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

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Students from Terrace schools joined many other ski-enthuslasts from

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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

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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. *
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