wA2 The News continued from front page room staff, and has also over- seen the computerization of both the newsroom and the production area. “We're publishing more lo- cal stories and ads in this issue than we have in years,” Birch said. “Being first with local news is more than a tradition, it’s a commitment.” Birch said the switch to a tab format was a difficult de- cision. “One big influence was the fact that the format is more reader-friendly. It doesn't take up as much space when you spread it out on the kitchen table, and the pages are better organized. We've also de- signed it so that readers can get key facts at a glance, with- out sacrificing in-depth cover- age.” “Tabs also offer a better en- vironment for advertisers,” McCullough added. “Busi- nesses which bought small ads tended to get lost on the big broadsheet page. Now they have a fair shot at reader at- tention.” The move to a tab format follows an industry-wide trend which has continued for more than a decade. Since 1980, there have been no successful broadsheets launched in Canada and during that same timeframe many broadsheets have closed their doors. British Columbia’s biggest daily newspaper is the Van- couver Province, which has steadily increased readership since it went to a tab in 1986. Its sister publication, the Sun, is struggling as a Police BEAT ‘Two new pickups parked at Kalawsky's sale lot were re- ported scratched Thursday L pen ye 7 in RCMP said. 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GRIFONE TAXIDERMY WESTERN CANADA SCHOOL rie ecm 2187 Columbia Avenue, Cast BUS.: 365-3000 - RES.: 365-6327 Here's where It’s going: Barry E: (left), talks to local residents about the chosen ¢ site for a bridge ieaaame services for the Highways Ministry before the ministry's public meeting. Few at mooting opposed @ Robson residents question safety but proposed bridge site draws few complaints at meeting Donna B ge Hebi site chosen by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways for a bridge ery Noone and Wednesday from ry ey 100 resi- istry is also look- ing into swinging the pedestrian on-off ramp un- derneath, clude a 60 km-h speed limit, a four-metre ‘wide “long” left turn Don Barcham lane for exiting, impr te on C fumbi b and dents who attend: cae at the bg haeromed ed The ministry called the meeting to bring the public up to date on its plans, Hans, tenia i The site chosen, referred to as Site 7, was one of three added to the original list of five potential sites. A map of the site shows the end of the $21.5 million span on the Castlegar side just west of where Cri Street i Lower Arrow Lakes ete (in ad- dition to —— onBroad- at it in- pi anny announced Soller) and 1 at both “Tonight we don't have all the answers,” Barcham said. “Tonight we're selecting the site and we'll continue to work on the details.” Long-time resident Nick Oglow commended the ministry ’s plans. “In most cases it will be a bene- fit to the local residents and peo- ple i in the area,” Oglow said. “In » local will be i the larger » this i is a good plan.” Professor dumps on Kootenay industries Thomas Bink NEWS REPORTER NORTHPORT, Wash. — The Columbia River and Lake Roo- sevelt are being polluted by Canadian industry, but pollut- ing could stop if Celgar Pulp Co. and Cominco Ltd. would clean up their acts, a water quality ex- pert said Tuesday night. “Enormous amounts of pollu- tion have been coming down the Columbia from up north for quite some time,” Dr. Edmund Brock, a professor at Washing- ton State University, told about 150 people at a rate! here. “Celgar is especially bad Brock called Celgar “ ‘one of the dirtiest pulp mills in North America.” He said the chlorine used to bleach paper at Celgar i is dumped directly into the river, which puts dangerous dioxin and furon directly into the wa- ter supply for much of Wash- ington. However, Celgar gener- al manager Jim Browne said in an interview Thursday that Cel- gar’s emissions are within provincial levels. “We aren't on the provincial government's list of potential pollution producers,” Browne said. “Our emissions are within established levels.” Browne said there isa lot of documentation available to prove it. “Dr. Brock hasn't both- ered to read the documents,” Browne said. Brock said Trail-based Com- inco Ltd. dumps 300 tons of slag —a heavy, black arsenic: lead- m Ferry committee makes one last pitch for return of vessel with Columbia Avenue near the old ferry ramp, and on the Robson side between Waldie’s Road and ly rests with the voters, says the ittee’s lawyer, Terry Dal- Selon Tir wens hen tes ees mittee, while grateful that the” alternate’ escape route if there were an industrial accident at ei- amount of truck traffic through Castlegar pe pie Celgar’s mod- ernization and expansion project, and reduce the costs of construct- ing the bridge “far beyond the costs of the ferry ercury into the river every day. He said the metals in slag — “the “the gross- est kind of pollution imagin- able” — are dangerous to hu- man health, especially at the levels they enter the rently. involved in a year-lo: study of pollution in ce Columbia. “I don't think we have tion. Fish said Cominco has spent about $650 million up- In the meantime, Dalton says the committee has a commitment from the NDP that the ferry will be restored until the bridge is Prey and will support the ling its envir I sys- tems since 1977, and is plan- nite $0 spend more in the fa- Brock said levels of dioxin, mercury, phosphate, lead and Nt aes Socreds form the next provincial government and the bridge project is, going shead, add ft tanken oe when the bridge is scheduled for in the river and Lake Roosevelt are well above estab- lished U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency maximum lev- els. Brock’s visit to Northport was sponsored by Citizens for a be sara Columbia, a _ group of