Saturday, December 19, 1992 @ TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson |© 1987 FarWorks, Inc /Drstributed by Universal Press Syndicate ee ne = Inexplicably, Bob's porcupine goes flat. Put The Castlegar News Classifieds to work for you Ae vay Scott David Harrison,” . EDITOR fe Castlegar’s TimeAir Workers are breathing * a huge sigh of relief. : 3s The nine TimeAir workers will not be af-. fected by announced layoffs by parent compa- ny Canadian Airlines. ; “We haven't been informed of any reduction in service to Castlegar,” TimeAir operations and sales manager TimeAir jobs an \ “We reto . try and d flights secure going on with Canadian,” she said, referring to _v)service cutsand job losses. problem in the indus- 2 a long time ago,” Dick said. “There will be no adjustments made in Castlegar. — “We're pretty happy with our schedules and there will be no changes. That’s not to say we won't be looking to maké any changes in the future,” she said “If we are to make changes, well make Ron Armbruster said. “We also haven't heard about any reductions in employees.” Canadian Air- them during We recognized the problem in the industry the next and rationalized services a long time ago,” scheduling : f djustment — TimeAir’s Cheryl Dick i April” Currently, lines announced this week that it would cut services by 15 per cent to its national routes. It also announced that 1,300 jobs would be lost if a merger be- tween Canadian and American Airlines goes through. : Cheryl Dick said the moves of Canadian will have no impact on Castlegar or other TimeAir routes. The public relations manager said TimeAir has already addressed the prob- lems of over-service in the marketplace. “TimeAir has very little to do with what’s TimeAir flies into Castlegar 26 times a week, including four- a-day flights during weekdays. Armbruster admitted that the uncertainty surrounding the future of Canadian Airlines had been weighing heavy on his mind. He said ‘he was pleased that a deal with American is expected to take place and that Castlegar will not be affected. “Things are looking a heck of a lot better than they were two months ago.” Ph. 365-7266 FESTIVE TREASURES yd A selection of fine holiday gifts handcrafted by Canadian artists. 365-3337 Across from the Castlegar Airport. HOURS: Through Dec. 24 Tues.-Fri. 10:30-4:30 Sat. & Sun. 12:00-4:30 WEST KOOTENAY EXHIBITION CENTRE Gatiedy B-otet sHoP COMMUNITY ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL Sing at Robson Community Memorial Church, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. 2/100 ROBSON RECREATION NEW YEARS DANCE 9 P.M. - 1 A.M., $15 per person. Reservations only. Robson Hall. Music by D.J. 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Give a Gift in Good Taste (JOTLATs COOL/REATS Christmas Coke Glass Included = =" py Jani) Nee < $1 and $5 Gift Certificates PHONE OR TAKE-OUT ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY CASTLEAIRD PLAZA CASTLEGAR 365-5522 brazier. @ Saturday, December 19,1992 3a SecondFRONT ? CALL THE NEWS @General Inquiries 365-7266 OUR HOURS The News is located at 197 Columbia Ave. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m Closed on weekends and statutory holidays SUB RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. Chamber demands changes to Bill 84 Scott David Harrison EDITOR ‘Ron Armbruster says the New. Democrat government has sold the farm. The President of the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce says local businesses will pay the price under Bill 84. “We don’t think the bill is fair and balanced by any. means,” Armbruster said. “It is clearly tilted in favor of organized labor.” The province’s Labor Relations Code was passed Tuesday, replacing the equally controversial Bill 19. The new law bans the use of replacement workers during labor disputes, allows secondary boycotts and removes secret ballot voting for union certification. Armbruster said the new bill could be detrimental to Castlegar businesses. He said the removal of secret ballot voting could see a wave of union certification among businesses that cannot afford it. “Certainly the door has been swung open a lot wider for employee groups and even individual workers (to unionize),” Armbruster said. “The possible ramifications of this are there for a lot of businesses. Whether this happens or not I don’t know, but the ramifications do exist.” Armbruster said the chamber’s membership has opposed Bill 84 from Day 1. He said the 170 members felt they weren't consulted during the formulation of the new labor code, despite what the New Democrat government says. “We’re very disappointed that the government didn’t make any amendments to the bill,” he said, naming the banning of replacement workers and open ballot voting as two things he would like changed. “Certainly changes are needed to this bill, but I have my doubts whether they'll be made or not,” he said. “If there are small businesses that are being hurt by this, the government has to make those changes. “I'd like the government to be proactive with these changes instead of reactive.” Despite the passage of Bill 84, Armbruster said B.C. chambers would continue to lobby for changes. “Local chambers will be putting pressure on the government and their local MLAs. There are changes that have to be made.” Ed Conroy, who could not be reached for immediate comment, applauded Bill 84 Tuesday. The Rossland-Trail MLA said the legislation represents months of negotiations between labor and businesses. He said the bill finally gives workers the security they need — namely the right to strike without repercussions from employers. “What it’s going to do is make being a working person in British Columbia that much easier.” 4 HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD BOY? Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gerry Rempel told Santa what he wanted for wanted for Christmas. Rempel was one 80 people to turn out for the annual Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron 581 Christmas party Dec. 8 at the Royal canadian Legion Branch 170. City opposes Municpal Act changes @ Castlegar unites with other municipalities to question provincial government changes Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER The City of Castlegar is throwing in its two cents. Castlegar has joined other municipalities in the province by commenting on proposed changes to the Municipal Act. Following the Dec. 8 session of council, the city passed a recommendation that “supports the need to modernize the current legislation affecting local government elections in order to ensure open, honest and fair elections.” But council does not agree with all the proposed changes being made by the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs. The city stated it does not support disenfranchise- ment. Under the proposal, a person who owns prop- erty in a community but does not live there would not be allowed to vote in a municipal election. The city also opposes “the relaxation of voter qual- ifications regarding residency requirements.” At present, a person must live in a community for three months before he or she can vote in that mu- nicipality’s election. The new proposals by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs would eliminate that. The Resort Municipality of Whistler has already balked at that suggestion. A letter from Whistler council to Castlegar states that such legislation has prompted incidents “where special interest groups have bused in their supporters as one day new resi- dent voters in order to frustrate the demographic process.” The Municipality of Delta has echoed similar sen- timents. The ministry asked municipalities around the province to provide some input on the changes. The deadline for submissions was Nov. 30, but the recommendations from Castlegar were not sent out until the week of Dec. 14. Ministry of Municipal Affairs public information officer Casey Edge said the review of submissions has already started. He said recommendations will still be accepted, and that submissions are still being re- viewed. Edge would not say if the city’s report would be giv- en any less consideration because it missed the dead- line. Harassment committee back at table Corinne Jackson NEWS REPORTER Selkirk College’s Sexual Ha- rassment Committee has been re- constituted and asked to try and hammer out another policy. The committee’s latest policy was sent back by the college board at its December meeting after peti- tions by people in the school said it didn’t go far enough. “The policy that was proposed was not going to be a workable one,” Madeleine McKay said Thursday. McKay, an Early Childhood Ed- ucation instructor and one of the petition’s presenters, said the pol- icy didn’t propose anything new. “It didn’t seem that the policy was going to offer adequate protec- tion to people who had legitimate complaints, or work? quickly enough to make changes jn the col- lege,” she said. The committee’s acting chair, John Aslin, said he doesn’t mind reconvening with the committee and hopes to have the first meeting in early January. “Sometimes you get frustrated, but I think it’s such an important policy that I don’t have any prob- lem looking at it again,” he said. The frustration comes from two proposals that have been turned down since the committee was formed three years ago. Jan Lindsay said the proposal is not the result of any particular ha- rassment incidences on campus. “It was recommended by people in the college to initiate this,” the is ama Advisory Council’s chair said. McKay agreed, but added, “it’s not rising out of a particular situ- ation, but of course as in any soci- ety there have been problems ere.” The committee's newest policy is expected by March 1, 1993.