CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 16, 1983

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Sulphur :
gets some
respect

. . VANCOUVER, (CP), — The phosphorescent piles of
sulphur that brigh used to

_ be ‘a nuisance byproduct created when natural gas

producers scrubbed sour’ gas for market.”
With prices low and demand unstable throughout the
60s and 70s, companies were not able to sell as much as

they produced and: stockpiles grew at natural gas |
operations across the Prairies and northeastern B.C. ©

But demand eventually caught up with supply, and
prices, which languished around $89 (U.S.) a tonne in
1979, leaped to $110 (U.S.) a tonne last year. They have
since levelled at $100 (U.S.).

The timing of the price increase helped oil and ‘ga8
companies, who found their balance sheets sagging from

ram. oe
“There's no doubt oil companies have changed their
thinking about sulphur, says Barry Clarke, marketing

the double blows of recession and the National Energy.

manager for Cansulex Ltd. of Vancouver. Canaulex:

"'S ewnied by 18 gas producers in Western Cariada and Is the: |
t exporter of recovered sulphur, ering 2.3:
jee. tonnes last year. Siig

world’s

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‘ “Oi compan for gas and

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Sulphur {s used .in everything from’ matches to" .’
medications but its main use is in phosphate fertilizers, he :

said.
More than 60 per cent of world sulphur.p

ve found sulphur a very valuable resource,” ‘said

“And there | are other reasons, ‘A spokesman f for Can-

producer

"terra Enorgy Ltd. of Calgary, the matn sulphur, ravaeed
tible .

tn Cansulox, says Canadian suppliers’ are’ si

internaticnal market conditions over whieh they: have no.

control.

Canada benefitted when polltiesl, problems calused 1

i produetion to drop in Poland,.he said.’ Polish operations
now are back to normal. : ‘

and 90 per cent of Canadian production is used! for fer)
tilizer, ho said. It is also used to make sulphuric acid, -

which after water is the most common industrial solvent
in the. world,

Kevin Doyle, president of Sultran Ltd. of ‘Calgary,
says the growth In sulphur has

a new ’
‘Australia, a large consumer, hasbeen plagued’ by ’

droughts and fires which have harmed the agricultural |:

isector and reduced fertilizer demand.’ °
CANADIANS COMPETE.’
1 these problems, aren't enough, Canadians are

been fairly’ even ‘in the. last two, decades. - Western
consumption stands at 80 million tonnes | annually,

Siltran is owned by 20 Alberta gas producers most
of whom export thoragh Cansulex, and is responsible for
moving almost’ all’ Canadian sulphur, both mined and
recovered,’ -from point of origin.” to ‘port.

,Doyle said in a telephone interview that Canada
shipped 4.6 million tonnes of sulphure ir 1982, more than
half. of that: moving ‘through Cansulex.'In 1981, a boom
year for the Canadian industry,6.6 million tonnes were
_ Shipped, 2.6 mille through Cansulex.

} DROPPING

bulsuene are " dropping, he said, ‘because. ot the

recession..

Farmers around the world are getting. ‘less for their” ‘

crops andare buying less frdm'the fertilizer. lanes which
Canada. supplies, he said. 5 ;

against each other, says Clarke, calling the
situation ridiculous. Cansulex which represents about 50
per cent ‘of offshore, sales from Canada, competes for
(sulphur, , sales with; ‘Shell Canada Li
Petroleum Ltd. cand: Petro-Canada among others; x

‘As to the general health of the industry, Clarke said
improvement will probably follow. on the heeels of the
economic recovery now tentatively underway in. the’
US. 2

“Sulphur ; is. auch | ‘a broad-use ‘conimodity in the
industrial world: that during ‘a’ recession its use is
drastically effected,” he said. ‘

Doyle of Sultran:said he was not optimistic for this -
year or next, but expects ‘growth “to resume eventually.
But’ for.

by. the
ibright yellow mounds,. sulphur, presents. | few: storage
‘problems and has almost an indefinite shelf-life. “Some of
it has been‘ sitting. around ‘since the 60s,” said. Clarke.

; Tran and Iraq, both large suppliers, are preoccupied
‘with their war and have dropped .out of ‘international
markets, but thelr place has been taken by Saudi Arabia,”

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MANUFACTURE, SALE OR POSSESSION OF

ore TO OBTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SER-

287.1(1) Every one who, without lawful exéiize, .

the proof of which lies upon him, manufactures,
possesses, sells or offers for sale or distributes
any instrument or device or any component
thereof, the design of which renders it primarily
useful for obtaining the use of any telecom-
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the device has been used-or is or was intended

to be used to obtain the use of any,telecom- .

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a lawful charge therefor, is guilty of an indic-
ae offence ond liable to imprisonment for two

Ye) Where @ person is convicted of an offence
under subsection (1) or paragraph 287 (1) (b),
any Instrument or device in relation to which the

No order for forfeiture shall? bisittiade under
subsection (2) in respect ¢ of Jelgphone: telegaph :
or-other |
owned by a ,person engaged Sn providing

ph or other:
service to the ‘public or forming part of the
telephone, telegraph or other communication
service or system of such a person by means of
which an offence under subsection (1) has been
committed if such person was not a'party to the
offence, 1974-75-76, c. 93, 5, 24,

A Conviction:

The Queen vorsus Brotzel, Saskatchewan
Provincial Court, 191

This is the first case which has come to aur atten-
tion involving pay television. Mr. Brotzel-was
charged with theft of telecommunication service
contrary to section 207() (b) of the Crimtanl
Code. Judge King ruled. that Brotzel’s use.of a
home-made descrambling device constituted
theft of the Pay TV (teletheatre) Service. The

or the p of

which consiltuted the offence, upon such convic-
tion, in addition to any punishment that is im-
posed, may be order. forfeited to Her Majesty

it may be disposed of as the Aftor-:
ney General directs.

Judge of the unpaid monthly.
charges and placed Mr. Brotzel on probation for
one year. Judge King also ruled that the ac-

's television set did not have to be turned
on for the offence to take place.

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Heavy smokers

A United States, doctor
says he “almost had cultural

shock” when he discovered’
the numberof people who:

smoke in-Yellowknife, NWT.

Writing. in the Canadian
Medical Association Journal,
Dr. Bill Straw reports that

during the month he spent at®

a hospital in Yellowknife,
“the small, unventilated hos-
pital cafeteria, every bar and
restaurant and even the pub-

northern environments. and
the general lack of aggres-
sive efforts to get people to
quit.

Straw, from the University -
of Iowa, adds that it is hard
to imagine -how, 20 -years
from now, the Canadian
medical care system will sur-
vive the lung and heart dis-
eases that will prevail among:
those who smok

#& 1980 U.8. Agriculture

levels of smoke.”
“Adding to the problem is

Depart: stu

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chighest per capita consump-

the lack of ventilation in most: :

spring “run-off-water :
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bacco. in the: world.

Rural ,

popiaton

_ grows

OTTAWA (CP) — The

‘1970s were the first decade in.

Canadian history to record a
“faster growth rate for rural
areas than urban areas, Btat-
istics Canada re,
Since 1976, the rural popu:

lation has grown by 8.9 por -

cent — almost double the ur-
ban growth rate of five per
cent, ‘according to data just
released from the 1982 cen-

sus.”

Only in the Prairies — the
three provinces traditionally’
identifiedsas:rural —

‘ban population “grow
than rural population,

“Canada’s non-urban popu-
lation now numbers some six
million — 800,000 more‘than
a decade ago — and it has
meant big changes for Can-
ada’s smaller towns and rural
areas,” Statistics Canada

said.

“Urbanites may slip away
from the nation’s cities -un-
noticed but the arrival of
large numbers of people in a
less ‘populated area can
quickly, change the social
landscape, the local market
place and the level of demand
for municipal services.”

* Statistics. Canada ‘defines
an urban area as a com-
munity: containing ‘at least
1,000 persons or a population
density of 400 or more people
per: square kilometre. .Any
‘community. “with 'a”’ ‘small

e: rural
population is, thetstorer not
just caused: by a ‘growth in
the number: of farmers. 3

Some suburbs of Jarge
cities and ‘small ‘industrial
towns, for example, could be

as‘rural areas. ~
"The shift away from urban
_ to rural living is“also dem-

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onatrated by the number of
agricultural workers.

“For.the first time since
the 1930s, Canada’s agricul-
tural -labor force did -aot
shrink in, size, but remained
stable with 481,275 workers.”

However, the number of
agricultural workers, as a
percentage of the labor force,
shrank to four. per cent ‘in
1981. from .5.6"per cent in
1971. ,

"In absolute numbers, the
size of the agricultural labor
fored! intfeased’ in
incd¥'ektept the Prairies
the area traditionally con-
sidered .the most rural. =
‘The biggest growth oc-
curred in British Columbia,
where the number of agri-
cultural workers increased 37
per cent to 91,575 from
28,050.

Michel Cote, a federal

statistician, credited: this in- ~

crease to a growth in or-
chards, vegetable farms and
vineyards.

Increases in the number of
farm’ workers in Eastern’
Canada was attributed to
government policies encour-
aging beef and dairy pro-
duction, “probably to the de- de-
triment. of farmers in the
West.” q : 4

MOVE A PHENOMENON,

During the period’1971-81,

the proportion of agricultural

workers. living in the. four :

weatern provinces shifted to

, 50 per cent from 53 per cent.

: Declines in the number of
farm workers in‘the Prairies
was attributed to mechani-
zation and the growth in the
size of farms.

The biggest decrease was
in Alberta, where agricultur-
al workers, as ‘a percentage
of the labor force, dropped to
6.7 per cent in 1981 from 12.6
per cent in 1971.

Cote said in an interview it:
is impossible to determine .

whether the increased inter-
est in living’in rural areas
during the 1970s was a phen-
omenon that will continue,
The statistics released re-
cently also show that a large
number of women working in
family enterprises, mainly on’

farms, are officially consid: -

ered to be in.the labor force

_ but earn no wages.

The highest rate of this
unpaid labor occurred in Sas-

. katchewan; where. 7,485

women — 4.8 per cent of the
female labor force: —_ Fereived

no pay. -

prov-

ANNUAL
GENERAL

“CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 16, 198°,"

mniisie was provided by.a local, band called “Vision.”
* Vat 8 p.

“Dance which, was held on the:evening, of Feb. 1, Great:

p.m, the. ‘winners of the K.J, ‘Sweetheart
Contest were announced, Our hing and queen ‘were Grade i
8 students Rod Gretchenand ‘Trish Perras, The Grade 7
prince and princess. were David. Pope and Marnie

f his yes This’

mado: Up of 20 to 90 dvaneed Grade 7 and 8

Every Tuesday and Thursday, they meet in the band
room. Old 'and_new songs, are played and challenging
pleces are tried‘ every dey. Mr. Ken Nelson is the band’s
leader,

“Uni fortunately, : this. year’s | Mater: carnival was
cancelled because of poor snow conditions, However, the
long distance ski race was held Feb. 16 and the winners
were: Brennan Turner, Pauline Qrr, Cathy Paszty and
Geoffrey’! Ball.

“Although the Winter Carnival could not ‘take placa,
the. K.J. staff and stud the:

-Math and

efforts of Miss Chmnata, Mr, Horcoff and the Activity
Cour

INI
Reporter Claudia’ Braman interviewed irs, Konkin

whois counsellor and a) sowing teacher.

Mrs. Korkin was born in Penticton and has lived in
Castlegar for almost four years. She is married but has no
children. Her hobbies are macrame, sewing, cooking,
golfing, horseback riding and swimming.

She liked home economics in school, so in Grade 10
she docided to become a teacher. She wanted to help
students in:the home economics area. What she really
likes’ ‘about teaching is the students,

MR. HALISHEFF
‘Recentiy I _sterviewed Mike Halisheff who teaches
came from

Village for six yoars with his wife and two children: His
hobbies include building and making things, fishing and
repairing: ears, §

‘) Hebecamea teacher beeauso he enjoys working ‘with
tools and equipment and he feels it’s rewarding: to help.-; ‘

someone else, What he likes about teaching is that he | ff

makes friends with a lot of people, and there are lots-of-:
things around the school that make it interestin;
‘ MR. MIKE RODGERS E
‘ Recently I interviewed Mike Rodgers who came to
this area from Yellowknife. He has been living in Winlaw
for a year and a half with his wife and three children. His
hobbies include, bird watching, raising rabbi

‘collecting postcards.

He became a teachor because he'd always
school: What ho likes most about teaching is that thers’

the Slocan Valley, fa has been living in, Raspberry

always in the school.

‘Student
_cultural
exchange
March 26

High’ school students-from
the West Kootenays will be
gathered in Castlegar this
month to explore likenesses
and differences among the
ethnic people of the area. Or-
ganized by the Castlegar and
District Multicultural Society
with the assistance of many
of our local teachers, the
event. promises. to bs excit-

ing.

Beginning at 92 a.m. March
26, the students ‘will attend
workshops to learn about the

life stories of rep-
resentatives from Canadian’
ethnic groups. Students will
learn about the heritage of
the Portuguese, the Douk-
hobor, the Native Indian, the
Japanese, and the Scandin-
avian citizens of Canada,
These workshops will be de-
signed to allow students to
discover the richness of Can-
ada’s multi-dimensional her-

* itage.

The ethnic cuisine of each
group will be provided to
students after the work-

_ shops. The air promises to be

filled with the aromas of
foods from around the world
as the cultural marketplace

th, coupo!
a by the sponsors. They.
will be able to compare tastes
and customs, and discover.’
with each other the ethnic
wealth of Canada. '

The public will be invited
for the afternoon market-
place. There will be booths to
visit,. foods to buy, arts and
crafts to admire and to pui-
chase,

Actors, artists, dancers,
musicians, and others will
entertain while the public
strolls through the area.

Orators will speak and en-
tertain questions about the
Canadian community.

FRI.
9:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.

‘Hospital -
auxiliary |
busy —

The South Slocan Chapter
to the Kootenay Lake. Dis-
trict Héspital held its regular ~*
monthly meeting March 4 at
the Plant 3 Hall in South
Slocan,

‘The meeting — which saw
16 members attend — was
opened ‘with a prayer by
retiring president Sadie
Hammond, The treasurer's
report. was read by Hazel
Varney. who noted that the
baby case realized over $170;.
in February. And, i was
noted, the Emerson Pump.
was paid for totally by the

discussed
and’ members decided ‘that ~.
the Appreciation Tea would
be held again at St. Joseph's
School in Nelson, although no
date has been set. .

Canada Health Day will
feature the motto, “I take
care of my health do you.”
And members learned that
24 Candy Stripers have
stayed on for their second
year of the program. F

Members were also re-~
minded that dues should be
paid at this time.

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