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WASHERS & DRYERS 364-1276 REPAIR SERVICE BRIAN’S es SERVICE * Guoranteed Work © Fair Prices © 40 Yeors in Business © Free Estimates JAMES SWANSON AND SONS. Ph, 367-7680 Boinds The Ultimate in Window Fashion VERTICALS PLEATED SHADES HORIZONTALS SAVE 35-50 OFF Suggested List Price Oe. 613 Columbia Ave. 365-6214 RENT THIS SPACE 365-5210 SATURDAY April 6, 1991 Vol. 44, No. 28 Castlegar, B.C. bes 75 Cents DON'T FORGET... The clocks are gaining and you're Due seunan. m, and clocks ight savings time off should be set ahead one hour. Tonight: Portiol clearing overnight. Lows 2°C to 4°C. Sunday: Clouds and Miaka LC 19 re, Outlook for ‘amore sunshine. of Precipitation is 30 per cent tonight and 30 per cent on Sunday. ¥' Ca Hospital escapes fiscal paralysis By CasNews Staff and News Service NDP health critic Tom Perry said the absence of a provincial budget and a troubled Social Credit gover- nment have put British Columbia’s health care system in a state of paralysis. But the Castlegar and District Hospital is still mobile, administrator Ken Talarico said. The hospital’s fiscal year ended March 31, and it doesn’t usually Operate under a new budget until sometime in May. That leaves the hospital with some time. before it needs to see the provincial budget in place, Talarico said. “We're functioning like any other facility,’ he said. ‘‘And, we're not accustomed to having our budget by the beginning of our fiscal year, which is April 1." Perry had said earlier this week that hospitals and other health care agencies are unable to plan because they have no budget guidelines. He said the agencies are unsure whether such Socred policies as public-sector wage controls will sur- vive the upcoming provincial elec- tion. “Nobody “knows how~to~ plan anything,”’ Perry said. ‘‘There is vir- tual paralysis on all issues.’’ B.C. Nurses Union and the Hospital Employees Union represen- tatives echoed Perry's claim, saying contract negotiations with health care workers have stalled as a result. Carmela Allevato said without a budget, it is difficult for the Health A ‘Abegelatt WATCH YO\ Labor Rel . representing employers, to bargain. The 30,000-member union’s con- tract expired March 31. Nurses union president Debra McPherson said there is no incentive for employers to bargain when such uncertainty surrounds the budget, the Socred leadership, and the up- coming provincial election. But Talarico said bargaining is ongoing with those two unions as well as with the Health Sciences Association. “I don’t consider it a major problem,’’ Talarico said. “*Negotiations will take some time to complete and probably by that time we'll have some information on our budget.”” He said the only time it would be a problem is if new contracts are negotiated and the hospital is or- dered to pay employees at the new rate before the budget is finished. However, if the contracts were i on @ retroactive basis, retroactive pay ‘‘has been picked up in the past by the government — the budget would reflect that,” he said. Reps still doing it h ory Sehoe! net are ocr rat watching his step on the tricky tire bridge at Woodland Pork Soe last week. Duff, 9, and the rest of the school-aged children return to classes a week long spring break. CosNews photo by Ed Mills Touch of Tokyo for city By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Downtown Castlegar will have a splash of oriental decor upon com- pletion of a proposed international education centre. Mitsuo Shikano, chairman of the Rokkoh Gakuen Educational Foun- dation in Tokyo, has purchased the five-acre parcel of undeveloped land across the street from city hall and next to the provincial courthouse on Columbia Avenue at 6th Street to build the centre, said Selkirk college president Leo Perra in a presentation to city council earlier this week. Having chy hall and the court house as neighbours “is considered good tuck in (Japanese) culture," Perra said. Shikano has had an interest in Castlegar ‘since the fall of 1986 when Selkirk college signed a sister agreement with the Aoyama Technical College in Tokyo. F a “short relati i period’’ by embassy the As well, the centre will serve to expose local residents and other travellers to Japanese culture, Perra said. city of Castlegar signed a sister agreement with the city of Embetsu — Shikano’s home town, he said. The centre will serve as a point of arrival for Japanese travellers, and will include meeting rooms, study rooms and short-term accom- modation facilities for 20 to 40 People. Perra said it, will have a Japanese theme; and possibly a Japanese style garden. “In. Japan, people don’t travel much,"’ he said. ‘(Shikano) thought it would be useful to ensure people from Embetsu a soft landing . . . a Place they could call home.”” The i cost upon com- pletion of the project is $2.5 to $3.5 million, he said. “It'll take three or four years to bring this thing on stream,’’ he said, explaining that the Japanese spend a great deal of time in the planning Process, “‘much longer than in the implementation process.’” Planning may prove difficult given the vast space available compared to what the Japanese usually have to work with, he said. City council was pleased with the Proposal, particularly because it will contribute to downtown revitalization plans. Fire protection area to be studied past the existing boundary of Hugh Keenleyside Dam out to Syringa Provincial Park. Area J Director Ken Wyllie asked the administration to conduct the study after residents near the boun- Barry Baldigara, secretary assistant of administration, said the Study will establish what properties would be included in the extended area, what impact an extension will have on taxes, and what costs each resident included in the protected tv he pov ena tee coatpgisk vice. Whe sak’ in posits thee. the 00k of the service to residents may be less than what insurance premiums are for in an area. dary asked about an Wyllie said with the number of As well, administration will be. in contact with Robson fire chief Bob “to see whether or not The in- An would (gtsbliched ta, Obit as propertie ee crease that distance to 13 km, Wyilie within located toad kilometres of the fire hail in 4 said fire areas can’t have any unprotected ““pockets”’ within it, meaning the ex- tension could only be for homes bordering on or near the existing boundary. “The Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs frowns upon non-contiguous boundaries — no swiss cheese ef- fect.” ‘Once the study is completed and “if it’s still appropriate to pursue, we'll arrange for an adequate Petition in the area, then proceed with bylaws to extend the area," said. ‘He could not estimate how long it B.C. cities buck feds over RCMP By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Mayor Audrey Moore and city administrator Gary Williams were in Richmond Friday meeting with Ivan Messmer, provincial Solicitor General, and representatives from about 40 other municipalities, to discuss proposed increases to RCMP contract costs. The meeting, organized by the Union of B.C. Munici lies, was to provide Messmer with a collective message to deliver to federal Solicitor General Peirre Cadieux. Cadieux and Messmer meet next week for the first time since talks between the federal government and the province on a new RCMP con- tract broke off early last month. The previous 10-year contract ex- pired March 31. Municipalities are facing increases of up to 25 per cent for policing costs under Cadieux’s proposal to cut the federal contribution. Castlegar paid $508,000 last year for 10 officers. Under the federal government’s proposal the city would pay $533,000 for nine officers, city officials said in March. “The consequence to the other levels of ‘service we'tan ‘afford to pay and fo property tax if these increases come about will be severe,” said a news release issued after the con- ference. Moore could not be reached for comment Friday. Forty out of 51 municipalities policed by the RCMP at Friday’s conference agreed that their three Province out local By CasNews Staff The City. of Castlegar is getting $402,187 in basic and unconditional revenue-sharing grants to do with what it will, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs announced Thur- sday. “Basic and unconditional grants © are used by municipalities as they see fit,"’ a press release from the ministry said. ‘‘They are calculated according to the municipality's population, taxbase and budget, and vary accordingly. “These funds’ are enable local governments to address the special needs of their communities. Jacquie Hamilton, the city’s direc- tor of finance, said the grant money will go into the general operating fund. main concerns are the cost base, the cost shares and accountability. ““On the cost base issue, there is no disagreement that there are items that can be negotiated where there is good business case,"’ the release Says. “With respect to cost shares, we remain firm in our view that there should be no increases. B.C. tax- payers must be protected from un- unjustified increases in the cost of government.”” The province considers the Proposal unjustified because during the last round of negotiations, in 1981, the. federal and provincial governments agreed on cost-sharing because both governments receive benefits from RCMP services. “There is nothing, in our view, that has altered the basis of these agreements and the federal gover- ment has not provided any evidence that would support a change in the cost shares,”’ the release said. The provincial position on accoun- tability is that “‘there also must be improved accountability so that we are assured that we are getting. the best value for the dollars spent. Messmer will ask Cadieux; on behalf of the province, to enter into an interim agreement security until a new ratified. “The taxpayers of B.C. realize that they will be paying over $100 million more in taxes in the coming years if the federal govern- ment gets its way,’’ the release said. doles share “It will be applied to the same kinds of things we apply general taxation money to,"’ she said, which includes all activities and services ex- cept water and sewer. The ministry said most municipalities will receive increases this year. Castlegar’s funding represents a 4.5 per cent increase over last year’s funding of $384,695 Hamilton said. Statistics Canada said Friday the current rate of inflation is 6.7 per cent in British Columbia. The ministry said details of con- ditional revenue-sharing grants which are used by municipalities for Specific purposes such as water and sewer ‘systems, will be released at a later date. Renters By CasNews Staff rent increases. residents. getting a lot of complaints. pansion) is over."* he said. about gouging Castlegar city council members have been hearing what they con- sider to be far too many complaints from residential tenants facing Alderman Kirk Duff told council at a Committee of the Whole meeting earlier this week that he has been approached by several angry He said they are complaining that landlords are trying to cash in on the flood of prospective tenants brought into Castlegar by the Ceigar Pulp mill expansion and modernization project. Other aldermen at the meeting agreed, saying they too have been The situation is causing tenants a lot of ““unnecessary stress,”" said. ““It’s always nige to make money off progress, but people should hold intact their social conscious," Duff said Thursday. ‘People have got to keep in mind the people who are going to be here once (the ex- He said people facing héfty increases should find out what their for available which describe the legal rights of both tenants and landlords, angry Duff also has pamphiets