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"'alean has: temporarily increased the water. flow. into the:
Nechako River.despite its helief that the previous flaw: as
sufficient to protectthe'salmon.  -- |. ;
-.. However, the company will not ‘gay ty how much: it j

w long,: |
water from ‘the Shine Lake

2 Thetis

riges in the river,

” Fetleral' ‘fisheries oii are. sal: “thd ‘site: tngaitoring the .
‘stagia m and, Feport % a Tise. in the’ water level at: Cheslatta

‘a
i” “Alenty has pire the additonal i pi even ‘ug it sod

spillway i into the’ Nethako River system began last 4 Friday
There will be a four to live day delay before the water level.

, its independent consultants a
. Gubic feet per second flow Was not damaging the salmon.

of the opinion thal, the 500

Earlier this-year Alcan reduced the water flow into the

os ». Nechako by half from 11000 cubic feet per: second,

sr but not amount

fisheries for them toreview. Along with that, the department
- will be looking at some information they have just obtained,
“Once all the material haa been studied, a decision by
fisheries will-be made concerning: the water flow rate of the

- Nechako River.

- Fisheries officials clalin that the 500 Jevel was toa low to

-etisire the protection of thiesalmonrun this summer, '--
" Alean. has also turned: over. its” data on the matter to

Romeo Le Blane, minister of fisheries. and oceans had _
. already asked the company to raise the rate but Alcan does
. Notbelieve he has the power to order th

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STEWART, BA: (cP) —
This isolated town in nor-'
thwestern B.C. should be
* back in touch with the rest of
the province by. noon teday
with completion of a Bailey
bridge ‘across ‘the Bear.
«The fe replace

ridge r ces a one:
lane”. Secden. bridge
» ‘destroyed. by. fire,Monday
the town was:
50th, anni

“district highways technician
Frank Rizzardo said Wed:

*nesday,. The highways

a) ent. is continuing a-
heltonte airlift to carry

_ Wanga

tourists. caught t in “Stewart .
across the river. if they want,
‘to feu to their homes. —

So far, said municipal -

manager. Yohn. Parnum,’:
of the 1,209 fourists ofl
et at wea angel

tea
: “We il one group of |

“feut. 40 . from Kitwanga —

- who'de: ‘formed a sort on a,
commune," . > he-

- gaid.-
“They're in a comer of the

‘campground and they. cook

huge meals around a fire,
We've carted them in an
extra water supply,” Kit-
is .about 200
kilometres southeast _ of
Stewart,. located an B.C.'s

southernmost . ‘border. with :

Alaska. —

~Pourists: have’ F filled -
Stewart's two hotels ‘as well
as the. one hotel ineeerby
Hyder, ..- Alaska.” and
Stewart's oné calfipiground.

Several more are billeted:in

hornex.dn.the community, ©

Rizrardo sald tourists who

needed. to leave with their
vehicles were taken out by
the barge which. brought up
the Bailey. bridge. An ad-
ditional 40 have crossed the
rivet by helicopter and gone
on by-bus #0 Terrace, Prince
Rand Kitimat.

Parnum said the town of
almost °2,000 is having no.
trouble with food. supplies.
“We have two grocery stores .
here and the same day as the
fire a barge carrying
asbestos brought up two.
semi-trailers of food,” . he
aald, “We've got two to three
weeks of food, and if we run
out of fresh food it can be
flown in.”

NDP. claim
WCB cheap

VICTORIA " (CP) —
Workers’ Compensation
Board statistics which show
that worksite inspections
declined in 1979 while deaths .
and injuries increased prove
the board Is more concerned
with saving money than ©
preventing accidents, Karen
Sanford (NDP — Comox)
said Wednesday.

Sanford said ‘Labor |
Minister Jack Héinrich
should instruct the board to

increase the number of in-.,
spections. .

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
(AP) — With women
supervising the projects and
workers hammering around
theclock, construction crews
here and in El Paso, Tex.,
built houses irpm the ground
up In less than 35 hours,

“The instant-howse idea was"

Home up in 35 hours

‘ Atwo- car accident on ‘Lakelse and Kalum at -
_ approximately 10° a.m. Wednesday”
“ Victoria Mason (below) to hospital suffering ..
froma broken feg. The two .car collision —

UDED - By .

“sent:

= Hh

~ resulted in $1,000 damage to the truck and’
The RCMP are. con.

$2,000 to the car. —

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femplating a | charge of failing to yleld.

_ Photo by: ‘Carls Wilson
yet 1 eh wt te Lt

OTTAWA’ (CP) — The:
federal ‘government an-
nounced today it will spend:
about $39 million for con-
struction. of a new coal ter-
minal and support services
at Ridley Island to facilitate
coal development in nor-

“theastern British Columbla._
Transport Minister Jean-

‘Luc Pepin told a news
conference. the federal.
contribution means con-,.
struction of the new terminal
site should be completed by

the end of 1983 when the first .
‘shipments of coal from

northeastern B.C. mines are

expected,

In addition, Canadian Na-
tional Railways, a Crown
corporation, will. spend

; approximately. $212 nylon :

‘ fe

Mayors want 10 point s suspensions.

VANCOUVER |
Mayors: of 12.

(CP)-

municipalities are urging the ”
province ‘ta suspend im-:_

“mediately  the.- licences, of.

drivers who accumulate : -10 ,

or more demerit polnts: |:

The mayors say. the. motor:
vehicle branelt Is not diligent ....
in suspending licences “of.

habitual offenders. ©

The
suspensions was: passed.
- recently. at a committee
meeting of the mayors. -The
municipal mayors endotsing
the resolution were: Central:
Saanich, Delta, Esquimalt,
Matsqui, Nelson, New
Weisminster, Oak Bay, Port
Moody, Saanich, Vancouver,
Vietoria and. West Van-
couver, :

Suspensions now - ‘are

decided by the motor vehicie .

‘ branch and are not based on
a point total. The branch
looks at a driver's record

- pnd the nature of his or her -

offences, The only automatic
suspensions are for con-

yictions under driving sec-:
tions of the Criminal ‘Code. :

The mayors ‘also have | ~

conceived ‘by the US Hone

rp., w.ich has branches in:

both citles. Work on the two

“resolution “on ;

’ The

’ Broomhilda an

. Suspensions

urged the province to lower.

the statuatory age. for

"juveniles, now 17. They said
a lowering of the agé would |

allow better. policing: of

juvenile misdemeanors, © “
‘Copies .of the. mayors’

roposals. were released
nesday,

attorney General Allan
Williams, minister
responsible for: enforcing
B.C,'s driving laws, said he
willthink about charging the
rules regarding licence
after. he
receives a report. from a
motor. vehicle task force.
report Is due shortly.

* Williams said the question
of lowering the statutory: age

of. juveniles is not being
; actively considered.

Bertie McKinley, “general ;
. matiager’ of the Vancouver
“Safety. Council, disagreed
“with the licence ‘suspension

recommendation, pointing

“out ‘that drivers can: .ac-
cumulate points for offences
other than moving violations

— for example, by failing to

have a light over the rear:

licence plate.

She said it would be more
useful if drivers with more
than 10 penalty polnts were

. forced to take a defensive
_ driving course.
. Graham Edis, public af-

fairs manager with the B.C.
Automobile Association, said
the association needs time to
study the mayors’ recom-
mendation before com-

‘ menting,

But he said zhe idea raises

‘the problem of people who

continue to drive after
suspension and. aren't
nabbed unless some. cir-
cumstance .calia police At
tention to them, .

Edis‘also noted that people

"who earn a living by driving

are likely to chalk up 10
demerit points more quickly
than other, possibly worse
drivers who spend less time
on the road.’

. Minister

idley -Ieland,...provide ..
necessary train sets. and ta
improve plant. capacity,

Pépin said.
Bud Olson, .

Senator
of . economic
development, said Ottawa is’.
hoping the provincial
government will succeed in
negotiating an economically
viable package with the

- carriers, coal companies and

Japanese customers to allow
orderly development of the
coal project.

Pepin said the §39-million
federal. expenditure will
provide for the preparation,
through the National Har-
bors Board, of the basic coal

termina! site including the

cost of additional track,
power and water supply over

‘ that required to serve the .

grain ‘terminal under con-
struction at Ridley Island.

Meanwhile, the regional
economic expansion
department has been
authorized to negotiate with
the province for construction

oa

.of an access road to the

island on a shared-cost basis.
The federal cost is estimated :
at $4 million. -

Olson released copies of a
Telex sent to B.C. Industry
Minister” .Don Philips
outlining federal support for
the project. -

“Our participation in the’
northeast 8.C. coal ‘project _
through substantial federal
financial contributions
reflects our commitment to.
‘this’ promising major
economic . development
opportunity for the people of
B.C. and the country as a
whole,” Olson said. |

The announcement
culminates weeks of behind-
the-scenes bargaining’
between the two levels of

Feds t d
coal terminal

dé $39 million to: be committed

government over: financing
. of the'project.

‘The provincial govern-
meat withdrew last month.

from development plans,
saying Ridley Islahd was
clearly ‘a Tederal. re-
aponsibility. :

_ Wednesday at 3. p.m.

THREAT CLEARS
LOCAL OFFICE ©

“A bomb threat caused: the ‘evacuation of the
Terrace Human Resources and’ ‘Health Center

The department of human resources called the
_ Terrace RCMP ‘just before 2 p.m. The ‘police.
. searched the building but didn’t-find:anything. _
The bomb was supposed to go | off at &: 30 pany ‘
however. everything Was - ‘quiet thei ean

to mprave the main rail tine - ys 0

Elderly won't be
getting ICBC break

VICTORIA (CP) — The
minister in charge of the
Insurance Corp. of B.C.

. rejected ": Wednesday a
~guggestion’® that the aged .

should pay auto insurance

rates lower than. everyone |

else.

Jim Hewitt aald he has hot
talked over the proposal with
Tom Holmes, the new ICBC
president, but said it is the
government’s intention to
eliminate discrimination in
premiums through _ its
Fundamental Automobile
Insurance Rates (FAIR)
program. That means

everyone would pay the |

same T irdless of a,
ne roginde sot ape after

. belng appointed to the ICBC
“post that.he felt the govert-.
“ment should take a- second

look at FATR, especially, the
requirement . that senior
ccltieens 8 should | pay the s same

aot said he is ¢otl-

~ cerned about the aged ai low

and fixed incomes. but that
any changes might com-
plicate the situation. .

The ICBC ‘board of
directors would. have to
approve any changes to the
FAIR program before it gous
to cabinet. :

Hard bargaining yet
before coal deal set

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Tough negotiations remain
before. agreement can be

reached with Japanese steel,

interests. on a ‘price for
northeastern B.C. coal, a
negotiator for Canadian
mining companies involved

. In the talks said Wednesday.

+ Robert Andras, a vice-

president of Teck Mining —

Corp., said mining company
representatives would

‘return to Japan to resume

talks within a month, -
“We really didn't expect

that they would sign’ 2 deal
first time out,” sald Andras, ~
a former - federal: Liberal

‘ cabinet minister. ”

Teck, Denison Mines and:
British Petroleum Coal are-
involved in a muilti-billion-
dollar deal for 6.5 million |
tonnes of coking coal a year :

over 20 years, ough °
du to take

“Some pretty
negotlations are still
place,” Andras said. "I~

-wouldn't hazard a . guess
whether they will be puc-

cessful.

Recent a

The Daily Herald adds a little more laughter

the Daily Heraldis happy: to announce that we’ ve added a
little more laughter to the newspaper. , ;

With all the bad news in the world today,
of this paper feels you might need atiother chuckle or two.
Starting Friday you will see Hagar the. Horrible,
imal Crackers as well as Shoe and Heath-_
cliff, on the comic page of this.

the management

‘newspaper daily.

With all good things come some $i dcrifices, In order to

make the deal to obtain these comic strips we had te let

- Catfish go, Among the reasons for discarding Catfish was the

belief of Greg Middleton, the editor of tie Herald, that the

- stereotyped cowboys and Indians theme of Catfish could be

“houses began at midnight”

Sunday nigh
“orews finiched :

minutes of r:ch other

materials.

t and the two |
within three

- offensive’ to some people.

. The new comic strip characters join'B.C., ‘the Wizard of Id, °
“Doonesbury and the Amazing Spiderman, In addition to |
“Herman. . ‘
Tuesday with.at using»
prefabricated or modular.

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