Tang hermit hamD TE eee PET Serene are AEN RE ESTE ARO ERIM A a a ent RR ES joer rigeem ee _ Crown.cou By ERLEEN COMEAU Herald Staff Writer . Jeff Arndt, crown counsel for the provincial court in Terrace, says the penalties to impaired drivers returning to the courts will be increased and pressed PROVINCIAL GCESRAS PARLTAMEND BLDUS YICTORIA S24R¥ ; nsel vows to press for maximum will be the guideline for punishment.’ A first offender will be fortunated to receive a monetary fine, while a second offence will bring a sentence of 14 days im- -prisonment, and a third offence of impaired driving While impaired and defensive driving courses are no longer deemed manditory , says the Terrace driver examination office , it should be noted that a judge can order the course be taken. A defensive driving course confirms that the enrallment for the defensive driving course is always excellent, promoting additional classes tobe run, Impaired drivers have recently been taking up the. { FREE PARKING . tothe maximum by crown counsel and the RCMP. Penalties outlined in the Crimine! Code of Canada will find the offender spending 90 days in jail said Arndt Wednesday. is offered by the Northwe volunteer basis. st Community College on a Kathy Mueller , of the college, majority of the courts time and provincial court Judge Darrall Collins recently expressed concern about the situation. , ‘~ BOTTLE DEPOT Beer & Pop Bottles Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. dally excep! Sunday Fel. #19 p.m, J { TERRACE-KITIMAT daily Thursday, September 6, 1979 4 herald 20¢ “‘ Valume 73 No. 173 J { RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. Seal Cove Rd., Pr. Rupert 624-5639 WE BUY copper, brass, all metals, batteries, etc. Call us - We are open Mon. through Sat., § a.m.-5 pn | Play days nearing end “Enjoying thelr last full afternoon of freedom, Chris Altkens, David Blower, Joe Driol, Scott McAllister and Trent Franson battle it out In the playground at E.T. Kenny Primary School Tuesday afterncon. Full classes for all schools resumed yesterday. Phote by Don Schafter Nfld. getting rights to offshore minerals ~——" OFRTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Clark agreed Wednesday to give Newfoundland contro] over its offshore oi) and mineral resources, Newfoundland Premier Brian = Peckford said following a 90-minute meeting with Clark that the prime minister had verbally Indicated his commitment to turn control of the resources ower to the province. Details of the takeover would be worked out during the next 1¢ days, the Bsive Conservative College increases courses Northwest Community College in Terrace boasts an increase of 40 per cent over the number cf courses offered last year Brian Laptson, registrar, said Wednesday, One of the new courses now being offered is a biology course designed as chemistry preparation for those people who do not have the background required for university entrance, Bert Seinen, counsellor for the college, stated the college is in the process of hiing two women ag access counsellors to - provide individual counselling and assist le in making career ons, “The access coun- sellors will also try to establish what barriers women are ex- perlencing,” he said, The access counsellors to be hired will be based in Hazelton and Prince Rupert. premier sald. Asked whether there were any conditions attached to the transfer, Peckford replied: “Not that I know a The offshore resources question has been a source of controversy between Ottawa and Newfoundland for 30 years. Newfoundlanders have argued that they were given control aver offshore resources when they joined Confederation in 1949, But a subsequent Supreme Court of Canada ruling said such control belongs ta the federal government, . Peckford’s government was prepared to again take the case to the court, But Wednesday, after his meeting with Clark, he said there now is no need. Peckford aid other premiers have supported his province's demands for offshore resources control in the past, and predicted they would react to Clark’s move enthusiastically, The move could presumably open the way for similar claims by other provinces, although Newfoundland has argued it is in a unique position because of the Confederation agreement, Clark promised during the May 22 election campaign to give Newfoundland control over its offshore resources, Clark’s meeting with ‘ord was one In a series he is having with provincial leaders. Earlier in the day, he met Premier Angus Maclean of Prince Edward island for talka on tran- sfering the federal veterans affairs department to the island province, Today, he meets Premier Wiliam Davis of Ontario in Toronto. Throughout, Clark has raised the lasue of energy peices, attempting to arrive at some form of agreement on a new round of increases. Monday, Sept.10 organization WEEK NAMED FOR ARTHRITIS Mayor Dave Maroney of the District of Terrace has declared the week of Sept 9 through 15 “Arthritis Week” and urges all citizens of the community to participate in the efforts of Order of the Royal Purple, who will canvas in the area TheCanadian Arthritis Soclety has been receiving help from the service group for many years and this year’s goal is to reach a target of $4,200 in donations from the one-day endeavor. Participation from volunteers wanting to assist in the campaign to fight against this crippling disease may do so by contacting the at 638-1992 or 638-1571 Search is on for their booze stash VICTORIA (CP) — Corrections officials are escalating a search for liquor caches and stills at the Jordan River minimum security ‘prison camp on southern Vancouver Island, Acting director Frank Jamieson said Wednesday searches of visitors’ vehicles will be increased in efforts to reduce the amount of liquor obtalned by prisoners, Guards found a cache Sunday in the bush which included two bottles of liquor and a jar of diluted orange erystals mixed with an as- yet-unidentified drug. A small batch of home brew was found Monday above a furnace and two weeks ago guards came across the remnants of a supply hidden in bushes, Jamieson said, He said guards fear a repeat of an incident in April, 1976, when drunk prisoners burned down the gymnasium, causing more than $100,000 damage. Residents picket forest industry NELSON, B.C. (CP) — Picketing by citizens protesting policies of Kootenay Foreat Products Ltd. Wednesday closed nearly all industry in a remote West Kootenay valley. Men, women and children of the Lardeau Valley, about 120 kilometres northeast of here, picketed the com- pany's local camp, several small mills and the depart- ment of highways olfice. They said the company does little for the people of the area and acts like a elctatar in its paring and ring policies. Kootenay is among the holdings of the British Columbia Resources Investment Corp. “We've closed down everything except the grocery store, the post office and the schools," said Larry Greenlaw, a spokesman for the pickets. . The picketing was sparked by an accident last week in which logger James Funk drowned when his truck went ‘off a road into a lake. IHREE VIET FAMILIES PETROCAN Gov’t keeps an interest | OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government an- nounced Wednesday it will keep its interest in certain key sections of PetroCanada, the state oll company, while turning over other company assets to the private sector, The announcement was denounced by Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party, who pledged io introduce a motion of non-confidence when Parllament resumes in October unless the Progressive Conservative government. changes ita position. ? Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn told a news conference the government now has completed’ its review of the operations of Petro-Canada. : “This review has con- firmed the government’s intention to see a eignificant Proportion of the assetts of Petro-Canada returned to the private sector and te end the preferential position the government compan bold in frontier lande,” he However, other roles, such as the negotiation of state-to- state oil contracts, the promotion of exploration in frontier areas and the promotion of development of tar sands and heavy oils projects should remain with the government, he said, | Hnatyshyn delivered the government decision, thrashed out last week during a four-day meeting in Jasper, Alta., of Prime Minister Clark's inner cabinet, while announcing the appointment of a four- man group to study the transfer to the private sector. . . The group is to “advise me on which of the exisling assets of Petro-Canada might most beneficially be returned to the private sector as well as to broaden Canadian participation and ownership.” Hnatyshyn stressed that the group is an independent bedy set up to conduct its own beview of the operations of the Crown corporation. He rejected suggestions the government had in ef- feDt already made up its ‘mind on theishue. He gaid he did not want to prejudge any conclusions or recom- mendations that might come from the group, which is to report by mid-October. Clark had said repeatedly his government would disband the oll company and turn it over in its entirety to the private sector. Hnatyshyn's an- nouncement represents a significant change in the government's position which ‘has been attacked con- sistently by the Liberals and the New Democrats, Broadbent reminded reporters moments after the announcement that he made his party's position on Petro- Canada clear to Clark during’ & private meeting shortly after the May 22 election. “if the fall session comes and Mr, Clark has not changed his mind, you can be sure we will move con- fidence on this issue in the government,” Broadbent The minority Conservative government holds 135 seats in the 2§2-seat Commons, seven short of a majority. The Liberals hold 113, the NDP 26, Social Credit 6 and there are two vacancles, Hnatyshyn said the government had decided to retain control of the following three functions of Petro-Canada; ~The negotiation of state- tostate contracts for oil imports, —The promotion of explor- ation in frontier areas with increased Canabian par- icipation and at a pace which cannot be expected of the private sector alone. -—The promotion and development of oll sands and heavy oils projects, federal government will start implementing tax breaks for home owners this year, Finance Min- jeter John Crosbie said - Wednesday. Extent of the benefits, promised by the Progressive Con- servatives during the recent election campaign, will be announced in the fall budget or earlier, Crosbie told a news conference. Following his luncheon address to an economic seminar, Crogbie said the plan will atart in the 1979 tax year “in time for tax returas filed next year," “I want to remove all doubt about im- plementation of the mortgage interest and property tax deductibility Program,” he said, “It will be started this year, “We may not not wait until the budget to an: nounce It." However, Crosbie's statement was criticized later by Herb Gray, Liberal finance critic who ‘ also attended the con- ference. “He (Crosbie) very carefully did not say to what extent the plan would be implemented," Gray told reporters, “A lot of people may be disappointed." Gray said he would prefer a plan that reco the cost of shelter in general — “something less in- flationary which would benefit rent payers as well as home buyers." Crosbie, responding to criticism that the government may delay some of its election prom- ises, raid the benefits to home owners “are not golng to be put off for a year, TAX BREAKS THIS YEAR TORONTO (CF) — The - “There will be no lay.”” However, he would nat elaborate on the extent of the housing plan or other benefits that may be -eomtalned ih’ the” budget: “How much we may be able to do Is still an open question,” he sald. ‘Tha size of the government deficit ($11.3 billion) continues to limit our Toom to manoeuvre,” netted rhether the using plan may prove to be inflationary and that property taxes may in- crease accordingly, he said: “I can’t promise it won't have an effect on inflation.” Crosbie said it is [| |: unlikely the federal budget will be introduced before November, He said he hoped an energy policy might be agreed upon before the budget. He told the seminar, sponsored by the Financial Times of Canada, that the government expecta to be amore effective manager of the econmony than its Liberal predecessor had “The expectation is that we will be more responzible and frugal in . our spending and taxing and that we will have a much closer relationship with the people,”’ He said an increase in imports will reduce Canada's trade surplus to $2.1 billion. Coupled with a further increase in the deficit on the non-mer- chandise account the currentaccount deficit will Increase to more than §7 billion this year from $5.3 billion in 1978. “This cannot be ignored in deciding en approach to the budget.” Terrace gets new residents By ERLEEN COMEAU Herald Staff Writer The Terrace area will soon be meeting Its first In- dochinese refugees Bill Hoogerdijk, manager of Canada Employment and Immigration Prince Rupert sald Wednesday. ' have been received by the department Northwest in the last month. Hoogerdijk stated that in three applications they have been able to go overseas tq advise their offices to select suitable families for immigration. Hoogerdijk is hopeful the placement of these families will take place in the near future, “We hope to do it as quick as we can due to the urgency,’’ he said, Two staging areas are currently documenting and sorting out families; Griesbach Barracks, located in Edmonton, and the Quebec city of Longueuil. - Refugees destined for the Terrace area will be assigned to one of the staging areas where they will be Provided with winter clothing and other {tems necessary for them to reach their fitial destination. Three groups in the area were the successful ap- plicants to receive the boat people and Hoogerdijk. said ‘‘the. wheels are already in motion" to establish orientation,” In the smaller centres it may be somewhat of a challenge." He says “it is not going to be anymore difficult for the refugee than the normal immigrant, other than the circumstances are not encountered by the normal immigrant." Boat people selected for the area will be arriving by alr and Hoogerdljk is optimistic that further in- formation will be available, regarding their placement, in the near future. Hoogerdijk did not Telease the names of the groups who have been en. cheese we tine Meee = * tte tee