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Reform party sets $12M goal

contributions in preparation
for next federal election

Thomas Bink
NEWS REPORTER

The Reform party of Canada is
drumming up funds for their next

e fundraising campaign,
called the national Save Canada
Campaign, will kick off on Nov. 6.
The party's goal is to raise $12 mil-
lion by Feb. 6.

Janet Lacroix, an area coordi-
nator of the party’s Save Canada
fund committee, said the cam-
paign is the first of its kind in
Canada.

“Its never been done this way in
a’ political thing in Canada,”
Lacroix said. “Not on this kind of

scale, anyway.”

Rather than approaching cor-
porations or special interest
groups, the party is targeting indi-
vidual Canadians.

“We have 3,000 volunteers in
place across Canada,” Lacroix
said. “Each of them will talk to 10
becele that they! know. That’s who

re targeting.”

w Currentie the Kootenay-West
Revelstoke riding does not have a
candidate for the federal race. But
Ross said there will be one in the
next six months or so.

“This is a direct appeal
from our membership to
our membership. We’ll be
able to raise the money, I
think. And more.”

“You bet we'll have one,” Ross
said. However, he wasn't able to
give any indications who that
might be.

Lacroix said the fundraising is
not in anticipation of a federal
election, but in preparation for
one.

“It's just a matter of getting the

Lacroix said all funds amet: af-
ter expenses, will be evenly split
between the party's national office
and local constituencies. Personal
contributions from representa-
tives elected by the constituency
associations across Canada, senior
administrators, area coordinators
and the volunteer canvassers will
cover fundraising campaign costs
before it begins Nov. 6.

Ross said donating is an excel-
lent tax write-off if they spread the
donations over two years.

“People can give $100 each year,
and it costs them only $25 because
pes get a $75 tax credit,” Ross

Saturday
November 2, 1991

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60SECONDS

Castlegar schools
on lookout for radon

Radon is an invisible, odorless,
naturally accurring gas that enters
buildings through cracks and openings
in the foundation, and has been
determined to promote lung cancer.
Castlegar has been fingered as a
high-radon area because of the
porous soil in the area.

The B.C. Miristry of Health has
installed radon meters in all Castlegar
schools to determine if Castlegar
Students are at risk, a radiation expert
at the ministry said Thursday.

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Driving nightmare
continues

“Last week |
looked at a few of
the problems with
the new three-lane
pattern on Columbia
Avenue north of the ff
Highway 3
interchange. This
week, | want to turn
to some of the
problems drivers
and pedestrians
face on Columbia
Avenue south of the interchange.

page AG

@ SPORTS

Cross-country
prodigy

At an age when most girls are
dressing Barbies and blushing
bashfully at boys, Nicolle Binnie is
taking strides toward what may be her
future.

While still just 11 years-old, it’s
impossible to say if she'll get where
she wants to go, but so far, she’s
gone places few others her age have
tread.

Ron Norman

And she'll do it again tomorrow in

East/West Kootenay cross-country
running championship.

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