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Fletcher
Challenge
Canada Ltd. has
left up to 90,000
cubic metres of
logs on the
ground while 135
loggers in the
Campbell River
area remain off
the job, say |WA-
Canada leaders
in the region.
The logs, which
would fill 2,571
logging trucks,
have been left
where they were
felled and
bucked on
clearcuts or
landings near the
mouth of Brooks
Bay Inlet,
Quadra Island
and around
Campbell River,
the IWA says.

RECORD
BREAKER

Unemployment
insurance
payments
reached a record
$5.7 billion
during the first
quarter of 1992,
15 per cent more
than the same
period a year
earlier, Stats
Canada said

CRUNCH
TIME

Roberts Bank
coal port faces a
“double crunch”
in mid-June, the
terminal's
presdient and
chief executive
officer said
Wednesday. Bob
Stanlake said the
port has already
run out of
inventory from
the Balmer mine
and will exhaust

WorkRPLACE

Smokey the Bear
gets a helping
hand up at
Lemon Creek

Jonathan Green
NEWS REPORTER
On the surface, putting out
forest fires looks to be nothing
more than walking into a bunch
of ‘burning’ trees and
extinguishing flames.
Gary Hartwig acknowledges
the apparent simplicity, but
says it goes well beyond that.
“It is simple in some senses,”
he said, “but to do it effectivley
and under certain conditions
takes a lot of training.”
Hartwig is the
superintendent of the fire crews
protection branch of the B.C.
Forest Service in Victoria.
Through a joint venture, the
BCFS, along with the B.C.
Forestry Association, is.
establishing a forest fire-fighter
base camp at the Lemon Creek
Lodge in Slocan this year.

The camp will house one of

27 crews in the province and
will be home to 20 fire-fighters.

Although 20 firefighters per
camp may seem small, Hartwig
said the size is dictated by
research.

He said that from both and
economic and convenience
standpoint, 20 people are a lot
easier to transport than 30, 40
or even 50. As well, he said that
research has shown
performance can be affected by
group size.

“Studies show loss of
motivation or sense of belonging
to the group (when the group
size is too big),” he said.

Hartwig said some 500
applications for 30 fire-fighting
positions across B.C. were
received, representing a pretty
good cross-section of the
province.

He said the ideal fire-fighter
is young, physically fit and one
who can adjust to the camp
environment. With that in
mind, he said it wasn’t
surprising most: of the
applicants were university
students.

“It seems like they’re the

ones who come after the jobs,”
he said.

The training for the fire-
fighter begins at headquarters
in Surrey, where the recruits go
through a week of intense
familiarization with equipment,
safety and procedures.

The second week is spent at
the camp, getting hands-on
experience and accustomed to
the working environment.

Hartwig said the both the
BCFS and BCFA have one main
objective at the camps.

“To provide productive fire-
line labor force,” he said.

The fire-fighting camps are
now in their fifth year in the
province, starting out in 1987 as
just one group based in Surrey,
overseen by the BCFS.

Two years later, the BCFS
and BCFA teamed up to sponsor
the camps.

This year, the crew at Lemon
Creek is under the direction of
the BCFA, as is one in Surrey,
under contract from the BCFS.
A third crew at Revelstoke is

also under contract.

Hartwig said in addition to
the technical skills a fire-fighter

Protege

Jonathan Green
NEWS REPORTER

trend.

North America.

has its predecessor.

Mazda works
-magic with

“The 323 and Protege dominate sales,”

In a world where automobile companies
are making radical changes to sell their
product, Mazda see ms to be bucking the

The Japanese automaker took one of its
existing cars, the 323, removed the
hatchback, added a couple of doors and
ended up with its biggest selling unit in

Unveiled in 1990, Gary Maloney said
the Protegé has done nicely for Mazda, as

TestDRIVE

learns are the ones that stress
teamwork.

“Firefighting is much more
cohesive than it is individual,”
he said.

The camp up at Lemon
Creek, as. with the others, is
getting underway at the start of
the dry season.

Hartwig said that because of
the below-average precipitation
experienced in both the
Columbia, near Ymir and
Cranbrook, and Okanagan
Valleys over the winter, the fire
danger in those two areas is
that much greater to begin
with. :

“It’s a little bit drier than
normal,” he said, adding that no
area of B.C. is immune toa
forest fire.

“We get fires in every part of
the province if the conditions
are right.”

@ Saturday, May 30, 1992°”

The Home Buyers’ Plan an-
mounced in this year’s federal
government budget was not
only well-received, it was also
considered a blessing to many
(Canadians who could only
dream of owning their own
home.

The plan enables each
(Canadian to use up to $20,000
tax-free from their registered
retirement savings plan to
purchase a house, townhouse,
condominium, mobile home or
an apartment in a duplex,
triplex, fourplex or apartment
building.

The property may be jointly
acquired with one or more per-
sons.

As progressive as this plan
may seem, the thrust of it is
certainly not new. A mecha-
nism has been in place for
some time that allows the use
lof RRSP funds for mortgage
lon your house, but this is cost
efficient only if the amount is
$50,000 or more, making the
plan most beneficial to those
who need it the least.

The new plan makes it

much easier and much less

costly for the purchaser. Of} °

course, many factors should
be considered before using
your RRSP savings as a down|

payment for a home because] *

real estate in many parts of|
Canada is quite speculative.

And, even if the value of|
your property increases, the!
increase may be less than you!
can earn on your untouched
RRSP savings, especially con-
sidering the tax shelter that}
RRSPs offer.

Before borrowing from your}
RRSP to purchase a home,
you may want to consult a
chartered accountant to get al
clearer picture of the option)
that is best for you or to have
him/her help you with the pro-
cedure.

To get all the information|
you need to decide if the Home’
Buyer’s Plan is personally
beneficial to you, contact a CAI
or the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of British Colum-
bia at 681-3264 or toll-free in|
B.C.. at 1-800-663-2677 for a
referral to CAs in your area.

CSA offers free book

Want to know what the nose of a long-dead king has in com-

mon with a yard-stick?

Ever wonder what it means when a product is “certified”, or

who writes safety standards?

The answers to these questions and many more can be found
in a new booklet entitled “Standards And the Consumer”, pub-
lished by the Standards Council of Canada.

Inits 10 pages, “Standards and the Consumer” covers a lot of
ground, including a light-hearted look at the origins of stan-
dards, the safety implications of modern standards and how to
recognize a certified appliance.

For a free copy, write to “Standards and the Consumer”,
Standards Council of Canada, 1200-45 O’Connor St., Ottawa,

“* Ontario, K1P 6N7.

Brian L.

Brown.

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said the owner of Castlegar Mazda.

Available in either the DX, SE or LX
models, the Protegé has the potential to
appeal to a wide segment of the car-buying
public.

And although that wide-appeal
potential exists, Maloney said the numbers
show one particular segment of the buyer
market is buying.

“Nationally, nearly 57 per cent of sales
are made to women,” he said.

In addition to being recognized by the

out by industry experts.
Both Consumer Reports Magazine and
Phil Edmonston, author of Lemon Aid,
have called the Protegé one of 1992's best.

car-buyer, the Protegé has also been’

Although a small engine car, the -

Protegé moved and sounded a lot bigger
than it actually was. It attacked the hills
around town very unlike a car with a 1.8L,
four-cylinder engine. Coming down those
hills, the car was as equally eager.

In a region as hilly as the Kootenays, a
lot of-wear and tear is put on a car’s
brakes. With that in mind, Mazda has put
in a feature designed to reduce brake
stress when it comes time to slow down
and stop.

When engaged, the Hold feature acts
like a lower gear, slowing the car down as
if the brakes were applied.

As nicely put together as the Protegé is,
I had to scratch my head over a couple of

design decisions.

First, the chime that lets you know -the
headlights have been left on isn’t a
standard feature on the DX or SE models.
Only after returning to the DX I had did I
realize I had left the lights on.

Also, Mazda looks to have an focused on
aerodynamics with features like rounded
edges and flush-mounted headlights. With
that in mind, I couldn’t understand why
the side mirrors weren’t flush against the
body, b se this created a lot of wind
noise on the highway.

Small things like that aside, the test
drive showed why the Protegé has done so
well for Mazda. Although not a fan of
compact cars, the Protegé won me over.

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