8 OUTER \ , ee ee eee a2_Castlégar News une 19, 1900 Kuwaiti-Power deal in Power's benefit In The Globe and Mail A Kuwaiti government investment agency out to buy a big piece of Consolidated-Bathurst Inc. is free to enter into a voting trust with the company's cdntrolling shareholder, the Ontario Securities Commission has ruled. The deal between Power Corp. of Canada and the Kuwait Investment Office is certain to work toward Power's benefit, but not in ways that violate securities law or are blatantly unfair to minority shareholders, KIO lawyer Peter Dey and OSC staff lawyer Frank Allen told the com- mission. Dey, a former OSC chairman, said “we don't deny that there are some benefits accruing to Power as a Troubled sawmill starts up REVELSTOKE (CP) — A sawmill that helped bring down a B.C. cabinet minister and plagued a Sas- katoon-based company is once again turning out lumber products. Downie Street Sawmills Ltd. — acquired recently for about $5 million by Stardust Ventures Inc. — was shut down in December 1985 by then owner Federated Cooperatives of Saskatoon. In May 1986, the B.C. forest ministry cancelled Downie Street's two timber harvesting licences, a process that led to two unsuccessful court attempts by Federated to have the licences returned. A year later, former Socred high ways minister Cliff Michael was lobbying laid-off mill employees in March 1987 to support a bid for the mill from his friend Kevin McKinney of Salmon Arm. ; The issue surfaced when Vernon businessman Klaus Limemayr said he went to Michael in February 1987 for support of his Downie Street bid and was instead given pamphlets plugging recreational lots owned by the minister. Michael lost his high ways minister's job in November 1987. Court news Niel Rogers was fined $450 or 30 days in jail in Castlegar provincial court this week after pleading guilty to driving while having a blood. alcohol content over .08. result of this voting trust agree- ment,” announced last week when the KIO launched its tender offer for 10.3 per cent of forest products company Consolidated-Bathurst. But the benefits “are not signi ficant” because Power already owns 40 per cent of the giant pulp and paper company, Dey said. And even if the advantages are significant, he added, they are more than offset by what Power is giving up to the KIO in exchange. Power, an investment holding company controlled by Paul Desmar- ais, and Consolidated-Bathurst are based in Montreal. The Power-KIO agreement, drawn up after Power agreed not to tender any of its shares to the Kuwaitis’ $19-a-share bid, stipulates that the KIO cannot dispose of its shares for five years unless Power does — in which case the KIO can “piggyback” on whatever Power does, selling the same percentage of its Consolidated- Bathurst stock. If, after five years, the KIO decides to sell, Power gets the right of first refusal at a price that does not require it to make a follow-up offer to other shareholders. The OSC hearing was held to consider the KIO’s request that the agreement be ruled excempt from securities rules stipulating that all shareholders must be treated equally and paid the same amount by anyone bidding for some or all of their stock. Dey argued that OSC policy in- tends that all shareholders be treat- ed equally, “but always in the context of a change of coritrol.” . “What the (On. tario Securities) Act is really after is a benefit conferred in the context of a sale. Power has no intention of selling its shares to the KIO now or in the future.” For that reason, the agreement cannot be compared with the one that sunk the latest offer from Ins- titut Merieux SA for pharmaceuti- cals company CDC Life Sciences Inc. of Toronto, Dey said. In a move that has resulted in close serutiny of voting trusts between bidders and major shareholders — and led the Kuwaitis to seek regu- latory approval and hire a big securities gun to represent them — Ontario and Quebec regulators step- ped in and suspended the institute's bid for control of CDC Life on the grounds that its deal with a major shareholder was unfair to all of the rest. Institut Merieux, the French Gov- ernment's state-owned pharmaceuti- cals company, had offered to give the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec — which owns about 20 per cent of CDC Life — an option en- abling the caisse to require the in- stitute to buy its remaining shares on or after July 1, 1989, at 15 per cent above the prevailing market price. In granting the KIO's application, OSC vice-chairman Charles Salter said the reasons for the decision will follow. The staff expects that to be in July. The KIO, an agency of the tiny oil-rich Emirate of Kuwait, is re- sponsible for managing the state's investments, many of them in ener- gy. major manufacturing and some of the world’s most valuable real estate. The investment in Consolidated. Bathurst is the KIO’s largest so far in Canada, and its first major identi- fiable forest products acquisition. Jollimore dies Patricia May Jolimore wife of Doug Jollimore of Castlegar, passed away Thursday, June 16 at the age of 59. Mrs. Jollimore was born May 23, 1929 at Fareham, England. She grew up there and came to Canada with her husband Doug Jollimore whom she married in England on May 27, 1946. After the war, the family returned to their home in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. In August of 1952 she and her family came to Castlegar and have lived here since. She enjoyed family, and gardening, especially her flowers. She is survived by her husband Doug of Castlegar; two sons, Stanley and Terry of Castlegar; two daugh- ters, Deborah Jollimore and Sandra Montgomery of Castlegar; six grand- = KODAK DISC FILM sat $3.99 sar *6.99 60 0 OFF Photo Albums $999 Reguior $15.99 FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE OF MONSIEUR HOUBIGANT MUSK AFTERSHAVE OR COLOGNE 15 Exposure Regular $4.99 30 Exposure. Regular $9.69 Noritake Chine ond Crystal Upto TRACER ELECTRIC RAZORS PARKER PEN Classic Mode. Presentation Box. Reguior $25 SALE NEW ASSORTMENT OF Adorable Plush, Cookbooks, Attache Cases, Mobiles, Thank You Notes and Stationery Fine Quality Genuine Leather Keytainers, Change Purses, Address Books Wallets, Letter Cases $895 $3495 ALF $g97 Finger Puppets Reguior $1595 sau Super Savings n Grad Gifts! CARL’S DRUGS White Shoulders sable Travel C Touch of Class = §$ 7 95 Leledn $7.95 Le Jardin Dimou $95 “chant citt” ith Purchase of Chantilly! terete bere 1 Brice Wales 25% or cima ine $9) 95 sitet’ ta Kodak Disc 2200 Reger S79 sau $3 9 85 545% Kodak Disc 3100 Comero Reg. $69.96 Castleaird Plaza 365-7269 children; sister, Gwen Davis of Eng- land; brother, John Roberts of Cal- ifornia and mother, Beatrice Elliot of California. She is predeceased by her father, Stanley Roberts, step-father, Harry Elliot and son-in-law, Lloyd Montgomery. Funeral services were held Sat- urday at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles Balfour of- ficiating. Burial was in Park Mem- orial Cemetery. Should friends desire, contribu- tions may be made to the Cancer Fund, Box 8292, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H8. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Fu- neral Chapel. PRIEST continued from front poge Monaghan, she said she first thought “it was a sickness. I went through anger — and then I went through forgiveness.” Rev. Wayne Pfliger, chancellor of the diocese, said he expected “the parish community would be torn apart. This did not happen. “The vast majority felt hurt and concern,” Pfliger said. “They expressed a deep love for Father Monaghan and hope he will find the healing that he needs.” “The hypocrisy is sickening,” said Eileen Pedersen, a child-care worker, who is not a Catholic and is not a parent of any of the victims. “Why was the lawyer asking for com. passion for a man who wrecked many young lives?” Red Cross suits up for AIDS HALIFAX (CP) — Red Cross life- guards and first-aid workers will be issued plastic masks and rubber gloves this summer to guard against contracting the AIDS virus. The spread of the virus has had an impact on several Red Cross pro- grams, a meeting of the organi zation’s volunteers in Halifax was told Thursday night by Jerry Baxter, a Red Cross worker who chairs a local AIDS committee. Lifeguards, who sometimes per- form mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, will have respirator masks that can be placed over the mouth of victims of accidents in the water. “There is very little chance of catching the virus in rescue breath ing,” Baxter said. But the masks are being distributed to ease lifeguards’ fears. First-aid workers who deal with bleeding patients will be issued latex gloves. ¥ ¥ SURVEYS DAM . . . Glen Clark, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-East was in Castlegar this week to K discuss energy issues. Clark is the NDP e ergy NDP DAM PROJECTS ¥ and opposes the privatization of B.C.'s ai CasNews Photo Keenleyside on list By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The provincial New Democrat energy critic says development of the Murphy Creek and Hugh Keenley- side dams, for electical generation would be a priority of an NDP government, should there be a requirement for the power. Glen Clark, MLA for the Vancou- ver-East riding, was in Castlegar Wednesday surveying the Keenley- side dam and the Castlegar-Robson ferry before going to Nelson. “An NDP government would be much more likely to pursue Keen- leyside and Murphy Creek, it would be quite high up on an NDP agerida if we need more power generation,” Clark said. The generating project at either Murphy Crrek or Keenleyside would keep power ownership in the prov- ince, he said, and that is what the NDP wants. The Social Credit government's privatization program is promoting foreign ownership, said Clark as he cited the recent sale of West Koot- enay Power and Light Co. to Utili: Corp United Inc. of the U.S. It is a program the NDP strongly opposes and Clark added the NDP has chipped away at the issue and con- vinced the government to re-think its strategy. “One of the major strategies of the Socred government is to promote foreign ownership,” he said. “The opposition of lots of people like the Council of Canadians and the NDP in Victoria and (NDP Leader) Mike Harcourt made the government re-think one of its major planks which is for privatization tied with foreign ownership.” He said the opposition to the program made a modest difference because the government limited the amount of foreign control of utilities ‘to 20 per cent. The 20-per-cent limit on foreign ownership of utilities in the province will make it “impossible” for Utili- Corp to take control o f B.C. Hydro’s gas division — which UtiliCorp has expressed interest in — but will still give the foreign utility giant a considerable amount of control, he said. “But it (the 20-per-cent foreign utility control limit) still makes it possible for them to be a major player,” he said. “You're looking at an $800 million sale of the gas division so they could still come up with close to $200 million in equity in the public's resource which I don’t agree with.” Clark said the province has a surplus of energy at the moment and added that with aggressive con- servation, the province could get away with a dam one-third the size of the proposed Site C dam to meet its future energy demands. An NDP government would pur- sue the Murphy Creek and Keenley- side generating projects before any other, he added. “If we combined intensive conser- vation with smaller projects like the Keenleyside and Murphy Creek dams we'd have more than enough power for all of our demands for many, many years to come.” Clark doesn't‘ disagree with cur- rent power exports to the U.S. but he and the NDP firmly oppose building any large-scale power projects just to satisfy |that country’s demands for more power. “We are selling to the United States market and I have no problem with that,” he said. “But I don’t think we should lock ourselves into build- ing projects so that we suffer the consequences and the benefits are to cool air conditioners in California. It doesn’t make sense.” Disabled need better transit says D'Arcy By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy has called for improvements to the province's transit services for the disabled. “There are some transit services and societies providing transporta. tion for the disabled in some of the larger centres,” D'Arcy recently told the legislature. “The fact is that those services are still, shall we say, rather crude, and need to be expanded in a major way if disabled people are indeed going to have -transportation, and provide the ability for them to get out and use their talents, which are considerable in most cases, for the betterment not only of themselves but society at large.” D'Arcy made the comment in response to a statement from Pro- vineial Seeretary Elwood Veitch marking Access Awareness Week in B.C. D'Arcy also pointed out that while provincial government initiatives for the disabled have been welcome, “we have a very long way to go in this country.” He said a great many disabled people live in “deep poverty,” and he criticized the province for deducting general pension increases from pro- vincial assistance. “Whenever the federal govern- ment — usually before an election — increases the amount of money it makes available to the disabled, without exception the province sim- ply deducts it from GAIN payments,” D'Arcy said. He also complained that the prov. ince’s programs for the disabled appear to be initiated from the “top down” — out of Victoria instead of the communities in which the dis- abled live. Earlier, Veitch pointed to various initiatives for the disabled, such as the special week each year that allows Canadians to “talk stock of the status of those with disabilities.” As well, he said the many munici- pal committees have been estab- lished — such as the Castlegar Abilities Awareness Committee — to represent the interests of the dis- abled. ~ In addition, a special premier’s advisory council for the disabled was set up and held meetings earlier this year around the province — including in Castlegar. HYDRO continued from front page Moore did not attend — basically outlined a “broad policy” which will take time to develop. McMullen said the current domestic demands for power do not require a generating project on either the Keenleyside or the Murphy Creek dams for at least 10 years. There would have to be a guaran. teed export demand for power or a dramatic increase in domestic power 4 for the Keenleyside or Murphy Creek dams get generators within the next 10 years, McMullen said. He also said the discussions and policy have not reached the specific point where Hydro might allow a private contractor to install genera tors in the Keenleyside or Murphy Creek dams. “It’s much too early to say,” he said. “There are no specifics.” But Moore told reporters following the chamber luncheon that she is looking to Hydro's proposed pri- vatization plans to get the dam project moving. “But B.C. Hydro are the people that are saying we're going to call for private proposals, that's what Bell said when he spoke to this group on Thursday (10 days ago),” she said. “They're going to call for private developers to develop up to 600 megawatts of power by private capital in the province of British Columbia.” ‘MeMullen said the first private Projects most likely to get the nodd in the area are two thermal-coal generating projects at the Westar and Fording mines in the East Kootenay. During the Vancouver meeting Bell said privatization of some of the Province's power resources could represent potential direct invest. ment of about $1 billion. But his, optimism was underscored with a cautious tone concerning privatiza- tion. “However, the private power industry in B.C. is still in its infancy and we must move cautiously to ensure that quality projects are built which will save customers’ money in the short term as well as provide long-term security of supply.” ‘ a June 19,1998 Castlegar News U Gang member sentenced VANCOUVER (CP) — An Asian gang member involved in an “obviously planned and brutal” beating of two men last year was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison by county court Judge Harry Boyle. John Yee, 22, pleaded guilty May 3 to two counts of assault causing bodily harm to Chi Kiu Tasang and Leonard Kwok Keng Hsu, both 19, in a Vancouver house. Japan-U.S. free trade? WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States would be happy to consider @ free-trade agreement with Japan similar to the one reached with Canada, Treasury Secretary James Baker said. There are no current discussions of such a treaty, he said, but it would fit into the overall U.S. strategy of breaking down trade ‘barriers wherever they exist. Prison escapee located VANCOUVER (CP) — A man arrested Wednesday has been identified as Roger Judge, 27, an escaped Philadelphia death-row prisoner, police said Friday. Judge, identified through fingerprints, had been convicted of the October 1984 shotgun slayings of Christopher Outerbridge, 18, and Tabatha Mitchell, 15, a former girlfriend, as they sat on Outerbridge’s front porch in North Philadelphia. Soviets march in U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — About 200 Soviet citizens waving banners reading We Are One Family and Our Goal is Nuclear-Free World began a month-long walking tour of the United States on Friday with the aim of building friendship’ and lobbying for disarmament. The Soviets, joined by as many as 100 Americans, planned to walk to Philadelphia and then travel by bus to Moline, Ill, for a walk across the Mississippi River to Des Moines, Iowa, where they will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. Girl salesmen arrested BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have broken a countrywide ring trafficking in‘ teenaged girls, arresting 66 people involved in kidnapping and selling more than 200 girls into slavery, an official report said. The girls, most of whom were abducted at train stations, were raped before they were sold, The peasants Daily said. Authorities were in the process of locating and freeing the girls, the report said. Woman unfit for trial NORWALK, CONN. (AP) — A woman who claimed to be the wife of talk show host David Letterman after allegedly breaking into his home and taking his car is incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday. The ruling by Superior Court Judge James Bingham came after testimony from a doctor that 36-year-old Margaret Ray is “rambling and has impaired judgment.” Uranus moons to be named LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists have rejected proposals to name the moons of Uranus for the crew of the U.S. space shuttle Challenger. Instead they want to give the moons names for literature while designating craters on Earth's moon for the dead astronauts. “We're following the tradition of naming the moons after Shakespearean characters and characters from (Alexander Pope's) The Rape of the Lock,” said Hal Masursky, chairman of the International Astronomical Union's planetary system nomenclature working group. Masursky is a planetary geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. New bill hits welshers QUEBEC (CP) — A man who fails to make court-ordered support payments to his ex-wife and children could see up to half his paycheque seized by the provincial government for the following year, under a bill tabled in the legislature. The bill would foree such a man to make any back payments he owes, as is now required, and in a new step, would also force him to send future support payments to a government collector for one year. Grenade blast wounds four BELFAST (AP) — A home-made grenade wounded four British soldiers as scattered violence flared early today in Northern Ireland. Police said the grenade exploded after hitting a military vehicle in any army and police patrol in Strabane, on the province's western border. Four soldiers were taken to a hospital; all were released after treatment. Overcrowded ferry flips DHAKA (REUTER) — At least 80 people are missing and feared drowned after an overcrowded ferry capsized in southern Bangladesh on Friday, police said. They said the ferry sank when it was caught in a rainstorm on the flood-swelled Meghna river in Barisal district. About 70 people swam ashore but the rest of the 150 passengers aboard were believed trapped inside the sunken vessel or swept downstream by strong currents. Salvage effort fails - AMSTERDAM (REUTER) — Efforts to raise a sunken Dutch tanker carrying toxie chemicals failed at the last minute today, a salvage spokesman said. The Dutch salvage company Smit Tak said a team of 70 men aboard 10 ships raised the 1,597-ton tanker Anna Broere in a two-hour operation on Friday evening. But two cables broke as they tried to hoist it onto pontoons early today and the ship slipped back into its original position, about 65 kilometres off the British coastal resort of Great Yarmouth. Prisoners slash wrists JERUSALEM (REUTER) — Seventy-two Israeli prisoners slashed their wrists with razors and knives at a protest against conditions at Beersheba prison, a jail spokesman said Saturday. All of the prisoners were treated within the prison, The protest was the climax of three days of disturbances, where convicts refused to eat prison food or clean their cells, spokesman John Tester said. They demanded more time to walk about freely and more telephone calls. He said prisoners had resumed eating and cleaning their cells on Saturday. PROTEST . . . A small group of protesters gathered Thursday outside the Sandman to voice their con- cerns about the proposed use of the pesticide HERBICIDE continued from front page Three Islands Resort receives its water supply from Alspen Creek, part of which is in the proposed spraying area. Poznikoff says if the water supply becomes contaminated with pesticide the eampground worth about $1 million will be forced to close because there is no alternative water supply. “Our investment far outweighs your ideals on spraying,” Poznikoff told forestry represenatives. The permit holders say they will establish buffer zones of about 10 metres around the creek to protect it. They also say the water will be monitored for traces of the herbicide. Biologists and wildlife i who have done studies on bear populations say the herbicide threat ens area wildlife. The Forest Service wants to use the herbicide ‘to kill brush which of hearings Roundup. The protest took place during the start in Castlegor spraying of the pesticide. into the proposed CosNews photo by Bonne Morgan covers and prevents seedlings plant- ed in the area from growing prop- erly. But McCrory said that brush comprises ‘about 80 per cent of grizzly bear's diet. “We are ignoring the needs of some of our key wildlife habitat and grizzly bear habitat with an un. proven herbicide,” he said. “By not disclosing information to the general public there will be species of animals which will con. sume this which will be effected in ways that we know nothing about,” said Jyrkkanen. But Johnston says he has faith in the testing procedures and Fores- try's ability to use the herbicide in a safe way. “I'm satisfied that it is very low toxicity,” he said. “Certainly, there is a range of information that would suggest that Roundup is low toxic.” McCrory left the hearing upset. He said he didn't feel the group had received a fair hearing. In fact, Lewis at the beginning of the hearing asked the board remove Dr. Bill Godolphin from the appeal board, charging that he was biased. Lewis said Godolphin, at a previous pesticide appeal hearing had called the ai i Tax break chopped in B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) — A Revenue Canada ruling has made more’ than 100 communi- ties in British Columbia ineli- gible for the northern residents allowance in 1988, Ninety of the communities af- fected by Friday's decision are in the West Kootenay. Revenue Canada spokesman Bob Malogey said the deter- mining factor in the West Koot enay was the classification of Rossland-Trail this year as an urban centre. Any communities within 160 kilometres of that area no longer qualify for the tax break. The reason for the change is the government has determined the Rossland-Trail area now has more than 10,000 residents. Robson post office to stay put By CasNews Staff The Robson post office will stay where it is — at leasat until October, according to Canada Post Corp. The owner of the building and a postal representative have signed a. lease on the Robson building which expires in October. Canada Post had been renting the building on a month-to-month basis without the benefit of a signed lease because it had been unable to come to an agreement with the landlord. Canada Post has been trying for the last few years to have “much- needed improvements” made to the premises. A postal official says the owner, Gordon Ferguson, will have until the lease expires to renovate the build- ing. “There (are) a number of im- aim » ir rational, and at odds with normal practice. “I think Dr. Goldolphin, in print, has shown himself incapable of rend ering an objective decision. He is ob- viously a propoent of herbicide use and therefore is not in a position to listen to this appeal with an open mind,” said Lewis. But chairman Moore ruled Lewis out of order. McCrory charged later that the majority of the board's decisions have been in favor of pesticide use. Aquatic centre proposal hits some opposition By CasNews Staff The proposed $2.4 million indoor aquatie centre for Castlegar ran into a roadblock at the Regional District of Central Kootenay board meeting Saturday in Nelson. Area I director John Voykin served notice that he doesn’t plan to agree to a referendum on the indoor pool until he is fully briefed on the facilit; “I am not sold on the project yet,” Voykin told the board, adding that he wants to meet with the Castlegar and District Projects Society and the other two partners in the pool — Area J and the City of Castlegar. Castlegar council agreed Tuesday to go to referendum on the pool. However, the referendum needs the approval of both Area I and J. “I have no objection to holding a referendum,” Voykin later told the Castlegar News, “but sell it to me first.” Voykin also said he supports the general concept of an indoor pool. If the pool goes to referendum, it needs a majority vote of approval from Area I, Area J and the City of Castlegar. If residents in any of the areas vote down the’ proposal, the pool cannot go ahead. In other regional district news pr that have to be made to the building to bring it up to stan- dard,” said Fred Morley. Among the renovations are im- provements to the electrical system, fire-rated gyproe, an extension to the lock-box lobby, flooring, and win- dows. Morley wouldn't say whether Canada Post will close the Robson post office if improvements are not made. Canada Post had previously indi- cated it wanted to be out of the building by November if an agree- ment could not be reached on the lease. “We don't close them,” said Morley, “We convert them into retail postal outlets.” Morley added that if a suitable business isn’t available to house a retail outlet, another option is that postal service take the form of super mail boxes. Saturday, CP Rail Ltd. nced its intention to abandon 44 kilometres of rail line between Roseberry and Nakusp. In a written submission, CP Rail contends it lost $580,000 operating the line in 1987, $947,000 in 1986 and $835,000 in 1985. However, Area K (rural Nakusp) director Bill Cuthill pointed out that CP Rail doesn't include federal subsidies it receives for operating Peace group disappointed By RON NORMAN Editor A Castlegar peace group says it is disappointed with Castlegar council's refusal to sponsor a resolution declaring B.C. a nuclear weapons-free zone. “We have long been proud of the fact that the City of Castlegar and the (Regional District of Central Kootenay) are nuclear weapons-free zones — a status that certainly has the support of a very large majority ittson, chairperson of the Castlegar Peace Group, says in a letter to council. council supported” the group's request to have signs declaring the community a nuclear weapons-free zone posted at of the voters in this region,” Olg: Kittson points out that the entrances to the city. Kittson also notes that only last year council Proposed a similar resolution to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Municipalities where it was approved. The resolution was then forwarded to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention last fall in Vancouver, but it nver reached the floor. “Because of this history and the very strong in April if it would co-sponsor the nuclear-free resolution at the September annual meeting of the UBCM. was out of town members could “generously However, council turned down the offer by a 4-1 vote, with Ald. Terry Rogers the only council member voting in favor of sponsoring the resolution. Ald. Len Embree, a strong supporter of the local peace group, at the time. Instead, Ald. Bob MacBain argued that council vote according to their individual preferences when the resolution came up at the UBCM Nelson council and the Central Kootenay regional district eventually agreed to co-sponsor the resolution. However, the regional district only narrowly approved co-sponsoring the resolutation by, a vote of 15-14. Rogers represented Castlegar counfil at that meeting and voted in favor of the sponsoring the resolution. Mayor Audrey Moore, who is Castlegar’s usual regional district representative, was unable to attend that meeting. Elsewhere, the local peace group has written Defence Minister Perrin Beatty expressing disappoint ment with the support for a nuclear-free B.C. on the part of the citizens, council's recent decision is, we feel, both «comprehensible and embarrassing,” Kittson argues. “We think that the people of Castlegar deserve an explanation for this apparent about-face, “We urge you to reconsider your decision in the light of the thoughts expressed in this letter, which we think Tepresents the views of the majority in this city.” Squamish council asked its Castlegar counterpart she adds. federal government for allowinjg pa ” Kittson says in a letter to Beatty She notes that while the Canadian Forces are satisfied there is no danger to the historic sites, that: Canada must show respect and sensitiviey by stopping any further military exercises on Kaho'lawe.” we feel Tourist alert VANCOUVER (CP) — Tourist Alert issued Saturday by the RCMP. The following person, believed trav- elling in British Columbia, is asked to call the person named for an urgent personal message: Dorothy Bazinet, Vancouver, call Lori Henare. Clark wary of proposed Hydro sale VICTORIA (CP) — Legislation allowing the sale of B.C. Hydro's gas division will clear the way for the government to sell off the corpora- tion's electric division, says New Democrat Glen Clark. Amidst heated debate on the legislation, Clark warned the bill will mean any area within Hydro can be privatized without having to go back to the public or the legislature. “The bill clears the way for the government to sell off everything but the wires,” he said. The NDP energy critic said Hy- dro's electric division, which pro- vides 80 per cent of Hydro’s overall income, could be sold by cabinet. without any publie input. “It is a very, very devious, and sweeping and radical piece of legis- lation, and I am happy to rise and oppose it,” he said. Clark predicts higher costs and less service to consumers once any Hydro division is privatized. The government is selling Hydro's gas division as part of its privat- ization program under which about $3 billion in provincial assets are to be sold.