot on October 19 only 10 minutes apart. The first accident happened on Highway 3 approximately 20 kilometres west of Cast legar. The vehicle John Post- nikoff of Castlegar was driving left the roadway while west-bound and collided with a dirt embankment Although Postnikoff was not injured, damage to his vehicle was estimated at $2,000 Ten minutes later, at 8:40 am., Becky Lynn Kinsey, of Creston, 2iso west-bound, hit an icy spot on the road causing her vehicle to roll down a 20 foot embankment. Kinsey received minor injuries while her hus band was admitted to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder. The 1991 Dodge pickup Kinsey had been driving was totally demolished in the accident What the World Needs Now: Accounting Technologists In today’s tough job market. you need tt are looking for The Asso t (AAT). developed by the British Columbia. equir Accounting posit The paraprofessional AA three years. depending entrance requirement: For more information regarding the Winter Program beginning November 27, 1993, contact the Society office now ast tified Management Accountants of British Columbia Wednesday, October 27, 1993 Pethentintcietactrata A Raat Continued from Page 1A Oana edie Gouk reaffirms promise hold up the promise to be’ com- pletely acc ble to his con stituents. “I said that I was going to be one of the most accessible people that has ever represented this riding, and I'm going to stick to that. Someone asked me if I was going to relo- cate to Ottawa. The answer is an absolute no. I don't belong in Ottawa, I belong here, repre senting the people. I'll be back in Ottawa only when | need to be for my duties as an MP.” Regarding election results Gouk continued to say he was mildly surprised by the decima- tion of the Tories. “They were in power for nine years, and the current stew- ards of (Canada’s) financial mess and I personally think they made their choice in terms of the type of campaign they ran. It’s going to be interesting to see what they do now. “I've said all along that alot of people first looked at us out of protest. The protest made them look, but then they liked what they saw and they stayed.” Tories stunned by bloodbath results STERLING NEWS SERVICE The Castlegar Sun Castlegar & Area (including: Paulson, Blueberry Creek, Ootischenia, Pass Creek, Robson, Shoreacres, Thrums, Tarrys, Glade, Genelle, and China Creek) Gouk (RP) 1,731 Jenkins (Lib) 1,542 Suggitt (NDP) 1,200 Suffredine (PC) 529 Collins (Nat) 378 Zacharias (CHP) 65 Tories at Kim Campbell's Vancouver Centre campaign headquarters stood in stunned disbelief as they learned their party had suffered the worst defeat in its 126-year history, reduced to just two seats. As a final straw, Campbell lost the riding to Liberal Hedy Fry. Shortly after the television coverage came on at 8 p.m., revealing the Tories had been all but wiped out amid a Liberal landslide, a Campbell poster slowly fell off the wall and sagged to the floor, symbolizing the candidate's fate The Tory leader lived up to Liberal leader Jean Chretien’s prediction that she had earned herself a summer job when she won the Tory leadership earlier this year. Campbell, speaking in a frayed voice, conceded defeat, but vowed the party she had led for just four turbulent months would be rebuilt “The Conservative Party is an important force in Canadian soci- ety and our day in the sun will come again, that I promise you,” she told supporters. “Our party has had a proud heritage in Canada for 126 years from the days of Sir John A. Macdonald and Georges Etienne Cartier,” she said. Tory supporters at the cam- paign headquarter were bitter about the fate of thgif party. Donna Mackey, president of Campbell's riding association, said Chretien had been allowed to get away with ducking the issues. “I think that the thinking voter has been marginalized in this campaign,” said Mackey. Campbell was candid about her feelings of betrayal in a weekend interview with the Van- couver Sun She blamed the media for undermining her efforts to devel op a “new politics” by treating her candid comments as gaffes “I would suggest that the so- called gaffes that are attributed to me are not gaffes at all,” she told the paper. It's not so much that what I was saying didn’t get through, but I think a spin was put on it early on,” she said She singled out the treatment early in the campaign of her Ross (GP) 49 Roy (NLP) 19 Eyolfson (CP) 6 Note: results received from Returning Office Tuesday afternoon. Reform Party Candidate Jim Gouk, on the verge of celebration, keeps a close eye on televised and broadcast updates of election results, both across the country and close to home. Gouk, out the majority of the election results at his campaign headquarters in Castle: Bar D restaurant in Ootischenia where the real celebrating began. along with his supporters, waited gar before heading over to the D SUN STAFF PHOTO /Sharlene Imhott Off the wire STERLING NEWS SERVICE returned to power after nine years in opposition remark that unemployment would not go down until the end of the decade as a particular example of unfair treatment ‘I simply said what every The Liberals painted Canada red as they won majority in Monday's election while a party dedicated to taking Quebec out of Canada becam “I thank the people of Canada for this enormous mandate they have given me,” said Chretien afler wading through a cheering crowd of supporters at Liberal campaign headquarters in his 4 commanding economist would say, because I think hope is built on the truth and it was, far from being a message of hopelessness, it was a message of hope,” said Campbell Analysts had a different spin on Campbell's defeat, criticizng her for inexperience and arro- gance Allan Fotheringham said Campbell lacked the contacts she needed within her own party which she needed to map out a winning campaign “The reason her campaign has collapsed, something out of Lau- rel and Hardy, is that she is not a the country’s official opposition At press time the separatist Bloc Quebecois took 54 seats in Quebec, just edging out the hard charging Retormers who elected 52 MPs in western Canada The Liberals captured 176 of the 295 seats in the House of Commons, while the New Demo- cratic Party and the won too few seats to achieve offi cial party status in Ottawa. “TI guess the red tide took over Canada,” said Tory cabinet min ister Mary Collins, who weat down to defeat to Reform candi date Herb Grubel in her Capi lano-Howe Sound riding Tories both home town of Shawinigan Canada’s next prime minister challenged Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard to join him in working on job Creation and put constitu- tional quarrelling on the back burner. “I hope that we'll be able to work together to solve the eco- nomic problems of our country,” he said Amid his repeated promises to tackle unemployment, he reas- sured Canadians he would not overspend. “A majority govern ment is not a blank cheque. A majority government is an oppor- tunity,” he said. Chretien said the Liberals team player,” Chretien wrote in a weekend column. jubilant Leader Jean Chretien was in a mood have a national mandate with MPs in every province and terri as his party No question now of western dominance STERLING NEWS SERVICE A Reform Party of Canada surge in Alberta and British Columbia knocked off dozens of prominent politicians from the old line parties but appeared to leave Reform just short of the separatist Bloc Quebe cois and the coveted job of official opposition. By Tuesday the Bloc Quebecois had 54 seats locked up while the Reformers had won 52 In Alberta, the heartland of Reform and the home of Reform leader Preston Manning, the upstarts had won 22 of 26 seats. B.C. voters appeared to have harkened to Man- ning’s advice in Victoria on Friday to abandon the old line parties. “Send a political shockwave to rattle the teeth of every traditional politician in Canada,” the leader said. In B.C., where Reform held its founding conven. tion in 1987, the party won 23 of the 32 seats and led in one. In the process its candidates put out of their misery such warhorses as cabinet minister Mary Collins and New Democrats Dave Barrett and Bob Skelly. Barrett is a former NDP premier and Skelly succeeded him as provincial NDP leader The Reform Party also won four Saskatchewan seats, one in Manitoba and one in Ontario Last night Manning promised a jubilant crowd at the Calgary Convention Centre that Reform would be the fiscal and democratic conscience of Canada “We will ask the questions that never got asked in that last parliament. How much will it cost and where will the money come from? Manning said the Liberals’s defeat in Quebec and the Tones collapse everywhere meant the end of the old federalism. “The Reform Party is pledged to the creation of anew federalism. But the Reformers appeared last night to have fall en short of second place and the role of official Opposition. There was speculation before the election that some Progressive Conservatives MPs might join the Reform caucus to put it ahead of the Bloc Quebe cois. But with only two Tories elected, and one of those deputy leader Jean Charest, this possibility dimmed. Reformers swept Vancouver Island and the Interi- or with the same huge majorities seen in Alberta There was a touch of Alberta Social Credit in the victory. A former ‘Alber ocial Credit leader, Wern- er Schmidt, won in Okanagan Centre, while Surrey- White Rock-South Langley elected Val Meredith, daughter of a Socred cabinet minister in the govern- ment of Preston Manning's father. The Reformers took 45 per cent of the vote in B.C., up 37 per cent trom its record in 1988. Keith Martin, the Reformer who defeated Dave Barrett in Esquimalf“Yuan de Fuca, said his opponent had fought hard but had been defeated by the appeal of Reform policies ‘We want the power back to the people. The peo- ple have spoken and if I don’t listen I hope I get recalled,” said Martin Jack Fraser, the Reform victor in North Saanich and the Islands, expressed disappointment the party had failed by a few seats to become the official opposition, and that the Liberals had won a majority “We had hoped to hold the balance of power and make some chang said Fraser David Anderson, the sole Liberal elected on-Van- couver Island, called the election results the “politics of protest Feminist leader Judy Rebick deplored the Reform successes in B.C.. The former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women anti-feminist party Reform candidates make John Crosbie look lik said Rebick The longtime Tory cabinet minister was frequently accused ot making sexist remarks f Victoria political scientist. Norman News Service that Reform's vote Westerners want to knock claimed it was ar Some of the thes Glona Steinem University Ruff told Sterlir was one of prot heads,” Ruff said tory in Canada except one Tory leader Kim Campbell lost her seat as her party was annihilated salvaging just two seats four months to the day after she was sworn in OTM minister. The party had 154 seats heading into the election Her voice was frayed as sh conceded defeat,in a brief speech before a bitter crowd at Tory campaign headquarters in her iding, whicl al Hedy Fry “Success was not ours today Vancouver Centre was taken by Lite but success could be ours tomor row,” said Campbell Campbell stre Party was not destroyed received about the same number of votes as the Bloc Quebecois and Reform. The separatist cois’ 54 province of Quebec made it in the official opposition Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard tried to reassure Canadians out side Quebec he would not be dis Queb seats in its home Liberal landslide takes few by surprise ruptive in parliament, but he made it clear he intended to take Quebec out of Canada In Calgary, Reform Party lead er Preston Manning was delighted bout winning S2 seats in Ottawa just six years after he founded the party. Reform went into. the elec tion with just one ME Tonight the political land cape of our country has been significantly altered. A different political era has begun country,” he told supporters in his Calgary Southwest riding He said his party would not let the Liberals forget about Issues such as the deficit and “Whenever the spend n our political reform Liberals propose to money and we believe they will propose to spend money we will act as the fiscal con science of parliament,” said Manning The NDP had dropped from 43 to nine, but leader Audrey McLaughlin won her Yukon riding WEATHE The forecast for ALOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK front wilt-cross. the region causing mainly cloudly skies. Moming fog most valleys. 20% chance of a shower iate in the day. Highs 10 to. 12. Tonignt Slight chance of an evening shower. Clouds clearing overnight as our ridge redevelops. Lows 1to 3 Outlook for Thurday and Friday: Moming fog patches otherwise mainly sunny Skie: N Number Forecast provided by The S: yA weakening cold [TEMPERATURE 15.9/24 ormal Total »f Hours:. al Number of Hours