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Price for
food dips

* In January, the consumer
price index for food

from stores increased 1.2 per
cent from December — 2.5 per
cent below year earlier levels
— while the CPI for food pur-
chased from restaurants rose

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these

0.3 per cent.

Overall, the CPI for food
rose 0.8 per cent and was 1.0
per cént below January 1991.

The largest price increase in
January was 8.5 per cent for
non-alcoholic beverages as

every $25.00 in groceries

prices returned from promo-
tional levels in December.
Retail prices for fresh fruits
and vegetables were also high-
er reflecting short-term
changes in supplies.
In parts of Ontario and Que-

rchased entitles you to get all 4 of

products at these great prices

bec, retailers have lowered
prices on a wide range of prod-
ucts as a result of a major re-
tail price war which began in
late January. The CPI will
likely reflect the impact of this
price war in February.

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A perfect combination of
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selves the best in B.C.

page 17

Although born in a pulp
town, Wilf Sweeney said it
didn’t influence his career
choice. The former general-
manager of the Celgar Pulp
Co. retired last month after
close to 40 years in the indus-
try.

page 22

Farside 2
Norman 6
Letters iL
News Focus 8
Our People 9
Crossword 13
Horoscope 13
Local Sports 17
Hockey Draft 20
Work Place 22
Action Ads 23

Community Complex.

News photo by Ed Mills

Paul Oster, 11, was one of many tennis enthusiasts who took advantage of the mild
winter weather in the West Kootenay to get in a few games on the courts at the

@ President accuses province of
breaking political promise

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR :

The Castlegar and District Chamber
of Commerce has blasted the B.C gov-
ernment. ;

Ina letter drafted Monday, the cham-
ber accuses Transport Minister Art
Charbonneau of breach of trust.

Stating that the province committed
itself to the construction of the Castle-
gar-Robson bridge as a precondition to
Celgar Pulp Co.’s expansion project,
chamber president Steve Pelton
slammed Charbonneau for breaking a
“political promise.”

“Yes, we're angry,” Pelton said Thurs-

Letters, page 7

day. “We’re really concerned with the
Celgar expansion and the chip trucks
that will be rolling in... where are they
going to go?”

Pelton said Charbonneau visited
Castlegar with his mind already made
up. He said that was an insult to the
number of bodies campaigning for the
bridge’s immediate construction.

“We were really upset that the deci-
sion was made before we even got a
chance to speak,” Pelton said. “That's
not right.”

Pelton said Castlegar is being mis-
treated by the New Democrat govern-
ment. He said Charbonneau failed to re-
alize that the $23.5 million bridge was

Glen Freeman °
NEWS REPORTER

Another nude woman has been ar-
rested by Grand Forks police.

Pauline Berikoff, 54, was charged
with mischief after allegedly stripping
and setting fire to her clothes in the
front lobby of the RCMP station.

There was only minor damage to the
RCMP building, as a receptionist on du-
ty was able to extinguish the blaze.

Berikoff was said to be protesting the
Sunday arrest of Mary Braun and Tina
Jmaeff, who allegedly attempted to burn
down a Grand Forks residence.

Braun and Jmaeff claim to be Sons of
Freedom, a group described by Grand
Forks police as being Russian-speaking
dissenters. They are currently being

held at a Vancouver area correction cen-
tre.

Meanwhile, Berikoff appeared before
a Nelson judge Tuesday where- she
pleaded innocent.

She will be remanded in cystody un-
til her trial date this Tuesday.

Chamber slams Charbonneau

critical to Celgar’s expansion and pro-
jects like downtown revitalization.

“My God, he heard from enough peo-
ple,” Pelton said. “He should have
known (how important the bridge was).”

Pelton said he hopes the strongly-
worded letter would show Charbonneau
just how angry Castlegar is. He said
that may force the minister to act.

“What we have right now is not only
delay, but an undetermined delay,” Pel-
ton said.

He said the minister owes it to
Castlegar to make the bridge a higher
priority within his ministry. He said
Charbonneau must supply Castlegar
with a realistic date of construction. —

“I think the whole City of Castlegar
would like to know that date.”

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