NELSON DAILY NEWS.

iFor the second time, Nelson Community Services Centre is sponsoring a group for men who batter their partners, beginning October 1. . .

"We are committed to offering these groups whether or not we receive funding,” says Lena Hor- swill, executive director of the

going funding, which we hope will be in place by the next fiscal year, But in the meantime, we will spare no effort to provide this service,” she adds,

"We believe that the Assaultive Men's Group is a necessary link in our response to wife assault. Although we have safe homes and counselling services, like the support group for battered women, we know that many

to stop the violence we'also help protect the women.” . The goal of the group is to break the cycle of violence by teaching men alternatives to assault and abuse, : "We believe that wife assault is a power and control issue,” explains Sherry Courmoyer, coor- dinator of the wife assault coordi+ nation project at the Nelson’

centre and co-facilitator of the group. “We are looking for on-

women continue to live with

Community Services Centre,

“We show men the ways thoy try, to control their partners and teach them new. ways to get what they, need, And, they have the support

of the other men in the group to

try new ways of solving prob- lems." i yg Researchers have found that up to 75 per cent of men who abuse their wives either were abused as children or saw their father abuse

their mother.’ “Family of origin

violence is the best predictor of assaultive behaviour,” says Cournoyer. : “But, this is not an excuse or a cause,” she i

ing are healthier and more fulfill-

"ing altematives,”

The first group orientation will be held October '1 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Nelson Com- munity Services Centre. The group will meet. for 14 sessions, until mid-December.

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NELSON DAILY NEWS

“We all still make choices. | Vio- lence is one response to conflict. Some of us grow up believing that to get our way, it's okay to use physical power to control people. We hope to change that

attitude, and to teach people that .

After only six days on the provincial campaign trail both of the main political camps have pitched tents and the well oiled election hi is

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1 motion Sunday Nelson-Creston MLA. Howard Dirks was re- confirmed as the; Social Credit. candidate, ae The. party _constitution

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“Daisy Patch,” their home in the Slocan Valley.

Dirks addressed the group, ¢ and stressed the importance of « volunteers in this campaign. '

He told them, “We've | worked so hard to accomplish so many good things for the ;

ities in our i cy. This:election will be a ; choice between local prosperi-.;; ty or economic uncertainty, under NDP representation.”

Dirks narrowly won the seat . in 1986 over New Democrat Corky Evans by only 27 votes.

NDP... candidate, Corky “Evans ‘spent the weekend opening-his campaign offices in Creston, Kaslo, and Nakusp .

"I will never forget losing. : by, 27 votes in 1986,” Evans.) told, supporters in.,Creston.. “We are going out to find | those votes and more. And our campaign will run on human beings.and issues.”

Evans said the NDP had already done ‘tan incredible : amount of work in the Creston

Valley,” traditionally a Social *

Credit stronghold. é The NDP held its regional convention in Creston in-1989. In the Creston the prime issues Evans will focus on are « agriculture, the brewery and the environment,

On the environment, Evans: is :

said the gi

ELECTION NOTES

Y, September 25, 1991 |

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Johnston using public sector restrai

STEVE WEATHERBE |

Sterling News Services Premier Rita Johnston is try-

ing to;use, her. public sector

restraint program as bait.to lure

the New-Democrats into the same

trap they, fell into to lose the 1983.

election.) 0°, Prine pecch to local Social, Crediters in Powell River yester- day, Johnston defended the Com-

- which’ his rolled Back’ public sec.

Taki aning a ‘Though Premier Rita Johnston’ is gregarious among friends and party faithful, she Occasionally shows a reluctance'to “press' the flesh” with’ strangers. Previously noted at non-partisan ‘public func-, tions, the shyness emerged at a Powell River MacMillan Blocdel pulp mill where-she was’ sched- uled to shake hands with workers

tor raises, particularly for teach- ers, from an average over seven percent to under five percent,

In 1983 an early NDP lead was wiped out almost overnight after leader Dave Barrett promised to

billion over the life of a govern- ment,”

The premier also said, that NDP leader Michac! Harcourt

leader would be “canny" and . avoid a definitive statement about ‘dumping the restraint program. In the same speech the premier

had p d to eli the

eliminate a'similar restraint pro- gram set up by Premier Bill Ben-

os nett, fea : Johnston said that raising pub- .

lic sector wages by one percent would cost the government’ $80 million a ‘year, and five ‘percent would cost $250 million, “or $1

ride on the election

rowed to six percentage point, while the same pollster showed it growing to 18 percent i

gi! In fact he has

vowed to restore free collective

_ bargaining, which would seem to

mean the end of the program in its present form.

University of Victoria political

» scientist Norman Ruff said “Mrs.

Johnston is setting bait for Har-

court.” He predicted the NDP

tion process,” he said. Other election readiness strate-

defended Bill 19, the 1988 reform of the labour code which caused a one-day walkout by school teach- ers and government employees. Noting that Harcourt had warned the legislation would bring .eco- nomic ruin through labour strife and an exodus of investors, she said “we've had record invest- ment every year since” and

tour bus

NDP membership while offering voters another choice in the cur-

Now BCTV puts the gap at 17 points. Sociai Credit campaign manager Jess Ketchum had dis- missed the second Reid poll as a temporary “'spike.”

Cranbrook teachers getting involved

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the Cranbrook and District Teach- ers’ Association are preparing - h 1 for. the ‘i ding

provincial election on October 17.

“We've already started and our teachers are going to make a dif- ference in this election,” said CDTA President Doug Hogg. “We are encouraging teachers to become involved in the election Process.” ‘

On top of making sure all teachers are registered to vote and that they will vote, the strategy te bowie ati a5

gy includes teachers b ing actively involved in the election itself. Hogg said he will be dis- tributing volunteer work cards to teachers and they can check-off' which party they are going to work for during the federal elec- tion. .

“We are non-partisan, we are looking at electing MLA's who are interested in education, regardless of:what party they (candidate) belong to, so there are going to be teachers working with MLA's who are supportive of public education.”

D'Arcy seeking sixth term, this time as independent

TRAIL - The Rossland-Trail election. campaign became much more complicated Monday as

‘five-term MLA Chris D’Arcy declared ‘he will be running as an

y‘at-all since then, according to a week- end poll conducted by BCTV, released lastnight. A poll’ by Angus Reid before the two legal actions showed ‘the gap had nar-'

4 P pro-education” video to the dis- trict’s teachers.

“It's is just to point out the issues and to encourage teachers to become involved in the educa-

Explanation needed in

Rita Johnston “has ‘some explaining to do” after the resigna- tion of John Ball, the Socred can- didate who worked as a researcher:” for tight-wirlg-Emst Zunétdl,! Mike!’ Harcourt said yesterday.

“This is very alarming and very disturbing; particularly painful for members of the ‘Jewish communi- ty,” the provincial NDP leader told reporters in’ Kelowna"!!!

“It'shows' the’ judgment of the ‘ Social Credit party and the kinds of candidates they choose:

“I think Mrs.'‘Johnston has to be very clear’in' stating what Social Credit'and‘her position is on issues like the’one Mr. Ball partic- ipated in? > es

For her part, Premier Rita John- son said that the news ‘media were

Pp ing confrontations over, the

problems in the forest, that he «

said could be solved with the

Environment and Jobs Accord -”

put forth by the NDP. Meanwhile, local NDP orga: nizers have been

“making: a’mountain out of a molehill” over Ball’s connection with Zundel.‘ She also denied the

4 party had ‘anything to do with his

withdrawal of his candidacy. And

fy while she said Ball had not shared

Zundel’s' views about Jewish

with the local donations flow-

ing into the campaign and i

membership renewals. At the same time, the Green

Party of B.C. expects to field «

between 50 and 75 candidates across the province.

To date 33 candidates have -

already been nominated, :

In Nelson-Creston Green Party.,candidate is Andrea Wright.

The Greens will be cam- «i paigning on all issues, ranging 1

from decentralization of power, to responsible enterprise.

“The Green Party will cam- paign on social, economic, and

environmental issues that tradi- - tional parties lack the courage | to rais¢,”\said. Stuart ‘Parker, ” provincial speaker for the

Greens. » ae “The security of the people

- of B.C. ‘has, been: jeopardized .

' gross mismanagenient. , demanding a change.” ..

‘being a hoax, “the con-

fa nection” was'enough to warrant 4 Ball's action.

But most British Columbians did not share! Zundél’s views she

fj was Sure, nor did she

At-the same function where

f) Johnston made these remarks, the

opening of a new wing at Vancou-

fj ver’s St. Paul’s ‘Hospital, New fy Democratic MLA Emery Bames fq claimed that Social Credit in 3 Alberta

had had connections with the Ku Klux Klan.'In fact the

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“A huge number of people have said they want another choice from the the two that so far are being presented,” D'Arcy said in an interview this morning. “They want a third political choice with a purely local base and without any ties outside the riding. I have decided to give the electorate that choice.

-“I have no quarrel with the other two candidates, they are sin- cere individuals who are repre- senting their parties well. I am running because I believe I have given good, strong local represen- tation to this area both economi- cally and with regard to

; government largess.” i “., NDP candidate Ed Conroy pre- ;,dicted that D'Arcy will “take as .“Many votes away from the Socre- .

vds-as he will from the NDP,” but. added that the exact impact is difficult to cal

though local party supporters did not choose him as their candidate, D’Arcy said he will retain his

resignation

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were purged from the Alberta Social Cerdit Party-shortly-aft

Ball, a geologist, told the news- -paper that Zundel hired him.to take.

took office in 1935224 nary *« “aerial photographs of Nazi concen-:

Ball, the Social Credit candidate for Ri d East eS-

tration camps in Germany. He took

terday he was dropping out of the race after a Vancouver newspaper Teported that he was a member of the research team trying to prove’ the Holocaust was ahoax, ** Zundel was convicted in 1985 and 1988 for spreading false news. An appeal will be heard in the

a Pp to the job, he said, and distanced himself from ‘the details of the'case. -

“We heard that ‘sort of angument at the Nuremberg trials,” said Har- court.That's unacceptable. If you're doing research for a known racist like Emst Zundel,then you're participating in that racist. view.”

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claimed the most peaceful labour picture in years, with one fifth the time lost in strikes under'the NDP goverment from 1972 to 1975. “If it works, why fix it,” she said.

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The New Democrats will pro- hibit hospital boards across the Province from denying women access to abortion if they win the next election.

NDP leader Mike Harcourt made the announcement in front of the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Monday. The hospi

Yet oy MacMillan Blocdel pulp mill in Powell River and opened incum=,* bent MLA Harold Long’s camz*, paign office before flying to Fort St.John, where she will campaign‘: on Tuesday.

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