Gobbler’s. ‘Knob -

_. Wiarton,’ ‘Ont:,., the” ‘only

a community in: Canada that:

Ottawa oe to hainais ae eteanls: .

- Otlawa will eliminate the 7

86-year-old Crowsnest Pass
freight: rate ‘and revamp
Western railways with a

four-year injection of $3.7 .

billich, Transport Minister
Jean-Luc Pepin: announced
Tuesday.

Pepin said’ the Crow, an.
historic “deal
Praitié grain farmers and
the © railways, must. be
pushed aside to usher ina
new era of development ‘tor.
the West..

The rate, which applies

~ only’'to rail shipments: of ~

certain Western grains such
as wheat, was’ set nearly’ a
céntticy' ‘ago as’ part- of: ‘the °

terms for - building” ‘the -

Canadian Pacific Railway

~ thréugh' the: Crownest Pass’

in. the ‘Rocky “Mountains,
The rate has long been

“blamed for the-. West's

relianee on grain- ‘Produc.
tion: *

cn wouldn't call: it ‘a
revolution, but: it’s ‘almost
like “that,”

unveiled his complex - plan
that’will increase the cost of

shipping Prairie grain five-

fold‘by 1991.

: However,’ opposition

political parties and farm
‘from both the West °

grou]
andEast have already

~-¢ondgmned the proposal as

” mer’

7 Heed ot Re a te Mont

cena

’ Prime Minister’s Office so .
officals: would have a better

: unfair,

Doil Mazankowski,
“Tory” transport
minister, and New
Demndcratic® ‘Party pene

ah ot Gor

Hie that farmers can't.

afford’ to pay more ina time

of tow. prices and a world’

grain’ glut.

“They! ve killed the Crow

and given us a turkey, " said

Mazankowski, . “Tt is

complex, _ costly, divisive

and will create ‘anxiety and ;

= Punxsuitawney Phil :
the, -groundhog. emerged —
from his |heated ‘burrow: On:
; in”. a

- downpour leday: phd: falted: ;
‘to see ‘hig. Shadow," thus -

vf made’. Ti 24
_ Uniamious, In the town of |

Tala.

between -

‘grain’ hopper cars, --

Pepin: told”
reporters in Winnipeg as he -

for--.

ioe er fail ua

illie. also forecast an early ;
‘Spring. - :

“A spokesmait for the town.
-eouncll in the’ comrpunity of

“B.S
a.m. and cast'a tired 6 eye ont: -

‘a heavily. overcast. ‘sky: and”.

uncertainty din the: West. nae
Western farniers," ‘who
now pay about one-fifth of

the actual cost ‘of shipping.

their grain to market, would
see. that rate: ‘increase to-30

. per cent of coata. by. 1995-86:
. andedper: cent by the end of
‘the decade. .

Pepin sald’ ttiat of the $3.7
billion, $651 million. a year
will go, toward atibsidies to

‘farmers arid: the ‘rallways.
“Fhe two groups will share

the funds équally by - 1985-86.
‘The -rémainder. includes
$20) million for nearly 4,000
$670
million .: to- continue
rehabilitating’ ‘Prairie’: rail’
branch-lines and |" $204

-million-over three years to

help farmers adjust to the..-
change...

Pepin’ said. his proposed |
freight rate deal will mean
new industry - | and
agricultural ‘diversity i in the
West. and” cet the
entire: ‘country.’ :

“This will- be a major
contribution _toward ‘that
recovery,” he‘: - ‘said.
“Tremendous market

‘forces are. being: uinleashed

today.”
Pepin said the plan’ wilt

‘start the railways ona $16.5-

billion coristruction: | spree
during the next 10 years that

” will create thousands of jobs .
"across the country.

Lec] ai r,
cand “a
fseh

‘Maurice:
president .

xecutive
a

Py Rent at

runs “Canadian National
Railways, said his railway
will hire more. than ‘3,000.
new. employees: this year.
. “It wilt help provide the
railways | with  — the

‘wherewithal to plan ..and
build

the 2lst-century .

Wansportation network

‘folklore
“whispered” h
ta. : James :Means,. B con.

‘of lt — - came the aun when my
he”
"prediction’:

gays”

Means,“ who;
president, is: sald ts he the

Canada ‘O° “desperately
needs.” -.

WwW. Ww. Stinson, ‘president
of Cariadian.. Pacific Ltd.,

‘the. parent company of cP’

‘Rail, said the money will:
allow .work to begin ona

number. of rail Projects in.

‘the West. .

“The. importance :
setting an early start on this
activity and the role it can
play in. ‘supporting the
“recovery “of our | country
cannot: be overestimated,”
he said," :

A’ new ‘grain tran-
sportation agency is to be:
‘established to make sure
the railways live up to their
commitments and to assign
grain cars: to: country.
elevators, 1.

Pepin's proposal, to be be
reviewed by Parllament in.
1995-86, ia largely the work
‘of farm: economist ‘Clay
Gilson of the University of
Manitoba, who completed a
_ federally commissioned

-"report’ last -spring on

scrapping the Crow. ;

However, a. major dif-
- ference between’ Gilson’s
proposals and what Ottawa
has decided is:the eventual
“cost to-farmers. Gilson had
only recommended tripling
the Craw rate by 1990.

- All. three Prairie wheat ,
pools ‘and ” United Grail oS
” eo-operatively-

Growers,
‘owned. grain companies
représenting. Trost Westérn
farmers, joined Tuesday in
attacking Pepin’s p plan.
“fhe pools

subsidies~ should .be. paid
directly to the railways in
return ‘for continuing low
rates,

“We ‘cannot accept the
Pepin. proposal,’” Avery
Sahl, second vice-president
of the Saskatchewan Wheat

Indians ignore census.

OTTAWA (CP) — Only

. 491,460.Canadians identified

_ themselves, as- Indians,
 Metis:or-Inuit in the 1981

" census,

Statistles Canada
said ‘Tuesday.

That represents: little
more than. one-third of the

“membership. Canada’s

three:: national. © native:

associations. claim they

represent; ce
The’: census.

European ancestry), 46,110
Indians who have lost their

' status.and right to federal.
" benefits and 25,390 Inuit. .
_. The

‘statisties | were
released Jess than . two

months-before a mid-March .

constitutional conference is.

« to begin defining the rights
. of Canada’s native people.

The’ tabulations were
rushed-at the request. of the

counted |
- 292,700 status Indians,. 98,260
Metis (of mixed nauye- aiid:

~ idea of the number of people
_affected by ‘the. aboriginal .

rights .issue,, said’ a
Statistics “Canada official,
who asked not to.be named. |

There ': is. ‘a ‘huge
discrepancy - between - the
Native Council of Canada,
which says -it represents
about one million Metis and
non-status Indians, and the
census, which . places ‘that
combined total. at 173,370,

-The. Statisties Canada
official said the 1991 census
figures: are’ the most
“concrete” available on the
native population. . ~~.

Many past estimates have ;
proved weak or unreliable,
she sald; - ,

“We feel ‘we have the .
most realistic figures,” she’,
said, adding that there were
few cases: in‘ which ‘census
forma- were not returned. -

However, she concéded .
that thousands: of: : people.
with some native Ancestry

Investigation begins

’ PRINCE GEORGE, B.C: (CP) — An investigation has
begun into allegations that personnel. of Stuart Lake
Hospital in Fort St. James didn’t treat an Jndiant baby for a

. reporied drug. overdose, a

steanystte, Sam Moise, chief ‘of the Neco!

an bry V1" ve

bY He iti:

fe, Ingian bea,

said Tuesday that it’s not the, first time ative nreple, have
complained about. service. atcthe. hospital,.,. anvelig riot

- Hospital administrator Ben Gumm said an; investigation
Is under way bul: “We're still trying. jo. put, fhe, eres,

together: "

“Gumm ‘aid he ‘ould not. ‘comment ao i incldent.
‘amt the investigation ds complete. |

Parents of the child, ie-month-old Wesley ‘Thomas Junior,

| were not available for comment., But Molse said the infant ~

swallowed 39 tablets of a ‘prescription drug, meant: for his
. grandmother. The drug. was-for a heart condition.

‘The child was taken to Stuart Lake Hospital about 12 30

p.m, Friday.

: Nothing was done for him, Moise said, ‘The. doctor. who
was on diity did not see the baby, hospital staff did nothing
and atrother doctor who was in the, hospital . aid nothiag

because he was not on duly.

may not have been counted, .

‘either because they don't
know of their. ancestry or
they don’t.- ‘perceive

themselves to be Metis or

Indian. -

“Hundreds of thousands :

may not be. aware that 10
generations back they have’

an - Indian grandmother dn

their family tree."

Metis: leaders . have ad-
mitted that it. ip almost
impossible to get an. ac-

- urate count‘ of. people with

some native ancentry.

Despite. the. suprisingly .

low population ~ figures,

especially for Metis and:

non-stalus Indians, the
native population is in-.
creasing at a far faster rate
than therest of the country.

‘ The native population .
' increased by 205 per cent in ©

the 40 years between 1941-

.B1, compared to a 109-per-—

cent increase in the. total
population. — :

During the Ad-year period,
the Inuit population Jumped
252 per cent; Indian, 210 per
cent, and Metis, 17? per
cent.

Native.

people now

represent two per’ cent of -
the Canadian® population of:

24,083, 496, Staliatics Canada
sald. -:-

Snowe

‘Police News |

that {ust like heecond
‘the’ “nation;

have: uc opined 5 2
"the Gileon. pla from the .
‘start, saying.any federal:

‘dhe “worl
over!" “Mens “gald” at. ry

olé. and was met by P

Pool, ‘said in Regina. “I's.

aven worse than the Gllgon

report.”
“United Grain Growers,

the Sargest:. co-opert iva.
-with 93,000: farmer matis
bers: and an advocate. Of -
_ Crow reform, sald although

it agrees with the thrtllt of
of.

the. proposal, Pepin: is

. asking farmers ‘to pay - too.
much, too soon.

“The federal government ~

is solely responsible . for '
-inflatlon by its Increases in
_ the’ money supply. and: it’s
not fair that farmers should

be expected to pay for
something. that's. ‘the

; government's fault,!’ Lorne
Hehn, president of’ the cor”
‘operative, said,

"In Quebee, 9 coalition of

farm groups, worried . ‘they

- will face higher prices . for
Western grain to fuel their.

pouliry’. and livestock

operations, denounced the

federal initiative and

‘pledged: to. continue their
fight to save the Crow. . |

“Quebec Agriculture

‘Minister Jean Garon sald

the” proposal “ betrays
Quebec's interests despite
assurances from federal |
officials _ and

“gutside... this .”,

production.

the © ‘an- :
nouncement by Agriculture

hy oe allot his loyal.

Subjects’ to: know we have’.

‘weathered : the: storm . this"

winter; ‘spring. is, on. the:
way,’ "< said . Means, “who!
wore: the traditional top hat,

“Minister Eugene ‘Whelan af:
-a $250-million agricultural

_ ‘aid economic development.

And «partly _ timed -at
“Quebec.

However, . ‘ some “other.
farm. groups said Pepin
didn’t go far ‘enough. :

They argue that scrap- ,
Bing the Crow will en-
‘courage Western, livestock
and - food
_ Processing by eliminating
preferential rates that
encourage the shipment of
some grains to Central
Canada for processing. - |

“T’'m not overwhelmed at
all, " said Larry Clifford,
president of the Manitoba
Cattle Producers:
Association. “It could have
gone further, but in reality ~
it’s probably. a- pretty
positive step,” ;

. Ivan McMillan, chairman.
of the Commodity, Alliance’
which represents’ Prairie
livestock and specialty crop.
associations,said the move
isa step in the Tight
direction. ;

“He said he would prefer
that all federal subsidies: be
-paid to farmers directly.
‘However, he said. Pepin’s |
plan will reap ‘benefits for.
. the West: ina ‘Short. time:

pes from page i

Games: ambitious

peas fox the Terroge syn

YG

; ne “ had no. problems

_ getting it on, We may be 10

or 15 billets show (on
Tuesday) but. generally if

we've needed help we've
' gotten it. The stores and

volunteers liave all helped
out a-lot, and it all looks.

pretty good,”
--Praill said. that ‘the

cancellations of games were

due to the fact that “there
are only so many people out
there.who are interested in
coming.. Especially in
‘weightlifting, for“instance..
‘There are a lot of people
who lift, but for most of .

‘sliccess,” Praill said.

- them Jt's.8. ‘petsoral thing.
id. theyaren’ ‘tinterested in:
competing. bal "

“end;

Sports for. the: mentally -
and physically handicapped
are also a unique addition to

_ the Terrace games,

"We hope it will be a-
“We
had the facilities to put the
sports on, and we had the
interest fram local people to
do it, so we went aliead with
it, ven

“T think it’s B. ‘good thing
to.do for the community:
After‘all, these people are a.

” part of the community and
‘they should be included in

the Games if possible. ”

- Billeting Centre

stem H 87. °

si ce the-tradition, an i a
" bed i “member Inner Circl

‘thréigh*. miserable winter’

~weathe ef
weeks.
would follow

decided by “thé club's. 12-
ewell in
advance. - ee

“National: Westher “Service

_issued’a 90-day forecast last | -
- week ‘calling for unusually’.

cold, wet weather for much man who rented a downtown room where the body of.nine-

of the United States through
April.*
: SNAKE SEES sNow .

vAnd a snake-called Agua :

Fria Freddie, billed as
“Arizona's answer | to

~*. -Punxsutawney Phil," ‘went
an record today - with a
‘forecast of six more ‘weeks _

af winter.”
_ The:

hatted, iuxedoed
businessrvien. who carry on
the: tradition. One ‘said
privately they predict an

early spring every decade. ,
or two. just to Keep up in- ~

terest.

. Phil actually i isa t0pound ;
male borrowed from the -

local’ zoo; where he was
donated by a farmer ‘four:
years ago. These days,

Gobbler's Knob, site’ of:

- Phil's ‘burrow, ia a flood-lit,

: wired-for-sound. Wooded :

knoll,
- Club members admit the

‘COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD

Traffic Flow

; ceremony: nelps keep! their’ :
“ld: factory town | of about:
By 000 people on the map.

oe ‘Means : ‘said businessmen’
"never gave much thought"?

: nh to how mitch nem, y eames, .
~ ; then’ alx. more... | .

of. -ecold: ‘weather

‘He most - ne ntly

alkiore aleates. th th at Tf
he baw his. shadow. — leven:

“her disappearance from a nearby playground on Jan. 23,

" punssutawney
ceremony is _ traditionally ~
led. by ihe Inner Cirele, top-.

". The rooming house is less than 500 metres from the ‘girl's
_ had last been seen.
‘downtown neighborhood known as the Annex, called police

‘room on the second floor of the three-storey building. She

short-term residents, .

: solind trucks, mounted police and tracking dogs as well ag

“The belief is btiy rated)”
‘on the’ ancient aon \
religious feast ‘of Cah- :
dlemas on Feb. 2: “If: woh
Candlemas he fair, there be wy
two: winters, inthe year," -

\

; the, saying goes.

“TORONTO (CP):- — Police were: ‘searching today for’ a,

year-old Sharin Morningstar Keenan was found Tveaday
night in a refrigerator. ,
The body of the girl, object of an intensive search since

was clad in-a skirt and blouse when police went to the
deserted, second-floor-room of the building, — e

.. Staff Insp. Wally Tyrrell of the police ‘homicide squad: 7
saidthe body bore “no.visible signs.of violence.” He sald no
arrests have been. made and he refused to commeiit ‘on
suspects pending the results of an autopsy today.

home and about 100 metres from the playground where she
Tyrrell said residents Of the rooming house, in. a west’

becalise one of" the roomers had not been seen in ‘the last

week, °
He said the refrigerator i in which the body was found was

working at the time ‘of the discovery..
One resident of the house.said the body was found in a

said five other. people lived i in the building, most of them

Poster of the girl. were placed in: subways and o on ‘buses
and streetcars and the search at times involved helicopters, .

scores of ‘police in cruisers and on foot.

Police received hundreds of tips during the search, In-
cluding one person who said he saw Sharin talking to 4 man
in the playground just before her disappearance. —

| Highway 16

"Flow of Traffic: |

» Highway 25:

TERRACE-- The Terrace

. detachment: of the RCMP

handled 13 -complaints

" Taeaday, Five were related
: to alcohol,

Two involved
assaults, There were two
reports. of . suspicious
persons or prowlers. |

Two arrests were made ;
With: charges of . theft :

pending.:.,

t

“Northern Inn:

-

When picking

“yt ro
: an

ays

- DESCRI PTION™

- Follow Highway 16 East past Thornhill School. os
‘Turn. right at Celgar Road, turn right onto frontage r road:
_ollow frontage road back to Thornhill Junior High School.

J. School

up billets for the Northern |
OB. c Winter Games follow the’ nap. p abore,

- Thornhill

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