Cé ~) Castlegar News, January 17, 1990

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1990 3 Sections (A, B&C)

sonroy seeks NDP nomination

By SIMON BIRCH Editor

Saying he has the drive, energy and enthusiasm that will be needed to represent Rossland-Trail in the 1990s, Castlegar school trustee Ed Conroy has announced he will challenge longtime MLA Chris D'Arcy for the New Democratic Party nomination in the revamped riding which now includes Salmo and Ymir.

Conroy, a 43-year-old Rossland native who grew up in Castlegar and now lives in Pass Creek, has worked the last 19 years for Westar Timber Ltd. as a towboat operator on the Arrow Lakes. For the last 15 years hefas also owned and operated a private business on his farm in Pass € reek, raising purebred Hereford cattle and selling the breeding stock throughout B.C.

““There’s going to be many changes to this area and I think that we're going to need a representative who is going to make those changes happen in a positive manner,” Conroy said’ Friday in an interview with the Castlegar News. ‘'I feel I have the ability to do that.”"

If chosen to represent the New Democrats in Rossland-Trail, Conroy said he would “*be more accessible tothe community.””

“I'd make it known to the powers that be, whether the New Democratic Party or whatever government happened to be in power, that we jealously guard our resources and our lifestyle and if you want to come and impact on our communities then you're going to have to come and talk to us,’” he said. ‘*{ feel that I'm the type of person who, when

: far: we are spoken to, can act upon any direction that’s given by a ; e the constituents and make their wants and needs and desires orks | oe ss heard.”’ ven ne ee Conroy said protecting the environment while main- 5 RE IR Tel ‘ . é ED CONROY

taining a healthy economy is one of the greatest challehgds hell nel DA FRIDAY FLIP . . . The driver of a chip truck lost control while negotiating the curve on Arrow .- challenges Chris D'Arcy Lak

continued on poge AZ i Drive at the railway crossing Friday afternoon, spilling the contents of the trailer over —

al the tracks. The driver, Leonard Parr, 23, of Castlegar, was not injured but the vehicle - sustained $15,000 in damage police said. costen: prow bytamy H D e t 1 i : 3 | e t ' By SIMON BIRCH iment in the last year in particular MLA whois experienced tT] Editor has been that they had tended to “I’ve no idea if there will be a

Rossland-Trail MLA Chris turn inward because they were government change in the nex

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By CLAUDETTESANDECKI the impacts of the expansion and

Staff Writer

The newly formed Coalition for In formation on Pulp Mill Expansion has received a grant of $4,300 that will help CIPE carry on its objectives of gathering information about the plan ned expansion of the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar, educating people about

guaranteeing public participation in the government review process that will lead to the company being licenced to begin the construction, CIPE co. chairman Wayne Peppard said Friday

The funding comes from the West Coast Environmental Law Association, the B.C. arm of the

Group to advise city on expansion

By CasNews Staff

A newly formed Celgar expansion advisory committee set up by Castlegar city council to report to council on community concerns over the expan: Sion of the pulp mill is slated to have its first meeting Monday, Mayor Audrey Moore said.

The group, which has legal status under the B.C. Municipal Act, will in

Premier's speech

By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

Staff Writer

clude the Central Kootenay Health Unit’s medical health officer Dr Nelson Ames, school board trustee Ed Conroy, Castlegar and District Cham- ber of Commerce president Jim Craig, Castlegar and district recreation direc tor Pat Metge, businessman Peter Zaitsoff, geography teacher Lesley Anderton from Selkirk College, city continued on page A2

Canadian association which acts as a foundation and works for groups on environmental issues, Peppard said

The coalition will use the money to hire a lawyer and a consultant who will check the figures on predicted air and water emissions from the expanded mill presented by Celgar in its recent impact study, he said

Peppard, saying he was speaking as an individual rather than as co chairman of the coalition, said he questions the provincial government's review process Celgar is undergoing

The process does not guarantee adequate public participation since there is no requirement for a public hearing once the report has been examined by government committees he said.

If Celgar is told by the committees that the report is not adequate, the company needs only to rewrite the report to address government concer ns, Peppard said

The public is able to see the-zeport on display at libraries and town halls in

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Street Pub scandal and the controversy over the Expo land

for the image of the party

“TL think it’s bad politics to have internal dissent in a political par ty,” D'Arcy told the Castlegar News. ‘‘One of the knocks on the provincial (Social Credit) gover

D'Arcy, who has not been

challenged for the nomination sj ce 1981 when he squared oe st Stan Lanyon and Martfft Van

derpol, said he also thinks it's im portant for the riding to have an

area be close to the administration, close to the leader and have ex prience with issues before the riding as well as the government.’

No date has been set for the nomination meeting

Castlegar man gets jail on coke charge

By CLAUDETTESANDECKI Staff Writer

A Castlegar man charged with possessiog of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking was found guilty Thur sday in Castlegar provincial court and sentenced to 2% years in federal prison

John William Vigue, 32, sat quietly while Judge Stuart Enderton delivered the verdict that concluded the trial which began Jan. 10

In handing down the verdict, Ender ton noted that during the trial Vigue admitted to being in possession of the 100 grams of 80-per-cent-pure cocaine seized by police after an operation by the Castlegar RCMP, the Nelson RC MP drug section and the Richmond RCMP drug section

The judge also referred to the exper testimony of an RCMP cor stable frem the Lower Mainland who said 100 grams of the drug is considered a large

amount in a community the size of Castlegar

That amount of cocaine could sup- ply all the addicts in the area, the judge quoted the constable as saying, and could be compared to recovering as much asa kilogram of the substance in the Vancouver area

Federal prosecutor Scott Bell asked Enderton to consider a sentence of three to five years, based on sentences

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surprises D'Arcy

the premier’s speech that the company will shut down it Walter Siemens, president of the Rossland- Trail

Mon., Tues., Wed. & Sat.: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

The Meeting Place”

Thurs. & Fri.: :00 p.m.

Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said he’s surprised Premier Bill Vander Zalm didn’t address some of the major issues in B.C. now such as concern for the environment and the housing crunch in places such as the Lower Mainland during his televised speech Wednesday night

“<1 was surprised there were no announcements of policy or legislation something other than vague promises for the future: ** said D'Arcy, a New Democrat, adding that the premicr’s address ‘‘sounded like a throne speech.”

And the premier was “foolish’’ to ‘‘rattle some skeletons’’ in the Socred closet by bringing up the Knight

sale as well as the possibility that party dissidents might break away and form another party However, D'Arcy said he welcomed the premicr’s promise to make changes to the property-tax system that 1s putting an escalating burden on homeowners through the education portion of the tax. “That was the good-news part (of the speech)."" he said Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore agreed, saying that an elected municipal official, the property-tax issue Is immediate and important” to her Moore said she is also interested in how Vander Zalm will deal with Cominco’s announcement the same day 4s

operation in Kimberley, putting as many as 750 people out of work

The mayor said she was not surprised Vander Zalm announeed he would stay on as premier, ending weeks of speculation about his future following the party's sixth byelection loss.

But Moore would only say “time will tell’ if the premier made the right choice, and whether or not he and his party will be re-elected

There is little room for personal opinions in her capacity as mayor, Moore explained, adding: that she is prepared to work with “‘whomever is in government”’ in Victoria.

Social Credit Constituency Association, said he was im pressed with Vander Zalm's speech and calls have been coming in that are ‘‘strongly in favor’ of the premier and the stands he took Wednesday

However, Siemens said it was “difficult to call” what the premier would do prior to the speech

“If Thad been betting, I would have bet he would step down,"’ Siemens said

The premier has shown himself to be a strong leader and there is good reason to believe Vander Zalm can be re elected, Sieméns said. But “‘there is a perception among the public that is negative’’ toward the premier, he added

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