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ATRWART, B.C, (CP) —

of a mistake
of the vote
has

“in inthe ver
‘count in Caasiaz, B.C.,

~ Party's winning margin in
. Atlla riding. in the May 10th
=e election to to nine
v0 ;

 Petrsonnted the ring forall
«but three years since 1940, by

194 votes

Atlin returning officer
Norman Hemliton said today
the results

from Cassiar ~ showed

_,. Passarell outpolled Calder
' 2831099 but a check showed -

., that the margin was actually -
“tmbat changes the
Bituation radically,” said
Hamilton, “He. (Passarell)
did have a lead of 124 and

: - now he’s down to & lead of

The unofficial count now Is

909 to 804 for the NDP candl- ;

~ date. with the official count,
when © will: Inclide the

’ An’ application for a-
t.could be filed after

rah officlal count, said
ton, “and-I’m sure

wil be filing for.a recount,

“Medicare

~ fundine |

‘said in

: CHANCE

ee
‘> Health Minlster Monique
: Begin threatened Monday we

~ cut off federal government
health insurance funds paid
to Ontario unless there is a
halt in erosion of the
‘provincial medicare
* scheme. The minister made
a similar -threat to New

7 Brunswick last week.

Ontario Premier William

~ «¢- Davis cut some ground from
L

“under: Conservative Leader
. Je, Clark when he said be
‘supports immediate
‘movement of the constitution

_b Canada from West.

minster.

5 eign continued his
campaign
 Nenfoundlanters by clog
Brook that under a Con-

+. setvative government in

Ottawa the province could be
as rich as Alberta because it
would have control over
_ development of offshore oil
’ and gas,

New Democratic Party

" Leader Ed Broadbent said

Prime Minister. Trudeau
- mut: stop blaming women
for Cana ‘5 unemployment

. Tate, an

Prime Minister Trudeau
Hew west to continue his

campaign.

'_ A public opinion poll con-
duced for the CBC said Con-
servatives continue to lead
_ Liberals in all provinces but:

ebec but Trudeau leads

lark in the personal
assessment of decided
voters.

_LAS T

Today will bé the Last
chance for ble voters
‘who are unable to cast
their ballot on May 22 to,
vole in the advance poll,

The . le located

‘| Lee Theatre and will be
open from noon to8 p.m.

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Se Ome of the twe parties
pn who wing,"

being |
repped ‘from former ..}
premier Dave Barrett's |;
“gabinet. Passarell, 31, is a ff
- school teacher. .

ge Rew Democrat |r

Socreds
“upset —

Ashley Prociviat, a —
campaign worker for the
pro

Social Credit,

that

_ Saya she is not happy
'a old

The wooden Shelford
Rivers

. 10 election,
- Rivers Workshop was to

‘Assign of the times?

Workshop after the May
“Three

take the signs down,
Temove the palit, ure the

its own |

Cyril Shelford now upside-down on Rod Cousins sign.

~ campaign workers

Photo by brian Gregg ‘

‘Cousins aays that Three
Rivers Workshop gave his

Photo by Brian Grege

‘Unemployment down,
unless you adjust it

“OTTAWA” (CB) — The .
for jobs vee to 943,000
uring April om 976,000 in

Mwave, the seasonally-
adjusted unemployment rate
remained at 7.9 per cent,
Statistics Canada sald today.

The seasonally-ajusted
rate shows the proportion of
the labor force actively
secking work, adjusted to
compensate for seasonal
factors such a8 school
openings and closings, an-
nual freere-up and the

tmas
the month, the

- Bumber of would-be workers

ee found it Jobe was 45,
the total number of

wanting dians to
more nid ee ¥
The seasonaily-adjusted

rate of 7.9 per cent, which
has remained unchanged

since February, is the loweat -

aince July, 1977,

However, it com ares
unfavorably with ' latest
unemployment rates for
other major ,jpduatrial
nationd. ted States,
first Guarter unemployment
‘Was §.8 per cent, most recent

figures from Francs sho
6.1-per-cent unemployme
in Feb i japan tad 1.8 had 1.9
per con

month, Weat Germa had
3.9 per cent in March and
‘Britain reported an April
rate of 5.5 per cent.

These figures, which the
new government will face
after the May 22 election
compare with an unem-
ployment rate of 5.1 per cent
on voting day in 1074.

The wnemploym rate
was among those In
the 15-to-19 age bracket.
‘Males in group
registered 18, t.6-per-cont
unemployment and females
17.6 per cent.

There was a marked

: forsening of ap irae

ts rate
ipa ey allt pr April. tre

entage

from 17.7

per cent the previous month,
In the 20-to-24 age group,
unemployment was also
considerably above the
national average at 11.6 per

pe esas we which
1] highes

aployment tate, showed.
alight improvement during

April, with a drop to 15.7 per
cent from the previous
month's 17.6 per cent.
Other provinces which
showed Improvement were
Nova See
loyment fall to 10.8 per cent
ita March rate of 11 per
cent, and Quebec where
tmemployment dropped ta
10.2 10.2 per cent cent from 10.6 per

“nt cours the rate
remained unchanged at 6.7
per cent. Saskatchewan,
with 4.2 per cent, and N

Brunswick with 12,1 per
cent, a reported no

The remaining provinces
faced worsening unemploy-
ment; Prince Edward
Island's rate climbing to 12.4

rcent from 12.2 per cent in

h, Manitoba a ent
a1.1-percent jump,
fe rat rate. to user a
berta report r
pont compared with the
previous month's 3,7 per cent
and British Columbia's rate
rising to 6.2 per cent from
elght per cent {n March.

The Metro Toronto. area,
conaldered by many a k
the May 22 election, ha an

unemployment rate well
below the national average
at 5.9 per cent. This was an
improvement from its:
March showing of 62 per

where unem-~ cent.

The federal statietics
showed that 68.3.per cent of
the population were in the
labor force during A il.

. This yes unchanged

The agency said sald

244,000 of 043,000 jobless
were actively looking for
work, the remaining 99,000
did not seek jobs, some
because they were on ‘em:
orary layoff, others
cause they expected to
havea job in the next month.

’ communities

C = eal
blasted b

Tory’s critic }

‘ra began serving the

by Linda Purschke

Ron Huntington, con-
servative Member. of
parliament for Capilano,

- wag in Terrace Monday to

show his support for federal
conservative candidate in
Skeena, Rod Cousins.
Huntington, as well as
being chairman on the House
publie accounts committee,

' is Tory critic on transport |

and communications,

Huntington levelled
criticism at Iona Cam-
pagnolo, incumbent Liberal
MP forSkeena, for her
record as MP and as

Minister for fitness and.

amateur sport and
especially: as minister
responsible for Loto Canada.

“Loto Canada is av
. dituation where bureaucrats.

- a group of individuals can.

make decisions javolving

hundreds of millions’ of:

dollarswithout ©

parliamentary review of .

responsibility,” Huntington
said

“The lottery business
should be left to the
. provinces, on the grounds
they leave sufficient cash

flow to. cover the amateur

sports needs of thd country,”
“he added. Wher asked about

 netivitles - Campognolo“uge 1:
dertook to expand Lato

Canada's market into $1
tickets, Huntington accused
Campagnolo of ‘impulsive,
emotional activity | that
shows a high disregard for
accountability.”
Huntington said Cam-
pagnolo’s handling of
Northland traneportation
propos Transportation
“nigh handed
autocratic.” Huntington said
Northland had put forward a
proposal to serve the west
conal, which would begin
w
subsidy that would even-
tually be reduced te an
annual $250,000 subsidy.
Huntington said he had
been told Northland’s
proposal had been supported
by a consultant whose report
had never been released.
Frieght and passenger
service to the weat const

when subsidies to Northland
were withdrawn, and Rivtow

Rats are
losing by
about 100

NEW YORK (AP) —
score Monday was 100 he
down andat least another 100
to go in the city’s war on a
colony of monster rodents
thriving In an excavated site
a block from city hall.

“We haven't found

anything unuaual to think

these rats are any special
rats,” said Jean Cropper,
deputy ed health com-
mission

The rata have been ea
polaon balt, a combination
anti-coagulant and zine
phosphide mixed with graln

peanut butter, spread
thro out the L-shaped lot
two blocks from city hall,

where the colony lives, be
said. ;

down

“We're still pu rat
lea

bait and taking ou
rata," said Cropper.

Prince Rupert and the
af the CNR

strengthening

ines to handle the increased

traffic which would result.
Huntington concluded that

he was pleased with the

performance of Joe Clark,

Broadbent
were ee one

make” hy’ election: "yredie.
Hons, Huntington sald he felt
the Conservatives.” would
gain 150 of the 222 seats in the
House of Commons ani form
a majority government,'

large government -

lessened”

- TORONTO (CP) — A
poll conducted for CBC
television shows the

Progressive Cor
servatives have a dried
percentage af the Ce fed
vote for the ‘
general election rd the.
Liberals in every ory region
of Canada except Quebec.

The poll, conducted by:
the social acience and

Ottawa, shows (40.9 per

“Com they oat. ote
Connerva ve; 3 per
sald they, would:¥

they would vote NDP; 4.4
per cent sald they wi
vote Social Credit and 0.6

the overwhelming choice
as the leader seen to be
most competent and most
attractive in personality,
the survey shows.
On com: cy to deal
with ihe leans, | Trudeau
support of 41.3 per
cent of the voters, Con-
seryative Leader Joe
Clark 15.8 per cent and
NDP Leader Ed
per cent.’
Trudeau was fadged by
50.5 per cent of the voters
as having
tractive personality,
while Clark drew 10.0 per
cent of the voters and
Broadbent 9.4 per cent,

Telephone interviews
pertoca between April $0
persons een
and May 10,
Sunday's television
debate between
leaders of the three major
parties, A sample of
flee is accurate within

three percentage por
either way.

Fifteen per cent of
those interviewed sald
they intended to vote but
were elther undecided or
would not say which party

they would vote for,
Seventeen per cent sald
they would not vote or had
na ¥ declded whether to

including the 17 per
cent who said they did not:
intend to vote or had not
decided whether to vote,
the poll shows that 23 pr
cent sald they would vote
Conservative; 27 cent
said they would vote
Liberal; 10 per cent sald
they would vote NDP;
three per cent said
would vote Social Credit
and 15 per cent were

POLLS GIVE”
‘TORIES EDGE---

undecided but intended to

journallsm departments
at Carleton University in
cent of decided voters

. followed . Ay iS, Con:
‘Linc aeszer cent id :

the most at- per

1974 sald they now Intend

“et gral

a lL ta
point lead somo “-
erals. The NDP had 16 per

othe ‘latest pall shows :
tha!

‘Libecals Yea with'oa per
cent of. the decided vote,

nervati “48 per ”
cent, ccrvativeg | with Credit with 17
per cent, and the NDP
with one per cent.
In the 23 ridings of
Metropolitan Toronto,
considered crucial to both
the Liberals and. the
Conservatives, both
Parties have 41.5 per cent ~

the decided votes
NDP be 16 per cent,

ons,
servatives have 47° per
cent, the Liberals $6 per
cent and the NDP. A, Per:
cent.

NDP in.

t vote Conservative.
poll shows that
about 20 per cent of
sligibte voters are
ang! ng the F
parly

Candidates meeting tonight

trace vesidents will get
an opportunity to hear
federal candidates express
their views and respond to
questions on Tuesday night
at 7:30 pm. when the
Terrace Jaycees host an all-

candidates meeting at the
R.E.M, Lee Theatre,

All candidates running for
olfice In Skeena wili be at-
tending, including Jona
Campagnolo, incumbent
Liberal MP; Rod Cousins
representing the

Progressive § Conservacive

party; Rime Fulton, from

the New Demecratic party
ant bos Tony Oraad asd

Franz Cotet, independent broadcast over cable 10,
Candida

ten,

‘The Jaycess are nopi we cov
acapacity crowe. eae have pm. mn. and
any

made provisions for
interested constituents who

are unable to attend. The
meeting is also being -

ae q mine number for for

begins at 7100 at 7:80

the openiine
beg!ven at that
toe