~ eerie and haimting as ‘it walls’ across’ windy barrens. and: - ' Christian militiamen in and around the capital against VANCOUVER (CP) "The ety of the'wild tintbe’ forested foothills. - But for sheer volume, it cannot come close to the cry of an, outraged environmentalizt, The sotind has been tured up full’ blast lately ia Britian: Columbia, which: has an inordinate number of people concerned about the environment — perhaps because there is so much of ' it here to be concerned about., : ; Why the latest outery? Because the provincial - government is “ide some wolves in the Peace River country in the northeastern par}. of the province, Its professional biologists say excessive numbers of wolves. are Threatening to wipe out dwindling: “, herds of big game animals, - _ The current kill, by no means the first in B. G. and not an uncommon ‘game-management practice, was first brought to public attention by the Victoria branch of the Sierra Club, Sierra, an international conservation organization which generally adopts a non-moral tone and numbers hunters; among its members, questioned whether enough | research ~ had been done to establish the biological soundiess of the kill. - That debate, still going on, was quickly submerged under a fallout of passion and politics. . Northerners, to most of whom hunting i isa way of life, are’ portrayed as butchers, The activists, in turn, are ‘labelled NEW WESTMINSTER, BE. (cP) —A taiiyer facing . criminal contempt proceedings for refusing to answer a. judge's questions invaked the Charter of Rights in Court, Wednesday and demanded a trial by jury: | Griffin Layne was cited earlier by Judge Dolores Holmes” .of Burnaby. provincial. court, for. what she. Called : “hig: general attltude’’ and because ‘he “tended to’ ‘Show ‘his + fee disrespect" for the court. Terming the contempt section of. the Criminal Cade a “vague and uncertain’. law, which affords judges “draconian powers,” Oliver ‘noted that Justice: Minister --' Mark ‘MacGulgan recently: Proposed amendments. to the. oh, law. © . Citing a medieval English ease in whieh a court ordered : a “contemnor” to have hig hand:“smote of the wrists’: and nailed to the gibbet on which he was. hanged, Oliver said courts still have unlimited powers to Punish people found to be in contempt. — He reminded the court the Charter says anyone charged with an offence (except military) for which. the maximum penalty is five years or more has the wight t to, Be tifed by, a jury. CASE UNIQUE _ Regional Crown counsel Barry Sullivan, the B.C. Attorney General, argued that a chaotic situation “"4 be created if Judge Reed upholds Oliver’s argument and finds Layne is entitled under the * Charler to a jury trial in the Contempt n matter, os ~ «_ soft-spoken but Bung-ho defender of ‘whales’ and: = “demonstrations behind and do what. he kes: ‘heading up to the Peace with a small band of "depending on your perspective) takes ‘in, 14 of Fort Nelson. . Oy ~ Transplant that area te, southern Ontario an it: ‘would b : the air. have to send the matter down to a lower court. arated the trial-by-jury section. . Parliament decided to bring order into the conterhpt field. _ defending’ 4 client on a drug trafficking charge,’ sald he . personally bad not received the certificate of: ‘analysis ; " proving the nature of the substance seized’ ‘by’ police, appeaiig fox” by the judge to open his files, TAKES THE, LEAD. : Moving, quickiy ta the forefront 9 was. Paut. “‘qut of a’ Quebec. jail’ pending appeal ‘on a Ca of or ‘victions related mastly to Interfering, with the tlantic hunt, - ">: Watson is about: to leave the em soion-chargea determined to get belween the hunters and the 4 wal put @ stop to it all-by ‘outright canfrontatio . It’s a formidable task. : The _wolf-Tanagement area tar: ‘the ‘i Bie sqliare kilometres in the ‘Muskwa-Touchodi river arena “stretch from Toronto north to ‘Orillia,: ‘from. Co depths of the Kawartha Lakes cottage coun : It's a lot of country in which’ to pursue the helicopter the : ‘ ‘wildlife officers are using to shoot perhaps 400 wolves from . | Falilieally, | the flak has’ centred’ on ‘Lands ‘and. Parks, Minister Tony Brummet. As ‘the Jegislature: member’ for : hep prosecutor conjured up a scenario: ‘in. Ww ich : the Supreme Court of Canada, the nation’s court of last resort; - wouldn't be able to deal directly with contempt, ‘It ‘would ied erie nae control their courts. Judge Reed, who will decide the ¢ Charter maiter Feb, Vy, -sgaid the drafismen of the Charter. clearly : did: “fot y cenisider ee en : dges': Unlimited. penalty: powers in cantempt: KNEW LAW . Responding to the judge, Oliver’ said Parliament’ ‘igs deemed to know the law of Canada and clearly: apelied ‘out the trial-by-jury provisions: in’ full knowledge’ of tempt law, a . Oliver said it is not unreasonable: to ‘suppise that .He said it is likely the ‘federal legislators, while’ ‘having confidence i in the judges, recognized that draconian ton- . tempt powers can be abused, ‘The alleged contempt arose duringa trial in which Layne, : “Claiming client-solicitor privilege, Layne refused an order : .The Crown later called one of the defence lawyer’ 5 stati, who said she signed for the registered envelope containing . a 2 the, certificate of analysis. Middle. East bombs explode BEIRUT (AP) — Bombs and rockets crashed ‘Wednesday . night: into ‘the city's Christlan sector and Druse neigh- borhoods in the hills, killing nine people and wounding 17, ‘The battles pitted Lebanese army troops and rightist Syrian-backed Druse i insurgents in the Aley bluffs above the ’ U.S, Marine base at Beirut airport. “Nothing came close tous. We weren't involved at all last night,” Maj. Dennis Brooks, a marine spokesman, sdid today. “It was noisy at times, but they weren't messing with us." ° Flares and” fracer bullets’ lit up the sky as shells and rockets hissed over the city. “4 Hundreds of families spent the night in basements and bomb shelters in three of east Beirut's Christian neigh- borhoods. Police said one ‘shell slammed Into. a service station, causing a fire which lasted three hours and destroyed the station and 97 cars. ‘Three soldiers and six civilians were killed. Three civilians died in east Beirat and the other three inthe Druse — town of Aley, 11 kilometres east of the capital. ‘Syria's official news agency, SANA, said President Hafez Assad met Wednesday with Australian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden in Damascus and told him Syrian attempts to . "talk seriously with the United States about Lebanon had tes been froltleas, te, Clip from our flyer | Las} tobe Barer at? Bay Safeway's “We also found out that President Reagan is more con- cerned with the weight of the guns than with the weight of : principles,” Assad was quoted as. telling, Hayden, Se. STRONGEST ALLY - nos SANA said Assad, the strongest Soviet ally i in the Middle. 7 " East, ‘told Hayden that U.S. involvement in Lebanon will increase unless there is prompt withdrawal of the. marines, “ * who are part of a multinational peacekeeping force backing. . the government of President Amin Gemayel. ..... , In Washington, Reagan said he is “nol going to pay any an attention" to ‘a non-binding resolution, : backed by. Democrats in the House of Representatives, ‘calling’ for. early withdrawal, 7 i oe an Crown Prince Abdullah of Suadi Arabia told a’ group of . : U.S businessmen Wednesday the marines ‘should withdraw : and Reagan should pressure Israel to pull its forces out,” * . ‘Abdullah saida U.S. and Israeli withdrawal would lead to-- ‘a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, said the official Saudi. ’ Press Agency. 7 The Israeli military coinmand said Wednesday its troops * have arrested 15 Shiite Moslenis in southern Lebanon arid’ | broken up a guerrilla. cell blamed for more thah a dozen 7 attacks on Israeli soldiers. The command said troops seized a large, cache of arms. : and ammunition and arrested the men in the village of" - Halloussiye, on ‘the Mediterraneap coast, 10 days ago, Prices effective ti Sat.Feb.4,1994 1904 In Your Friendly, Courfsaus Terrace Safowsy Store, ‘soil, he is an liiviting: ‘target, wolf Ail 38 bigls ‘land is roiten public relations. ae - biologist John Elliott, to Speak, for: the moose, elk, caribou and sheep... ; ; ” ” Biliott is angling but tie duintessenitial killer, Neat and clean-shaven, He, could have b '. for Mark Trail, the i strips. appeararices the. evidence ‘of. statistical “décline of: game While wolves have re multiple ‘the selected n renegement ry a chance to grow, ups ‘The; prograia is not; “designed | fo: ‘eliminate wolves — - only 400 of an éstimated 3 609 to: 4; i000 in northeag - . _ fon’t 80 al: the’ way. with: "hima sant ae aa stitute of Animal - ; : born and Carl Walters of the ith Caunbia [ “Resource Ecology of the University a 2! ‘ exainined the question in a lengthy Vancouver Proving ; ‘article, helped game = “Acknowledging thal wolf kills have say will have ulations in some weil-sludied areas, they ee effect without ‘‘a long-term program of re _mhnagement, prey management and hunter manag i with high costa associated wilh all t three,” sos As to the “Farley Mowat camp” view that it} . _ shoot wolves so. there will be more gate for hunters: About the kindest thing said about him j is that even if- pthe. ically justified; to: carry it, ‘out while- the: . ry, Wolf-ia filling. movie, Ahieatres ‘Across’ the . " Brummet responded by calling i in the i ptoyect leader, ° ; s wrong to nthe ‘Squéaky-clean Imnadel e American forest’ anger of thecomic “This i is a perfectly legitimate point of view, but thos : ; who advocate it should state it as a moral argument. They “ ‘should not hide behind half-baked biological nonsense aboul 1 wolves. eating only the sick and old.” . Jn the Vancouver Sun, letter-writer Audrey Pearson, an ‘ _ ecology graduate, pleads for hunters and environmentalitts to put aside their moral arguments and jointly press the " -government for a fully-financed wildlife management . rogram, * as the current polarized state of the argument, the odds . ‘for this joining of hands are about the same as Paul Wat- son's chances of being greeted with open arms when he charges into the Peace River country. e young aninials don't t: mc m. 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