£2_ Castlegar News November 10, 1990 November 10, 1990 CastlegarNews A3 LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS Senate stall may delay GST cheques OTTAWA (CP) — If the Senate Stalls passage of the goods and ser- vices-tax past November, eight million low- and middle-income Canadians won't receive $600 million in federal government cheques on time. Canadians counting on GST credits could be disappointed if Senate shenanigans continue, Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek said after teading a media tour of the mail sorters and cheque extractors poised to process the tax. “If it’s not passed by the end of November, then the mailing out of those cheques must be delayed,"’ he said, adding the federal government plans to put them in the mail during the second week of November. Liberal senators have blown kazoos, banged desks and read petitions in a bid to kill the seven- Per-cent tax. Jelinek said they are playing Political games with companies get- tting ready for the new levy and with Canadians awaiting the first quar- terly payment of the refundable GST credit. The Conservative government has said families earning less than $30,000 a year will be better off un- der the GST with credits than they are now. The basic annual credit is to be $190 for an adult and-$100 for a child, but the amount depends on family size and income. A couple with a combined income of $20,000 a year and two children should receive $580, a year, in four instalments. A single parent earning $20,000 a year with one child should get an annual credit of $480. While GST credit cheques hang in the balance, Jelinek said there is tho magic date for the Senate to pass the tax. “As far as the implementation date of the GST is concerned, as long as it’s passed before Christmas 's going to be implemented on Jan. 1, 1991,"" he declared. » One advocate for” low-income Canadians said she is sick of Tories and Liberals trying to use poor People as political pawns. Lise Corbeil-Vincent of the National Anti-Poverty Organization said the Conservatives ‘were Promising something that they could mot necessarily deliver because they needed to have the law passed.” She added: ‘‘It was done’ in the wrong order and it really raised ex- Pectations in a very crass, political way.”” Some critics say Ottawa should wait until more provinces co-ordinate their provincial sales taxes with the GST. So far, only Quebec is commit- ted to doing so. Jelinek said Thursday that Ontario would also have joined the GST if the Liberals had been re-elected in September, even though David Peterson opposed the tax during the campaign in which he lost power to the NDP. “In our discussion with the Peter- son administration, things seemed to be going quite well — knowing that they would_have to go through an election so they would have to op- pose the GST in principle,”’ Jelinek said. “But for the benefit of the On- tario business community and con- sumers, they would have come on board by now.” New Premier Bob Rae, he added, “must realize that harmonizing the system in Ontario will benefit nobody but the consumers and businesses of the province of On- tario."’ The minister took a throng of ~ reporter: on a tour of the GST processi.ig centre in an Ottawa office tower to demonstrate that the gover- nment is ready to handle the t Tobacco giants battling TORONTO (CP) — Canada’s tobacco giants are tangled in a multi- million-dollar secret court battle over rights to a new device that makes smoking cheaper by avoiding taxes. Rothmans Benson and Hedges Inc. is suing Imperial Tobacco Ltd. for patent infringement on a build- your-own cigarette product that Im- perial once warned Ottawa to tax at the same rate as regular cigarettes. The government didn’t, and tobacco industry sources told the Toronto Star the move is costing taxpayers $1 billion in lost tax revenue over three years as the product becomes more popular with smokers. In a rare move, lawyers for the tobacco companies won the right to have the court case slapped with a confidentiality order, which means the public can’t look at court documents relating to the case. But Imperial’s president confirmed Wednesday that Rothmans is claiming Imperial must pay a royalty or stop selling pre-packaged Insta- kits for cigarettes. “Our contention is there is no such (valid) patent and there was previous knowledge of this device elsewhere,’’ Imperial president Wilmat Tennyson said from Mon- treal. The cigarette kits work this way 200 tobacco sticks, wrapped in a thin Paper, come with 200 filter-tipped cigarette tubes and a plastic_loader. It takes seconds to combine the stick of tobacco and the tube to make a cigarette. There is no rolling, but the kits are taxed by Ottawa and most provinces, although not Ontario, at a reduced roll-your-own cigarette rate In Ontario, the saving for smokers amounts to almost $5 per 200- cigarette carton because of Ottawa’s tax break. ° Central Foods (Prices effective Nov. 11-Nov. 17) Overwaitea (Prices effective Nov. 11-Nov. 17) Shoppers (Prices effective Nov. 13-Nov. 17) SuperValu (Prices effective Nov. 11-Nov. 17) Zellers (Prices effective Nov. 14-Nov. 18) Not all flyers receive full distribut: to do so, please phone our Circulation Department at 365-7266. ange SEALING ON STILTS CasNews photo by Donne Zuber Drywall taper Wayne Baumgartne: Baumgartner expects to finish his Hl r gets a lift from his strap-on stilts to reach the high spots. work at the St. Rita's catholic church expansion today. New Trudeau book out MONTREAL (CP) — Pierre Trudeau didn’t show up for the launch of the latest book on himself. This newest foray into the national Trudeau fetish — the man appears to have become a regular cottage in- dustry for journalists and academics — delves into the former prime minister’s tempestuous relations with his father and his wife, and his love for his mother. “Well I’m not surprised Trudeau isn’t here. He probably didn’t like the book,” said Stephen Clarkson — one half of the writing team along with his wife, Christina McCall — as he gazed across the chapel in his sub- ject’s Alma Mater, College Jean-de- NOTICE OF CANCELLATION 13 regular meeting. The Public Hearin The reason for the cancellations ( News apologizes) is the failure of the C two insertions as is required by law. The Public Hearin Commercial Permit Res Nov. 27 and official ad the Castlegar News. g to be conducted by the City of Castlegar on Nov. 13 has been CANCELLED as well as consideration of a resolution regarding Temporary Commercial Permit at the Nov. for which the Castlegar asNews to run the ad for g and consideration of the Temporary olution have been rescheduled for Tues., s advising of this fact will be appearing in Brebeuf, on Wednesday evening. Clarkson admits Trudeau and Our Times, Vol. 1, is by no means an authorized biography of one of Canada’s most enigmatic leaders and the man voters loved to hate from 1968 to 1984. The professor of political economy from the University of Toronto and his journalist-author wife didn’t have access to any of Trudeau’s private papers and do not even know if he has kept a private diary during his 71 years in and out of controversy. “We did have lunch with him a few times at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal, but most of our resear- ch came from public documents in the archives of the of Board predicts continuing economic woes OTTAWA (CP) — The looming goods and services tax and higher oil Prices spell more trouble for the economy and there’s no sign of any improvement until next spring, the Conference Board of Canada said. “The vise in oil prices will increase consumer inflation and reduce pur- chasing power in the final quarter of 1990 and in the first quarter of 1991,”" said Gilles Rheaume, director of forecasting at the independent economic think tank. “This situation, combined with the initial negative impact gf the GST, will bring more difficult times to the whole country early next year,’ Rheaume added. Releasing .its quarterly forecast for inci i the board said Alberta should escape the brunt of the recession, thanks to higher oil prices. “Strong consumer spending, coupled. with gains in construction and recovery of oil and gas invest- ments, willkeep Alberta’s economy from contracting over the forecast period,’’ the conference board predicted. British Columbia should also out- perform the national average this LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Researcher using Whistler for study VANCOUVER (CP) — Whistler. Deep Powder, Fancy hotels. Chichi restaurants — a hedonist’s heaven for skiers, Hardly the place for b: serious academic elementary school is being built. WEEKEND FEATURE area, although only about 2,000 people live there year- no junior or secondary school. study, ry ¢ with the geographer. But Alison Gill has chosen one of North America’s most popular ski areas as a case study for her long-term objective — to determirie how resort communities fun- ction, and how year-round residents fit in. “Almost no studies have been done on resort at her tiny, cluttered of- fice at Simon Fraser University. ‘‘We don't know yet how ski resorts function as communities.”’ Now an assistant professor in the geography depar- tment at the university in suburban Burnaby, Gill has long i ae towns,”’ Gill said in an intervi been i ing title of human round. The rapid growth intrigued Gill. Earlier this year, Gill randomly invited Whistler residents to attend one of 18 “‘living-room groups’’ to discuss how they felt about the resort and what’s wanted for its future, A 14-page questionnaire was filled out by 189 people at the meetings, asking a wide range of questions about their likes and dislikes, hopes and fears for the com- munity. Her preliminary research is just the first phase of a three-part study that won't be completed for a couple of years, but she is able to make some general observations. 1 problem. have another side effect. B.C., if not Canada,”’ says Gi in small, ry The top five priorities that emerged were environ. f0F it. D in Whistler, a two-hi |, if not meteoric in the past 10 years. Once quiet and isolated, the tiny community drew skiers mainly from the Vancouver area. Vancouver, has been ray But it has quickly blossomed into a world-ranked ski drive north of mental 5 facilities, housing, education, and planning and development Policy. Mayor Drew M says many facilities are now ‘‘on the drawing-board,"* and a new to study some European resorts. It also lacks a library, nearby churches, an arena and community centre, and has little in the way of affordable housing for residents or seasonal workers. A large medical clinic and bigger RCMP detachment are coming soon, says Meredith, citing housing as the No. Meredith, who is “also the owner of Whistler Real Estate Co. Ltd., says the average price for a two- bedroom chalet is between $150,000 and $200,000. High land prices and expensive capital development “These people pay high taxes, some of the highest in “They want something ft “The town council is hearing more and more rum- blings of discontent,” says Gill, who will take the Whistler data with her on a one-year sabbatical next year Already, says Gill, some old-time Whistler residents are selling out — albeit for big profit — to move to the less expensive confines of nearby Squamish or Pember- But Whistler still has only a small medical clinic and ton. It’s a trend that worries Gill. “If you “Whistler could end up as a bedroom community for the elite, with no workers and no residents living there. and create in the community, then you exceed the social carrying capacity and character of a resort."’ Fran Cuthbert, a member of the Whistler Com- area's problems: munity Services Society and the resort's parents advisory council, moved to Whistler four years ago and knows the “*There are concerns that with the growth you need the amenities and the infrastructure,”” says Cuthbert. “‘Long-range planning is in place, but how do you Priorize those services and how do you finance them?” is the question most residents ask. Gill hopes to answer that type of question, not only for Whistler residents but also for other resort residents who may face rapid growth. “I want to develop a model of resort community Stress from all user groups, to try to understand their at- titudes and when and how you have conflict.”’ Race___ from front pege prices and a in ge farm subsidies means a significant drop in income for prairie farmers. The recession will exact its stiffest toll on Ontario and Quebec, as high interest rates and a strong Canadian dollar punish manufacturing in- dustries and hurt Canadian exports, the conference board said. The forecast predicted the Atlantic provinces should fare better than Central Canada, but their economies will also contract significantly during the next few months. “The report indicates no expec- tations of overall recovery for the economy until at least the second quarter of 1991,’’ the conference board concluded. The latest gloomy forecast comes as the Bank of Montreal cuts its prime rate to 13.5 per cent from 13.75 per cent, effective today. But Lloyd Atkinson, chief economist at the Bank of Montreal, believes interest rates will have to fall much further to get the economy growing again. The latest cut in the prime rate ‘‘is not going to cause a boom in the housing market or lead to big em- ployment gains,’’ Atkinson said year, Dut that pi will start to feel the pinch of a slowing economy after three years of strong growth, the forecast said. Interest rates ‘‘are going to have to come down a lot more than this, but it is a start,’’ he added. Bumper grain crops in ahd Saskatchewan will bolster economic activity in those two provinces. But the sharp decline in grain the country will have to wait a few months after the GST takes effect before the Bank of Canada will allow interest rates to fall significantly. Books tell the stories of war By ROD CURRIE The Canadian Press For three weeks, until they were killed on May 19, 1915, Pte. John Simpson and his donkey, Duffy, carried wounded men from the front lines to the army hospital on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. In the Second World War, brothers P.K. Kennedy and D.P. Kennedy, both majors from Guelph, Ont., fought side by side in France. They died within days of each other in September 1944.~ Their stories are sketched in one of several war-related books that make evocative reading as Canada remem- bers the 110,000 Canadians who died in the two world wars. Simpson, resting in the First World War Beach Cemetery at An- zanc, and the Kennedy boys in the Calais Canadian War Cemetery, are but three among the 1.75 million Commonwealth citizens who died during the two world wars and who are buried in cemeteries build and lovingly maintained by the Com- monwealth War Graves C. issi and touching as it relates tragic and gallant acts of bravery. For instance, Pte. G.L. Price, 28th was one of the last battle deaths of the First World War, killed minutes before the armistice at 11 a.m. Nov. 11, 1918. He’s buried in France’s St. Symphorien Cemetery, near the village of that name. Or the grave of Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae, author of the poem In Flanders Field, near Boulogne, Fran- ce. On a different war theme, Air Aces by Dan McCaffery (James Lorimer and Co., $16.95) relates the daring lives and times of 12 Canadian fighter pilots, ranging from the fiery George (Buzz) Beurling to the largely overlooked Vernon (Woody) Woodward, the Victoria. native who passed almost unnoticed although he was Canada’s third-ranking ace of the Second World War. Beurling, a complex and paradoxical individual, ambitious for fame but with his mates, Courage Remembered, a han- dsome volume and definitive guide to the 2,500 cemeteries and almost 200 war memorials constructed by Canada,” said Clarkson. Clarkson said he and McCall also spent a great deal of time poring over psychological literature on the mental makeup of great men and women, and this served as the in- tellectual foundation for many of the observations on Trudeau. For example, they devote much space to the relationship between Trudeau and his father, Charles, who they say was both the hero and the nemesis of young Pierre’s life. The elder Trudeau was a flam- bouyant French-Canadian lawyer and businessman who dabbed in Politics, automobiles, baseball clubs and gambling for much of his 47 years. the i is by G. Kingsly Ward, a New Brunswick business- man keenly interested in military history, and T.A. Edwin Gibson who Served with the British Army during the Second World War and worked with the war graves commission for 25 years. First published a year ago, to mark the SOth anniversary of the Start of the Second World War and the 75th anniversary of the First, it remains a standard work on the wars that attracts renewed ajtention each November. Courage Remembered (McClelland and Steward, $29.95) has the thoroughness of a textbook, with its Statistics and glossary of military terms, but remains compassionate was the greatest Allied fighter pilot of the Second World War. Others in McCaffery’s galaxy of sky stars include Billy Bishop, the most famous; William George Baker of Dauphin, Man., who won the Victoria Cross by single-handedly taking on 50 German planes and, severely wounded, shooting down six, and the scholarly Buck McNair, an ace despite his failing vision. Battle of Britain Day (McClelland and Steward, $29.95) salutes the most famous day of that pivotal bat- tle — Sept., 15, 1940 — when the Luftwaffe mounted two large-scale daylight raids on London, deter- mined to win air supremacy over Britain. Author Alfred Price presents an almost documentary-style account of Possibly the most concentrated air combat ever, the sky so crowded there were eight mid-air collisions. dry grad, and as a follow-up, she coordinated a community casino night as part of this year's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week. Ball has also been an active volun- teer in the community, jncluding a 10-year involvement with the South Slocan Boy Scouts and coordinating the Slocan Park Fall Fair parade in 1987. Tees, 38, has had 12 years of work experience with children as a nursery school teacher and reading and math tutor. In the community, she has been active in the past and is curren- tly treasurer for the Slocan Valley NDP club and a director for a local burial society. In 1989, she founded Compassionate Friends, a grief sup- Port group in Nelson, after the death of her seven-month-old child, and is still active with the organization. Tees said her involvements have given her special skills which would be important in her role as trustee — negotiating and listening and the ability to take action. Tees lives in Winlaw with her daughter, Martina. Ball lives. in South Slocan with her husband Allen and two children, Steven, a Selkirk College student and Renee, a Grade 9 student at Mount Sentinel. Area H includes W.E. Graham high school in Slocan, Winlaw elementary, and Brent Kennedy school and Mt. Sentinel in South Slocan. Hunting feared on connector VICTORIA (CP) — The new Okanagan Connector isn’t a drive- through shooting range, says En- vironment Minister John Reynolds. “We're concerned hunters may try to take advantage of the large num- bers of wildlife wandering near the highway in the first few seasons,”’ he said. ; The highway, which runs between Merritt and Summerland, cuts through deer and moose winter migration routes. It opened at the end of September. The Environment Ministry if put- ting up signs along the highway telling motorists that hunting is ban- ned within 400 metres from the cen- tre line of the road. Biologist Keith Simpson, who is tracking the migration patterns of the moose and deer, said there have already been incidents where hunters have shot animals along the fence “You don’t want someone shooting across four lanes of high- way,” he said. Underpasses and overpasses have been installed to get the 1,000 moose and 6,000 deer from one side of the highway to the other. WINTER WARNING, \ L \ * BG wie Ci ls It hasn't lasted yet but-a couple of d Kootenay is just around the corner. Doukhobor Village on Highway 3 ac: On’ os eae a ings of wet snow ly mean winter in the West Above, a smattering of snow clings to a fruit tree near the ross from the Castlegar Airport. — cosews photo by Simon Birch Fine weather ended abruptly, forecasters say By CasNews Staff October’s weather was slightly cooler and wetter than normal in Castlegar. “The fine weather of September 1990 came to an abrupt end on the first of October,’ the Castlegar weather office says in its monthly weather summary. ‘‘The ridge of high pressure which dominated the September weather moved over the Prairies to be replaced by a cool moist flow of air from off the Pacific. “With lowering freezing levels associated with the cooler air, the first significant snowfalls of the season occurred over high levels during the first week of October and a light dusting at the airport on the 20th.”” 7 The mean average of temperature — the the maximum and Socreds will meetin | Victoria to save money VICTORIA (CP) — A_ Social Credit cabinet retreat planned later this month in a Vancouver Island resort community has fallen victim to Finance Minister Mel Couvelier’s ef- forts to bring in a balanced provin- cial budget Instead of going to Parksville for two days, cabinet will meet in Vic- toria city hall Nov. 20-21. The cancellation is part of an ef- fort to ‘‘save the nickels and dimes slipping through our fingers,” Couvelier said But he admitted he doesn’t know how much the government will save by moving the meeting. Last week, Couvelier announced all ministries had been asked to freeze so-called discretionary spen- ding for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends March 31. Last spring, he insisted his $15.2-billion budget was balanced. The freeze would affect such things as hirings, buying new cars or furniture, and some travel expenses It is in addition to a 1.5-per-cent budget cut Couvelier ordered all ministries to make in August. NDP finance critic Glen Clark said the decision to cancel the cabinet session in Parksville is political gran- dstanding and ‘‘serious error’ in judgment. “Does this mean they can’t leave Victoria for anything?’’ he asked. “The voters want a more open government,’’ Clark said. ‘People want to see more of their elected representatives, not less.‘* Ledinski case not over KELOWNA (CP) — The Céntral Okanagan school board will ask the court of appeal to overturn a B.C. Supreme Court order that asked the Provincial board of reference to reconsider the dismissal of teacher Gordon Ledinski. The elementary school teacher recently successfully appealed an Education Ministry board of referen- ce decision that confirmed the school. board’s dismissal. On Oct. 16, a B.C. Supreme Court justice ordered the board of refer- ence to consider whether the school board was justified in firing Ledin- ski. It would be the third time the board of reference has considered the matter. In a news release, the Central COURT NEWS By CasNews Staff In Castlegar provincial court, P: Perira Silva pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance in or near a public place and was placed on probation with conditions. o 8 -« Doris Malcolm pleaded guilty to assault and was placed on probation with conditions * . William M. MacGregor pleaded guilty to using bait in a river during prohibited time and was fined $75 . e Charles Gordon Paley pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and was fined $500 and a victim sur charge of $75 or, in default, senten- ced to 40 days in jail. Paley also Pleaded guilty to fraudulently imper- sonating a person with intent to gain advantage for himself or another person and was fined $150 and a vic- tim surcharge of $22.50 or, in default, sentenced to 14 days in jail. . Paul Jorge DaCosta was sentenced td 30 days in jail for causing a disturbance in or near a public place and placed on probation for 12 mon- ths. DaCosta also pleaded guilty to three counts of failing or refusing to comply with a probation order and was sentenced to 30 days in jail for each count, to ‘be served con- secutively to the first sentence. Okanagan School District indicated the school board decided on the ap- peal during a meeting Monday Ledinski was convicted in March 1988 on a charge of gross indecency n 2 ah with a 15-year-old boy and was fined $1,000. The boy, who was not one of Ledinski’s students, told the teacher he was 16 and had had previous homosexual experiences. The school board suspended Ledinski after he was charged Sept 29, 1987 and fired him after his con- viction. Ledinski appealed the suspended him without pay for 23 months, retroactive to the date he was charged. Ledinski resumed teaching for a week in November 1989, sparking Protests by parents. The school board appealed the reference board’s decision to the B.C. Supreme Court. Justice Ken- neth Meredith ruled April 26 the board of reference didn’t have the jurisdiction to reinstate Ledinski and ordered it to reconsider. The board of reference then reluc tantly confirmed the dismissal, but dismissal to a board of which overturned the firing and that was appealed by Ledinski LOTTERIES The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 10, 12, 27, 32, 38, 40, 41 and 54 The winning numbers in Wed nesday’s Lotto 6-49 draw were 19, 30, 32, 39, 42 and 49. The bonus number was 28 The jackpot of $2,417,558 was won by a single ticket purchased in Ontario. Therefore, the Lotto 6-49 jackpot prize pool estimate for the next draw will be $2,000,000. The second prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers and the bonus number, had two winners of $456,649. The third-prize pool, awarded to those matching five regular numbers, had 206 winners of $3,390 each. The fourth-prize pool, awarded to those matching four regular num- bers, had 11,487 winners of $116. In addition, there were 245,593 prizes of $10 awarded to those mat- ching three regular numbers. There was a total of 257,289 prizes worth $7,828,020. The four Extra winning numbers for British Columbia on Wednesday were 5, 44, 47 and 88 A match on all four numbers wins $500,000. Three numbers wins $1,000. Two numbers wins $10. One number wins $1. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 2, 4, 11, 18, 19, 25, 28 and 48. In the event of a discrepancy bet- ween these numbers and ‘the official winning numbers list, the latter shall prevail. the weather office recorded during the month — was half a degree below normal at TAC. The warmest day of the month was Oct. 4 with a high of 20.3 C, well off the record of 27.2 C set on Oct. 7, 1980. Indicative of the abrupt change in the weather, the coldest day last month came just three days after the warmest when the mercury dipped to -4 C on Oct. 7. The coldest October day on record is Halloween 1984 when the temperature dropped to -11.2. The weather office recorded 69.2 millimetres of rain last month, slightly wetter than a normal October rainfall of 53.5 mm but a bucketful short of the 127 mm that drenched Castlegar in October 1967. Two centimetres of snow — nor- mal for October — also fell last month bringing the total Precipitation to 71.2 mm. The driest October on record is October 1974 when no snow fell and just 3.8 mm of rain dampened the area. There were 19 days of measurabh Precipitation last month, just/iwo days short of the record 21/ Twelve days is normal. The sun beamed down for 107 hours, 13 short of the normal 120.5 hours and well below the record 198 hours recorded in October 1974. Oc- tober 1975 is the dullest on record with just 75.2 hours. BRIEFLY From Wire Service President and secretary-treasurer. 18,024 votes to Werden’s 17,603. Charlie Peck of the Internat the fractures, he said. Council for the past year. Workers elect new leaders NANAIMO — British Columbia's unionized construction workers have voted out two of their key leaders, electing a new But the losing side said the elections left the council impossibly divided and could lead to the dissolution of the B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents more than 35,000 construction workers in 16 unions. Plumbers union president Bill Holmes, 58, snatchéd victory from incumbent president Len Werden by a narrow margin of 421, with Incumbent secretary-treasurer Jim Lippert lost by 789 votes to onal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Holmes said the narrow margins demonstrate therg-are “‘fractures”’ in the council. His first priority would be tq try to heal Holmes, who immigrated from Scotland in 1966, has been President of the Plumbers union local 170 for 10 years and secretary- treasurer of the Vancouver-New Westminster District Building Trades Quebec lumber tariff lowered PRINCE GEORGE — Quebec is able to ship lumber to the United States at a lower cost than B.C. exporters, says a spokesman for the Council of Forest Industries. The Quebec government said negotiations with the U.S. government to lower the tariff on lumber shipped to the States from eight per cent to 6.2 per cent “The calculation is a complex one," said Brian Gilfallen of the council's northern Interior lumber sector office in Prince George. “But we estimate if we had a similar deal, with the old stumpage fates, it would save the industry here in B.C. about $100 million,”’ he w sday it had Study continued from front page Grand Forks have Russian second- language programs but not bilingual programs The study of Castlegar’s unique program concludes that children in the program appear to do well in English while learning a second language and develop a positive at- titude toward other languages Despite the program's critics, it seems to be a ‘hit’ with its ‘‘con- sumers,"’ the study says. teachers, school trustees, parents, superintendents and principals around the province. The committee is preparing a report for the ministry detailing how the government can help facilitate heritage-language education in B.C., including instructing teachers, Providing classroom resource materials and possibly finding sup- Port for the programs through other ministries, committee chairman Inder- jit Mehat said in an earlier interview, Heritage | are defined in The heritage-language consists of 11 people representing the B.C. Heritage Language Association, Simon Fraser University and Canada as all languages other than English and French, Evdokimoff said.