~ “VeorsuaTive LTBRARY, : _-PARLTARENT ‘BULLDINGSs od nen i oe ae ean tou. TT(73 : oe fours _ ~ ehevion 1B: 635-7228 “We Satisty Turnmiy & Tank ts DAYS: A ANYEAR®. Boe Senvce = ag ‘RUPERT § STEEL /SBALYAGE Terrace’ and. iitimat’ ‘ “expected. to play a- Jargé role. in ‘the future; ‘on opment of the north- ‘west corner of B. c., said _ Produced by the ministry - al. economic . _Sevelop- : “ment: At. industry, most Re work in trades, yrinisbration realdents’ ‘ot Terrace work . "bere though; many, are . employed ~ “by”: the: Aluminum - Company - a * Canada’ ; (Alean): ” [ kimat and. they ‘eam: mate. - 7 . The. “Terrace , “Sthelr reliance on forestry arid alurninum. -but the provincial * “government change with’ more diversification in the ‘économhic base. a > Naturally, the local - sawmills make up most of *- the ‘manufactururing | as dairies, . bakeries, , pelnting and- publishing ‘firms are present, foo. “With the Keadquarters of the woods operations of Canadiiin, Cellulose Co. (Caricel) in’ Terrace, ‘the ~ the BIC. Regional. Index“. 2 Aleholagh™ ‘Terrace’ s | ecphonty. is dominated by = eae for and * ; *Ritimey ‘yegions: ,are _ | subject ‘to. variations “of. : ae | Wworomparhots because of . expects’ tie. situatlon - to.” ‘block but other firms such — my relle ‘on’ ‘the forest industry,-.O1 e's treetarm license no. 1 Hogs are yarded and taken 40: various ‘north: ‘These logs " reals ina primd location 7 ‘to ‘benefit | ‘from the in- _ dustry ‘and. the fobs. tt = provides.. = : The largest single - major role in the city’s’ source of farm, revenues ig from ‘locally-sold eggs — aid ‘poultry. “The report said there are.a few.small - dairy farmers and same’ beef cattle, as well as pigs and sheep.) , ‘The terraces beside the Skeena. River ‘provide good - conditions -. for . growing potatoes and vegetables. “Logging trucks are a common sight. In the 7 belong to. Canadian’ . Th 1976, “there. were 33 farms that were one acre or more and they covered 8 total. of 4,932:acres.’ ‘Mining doesn’t play a economy but the many — _, sand.arid gravel pits near. “it provide material for. ‘ constriction, There Is a * . Small. Himestone quarry near Terrace, --The-touriat. industry In _ Terrace Is improving and” | ’ facilities are being im- proved ‘to cater’ to” visitors. =. | - Cellulose and will be floated dewn a river to othe closest mill. “The: . Ferty Island, “campsite has become ‘a: popular spot, especially for: fishermen, ° The | "famous salmon fishing ii ~ ‘one. .of the main, aat- . tractions. ‘ ‘Hunting: also: draws — visitors. who go after’ ‘bear, mountain goats, - “deer, mooge and’ grouse. The. Lakelse Lake Hot _ Springs should become 2 _ "major tourist, attraction .” when the. provincial government 8 settles on as f. | - "Kitimat has oom to. grow. Page. 3. ” ; ot i Prolo by Carla Wilpon vet MATSQUI, BE, An ingueat into. the bizarre cP) — . drowning - ofan: infant girl . has ‘revealed,-that. many itinerant B.C; farm workers in ‘this - Fraser: Valley: com- . ‘ munity live in squalid - conditions. «. .: A. coroner’s . jury. probing the death . of. the séven- -moonth-gld daughter of fruit . pickers ‘working :at: Jasmer’ Briach’s ‘farm. found . the” child,. Sikhdeep: ‘Madhar, .: died’ ‘aceidedtally. July:: 16. : when ‘she*rolled off a. bunk’ . headfirst into-a: pail of water, ". at her parents’ tiny living. ; quarters ina coverted horse barn. ; The jury: called. for mediate: ‘legislation. -er i provincial . try to/esteblish - = mninignuim living standard for _ farm workers housed in, what ” ‘Harold: New Pot by Carla witton if M : v plan: tor’ development, expected: in the near future. The lava beds and. the breathtaking scenery are other, tourist draws. . Terrace. S was in- corporated in 1927; but its history dates back much father than that, The city. | ‘Is expanding ‘and . shop- ping malls are drawing in _ residents, The.city hopes to participate ‘ina » downtoven revitalization . --prograni “that will | im-- | prove, the ‘ook of Terrace | * and. attract -more shop- - , pers andvisitors and thus” help, the local ceonomy } ‘ 4 ‘yd YANCOUVER (cP) —A Vancouver labor contractor says eomplaints by the farmworkers’ union about his ‘business are based on’ greed, that the current arrangement - farmer, contractor and worker is a good one and that. ‘pickers are being treated _ fairly. | Kishan Walia ts considered ‘a medium-size ‘contractor “Valley - between. among an estimated 35 British Columbia con- tractors with a- stable labor . force of about. B,000 Fraser - ‘pickers —. ‘predaininately” ‘dmmigrant wometi. Walia — who bids on labor supply conthacts tendered by farmers. growing frult ‘and vegetables‘ including blueberries, :. strawberries, ’ “etanberries, raspberries, alfafa and Brussels sprouls. ‘says thé - provincial’, 0 government's employment a - standards act, bill 36, will cut into his: income--and cbtild ~ wipe. out his: feb a8: can tractor, “The. new | bil, "whieh féobived second reading in the legislature last Tuesday, - calls’ for li¢ensing”” and . bonding, ‘of contractors and . pes. the © governsnent Power “of cabinet. Contractors take: 28 to 35 ‘to refuse, cancel ¢ or ‘npend calicenee, - : It also forces. contiactors ‘to pay workers a minimum hourly wageat the diacretion: Walla, whose i income: from. the work of 83 - laborers : working — for. hind aup- plements his paycheque at a sawmill, says Canadian Rarmworkers Union «af.» ¢ t ' because ‘hey want the | money currently being paid contractors, . "They 'flist want to take | our businegs away,” he sald. | : “They want to make lots of money frorh tie workers and; the only way {9 do that Is to. get us out. thé’ way.” : Union; president Raj Couhan gdld thost farmers are paying.their contractors s inspector. in: this - “sprawling saunicipality about - 90 ould have. been living - nild meadéuring ‘about . metres square. and: con: ° taining six beds. © Evidence during the ‘two day. inquest, ‘revealed. the - barn’ had” been illegally .. " altered’ in. 1979 and: :now - meets’ no provincial . or -municipal builing, fire and . ‘| health standards, | a “““The onus-is on the owner | to see’ that the’ ‘permits ‘are, obtained -and - the building ' requirements: are: ‘met,!" Neuman said. - “ Renovations to house farm: ““Yaborers are usually carried "out -in Vetanding, structures, like thé barn, he; said.s “If construction starts from the ’. ground up,.it cari be seen ‘and investigated. “But if a barn has’ been . converted, and this sort of . work could.be finished on a - weekend, ‘from the outside, it * still looks like a barn," Neuman. said. - John Spring, >the. Matsqui | “police cynstable who In- », vestigated. the: drowning, said he was ‘struck by the: squalor of liying conditions in. the bar, when he firat.. visited the dormitory which housed as’ many as & to ‘70 workers, «°° But Matsqui assistant fire “ commissioner. Ernest Templeton, “who inspected the barn in July, 1979,-told the inquest; ‘For berry ; pickers, I've seen worse.’ Templeton said he _ assumed the. appropriate “bullding ‘permits lod been ” obtained." ‘ “You've gotta use some’ “s y common sense. in these. “things,” he said. | “Ht we per cent of. he gets $3.15 a falt and pays his workers $2.25 a -falt. He sald they each pick between 10 and 15 flats a day. Canada pension and unemployment insurance . payments are deducted from their cheques. _On an average of 12 flats each at $3.15 a flat from the farmera, Walia's workers could. collectively pull in Ale _ ate.. complaining . $2.50.a berry fal, Walia said, ‘more than -$3,000 a day. . "Teast. nine ‘sallart -eloged. all the (oubstandard) _ berry. cabins. ‘that,’ are _ pegbably out. there; : where would! they. live? “We've got 88: square ‘miles: $0. ,cover: ‘bere... How “tah wa: now . about. all of thein?’”:::' -*T-know It’s going on. and . maybe ‘some’ of : the--stalf know,” Taylor: aid... “We -haye all been. turning a ind eye to'll ¢ Taylor: the ituation on, ‘sob: sisters who are afraid farm: land wilt go. ‘out of “existerice’? -and the ‘agricultural Jand‘ com | inne ste Eviderice ail the ino: day . inquest revealed the child fell headfirst’ into the ‘pail after rolling. off a“ bed while’ her mother, Ranjit ‘Madhar, was at. the rear of the. barn washing: clothes. ‘Testimony also showed the barn had heen. illegally altered’ ‘in 1979 and now meets -no_ provincial. or _ municipal building, fire and * health aac) a ty: Ae cf rere Hh ihe Street’ ‘at: 5: 90° Friday. ore on @: brass Street in Rit “Pacifie. off Okinawa: 4 was disabled bya ‘i Maritime Safety" vessels, accom _ Soviet, fuel tan " training ship,’ were, figaded - southwest from: ene of the cal miles ; 45 nautical © mil of end of the island’ai head for the Soviet: port of Viddivoatbk;’ home base, 90 found ‘ino signi: a ‘leakage In the arég wk the sub was stricta J Japanese aircraft make sure. the~,dowing operation does - nog : viplate - Japan's territorial. waters. The 6,000-ton: Beko J: class: submarine was reported rippled by: the fire about dawn Thursday. It serit out distress ealls: that wore waita a wold keep ati or about 30 per cent. a fiat’ from the Be Walla would get ator § on a ony 6 ‘Percent tthe berri aut on ‘the 8, 000-1 immigrant labor 1,000 travel to the Layer Mainisa from rural B.C. During the’ picking season ‘they live-in, ae like cabins + provides ships . will continue survetllance to” fen. “shiver into to Long's wall ar “The, people “in the house were. sleeping in ‘the bactt ‘ bedrooms when . the car _ rammed their house, No one 2 was After the’ car ° crashed: into the hous ‘ - anawered ticat by. a : pasiing . British tanker, - later by - Japanese patrol craft, and ‘then by the Soviet training ‘ ship Meridian, dlso- out. of . Viadivostok. . The - Maritime :. Safety Agency, ‘Japan's coast * guard, said it intercepted Russian radio reporting that nine crew members were’ killed ‘and : three Injured In the'fire. ‘The Soviets volunteered.no details of. the . incident, allowed no foreigners aboard the submarine, and refused all offers of assistance. . -MckKitka . a acquitted _A_ charge of common assault was dismissed against former Surrey Mayar Ed -McKitka in Kitimat provincial court Thursday. ; Judge. Darrall Collins found that although McKitka atruck Terry Gresl, there was not enpugh proof that he ‘did- sa ‘intentionally. | McKitka denied striking Greasl.' The incident oc- curred inKitimat, August 21, i979. wages | farmer, some who charge rent of about 25 cents a fiat. . The more the field hands pick, the higher. their rent, shid Chouhan,, who represents | about 600 workers, The unlon, which was granted certification recently at two Lower Mainland farms, wanté to organiie B.C. farmworkets aa well as field ‘ual ia other provineel. ; it left the scene of traffic.