“ Epuonyos (cP):

Pater Laughed said: recently when asked

‘he. Western“ Canada ‘Concept’ pny ‘plosgomn
pli ford this: inter aid. Bpring but: fas beer

; Teadership. ‘Struggle between ‘deposed drty--leader:
 Maygard, and (nterini eader Gorda Kesler, We son
“apember inthe. '70-seat, legislature.’ “3 '
~The NDP; dlso with only one : elected ‘member; ¢ uld be fi.
! “Fine fora major leap: forward ta, official Opposition ‘Btagus,

: But ‘they. have” been swamped hy. publicity - ‘about ‘the
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‘In observance ‘of Victoria: Day, Monday, 7
May 24th, 1982, the following change in
_ refuse pickup Is Introdyced.

Pa

voy

“arvepe normally collected ‘on Monday _
will be picked up on \ Tussday, May asth, :
ne

gem

~The Sanitary Landfill will be closed to all
‘vehicles on Monday, May 24th, 1982. -

J mo

The Districtof-Ferrace—].-
: a a

aq] know’ I'm 'm in for. a. “tough political. 7 en

the solid Tory wall. “~\
: ‘Grant Notley: A former teacher and
‘probably. the, dst skilful. performer in. question period;
' Notley was first elected in 1971. He has been the only New. ©

. ridings buf “has bei

~ would help tne!

: eit of a |
| ms alt ‘of a he provinee:,:

percent, -

-unrest in Alberta into the blunt instrument that can crack

’ NDP Leade

Democrat, it the legislature ever’ since and- ‘the. party: has

: commissioned a biography. to commemmorate his: decade -
[oof lonely: service, 1, 4

. The NDP-has st adily ‘made gains in northern, Alberta

and to win: othet's by watching the non-NDP
belween the Conservatives and the WCC..
Although Nolte

P ‘vote .split

NDP, WCcc officials claim: to. have made

; ° gains among’ “NDP supporters a8 ‘well as Conservatives.
- Opposition: Leader Ray Speaker: He sank hopes the WCC"
~~ might bepomb? the offielal Opposition next fall when he

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“

_ been’

Bow’ Valley and-fiot to George’ Richardson,” ‘Mandeville: woul have taken “all ‘the. ‘eparatiant-ont" of the party.

“snapped in a-later teleptione interview from his: dome: in,’ -

: Brooks, Despite’ consistent: reports} he will rétire, bee pps not

- ‘made up hig mind what he will'do, he said: :
: Loughted's. Progressive Conservatites-took 57.4 per cent

of the popular vote in the 1979 election, Social Credit took .

~ 19,9 per cent, the NDP took 15.8 per cent and the Liberals 6.2 -

out of the picture in the south. ‘They -
_ hope to go over the top in some northern ridings next time’

Peckford declares costly holiday

y has said the rise of the Concept party :

Many businesses and all
schools

Loe re cei ee

\
|

spe

“atindunced this month hie out not iin the Cnet He bad |
inking of one its jester ; rae

ept nr as a iseaick
ny his constitutnts were i hing’ that:

- Gordon:Keésler, interim Jeader of the WCC: The firat man”

ever to be elected as a western’ peparatlst, he says he has .
‘ever liked’ the’ word Separatist: He naw leads''a faction
‘apparently trying: to put independence well down dn the Ifst

of pridrities, .
Theissued will be hashed out at a threeday convention in ;

~ ‘Red Deer beginning July 15.0.
The opposition can take ‘advaniage ‘of economic: ‘unrest x
’ and the grievarices built up after.a decade of Conservative '
. Tule, but their forceg‘are spread all‘over the map,
Here are the key players trying to shape ‘the political:

A sometime. "Fodeg | rider, rancher, oll ‘scout and rig

worker, Kesler stayed out of major trouble in his rookie ~
* session of the legislature this spring after allenati

ig some
people. with his election-night wish. that Prime
Trudeau would have a heart attack.

The first signs of trouble in the WCC showed up In his

. headquarters i in Olds, less than an hour after he wag. elected
‘Feb. 17. Kesler told reporters it. would benatural for him to

assume the party leadership soon. Across the room, ‘Al -

.. Maygard was saylng ‘he-intended to stay on as leader...

Al Maygard; An: Edmonton realtor who -gave ‘up his

~, business to work for the WCC after ousting Doug Christie
‘from the Alberta’ wing of ‘the. party Ie last Getober, Maygard 7

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld” (CP) — were closed today after the
provincial cabinet declared —
a day of mourning to protest.:

in Newfoundland - '
7 Otlawa’s referral «of the”

fy
in

ie roy
ve _

Hibernia. ownership
question. ‘to the. Supreme _
Court of Canada.

Christine. Fagan,
president of the St. John’s -

. Board of Trade; said. many
businessmen. were upsel by
. the order, announced’ by -
; Premier Brian Peckford ”
‘Wednesday afternoon, . .*
“, ‘The’ board: said. the .un-

~ scheduled: holiday - could
‘cost: businessmen up to $20
- million... Finance Minister.
John Collins” had said
earlier, that the cast to the
provincial | economy could .
- be much more.

Under the. order, which
does: not apply to Canada
. Post’ and ‘other federal

operations, , all retail ‘and

, wholesale ‘businesses must
“close... Provincial govern: ©
iment ‘offices also-are shut.
-* Education Minister Lynn
_Nerge said. all schools and -
colleges-are also closed.
"However, - there.” -Was- no
indication around St. John's
foo that: ordinary citizens were
‘doing anything. special to
‘mark’ the: day. as. one ‘of
X -Thourning. » ‘
“\. In Cormer-Brook, - the
“Newfoundland flag was
flying at half mast on the Sir
“Richard Squires building, a
: ~ ‘pfovincial - government
office tower, that includes.
* Peckford's west ‘coast of-
“fice., ‘

‘Ho wever,.
businessmen... there - were -
rumors of -discontent:
~“hecause of the- economic
-.., epost and, at the. Bowaters
Nfld: Ltd, “pulp: dnd. paper

among

him overtime. rates:

tinued. to work today. ©

on your own: cireumstaricg
preferences. =

Nabital: gas

“Get off oil now ‘and yous can take advan-
tage ofa conversion grant of up to'$800. possible by installing new, more: sre,

cee "Through. COSP, the CANADA OIL: SUBSTI-
~ TUTION PROGRAM, the Government .
{- of Canada.is offering taxable grants to a
“maximum of $800 for single family
[ove * homes, and from $1,000 to $5,500 for
ee tae multiple unit divellings, covering 50%. of *, oO
at | the cast of converting your home heating *
oe ie ‘or hot water system. You can qualify by.
~_ |. feplacing your. oil system or supplement:
. ingit by adding a-non-dil source that
- meets at t feast half your heating needs:

> switeh from oil to— what?

“Shop atound. Your clioice will depend
‘an

is-already available in many,

reas of Canada ‘and the. distribution: net

work 'ls growing rapidly. Natural gas is.
cheaper thane oil. rand: will: Stay, cheaper

ao

your. B. C. Hydro, office.

5021 Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C.

Ly hy

2-800-663-1280.

in the future. Further: savings will be

furnaces. ‘Talk to your local utility:

. Electricity i is a conversion. option. in some . [os
areas of B,C., where natural gasis.aot ~ ||}
available, For more information, contact 7

‘a reasonable once. For information on:
heating with wood, propane, solar:i: =
‘energy, or other energy sources, “contact,
.. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada at -

: VSH 25. “Telephone (604 i) 528:7222 or,

oe = Wearing’ of . black ‘arm-..
: .,. > ‘bands. appeared to have_
7 been confined to Peckford’
and. other-. government .
“members who ‘donned them -
for an: ~--emergency.—
gislature ‘debate. . that
ended” at 1:30 “am, JTocal-,
» ‘time; today. ca
The, Progressive ‘Con:
. “‘servatives and ‘apposition
. . “Liberals “unanimously”
nora p iors passed “a resolution: calling
i. on Ottawa to withdraw the
7 eourt™ ‘Teferral and «to
moe resume: : offshore.
negétiations : with
ewfoundland.

; Justice; Minister: ‘Jéso. r
“Chretien, ‘annaunced - ~ here

- Wediesday. the ‘high: court *
ill Riber -asked ‘to decide

te : ee

‘There's an: ‘offcoil alt

. the conversion easier to.d

ative. that cansave

agyou monéy and COSP has $4)0:to ma
3

Ing: ite.
peed: up: Suploration ‘and’
- development of-- the ‘vast |

Energy, Mines and Energie, Mines et

Resources Canada Ressources Canada

“reserves 170 naitical: ‘miles -

Work 1p Lined

“the Vegistature a
er .

Liberals approved: Peck-

_ won 44 of the 52 seats in the

" mill,-one worker wondered. . ®

—_ = a -whether-the day. would pay. ‘Soviet trit Dp

. The mill js a’ seven-day-a-
week operation - and - con- *~

“worship if they. can ‘get: ‘into a packed ‘synagogue or church:
*Grakam'saltem a draw a fine line-between’ freedom of: we

+ preacher that. he.’

~ ‘ in
. “

work ainly behind tHe scenes.

sling inde }

without a referendur

year or two of W' 1 Baverpent
* ‘Maygard resigned ab leader: saftey
weeks Ago

Al bespectacled amateur basketball

player, she snged ne
temporary ‘opposition coalition which laat. fall ‘put. the 7

Fund.
: Courted by all the oppasllién parties, he ended up forming:

- a new group tentativel} called thé Alberta: Party. After

several weeks of existence it has a general set of founding
principles, ‘a smattering of public support and the public:
backing of Walter Buck, one of the three Social Crediters in

i

- Liberal Leader, Nick Taylor: Personable, sharp-witted
,and wealthy; Taylor came within 355 votes of winning 8
byelection i in the Conservative riding of Barrhead in 1979..

The Calgary oilman derives his principles from John ©

Stuart Mill and refuses to knuckle under ‘to ‘the. Albertan -

fear. of things | Liberal by changing his party's. name..
. Ashatp critic of Lougheed's environmental and economic:
policies, he has hopes in seattered central Alberta ridings.

’-No one in the party comes close ta matching his personal

Popularity: or ability. oe

“Newfoun dland ‘government of the people of the province
until alter’ it-had-been given. on an issue . that .greatly
to reporters . at 3 a news affects them," the premier

conference. . said. |
a Progressive Conserva- ; a
tives. and . Opposition, ‘We are “going to. we

” every means at our ‘disposal -

ford’s resolution, ‘at 1:30
am. local time today after a -
BM: hour debate. Members
‘had ‘voted.to debate the -
resolution throughout the
night if necessary.

The resolution called “on
OtLawa to: withdraw its -
court reference and resume federal negotiators. - ,
offshore -negotiations. The co ;
eight “Liberal- members . it
suppotied it.‘despite the: management agency" and a
defeat’ of their proposed: revenue deal that would see’
amendment; which asked Newfoundland get. 75 per.
‘-both sides to revoke their cent of all government oll
court actions, © | revenues: (until), the

Peckford: is awaiting a
‘decision from the appeals “ the Canadian ‘average. -
division: of. the Newfoun- ‘After ihat,
-diand Supreme Court on his, land's sKaF would ‘divp
government’s referral of ‘and the province ‘would
the offshore question. He
asked-for a- ruling on
ownership of resources on -
the continental shelf, which,
includes Hibernia.

_“It’s_. the
‘Newfoundland and
Labrador -at stake here.’

_Newfoundiand taid out its
“position Jan. 25. in a
proposal that ‘drew’ no
formal response from

‘transfer payments instead
; of: drawing on them.

- Peckford -went . to: the

proposed a joint -

a member -Conservative. majority ‘on’ “the defensivé for: the oe ao
first time i in a filibuster: over the ‘Heritage Savings ‘Trust... .

fo: fight this,” he added. —
future—of—

province's wealth reached

Newfoun-

start contributing to federal” —

A Supreme Court ruling in ; appeals court after the |

Federal Court of Canada
was asked by Ottawa to rule
on a labor jurisdiction case

favor of Ottawa. would
‘ destroy Peckford’s chance
to fulfil the mandate given -
_ him inthe April 6 provincial
- election. His Conservatives
“dispute,
house following a campaign .

caited on. Newfoundlanders
‘to support | his offshore
"stand. —

The ‘federal move”
“arrogantly dismissed the .
expression of lacal opinions

government, members, was

the legislature ‘began the
day's business at, 3 p.m.

Peckford had heard about
during which be repeatedly” ‘the court referénce and,
along . with. most. other --

which he feared-could have —
an impact on the offshore -

Wearing a black armband:
as a sign of mourning when_-

Graham explains

* Russians permit freedom of worship, but not freedom: OF
“ religion. oo
’ Graham‘ under fire for being wined and dined by. Soviet.

officialdom and then making favorable. statements about -:
‘the state of religion in the Soviet Union; returned home

Wednesday. and said: “Tam: nota Communist. "

‘Nor, he said, was hea a 1 dupe of the Russians for: saying in” -

"Moscow that “there is a lot more freedom of religion ‘here
than hasbeen given the impression in the States.” ;
Graham told a news conference he nyay have used some
Wrong Words and” that sonic of his comments had. -been -
misconstrued. ae
--And he in effect withdrew some of his praise for the ext
af freedom of religion in the Soviet ‘Union.

_ “There i is fréedom: of worship, not freedom of religion, a

he said, ‘“Anyone can go and worship, but they. don’t. have ;
_ Sunday: schools or evangelical campaigns,"

‘Nar’, he said, do the: Russians shave many churetis. and
“synagogues, : Pa a

» He estintaled there, are. 30, 000 0 houses of wiocahip across. ,

“the country’ ‘but he ‘aaid Soviet citizens only have freedom: of.

:tWoriihip ‘and: ‘treedbm' of gellilon * is“ nat: likely * to: halt
". etiticiam he has endliréd from’ religious and political gi groups: -
“in the United: States,'who Bay he Was misled by the Rusaians
~ and. sed asa ‘propaganda tool:
“id Was-the first time: in: his-4d-y
bee, subjected to ‘such. intense

> -griticism. Hooves Pepa ls
SBxiled- Soviet’ author’ -Alexander\Solzheritsyn: issued a!
* stitement. saying - th twhile. ‘Graham ° WB “visiting: our -

‘free? country," an aldezof the’ author’ s was, undergotag,

police harassment ‘in’ ‘loscow. | ca

“southeast Of Si..dohn's,:”

Chretien: ‘Mid: not meet
wilt Peckford: or: provincial, .
~ Justice’: “Minister Gerald.
_ -Ollenbeimer., VA-federal
- statement”: -annourieing: the:
_ Heeision was, not sent ) the | v

‘ 2

Solzhenitsyn ‘said Sarah Khiarciich: 4, ‘head ‘of the .

“author's Ruselan} Boe jal! ‘Eund. which gives aid ta families’ ‘of -
a : ag i ‘arrested and taken to ‘Prison. with:

“his bands. bound +
* ya's Ishodocsvich wa was : cupposed. to ‘have’
been released the day: Graham left: the he Soviel Union. bat.

was ordered held for ~— {5 Hays.

~ =

NEW. YORK: (Reuter) - Evangelist . Billy Graham’ hag!
tried to answer critics of his recent Soviet trip by saying the

r. Tong’ career’ a as. a

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