L | i ; co Castlegar News November 19, 1989 Lawyer fights for causes By JIM ROBB Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA (CP) cause is second nature for environmen University in young lawyer Fighting for a ul lawyer Elizabeth May the As athe toddled bur dete vlong with her mother to meetings of — the — best Nuclear Conn, As e-year-old, she mined the Committee for Bloomfield. youngsterpphe saw her parents mor a Sane liey in tgage the family home to raise cash for — Tom McMillan MeCarthy's cessful try for the Senator Eugene unsuc Democratic — forest presidential nomination in 1968 While still a teenager, she played a Now, najor role in organizing the4970 Barth— director — oft Day celebra the Bloomfield- (Canada), a non Hartford area, canvassing the public nd running @ student phosphates out of student at Dalhousie — promoting the s Halifax, and later a she led the fight against spraying known crusaders in the country In the last year idvising former environment minister personal expense to the Brazilian rain stipporting Amazon Iidians in efforts to save it from destruction she's settling in ay exec help indigenous people world save their forest homelands. PROMOTES SALE The group, among other projects, is ale in North America of renewable products from the rain forest, such as Brazil and cashew nuts, of Nova Scotia harvested in the wild by native families Cultural Survival will also wor with oft-spoken, cheerful 3S-year-old is one of native people in their efforts to save environmental forests and preserve traditional lifestyles in Canada It bring national environmental organizations since quitting a job 1 new look to the roster of she’s journeyed at — because, unlike single- purpose groups. it works with endangered indigenous people to save them and the en dangered environment they live in May says Haidas in it was her work with the British Columbia, fight to get a national park established on South Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands, that convinced her of the practicality of a coalition bet Cutrarat Survival in the profit group trying to around. the ween environmentalists and. native New energy laws touted By JANE WILSON OTTAWA (C ome second nature if Canadians are to ster dioxide emissions considered the main culprit in the war ming of the planet, say enefgy and environmental experts recommended reduction in emissions won't come from science fiction. Machines, cars and lights would be more ef ficient and buil better insulated, but life wouldn't be very different Most of the technology ivalready available For example, homes and businesses could be lit with “I's often the indigenous people who are the first to identify an en vironmental problem.” When May was approached to take over as head of the dor « ian branch of Cultural Surviv ped at the chance, calling it “the most exciting thing I'd ever,neard about.’ May's work as executive director of Cultural Survival (Canada) is unpaid, © she supports herself with part-time contract work for other organizations May has never put money ahead of her personal beliefs. She left a short lived but lucrative conventional law practice in Halifax to join the Public Advocacy Centre, a non: profit legal agency, here in 1985 at a , she jum: Interest lower salary She also left her well-paid position as senior policy adviser to MeMillan in 1988 on a matter of principle to protest the federal government's ap proval of the controversial Rafferty Alameda dam in Saskatchewan which cnvironmentiaists say will damage the ecosystem of the Souris River basin. May could earn far more as a lawyer or government consultant, but says “if you are doing what you want to do, you can't real That_approach to life tradition y complain.” is a family She learned about putting your $5 DISCOUNT On Any Cleoning $45 or More! 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Call 406-296-3114 Days, Keith or Gene 406-296-2364 Nights, Gene Meeting sends strong message By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer A Castlegar meeting to discuss new provincial draft policies on access 10 Sport and recreation for the disabled that disabled people want fitness and recreation op Portunities more than acce Petitive sports, says a Robson residen sent a strong message to com: whocoordinated the meeting Cathy LaFortune, who is on the Premier’s Advisory Council for-Per sons with Disabilities, said about 25 facilities and it Program be volunteers who started could disabled people and provid the disabled need to partic various activities, she said LaFortune the swimmin: unable to enjoy the someone to help -hiny into-and water try his clothes and wheelchair January ut th ze won't happen without new laws anc compact fluorescent lightbulbs which use up to 85 per cent u But the change won't happ ithout new ind ai luorescer ut P F money where your mouth is when her standards, warned Erik Haites of DPA 1omies and environmental cor believe that the im said Haites. » 10 the (1970s) energy etplace on its:own doesn’t del particularly in new equir ms, are still addi ranking among the world’s leaders for about 15 dioxide wa ynnes each in country, burning oil, n 473 megatonnes of waste into a byproduct of combustion. Th he world’s mosphere, The concentra steadily over the past three decades eff entists have linked the phenomenoi gradual and potentially dangerous, RECOMMENDS A CL the Toronto Conference Atmosphere cut to 20 per cent of 1988 levels by recommended carbon dic are actually expected ver, in August federal and ministers shied away from makin ga con per-cent targe DPA changes In the view of Group ai organizations, the son ae Diann Caroli ADV CASTLEG. AR NEWS But the lesson we xistiny opting to study the matte necessary tO ERTISING SALES Group, a Toronto less energy than the psulting f npact wil E buildings ould be insulated incandescent variety. The bulbs, which ‘ost more but last five years or more longer, are available ry new building would have to use less energy and would have to be upgraded. Basemen a move under consideration for the iver the ti 1990 Ontario Building Code, and appliances, furnaces and cted te i Household fixtures per-capiti could us 1986 The atural gas anc gain at least 30 per he atmosphere last hat's about two per pment ¢ cent in fuel efficiency agreeing ould be made more efficient right down to the shower head energy goal will be impossible to achieve unless vehicles bringing them to about $0 miles per gallon (17 kilometres per litre), and more people will have to use public transit or car pools PARTS COMPANY on that list of changes, some of the company DPA ctivenes Group nto a slight, b federa increase it 1 e on the Changing oxide emissions be Generating ion: and there provincial energ such a restat Energy Probe Whatever the nd environmenta produce the government study on carbon dioxide ind provine Pp hanges will happen without a not-so-subtle which recently completed a copt reductions fpr al energy ministers, believes the 20-per won't be possible unless utilities stop burning oil DPA analysis un ower of conservation and innovation sups feel the may not have to be closed prematurely stural methods of absorbing thé emissions ion, said Norm Ruoin of the group scenario, everyone agrees none of these >ush from ‘FALCON PAINTING & Kootnikoft we Soukoroft 2795 HIGHWAY DRivE orrice 365-5210 1-800-663-qo66 HAVE YOU DRIVEN 4 FORD LATE. y KOOTENAY BROADCASTING SYSTEM DECORATING AVENUE A.M. 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Office — Trait INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST parents mortgaged the family home to help Senator McCarthy My mother is an activist,"’ May ays. “I grew up working side by side with her In 1970, while still a teenager, she »rganized Bloomfield’s EarthDay Family land at Baddeck, N.S., was sold to pay. court-ordered costs in another battle, this time against spraying of 2,4-D and 2,4, 5-T (Agent Orange) by a paper company in Cape Breton and eastern Nova Scotia May, then a young lawyer high public profile by representing her gained a family and other Cape Bretoners who unsuccessfully tried to- ‘block the spraying in a two-vear court baltle that ened in 1984 A few May was in the ampaign to thwart a plan by ears earlier ¢ Nova Scotia government to spray wince’s forests with a chemicat rs fenitrothian, to contre pruce budworm infestation In 1976, the province abandoned the spraying plan because of public op HEY KIDS! 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Include your name, address, age and telephone number The Christmas Short Story Contest has been divided into 3 age categories Ages 12, 13and 14 The three stories in each group chosen by the judges os the best in each group will be published in the Castlegar News Christmas Greetings Tab- loid on Saturday, December 23 In addition, book certificates will be awarded as first prizes in each category second and third Karen Jen sunshine earlier today at Twin Rivers office says the bright fall weather will disappear tomorrow afternoon. cosnews phoroby ig. 10, (left) and Cathy Switzer, 9, took time out for a swing in the y school. 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CHRYSLER — DODGE — PLYMOUTH Waneta Junction, Trail 368-8295 -—-— Rebels blues page B1 Hospital may have wait By CasNews Staff The Castlegar and District Hospital building committee may have to wait until Dec. 4 to hear Ministry of Health's opinion on the the provincial hospital’s need for more funding to proceed with the proposed expansion, hospital administrator Ken Talaricc said today The ministry is still assessing a report drawn up by the hospital's consultant last week after discussing cost-saving measures with the four companies thd submitted, bids on the expansion, Talarico said. All the bids came in over the amount budgeted for the project The companies asked to their bids to. incorporate_a were Teasses number of cost reductions drawn up recently by representatives of the hospital committee, the project ar chitect consultants and ministry of ficials The Health Prepare its own report which will be submitted to the Ministry of Finan’ Ministry has yet to e's Treasury Board with a request for about $1.4 million in additional funds, Talarico said The hospital committee will ask the dders to extend the expiry dates on their bids until Dec. 4 at the ministry's suggestion, he added The hospital committee was forced to reevaluate the construction plans af ter bids on the extention in October all ame in over $5 million while the con struction costs were set at $3.7 million Any extra funding will also have to be approved by the Regional District of Central Kootenay which is helping © pay for the expansion through a ost-sharing agreement with the provincial government disabled people, parents of disabled of West organizations and Monday discussing the policies with Sasan Hut children and representatives Kootenay munitie com pent afternoon chinson who has been contracted b the Ministry of Affairs, Culture to head project looking at the policies Municipal Recreation and Participants at the meeting, LaFortune said was which more like a roundtable discussion’* than a forme told one with a disability needs recreational levels of ability Participants said tation is meeting, Hutchinson activities regardless better transpor needed to get people to The group also group is needed at th ) keep communitie ovet funding, she added Hutchinson didn’t say: how from fightin, much provincial money will be allocated t« implementing the new policies when they are finalized, but she told the group the idea behind writing the policies i nd then LaFo to go for the ideal see how much money there is,” tune said The Castlegar meeting was one of 15 Hutchinson is conducting around 1e province 17 in Nelson including one held Noy and LaFortune said sh Hutchinson will present a fair province is committed sabled, people with ac ange of sport, recreation and fitne tunities The ministry is also committed to and promoting education and public awareness about disabled people, the policies state icies will be revised after the meetings are concluded and Hutchin on and Yales’ fi to. Municipal Af Hutchinson | report will be sent Lyall arlier this airs. Minister Neumann elected By CasNews Staff Kimberley’s Ken Neumann will be the new United District 3 director of the America’s after winning 65 per cent of the vote in balloting Steelworkers of Tuesday, a spokesman for the Trail District 3 office said today Susan Carrigan said the unofficial districtwide results as of about 9 a.m give Neumann 7 Terry Steve tes 10 3,950 for his opponent s of Saskat chewan Carrigan said 14 to 16 small locals had yet to be counted and that the results would not be official for 10 days Neumann will begin work as the new director immediately but his official appointment and inauguration won't be until March, Carrigan said District 3 of the Steelworkers union all of Canada west of the On border and is the continued on page A2 Aon. VOTING DAY . . . Mike Spatari (right), vice-president of Steelworkers Local 480, signs in at the Scotsman Motor Inn where the union set up a polling station for its election Tuesday. Polling officer Tommy LeRose looks on. Castlegar man sentenced for June sexual assault By CasNews Staff A mentally disabled Castleg was sentenced Monday to 10 month jail and three sexually assaultir last June Harry W. Zebr the Kamloops Re Correctional Centre sentence at ind it ha strongly reco Jed by the « that he attend exual-offende program while serving his term, seni Dana Tuesday from Nelson Crown counsel Urbans Expansion plans continue By CasNews Staff Celgar Pulp Co. in Castlegar is con tinuing preliminary work as part of its ongoing preparations for a planned environmental upgrading and expan sion of its mill, Celgar general manager Wilf Swegney said Tuesday The work includes clearing a site which, Jif the expansion project proceeds, will house a camp for con Struction workers. The company will so place an advance order for some Special construction materials “On a project this size, it is critical that we stick to a construction schedul where each step depends on another Sweeney said in a news release *Assuming-that everything else falls into place, and that we receive the necessary approvals, we have to be ready right from day one. Celgar is still waiting for final ap proval of financing for the $630 WILF SWEENEY . . schedule important million project. Various approvals also have been requested from provin cial government agencies, the com pany say Sweeney said the sit learing work will begin Nov added that an advance order th for “specialty will be placed this mon concrete pip The custom piping would be some of the first construction materials needed for work on the site for the upgraded mill and such orde well in must be placed advance the required delivery, he said Sweeney said environmental impact studies of the proposed upgrading are underway The project will stallation of state-of-the involve the in art environ mental-control te nology which would meet all federal and provincial emission standards, Sweeney said However, Zebroff cannot bi Write Santa Hey ki here’s your chance to ensure your letters get right to Sart ta Claus at the North Pole Just write your letters to: Santa Claus, care of Castlegar News, Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C., VIN 3H4, and we'll do the rest We'll try to publish as many le ters as we can in the News individually written will be given Castlegar space permitting. 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