March 14, 1990 Francophones fight back VANCOUVER (CP) — The president of the Federation des Fran- co-Colombiens says French Canadians need a higher profile in British Columbia to counter the English-only movement. “We don’t have the luxury of remaining silent,’’ said Marie Bourgeoi “We are at a crucial pass right now in what we are going to define as Canada."” The B.C. has been “I know underneath they are prin- ces and princesses." Bourgeois, 42, was elected president of the 3,000-member federation last May. “We've never had a very high profile in B.C., even with $0,000 French Canadians here,’’ she said. ‘*1 felt it was high time those voices be heard.” Bourgeois, a Montreal native, quit her part-time job as a French co- politically low-key, but is becoming vocal because of recent moves made by the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada. di at the V Aquarium and is living on savings during her one-year term as president, an unpai position. Shé is also second vic Her efforts have been fruitful as letters and telephone calls pour in from formerly silent supporters. Martine Galibois, president of the of Parents of P Cadre in Vancouver, has known Bourgeois for four years. She describes her as politically smart “She started with kitchen table meetings. Now: she’s meeting with Prime Minister (Brian) Mulroney," she said. ‘‘There’s nothing to stop here. She's blossomed into a very good leader."’ Bourgeois moved to Vancouver from Montreal in 1974. Although she French-Canadian cause lost, but now she isn’t so sure, “I'm -not-as confident as | was 18 months ago, with Meech Lake and surveys coming out of Quebec showing people would be comfortable with independence,"’ she said. The Meech Lake accord, which would bring Quebec into the Con- stitution, must be signed by all provinces by June 23. New Brunswick ~ and Manitoba have yet to approve the agreement and Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells said last week he plans to introduce a motion,to rescind approval of Meech Lake. president on the national board of the ) spoke mostly English in , af- of Fi outside More than 40 Ontario have declared they are unilingual English, a movement fostered by the alliance that has been credited with heightening language tensions in Canada. “I want to be able to share a microphone with APEC and demon- Strate right then and there the dangers of the messages they are putting out,’’ said Bourgeois, whose Vancouver home is filled with pop-eyed or- namental frogs. She easily dismisses the anti-French connotation of the creatures, however. 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WOODWYNN Ht Our Style To Save You Money st By ED MILLS Staff Writer If the Vancouver Canucks’ brutal season has been hell on the coaches, management and fans, it’s been no different for Castlegar’s Canucks connection. “In one word, frustrating,” Castlegar native Steve Bozek said, referring to the plight of the Canucks this hockey season: “‘I think people had a lot of ex- Ppectations for the team. at the has passed. prehension at said ih an interview from his home in Vancouver. ‘‘We had different players coming in and there was a lot of expectations for a good season. I’m not sure those expectations were realistic but 1 know from a player's point of view we didn’t live up to them.**You know, we could “just never get -anything going.” trades. (Technically choice.) Vancouver. ata time.”” STEVE BOZEK ++. rough year And while it hasn’t been a ban- ner year for the Canucks, Bozek’s fortunes seemed to have followed the team’s. In $1 games this season, he has _ Bozek said. his best-ever season total of 56 Bozek’'s season is a microcosm of team’s woes But Bozek said he’s had to sit out’ before and if that’s what the team wants him to do, he'll do it The five-foot pound left winger is resting a little easier now that he’s returned to the lineup — of late on a line with Vladimir Krutov and Stan Smyl — and now that the trading deadline ll-inch, 175- “There's always some ap- trading time,”” Bozek said. ‘‘They were making a beginning_of the-season,'*-Bozek —tor of moves at bringing in a lot of new faces but I didn’t expect to be traded.”’ Bozek’'s trepidation when trade talks start isn’t unwarranted con- sidering he was bounced around like a beach ball last season as he was involved in three different three trades, though Bozek was traded from St. Louis to Calgary in the trade that brought Doug Gilmour to the Flames, and was dealt the same day by the Flames to the Canucks with Paul Reinhart for a draft Bozek has now been traded four times in his eight-year career but he hopes h@ cah stick it out in “IT plan to be in a Canucks uniform next season but you never know in this business. In_ this game you have to take it one year Someone who might not be My back with the team is Krutov, who has had some trouble to his new country and his new job. Igor Larianov, hand, will undoubtedly be. back and has had a much easier time adjusting than Krutov because of his command of the language, on the other 11 goals and 19 points, well below Still, Bozek said the deadline prep for the Season openers likely cancelled GO AHEAD, MAKE MY GAME... . Selkirk College Saints men's volleyball team player Mike Perra was named most valuable player when the Saints won the provincial championships here on the weekend. The Saints were practising at the college last night in lin Ontario, March 20. keeping it private. Union chief Donald Fehr and management negotiator Chuck O'Connor spoke several times by telephone Tuesday, but Fehr said nothing of substance was discussed. “I can’t say we made any Progress,’’ O'Connor said. The sides have not bargained since last Wednesday and there are ans for them to get together. matter resolved so the American people can hear that cry ‘Play ball’ again. “Yes, I’m a ball fan and | want to go to the opening game someplace,"’ Bush said during the White House news conference. ‘‘Last year I went to the American League. This year I would like to go to the National League, if possible.”’ Instead, baseball seems headed for its third shortened season in 17 years. And opening day seems certain to be delayed for just the second time. Rose ponders his future INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is facing his first season out of baseball since 1963 with a sense of humor “I'm ready for it, the only difference is I think I'll have to pay to.go to the games now,"’ Rose said Tuesday during a news conference prior to a speech to about 1,200 supporters of C Centre in | “So I’ll pay for my tickets, sit behind homeplate and the first guy that strikes out I’m going to boo.”* Rose isn’t laughing, however, when he speaks of his bitterness toward for- mer friends and associates who told baseball's investigators of his gambling habits. “To see guys turn on me because of-hearsay and because of something that wasn’t true just really disappointed me. Guys that I thought were my so-called year. friends, and I won’t forget that because it wasn’t right. “There's a little bitterness in the way I was handled by some people, which really wasn’t fair. That’s still on the tip of my memory, so that’s why I’m not really interested in going back and co-operating with all those people like I did all those years as a player and all the years as a manager."” Baseball's career hit leader was banned for life from the sport last Aug. 24 for illegal gambling, but will be eligible to apply for reinstatement after one He said he has made no decision on applying IN NO HURRY “I don’t understand why August would be a good time to apply for rein- statement because what's available for an ex-baseball player in August?" Rose said.‘‘The only job that would be available would be a team that’s 35 games out of first place. You're not going to be able to take over a first-place team."” A federal grand jury in Cincinnati is investigating Rose’s taxes. . He-now lives in Plant City, Fla., home of the Reds’ spring training camp, and spends his days playing golf and working on his tan. He also plans to start a radio show in Cincinnati later this month. “Golf's a perfect game for a guy that likes sunshine and has got a lot of time; I play golf every day,”” said Rose. Rose said he is in no hurry to apply for reinstatement, but is anxious to get into the Hall of Fame “As I stand here right now, I’m really not interested in going back down on the field," he said. ‘I’m anticipating the Hall of Fame. You don’t need to be reinstated to go to the Hall of Fame." While he isn’t worried about his own status, Rose said he doesn’t want his suspension to mar the possible Hall of Fame election of former Reds teammate Tom Seaver. “I don’t want to put any kind of cloud over the Hall of Fame induction of CosNews Photo by Ed Mills it’s been a Tom Seaver, who's eligible the same year I am. That would be another reason to try to be reinstated."" Rose and Seaver, both of whom last played in 1986, would be eligible for election after the 1991 season. Rose continues to be treated by a psychiatrist for a gambling addiction, but he i he never bet on baseball Curlers say Brier should offer points in the 1981-82 campaign — his first in the NHL — with the Los Angeles Kings. The games Bozek has missed haven't been due to injury. In the middle of the season, he spent Quite a few games watching from the press box as a scratch from the regular lineup. “It got frustrating, especially after being on a regular line last year,”’ he said. tough initiation for both of the Soviet hockey stars. “I don’t think they were used to the grinding style in the NHL. Igor, he only weighs 160 pounds and the season has kind of taken a toll on him.’" As for the prospect of missing the playoffs, Bozek, who has never really had a decent shot at a Stanley Cup in his carrer, says it’s disappointing but it’s not the be- all and end-all for him. prize money to entice talent SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. (CP) — It’s time for the Labatt Brier to award prize money or a fixed percen- tage of the gate, some curlers say. “The players are the attraction and if there’s a prize purse at the end — as there would be at any other national championship — I don’t think it would hurt the spirit of the Brier,’” says Pat Ryan, a two-time champion “Compare it to the Grey Cup or a Stanley Cup; those players are rewar- ded for making it to the:finals. They are the entertainment."" Ryan said that the advent of cashspiels — curling bonspiels that offer cash prizes — is threatening the Brier. The Moncton 100 in New Brun- swick offered $250,000 in prize money recently that have been to the Brier before, they’d opt out for the cashspiel,"’ Ryan said Several rinks, among them former world champion Ed Lukowich, chose to compete in Moncton on dates that conflicted with regional playoffs Lukowich’s rink _won_$60,000—bur sacrificed a berth in the Alberta finals. said the calibre of the national cham: pionship could suffer if. organizers don’t make some financial con- cessions. Presently, Labatt takes care of the players’ transportation and accom modation costs and meal money “Even to start at $1,000 a player would make a difference,"’ Werenich for Alberta who's observing this year “If you polled some of the teams Ontario champion Ed Werenich said _ Golf, fishing, await hapless Canucks VANCOUVER (CP) — The initial shutout of the tistic standards for the steady netminder for the Hartford Whalers. There were no breakaways, no rebound saves and nary a goal post hit by a shot when Sidorkiewicz and the Whalers blanked the impotent Vancouver Canucks 1-0 Tuesday night in the National Hockey League. ° Sidorkiewicz knows there are tougher times ahead — the Canucks are 20th in scoring in the 21-team league — but the shutout did wonders for his confidence as the Whalers warm up for the April playoffs. Just_last_week, Sidorkiewicz was installed as Har- tford’s No. 1 goaltender when veteran Mike Liut was traded to the Washington Capitals It was Hartford’s 19th road win of the season, second only to the 22 posted by the Boston Bruins, a team Hartford-could meet in the first round of the Adams Div ision playoffs. “On the road we play more as a team,’* said Whaler coach Rick Ley. ‘‘We don’t get fancy and we make smar ter decisions. Rookie Todd Krygier scored at 8:34 of the third during a delayed penalty. When he couldn’t control the puck, Krygier unloaded a shot that apparently deflected off the stick of Vancouver defenceman Garth Butcher “*I just wanted to get the shot on net and it ended up going in,” said Krygier. ‘‘It was really nothing special."” The Canucks begin a five-game road trip Thursday against the St. Louis Blues. Captain Stan Smyl, scoreless in 45 games, won't make the trip after suffering a bruised back in the third period when he collided with the goal Post. Hartford, 33-31-7, ended a three-game losing streak and evened its record at 5-5-3 against Smythe Division teams. The Whalers are nine points behind the third-place Montreal Canadiens in the Adams standings ‘Winning-on-the-road-this- season ——Hartford—has- only 13 wins at home — has given the Whalers a positive outlook for the playoffs when they'll open away from home. “‘1 think we can beat anybody in our division,"’ Ley added. ‘‘We could do a lot of damage in the playoffs.”" The Canucks, 21-39-12, are on the verge of elimination from post-season play. Last-place Vancouver trails the Los Angeles Kings by 12 points, with eight games to play “You never expect to lose 1-0 in your own building,” said McLean. ‘‘But they held the blue tine alt night and we couldn’t get through.”” HAWKS 3 RED W 383 The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings drew 3-3 and Detroit moved into a tie with the Minnesota North Stars for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Norris Division. Dave Barr scored with 25 seconds remaining in the second period to create the tie, which left Chicago winless in its last eight games (0-6-2). Bernie Federko and Barr executed a 2-on-1 rush. Barr fired a 15-footer off Jacques Cloutier’s glove for his eighth goal. The Red Wings are 4 1-2 in their last seven games CANADIENS 4 ISLANDERS 2 Shayne—Corson—scored—twice, including the tiebreaking goal with 4:34 left in the third period, as Mon- treal beat New York and extended the Islanders’ winless streak to 13 games (0-10-3) OILERS 4 NORDIQUES 1 Glenn Anderson scored two power-play goals, giving him nine with a manpower advantage in his last 15 games, and added an assist for Edmonton against Quebéc. An- derson now has 30 goals Mark Messier chipped in with two assists |to move ahead of the injured Mario LemieuxNato second place in the scoring race with 122 points X behind Wayne Gretzky S \ BLUES4CAPITALSI \_ \ \ Rookie goalie Curtis Joseph stopped 33 Sfpts for Norris Division leader St. Louis against WashingtO\, Rod Brind’Amour, Paul MacLean, Paul Cavallini and Rid Sutter scored for the Blues. Joseph is unbeaten (3-0-1) on the road in his NHL career DEVILS 3 NORTH STARS 1 Sean Burke made 34 saves to break a personal five- game losing streak and John MacLean scored the winner in the third period as streaking New Jersey beat Min- nesota. Former North Star Bob Brooke scored two goals.