Voi. 4, Issue No, 5 Transport Canada ready to letter recently from Federal Transport Minister John Crosbie, Chamber of Commerce tourism director Joe Zucchiatti thinks there may be some im- provement in the air service in the Northwest. by Tod Strachan ' Zucchiatti said he wrote Crosbie on Nov. 24, 1987, re- questing an ‘‘impartial in- vestigation into the actions and behavior of CAI (Canadian Airlines International) with the aim to not allowing CAI to con- tinue to abuse the northern passengers and with the goal of providing an alternate carrier for the north’’. He told Crosbie of his own personal experience during a period last fall, when CAI had made no attempt to land at the Terrace Airport. On three occa- sions, he said, passengers were’ told it was due to “‘weather con- ditions’”’, but the ‘‘ceiling’’ on those dates was between 1,000 and 7,000 feet, far in excess of the minimum ceiling of 514 feet. Service with a smile was the order of the day during a Robbie Burns Dinner ‘held at the Happy Gang Centre last week. Above, Ernie Sande indulges in . desert after enjoying a potluck supper which has become an annual event. - Happy Gang representative Gertrude Grundmann said about 90 members “brought their favorite dish to the annual dinner, but she sald the event still “tacks a traditional flavor. So far, no one's ever put out a haggis,” she said. Investigate air complaints ; TERRACE — After receiving a He claimed the truth was that the flights had been ordered not to land by Calgary dispatch because the plane’ was needed elsewhere. Zucchiatti also told Crosbie of two other occasions of alleged customer abuse during the same period, one in which the flight ‘was delayed in Vancouver for 30 to 40 minutes and then left without the ‘‘advertised and paid-for breakfast’’; and another in which a 2 p.m. flight from Vancouver was delayed in one. hour increments until it finally arrived in Terrace at | 12:45 a.m, “‘These are only my personal observations,’’ he told the ‘minister, ‘‘and do not include stories’ of luggage being left behind in lieu of freight, reduced . seats for Terrace passengers and - obscene mid-week departure times."’ Zucchiatti said he received a reply from Crosbie on Jan. 27 which said, ‘‘Your comments have been referred to the Na- tional Transportation Agency (NTA - formerly the Canadian Transport Commission). Agen- cy officials have indicated that _ because of anunusual number. ||: of complaints recently received respecting air fares and the level of service provided by Canadian munities in British Columbia and Vancouver, they are in-- vestigating the matter in order to determine what problem may continued on page 3 Terrace council has adopted a Community and Recreation Ser- vices Committee recommenda- tion to pay CN Real Estate $1,250 for the 87/88 fiscal lease on Fisherman’s Park, and then Airlines International Ltd. bet- - ween same northern com-. Legislative Libr. Parliament Buildings on | Victoria. p | V8V 1X4 © Students from Terrace schools joined many other ski-enthuslasts from — 50 CENTS around the region in taking advantage of recent weather that lald powder on the slopes of Kitsumkalum Mountain. Some local schools have ac- cepted the mountain's Ski School offer of discount mid-week ski lessons for students and incorporated it into the curriculum. For story, see page 17. ; terminate the lease as of July 1, 1988. The future of this well-used recreational convenience was first placed in jeopardy last spr- ing wheu CN Real Estate gave High court decision on abortion not _ .Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada said that legislation restricting a woman’s right to an ‘abortion: was contrary to the * Canadian Charter of Rights and therefore .ruled the legislation was unconstitutional. by Tod Strachan This prompted a variety of predictable and _ not-so- predictable reactions from various groups and levels of government, Pro-Choice is elated and appalled, Pro-Life is disappointed but hopeful, and the Vander Zalm government refuses to endorse it. Almost everyone thinks the ball is in the federal government’s court: but Inside Business Guide Chirch Directory Classlfied Ads Coming Events Comics Crossword ae ' Dining Directory) - Entertainment Horoscope Letters. Opinions. Sports Stork. 2. Talk of the Town J Outside Date - HI Lo . Prac. Jan, 25 65 0. 1.2 mm rain Jan. 26 t O° 18.4 emi snow ‘ Jan, 27 4 0 25.2 mm mixed Jan, 28 1 4 1om snow Jan. 29 4 10 1.6 om snow Jan. 30 -10 -15 nit — Jana 14-18 nil Forecast: Sunny with cloudy periods and continuing cold. Highs to -8, lows of -18 up to -12 by the end of the week. | Wn pe eA team pe mn e m the feds don’t seem to want it. And according to Mills Memorial Hospital Ad- _ministrator, Norm Carelius, un- til the dust settles and all the players fully understand the ramifications of the decision and new court challenges are made, the status quo will prevail. _ Carelius said he expects the eprovincial government’s stand on maintaining hospital abor- tion committees and disallowing MSP payments to freestanding clinics will be challenged in court but nothing, as far. as B.C. hospitals are concerned, will change until a -decision is rendered on that count. However; on the other side of the fence, Carelius expects to see freestanding abortion clinics spring up across the country and a public willing to accept them. _ **¥ou can be darned sure that Morgarithaler-type clinics are -goitig to be popping up right said that likely to bring immediate reaction across the country now,”’ Carelius said. ‘And if that’s the case I’m sure many people won’t want to go through the hassle of the hospital route. They could well afford to pay the two or three hundred dollars or whatever it is and avoid all that hassle and just check themselves in, and a few hours later they’re gone.” Pro-Life hopeful “Pye gone through a whole bunch of different reactions,”’ said Terrace Pro-Life proponent Isobel Brophy. ‘I’ve gone through numbness, to anger, to disappointment — and now I’m feeling hopeful. I’m feeling it’s a new start, it’s a new beginning. We've wiped the slate clean.” After considering the. Supreme Court decision that overthrew legislation restricting free access to abortions, Brophy the move wasn't “continued on page 24° City slams CN for park loss — the city point-blank notice that, as of July 1, 1987, the property would cost the city $1,250 per year -~ an increase of more than 800 percent over the 1980 agree- ment of $150 per year. . © CN’s notice could have been.a bad joke or a_ horrendous mistake, so the city wrote CN asking for clarification. In reply, ‘Mayor Jack Talstra received a letter from CN last May which stated that the increase was bas- ed on an estimated market value of 24.7 cents per square foot and, ‘“‘CN Real Estate’s Canada wide rate of return of 12 percent of that value is used to deter- mine the rent.”’ ees “They just. said here it is. There was no negotiation, no warning, nothing,’’ said Recrea- tion Director, Steve Scott. ‘‘And — we'll be sending them a letter saying that we think that not on- - ly was the increase from $150 to $1,250 outrageous, but the whole way the thing was dealt with is outrageous.”’ Therefore, according to Scott, “On July first it’s their property and we'll have-no lease on it ... It remains to be seen what CN ° will do with it. Will they puta gate on it, or will some private enterprise lease it?’’ Scott said the city has main- a tained the park and boat laun-_ ching-tamp since March, 1965, and dithough the ramp isn’t’a. * es continued on page qo ro a ears