ra LMGISLATIVE LLKHARY PARLIMENT BUILDINGS Victoria, B.C. oo. VOVIZR 2 a La ‘ a : fun! a = wT Fo talented ware nee oes eC Se er ee ee ee a Herald Staft Weltér 7 oo ‘ TERRACE the ministry of forests |p deterintned ws te ‘Qo ahead With ‘an: expanded’ herbicide: epraying -. os program this year and will be using the ‘herbicides: 2)4-d:and ‘Velpar. on some. af the pitas,” 2. lo spray a variely of chemicals over 475 hectares of. . and in the Prince Rupett Forest Region, » Recently forestry began to receive, permission i to | .. Spray from-the ministry of the’ environment: ee . Last waek, thie. ministry of forests announced it had received permission to spray the herbielde 2,4-D Dea’ 500.0n a -seven hectare site near. the Eixchamsikg River, Permission was also given'to forestry to go 1... ‘Tha ministry has applied for 14 permits, allowing. : " ahead with the spraying of 2,4-D Ester on a hectare enn a an re ‘abe. hectare. site near Burng Lake... “Ministry of forestry spokesmen: ‘inst ithe spraying ° is: necessary, ‘to eliminate’ fant wowing alder . plan) Ao. BI “vestment,”: sayd Bill Brinnen,” operations. ‘super " tendant for the Kalum Forest District. “We have to... ° __ 2, engure the survival and growth. of. that. spruce..Tt.). — represents ‘our future, timber supply and jobs.” - a In the case of the Exchamatks applltation, Brinnen a says the chemical will be used by ground crews who will first cut down ‘alder and then treat the stumps. , The Burns Lake application wel be ofa research | Forest minis try ts ane I Sk BEES -sile \ ear -Bablite Lake, and to use Velpar Gridoa on a and: “datire: any the spokesinen. Velpar wil. bé a din _ Re efrmaen ba oe elses ; a . The. ‘controvers}at: spray. ‘program. ‘proposed by: * forestry: for the northwest. ran into'a snag last year -~ ' ‘when ‘concerned - kroups ‘filed appeals: against: the + _ Spray permits, locking anny: ‘application. until after that, was: done: ‘the spray seazon had. passed. ve Residents of Terrace and the nearby. community of . -" Old “Remo Temain opposed to the permit given , forestry atthe time allowing them to spray Krenite F on a small parcel of land near Old Remo. . the’ pesticide appeal board modified. the oiginal | pis 'parmit ‘to; the status of a. reasearch “eileen involved have taken. their complaints to the oh “provincial | ombudsman... ~fotification of the Appeai procedure was not given, ; with: many residents of the affected area not finding : ae out About the program until after the appeal deadline on Although no “information ‘has heen’ provided by fee forestry az to lengths of the three permits grantd so... ~far- this: year, ~it-had -been known’ that-forestry-- ‘ silvacuiturists wanted three-year. ‘permits to ensure-. - + anappeal would not block the spraying process again o _thig year, © LO Any appeal of the threepew permits has been given 7 a May 28 deadline, forestry spokesmen say. permit, but, the They “claim - ‘proper: : are the _ Progressive so ‘North west . Monday, May 7, 1982 ‘Trustees. meet — VANCOUVER (CP) — About 350 delegates to the B. c. School Trustees Association’s annual general meeting over the weekend voted in favor of stronger. provincial associdtion leadership i in salary negotiations with the B.C, Teachers’ Federation. . Under the current . system, each | ‘of the province's . 75 school bostds negotiates contracts separately with its local : teacher association. Some trustees said they felt the teachers, backed by the - Ln - strong bargaining. division of the federation, had an“unfair’ advantage, They also complained’. that ihe lirst school district to ’ settle each fall sets a benchmark for the rest ‘of the province. . Trustee Don Patten, whose Chilliwack board . proposed the. motion, said the. trustees: association's -18-member executive must devise an information system that will help school . boards with: ‘bargaining before the ‘provincial - “restraint program ends in.1984, ° The motion counteracts a 1979 decision to take away the trustee executive's’ right to make: provincial recom: mendations on salary. levels. - ; In other bustress, delegates: called. on: the: proving “government tap rn “erent = — More money for. ‘computer instruction, - — Fairer school finance formula. : : _—Atwa- -year ptobationary period for teachers new to the. profession and a one-year probationary period for ex- . perienced teachers’ new to a district, HP, —Action to reduce ‘the rate of accidents, among “young . drivers. 7 nn Immunization of children before they enter the schoo! ‘ system, | VANCOUVER (CP) — Plans by.the Bank of B.C. to-build - a‘ new downtown office tower have been put on hold because the bank€annot find suitable morlgage terms to finanee the | project.: . Trevor Pilley, the bank's, chairman, said the project has , been placed on hold for six months. ; ’ Planners had envisaged a $60-million price tag for the : building but Pilley said that at today’s interest rates. that eh has soared to something over $100 million and that is not " realistia for the’ bank: ~ The bank. is also aware that’ demand for office space in- Vancouver has dropped as several large developments are - about to open. - . The bank tower Is to be constructed on the site where the ago, a OTTAWA. (CP) - — Cariada ‘and Egypt “signed a 30-year. nuclear cooperation agreement today, but chances of the’ domestic nuclear industry. benefiting from potential sales of 7 the Candu nuclear system to the Middle Bast country. are years away Energy Minister Marg Lalonde made clear. at a news: conference the agreement simply opens the. door to future: ’ discussions. on. the. development of nuclear’ enetgy ‘for - peaceful purposes. «*. Egypt, .wbhich hopes to ‘build about ‘eight huclear - generating stations by the end of the century, j is already in-. serious negotiations wilh France for the first.two- ‘reactors. More immediate’ benefits to Canada ; jwould appear to - i involve the. sale of ‘uranium for those , reactors, because © Egypt: does: not: produce ‘enolight ‘ural "at this: time to. * Lalondeand his Egyptian counterpart Mabée Ab aiza, who ° was in Oltawa to sign tt ‘the: agreement, told ers * Devonshire Hotel stood before it was‘demolished ALmonths. 4 sthe pact : yherald_ 25 cents PRET Teae pean The “dark areas on ‘the above rap are some of the spots suggested ’ by. the. Regional: District of Kitimat-Stikine ‘as possible locations for.an aluminum smelter:In the Terrace area. An Industrial land USE study Is currently underway and:will probably. be taking.a _ dt. closer look at the three sites located in. the Terrace-Kltimat Valley. The other sites up the Kalum valley and. jn the .West Skeena Access rediion hh have’ been suggested to ‘Alean offictals, as LL. possible smelter sites. . |) Agreements signed | : "Bri ‘Britain - tightened its, Falkland Iskands ; blockade Sunday with air ‘raids on ‘the = Stanley airfield and two Argentine Ships,. foreing the crew of one toqabandon it. - . Britain’s. defence minister. gave. Argentina a week toreach a settlement at the United Néions or face an invasion of” sthe islands.. * -Argentina accused Britain’ af mounting : “indiscriminate ‘attacks’ | ‘freighters. carrying -food, medicine and ~ ’ fuel tothe people of the Falklands and said’ “ jLwould take. “appropriate steps ta Protect the residents" legitimate rights." * ‘Argentine. Foreign “Minister. Nicanor: Costa Mendez: accused Britain of delaying ae thé talks: being ‘held: by -UN' ‘Secretary * page: 23 | Stikine- Iskut again’ Happy’ Gang Center: “page gf Stanley. Gup.report. "page 4a] Local sports. news. . page 5 Classifieds 2 | pages 687 Comics, horoscope page: 8 “General Javier. Perez’ de Cuellar: lo try. 10. ore “arrange. a ceasefire and negotiations: on. the future - ‘Of the ‘South’ Atlantic. islands. *. Costa ‘Mendez said*thls would be'd “dif “ficult week" at; ahe-United ‘Nations. One“of thé. reporters ‘with ‘the: British * fleet, . Michael: Nicholson’ ‘of: Independent. — isin News; said.in a report passed | “by: ‘British naval censors that the 8,364- itonne freighter. Rio. Carcarana was hit" _- Sunday. with bombs and cannon fire in. Port. King Bay onthe east-central shore of Bast ‘Falkland Island. . AL the same time, jets strafed ‘another.’ ship, Adenititied byt the -Argentinians as, the: : ‘ ‘ n on: unarmed |" ain ightens blockade : Bahia’ Buen Siiceso, tied up. to the jetty 7 near: Fox “Bay. Settlement: on © ‘West. ‘ ‘Falkland but “the Harrier pilols did, pat. "FO. their. bombs because it. was too slose... : tothe village, * Nicholson: said. : The pilots, said the ship returned fire, . hitting one of the Harriers. in the tail, , Nicholson reported He said the plane. _- Made it back safely lo the carrier Hermes _ cand the pilot. was, unhurt. 4 ‘The: Argentine military command said « the Rio.Carcarana was set afire, and the t other ship was damaged. A British com, “paianique - said “one: of \the®. ¢rews, "presumably. of: ‘the: Rio. .Carcarana, | - abandoned the ship." The ‘Argeritiniang said |” "each ship carried: a-crew of: 30 to 50'men, © ‘and’ there: “was 0, loss. f life.on- - Cargarana;” “ _Argentina- also. reported tit the'supply -. ship Ista de los Estados, ‘Feporied ‘missing ». : Friday. with a crew of ‘30,to 40 mien, was : “sunk by British ships.” it said Barts of the ~ ship had: pen found:-.. =. British correspondents , with ‘the’ fleet. - said- Harriers also‘bonibed the airfield at | the Falklands capital of Stanley on Sunday. | - for the sixth time s since May 1. There was - * another air strike on the Stanley airfield. -. Saturday, ‘ad on Friday night helicopter- ‘borne ‘commandos demolished be Argentine planes. vie * Established: 1908 ‘ ~ Province to. oo “study. concerns Herald Staff Writer - ; VICTORIA — A group of Prince Rupert’ fish workers dre. heading back to their -hometown, . after. receiving assurances ‘from the ‘provincial government that their ~--concerns -will be looked into. ’ Thegroup of 40 fishworkers, ‘members dt the United Fishermen and Allied Workers : Union (UFAWU) had renled a bus and travelled to Victoria last week in order to bring to-the provincial government their ‘complaints about the recent closure of a ‘groundfish, Processing plant in ‘Prince lame! ‘ - Volume 76 ion ‘of the provincial cabinét.which has now - ‘agreed to find out from the plant was closed and to look into: the’ ‘ Commerce and the town council as well as - | ~ Packers closed the plant, citing low fish prices and aging equipment a8 reasons for . the decision. . The group met i in 1 Victoria with members B.C. packers why unions proposals for the operation of the plant as a worker run venture. : The. tishworkers had received backing from the Prince Rupert Chamber of © “ministers of the North * meeting. British: “Foreign -.. ‘Rupert. LUXEMBOURG. (AP) — Britain pressed: today for continued : European Banc-" tions against Argentina, ‘warning that a show. of weakness could encourage Argentine intransigence in the Falklands Islands crisis, The British stand was '. gutlined to reporters as the Economic | ‘Community planned: an “evening meeting to discuss: “whether to renew the European: sanctions imposed April 17, It .also tended to over- Postponement shadow the annual spring meeting of the toreign. Atlanti@ Treaty ’ Organization... - ‘The measures banned arms sales lo Argentina and - all imports from ‘Argentina in retaliation for its April 2 “ invasion ‘of. thé British ‘colony in the South Atlantic, | The saricilons will expire’ ".at_ midnight tonight, unless the 10-member. community. decides to-extend,them. British “sources said failure to renew. the sanc- tions - could .‘lead- ‘misconceptions’ in- * Argentina: about “Britain's . "resolve in the dispute.. é Important ‘thing is. that e right signal be sent (io Argentina), " one British | ° “source ‘Said. . The ‘source. ‘said ‘British ~ “strategy continues to centre ona persistent search fora. peaceful solution while’ _,‘ttightening - the ‘military. me -*net’? around the rocky,. * wind-swept. islands “in’:the. : _ -elfort to force an Argentine withdrawal. Before: Sunday ‘night's: on “enfitinied’ Bul. -EEC,- support. for ‘Britain: appears. ‘to have’ waned since. ‘the.. Sanctions: “were " first im. : _ posed, primarily because of °* Britain's use of force to-win”, back the islands, . Ireland, reflecting’ its: “historic enmity with, Britain, has been critical of © London's policies. Italy and ‘Denmark , have.. expressed — reservations also. Over ato jobs were eliminated when B. e all except Ireland are. before making. the trip. ‘NATO Sectotary , General . Joseph Luns inaugurated _ the session with a speech .... | expressing doubts. about Soviet willingness to enter ‘into a meaningful dialogue eres Bat on. the - ‘eve of this- week’ 8 méetings,™ _ Britain received strong expressions . of support from France: and West Germany. .. Of the.10 EEC countries, with the West, =... .+, members of ‘NATO as. well. - The NATO meeting is’ ex- pected .to focus on preparations for the NATO - summit conference in Bonn. three’ weeks’ from now." Aan aan oq uestion:”: is requested — Herald Staff Writer“ . ‘VANCOUVER — Rising costs have put B.C. Hydro in the” postponement to the planned upgrading of Its Falls River | generating plant: near Prince Rupert: ~ -«-Hydro had planned io expand the present. “even - megawatt plant, locdted 45 kilometres southeast of Prince: “Rupert, to produce 22 megawatts of electricity. . Althaugh Hydro had received permission ‘to begin’ thé Upgrading cost overruns have put them in the position of | asking the. commission for. permission not. to add | to ' generating capacity. , ’ According to Hydro spokesmen, recent tendera for ‘elvil from the federal and provincial NDP “position of asking the B.C. Utilities Commission’ for a _ "The nine countries, ‘which: i “are members both of NATO _and the EEC will reconvene~’ “tonight; joined by Ireland, -to Siscuss. the’ sanctions, etn eens engineering work at the plant have come in at $25.5 million; " pushing the total costs of the upgrading to over $62 million. 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