SPOKESMAN SAYS |
Mining hurting

_ The ‘Canadian mining
industry is in peril of dying
out because government
taxation is too high, Ralph
Matson, vice-president’ and
general manager of
Newmont Mines Ltd. said at
a Terrace Chamber of
Commerce meeting in the
Lakelse Hotel on Tuesday.
He said the industry has no
incentive because’ the
government is taxing each
company as much as 57
percent of the profits,
Matson said that a few
years ago when profits were
high the government saw
mining taxation as a way out
of its problem of raising
money for its many
programs but there has been
& steady decline since 1975
and now there are more
mining operations closing
down than there are
soperations being opened up.
Newmont Mines Ltd. is the
company responsible for the
Granduc Mine in Stewart
which has shut down because
copper prices are too low to

keep the operation going,
said Matson. eine

There is an oversupply of
copper on the world market
and the price has dropped to
70 cents, Coupled with the
low prices are the high fuel
costs, Fuel costs make up
one-third of a mine’s
operation cost, he said.

He said the mining in-
dustry recently held a
meeting on the theme of
Canada's future as a major
metal producer in the 19803.
The main question raised
was, do people really care or
want a mining industry in
Canada, he said.

He said mining makes up
83 percent of the gross
national product, nine
percent of the workforce and
six percent of the gross
provincial product. One-
quarter of Canada's export
dollars are made through
mining, he said.

Matson said the industry
becomes upset with the
federal government when it
hears that the feds are

Ralph Matson

Food co-operative

seeking members

Northern Neighbours; | a‘
pre-order food co-op, is
looking for members and
anyone interested should
contace Sheila or Tom Knox
at 638-1091; Lorraine Brash
at 635-4721 or Isobel Brophy
at 695-9359.

When the members get
together they comple an
order of the food they would
like to buy, pay for the food
and then send an order to the
central warehouse in Van-
couver. Approximately two
weeks later the food arrives
in Terrace and is divided by

Pearson

the members ‘according to
their orders,

With a stock of food
building up because Nor-
thern Neighbours often buys
the remainder of a case
when there is not enough
demand in a particular
order, it was decided to apen
a store front operation called
Northern deLights so that it
will cut down on the quan-
tities members had to buy
for the two-month period
between orders. The items in
the store will be available to
members. .

named

Tories leader

WHITEHORSE, Yukon
(CP) — The new Progressive
Conservative territorial
government Wednesday
named interim party leader
Chris Pearson, two other
newly-elected members, and
a former education minister
to serve on the territorial
government’s executive
committee.

The selections were an-
nounced during the opening
of the Yukon’s legislative
assembly following elections
Nov. 20 in which the Con-
servative won 11 of 16 seats
on the territorial council.

Grafton Mjootli (PC-Old
Craw) will be the first native
to sit on the Yukon’s

Textbook
to be
looked at

VICTORIA (CP) — Special
committees will be
established next September
to deal with complaints
about. textbooks used in
British Columbia schools, a
spokesman for the education

’ ministry's department. of

curriculum development
said Tuesday,

The committees will
comprise ministry staff,
teachers and ad-
ministrators, who will act as
sounding boards for
teachers, parents and
students who have com-
plaints about instructional
materials, said lan Parker.

At present there is no per-
manent mechanism for
dealing with such complaints
from teachers and the
public, Parker = said,

executive committee,
similar in function to a
provincial cabinet. Also se-
lected were Howard Tracy
(PCPatchun) and Dan Lang
{PC— Porter Creek Bast), a
former education minister in
the territorial government.
Don Taylor (PC-Watson
Lake) was renamed House
Speaker...

Frank Hibberd, a former
executive committee
member, was not renamed
to the committee. Hibberd,
who held the portfolios
responsible for renewable
resources, native affairs and
consumer and corporate af-
fairs, declined to comment
on the action.

Pearson was appointed in-
terim house leader by the
party caucus after former
party leader Hilda Watson
lost her,seat in the elections,
the first in which political
parties participated.

Watson resigned as partly
leader last week, but the
party's constition required a
leadership convention to
replace her.

In a throne speech, Frank
Fingland, Yukon’s tem-
porary commissioner, sald
Hugh Faulkner, federal
minister of indian and
northern affairs, will select a
new commissioner after
consulting with the executive
committee, He is scheduled
to arrive here next Tuesday.

Art Pearson, former
commissioner, slepped down
from the post Oct. 18 prior to
facing four criminal charges
involving the transfer of
mining claims. He Is
scheduled lo appear in
provincial court Feb. 12 for a
preliminary hearing.

talking about investing in a
gopper development in
Panama. ‘That sort of thing

.ig not good for the local in-

dustry,” he said.

Matson says that by the
year 2050 most of Canada
will have nuclear energy,
and this province can
provide much the uranium
‘supply. for neclear energy.

He said one of the largest
coal deposits in the world is
in northwest B.C, There will
be an $80 million investment
in Houston for a_ placer
silver, lead and zine
development and there is a
planned development of
Kitsault’s molybdenum
mine, he saidd,

Looking For A New

WEATHER

POLICE NEWS

A cool onshore flow is
giving us cloudy skies anda
few snowflurries. The
weather is not expected to
change much in the next
coupleof days, but in general
will become a little colder by
the weekend,

Temperatures are ex-
pected to vary between an
afternoon high of 1 degree
Celsius today, and an
overnight low tonight of -1
degree Celsius.

No further major storm
systems should be seen in the
area for at least the next few
days.

Place To Try?

WHY NOT HECTOR'S AT THE LAKELSE.
TRULY A QUIET RELAXED AT-
MOSPHERE WITH A_ VERY SPECIAL
MENU TO GET THE TASTE BUDS EX.
CITED. FOR EXAMPLE WHY NOT TRY
THE TURNEDOS ROSSINI FOR THE
LOVERS OF FINE BEEF OR SCALLOPS
FLORENTINE FOR THOSE WHO LIKE

SEAFOOD.

WHATEVER YOUR LIKES IN GOOD FOOD
_ ARE YOU WILL FIND THEM AT HEC.

TOR‘S.

For Reservations Please Call

638-8141

WEDDING RECEPTIONS
PRIVATE PARTIES

BANQUETS
CATERING

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at. LAKELSE: MOTOR HOTEL

A car owned by Holger
Sorensen, of Terrace, was
struck by a car operated by
John Dewey, of Burnaby, in
the Aluminum City Lodge
Motel parking lot at about
12:30 a.m. on Dec. 12.
Sorensen’s car was parked.
Estimated damage is $400

and no charges have been
laid.

Judy Whittleton, of
Kitimat, reported her wallet
was lost between the Post
Office and the skating rink in
the City Centre about 9:40
p.m. on Dee. 12.

management

East SIDE

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