Castlégar News december 2.1987 SWEARING IN . . . Castlegar school trustee Doreen Smecher.and Tony Guglielmi take oath of allegian- ce at inaugural school board meeting Tuesday af- ternoo. Smecher and Guglielmi were amoung five new trustees sworn in. CosNews Photo by Ron Norman By CasNews Staff Dirks The “Fix Six” campaign has not disappeared despite discusses the recerft resignation of highways minister Cliff Michael. Nelson-Creston MLA Ho- ward Dirks met with the new Minister of Highways, Ste- highway phen Rogers, to discuss the Slocan Bluffs portion of High- way 6 last week. “All 1 wanted was to ensure that it hadn't slipped to a backburner because of staff changes,” Dirks told the Castlegar News today. Rogers was briefed on the Slocan Bluffs area at his first meeting with senior officjals. The campaign to repair the narrow stretch of road ‘has received great support from local communities. Dirks has not been told when the project will begin or how extensive it will be. SHAW CABLE continued from front page New licensed English-language services for basic cable are: ada-Tele-Canada, a proposal by the National Film Board for a service that would concentrate on arts and cultural programming. It was based on man e CBC News and Information Services, a 24-hour news service. e@ VISION-TV, a multi-faith reli- gious service. e YTV CANADA, an 18-hour-a day children’s service. e MeteoMedia, a national weather service. The commission snubbed TV Can: datory distribution on basic cable, a proposition the CRTC was not willing to accept. The most controversial winner in the TV licence sweepstakes is the Can- adian Broadcasting Corp., which was The Channel may be cold comfort for its owners, movie channels First Choice and Superchannel. pay-TV p given the all-news licence over a com. peting private-sector bid from Allar com Ltd. of Edmonton The religious channel will be run by a consortium of church groups and organizations, the youth channel by a consortium headed by two cable opera- tors, the family channel by the First Choice-Superchannel and the weather channel by the engineering firm, Lavalin Inc. movie channel licensing of The Family They rely on with TSN and Much- Cards for drunks By The Canadian Press NELSON — A proposal to supply young drivers with credit cards for a free taxi ride home if they have been drinking has won approval from local politicians About 1,000 credit cards would be printed and given out to drivers up to 25 years of age under the scheme. Lawyer Bill Heflin told council in service. this city of 8,500 people in south eastern B.C. that the project would cost about $9,500 and could be sup- ported through a foundation which would seek donations from parents The number of people using the cards would be carefully monitored to prevent misuse and ensure that those with an alcohol problem re ceive counselling. later. Music to attract subscribers, and have said they would suffer a serious set- back if those were moved to basic The decisions follow lengthy hear- ings earlier this year and 21 appli- cations for channels. The CRTC left the door open for multilingual and native programming services to reapply. ‘And even though some existing pay-TV chan#els may compete with new gnes — example — tl their operating authority.It may do so ble News Network, for CRTC did not rescind JOHNSTON continued from front poge Johnston also announced the appointment of Tom Greene as regional development officer and Tom Baybutt of Nelson as regional development iiaison officer for the Kootenay region. Greene will be stationed in Victoria. Baybutt, a chartered accountant, will work out of the Nelson Government Agent's office. Baybutt served as chairman of the Nelson and Area Economic Development Commission and was a founding member of the West Kootenay Economic Coordinating Group. Greene, an economic development planner, has worked in government in B.C., Alberta and Ontario. Johnston also noted that two key committees will soon be formed in the Kootenays to deal with economic develop. ment and the delivery of government services in the region. These two groups will be made up of people with different backgrounds and perspectives from throughout the Kootenays. “The proposals put forward by these two groups will be taken by me straight to the cabinet table for decision,” Johnston said in a prepared release. “It is up to the people in the Kootenays, not Victoria, to decide how government should serve them. That's what the decentralization plan is all about,” Johnston said. “If the people in the Kootenays are behind a particular proposal, it will be my job to be the advocate for that idea in cabinet,” she added. RITA JOHNSTON formulates plan Freedomite fasters read, write letters . By MIRO CERNETIG Both women have refused medical Jess than 100 families in southeastern B.C., broke with the mainstream Canadian Press VANCOUVER — For the last 107 days, two elderly Freedomite women have refused food. Their fast repre- sents the longest hunger strike ever in a federal penitentiary. But 68-year-old Tina Jmaeff and 67-year-old Mary Braun — both bed- ridden and emaciated — spent the weekend reading; writing letters and chatting with their jailers. The two women are protesting their eight-year prison sentence for arson. They say burning material possessions is a justifiable religious act. But officials at the medium-secur- ity Matsqui Institution in the Fraser Valley say they are mystified as to how the pair have managed to go so long without food. Doctors say most people would go blind after 60 days and be dead not long after that. “We're asking the same questions as everyone else,” Correctional Ser- vices spokesman Dianne Brown said in an interview. “How can this be? How can anyone survive for this length of time?” PULP MILL but stable,” Astaforoff's which bas | prevented officials from knowing the extent of possible cellular damage to their internal organs. The women drink adequate quant- ities of water every day and have enough strength to squeeze lemons in whatever they drink, said Brown. There is also a constant supply “ion. of fresh fruit and nuts at their bedside. But that food, as well as the three hot meals brought to the bedside every day, is left untouched, said Brown. There is no evidence the women are eating the lemons or anything else without prison official “Their current condition is serious said Brown. “But it’s not possible to tell how they are sustaining themselves since they refuse all forms of medical examination.” Prisoners cannot be force fed or subjected to medical exams because of a 1988 B.C. Court of Appeal ruling which resulted from Freedomite Mary 64-day hunger Astaforoff, 71, died an an autopsy in. dicated she had stomach cancer. Freedomites, who now number _ ing. Doukhobors in 1902. They use arson and public nudity to demonstrate their religious beliefs. Fred Hoodicoff, a Freedomite who lives in Gilpin, believes the women get fresh ‘heir strength from divine interven “How else could you explain this?” he said. “This is just entertainment for most people. But these women should be dead, but they're not.” However, Dr. Scott Whittaker says the women — both once hefty — probably have survived this long due to a large supply of fat cells which pre- vents muscles from deteriorating. ls knowing. “Being overweight has certainly helped them,” said Whittaker, a spec- ialist in eating disorders. “Most people would be dead long ago.” Prison officials said both women are pleasant to deal with and alert, through they spend a lot of time sleep- strike. L Dioxin tests challenged By JIM MACDONALD Canadian Press REGINA — It’s premature for provincial officials to say there is no health threat from chemicals produced at a northern Saskatchewan pulp mill, two scientists said Tuesday. Herb Swan, Saskatchewan's Environment Minister, said tests on wastes from the Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. mill,” said Don Fast, director of the province's water quality branch. A dioxin expert was alarmed the province had not ordered tests the fish from the North Saskatchewan River. “It's disgraceful the province has been so negligent in this area,” said Dr. Joseph Cummins, a geneticist at the University of Western Ontario. Both Cummins and Sprague expressed concern that mill at Prince Albert found only | i not including i However, Joyce McLean of Greenpeace said the equip- ment used to test the wastes could not have detected low levels of dioxin 2378-TCDD, a highly-toxic compound found at other pulp mills in Canada and the United States. Tests in the U.S. have found dioxin 2378-TCDD to be cancer-causing in laboratory animals at levels far below those detectable by the tests on wastes from the Prince Albert mill, McLean said in a telephone interview from Toronto. “That method of testing is not good enough,” said Dr, John Sprague, a toxicologist at the University of Guelph. More accurate equipment is available and should have been used, said Sprague. ORDER TESTS Swan confirmed tests have been ordered to check for dioxin contamination in fish from the North Saskatchewan River downstream of the pulp mill. Residents living downstream from the mill, including the 4,500 residents of Nipawin, regularly eat fish from the river. Although aware that other provinces are testing fish downstream from pulp mills, Saskatchewan Environment Department officials decided not to test fish in the river downstream of the Prince Albert mill. “Whether it was warranted to go and test a bunch of fish, we felt it was more in line to do more testing at the pulp other icals often pi d from pulp mills might be present in the river and contaminating fish. “That mill at Prince Albert puts out five or six tonnes of chlorinated chemicals each day. Some are harmless but others are quite toxic.” said Sprague. “There are many things in there worse than dioxins.” The minister insisted the situation at the Weyerhaesuer mill had been overblown. Swan attacked the NDP Opposi tion for using scare tactics in discussing the dioxin issue. “I think very definitely over-reaction,” Swan told re- porters Tuesday. “You can get the whole community stirred up by using inflammatory language and very little infor- mation to back you up.” Another series of tests for dioxin at the mill is planned as soon as it can be arranged, said Fast. He could not say if the tests would involve equipment sensitive enough to detect low levels of dioxin 2378-TCDD. “We'll use whatever testing is available to us,” he said. The provincial minister isn’t sure if the fish testing results would be made available to people outside the government. “I don't know whether they'll make them public,” said Swan. “I think they (department scientists) will give you a response though in a few days as soon as the tests are avail- able.” A spokesman for the federal fisheries department said the fish to be tested had not yet arrived at the department's Winnipeg offices. Decision delights TSN TORONTO (CP) — The Sports Network is delighted that it can now be sold as part of the basic cable TV package but it may have to see blackout rights against new U.S. signals entering Craig was commenting on a federal decision Monday that allows TSN and Much- Music to move to basic cable from their previous status as pay TV. ‘The decision also provides the same freedom to French- language counterparts of Get going on letters to Santa Did you know there's just one week left to drop off your letters to Santa? That's right, deadline for letters to Santa to be printed in the Castlegar News is 5 p.m. Dec. 9. Children should write the letters to: Santa Claus c/o Castlegar News, Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3H4, and we'll do the rest. We'll try to publish as many letters as we can in the Castlegar News, space per- mitting. And this year we'll again draw 10 letters from those submitted. Each of the 10 letter writers will receive two tickets to the Castle Theatre. But remember, the dead. line is next Wednesday so better tell Mom and Dad to help you get started! TSN and MuchMusic as well as creating new special-in- terest channels in such areas as news, religion and family viewing. Included among the rulings was a decision to allow five new U.S. signals into Canada on pay TV. The new signals will help compensate for the loss of TSN and MuchMusic from pay TV packages. The signals being allowed in are from four super- stations — WTBS Atlanta, WPIX New York, WOR New York and WGN Chicago — and the cable channel USA Network, based in New York. “The superstations carry a heavy load of (major league) baseball, NBA basketball and that sort of thing,” Craig Hunter charged in death FERNIE, B.C. (CP) — A Maple Ridge, B.C., man has been charged in the death of a bunter near this south- eastern Brit Columbia town earlier this year, RCMP said today. Alvin Shynkowich, 44, is charged with criminal negli- gence causing death and careless use of a firearm. Garnet Ginther of Mission, B.C., was killed in September when a hunter mistook him for an elk. Shynkowich will appear in Fernie court on Jan. 13. said. “Some of these stations will have difficulty with us because we own the Can- adian rights.” TSN, for example, owns Canadian TV rights to cer- tain games played by the Toronto Blue Jays while WPIX owns certain games played by the New York Yankees. If Toronto was visiting New York and both networks were showing the game, TSN would seek per- mission to black out WPIX coverage of the game in Can- ada. EXAMINES BLACKOUT Aside from the backout question, which will be examined by the Canadian communications Commission, Craig said the decision is good news for TSN. “It gives us virtually everything we asked for,” he said, essentially a chance to resume growth after reach- ing a plateau as a pay TV service. Craig said TSN is “on tar- get” in its plan to break even by the end of the current fiseal year, its fourth of oper- ation. 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