September 27, 1989 AA Castlegar News NOTICE Krestova Improvement District ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wed,, Oct. 4 Krestova Hall 7 p.m. irst V OTTAWA _(CRy — The’ federal government will make its first big cut in Via Rail services on Jan. 15 by ter minating medium-distance trains actoss the country, The Canadian Press has learned The cuts will leave one train from Halifax to Montreal Wia-several_New Brunswick cities, some of the Quebec Onjario corridor services and a bare: bones western transcontinental COMMUNITY Bulletin Board CASTLEGAR SENIOR CITIZENS s Meeting. Thursday. October 5. eeting. Oct, Bat! p.m., Rossland FLU-CLINIC Monday, October 2. Time: 9 a.m.-1,1:30 At Central Kootenay Health Unit se yer mmunity half-price and the fourth harge is $4 (whether ad is tor one. tw COMM roup requires a medical note indicating disease. Wear KOOTENAY CHRISTMAS FAIRE orlier this year, Get your applicat w VIL SR, 952-2680 evering ROBSON RIVER OTTERS BINGO Thursdays for Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mondays tor Wednesdays paper Notices should be brought to the Castle: 2 p.m. W.K. Boundary Regional Coun Seniors Hall 27 65 years — adults with chronic heart 78 Complex. Early Bird 6 ¢ m. in library on. Payouts $6,600. Only Ausic Store, and Pete s 475 insertion is also half-price. M\ ‘© or three times). Deadlines are gar News at 197 Columbia Ave. UNITY Bulletin Board And to ensure there are no public hearings by the National Transport Agency, Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard will pass special cabinet or ders 10 terminate the trains, gover ment sources say The cuts are the result of the gover nment’s decision” to slash financial support for Via to $250 million ‘a year by 1993 from the $651 million it got in 1988. The trains to go in January include the three Maritime runs of Halifax Yarmouth, Halifax-Sydney and Mon cton-Campbellton-Edmundston, the Montreal-Sherbrooke, Que., rune Toronto-Havelock run and the Van couver Island service, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity The government has said it will con: tinue to operate nine so-called remote trains although Via\ has proposed changes to therh The government has also. said it hopes to sell-off some-of the western trains to tourist operators although it hasn't received any formal proposals, The cuts are expected to eliminate half of Via’s 7,000 employees and could force the government to pay close to $1 billion in severance benefits ia cut Jan. 15 BUSINESS Briefly After the government it was slashing Via's funds, it gave newly installed management at the Crown corporation two months to prepare a plan to reduce passenger train service in line with the budget cuts That plan was received at the end of June and the government wrestled with itall summer A repart. publishéd today by the Wiinnipeg Free Press quoted parts of a leaked cabinet document as saying the cuts would leave only one train in the Maritimes, end passenger service on Vancouver Island and cut the two western transcontinentals, now operating daily, to one train operating twice weekly The report said the powerful inner cabinet was presented with the proposal by Bouchard, the transport minister, during a meeting Tuesday af- ternoon. The Winnipeg report said the plan would cut the historic Canadian Route that links Montreal and Vancouver leaving only a reduced Super Con tinental, through northera Ontario and Western Canada, which goes to a twice weekly service from a daily ser vice Tories struggle OTTAWA (CP) still trying to thrash~out a common position on a new abortion law that respects the Charter of Rights and car win a majority in the Commons, Justice Minister Doug Lewis said But he refused to whether a bill can be ready within the next week or two, as suggested by some The cabinet is speculate on observers. ‘All I can tell you is that we're working it through the cabinet and Lewis told reporters caucus process, “We're trying to come up with legislation that will meet the consensus that has to be there."" CTV reported Monday night a bill could be introduced within the next 10 days. The strategy behind such a timetable might be to get the legislation into the House before Prime Minister Brian Mulroney leaves in mid-October for a Commonwealth conference in Malaysia and a subsequent trip to Costa Rica Beer, wine prices rise VICTORIA (CP) — It will cost more to purchase larger bottles of beer, cider and wine coolers at B.C. liquor stores It’s not a price increase, but a new 10-cent litter deposit. The deposit goes into effect today and applies to 30 glass and plastic containers holding up to two litres. Regular-sized bottles holding 341 millilitres are already subject to 10 cent litter deposits, whilé cans have a five-cent deposit Labor Minister Lyall Hanson said he hopes the new deposit will en courage people to return the larger containers for recycling rather than putting them in the garbage. Tax costly, Harcourt says 108 MILE HOUSE, B.C, (CP) — The proposed federal goods and services tax will cost British Columbia consumers $400 million a year and 9,000 jobs, provincial NDP Leader Mike Harcourt said The proposed nine-per-cent tax will aggravate the province’s housing crisis, hit women on low incomes, raise rents and cut tourism revenue by up to $43 million a year, he said. The service sector of the tourist industry will lose 5,300 jobs in 1991 alone, said Harcourt Instead of a goods and services tax, the NDP would reform the existing manufacturers sales tax by shifting it to the retail level to avoid taxing exports, he said Fog suspected in crash TERRACE (CP) — Heavy fog and smoke may have caused a plane to ctash into the forest Tuesday near the Terrace-Kitimat airport, killing all seven people aboard, investigators said “Visibility was a contributing factor,"’ said Dwayne Long, a Canadian Aviation Safety Board official, as investigators sifted through the twisted wreckage 600 metres west of the runway The 19-seat plane, owned by Skylink Airlines, hit power lines, crashed into a flat, heavily wooded area and exploded in flames, causing a small forest fire Barrett endorsed OTTAWA (CP) An NDP caucus member hasn't waited for Dave Barrett to enter the party leadership race before publicly endorsing him Saskatchewan MP Chris Axworthy said the former premier of British Columbia represents the best hope the party has for a leadership candidate — and at least a quarter of the 43-member NDP caucus agree Barrett has refused to comment on speculation that he is about to en. ter the race; he previously said he had decided against running because of the personal abuse leaders must face. 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The senior Ballard, who owns the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL team and the Gardens, shares an apartment in the arena with Yolanda, who has adop- ted his surname “She ran into my (raised) foot Bill testified don’t know anything about an eye in jury, | didn’t punch her." Under cross-examination by Crown counsel Saul Merenda, Bill admitted Yolanda ‘went down like a sack of after he shoved her away but when he was shown pictures of her with a black eye and body injuries he said the eye injury was probably self pushed her away potatoes” inflicted Both Harold Ballard and Yolanda testified earlier against Bill, with Yolanda saying he punched her viciously in the face and stomach at the Gardens Asked by the Crown whether he was upset by the affection Harold shared with Yolanda and so’ her as **Mrs. Ballard’ Bill replied, ‘*I've heard him call her a number of things.” Harold, known for his cutting words and bursts of temper, has had a-few spats with Yolanda and once had the locks changed on his Gardens apar tment and a cottage to keep her out, the court was also told Asked about his own temperament when he confronted certain people, Bill admitted he had sometimes been driven to anger and shawed it ** people who |kick garbage cans’ later apologize for their outburst Like kicking Yolanda’ Crown sked the “1 do refer to her as human gar bage,”’ Bill replied, but added he had no reason to apologize to her NOTICE RELOCATION Effective September 25, 1989 oN 502 Victoria Street Nelson, B.C. VIL 4K8 Telephone No. (604) 352-558) Fax No. (604) 352-5531 UtiliCorp expects gain WASHINGTON, _D.¢ UtiliCorp United has announced to members of the Washington financial community that it expects gains i third quarter net income and revenues while earnings per share are expected todecline from last year’s quarter Earnings per share for the first nine months of the year are projected to be essentially even with last year, the company says in a news release For the three-month period ending Sept. 30, UtiliCorp projects net in come of $11.3 million US and oeprating revenues of $143 million compared with net income of $10.3 million and revenues of $134 million in UtiliCorp ‘says. Primary. earnings per common share are expected to be 45 cents conipared to49cents last year Average common shares outstan last year’s quarter, ding increased from 19.7 million in the third quarter last year to 20.8 million in this year's quarter, the company says The increase is primarily due to a public offering of two million new shares in August 1988, In addition, dividends on the convertible preferen ce stock issued in May have reduced third quarter earnings per common share, UtiliCorp says. For this year’s nine-month period, UtiliCorp expects net income of $34.4 million and revenues of $497 million, compared with net income of $30.1 million and revenues of $486 million in the same period last year. Earnings pet common share are projected to. be $1.48 versus $1.49 last year In a presentation to 4 Washington area UtiliCorp chairman and_ president Richard C. Green, Jr., noted that third sts and shareholders, etroCan ou MONTREAL (CP) After 14 years of hotly contested growth into a top oil producer, refiner and gasoline retailer, Petro-Canada has set out to match the private energy giants at their new game in natural gas The Crown corporation’s chairman, Bill Hopper, confirms it’s out to become a major rival for gas sales, af ter two of its senior executives revealed the strategy in a paper prepared for the World Energy Conference of 88 coun: tries in Montreal last week. Petro-Cariada’s program matches the growth plans of the private cor porations, with a full agenda for new drilling, takeovers and sales initiatives n both the United States and Canada The Crown corporation already has extensive gas reserves of up to four trillion cubic feet, say planning vice president Wesley Twiss and senior corporate development Richard Preece. Petro-Canada’s efforts to parlay. its gas reserves into a cornerstone of growth illustrate how far it’s deter mined to go in becoming a strictly business operation, rather than con tinuing only its original role as a com bination government ‘window’ on the industry and a finder of supplies for future Canadian use. Barely three years ago, gas was the most tightly controlled energy resour ce, with Ottawa holding supplies off adviser quarter results reflected milder sum mer temperatures in the midwestern region compared to the previous two ars. “Results for the third quarter illustrate why we are following an ex pansion strategy that will help us offset the year-to-year variations in weather pattern” Green said, “We will con tinué working to achieve a balance of summer and winter peaking utility operations.”’ Since 1984, UtiliCorp has acquired six winter-peaking gas and electric utilities in seven stages and British Columbia UtiliCorp’s most recent acquisition, Michigan Gas Utilities, is not expected to contribute to earnings until the four th quarter. UtiliCorp acquired the gas utility im a merger transaction with Michigan Energy Resources Com pany Another pending acquisition of a West Virginia gas utility owned by Cabot Corp. is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The natural gas distribution serves ap proximately 23,000 customers in 17 countries in central West Virgit UtiliCorp, based in Kansas City, provides electric and gas sérvice to eight states through its divisions, Missouri Public Services, Natural Gas, Michigan Gas Utilitie Northern Minnesota Utilities, Kansas Public Service and West Virginia Power. West Kootenay Power in British Columbia is a Canadian sub sidiary. UtilCo Group, PSI and EnerGroup are non-regulated sub sidiaries specializing in energy and utility related services and investmen ts. system Peoples t to compete the market for future Canadian con- sumption and regulating export prices. A combination of energy deregulation and the free-trade agreement with Washington has fired the starting gun on a gas sales boom, and Petro-Canada has moved quickly FINDS A NICHE As confirmation that the Crown corporation aims to carve out a strong niche in gas among the top private cor porations, Hopper pointed to in creased exploration work, purchases of production assets and initiatives in the U.S The export program includes going int® partnership with foreign controlled Amoco Canada Petroleum Union ends strike at Sparwood mine SPARWOOD (CP) Resources Ltd. said it will start ecalling members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, ending 1 strike by 364 workers that started Aug. 5 Workers ratified a memorandum of agreement by 52.2 per cent in a vote Sunday, said Jim Lafitte, industrial relations superintendent for the Small Canada subsidiary, Line Creek coal mine. The agreement had been hammered out last week with the assistance of Darwin Benson of Vancouver, a appointed by the B.C Crowsnest which runs the mediator government Of the 289 workers who cast ballots Sunday, 151 voted in favor of accep: ting—a—three-year- contract which provides improvements in three key areas of concern The major issue was the number of rest breaks. Lafitte said the new con tract, Which is retroactive to June | and runs through May 31, 1992, gives workers on 12-hour shifts three 30. minute breaks Lafitte, of Fernie, ‘said the number of rest breaks was the critical issue in the dispute Joint fares offered n a joint announcement Tuesday, Helijet Airways, Canadian Airlines In ternational and Time Air said they will offer joint fares from downtown Vic toria to several destinations served by Canadian and Time Air in British Colyinbia and Eastern Canada, effec tive Oct 2 t We operate six conveniently scheduled return flights daily from Victoria harbor to the Vancouver In ternational Airport,” said Danie! Sit nam, president of Helijet Airways “With joint fares, Helijet passengers flying from” Victoria harbor can proceed without delay to Canadian and Time Air connections at the Van couver International Airport. We will check passenger luggage right through to the connecting flight “Similarly, if-a-passenger-boards.in Kelowna ona Canadian Airlines or Time Air flight, their luggage can be checked straight through to Victoria They need only transter to the airport helipad via the Helijet shuttlebus,”” Sitnam added Co. Ltd. and Shell Canada Ltd. in the Altamont consortium, which is proposing a new gas pipeline to California In Canada, Hopper said, the Crown corporation’s strategy promoting expansion by Westcoast Energy Inc., owner of a major export pipeline systsem for British Columbia gas production includes september 27,1989 Castlegar News as RENEW YOUR CASTLEGAR SAVINGS INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. i 365-3368 226-7216 : REITER AGENCIES ® Now in Castlegar * Business + Industry + School * Government + Non-profit 365: “7788 Castlegar Slocan Park Printed promot UY ts for p ional products Call promotional needs! including, but not limited to: * custom printed shirts, caps & sweatshirts + * bags « balloons + buttons + pins + glassware * matches + pens + * souvenir items + + safety awards + * and more! + West Kootenay Rep Strong & Associates 607. 18th St stlogar 365-7755 oF 5054 — OLDTIME FIDDLERS KOOTENAY No. 9 — JAMBOREE AND DANCE Sat., Sept. 30 — 7 p.m. COMINCO GYM Tickets $5 at Door or ADVANCE AVAILABLE AT Bonnett's — Castlegar * Big O Tire — Trail Petro-Canada owns a 36 per-cent interest in the Vancou¥er company. Hopper, who serves as Westcoast’s chairman, confirmed that he encouraged its recent takeover of the ICG Utilities gas distribution system in Manitoba and Northern On tario. Hopper said Petro-Canada bought ICG'’s 1,600-employee propane-distribution-chain-in—a-side deal to give the Crown company a major sales outlet for the byproducts of its natural gas production Twiss and Preece say that Petro. Canada also bought top-notch advice on the international consulting market in developing its strategy national Carrier is Collecting Your Castlegar News carrier ‘will now be collecting for delivery of the paper for the past month. Please . . . won't you have your money ready when he or she calls? FERRARO’S Valu Your satisfaction is our main concern Maple Leaf creamery butter 454g. 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