April 24, 1985 A trough of low pressure continues to govern the pattern across the province giving a strong westerly tlow of unstable, cool and moist air Sunrise 4:39 a.m. Sunset 6:56 p.m. OTTAWA (CP) — Canada Post has invited Canadians to mail greetings and good wishes to runner Steve Fon- yo in British Columbia, the last province on his cross- country journey to raise money for cancer research. President Michael Warren said Tuesday the post office has established a special mailing address and per- sonalized postal code for Fonyo. “All you need is a special address and a 32-cent stamp,” Warren said. “Our postmasters across B.C. will personally bring these greet- ings to Steve Fonyo on his arrival in the various com- munities along the route.” 4] E) EE] Mail should be addressed to: Steve Fonyo in B.C., FON Yos. 2) LE! LZ SEGARTY SAYS WCEB too By RON NORMAN Editor The Workers’ Compensation Board is taking too long to hear appeals and the whole process could be streamlined, says Labor Minister Terry Segarty. There now are 5,000 appeals pending and applicants face a two-year wait to have their appeal heard, Segarty said in an interview Monday. “We're going to try to resolve that problem.” Segarty was in the West Kootenay on his third stop on a province-wide tour of worksites to gather advice on possible changes to workers’ compensation. He visited Cominco Monday morning and met with the plant safety committee. He has also visited a mining operation in Port Hardy and several worksites in Prince George. Segarty called the two-year wait for an appeal “too long.” He said the problem is that the WCB process “is a bit cumbersome.” Every appeal must go to a three-member committee whether or not the appeal is complicated. Segarty said there should be more flexibility so that one person could rule on simple cases and the three-member committee be restricted to more complex cases. “The family is hanging in limbo while an individual is waiting for an appeal,” said Segarty. Segarty said suggestions from the vaious plant safety committees will be taken into consideration and used to help forge changes to the WCB. Segarty is also looking at changes to the Labor Relations Board. He said the feeling among both workers and employers is that the LRB is becoming too “legalistic. “It's getting to the point where you have to have a lawyer” in order to appear before the LRB, Segarty said. He said he wants to look at a way in which individuals can “be dealt with in a fair and impartial way without having to go to a lawyer.” Segarty said a key to the success of the LRB is the make-up of its three-person board. sluggish “You've got to find a balance,” he said. That means having a union representative who doesn't “hate every employer in the province” and an employers’ representative who doesn’t “have a mad on” for unions. Asked about recent union confrontations with non-union businesses, Segarty said, “We continue to fight the fights of the past.” If the province continues to do that, “we are going to be in danger of losing the future,” he said. He added that it should not be a question of union or non-union, but whether there are opportunities for people to work. He said it is time the province worked together areas we can agree” and build a “beachhead of cooperation” to pull B.C. out of the recession and into the 1990s. Segarty has first-hand experience in the union movement. He was a member of the International Wood. workers of Canada when he was employed at Crestbrook Forest Products in the East Kootenay. “I came from (a) sawmill myself,” time there “hardhat experience.” Segarty is also responsible for women's programs — an area he-says there is “a great deal-of interest in.” One key part of his ministry's program will be to change attitudes of society in general toward women's, role in the workplace, he says. “We have to look at ways we can change old attitudes,” he said. “We have to bury those old attitudes.” In addition, Segarty has asked his ministry to look for ways to increase apprenticeship training. He says the province has been negotiating with the federal government on a new apprenticeship training program and expects an announcement on the program in the next few weeks. A stumbling block with apprenticeship training is ensuring apprentices have a chance to follow through with their training once they have completed a program, Segarty said. Currently, there simply aren't enough jobs to provide each apprentice with a position. he said, calling his SUPREME COURT RULING Sunday shopping near? By CasNews Staff sectarian Christian ideal, and News Services’ works a form of coercism The federal Lord's Day inimical to the spirit of the right to practise their re ligion and infringes their religious freedom. ensuring a day of rest for workers. Meanwhile, Castlegar Ma. DOUKHOBOR VILLAGE . . . Proposed ion of the D: Village ig campground at Tight, wagon trails and new buildings. EXPANSION continued trom front page that it will be critical to obtain com mitments from the local community, both in the form of investing in the village and in agreeing to take part in the events at the village. He said it will be a “big job” to line up people willing to do things like dress up in authentic costume, to sing, and operate a farmer's market and wagon rides. The local commitment must also inelude “a major local financial com: mitment” to help cover the village's costs in its first year. the report. “The intent is for the facility to be self-supporting and generating revenue through visitor at- tendance and leasing arrangements.” “However, in the first year the society must generate sufficient funds to cover the budget with revenue from only a limited number of months.” Part of those first-year costs will include extensive marketing and prom otion and the cost of a full-time man ager. The study says the Society can expect to pay about $65,000 in its first year to hire a qualified manager and for As well, the study recommends the Society appoint a management com- mittee to help oversee the day-to-day operation of the village, with the Society's board of directors’ retaining the overall responsibilities of the vil- lage. The village attracted more than 12,000 visitors in 1984, about the same as other area attractions such as the Rossland Historical Museum (10,000) and the S.S. Moyie in Kaslo (10,000). However, the study says the village fell far short of the Cranbrook Railway Museum, which had 23,000 visitors in “The financial commitment from the society will not be a small matter,” says promotion, marketing and other admin. istrative expenses. 1984 and Fort Steele, which had more than 250,000 visitors. Priorities for village itemized Following is the list of projects for the expansion of the Doukhobor Village in order of priority as outlined in the Central Kootenay Regional District's feasibility study. HIGH PRIORITY 1. restructuring of the CCUB office — $100,000 2. expansion of the Doukhobor Restaurant — $220,000 3. a factory for manufacturing and selling products — $200,000 4. display cabinets — $60,000 gardens $500 root cellar — $25,000 interior and exterior painting — $70,000 flooring in annex — $30, 9. irrigation system — $60,000 10. domestic water system — $80,000 11. sewage disposal — $70,000 12. wagon rides — $50,000 13. trails for wagon rides — $100,000 14. rest area/eampground — $150,000 15. parking lot — $250,000 16. entrance sign — $20,000 17. signage — $15,000 MEDIUM PRIORITY 18. amphitheatre — $150,000 19. woodshed — $20,000 20. caretaker's quarters — $30,000 21 audio-visual equipment — $89,000 22. writing on rock bluffs — $30,000 LOW PRIORITY 23. storage vault — $150,000 24. old Brilliant bridge — $250,000 25. reconstruct Peter Verigin'’s homes — $100,000. Trade fair coming By CasNews Staff The name of the game at the 9th Annual West Kootenay Trade Fair will be variety, says Ann Stasila, one of the organizers. The fair — to be held this weekend at the C: Arena Complex — will feature over 100 ex displaying everything from taxidermy to wood crafts. Stasila says some of the highlights include a walk-in cash bingo, magician John Kaplan, and Expo Ernie — the Expo 86 robot mascot. The robot stands about one-metre tall and “it performs for you,” says Stasila. Also attending the fair will be Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, and representatives from the New Democrat Party and the Resources. Other attractions include dances to be held on Friday and Saturday night with recorded and live music, a Bavarian garden, a pancake breakfast, video games, clowns, door prizes, community and stage bands, stage shows and $1,500 worth of cash draws. Exhibitions include: cars, trucks, automotive aids, energy saving devices, taxidermy, RV homes, machinery, home building displays, wood crafts, assorted health and food programs, home, garden and machine items, jewelry and hand crafts, boats, information booths, art display, computers, office supplies, kitchen aids, pictures and posters, gifts, recreation aids, ls, books, sports supplies, musical instruments and investment consultants. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum FIRM BIDS Act, which many provinces use to control Sunday shop ping, was declared unconsti tuional today by the Supreme *"°* Court of Canada. gainst adians. The court ruled 6-0 that pooted in the law violates the guar antee of freedom of cons cience and religion in the Charter of Rights and Free- cy, doms. charter,” Alberta was appealing the acquittal of Big M Drug Mart Ltd. on a charge of selling goods on Sunday. “The Lord's Day Act to the extent that it binds all to a ing out “The act gives the appear. ance of ay non-Christian Can. Religious are translated into a positive law binding on believers and non-believers tians are prohibited for religious reasons from carry moral and normal activi “Any law, purely religious in purpose, which denies non. Christians the right to work on Sunday denies them the the court said. diseri ation values Christian morality °4°™ of society. ther it Toronto shops alike. Non- lawful, Ss. otherwise shopping “The protection of one religion and the concomitant non-protection of others im. ports a disparate impact des. tructive of the religious fre The court did not say whe. give several leave to appeal shop closings forced not by the federal law, but by separate Ontario legisla- tion aimed at limiting Sunday The court rejected provin- cial arguments in the Alberta case that the Lord’s Day Act really is a labor law aimed at yor Audrey Moore, when told of the declaration by the Supreme Court said, she didn’t know how the ruling would affect Sunday shop ping in Castlegar. But she added that the federal Lord's Day Act is re ferred to in the Municipal Act and there may be some im plications. “It's (Lord’s Day Act) a very old statute,” Moore commented. She said she ex pected it to be one of the first things to be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Exchange rate a By RON NORMAN Editor Castlegar residents heading to the U.S. for a holiday aren't the only ones whose pocketbooks are being hit hard by the U.S. exchange rate. Municipalities and regional districts across B.C. — including the City of Castlegar — are facing spiralling costs for loans taken out in U.S. dollars. ¥ The City of Castlegar, for instance, paid $7,500 more in the first six months of this year on loans it has in U.S. funds than it did for the same period in 1984. That's because the exchange rate at the time the city made its 1985 loan payment was at an all-time high — $1.3779. That's 10 cents higher than the same time last year when the exchange rate was $1.2757. The long-term loans are taken out to pay for things like the new water system, the sewer system, the paving program and the Community Complex. Like every municipality and regional district in B.C. except Vancouver, Castlegar obtains its loans through the Municipal Finance Authority, which was established in 1970. The MFA was set up to give local governments a stronger presence in national and international financial markets. Until last year, the MFA obtained most of its loans from U.S. lenders, which must be repaid in U.S funds. That wasn't a problem when the exchange rates were about the same. But it became a problem in 1983 and 1984 when the Canadian dollar took a nosedive. Reid Hendersen, treasurer for the Central Kootenay Regional District, said the regional district had budgeted for an exchange rate of 22 per cent at that time. When it came time to make the loan payment, the rate had jumped to 25.75 per cent. But it could have been worse Less than a month later the rate was up to more than 29 per cent The same thing happened earlier thig/ year when the dollar began to fall of Feb. 20. It plunged to an all-time low of 71.07 cents on March 6, pushing the exchange rate to an all-time high. continued from front poge commission and the land sale com mittee negotiate further with the Castlegar company “with consideration being given to lease of the property prior to sale.” Asked what that means, Ald. Len Embree said council is reviewing the bid and couldn't say any more. Ald. Bob MacBain said the move by council “is to give us some negotiating room.” However, council wouldn't say just what is being negotiated. Meanwhile, the industrial commis sion has decided to construct the new building out of concrete block, subject to negotiations with the proposed tenant. ffects The effect has been staggering on Castlegar’s loan payments — 90 per cent of which are in U.S. funds. Henderson says that the city pays about $320,000 a year in principal and interest on the loan for the Community Complex. Last year about $29,000 of that was to pay for the éxchange rate. This year the exchange rate is ex pected to cost $4,000 more or $33,000. And the high rate has local author. ities concerned. Henderson said the regional district expressed concern to the MFA about the rate, which he says “seems to be abnormally high.” The regional district also asked if there will be “relief.” Project manager Mike Popoff was instructed to prepare an itemized bud. get for a concrete block building. In other news, council will write to the Ministry of the Environment to ask that the Inonoaklin Creek fish ladder issue be settled. Ten ranchers in the Inonoaklin Creek area are trying to block the $1 million ladder because of concerns over use of water from the creek for irrigation. As well, area residents are upset with plans by the Fisheries Branch_to close the creek to fishing once the ladder has been constructed. The ladder is the key to a Fisheries Branch plan to restore sport fishing on the Lower Arrow Lakes. Ald. Albert Calderbank suggested council “protest very, very strongly” to the environment ministry about the ranchers. He said the problem must be re. solved quickly so work on the ladder can proceed. “This thing (the ladder) has come to a total grinding halt,” Calderbank said. Ald. Len Embree added, “I don't think the objections (of the ranchers) are insurmountable,” adding later, “I think that the project has to go ahead.” Ald. Marilyn Mathieson said ¢he is upset that “10 farmers can hold this thing up.” Mathieson said the ladder has been in-the works for 15 years and will benefit the whole southeast of B.C. Castlegar The MFA replied that the rate appears to be peaking and can't be viewed in the short term Henderson says MFA believes the rate has to be viewed over 20 years, during which the peaks and troughs tend to even out For instance, he points out that the Canadian dollar is climbing steadily against the U.S. dollar. It reached the 74- cent mark for the first time in almost two months this week. How. ever, analysts believe that’s about as far as it will go. Mayor Audrey Moore says the ex. change rate “has been detrimental to some of our loans.” However, she’s still optimistic. She says some of the city’s loans in U.S funds are convertable to Canadian funds after five years. Still, that may not be the answer, Moore says. She points out that some of the loans in U.S. Junds are at nine and 10 per cent intetestcompared to- current 12.5 per cent interest rates. The city must examine closely if it is worthwhile to convert the loans from U.S. to Canadian funds at the higher interest rates, she said. “It might not be advantageous to convert.” Meanwhile, the MFA has stopped borrowing in U.S. funds. In fact, Moore says the MFA didn't borrow any U.S. funds in 1984. > Castlegar News TREET TALK TWO CASTLEGAR youngsters had a real thrill Monday morning when they had the opportunity of chatting for a few moments with Steve Fomye as he ran along the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff. Brendan Heard, 12, and his 10-year-old brother, Mark, were with their dad about 7:30 a.m. when they came upon flashing police lights in a snowstorm. It turned out to be Steve. They pulled up alongside him, chatting for a few moments, and making a donation to the Journey for Lives fund. The boys’ father, Michael Heard, former owner of Plaza Cleaners and Miners’ Hall. Lyle, wile Ver, and teonage | BABY EOD. 2... 719° eee... | ee. 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