nobody will ever know.” A lot of B.C. land is under reservoirs and even more has been put in flood reserves against the day when new projects might be built, requiring new reservoirs. LOSS UNKNOWN A study for the Association of B.C. Foresters found neither B.C. Hydro nor the provincial government has totalled up the different kinds of land lost to flooding or reserves and the effect of this on jobs. Researcher Mike Halleran put together an inventory: Existing reservoirs, 336,000 hectares containing an estimated 245,000 hectares of productive forest lands. (Not all the reservoirs involved are behind B.C. Hydro projects). Amount of farmland lost is not known. e Flood reserves, 591,000 hectares, of which 177,560 hectares have “— included in the agricultural land reserve. The as pl forest land. at Oglows! General Paint! Save 15% Had Enough of Old Man Winter Groundhog Prices WALLCOVERINGS tire al SAVE $6003" Save 20% GENERAL ERAL PAINT PREMIUM QUALITY ON ALL ORDERED INTERIOR FINISHES! 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Dino Ciccarelli gave the North Stars a 1-0 lead at 9:38 of the opening period when he scored 10 seconds into a power play. ‘ " BRUINS 5JETS2 BOSTON (AP) — Rick Middleton scored his 31st and 32nd a shot by Paul Mantha on a Winnipeg power play, which lifted the Jets into a 1-1 tie at 11:10 of the Podborski finally wins GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, West Germany (AP) — Steve Podborski adjusted his boots, put on his lucky skis and proceeded to win a men’s downhill ski race Saturday, the Torontonian’s first victory on the World Cup circuit in two years. Podborski, a cireuit veteran and 1982 downhill champion, covered the demanding Kandahar course in one minute 66.95 seconds to give the Canadian men's team its first victory of the” Austrian Erwin Resch was timed in 1:67.20 through the 32-gate, 3,820metre course, followed closely by teammate Franz Klamnier, the 1976 Olympic gold medallist. Klammer was clocked if 1:57.44. The victory marked Podborski’s third win at Garmisch — he also won here in 1981 and 1982. “It helped knowing I could do it here,” said Podbroski, who had placed 20th in his last two races. “But each race is different and you never know what will happen.” The 26-year-old star of the Canadian squad appears to have found his form at the best possible time — 12 days prior to the Winter Olympies at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. : . SSRINGS ME LUCK’ “This slope always seems to bring me luck,” said Podborski, adding that he gave luck @ helping hand by adjusting his boots and switching to the skis that he won at Kandahar in 1982. “The boots were good for gliding but not as good as the technical sections, so I stiffened them up for this race.” Warm weather and bright sunshine had softened the piste considerably since training Friday, when several skiers complained of being terrified by the icy conditions. But the conditions suited Podborski just fine. “I saw it was faster but less icy and I was glad I could adapt to the conditions during the race,” Podborski said. “I always felt I-could win here and the victory is obviously important to ne.” Podborski’s win! pashed hits into fourth place in the overall downhill standings with €4 points, 26 behind new leader Resch, who. Raeber zt Switzerland. Skiing under elear in pleasan' STEVE PODBORSKI . . , wins downhill pa “I really mean it,” he added. “We've gone well in