SSTABLISHED AUG. 7. 1947 (NCORPORATING THE MID-WEEK (aIADER OF THE B.C. PRESS COUNCH Maanmom PUBLISNED SePh 12, T976-AUG. 2), 1900 A.W CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG. 7. 1947-FEB, 19. PUBLISHER — EDITOR — Ron Norman PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey * OFFICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin ADVERTISING CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley Burt — Gary Fleming vested in ond belongs to Cos ‘Gdvertisement prepored Irom repro proote, to the advertiser ihe News Lid. provided, how ‘Ungrovings. etc. provi wneny produced by Usd. ever that copytight thet part and that part only ot hed the edveriner shell remain in Ad Revitalization dead Castlegar council can't be blamed for pulling its financial support for the downtown revitalization program. The program had died months before. Council was simply performing the last rites when it formally with- drew an earlier proposal to finance 50 per cent of the $650,000 plan. If anything, the city deserves a pat on the back for sticking with the plan as long as it did and for taking a leading role in downtown revitalization. The city wasted little time in pledging $325,000 to help get the plan off the ground when it was first unveiled a year ago last May. That's a hefty chunk of public funds for a program which would have largely benefitted downtown merchants. But council obviously felt the money was well spent if it would spruce up the downtown. Council waited for the down- town property owners to match the offer. And waited. And waited. It became clear that as June turned into November something wasn't quite right. Mayor Audrey Moore finally brought the issue into the open in her December inaugural speech when she gently rebuked downtown merchants for dragging their feet on the plan. The problem with the plan was quite simple: Many property to small scale upgrading. Some improv nts will be made, but they will be piecemeal. There is some suggestion the revitalization plan can always be dusted off and: presented again sometime in the future, but that on the provi 1 government revives the Downtown Revitalization Program. Provincial funding for the program ran out earlier this yeor ‘and so far Victoria hasn't given any indication it plans to inject any more money into revitalization. Ald. Nick Oglow suggests the province may come up with a dif- ferent Program that would be more to Castl Letters to the Editor property owners. But it's hard to imagine a better program than the one that just ran out. Besides, with the provincial government staring a $530 million deficit inthe face, it likely won't be feeling very generous until it brings the deficit under control. Certainly, Mr. Oglow is right when he says what is needed is downtown development, and it would be great to see the mall proposed by local businesman Leo Bosse go full speed ahead. But development isn't that simple. The local development board has been working hard to attract new enter- prises to Castlegar, and with par- owners felt it was too The complaint wasn't without some justification. The costs were fairly heavy, even with Castlegar homeowners picking up half the it. But if the downtown property owners can't afford the plan now, when government-subsidized in- terest rates are as low as they are likely to get, it is unlikely they will ever be able to afford it. That's the unfortunate reality So what lies ahead for the down- town? Council remains committed tial success. But at this rate it will be another 10 years before there are enough new businesses down- town to support revitalization — assuming none of the businesses already downtown move out. In all likelihood, when council officially scrapped the revitalization program last week, any hope for major improvements to the downtown core also went out the window. That's too bad. Now it is up to individual property owners to do it on their own. Ron Norman Didn't someone once say that you never know how well off you are until you've seen what others have? If they didn’t, they should have. It's along the same line as the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. On my summer holidays I hopped the fence and headed for the Van. couver area. I'll say right away that while sometimes things look a little greener down there (especially around mid-December), for the most part they aren't. Oh, Vancouver has its attractions. The ocean is terrific. I don't think I'll ever tire of the smell of a sea breeze. The arts and entertainment are fun and there's never a lack for things to do. But most of them take money — oodles of money. Did you know, for instance, what a ticket to a B.C. Lion game costs now? When I was growing up in Vancouver a Lions game cost a buck if you belonged to the Woodward's Quarterback Club. Sure, they sat you in the end zone where the older kids dumped coke down the back of your neck, but it was still only a dollar. The best adult seats in the place could be had for less than $10. Today, there is still a kid's section in one of the end zones, but it's smaller. Instead, they've taken some of the seats and charged $18 for them. Can you imagine, $18 to sit in the end zone? Yikes! My wallet starts to sweat just thinking about it The top seat in B.C. Place Stad ium is $25 — and when I say top, I mean top. The ushers hand out the oxygen tanks on the way up. Want to rent a place to live in Kitsilano? How does $1,250 a month for the middle floor of a house sound? That's not a typo folks, that's one thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars. And that doesn’t get you a shiny clean house built last year and equipped with state of the art gadgets to make city life easier. That's for a 1930s ('20s?) home that hasn't changed much since it was built — except perhaps for a kitchen and bathroom which were installed in the basement so it could be converted into a separate suite. But hey, at least in Kitsilano you don't have to fight the rush hour traffic. I think I could put up with the high cost of living in Vancouver if I didn’t have to drive in rush hour traffic. The only day we were caught in rush hour traffic an accident blocked the Trans-Canada Highway while we were trying to get from White Rock to North Vancouver. What was supposed to be a 45-minute drive turned into an hour and 15 minutes. I wondered how all the other drivers caught in the jam explained to their bosses why they were a half hour late for work. And our trip wasn’t unique. You're guar- anteed an accident at least one day a week on your way to work. But the morning crush of cars was like a Sunday drive up a back road in the Slocan Valley compared to the afternoon trip home. Trying to get onto Lions Gate Bridge was a night mare — and we were going against the flow of traffic. But that was the good news. By the time we'd inched our way onto the bridge and were into Stanley Park we learned the bad news: The Oak Street Bridge was backed up 30 blocks on Oak Street, the new Alex Fraser bridge was closed for repairs, and a transport truck was stalled on the Port Mann Bridge and awaiting a large tow truck Just another afternoon home in Lotusland So now if I balk at the cost of a Rebels’ game or get steamed when I can't get onto Columbia Avenue around 3:30 p.m., I'll just sit back and remember that things could be worse. drive Letter writer annoying When I read K. MacGregor's letter, my first response was to say nothing as I do not have to defend my opinion to anyone. On reading the letter again, I got quite annoyed at this person for telling me that my son has put himself and his family in danger because of his beliefs. This person has no knowledge of my children or myself, nor of the problems we have faced in the past. Granted, our problems may have been small compared to some peoples’, but nevertheless they were very real to us. And I will “rejoice” in the fact that my son is alive and well. With.-the lifestyle he was caught up in, plus his depressed state of mind, this might not be so today. You also have no knowledge of the emotional upheaval that Doug and I went through when he first started his Bible studies. And believe me I questioned many, many of the Jehovah Witnesses’ ways. But because of our love and faith in each other we survived this small war with an even stronger bond than before. And yes, because of Doug’s love for us, he has hoped that we would share his beliefs for the simple fact that he is afraid that when this system comes to an end he won't see us again. I certainly can't hold that against him. And how many parents have told their child that they cannot associate with a certain kid because they are a bad influence? | can remember being turious at my daughter because I did not approve of the group she was hanging around with. The only dif. ference is the situation. We lost my father and one of my brothers in the last three years, and to be honest I find it harder to deal with their absence from family gatherings than Doug’s. I can still see my son or phone him when I want to. I agree that medical staff are doing everything in their power to keep blood transfusions safe. But we do have to face facts. AIDS does exist and people are contacting it through blood transfusions. Personally, I would not have the strength to watch a member of my family die that way. Besides, there are transfusion alternatives. A doctor in the States, who is not a Jehovah Witness, developed an al- ternative for people who will not accept blood. And he has: met very good success with it. He has also written an excellent book called No Man's Blood. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the doctor and the author of the book, but I could find out if anyone is interested. In closing, I would like to ask, how many religions claim to be the only source of truth? I've not heard of one which doesn't. I still support Doug in his beliefs and my love for him is not going to change just because he doesn’t send me a birthday card. Diane Cowlin Castlegar Don't fret about burning Please publish this letter in re- sponse to last Sunday's (Aug. 23) criti- cism from the Kootenay “stone-age” attack on the opponents of the sale of West Kootenay Power to our “good?” neighbor and philantropist — Utili- Corp I would like to reassure the lady not to worry and not to be so dramatic over the burning in effigy. Voo- dism does not work in this modern age. If this were not true, there would not be so many of us plucked chickens running about as well as the many “Colonel Sanders” and “Dixie Lees” “protecting” us from being boiled in vegetable oil. Among the 400-plus people attend ing this open-air meeting were very in effigy many friendly, peaceful people with children. We didn’t peak under their “hoods and sheets” to see whether they carried buckets of tar or chicken feathers or what kinds of literature they had stuffed in their pockets. They might have been NDP, Liberals or Conservatives who cared about what is happening to our Canada. Only a “red neck stone henge dramatist” would be offended by their behavior. Perhaps the shame of this peaceful incident should be laid on the ex ploiters, not on us poor plucked chick. ens. Pat Romaine Castlegar “Chanticlear” the Rooster More letters page AS KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS It's a deadly trap By VAUGHN PALMER At a cursofy glance, yesterday's update on the provincial budget seems to contain no cause for alarm. Revenue is higher than d is praised for sounding the alarm bells yesterday. He'll be told there is no cause for controlling use of the health care system, no need to raise money by lower. The economy is improving. All that is good news. Why, then, would the government be planning to sell some of its assets to raise money? Why is Finance Minister Mel Couvelier complaining about the cost of health care? And why doesn't the government go ahead and keep its promise to reduce the sales tax to five per cent? The answer is that Mr. Couvelier still expects to record a $850 million deficit when the books are tallied at the end of next March. For the sixth successive year the provincial budget will be about $1 billion in the red Servicing the accumulated debt is costing the province more than it spends on all but a few big ministries. In short, the long-term causes for gloom outweigh the good news in yes terday’s report on the first quarter of the budget year. Time was when wallowing in red lly unacceptable in B.C ister, not a Socred, not a New Democrat, dared to bring down on deficit budget, never mind six in a row. Now the government is practically addicted to deficit budgets and I wonder if it can manage without them. The public has grown so com fortable with deficits that Mr. Couv elier is more likely to be criticized than privatization. He'll be told, in effect, not to worry about the deficit because we've been managing all right at this level for years, haven't we? Well, no actually. The province is not managing all right by racking up deficit after deficit. It is sinking deeper into debt and diverting a greater share of scarce resources to paying interest. This is the trap of Keynesian eco- nomics, the theory that governments can bail out their economies in tough times by spending more than they earn. The theory also says that governments should retire their debts by spending less than they earn when times are good. But in practice govern: ments seldom find that they can afford to run surpluses, which means they simply pile deficit atop deficit until they can barely afford the interest payments. Look at how B.C. has fallen into the Keynesian trap: interest payments were $28 million in 1982-83, $113 million the next year, then $275 million, $341 million, $400 million, and for this year, $530 million. At that rate, debt servicing will reach $1 billion before the revenues from economic growth contribute enough to balance the budget. Interest payments in the billion dollar range could slow economic growth by greatly reducing the money available for more productive kinds of government spending. For surely, if the Keynesians are right that the government can help the economy by spending more than it earns, it follows that the government can hurt the economy by diverting hundreds of millions of dollars to its creditors, many of whom are outside the province. It gets worse. Even if the economy performs well for the next few years and the government is able to balance the budget again, you have to wonder what will happen the next time our debt-laden government faces the re- cession. Does it run a $2 billion deficit — $1 billion to pay interest, the other $1 billion to stimulate the economy? And what will happen the next time the economy needs a jolt? Such are the depths of the Keynesian trap. Mr. Couvelier wants to find a way out of the trap, preferably before the next downturn in the economy. He can make progress through restraint, which is why he is trying to hang on to every source of revenue and why he wants other provinces to join him in an effort to contain the soaring bills for health care in Canada. But the public would not stand for cuts of the size needed to balance the budget, nor could the economy afford the burden of tax increases needed to put the house in order. So the government is looking for new sources of money, which more than any other factor explains the rush to privatine. event of the year. The Fall Fair Committee worked long past the 6:00 p.m. deadline yesterday as exhibit entries continued to pour in. * 8 * Some 20 Robson, Castlegar and Kinnaird representatives joined a crowd of 250 West Kootenay citizens at a banquet in honor of Rt. Honorable Louis St. Laurent, P.C., Q.C., L.L.D., in the Legion Hall in Trail Monday evening, at which the Prime Minister delivered an address on Canada's future and the part the industrial potential of the West Kootenay will play in that future. The speech was also heard by radio throughout the Kootenays. * 6 *« : A sharp criticism of alleged in- activity on the part of police in regard to recent incendiary fires in was made by Fire Chief R.A.D. West in a report to the village commissioners Tuesday evening. Said the fire chief: “We know cote that we've had three in- cendiary fires recently. They were all probably started by the same man.” Castlegar To meet the new banking policy of not permitting current accounts to be in an overdraft position, the board of management of the Castlegar and District Hopsital at its meeting last week authorized the signing officers of the hospital to arrange for a note loan of up to $35,000. The money will be used as required to meet operating expenses of the hospital. . Elementary school students in School District No. 9 report to classes at 9 a.m. on Tuesday while secondary students report at 9 a.m. on Wednes- day. * 8 By a unanimous vote, Castlegar council Tuesday night voted to support Cominco’s application to the National Energy Board to operate its electrical system interconnected with the federal power system in Washington State. By this plan, Cominco would firm up additional power by means of equal exchanges of energy between the connected systems. . * 15 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 7, 1972 Castlegar News The shock waves of the provincial election in British Columbia had hardly died down when another wave, this one from Ottawa, struck. On Friday afternoon, Prime Min- ister Pierre Trudeau announced the nation would go to the polls on Oct. 30. This area was represented by Randolph Harding of Silverton who sat with the opposition as a New Demo cratic member. To date, only one other candidate has appeared to contest Mr. Harding’s seat and he is R.H. Brisco, a Trail chiropractor who obtained the Pro- gressive Conservative nomination earlier this year at a convention held at Selkirk College. * 8 « At 1 p.m. on Friday a heavy blast shook the ground between Syringa and Tulip creeks. It was “the big one” struction of the Deer Park road which follows the Arrow Lake out of the Park and leads to the isolated community several miles to the north. * 5 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 29, 1982 Castl News Delinquent dogs in Castlegar be- ware. An unfamiliar being is patrolling the streets, seeking those who dare disobey the city's animal protection bylaw. The name is Jackie Yocom. Yocom, 36, was appointed this week by City Council as Castlegar's new animal protection officer. * An early morning fire gutted a Robson house Thursday in what Robson Fire Chief Dennis LaHue said was the third fire in the area in 10 days. About 16 volunteer firefighters responded with two pumper trucks at 5:30 a.m. to the fire which was brought under control within 30 minutes. * 6 6 Vancouver Canucks showed no mercy Wednesday, trampling some of Trail's finest ball players 10-2 during a celebrity charity softball game at Butler park before a sell out crowd of about 1,800. _ panama nt on con- ‘Heed words of wisdom federal government's to Eat $15 billion in defence fe for nuclear-powered sub- marines and our local MP Bob Brisco justifying and trying to sell the plan to the Canadian public, because of the alleged and fictitious threat from the Russians. After suffering a 20 million loss in their population and ravage of their country in the second world war, would the Russians want to risk the repetition of the same? To be factual, it is known and on record that the Russians every year make all kinds of peace srepicslasy Us Western states, including Canada, latest one being a moratorium on nu- clear testing. Their desire is to use negotiations —. not hostile confronta- tions - & solve any controversial and in all perv of inter-state relations is their ambition, which eliminates ten- sion, hate and unneccessary expendi- tures for both sides. To the average Canadian this sudden readiness to expend such enor- mous sums of money for dubious and unwarranted purposes raises several questions. When the working people, teachers, nurses and public employees ask for higher wages because the market prices for consumer commod- ities are constantly rising everytime one goes shopping, the government says there is no money. Where will the government get this $15 billion? Borrow it from the banks? Isn't this a sure path to the same predicament that a lot of the Third World countries find themselves in today? Saddled with such huge debt loads the poor people of these countries are still poor, because they got nothing in return. The money Water bills outrageous I would like to express my outrage at the Robson water bills this year. My bill is $450 for one water outlet, compared to $102 last year. Residents are also charged a domestic toll for a water line to their houses. This increased from $76 to $90 which is understandable as everything goes up. Residents are also charged for every parcel of land-whether there is water on it or not. This went up from $6.50 to $90 — an increase of over 1,384 per cent. It also depends where the house is situated on the property. If you have a small house on one lot, each lot is charged as a parcel. If you have a larger house that covers more than one lot or is partially on both lots, this is also considered one parcel. Does it make sense to charge less for a larger residence? The whole situation seems ridiculous to me. One thing I do know, Robson has become a place too expensive to live in. Georgina V.M. Burroughs Robson Canadians want to see happen here? Will such Tory defence policy not lead to the escalation of the dangerous arms race and be a stepping stone to the nuclear holocaust? The best method to achieve security is through peaceful negotia- tions, not through for war. The other side would not be sitting idly It is noteworthy at this time to remember the words of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, who said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children . . . This is not » way. of life. at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.” Our. politicians would enlighten and enrich themsélves morally by heeding these words of wisdom. W.J. Lebedoff Glade Immigrants should swear oath to Queen Immigrants coming to Canada should be educated in our form of government, and thus proud to swear allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen. However, apparently Secretary of State David Crombie does not agree. In a recently- released discussion paper ironically entitled Proud to Be Canadian, Mr. minister in the 35th year of the Queen's reign, and of her unswerving service to Canada, can only disturb the average loyal citizen, who wants immigrants to share his proud loyalties, not reject them. I urge readers to write to their MP to Mr. Crombie and to the prime ‘Xp of changes o bill the issue The Aug. 26 issue of the Castlegar News carries a re- port of MP Bob Brisco's recent speech in the House of Commons. It is printed ad- jacent to a CP story head- lined “Government on anti- refugee bandwagon.” Those who oppose Bill C-55, the new refugee bill, readily accept that isiong to the refugee determination procedure are required and long overdue. It is the nature of the proposed cl which are contentious. Church-sponsored groups, Amnesty International and ethnic organizations are united in opposition to the current wording of Bill C-65. This opposition is possibly best summed up by Michael Schelew of Amnesty Inter- national: “AI's three major concerns of universal aécess, a meaningful appeal on the merits and an independent decision making body have all been ignored by the fed- eral government.” Rod McDowell, who is legal adviser for the St. Catherines Diocesan Refugee i describes the sit- gers to Europe. I was 13. For a refresher course I would suggest reading None Is Too Many. The Jews will not need to read it. Nor will the Sikhs need to read the Voyage of the Komagata Maru even though that inci- dent is 70 years in the past. Dan Heap is not holding present MPs for past wrongs. He is working to prevent the current Bill C-55 from being another such occasion when Canadians fail- ed those in dire need and distress. What Bill C-55 looks like to our ethnic population might be gauged from an editorial in the Kalayaan, a Filipino paper published in Winnipeg. The closing paragraph from the editorial of June 1987 runs: “Stripped of its sugar- coating, the government's Bill C-55 is a blatant, racist attempt to keep this country as white as possible.” The present government's human rights record is mixed and Bob Brisco does not have much to defend. Both Brian Mulroney and Joe Clark are minister Pp to these A detailed brief con- Crombie eliminating the Queen from the citizen. ship oath. I am writing to alert your readers to this insulting and untimely proposal, and to ask them to join in making certain that it does not become law. Canada is a constitutional monarchy. That principle. is oirenchad in our taining arguments against any change in the oath and suggestions for further individual action may be obtained free of charge by writing to: The Mon- archist League of Canada, 2 Wedge- wood Cr., Ottawa, Ont. K1B 4B4. John Aimers Chairman The hist League of Canada recently-p i and the presence this year in Quebec of both the Queen and the Queen Mother shows how uncontroversial and widely accepted is the role of the Crown. Recognition of this fact should be made by anyone who wants to become a Canadian. One of the discussion paper's pro- posed oaths places the Queen in fourth place, and eliminates the promise “to bear true allegiance” to the Sovereign. This is justified as follows: “Some believe the country itself ought to take precedence over the Crown”, falsely suggesting that there is a conflict. Our way of expressing love of country is through loyalty to the Crown, because the Queen fs’ the neutral and non-~ political head of state. The other proposed oath justifies removing any mention of the Queen with the ridiculous argument that immigrants having difficulty with English or French may prefer a shorter oath. Come on, Mr. Crombie — w! ich is more difficult to understand, faithful” to the most widely-known and loved woman in the world or promising to “abide by” a Constitution, a piece of paper most have never read? People matter most; that is what monarchy reminds us. For such an insulting proposal to come from a Conservative cabinet Olsons to conduct children’s crusade an opportunity to expand your knowledge of teaching techniques, practical involve- ment in the classroom and for your Christian Education Minis- Larry and Maureen Olson of Kindersley, Sask. will conduct two events during their stay here in Castlegar in September. The first event will be the Children's Crusade which try. starts Sunday morning and ends Friday afternoon. There will be puppets, drama, sing- ing, prizes, Bible stores, Scripture learning and much more. Special guests are Captain Bible and LeRoy J. Washing- ton. Children from the age of five to 12 are welcome, The second event will be a three-day Dynamic Teachers Training Workshop which is vision It is open to all churches interested Christ's gospel. The workshop will begin nightly at 7:30 p.m. for two hours with a coffee break in between. church's in presenting Going away fo college? Castlégar News TO BE MAILED TO YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE UNIVERSITY TERM. Only $15 for 8 months. “As Good as a Letter from Home|" Phone 365-7266 Information sought I am looking for contact from any past plant, electrical or surface employ- ees of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. of Michel, B.C., during the period June 1944 to September 1964. This is in connection with a B.C. WCB claim and involves bladder, liver and colon cancer. I am particularly interested to hear to be commended for speak- ugees we are turning away i86 P for human rights in are people who are fleeing for Korea and Africa. In what their lives...” the Ottawa Citizen said many consider to be his finest speech since becoming prite minister, Brian Mulroney called the death penalty “re- pugnant and unacceptable.” Ottawa West MP David Daubney marshalled the abolitionist forces within the Conservative caucus. It is to be’ hoped that _ uation this way: “The ref- The dimension of the ref- ugee problem is shown by the figures in a government press release of May 5, 1987, For some reason they come from a U.S. source, the World Refugee Survey of the U.S. Committee for Refu- gees, 1985, p. 40. From 1975 to 1984 Canada 157,700 refugees, or 15,770 per year. Not a crowd which would excite the managers of B.C. Place stadium. In the wording of the press release this figure is given as “over be translated into amend. ments to Bill C-55. George Richards Castlegar The Position with National firm otters, secu fered finorctal assistance and berate of inten- Shou! between the sive pr eyed id be ages of 25 ond 45, resic resident of Castlegar oreo. Kindly reply, stating background and full details to Box 969, Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 7P7. Restaurant 1935 Columbia Ave. * 345:2177 cNICREN ey 58 FRESH FRYING CHICKEN WINGS 3 $1 68 Margarine SMOKED OYSTERS anor $] 19 20,000 people per year . . .”. Why this 30 per cent rhetor- ical adjustment was neces- sary I fail to see. * Brochures mate Tickets Mr. Brisco states he was 12 SS at the time that the St. Louis Castlegar News returned its Jewish passen- ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Letterheads ® Envel: 197 Columbia Ave. 365-7266 from anyone who has ige of conditions in the coal cleaning plant or the byproduct plant. I am also concerned about the electrical trans- mission system that the company ran throughout the Elk Valley, Michel, Natal and Sparwood, and particularly the maintenance of the transformers and PCBs located therein. Please write to me at the following address: Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1K5 Order the a. V9, NOW SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9 (CASTLEGAR) SCHOOL OPENING A. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 September 8 will be a shortened school day for students, STARTING TWO HOURS LATER AND ENDING ONE HOUR EARLIER than normal, so school Our Action Ad Number is 365-2212 buses will pick up and deliver students two hours ‘later and one as well. Shortening the day will acquainted with thei: school an ive students an opportuni teachers will be able to ur earlier, to become inalize their preparation for September 9, the first full day of instruction. Help your carrier Your Castlegar News carrier will be collecting for the paper during the next few days. The job of your carrier is made easier if he or she doesn't have to make a second or even third call Please consider your carrier. He or she is an independent business person and they don't earn their profit until you've paid for your paper. 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