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Major takeoversin the forest a

industry, Premier’: ‘Bill
Bennett said Wednesday.

The province doesn’t want

the industry io be con-

centrated in the hands of. a.

few firms but it can not be

, Seen as trying fo reguiate

industry to death either, he
sald, :

If Noranda Mines Lud..is |

successful in iis attempt to
gain effective control of
‘MacMillan Bloedel Lid. the |

‘Peck to

“Rapes ud wotha sa oat
a if|CP. Investments Ltd.
had: gueceeded in a. “aimilar

Forests . Minister Tom
Waterland said Wednesday

cement

a labor dispute.

_ VANCOUVER (CP) —
Talks between Local £77 of
the Cement, Lime ane
Gypsun Workers’ = In-
ternational Union and

Genstar Cement Co. have .
-eollapsed and industrial

inquiry commissioner Ed
Peck has heen asked to
report out of the dispute.
“Both parties feel they've
exhausted the processes of
negotiation and mediation,"
Peck said Wednesday, ad-
ding that his report con-
taining § recommendations
for a settlement should be

. finished by late April.

“The parties are as far

apart as they’ve ever been,” -

local = president
Schachel said.

Stars
search |.
continues

Laurie Thain is a country
weatern singer, and she's a
winner. The former Terrace
resident was a winner in the
1977 “du Maurier Search Fgr
the Stars.”

' (This will be the fifth an-—

gual nationwide talent hunt
cyaducted by the.du Maurier

_@ither classical or con-

) fields of dance,
tousic and theatre are en-
couraged to compete.

Winners receive cash
bursaries and an opportunity
t perform on a cBC
television special.

For further information
contestants should write to

the “du Maurier Search For

the Stars.” Post Office Box
37, 180 Dundas Street West,
Toronto, Ontario. Completed
application forms must .be
received by not later than
September 11, 1981. ;

The b.eakdown. in talks

wides wage increase of 3-
percent on a base rate of
910.14 an hour. *

Schachel said a similar
monetary selilement could
be reached at Inland, but
that bours of work, not
wages, are the major issue.
- He said the company
wants to undermine the
current premium set-up
which allows workers to earn '
between $9,000 and $10,000 a
year beyond their straight-
time wage of $24,000. .

He said the average wage
in his local ia $90,000 with
some employees earning up
to $50,000 becaise of ne
hefty doubletime premiums. premiums.

Students
seek help

than ever before have ap-
plied for financial ald from

«de. Northwest - ‘Community Ws naa spot jn

aad

2 Collegesoidecinos

13 However, ‘the hands fem .,

to the burden.

$2,250 «= were
awarded to Northwest

Community College

students.

Fulton warns
of exploration

The federal government’s
refusal to say when the west
eoast moratorium on off-
shore oil exploration will be
Hfted is a signal that all

‘British Columbians must

watch the governoment’s
plans in this area very
cheely, says Jim Fulton, MP -
for Skeena and NDP en-
vironment critic.

Fulton was questioning
Mare Lalonde, the lederal
energy minister in the House
of Commons during question
period Friday. —

“Lalonde's refusal to give

‘a date when the moratorium
will be lifted places a hig

question over just what the
governments - intentions.
are,” said Fulton. . '
"T have been questioning
efficiais about this during
meetings of the National
Resources Committer:
and

underway, while officials
from the federal en-
vironmetital assessment
office say they have no.
knowledge of such studies.

“We know that there are

minister we cen aly axbume
that the. department of
energy, mines and resources
" {= wurping the powers of
other federal offices in their

attempts to cancel the
moratorium,” said Fulton.

Fulton has been attending
the resources committee on
a regular basis as it debates
Bill C48, the Of] and Gas Act
(Canada Lands). He has
been questioning the

government on the lack of”

* environmental safeguards in
the legislation ever since the
Hill: was introduced into the
House and later to the

“Tt is clear to me that Bill
_ C48 has ignored the
recommeniations of other
federal departments con-
cerned with the en-
vironment,” sald Fulton. |

Fulton also: asked Prime
Minister Pierre Trudedu to
keep the Jan. 12 com-
mitment made to the House
by Allan MacEachen,
Deputy Prime Minister, that
the committee could call as
many witnesses os are
necessary for the review of

“As vusual the prime
minister did not anawer the
question. I will raise this
issue with the commiltee as
there. are many more wit-
neseea to be heard,” said
_ Fulton. ;

The, governnient Is ex-
pected to face a great deal of
opposition from B.C. when
they try to life the nine-year
coast-wide environmental
moratoria.

ernment
' - guidelines: ‘in ite bid to take
over MB,

. News| ‘reports paying the -
government is ready to
- prepare legislation
preventing the Toronto- -—
basedcompanyfrom gaining |

that Noranda. ‘is doing

dt can to-stay
within provincial _, gov-,
forest policy

effective control of MB have

been taken out of context,

said Waterland,
“If Noranda was not

willing fo make its MB offer

fit within our guidelines then
we could redefine the
definition of control But

‘they are doing everything

they can to make it fit.”
The company is at-
tempting to acquire 4 per
cent of MB. It already holds
28 per cent of B.C. Forest
Products Ltd. of Vancouver
but has offered to divest

itself of that investment if it -
’ takes yer anb.

‘The Noranda offer of $56 a
share followed a bid by B.C,
Resources Investment Corp,
to acquire control of MB,
B.C. Resources, which
already owns 20 per cent of
MB, offered #48 a share for

2 million shares. |

MB chairman Calvert
Knudsen advised

Itwill be cloudy today with —
sunny periods in the .af-
ternoon highs are expected

to be 13 to 14 degrees Celaius
and overnight lows 2% 3

degrees. Tomorrow it will be

.. cloudy with afternoon |

- Sandi Aintenk, Steve Levesque, Tara Grimm,
Trevor Hoffman, Christine Irving, Andre Page, -

_ Lorelle Walker, and Brian Cox will represent

Hol land in this weekends figure skating jearalval. .

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