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Wednesday, December 11, 1974

Bonar 5. Bain, of Edmonton,
was elected President of the
Yellowhead Interprovincial
Highway Association al the 6th
convention .of the
organization, held November
2th and 30th in ‘Alberta's
capital cily. He succeeds Ralph

” Neis of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

The convention was attended
by Directors and delegates
from the member centres, with
excellent representation fram.
the four provinces served by the
route, which extends from
Portage la Prairie in Manitoba
through -Yorkton, The Bat-
lefords, Edmonton and Jasper,
lo Kamloops and Prince Rupert
in Britlsh Columbia. ~ 0

Mayor: William, Hawrelak of
Edmenton spoke to the con-
vention Saturday evening, and
told association members Lhey

. must. be prepared to keep on

working: and to review their,
objectives, constantly, adding
thal the ‘association and its
member communities still had
a long way to go. ,

Pa

Bonar S. Bain

During the business sessions,
the associatibn established a
new direction for its efferts,
designed to greatly increase
individual community input into
the objectives of seeking total
roule develapment to Trans-
Canada standards. :

Other keynote speakers
addressing the convention were:
Mr, Harry Brodie, -Vice-
President of the Weslern
Transportation Advisory

' Council, Mr. Robert Cronkhite,

President.

AssistanL Deputy Minister
{Engineering}, Alberla High-
ways and Transport, and Mr.
Don Hayes, Direclor of Travel
Alberta.

Ian MacKentie of Portage la
Prairie, Manitoba, was elected
first Viee-President ‘and
Manitoba Vice-President of the
association, with John Huzil of
Vegreville, ‘Alberta, as.
Treasurer. Mayor Peter
Lester, of Prince Rupert, is
British Columbia. . Vice-
President, Alderman’ Paul
Schab of North Battleford,-
Saskatchewan Vice-President,”

_and Elmer, Grunert of“ Lloyd- .°

minster,

Alberta: °. Vice-.
President. a .

Other members of. the: four -

province Board’ of. Directors -
include C.J. Forget. of
Kamloops, . B.C., . Andy
Kinasewich, of Jasper, Alberta,
Lynn Tokle of -Radisson,
Saskalchewan, Jim Burgess, of
* Russell, Manitoba, and George
MacDonald, Leo LeClerc, ‘and
Ken MacKell, all of Edmonton.

- Rentalsman logs.
-. increased workload

a :

The Office of the Rentalsman

* completed its second month of
. Operations ‘with a. marked in-

erease in workload. .
Total number. of case files

: handled during November was

1,752 - up 942 from the October

. volume of 810,

Of the 1,752 cases on file, 801
were resolved.

The number of inquiries -
including local and long
distance telephone calls, mail:
and interviews .- dropped

slightly, from 16,281 during
_ October to 15,872 in November,

John Webster

appointed director

of development

The Honourable R.A.

_ Williams, Minister of Lands,

Forests, and Water Resources,

sloday.  anhounced the ap-.-
-.pointment of Mr, John Webster. .

as Director. of Development-in-

" the Lands Service, responsible -

“to the Associaté’ Deputy

_ responsibilities ,

Minister. He will commence his
; immediately,
and has been engaged'on a

contract besis al $12,000 per
. annum. °

Mr. Webster . will be
responsible for fostering the
appropriale development of key
commercial, residential, and
other lands held by the Crown.

’ He will also be deeply involved

~ November . 20,

in the development of the rural,
semi-rural, and suburban home
sile program annouriced by the
Minister last. week. :
Tn_pursuing these objectives,
Mr. Webster, assisted by an
existing small staff, will draw

upon others in the Lands Ser-
viee, and through..lhem upon”
ather Departments involved in
Jand.; management,

and Municipalities will be
arranged”. "°°. : :
Mr.~ Webster has had ex-
tensive experience in the
development..sector, having
hejd a prominent position with
Marathon Really over the past
six years. His principle activily
with Marathon has been in their
False Creek project in Van-.
couver,. for which he. was
project manager. He has also
been involyed in sumberous
other. projects, including  Ar-.
bulus Gardens in Vancouver.
Mr... Webster - holds.” .a
bachelor's degree” in
Argriculture from U.B.C.,
which was followed .by. ex-
tensive studies in business and
urban land management.

|: 1 Contact: :
witalfected Regional Districts :

Rentalsman Barrie Clark

allributed the slight decrease to ~

ashorter month. :
Statistics also demonstrate a
shift... fram information

inquireies to -an increase in”

actual complaints ‘of con-
trayentions of the Landlord an
Tenant Act, he said.
THe rentaisman’s jurisdiclion
.covers most aspects af a
lenancy’. .agreement, and

disputes range-from security

deposits to terminations, from.

subletting to rights of privacy,
to failure by the landlord to,
provide essential services or
‘repairs, - . ot ;
The rentalsman can redirect
rent, insLructing tenants to send
the money directly to his office
to pay for.essential services or
repairs thal the Iandlord has.
Efailed.to, provide...<:. .

just. last-. week,’ Clark . Said.

“Some 89 rental units in’ Van-~

couver,: accupled «mostly by
elderly persons, faced the grim
prospect. of having their water,
garbage and Hydro services cut
off because of the landlord's
failure to pay the bills.”

“We explained to the landlord’

that’ we can have the rent
redirected to our office, and in
this particular case the monthly
sum could have. exceeded
$7,500.. I'm happy to report that
-the landlord paid his bills the
same day, and the tenants were
assured of essential services,”
Clark said.: |,

Dispules concerning ter-
‘mination of. tenancies and
applications for orders of
possession comprise nearly half
af all requests for mediation,
Clark said. a :

“While our statistics are nol -

Plan ned d eve lop me nt -” *gomplate, iUseems ttat nearly

ae os Burns Lake _

a new sawmill is being.
‘constructed’ al Sheraton “by

Babine Forest Products Ltd,

*. This new mill will produce 100 .

"billion board feet per year and

Acklands . ;
‘dividend —

Fourth quarter dividends of
‘10 cents on Acklands Limited

- common shares and 24 cents on
the company's series A 6 per- .

cent cumulative, convertible
and redeemable preference
shares, have been declared by
the Board of Directors.

Both: dividends are payabie
1974," lo
shareholdars of record:
November. 15, 1974,. ;

.. Acklands Limited 1s a. major

Canadian merchandiser and

distributor, marketing a broad ©

range © Of: automotive
replacement parts and .ac-

cessories, ’ industrial “supplies -
and’ electronics, home en- .

tertainment ':and leisure

- ‘products, From more than 250

branches and warehouses and

through‘ a nationwide network |
_ of independent wholesalers ‘and

. dealers, Acklands services the

automotive aftermarkel, ‘in-

dusltial users and consumers
across Canada, - .
aici cea

Water Words

About 71 per cent of the
Earth's surface ig covered by the .
sea, The average deplh‘of the
seals more thon 12,000 feet —.

, Which amounts to five times the

average height of the land above
sea level: : Maes .

provide johs for approximately °
350 peaple. pos Dyk at
A number of basic inventory
Studies: have been completed:
‘concerned with the anticipated
problems in the areas of
housing, | education,” health
facilities; sewage. and waler
systems ‘recreational facilities,
and manpower training. Now
that these studies. are finished
the physical and social planning
for the community can begin.
The Provincial Government
‘together .with the Village
council and the residents of the-

‘area will’ make the decisions *

necessary ta ensure. (that
tommunity. development will
take place In a- phased. arid
orderly manner. .
The Provincial Government
has already entered into an

agreement wilh the Burns Lake -

Native. Development Cor-
poration (B:L.N.D.C,), com-

prised ofall Status and Non- ~

stalus ' Indlansi of lhe, area.
Financial assistance..will be
made available lo enable * the
native. peoples to purchase an 8
percent ownership: in. Babine
Forest’ Products Lid. ws
-Basic training and skill
development programs are:
being carried aut-during the .
winter to prepare employees for
work at the mill, Co
Developments. such ‘as this -
provide a. stronger. industrial
_base and addillonal ‘em-
‘ployment ‘opportunities for the-

ople of he community, Il is.

ped that with. this careful-
kind of planning being done that
the expansion of: this com-
munity. will be enjoyed by its
residents...” - woe

4 Lo a 4

_ 25,percent of our case files are
applicalions “for: orders of
possessions from landiords

“wishing to have overholding

tenants vacate,” Clark said.
~The establishment of the Rent.
Review Commission, to review
and rule on rent increases, has
aleviated some. of..the in-
formation worklaad on his of-
fice, Clark admilted.. -
“Jt will be awhile before the
ublic become fully acquainted
wilh the Rent Review. Com-
mission's exislence and func-
* tons. We still get alol of calls
“inquiring about rent increases,"
Clark said. .
Any «matters dealing . with

rents should’ be referred to the —
Rent Review Commission, P.O...

Hox 9600, Vancouver, who will

also accept collect calis al 689-
9361. . -
The Office of the Renlalsman
was eglablished October 1 to
administer: the Landlord and
Tenant Act, aiid to mediate in
landlord-enant disputes.

’ secretary-treasurer Jean

We had ‘an’ interesting case 2» In’ addition,’ allowances’ for: .

crease of. ene mill “over the —

‘the lowest overall provincial ~

““yeleasing show thal we ex-

Terrace Telephone

pioneers donate ©
100 dolls

Telephone Pioneers of the. —
newly formed Kermodei Club
completed their first cam-
munity service project when
they buill a doll tree for un-
derprivileged children of the —.
area, . ®

The tree’s 100 dolls were
purchased by Lhe club to donate
at Christmas to the local branch
of.the Salvalion Army.

President Stan Patterson said °
all members of the small but
active Pioneer group in Terrace

"participated in the doll tree *
~ project, — eT

Jack Greaves, vice-president
Bill. Reynolds, and Art Kerr
made the revolving tree form
and erectad it in the B.C. Tel
business office on Kalum Street.

Others who helped were
member-at-targe Herb Lang,

Qakes, Guy Rushijon, Skip
Hollands, Dave Robinson, ‘and '
Pater. Heit, president of
Caledonia Council in Prince.
George. - ae

The idea of a.doll tree
originated" with Telephone
Pioneers in Seattle but it was
Pioneers of Caledonia Counc
that made the first in’ British
Columbia. pe
Kermodei Club is the second
‘group to adopt the doll tree as
one of its Christmas projects.

Instructional
unit value —
raised

Education Minister Eileen .
Dailly announced today that the
value of the instructional unit
used in determining the basic .
public school — education
program has been set at $19,985

“for 1875, an-in¢reasé Of $3,085.-.  - Seam

over the. current year,
conveyance’ of pupils: and
auxiliary services have been
increased , resulting in an
overall increase of 19.4 percent ~
in the cost of the basic education ,
program, Mrs. Dailly said,

She also announced that the
estimated basic mill rate for
school purposes for 1975 has,
been set at 25,70 mills, an .in-

current year.

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Mrs. Dailly said that a review
of the provisional 1975 budgets
submitted recently by school
boards to’ the Department of
Education indicates that boards
are attempling (0 continue to
reduce the pupil-teacher ralio to ~
the best of thelr ability, -  .

She said she was very’ pleased
thal the cooperalive efforts of
the school boards and. the
government had brought about

pupil-teacher ratio in the .
history of the Province,

“Department of Education’
statistics which I am now

eceded our target of. reducing
the ratio by-1.5 for (his year,”
she said, ‘‘The actual reduction
fram October, 1973 lo Cdtober,
1974. was 1,74, and the (otal:
reduction ‘since this Govern-
ment assumed office is three.

The provincial pupil-teacher
ratio as of October, 1974, a

19.82,” .

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