| 92 Casthégar News 012.1% Announcement soon By CasNews Staff Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco says osal to build a new lead smelter at Trail are progressing well,” Brisco said. He added that he, Sinclair Stevens, Minister of State for Mines, have been “In light of negative comments which keeping “well informed” on the prog- agli! come along Open Sundays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Representative to Prices effective Sun... Mon.. Tues. & Wed. CHEESE SLICES $998 APPLE JUICE SUNRYPE. BLUE LABLE. 250 mi WEEP EO LST ON... 79° TOQTHRASTE $469 STEER MANURE POTTING SOIL $479 Ro vt We reserve the Prices limi meet with council By CasNews Staff The Minister of Environ- ment's representative to im me to investigate this ap- plication meets with your council so that I may be fully informed of their position,” Environment Minister Aus- tin Pelton says in a letter to council. Pelton is expected to ap- LOCAL JOBS . . . An audience of about 40 listened to panel speakers talk about keeping local jobs for local LOCAL HIRING continued trom trot pege for government projects is people at a public forum Wednesday night at Kinnaird Hall. CostewsPhotc He noted that tradesmen in the it to linntt eusainttties: to stock on hand. Phone umber is 365-2212 EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF SHOWSCAN. See it, re. © feel it howscar point his representative sometime eliminate a lot of misunder- standing in the community if leave to find work, employed residents and the business community will be faced with higher taxes. “There aren't going to be people to pay the taxes,” he said. Embree also supported forming a committee and circulating a petition in sented to officials to “tell them we are not going to stand for (out-of-town lege plans to put about $3 million in construction work out to tender. “Are we going to sit here and allow all of that.to go outside the com- munity?” Embree asked. “It will if we are not prepared to do something about raed a funnel from the government for people it wants to promote. Evans said it is necessary for the community to band together to keep local jobs in the Kootenays rather than have people fighting about who gets the jobs. e “Constructive conversation can take place in Castlegar,” Evans said. “I know that this community is much more likely to come up with the answer.” Rick Pongracz spoke on fair wages. He said contractors who get projects are forced to bid low, resulting in low wages and poor working for laborers. Kootenays are second to none in North America when it comes to quality. He added that in the Castlegar alone, there are 400 qualified construction tradesmen. “The danger is there is all the exper- (tise out there but it comes at a cost,” said. “People who have worked with dignity will not easily give that away. The danger is that it hurts the local contractor.” He noted that not only do local con- tractors hire locally, but they also buy locally. During the question period, John Kavaloff asked if the charter of rights And workers, when treated poorly, it took on better public re-_ it.” lations work. Corky Evans told the audience that will organize unions and will fight for better wages and conditions, he said. 's from being forced to hire local people. Embree responded that the charter of rights is being used as camouflage in many situations. IN OVERDUE AGGOUNTS Council writes off $9,000 By CasNews Staff Castlegar council has decided to write off more than $9,000 of what it calls “uncollectable accounts.” ‘The four accounts included: $2,135.51 from CP Rail; $452.87 from Peter B. MacDonald and Associates; $1,159 from the Central Kootenay regional district; and $5,389.84 from Verigin Industries. Administrator Dave Gairns said the accounts — some of which are several years old — were deemed uncollectable by the city's auditors. Gairns added that the cost of trying to collect the accounts would be more than the accounts themselves. He explained that the CP Rail bill was in connection with a mudslide on the railway’s tracks along Columbia Avenue ‘more than three years ago. Gairns said the city felt the railway had some responsibility to help pay for bree city's costs. CP Rail has “ lenied” ility from the beginning, he added. Gairns said the Verigin Industries account is similar. He said the bill was for work on a broken watermain. The watermain broke eight to 10 months after the company had completed work on the ground in the area. The city engineer at the time felt Verigin Industries was partly responsible for the watermain breaking. However, Gairns said the company’s adjusters have insisted it is not responsible. “It just doesn't appear to be a case where we will ever win the argument,” he said. But Ald. Len Embree disagreed. Embree suggested council leave the bill on the books as a reminder for future dealings with the company. Embree also said he would like to sée the city try to recover the money. “That's a fairly substantial amount,” he said However, Gairns pointed out that the insurance company has refused to pay the bill not Verigin Industries. Nevertheless, Embree said it is the responsibility. . Embree's motion to have the city try to recover the omney was defeated by a 4-2 vote. Ald. Bob Pakula voted in favor, along with Embree. Aldermen Albert Calderbank, Nick Oglow, Rogers and Carl Henne voted against the motion. Gairns said the regional district bill was an invoicing mistake and the bill to MacDonald and Associates was an apparent misunderstanding. insurance company’s Terry NEW CANADIANS .. . Leonarde Malkow (left) a native of the Philippines and Portuguese native Maria Pacheco answer questions of citizenship j Robert Monaghan Saturday in Costh Council Cc di in Casth this kend. The residents are to be sworn in as new Canadians this af- at a special c: y at Stanley Humphries The Vancouver judge conducted about 60 hearings tor y School. _cesttws Phate oy Chery) Cabtetoanh CHIROPRACTORS continued trom front poge But Bullock added that he has raised rt brett UH Ae STARRING BRITISH COLUMBIA Our camera crews roamed dozens of B.C. locations last summer to find the best scenes for Showscan. The result is Discovery — a film that makes an aerial sweep of 20 B.C locations in nine different regions and brings our landscapes w life Because Showscan images are projected at twice normal film action scenes and colours become incredibly real. And our SI n Theatre — one of the most sophisticated in North America — heightens the excitement with a special sound system, and a giant viewing screen 19 metres wide A FEAST FOR THE EYES (AND EARS! inoue Showscan Theatre, you'll follow Molly and her space friend Zargon as they embark on an adventure-filled tour of the province. Experience a breathtaking ski run from the top of Whistler Mountain; hear the crashing surf at Pacific Rim Park in six track stereo sound; feel the thundering rapids of a B.C river. It's alll here in 70 mm film and a sound system that adds a physical dimension to the magic of sound and light It's a special Expo treat that's not to be missed AND FEATURING B.C. TALENT! Produced by Genie-award winner Peter O'Brian (The Grey Fox, My American Cousin) and featuring Fairuza Balk — the B.C. star of ‘Return to Or — film is a showcase of Canadian talent. We used a B.C. film crew renowned throughout North America for their film making prowess to create this special tribute to British Columbia's regions, landscapes and majestic beauty See the British Columbia you've never seen before — in Showscan — at the B.C. Pavilion during Expo 86. A THE DURABLE PATRICK L. McGEER, MINISTER RES! IBLE UPDATE ern FOR DETAILS OF OUR RITISH HAPPENING SOON COLUMBIA PAVILION! PA\ SPONSORED BY: EXPO 86 Castlegar Expo Committee CITY OF CASTLEGAR FIRE HYDRANT FLUSHING Residents ore advised that City crews will be flushing watermains by way of fire hydrants throughout the City, from April 14 to April 30, 1986. Water pressure may fluctuate, or may be discolored at times during the flushing operation. Property owners should leave taps running until clear water returns. FIRE BURNING PERMITS Permits will be required for all outside yard burning ( or commercial) 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, 1986. Due to unusual dry conditions, it is necessary to change the dote for burning permits in accordance with Part 3 of Bylaw 354. Permits may be obtained at City Hall. Citizens ore asked to be fire cautious atall times. BUILDING PERMITS Building Permits are required betore any con- struction, alteration, copore to a building, in- cluding swimming pools, wood stove, chi Court news driving with a blood-alcohol count over .08 and was sen tenced to a 90-day intermit- tent jail term. Whitelock also pleaded guilty to taking a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner and was sen tenced to 30 days in jail intermittent concurrent with the 90-day sentence. . . Welfare cases up 60 per cent By CasNews Staff The number of men, women and children depen- dent on social assistance in the Kootenays has increased 66 per cent in the last four years, Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy says in a news the number of people in this province dependent on in- come assistance because they have been thrown out of work by the policies of the Bennett government,” says “D'Arey, who calls the gov- ernment “Partners in Pov. "erty." CHRIS D'ARCY fence, paving or asphaliting of driveways or parking areas. OCCUPANCY PERMITS hall use or occupy any new building the use of an existing building without obtaining an Occupancy Permit. LICENSES ; of dogs shall purchase and attach a 1986 Beg License to any dog in their The NDP = the Socreds seme oweded are missing job opportunities “In our region the biggest to help people get back to increase in Ministry of work and fail to provide an Human Resources cases is adequate level of support for those persons who could peopie forced to live on social work to support themselves assistance. and their families if the jobs “The best solution is the existed. Between 1982 and creation of jobs in every re- last year the number of “em- ROBSON RIVER OTTERS Owners shall not permit dogs to run “at large or bark in excess. LANDFILL HOURS Closed Monday Sunday. Apel 13 Robson Hell Tone 12 ne0n 2 2 copy and sramtory di Open Toseday. Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. BUSINESS LICENSES Operator of any business within the City shall obtain the tequired Business License applicable for! 4 CONTRAVENTION Any person failing to comply to the above regulations may be liable to an offence and penalty under the Offence Act. , Building Permits, © Permits, Dog Licenses, and Business Licenses may be obtained at City Hall 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. VANDALISM The City of Castlegar offers a standing reward of $500 for intormation leading to the conviction of ony person or persons committing an act of van- dolism of public property within the City. OPENING SOON ARROW LAKES Guided Trail Rides * Camping DRY CREEK RANCH Deer Park, B.C. © Hourly Horse Rentals gion of the pr . Unfor- ployable’ MHR cases has in- tunately, the provincial bud- creased by 2,058 to nearly get continues the policies 3,500.” which have failed to restore “To make matters worse, the confidence needed for the Bennett government re- fuses to adjust welfare rates frozen below poverty levels since 1982. If there is not employment alternative, we should at least strive to keep income recipients above the level of poverty,” D'Arcy says. For the record The April 9 Castlegar News reported that Tarrys, Shoreacres and Ootischenia elementary schools will be taking part in the B.C. Heart Foundation’s annual Jump RECREATION * Fishing Pulp workers like contract PORT ALBERNI (CP) — Early returns suggest that most tinionizéd pulp workers in this Vancouver Island community are happy with a tentative agreement reached between the industry and two pulp unions last Sunday Members of Canadian Paperworkers Union local 592, with 829 members, voted 73 per cent ‘in favor of the two-year agreement, which freezes wages for the first year and provides a 40-cent-an-hour increase in the second Members of the smaller local 686, with 200 members, voted 50.6 per cent in favor of the agreement. About 75 per cent of the 175-member local turned out for the vote Both groups work at MacMillan Bloedel's Alberni Pulp and Paper mill Jack Mitchell, president of local 686, which represents specialized tradesmen, said his members are disgruntled with a union concession allowing the 13 pulp companies represented by the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau to require employees to work three or four statutory holidays a year. The holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Canada Day and Labor Day The paperworkers union and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada have for years resisted industry demands to inerease the number of production days to boost productivity Dave Thein, local 592 president, said his members were willing to sacrifice holiday time in order to realize gains in pension benefits and job security “Our people are going to have two clear summers (without work stoppages) and certainly its going to be good for the economy of the (Alberni) valley,” he said. Ratification by the industry's 13,000 unionized employees is expected to be completed by the end of the month. The agreement, reached almost a full three months before the current three-year contract expires, calls for company contributions to employee pension plans to increase to $25 a month from $20, and improved benefits for retired employees. The unions also obtained improvements in job security, training and seniority clauses and, for the first time, obtained a clause prohibiting contracting out by the industry sensitive to various potential issues that may come up,” he said. But even if the hospital board amends its bylaws, the move would still have to be approved by the Ministry of Health. In Trail recently, chiropractors were denied hospital privileges for the same reason — because there is no provision for them under the hospital's bylaws. Chiropractor Salmon agrees with the BCCA's move. “There is enough people caught in this type of case that could use both bed rest as well as a chiro- practoF simultaneously,” she says. Chiropractor David Williams says hospital privileges wouldn't be used too often. He adds that he, too, thas had the point with some local doctors and College of Physicians and Surgeons. The B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons is on record as forbidding its members from associa’ ming and cooper- tors, because as Bullock explains, medical physicians are con: scientists in a sense and the feeling among the more skeptical physicians is that there is no scientific basis to ating with opr But the BCCA aire the newly- amended Hospitals Act gives each hospital board the freedom to grant chiropractors visiting privileges. The BCCA is asking for equal explain the treatment by chiroprac- tors. But Bullock says that’s a hard line position and most medical doctors’ opinions are in between this position. “It's a complicated question,” says Bullock. He added that he will be speaking under a rej of the Hospital Act which entitles other health professionals, such as dentists, nutritionists and physiotherapists, to be on call at hospitals. Association president Blake Alderson has said that because chiro- practors are licensed under provincial laws and paid under provincial medical Steelworker head drops charges. TORONTO (CP) — The sion and resentment in his leader of Canada’s largest 160,000-member labor body. union has dropped internal charges against three local presidents who supported his opponent during bitter elec- tions last year. Gerard Docquier, national director for the United Steel- workers of America, said he decided not to pursue the shortly after the vote in res- charges involving alleged ponse to allegations by op- campaigning on union time ponent Doug Hart, a union because it would cause divi- staff representative. Funeral tonight Mary of New, D and enjoyed Settlement passed away knitting and gardening. Agel 12 56 So cep oe She is wed by two held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel tonight at 7 p.m. and will continue Monday at 10 a.m. with burial in the Kres- ire Cree Sk patients who have had to leave hospital on a day pass to, k treatment from him. all He notes that it is the hospital patient who would benefit most from hospital privileges. Dr. David Bullock, chief of medical staff, said the issue will be addressed at the next medical staff meeting April 21 with the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons for advice’ and input on the issue. The medical staff will make recom- mendations to the hospital board after meetin; The Medical Practitioners Act says medical doctors may not practice medicine with health practitioners who are not also members of the B.C. plans, they should be able to practise where needed in provincially-fundéa@ institutions. The Association says chiropractors are not looking for the right to admit patients to hospital, only the right to treat their patients who may be in hos- pital and want their services. B.C. chiropractors treat patients a year. 322,000 = dren; three great-grand- children; two brothers, Wil- in 1927. In 1987 they moved to Grand Forks. In 1962 she moved to Krestova and to New Settle- ment in 1972. She was a member of the Reformed liam Podovennikoff of New Settlement and Joe Podov ennikoff of Richmond. She was predeceased by her hus band in 1963. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. No Celgar pulp talks scheduled The PPWC could not be By CasNews Staff Westar Timber’s Celgar reached for dpmment Pulp Operations has received Last Sunday the 5,500 a letter from the Pulp, Paper member PPWC and the and Woodworkers of Canada 7,000-member Canadian Pa asking for a location and date perworkers Union reached for upcoming contract talks, tentative contract settle. Celgar general manager Wilf ments covering all major Sweeney said Friday mills in B.C. except those “But we haven't had an op- owned by Westar. portunity to come to grips . Voting on the contracts is Rope For Heart. In fact, Robson elementary school and not Ootischenia will be taking part, along with Tarrys and Shoreacres. a Our Action Ad Phone Nomber is 365-2212 —_ with it at the moment,” Sweeney said. “We haven't anything scheduled.” Not having seen the union's agenda, he said he doesn’t know if the talks will be easy or difficult. “It's the type of thing you can't speculate on,” Sweeney said. expected to be complete by late April If the contracts are rati fied, it will be the first time in the past eight rounds of pulp industry bargaining that set tlements have been reached without a strike or lockout The current contracts ex pire June 30. s - ee see UNION VS NON- UNION continued from tront page clearly places some of the blame for the trend toward non-union fabor on the policies of Premier Bill Bennett's Social Credit government Embree said that over the years, B.C. developed “one of the best, if not the best,” skilled workforce in Canada But he noted B.C.’s resource-dependent economy and workforce has always been influenced by “boom and bust” cycles. Around 1982, things went bust. “So along comes restraint and this whole theory of trickle-down economies and this policy of low tender,” Embree said It is the low tender policy that puts unions at a disadvantage when bidding on contracts and has led to more contracts going to non-union firms, he said. Embree noted that the wages of union workers, their health and welfare benefits, their job security and so on are spelled out in the collective agreements and are public knowledge Non-union contractors “know the cost of that,” he said As soon as the government insisted on low tender non-union contractors turned around and estimated jobs. They would simply figure out what the union tender would be, based on labor rates (in the collective agreement), and bid anywhere from one to five per cent below that.” But Embree said non-union firms have “no pressure or responsibility to treat their workers fairly.” Consequently, he said, instead of paying their workers the union rate of about $18 an hour, these firms pay their workers as little as $4 an hour. Non-union contractors pocket the difference,” Embree said And that, he said, hurts local economies such as Castlegar's, especially when the contractor is not local. As anexample, Embree cited the construction of the new $700,000 Ministry of Forests office building in Castlegar, the contract for which went to the non-union Canoe, B.C. firm of E and D Smith Contracting. Embree, who has filed an unfair labor practices charge against the Okanagan company with ihe Labor Relations Board, said the workers on the project are not contributing to the local economy “He (Smith) will pay his workers say $8 an hour. They don't stay in local hotels. They rent a house and jungle-up eight to 10 in a house.” Every second week, when the workers get paid, Embree said, “They're back in the Okanagan because that's where they live.” “They never even bought their lumbef in town. They brought their own lumber in.” Ernie Smith, an owner of the company, would not comment publicly on Embree’s allegations, citing a clause in his contraet with the B.C. Buildings Corp., which is ‘am AS AG STE PANE: RICK PONGRACZ cites untair wages overseeing the project, forbidding him to get involved in political disputes about the project Other recent construction contracts in Castlegar have gone to non-¥nion companies. An expansion to the Central Kootenay Health Unit office was built by a locat non-union contractor and the contract for a 1@-unit seniors’ housing development was awarded to the Kamloops firm of Vandongen Construc tion Ltd. Vandongen has hired some local workers for the project As well, Embree noted that C: scilegar’ 's Expo 86 sign at the Highway 3 interchange was constructed by a Vernon company “If that’s what Expo 86 means to the city of Castlegar there should be 500 people down there complaining,” he said Pongracz noted that, other than a number of small jobs that went to union contractors, the only major construction projects in Castlegar built by union labor in the last two years were grocery stores — the Safeway on 18th Street and Central Food Mart on Columbia Avenue in south Castlegar “There hasn't been a lot of construction in this town,” he said. “(Castiegar) hasn't had a really big job until the forestry office.” Contracts awarded to local non-union companies also hurt the local economy ‘because non-union contractors don’t pay a fair wagei Pongracz said. Although a non-union contractor may reap the profits that would go to higher-paid workers and thereby pay higher taxes and spend the money locally, “he's never going to eat enough steaks to make up for the steaks his workers would have bought” if they'd been paid a fair wage, Pongracz said. But it is the out-of-town companies that really hurt a small community like Castlegar, he said While loca! non-union workers have “30 to 40 per cent” less salary to spend in a community, out-of-town workers take “almost 100 per cent” of the money they earn out of the community they earn it in, Pongracz said. But the head of a non-union contracting firm, who asked that he not be identified, disputed Pongracz’s and Embree's allegations. “Number one, I've put four apprentices through the training program,” he said. “I've got one apprentice working for me right now going to go through the apprentice training program.” He added that he doesn't try to figure out what a union contractor will bid on a project and then underbid it because he said he doesn’t know how much union workers make. “I don't know and I couldn't care less,” haven't talked to union people for years.” He also criticized Embree's position on out-of-town workers. “If he lets his members go to Ontario for jobs, why is he complaining about out-of-town workers coming here for jobs? “It's a free country, people can come and go where they want “You can't say, ‘You have to hire people from this community.’ This isn't a Communist country.” Both Pongracz and Embree are convinced the tide is turning again the trend toward non-union contracts. Pongracz referred to what he says is a general dissatisfaction with the provincial government's “stopgap and finger-in-the- dike” policies to improve the province's economy “I think the urgency that is now in the province about correcting things is being supported by a broader spectrum of people,” he said. Pongracz added that local governments — including school boards, hospital boar: nd municipal councils — “realize there is no point in giving contracts to the low bid if the company is not local.” “If the company is from the North Pole they'll take he said. “I Bac BMS HE. their money back to the North Pole.” Embree said unions have to make local businesses realize that non-local and poorly paid workers are not helping the local economy. “What we've got to do is get the local business community on our side and to realize that out-of-town companies are not helping them “Fogtunately, enough people in Castlegar sympa thize w Norse 7 A eI