eh RE Wednesday, March 9, 1994 problem tion centre or an office? and a guarantee of access to Community groups, Under the arrangement it made with the city regarding property taxes, 90 per cent of the value of the building is exempt for tax purposes. Although the agreement also stipulates that CTN would pay for utility charges, it did not anticipate that it would be cla ed as a Centre when being charged. During last week's meting, city council decided to table the item until further informa- tiqn about the situation: could be gathered. A report will come before the next council meet- ing, scheduled for March 15, Wednesday, March 9, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Deal brightens Cominco future Agreement will save up to 2,600 jobs in the Kootenays SHARLENE IMHOFF Sun Editor 2” FORECAST « SOUTH-EAST INTERIOR WEATHER OFFICE. THE CASTLEGAR all ‘a Heére: Labor Holdings secretaty/treasurer Len ‘that the city re-evaluate the y charges, since has added no additional sewer or water outlets to the hall since making Alu Labor Holdiigs took over the own- f Kinnaird Hall at a nominal value for imp: to the hall ALMANAC) Gnememmneiememenmeemes From: March 1 T0: March 7 TEMPERATURE: || HIGH: 12.3/4th LOW: -7.9/6th MEAN: 3.9 TEMPERATURE: RAIN: 5.0mm SNOW: 0.0cm TOTAL: 5.0mm TEMPERATURE: THIS: 25.2 hrs. NORMAL: 26.7 hrs. P of installing the ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE: German-built smelter, which had to NW) be shut down almost immediately Vv due its failure. The most recent hand-out under the NDP government however, is far less ! generous, and at least has a few strings tied to it. nT Premier Mike Harcourt (right) spoke with Cominco workers about the deal that has been reached between the smelting company and the government. Harcourt announced the deal last Friday to a packed house. “It will reduce air pollution and will cease dumping slag into the Columbia River, which will be a relief This isn’t the first time cash- strapped Cominco has turned to government for assistance. Federal Auditor-General Denis Di 1 said the federal government invest- modernization. The full $55 million is SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhoft p Debate Team members will be facing off against 80 fy attend the provincial debates to be held in Kelowna, March Mbers are (I-r): Ryan Swedburg, Tanya Todd, Kerri Redekop, |Jefemy Palmer, debate instructor. 3 We can help prevent ozone-depleting CFC's from escaping into the atmosphere by making sure that freezers and refrigerators are properly serviced. Athat Winks Hien two ened gee TONIGHT eeu temperature and Cominco Ltd. have reached a OUDY deal that both say will guarantee the ve cu POP. % future of the company’s lead and zinc ‘ 4 WITH +. 30% Save 2,600 jobs in the process. AFLURRY The complex agreement was 3 0546 PM announced last Friday at Cominco’ 's workers and media from across the THURSDAY aaums temperature province. ye Under the agreement in principle, ‘ ‘ ™ . MIX OF build a new lead smelter and expand zinc production. ‘ SUNSHINE, : 10% In exchange for providing $51.9 . " CLOUD SUNSET acquires the right to install new power-generation facilities at two Cominco-owned dams: Brilliant and sharing plan, the government will also receive a share of the income from the Trail metallurgical and fer- Cominco said it could pay the government up to $14 million a year under the profit sharing plan, to reach that figure, it would have to make $158 million in operating prof- its. Cominco will also transfer three —_ to British Columbians and our friends Kootenay River to Victoria for recre- The new lead smelter, which would ed $79 million into Cominco Ltd. in ational use. replace a failed German system, is 1986 and then had to write it off in In making the Pre- to cut emissi per cent. Construction of the smelter The B.C. government also doled smelter will eliminate a major envi- is scheduled to start this fall and com- out $55 million for the same project, ronmental problem. pleted in 1996. to assist Cominco with a $260 million tiating, the provincial government 1 3 operations in Trail and Kimberley and THK OF SUNSET in front of Cominco will spend $170 million to CLOUD AND POP % million cash-in-aid to Trail, Victoria THICKENS + 0614 PM Waneta. Under a 15-year profit- tilizer operations. depending on commodity prices. But recreational properties along the —_in Washington State.” mier Mike Harcourt said the new = fee ae WKP looks to expand resource development Please take a few minutes to ensure that your property would be readily identified in the event of an emergency. Thank you! CASTLEGAR Avenue © “Expert claims. polluters list shows lack of respect for environment The polluters’ list released with fanfare Tuesday by the New Democratic government is a sad record of failed enforcement, according to B.C.'s leading envi- ronmental law expert Greg McDade. executive. direc- ‘tor of the Sierra Legal Defense j-“Pund-in-Vancowver;-said the latest — contained the names of many BC Gas Customers Snow and ice on and around natural gas meters and regulators can prevent them from working properly. Please be sure to keep your meter and regulator free of surrounding ice and snow. For further information, call your local BC Gas office. ing for the fourth OF fifth time—without charges being laid. “It shows a lack of respect for the environ- ment,” said McDade. Sell it quick - in the Sun classifieds Call 365-7848 ‘Whir Care & More 20% off Pottery in the Upper Room Gift Shop 314-10th Ave. 365-2213 eral and pope environmental agencies prosecuted small compa- nies but left alone the big ones. “They do a good job with the little $s Caught in the one-time, acci- dental spills. The problem is with the chronic offenders,” said McDadeé cited two independent Audits of coastal logging which showed half the operations exam- ined to be harmful to the fisheries without any charges being laid. McDade said the tist relcascd Tuesday named companics such us Cominco of Trail and Ceigar Pulp Company of Castlegar which had exceeded their wasie permits for the second or third time. The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and = Ozeroff District appeared on the list for the seventh time. Environment Minister Moe Sihota and other senior ministry officials did not return Sterling News Service's calls over a two- day period. Alt a press conference in Van- couver Sihota noted that six chronic offenders were under investigation while the rest had presented detailed plans to solve their pollution problems. Bill Macpherson, media rela- tions Officer for the ministry m Nelson, said charges had becn laid against Cominco though not against Celgar. Celgar, he said, had made heavy investments in pollution control and so had Cominco. “They've spent huge amounts of Money and substantially reduced the effluent,” said Macpherson. But McDade said the policy of the Environment Ministry of working with polluters rather than prosecuting them wasn‘! having the desired effect. “When they appear for the fourth or fifth time shows the failure, pf enforce- ment: We don’t, “work with’ bank robbers or muurderers. We charge them,” he said. McDade said that both the provinciat Environment Ministry and the federal Department of Fish- eries and Oceans were permeated by an attitude that prosecutions of polluters was unproduciive “There has to be the political wit to change that,” he said. Continued from 1A who knew her. . “She was a good student, a great athlete and very well-liked. It's a resounding loss. It’s a very quiet building today. Throughout the day students and staff stopped in the entry hallway at a shrine assembled by her close friends which displayed her basketball jacket, picture, and basketball aimed at beiping the individual understand what a data base is and how to use one. Presequisite: DOS Level 1. Mon. & Wed., March 14 = March 30, 6:30 - 9:30 pm. $110. anxioty some of the many conditions managed or eliminated using this safe, natural alternative. Nelioas Contes Lend 2 Coven sfocn sein ep ‘goal setting, training methods, care of sport injuries, and dvanced teschigg hits ts 21 how of aptrection.» Fri., March 18, 6-10 pen, Sat. & Sun., March 19 & 20,9 am.- 5:30 pm. $50. ; ‘Acting For Film And Television: An mara apatites & Hie ie. 11, 12, 13. For! ia na. e guest speakers will be discussing © Ported heaton glocee connate Society at 365-8448. Computers and Pax/Modem: Topics include: What is s PAX/modem, why « FAX/modem, practical considerations, (speed, phone lines, long distance costs) hardware and software, common problems, using the modem and FAX. Set, March 26, 94 pn 10. ‘WHMIS: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems: Meets BC Worker's for handling hazardous materials in the work piace. Moa., March 14, 7-10 pm. $20. CASTLEGAR CAMPUS 365-1208 jersey. Basketball coach, and Acting sR. 6 St: Patrick's Day Coffee party March 1 |. Bake Potluck supper and dance March 26, 90.8 doors are open to all dancers. CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY,CASTLEGAR BRANCH, annual meeting. Wednesday, March 16th, 7:30pm at the regional office, 625 Principal Jack Closkty said most members of the girls’ basketball team have decided to play in the provincials to be held in Qualicum this weekend. “The girls are going to do it for Jolene. They are determined to do it in tribute. They're doing something active. I think it's important to do that.” With restrained emotion Closkey spoke of Jolene’s attributes and great student and athlete; she had mountains of friends. She was just a tremendous kid—very mature. She was the kind of daughter everyone wants.” Popoff remains in ‘Trail Regional Hospital and is listed in stable condition while Tomelin was transferred in serious condi- tion to Vancouver Hospital on Monday. RCMP are asking that any wit- nesses to the accident contact the Before West Kootenay Power gets down to explaining why it wants rate increases exceeding the rate of inflation, the utility has some other ideas it wants to discuss with the B.C. utilities C ission. The first half of what is scheduled to be a two- week hearing in Rossland will be devoted to reviewing the utility's resource development ‘and rate design proposals. WKP has given up on tryuing to build a gas turbine generator to serve peak loads in the Okanagan, a controver- sial plan previously rejected by the commis- sion because of insuffi- cient environmental and economic data. Instead, WKP is focus- ing on co-development with B.C. hydro power rights purchased by the province last week at Cominco's Waneta dam. The utility is also interested in a SO megawatt hydro project near Squamish that a Vancouver company is Proposing to build, the power from which would be delivered using B.C hydro’s system. In redesigning its rates, WKP is sceking to have customers pay at least 90 per cent of the cost of their service. Persistence pays off for Dalton SHARLENEIMHOFF Sun Editor In his efforts to reveal inadequa- cies of the Workers’ Compensation Board and how they were com- pounded with the NDPs passing of Bill 63, Castlegar lawyer Terty Dal- ton scored big last week when BCTV agreed to imterview and air his story The story was aired Monday evening on BCTV's 6 p.m. news Dalton, who will remain in Vancou- ver to continue interviews with other Vancouver media, says he is now making progress in “waking up the Vancouver media to a major problem with the Workers’ Com- pensation Board.” For the past two months, Dalton has been attempting to tell the NDP it should repeal Bill 63, the legisla- tion passed January | which auto- matically brought all employees and employers in the province under the mandatory supervision of the Work- eas’ Compensation Board. Datton says the tegisiation is unsound and unfair to injured work- ers, since it means that, in the case of a motor vehicle accident, an injured worker would lose the right to sue the negligent driver, who is also an employee under the Work- ers’ Compensation Board. Dalton realizes the issue is a com- plex one, and requires a lot of read- ing. As a result, Dalton was having difficulty getting the attention of the Vancouver media to understand this issue. But since the airing of the BCTV segment, Dalton is hopeful other media such as the CBC, Van- couver Sun and Province, as well as the B.C. Bureaw of the Globe and Mail will now realize the signifi- cance of his claims. Dalton has also personally deliv- ered packages that detail what he believes are significant WCB prob- lems to Premier Mike Harcourt’s constituency office. Dalton would like to sec a Royal Commission established to closely examine the Workers’ Ci tion Board Terry Dalton Local doctor named for prestigious award |= KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff It looks as if recent financial problems suffered by Geddes Geddes satisfying local creditors for SCI to pay them. That just wasn't so said Singbeil. “We have had people call us and say that Geddes has been saying “scl might be coming to an end. TURNER medical For The Castlegar Sun toa rural family physician for several Singbeil, the Robson-Castlegar Bridge, Several weeks ago Tim Robson-Castlegar Bridge project engineer for SCI endearing personality. “She was an outstanding kid, a Nelson RCMP at 352-2156. Province of British Columbia Ministry of Small Business, Tourism & Culture Hurry! Semen Va VAL Y YOUNG (facilitator: Kootenay Heatth Plan) Topic: understaning new directions, changes in Bc's Health Care System. Also: Resulations for AGM, Delegates for AGM, Date Tuesday March tnees at 1900 hours in the conference room at the Castlegar District KOOTENAY ART CLUB oil peiog sa work shop with ‘March 16th. For more intoe please CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Castlegar Community for their suport. we were. Verttilator for your hospital in the amount of $1 ame for our ho: auxiliary Treasure CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT HOSPITAL Anniversary sale Saturday March 19th, of Pharmasave, enjoy ate, henge and see our many tr ton. Feature creations By Hair-4-U. Local Gunn. Speaker May Moinar. FR eee Otsego DEVELOP & PRINT 24 EXP. 35 MM. FILM ‘eae ‘Final Week to be 1125-4th St., Castiegar/565 Baker St., Nelson The 1994 Edition of the Kootenay Region Manufacturers’ Directory is currently being compiled. To have your manufacturing business listed in the directo.y published by the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism & Culture you must call now! Call toll free 1-800-663-7824 to receive a new listing or change form. Submissions will be accepted up until March 11th and may be forwarded to: Kootenay Region barre