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VANCOUVER (CP) —

- Port officials are rushing to

ship 80,-000 tonnes of flour to
the Soviet Union before the
lucrative loveboat season
‘begins in May.

‘Sacks of flour are stacked
to the roof in a shed at the
Vancouver pier where in a
few weeks Alaska tourists
will come and go as cruise
ships share pier facilities
with cargo ships.

The flour is bound for the

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Soviet Union as part of a
180,000-tanne order from
Canadian mills purchased to
offset poor Soviet grain
harvests. ;

It is good business for
Prairie mills, good business
for .Vancouver and an
estimated ‘$1.5 million
bonanza for Casco Ter-
minals Ltd. which operates
the pler for the National
Harbors Board.

‘The port is having trouble

CASAW elections

Over 1800 members of the
Canadian Association of
Smelter and Aled Workers -
Local 1 turned out in
Kemana and Kitimat
yesterday and elected new
executive to two year terms.

Herald Taylor, & four year
Alean veteran presently
working as an anode
operator, was elected
president. Taylor ran on a
strong health and safety
platform and emphasised

B.C; employment °

the need to stand up to the
company. —

Bob Ballantyne, an eight
year Alcan veteran with a
strong union background
was elected vice-president.
Ballantyne also stressed
health as a major issue.

Ron Perrier was elected
business agent.
. A total of 53 per cent of the
eligible voters filed their
ballots yesterday.

is second best

‘HALIFAX (CP) — What's
this? Newfoundland leading
Canada ‘in declining
unemployment figures?
Newfoundland still has the
highest unemployment of
any province, but its jobless
figures have dropped into the
same ball park as the
Maritimes, apparently on

_the strength of an un-

precedentsd building boom,
a buzzing service industry
and the sale of natural
resources.

Premier Brian Peckford
poasted in the Newfoundland
legislature this week that
unemployment had fallen 4.4
percentage points in his
province between February,
1970, the month before he
became premier, and
February of this year,

Statistica Canada figures,
seasonally _ atijusted, show
unemployment in
Newfoundland fell from 17.1
per cent in February, 1979, to
12.7 per cent last month,

In British Columbia, which
has shown the second-best
improvement in job
prospects, the rate went
down in the same period to
5.9 per cent from 6.5 per
cent, a decline of 2.6 points.

Quebec's rate fell seven-
tenths of a point during that
time to 95 per cent,
Alberta's by .6 ta 3.6 per cent
and three provifices — Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and
Manitoba — were each down
half a percentage point.

PEL. had the same unem-
ployment level last month,
10.8 per cent, a8 it did two
years earlier and only
Saskatchewan's was up, by
six-tenths of a point al 5.3 per
cent.

The boom in Newfoun-
dland has littte to dé, so far,
with offshore petroleum
wealth, says economist Andy
Williamson of St. John’s,
Niid,, although part of the
economic hum is dueto great
expectations from that
source.

Williamson, moving to
Halifax soon as the new
acting executive vice-

7.

president of the Atlantic
Provinces Economic
Council, said in an interview
the -Atfantic Canadian
economy is in a period of
strong growth.

The devalued dollar is a
major factor, powering
exports of such things as
pulp and paper and. fish
‘which form a large part of
Atlantic Canada’s Intustrial

In Newfoundland, the
belief that offshore oil
productiea if not far away is
partly responsible for a job-
rich construction boom,
Williamson said.

“From September, 1973,

when the oll was announced, J

up until the present, there
has been a tremendous boom
in residentlal construction,
plus some office con
struction.”

While housing starts in
Canada fell about 18 per cent
in the last year, they were up

200 per cent in Newfoun-
diand, he said,

For whatever reasons, the
improved job picture in
Newfoundland, where an
unemployment rate in the
mit-teens has been chronic,
far outshines a drop in the
Canadian figures in the last
two years. The national rate
fell to. 7.2 per. cent this
February from .7.9 in

February, 1979.

At the same time, the
number of Newfoundland
workers increased to 192,000
from 170,000 and the actual
number of Newfoundlanders
unemployed dropped to
28,000 from 35,000. The size of
the total labor force grew to
220,000 from 205,000 in
February, 1970.

The new Newfoundland
jobs have come largely in the
service sector, says
Willlamson. “The hotels
have been going full blast:"

The plummeting unem-
ployment levels reflect ihe
new activity as well as 8
“minor drop in the number
of people entering the labor
force and seeking em:
ployment,” Williamson sald

Just write down

the number o injuctions
ou think we'll

this year because one pier —
the former Pier B-C — was
torn down last year to make
way for a waterfront con-
vention centre which is to
include a crulse-ship ter-
minal.

However, the proposed
centre, whose driving force

is deputy premier Grace.

McCarthy, is in limbo

because its proponents are

have by

short. $50 million ‘of the
estimated $95-million coat.

“We told the NHB that if
they tore that thing down —
before the convention centre © anyway.

was finalized it would be the
biggest mistake anyone ever
made,” said a Casco

executive, who asked not to.

be identified.
“There is a shortage of

_, Shed space in this port at the

C doen't think
SP a chance with
this num ber pits
_ Pretty high /

much

best of times. Eventually it

wasn’t an NHB decision it

was 8 political decision —
and they tore vit down

When the dust settled the
port found it was a double

loner. It lost its- cruise ship

terminal at least until 1985
and it lost valuable shed
space to store periihable
cargo.

"Industry executives warn
there is already a'shortage of
general cargo berths which

in the long run may damage

the port’s reputation.

Last year cruise ships
operated successfully out of
temporary facilities without
conflicting with cargo
storage but this year the

large Soviet flour shipments ’

might creale a problem. .

Port officials rushing Soviets flour sacks

“Qur target is to move the
flour by the end of May.”

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near the Legion last night:
"* peguited in: a three-hour...
power outage in downtown:

. . “Temperatures . should:

remain in the low teens

. today and. tomerrow ag a.:;

_ Hidge of high pressure keeps
‘clear. Sunny weather should
continue in the region.

rma 4" totad “add 4
“POLICE nl
_NEWS _ Jv a.

4 single vehicle aceident

Terrace. .
A™ pickup. truck was

m4 vseverely damaged . when it

struck a Hydro pole around

12:30 p:m.. this morning. .

‘ Two Hydro’ crews were
required to repair the
damage and restored power
by 3am. - wee

The driver of the ‘vehicle
fled on foot. ‘The incident is
still under investigation by
Terrace RCMP.

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