LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS BRIEFLY From Wire Service Reid inquiry set to resume VANCOUVER — The inquiry into the process by which the Crown decided not to prosecute former tourism minister Bill Reid for breach of trust is set to resume Tuesday. Inquiry commissioner Stephen Owen said the public hearings are scheduled for July 17-20 in Vancouver. i The hearing was postponed when NDP jusitce critic’ Moe Sihota laid a private information against Reid. Sihota later decided not to pursue the prosecution because the NDP could not quickly obtain RCMP files on the case. Reid resigned his B-C- cabinet post tast-falt- after a-$277,000-grant from a lottery fund he i was into a owned by his campaign manager and another friend. Although RCMP investigators recommended charges be laid, the Attorney-General’s Ministry decided not to lay a charge. Unlike some jurisdictions where police lay charges, B.C. Crown counsel decides whether to approve charges, sometimes acting contrary to a police recommendation. NANAIMO, B.C. — New Zealand businessman John Bri been given final clearance to bring bungy jumping to Nanaimo. Regional district directors gave final reading to-a bylaw t rezone a two-hectare site to allow bungy jumping over the Nanaimo River. Jumpers will pay about $100 to.Jeap off a bridge 42 metres above the Nanaimo River. The risk-takers will fasten a wrist-thick elastic band to their ankles and jump off the 80-tonne bridge into the gorge. The jumper free falls about 13 metres before the cord begins to slowly reduce the momentum and slow the jumper. The jumpers are then hurtled upward, about 70 per cent of the way back to the bridge. When the bouncing finally stops, the leapers will be released by crews in a boat under the bridge. The eight-hectare bungy zone is located 14 kilometres south of Nanaimo and will include a picnic area when completed. The first jump is expected to take place next month. Parton chooses Burnaby-Edmonds VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver Sun columnist Nicole Parton will seek the Social Credit in the Burnaby-Ed: ds riding for the next provincial election. “*Burnaby-Edmonds is a community I can relate to very well,’’ Par- ton, 44, a North Vancouver resident, said in a prepared statement. “*Many of the things I have written about, from my consumer columns to social problems, are the kinds of issues facing the people of Bur- naby.”” Last week, Parton, who recently took an indefinite leave of absence from the Sun to run for public office, was appointed by the provincial government to chair a new 15-member committee to look into expan- sion of day-care facilities in B.C. In her statement, she said she is “‘well suited” to serve as an MLA, adding that as a columnist, she ‘‘has solved many individual problems by either raising them publicly or by contacting government officials directly on sensitive cases."’ Dave Mercier, currently the sitting Socred MLA in Burnaby-Pd< monds, announced earlier he does not plan to seek re-election in that riding but is looking to run elsewhere. Harmac pulp mill to close again VANCOUVER — MacMillan Bloedel is closing its Harmac pulp mill for the third time this year, due to continued soft demand for pulp on world markets. The company said its mill on Vancouver Island will close for two weeks beginning Aug. 22. About 600 of the plant’s 1,300 workers will be laid off and the shutdown will reduce pulp inventories by 16,000 tonnes. the Harmac division: imagined. Forest companies and two B.C studies to learn more about the bird. on its brown-beige body. Harmac produced 370,000 tonnes of market pulp in 1989. “This curtailment will not affect our sawmill operations and work on our environmental projects,’’ said Roger Killen, general manager of Tiny owl subject of studies VANCOUVER — A tiny owl with a big name is attracting attention in British Columbia's southern Interior. The flammulated owl — once thought to be extremely rare — is turning up in larger numbers over a larger area than previously ministries are co-operating on The shy, insect-eating owl stands about 15 centimetres fromgits little tufted ears to its tail. The name comes from the flame-shaped nen | Negotiations may VICTORIA (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm and the president of the B.C. Medical Association say they are optimistic negotiations between B.C. doctors and the government will im- prove. “I think the premier has given a commitment that he would ask for some kind of fresh outlook at the Vander Zalm said he agreed to en- courage the government's negotiating team to go back to bargaining ‘“‘and give it a sincere try."’ He declined to say whether the Jehovah's Witnesses from the East and West K. weekend of speeches, music and other activities related to this year's LP eme, Pure L ootenays and northern United States have come together in Castlegar fora th CosNews Photo Witnesses meet in Castlegar By CasNews Staff About 2,500 Jehovah’s Witnesses from the East and West Kootenay and the northern United States are expec- ted to swell Castlegar’s population this weekend for their annual district convention that started Thursday. About 1,800 Witnesses fanned themselves in the heat of the Com- munity Complex arena Thursday af- ternoon as they listened to the first speech of the weekend by Walter Graham of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada. Graham, who is from Toronto, will be giving the main talk Sunday at 2 p.m. His address is open to the public and is designed to appeal to people who are not Witnesses, convention news services officer Abram Unruh said. Graham will use secular references and quote various authorities of other religions to make his remarks easier for those who are not- Witnesses to The convention delegates are spen- ding the weekend listening to a variety of speakers and music and watching dramas that all deal with some aspect of the convention theme, Pure Language A baptism and ordination. Unruh was held this afternoon. Budget constraints force changes Selkirk College, in an attempt to cope with sizeable deficiencies in its operating budget for the 1990-91 ic term, is i a options available in the graphic com- munications program. He indicated the entire graphic Program is under number of strategies to minimize the impact on the majority of students. “The college has been forced to make some difficult decisions in order to ensure it operates within budget,” Selkirk College president Leo Perra said in announcing his strategies to college staff members in a series of meetings held at the Nelson, Castlegar and Trail campuses last week. Attempting to make up an an- ticipated shortfall of $175,000, Perra announced a variety of reductions as well as the decision to delay the re of a senior i i Position, created by the departure of Richard Hallet, former vice-president of educational support services, who this spring accepted a position at the British Columbia Institute of Technology In addition, Perra announced the decision to cancel the applied writing program, which for the past five years has been one of the four certificate improve Province would offer doctors more money. The negotiating teams are scheduled to meet again Friday in Vic- toria. review and will be restructured to provide greater options for students interested in communication arts careers. For the current year, cer- tificate programs in photography, graphic design and_ electronic publishing will be offered as usual. “‘It is regrettable that we are forced to cut back on our range of options to students,”’ Perra said in a prepared with approximately 10 seats in the Program as yet unfilled, those with aspirations of a career in industrial ‘tronics or telec i are . ‘These di are never easy, nor are they made lightly. In every case the programs affected are those that have shown light enrolmen- ts over the past few years.”* This may be the last year Selkirk College will accept students into its electronics diploma program, and advised to act quickly to obtain this training while it is still available in the West Kootenay region, the college said. Applications to the electronics engineering technology program will be accepted through August for ad- mission this September. July 14,1990 _CastlegarNews a3 LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS AG Smith resigns after taped calls released VICTORIA (CP) — Bud Smith, who was thought by many to be a Possible successor someday to Premier Bill Vander Zaim, is now Pondering a political future at least r by A of obstructing justice. The 44-year-old lawyer resigned as attorney general Thursday amid allegations he tampered with justice in, the case of a former cabinet V “It would be enormously presum- Ptuous of me to even think thoughts of being back,’ he said after announ- cing his resignation, “I have said pretty consistently . . . that any decision about my future electorally will be made closer to the time of an election and that is ob- viously more real today than it was (Wednesday).’’ colleague. He quit less than 24 hours after the Opposition released taped cellular telephone calls in which he discussed discrediting a lawyer hired by the NDP to prosecute former cabinet minister Bill Reid on a breach of trust charge. Smith’s taped comments were recorded without his knowledge. NDP justice critic Moe Sihota tabled the transcripts Wednesday in the legislature. The tapes indicate Smith seemed anxious to spread allegations that the lawyer chosen. to prosecute Reid had been fired from a murder trial and almost had a nervous breakdown. Smith denied the allegations and was blunt about his current predicament. Editorial, A4 Smith won a seat in Kamloops after losing a bid for the Social Credit leadership in 1986. A former principal secretary to premier Bill Bennett, Smith is now also the subject of a police in- justice, clearly showed Smith had at- tempted to discredit lawyer Peter Firestone. Firestone had been hired by the NDP to prosecute Reid on a charge involving the handling of provincial lottery funds. One one tape, Stewart describes Firestone as ‘‘a dimwit’” who was fired from a murder trial because he couldn’ handle the pressure. In_a_second, Smith calls-Margot Sinclair, a Victoria-based reporter with Vancouver television station CKVU, to pass on his comments about Firestone. Firestone is threatening legal action against Smith and Stewart, as well as into the Vancouver RCMP will conducttke investigation, said deputy attorney general Ted Hughes. Neil McCrank, Alberta deputy at- torney general, will then decide if Smith should be charged, said Hughe: a former Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench justice. Solicitor General Russ Fraser has been named acting attorney general. Sihota said the conversations-bet- ween Smith and Bill Stewart, the assistant deputy minister for criminal a int to the B.C. Law Society. “*We're considering the statements by both Mr. (Bill) Stewart and Mr Smith in considering legal action Firestone said, / Meantime, Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks said he has asked the RCMP to “‘undertake an electronic sweep”’ of cabinet isters’ offices to check for bugging devices. And Vander Zalm also tried to turn the spotlight on the issue of telephone tapping, rather than Smith. pe A couple demonstrate just how fast a | aid of machinery during the Jack and Jill Double, Buck competition at the tenth annual Slocan City Logging Show last weekend. HARD-WORKING PARTNERSHIP CosNews photo can be cut down to size without the NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS Soviet Communists now more divided MOSCOW (CP) — Populist politician Boris Yeltsin Communist leaders of a radical wing said they would break away to dramatically quit the Soviet form a rival group. The departure of leading liberals on Thursday marked an historic split in the monolithic political machine that has ruled the Soviet Union with an iron_fist for more than 70 years. Delegates to the 28th Congress of party and build a multi-party system. Moscow’s Gavriil Popov and Anatoly Sobchak of Leningrad, said the party’s current congress had shown its “‘complete inability to offer the country a real program of transition to a new society."” The moves came only hours after Gorbachev ap- peared-to strengthen his Control over the party when his arch rival from its conservative wing, Yegor Ligachev, the party began By CasNews Staff Merchants and property owners in downtown Castlegar have con- tributed just over half the $2,500 a committee of the Downtown Business Association needs to begin the first stage of a down- town revitalization program, DBA president Jack Parkin said. But the committee has been asking merchants for $15 each and property owners for $30 each sin- ce May and many business people have not agreed to contribute, Parkin said. “‘We have a wonderful bunch DBA still seeking funds for revitalization plans of community-minded business people,’’ he quipped in frustration. The $2,500 will be used to hire consultants to prepare a strategy plan outlining what business people want to see in the down- town area, Parkin said in an earlier interview The DBA committee wants to collect the funds as quickly as possible because there are a num- ber of steps the project must go through after the strategy plan is completed before actual changes can be made to the downtown area, he said. As well, each step must be en- dorsed by city council before the Provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs can be asked for funding for that part of the project through the provincial gover- nment’s downtown revitalization Program, Parkin noted City council has approved a grant of $2,500 toward the Strategy plan and the committee will apply for $5,000 for the plan under the provincial program when the money has been raised from local business people. electing by secret ballot this morning a new policy-making Central Committee, the official Tass news agency said. About 420 candidates were running for the committee, which in its last form had 250 members but may be modified. After the vote, delegates will conclude debates on new party rules and adjourn after hearing a report by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev summing up the congress, the news agency said. Meanwhile, the newly elected radical mayors of Moscow and Leingrad, the Soviet Union’s two major cities, announced today they are leaving the.party to help was soundly defeated for the post of deputy leader and was forced to admit he had no chance of remaining on its governing Politburo. Late Thursday, after a day-long debate on party rules, Yeltsin unexpectedly strode up to a microphone at the congress in the Kremlin to announce: “*I declare my exit from the party.”” 2 Yeltsin, one of the most popular politicians among ordinary Soviet citizens, said he had planned to wait until the congress was over before declaring he wanted to devote himself full time to his new job as president of Russia, the largest of the country’s 15 republics. With his former mentor, Gorbachev, looking on stony-faced behind him, Yeltsin said the country and his . } F republic are slowing evolving toward a multi-party system. “*Taking into account the transition of society to a multi-party system, I cannot fulfil only the decisions of the Communist party. I have to obey the will of the people and their all-powerful representatives. “Therefore in connection with my obligations, I declare my exist from the party.’’ Yeltsin thus became the first non-communist leader of Russia in 73 years of Soviet power. Confusion arose about what Shostakovsky said next with some reports indicating Democratic Platform inten- party. ded to remain within the Communist party as a formal faction and others indicating it was setting up a separate y was not but an aide told The Cana for today Press he urged delegates to remain within the Communist party for now. “‘We call all democratic parties to a congress in Yeltsin left the hall immediately after his brief remarks as some delegates cheered and some shouted “‘Shame!’’ Gorbachev had little reaction, except to say that Yelt- sin’s decision would not be discussed at the congress. Minutes later, Vyacheslav Shostakovsky, one of many leaders of the loose Democratic Platform coalition, took the floor and began to read out a brief statement. “Il am empowered to declare a division in the Com- munist party,’’ he said before delegates began clapping, shouting and otherwise trying to interrupt him. autumn 1990 to create a broad political coalition,’’ Reuter news agency quoted him as saying outside the congress hall. All reports agreed, however, that at least some other delegates had quit the party in the wake of Yeltsin's decision The Democratic Platform says its polls indicate about 40 per cent of the party’s 18 million members sup- Port it Gorbachev survived an onslaught by hardline critics in the congress earlier in the week and was re-elected party general secretary LOTTERIES table and I’ve given my that I would also do the same thing,”’ said association president Hedy Fry She made the comment following a 90-minute meeting in the premier’s Victoria office. Doctors, who have been without a contract for 15 months, have repeat- edly asked for binding arbitration to settle their fee dispute and have threatened to begin direct billing of patients. Overwaitea Prices effective July 15-July 21 Shoppers Prices effective July 17-July 21 SuperValu Prices effective July 15-July 21 Zellers Prices effective July 18-July 22 Not ail Hlyers receive full distribution 4 you did not receive one of #1 The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 1, 6,17, 41, 45, 46, 51 and $4 The winning numbers in Wed- nesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw were 13, 15, 16, 24, 38 and 40. The bonus number was 27. The jackpot of $10 million goes to the holder of a single ticket bought in Western Canada. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Wednesday were 17, 43, 62 and 87 The winning numbers drawn Wed- nesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 2, 15, 21, 23, 34, 38, 50 and 54 These numbers provided by The Canadian Press must be considered unofficiat: : Talks Decision VICTORIA (CP) — The Social Credit cabinet improperly overruled its chief forester in awarding a major forest licence in the B.C. northwest, says the provincial ombudsman’s of- fice. Now Hazelton village council is demanding the licence be revoked, and is urging local forest companies to sue the government for alleged political interference. The village went to the ombudsman after two Prince George companies were given a licence last summer to remove eight million cubic metres from a pristine forest known as called improper Sustut-Takla. Applications for the licence by three other companies — all from the Hazelton area — were rejected even though the provincial government's own evaluations had said the wood should go to the Hazelton area. Ombudsman officer Barbara Humphreys said the issue went to a cabinet meeting, after which then- forest minister Dave Parker informed his staff that *‘cabinet had concluded that the forest licence should be awarded”’ to the Prince George com- Panies. The deputy chief forester then felt he “had no realistic option but to award the licence to these com- Ppanies,’” Humphreys wrote in a recent letter to Hazelton council. At the time, she said, decisions on awarding licences were supposed to be made independently, either by the chief forester or deputy chief forester. “The report shows we were right in thinking the decision was not made Properly,’” Hazelton Mayor Alice Maitland said. The Socreds later changed the legislation to allow the forest minister to overrule the chief forester on who gets timber licences. continued from front page N The picket Nines are calm only because the union bargaining commit- tee’ asked the strikers to allow Comin- co personnel through at the research gate, he said. If bargaining breaks off, ‘your guess is as good as mine’’ as to what will happen, Schmidt said Loggers continued from front page South Slocan residents formed a blockade for several days preventing the company from moving heavy equipment on to its property » The community is not opposed to logging in the area but wants to know how the timber will be taken out, Henderson said. As well, South Slocan residents don’t want Smoky Creek damaged, he added continued from front page *“*As the region goes, so do we reduction in said. individual basi: ments, Stanley said. Economy When a strike begins, the credit union notices a the volume of transactions and ‘‘a drawdown on demand deposits’ members using up more of their ready cash such as chequing accounts — within the first few weeks, he Kootenay Savings works with its members on an they have trouble paying back loans during a strike and the financial institute tends to go easy on people who are having problems meeting par- Both the credit union and its members are ‘going to be here when it’s all over,"’ he said in explaining Kootenay Savings’ policies during strike periods. But despite the speculation over the duration of the strike or the impact it will have on the area, local business people mostly just hope it’s all over soon and Cominco goes back into production, said Richard Maddocks, executive director of the Castlegar and District Development Board Strikes are ‘‘never easy’’ on the area and a long one will be harder to bounce back trom than a short one, Maddocks said “It’s not a pleasant situation at all."’ — credit union BRIEFLY From Wire Service Fleeing Albanians reach Italy BRINDISI, Italy — Three shiploads of tired but joyous Albanians reached this Adriatic port today as ferries began evacuating 4,500 asylum seekers from three western embassies in Europe’s last hardline Communist country. The mass evaucation aboard West European ships was expected to ease one of the Albanian regime's worst crises in decades, which began late last month when Albanians clambered over or crashed through embassy fences to seek asylum. The first ship, the Italian-chartered Espresso Grecia, arrived at this southern Italian port shortly after 9 a.m. after a seven-hour trip across the Adriatic Sea from the Albanian port of Durres, also known as Durazzo. Poland plans industry sell-off WARSAW — Polish legislators have voted to quickly sell off more than 90 per cent of state-owned industries, a major step in the Solidarity led government’s radical reform program. The Sejm, or the lower house of parliament, passed the legislation 328-2, with 39 abstentions. The vote came one day after the long- delayed measure reached the floor. The privatization measure still needs Senate approval, but with 99 of 100 senators elected from the Solidarity x it was not expected to have any difficulty. Deal ends strike in Nicaragua MANAGUA (Reuter) — A strike by pro-Sandinista labor unions that brought gunbattles to the streets of Managua ended Thursday with an agreement between strikers and the government of President Violeta Chamorro. The deal signed by union leaders and Chamorro cabinet members was read over government and pro-Sandinista radio on Thursday after all-night talks. Both sides quickly claimed the agreement as a victory. But the deal did not settle the key issue of the strike — Sandinista demands that Chamorro drop her free-market econoimce reforms. \\ The 10-day strike showed Chamorro’s vulnerability to Sandinista pressure and appeared to strengthen the standing of hardliners within her own administration, including Vice-President Virgilio Godoy. Larvae found in drinking water WINNIPEG — Some Winnipeg residents are finding what appear to be little worms in their drinking water. But a water works official said there’s no cause for alarm. Arnold Permut said the little squiggly things are harmless Midge Fly larvae. “*From time to time we do get them in the water supply, because the source of our water is open and so are the reservoirs outside the city,’" Permut said The water works depa Tarvae in the last week: Permut said he has never heard of the larvae being dangerous, but they can plug up the screen on a water tap. He said the larvae appear to be coming from a backup reservoir that is being used because of a construction project. “*We're working on it right now, if need be we'll take that reservoir out of service," he said. received eight about the a nani rnin MOSCOw (AP) — Boris Yelt- sin once persuaded his entire fifth- grade class to jump out a window. On Thursday, 50 years later, he threw down a similar challenge to 18 million Soviet Communists. “I have to obey the will of the People,”’ Yeltsin told alrnost 4,700 Communists at a Kremlin congress as he began what could become an exodus of radical reformers and angry workers from the governing party. In quitting, Yeltsin cited his duties as the newly elected President of the Russian Federation, the largest Soviet republic, which he has pledged to free of the ‘‘diktat’’ of central Communist and government con- trol. The mostly hardline delegates, who sat in silence as Yeltsin ap- proached the podium to deliver his surprise announcement, shouted ‘‘shame!"’ and whistled in derision as he strode out of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Mikhail Gorbachev, who holds the top jobs in the central gover- mment and party, watched im- Passively as Yeltsin rose to challenge him for control of the reform movement Last month, Yeltsin persuaded the Russian legislature to pass a resolution on sovereignty, declaring its intention to remain in the Soviet Union but take over much of the decision-making Power of central authorities. Yeltsin has gambled and lost before. At a closed Communist party meeting in late 1987 he criticized the slow pace of refor ms. As a result, he lost his job as Party leader in Moscow and was bounced from his non-voting membership in the Communist party Politburo. The 59-year-old Siberian with a shock of silver hair and a booming voice fought his way back to the top, winning election to the national parliament last year, then gaining the newly created Russian presidency six weeks ago. Yeltsin’s spectacular departure from the party seemed likely to transform the defections from the party from a trickle into a river. Coal miners throughout the country staged a one-day strike Wednesday, urging workers to quit the party. And members of the radical reformist Democratic Platform also announced their in- tent to leave. “I was the ringleader, always devising some mischief,"’ Yeltsin wrote in his recent autobiography, Against the Grain As a schoolboy in the Ural Mountains, where European Russia turns into Siberia, Yeltsin Populist Yeltsin quits party persuaded his entire fifth-grade class to jump out a window when their unpopular teacher left the room. The room was on the first floor. Yeltsin then persuaded the headmaster to forgive the class, and all ended well. But Yeltsin's mischievous side has provided his opponents with ample material to embarrass him, and deepened the conviction among some Soviets that he is not always in control fo himself — a potentially dangerous quality in a national leader Last year Pravda, a publication of the Soviet Communist-party, ran a report accusing him of drinking heavily during a trip to the United Sfates, especially before a speech in Baltimore Yeltsin claimed he was under the influence of jet lag, not bour- bon, but the mud stuck, although Pravda later apologized Joint review of rivers planned CALGARY (CP) — The federal and Alberta governments will carry out a $10-million study of the Athabasca and Peace rivers in respon- se to plans for a giant pulp mill on the river system, Environment Minister Ralph Klein announced Thursday The study, expected to take three years, was recommended by a federal- provincial panel which reviewed a Proposal by Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Ltd. for a $1.3-billion bleached-kraft mill in northern Alber- ta. . Klein said that doesn’t prectude the Japan-based company from getting approval to proceed with its plans before the study is complete. The minister also announced the makeup of a three-member scientific committee to study the company's latest proposal. Klein“said the future of the mill hinges on the decision of the committee. “What can stop Al-Pac is the scien- tific review team saying were not con- vinced you can bring this technology together and make it work,"’ he sai¢ ei Thursday But NDP environment critic John McInnis called the announcement a whitewash amounting to tacit ap- proval “The fix is in,"’ he said. ‘*The government will stop at nothing to get the project through.”” He called Klein a liar for making assurances a week ago the new proposal would have full public hearings by independent scientists. Two of the three panel members are government employees. “Hts a joke. The public hearing lasts for only three days and they (panel members) can pick and choose who they can hear from. That's not a public process.” Gerry Fenner, vice president of Alberta-Pacific, said the company is pleased about the scientific review panel and will co-operate fully Randy Lawrence of the environ mental group Friends of the North called it scandalous that the province seems bent on seeing the pulp mill proceed. He said ‘oup will meet with native groups and other op- ponents to plot a strategy to stop it The river quality study will include an examination of the water, plants and animals and human use of the rivers, paying particular attention to distribution of habitat and fish, he said The Alberta-Pacific review panel, which held hearings last fall, recom mended the project be delayed until studies were completed on the effect mill pollution would have on the Athabasca, Peace and Slave river ‘systems, which flow into the Macken zie Valley Basin in the Northwest Territories. Chlorine gas and chlorine dioxide used to bleach the pulp for white paper create chlorinated organics in river water, producing «toxic furans and dioxins. The company last week announced plans to substitute hydrogen peroxide for chlorine gas, which is expected to reduce chlorinated organics by 80 per cent , New technology—in—the—sevised proposal will be reviewed by the scien. tific panel Sept. 12 to 14 in Athabasca. It will be headed by Ed Bryshett, a chemical engineer and en- vironmental adviser to the provincial Energy Resources Conservation Board. Malcolm Wilson, an organic chemist from the Alberta Environ- mental Centre at Vegreville, and E Hall, an engineer with Environment Canada in Burlington, Ont., are also members. Klein also released the results of a provincially commissioned study by Finnish consuttants Jaakko Poyry. It backed the need for a study of water quality on the river, including major studies on fish populations. The study recommended a regional environmen- tal masterplan to co-ordinate future forestry developments The consultants, hired at $400,000 to review the federal-provincial panel's recommefidations, concluded the Alberta-Pacific proposal would be the cleanest mill in the world and would pose_no health risk to down streanycominnmntics.