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‘ By ¢ WATER KREVENCHUK EDMONTON (CP) — Jim

Helwig, one of the co-ordin- ators in Alberta's work-for- welfare experiment, says it ‘isn't the answer to our pray: ers’ but it is working to help

‘elderly Albertans like him. .'

The program assigns able- bodied welfare recipients to chores such as snow shovel- ling and yard cleanup for elderly people and the handi- capped in return for social allowatico benefits.

-‘ Organizers say no recipi- ent has refused to take part

-in the program without good .

reason, so there are no re- corded cases of benefits be- ing cancelled.

Helwig, who helps. co- ordinate the program in Lethbridge, said it is a step in the right direction. |-~ ,

The ‘experiment began last

' October in Taber and Coal-

dale,

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Alberta. ‘It was extended to Lethbridge and Cardston: in January.

A. decision to expand or scrap the program ‘was to have been made on March 81 but, Social Bervices Minister Neil’ Webber announce

\ So far, ‘about 100 , welfare"

recipients’ have helped. about!

116 elderly citizens ‘in the t

four with ‘snow shovelling. One problem has been a lack of snow — Alberta had ‘an un- usually mild winter.

the tracted: a fair ‘number ‘of volunteers, © ‘particularly in

Cardston,” where: ‘about 40

MONTREAL (cP)

Claiming he is a victim of age

discrimination, a’ former RCMP officer is taking the force and federal government. to court in an unprecedented legal challenge to’ regulations that. oblige lower-ranking Méunties to retire pelcre their superiors,

Zephrien Fortin, forced ‘to retire on his 56th birthday on March 17 after 82 years on

-the force, has asked Federal

LONGVIEW; WASH. (AP) — Two in cities

high School studer

Court in Ottawa t d

a hay alao'at-- Ray’ ‘ordinator in Taber, where 16 «welfare recipients have

than two hours a ae or 10 hours a. week.

“Thore has been an excel- lent reaction... the: workers

” have been very Bokresist said

‘ Helwig, Evanson and other. co-ordinators expect the pro- gram to continue in ‘one.form

OF, pe another Docauige’ ‘there

nen . Lethbridge, for.” stance,-there are. 8,000 dee ly-residents among the city’s 65,000 : inhabitants’ —” the

turned out to help: i rest:

Oe Rute te

‘the’! validity: of the | regu-

lations. .: The regulations’ oblige « cor-

i porals — the|last rank Fortin

held — to retire, at age 56 if they have less than 36 years service. The. higher the rank, the. longer: officers. are: cal-

an, individual ;

work until they ‘are 62."

In @ written submission to”

yer Jack _' a

policeman Y

Part of Porte: case is based on Article 165 of.the federal: Charter “of: Rights, even though’ the « article doesn't take’ elect, until

| April, 1985, ;

‘The article ts ogeal :

Fedetal Court, | Fortin’s: by. i

St. ‘Helen's — a warning»

“We're standing on the

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“near Mount St. Helens say

God is using the volcano and the economy to teil area resi- dents to be more religious, charitable and.caring of their families.

“We feel that God is using the Spirit Lake flood situ- the: river.’and the mountain and the bad econ- omy to get people's attention

and get the community back’ -to its spiritual moorings,”

said Rev. Dave Minor, pastor of Columbia Heights Assem- bly of God Church in Long- view.

He and Rev. Sam Poe, pas-

| tor at the Bible Truth Chris- fan. Fellowship in- nearby E

of these cities if we listen to what God has to say.” The cities along the Cow-

- litz River are within 72 kil-

ometres of the volcano that erupted with the force: of a hydrogen bomb. May. 16, 1980. While, living with the threat of more

and, “in ‘particular, without discrimination | based on race,

national 'or- ethnie. origin, Simmonds’:

color, religion, sex, age or 1e ital“‘or physical disabil- |

Fortin's liwyer argues the

“By JUDY MONCHUK 4 EDMONTON (CP) — Vis-

- wal display. terminals (VDTs)

are no more d than

about 45,000 people -in’ the valley are threatened with a wall of water that would rush down the Toutle and Cowlitz

rivers if a debris dam ‘breaks ©

at Spirit Lake. .- . The Army Corps of Engin-

. eers installed an emergency

pumping operation : on. the

lake near the . volcano. to

lower the lake level; until a

permanent solution is found. d

i and brimstone in the at

cano's eruptions. ° , “We're not saying it’s day,” Minor auld.

he timber area also has been blasted by. the recession. “I believe God_is in control of those things,” ‘said Minor,

video games and home com- puters iwhen it comes to ra: diation emission, says ‘An- thony Cullen, professor of

o- \highest:p

__ other: Mountie:

of any of the ‘province's 's major centre: In: ‘Taber, ‘which » has

population of 6,000, there are i

800 senior Sitizens | Uvin

oir’ éwn homes. Cardston; ith a, population of 8,100," 800 seni “ng in thelr

in’ The experiment, has been peo)

ina’ state: of limbo in Card- ‘ston, ‘sald ‘co-ordinator: Leo’ Stetz, because of a lack of ‘Snow and the fact that there, were no able-bodied welfare recipients available, but. re- luests now are coming in ‘for help with such tasks as tree feimening, and awa works,

f ‘says fe the “taiton of the article ‘was to A federal lawyer defended : ie reg a 8 fhe f former '

type of assistance \ ask for.’ bi

Doug Shepherd, a. public relations: spokesman forthe”, Social Services - Department, said’: the ‘program. ¢gncen-

“trates on menial jobs « outside

the’ house not normally done. ara tradeamen, Re

“provide Sand * their “departments time to adjust ‘programs and. regula- tions to conform with‘ Article 16 and Prevent costly court: cases., ‘ Waissman also cites a let- ‘er from Gordon. F.

ather, chiof cao }

2. the Canadian’ Human

Commission, in which‘ he “missed a complaint from an: ‘case similar to 'Fortin's. | .Fairweather's letter to -RCMP Commissioner Robert suggests .“the’

the’ es "at, a hearing last week, arguing that high-ranking afficers are: permitted .to retire later be- cause. their. tasks’ involve ‘more . “policy: making” thin streetileyel: enforcement, S wheré younger’ ‘age is consid- red -a “bona.” fide | occu- pational requirement.” “ In,'an: interview, Fortin aaid he wants a ruling to de- ‘cide “once and’ for all” the issue of- forced ‘retivement,” “We haye | been fighting, this for y The father of four sald he

force ‘ ‘amend ‘its regulations ‘has had ‘to’ change ‘his. life-

consistent with the spirit and - style: drastically because he ported

* principles of the Charter-be-" was. * earning. more than fore the,. rid : of ‘the three. $30,000 in his ‘Inst year with

decision to delay PERE ¥ day in the history - ‘

writer, keyboard — do ‘emit ‘radiation but “not ‘at levels high enough to be harmful,” said Cullen, who holds a PhD in radiation biology and vis- ‘ual science. 4

VDTs, he said, have devel: oped a reputation for being

y at the Uni

of- Waterloo in southwest Ontario, a

“It's been all ‘blown out of proportion,” Cullen .told ‘an optometric. symposium “ on vision iffithe workplace Fri- day. VDTs, but don’t worry about video games and home com: puters.”

The terminals:— a tele- \ vision combined with a type-

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~The PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION has been called for May 5, 1 983 This means that you will soon receive your “You are Registered” notice in the

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Province of British Columbia

Chief Electoral Officer

there. has “been no conclusive evi- dence to back such a claim,

Brian Phillips, a radiation protection officer. with the

“People cry about .

“Everybody says there isa problem with the VDTs, and

we -believe. there’ is some-"

thing,” said Phillips. “But until we establish what it is, we're in the dark.

“Is it stress,

~ quality terminals,

the force — compared, with

problem is knowing who and what to believe among the

horror stories, of VDTs. “It *,

seems. everyone speaking about VDT's is an expert.” MAY CAUSE STRESS Dr. Michael Smith, a lead- ing’ United States .occupa- tional health specialist, told a Toronto symposium last fall that while the rad haz-

ree: ‘aan ‘amounts

- to 62 per cent of the a’

rage galary he’ was paid: ifor the.

“Jast six years he was on duty.

Officers with 35 years service are eligible for: the full:pen- ‘slon of 70 per cent. (. “Considering my ‘age and the’ availability.- of . jobs;:\I don’t stand. much. of chance

“But then why should Bs be forced to look when: I’ could gontinus ‘what T° was ‘already doing.” Fortin’s fight is being ‘sup: by the Association of: 17. Divisions,” which | repre- sents more’ than 2,600, Moun-,

VDT radiation level low

but results in no permanent eye damage.’

The author, of the study also said that many early dis- comforts ‘suffered by. oper-

"ators of the terminals tend to _

go away after a time. -

Ray Gall, a vice-president of the Federation of Labor, “estimated: that 350,000

ard from the. terminals. is small, there are other “ser- ious. roblems”, associated

BI :

and stress. * Smith of the National In- situte | for ; Occupational Health.and Safety said poor- » improper lighting and inadequate .fur- nitare may ,be to blame for

some of the

ultra-violet radiation? It's a -

an inch of ints, a

situation where truth - has

year study by. Quebec

mile of rumor.” Cullen: said the biggest

that extended use of VDTs can cause severe eye fatigue,

A recently released five- .

use VDTs, , a figure rising at the rate of

-85 per cent a year. |.) ‘ ~ With this many people in in:

afety

volved, the "the Pid ined must?

derstood, he told the sympo-

sium, y

.': “The entire country will. be

affected by. high technology.

in the future,” said Gall. who

stressed.that workers should

:be involved with the changes

taking place,

Gall also said more ; re- search needs. to be done. on VDTs so workers are aware of any dangers they may be facing by using them.

Developing countries ‘are key to recovery

VANCOUVER (CP) key to long-term print

recovery and stability J lies ‘in’

tapping. the vast and rapidly

+ growing market of develop--’

ing: countries, says. Maurice Strong, chairman of the Can: ‘ada Development Inves' Mient Corp.

“The main potent vigorous and sustained resur- gence ‘of the world economy lies in converting the- vast, unmet needs of the develop- ing countries into “markets,” Strong ‘told the Vancouver

. Canadian Club recently.

The d

for a

_ who | resized that'a new era:

‘of prosperity: was possible. by

meeting the needs ofthe or.’

dinary' working man. “But this.could only be

achieved by ensuring that ine.

lustry pi

“Not only: are markets for the’ miore. traditional goods

based, levelling out in indus: ‘trialized: countriés. But more

goods. and ‘services and - by:

“making ~ sure the ordinary

worker -. had. purchasing power. It worked then and it can work today in Third World markets.”

Strong, who heads: the federal Crown corporation -charged with . esponsibility for overseeing . the ‘govern- ment’s i

have already improved their economies considerably over the last $0 years, he said, and

. currently represent one of

the largest and fastest-g

Havilland Aircraft and Mas- sey Fergusén, said he thinks

“ing markets for” Canadian ; products. ae

_ He compared today’s situ- ation with that faced by Hen-

ry. Ford, early. this seontiry,

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the current is more than just a cyelleal dip in the economy,

It isa sign ‘ofan important transition now occuring in

the ‘world’economy, he said. :

in’ such .. operations as Eldorado Nu-. ,clear Corp., Canadair,, De

and

developing ‘countries,

producing them.” +\In,the future the greatest

_ opportunities for growth will

be in products and services

primarily ‘based’ on technol- “

ogy combined’ with ‘increas- ©

ingly sophisticated market- ing, finaneing nad manage. ment. -

Strong said Canada can not rely solely on its natural 're-° sources and. in-fact it has been the ‘resource-based ‘economies that have been hardest hit by. the’ current

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of which Japan is the prime example, . are Performing | best.”

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