PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Tuesday, June 28, 1977 Mercury in fish is nation-wide Other possible man-made sources were not listed INCLUDING B.C.’S PINCHI LAKE Columbia and Newfoundland one each. Lougheed, in an interview Saturday in this Israeli deposits as an even more be distilled into a lengthy OTTAWA (CP) — Atleast steady diet of them can lead’ high mercuryblood levels in probable victims. Industries Ltd. at Cornwall, and paper mill at Dryden, .273 Canadian fresh water tonMinamata Disease, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, © The industiies named in American Can of Canada Mercury was used in the bodies contain mercury- irreversible mercury Alberta, B.C.andthearctic. the environment Ltd.at Marathon, Ont.,Dow pulpmaking process until contaminated fish, says a poisoning. Indians in northwestern department list are: Chemical at Thunder Bay, {he fall of 1975, list compiled by the federal FIGURES STAGGERING Ontario have shown Cominco Ltd, at Pinchi Ont., Domtar Lid, at The Reed operation has environment department. “F's just staggering,” symptoms of Minamata Lake, B.C., Prince Albert Quevillon, Que., Aluminum been accused of .__ The list was compiled Beatty said in an interview. Disease while six of 64 Pulp Co. Ltd. at Saskatoon, Co. of Canada Ltd, at contaminating the English- from information collected “I find it very disturbing. I persons tested by Montreal Dryden Chemicals Ltd. at Arvida, Que., and Strachem Wabigoon-Winnipeg by department agencies and was surprised tofinditisso neurologists in Dryden, Ont., Dow Ltd, at Beauharnois, Que. River system where should not be considered extensive. northwestern Quebec have Chemical of Canada Ltd. at | Dryden Chemicals was a mercury pollution in complete, say documents “We tend to look on been confirmed as victims. Sarnia, Canadian Industries related operation of Reed Canada first was made public by the mercury pollution as a Another nine are considered Ltd. at Hamilton, Canadian Ltd, which operates a pulp discovered. cepartment erro F strictly northern . overnments e ad phenomenon.” additional information to — He added that it will be ’ N supplement the list. = — important to get technical LOUGH EED’S PREDIC 110 edocumentsare replies experts to analyse the list. . . to written questions The data might be useful in 1 9 8 0? submitted in the Commons applying pressure on the Ol price ag y + by Perrin | Beatty , (PC— government to do something Watereo). rey-Dafferin about the cae inatio ai JERUSALEM (CP) — breakthrough in the important interim resource report which I will edit.” Someof the the affected lakes and Premier Peter Lougheed of development of the oil and it should prove in time The report will go to the contamination is man- streams—roughly > 16(—are Alberta, after a series of sands.’ that our coa policy was energy committee of made, some of it is natural, in Ontario, Manitoba had4o, Meetings in Saudi Arabia HAS ADDED INTEREST right--sufficiently cautious cabinet ‘“‘to provide a basic ¥ ist \ ? and Iran, predicts the world As the owner of vast coal about early development resource document for our say thedocuments. They list Saskatchewan and Quebec ©. rial t futu iey!? nine industries as known 22 each Northwest price of oil will rise to $20 reserves, Alberta has an and directed at encouraging future resources policy, sources of mercury Territories 12 New US. a barrel by the early added interest in the energy adequate development. The premier said t pollution in 21 lakes or Brunswick six, Alberta four, 19808 from the current price scene. Lougheed said _ the after discussions with rivers. Nova Scotia two and British 0! $14.50 abarrelat Persian —_—A shortage in the 1980s information he and his cabinet colleagues, he plans Gulf ports. “geoms to render our coal delegation collected “has to to report to Prime Minister Trudeau on his tour. because ofna lack of The provinces or the latest stop on knowledge of mercury territories with the highest city dle Ernst tour-—said it is MONIQUE BEGIN emissions into the air. numbers of polluted waters (0 aS ie there will , Graduate all conta Tak ee eee eaeee nies bem: He a sercous energ mini ; ain fish wi alth department has been d F d / t t f Diane Marie Fauchon of Terrace is a recent graduate of ™ercury levels exceeding doing exiensive testing for shortage in the early toms e er a in [ S$ er r e/ er. a es the University of Victoria. She received a bachelor of arts 03 milligrams per Kilogr oh mercury poisoning among “"He said the shortage will degree with first class honours in psychology. - of edible meat. Fish with Indians and Eskimos. create a seller’s market and : ; that level are considered a This testing has found strengthen the Organization C a or con S f l t u ti on a S hazard to health and a. NEW BRUNSWICK. _Investigation may pin natives with abnormally blame of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). “All the indications I VANCOUVER (CP) — Revenue Minister Monique PARLIAMENT TOO BUSY The assembly would deal Introduction of anti-inflation laws was difficult because receive would lean towarda Begin says Canada and the with the emotional aspects many areas which had to be rapid rise in crude oi] prices United States have signeda of e¢onfederation which covered came under provin- in the early 1980s.” working agreement to cial; not federal, Lougheed, premier of conduct simultaneous audits parliament can not handle ecause it is too busy jurisdiction, she said. Canada's major oil- of multi-national governing the country, she | She told a Liberal party . s 6. . . producing province, said he corporations. said. luncheon Sunday that the achieved his objectivein a § She said Saturday the The minister said she is federal government would in Jal ir je a | eC visit to Iran and Saudi working agreement is neither in favor of notrepeat mistakes made in Arabia, two key OPEC aimed at corporations who centralization or the 1968 Official Languages countries. use their multinational decentralization; there Act when it drafts new SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP} — A police investigation should be completed and a decision on whether to lay any charges made today or decision within the next two days,”” McCarroll said. The toll rose to 21 Monday with the death in hospital of Ivan Gary Donally, 28, of Authorities in Tennessee said the burning foam rubber in the padded cell there spewed heavy smoke and toxic fumes, includin: into the middle of it, and I know I wouldn’t have appre- ciated too many calls from the outside. “And I imagine they're up SOUGHT ASSESSMENT He wanted “to try to get as good an assessment as possible of the future of OPEC, the possibility of an energy shortage in the mid- status to evade taxes. Her American counterpart, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Jerome Kurtz, visited Ottawa last week tosign the agreement, should be a trade-off of powers between the federal and provincia] governments. She said she feels the legislation. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has said some changes in_bilingual- ism policy will occur, including a reduction in the number of civil service Wednesday inthe jail firea Saint John. His brother, carbon monoxide and te their eyeballs trying to federal government needs week ago that took the lives Allan, said Ivan had possibly some cyanide gas. get reorganized so we 1980s and the impact of both she said, more power todeal withthe posts designated as of 21 prisoners, Crown sufferéd brain damage and Clark said he has not con- thought we'd wait until they of these on future energy Miss Begin, who met with economy of the country. Bilingual. prosecutor William severe burns to his lungs. tacted the Tennessee hadafewdaystoworkonit prices.” women's leaders and McCarroll said Monday. “We'll be prepared to tmake some kind of a troublesome prisoners. down there and they’re right our problems.” é Ff ent tt P ief coroner ullen continue its commitment to Levesque’s vision of a HOMA GE Hughes sald all 20 were “trending out wellhead ration, and seized by fears BOSTON BAR DIVISION asphyxiated. prices to inte.” that the French language is . A BOON Fi OR MAIN E “We are going to have to being threatened. euae requires a TO DEAD Esai was 20 burning” profiting from the northeastern Quebec t0 Conservation efforts.” assure them that French is Samples were being taken possibility that Quebec may banks in my district of “The shortage “should not being threatened, she LEADER inside the jail to find out the Separatelram Canada, says Eagle Lake. =| encourage private money said, MECHANIC 7 exact nature of the smoke ' e possibility of aninde- into oii sands and heavy oil © Miss Begin reiterated her To preferred, Coastal WA rates and OTTAWA (CP) - Spokesmen for the four political parties paid tribute Monday to Andre Fortin, leader of the federal Social Credit party who was killed in an automobile accident Friday near Drummondville, Que. “The tragedy of his death was a cruel one for his wife and children,'’ Allan MacEachen, acting prime’ minister, said in the first of. The other 20 victims died "the night of the fire, which officials say started in the padded cell used to detain Autopsies on about 12 of them showed it was the cause ‘without exception,” that killed the men. “It would look as though there was poison in the smoke from that particular area (the padded cell),’” Hughes said. “But we only suspect that at the moment.” WILL EXCHANGE INFO Fire Chief Percy Clark said that once the investigation into the fire is completed and cleared by the appropriate officials, he hopes to exchange it with authorities yet, however, because he realizes the position they are in. “All hell has broken loose and then contact them in regards to what their problems were so that we could compare them with weeks many QUEBEC (CP) — The state of Maine is already Maine House of Representa- _ tives. ‘ “Tam in a position to say ‘that during the last few people have transferred their money from Quebec to Maine,” Martin said in an interview published Monday in Le_ Soleil. “I know of transfers of nearly $2 million from pendent Quebec is an issue of some interest in Maine, particularly among the Franco-Americans who make up 35 per cent of the state's population, he said. He declined further comment, saying he did not want to start a controversy. He said a serious energy shortage would obviously affect Alberta. It would encourage the federal government to recognize in Canada that it is going to take higher prices to introduce serious development.” “It should also put renewed emphasis on our secondary and tetiary recovery methods for Alberta oil, and it' should cause companies to accelerate their efforts to find a technological _Carter warns Israeli govt © the neeutes in the authorities in Columbia, th t || | d . 1 “He was determined his Tenn., where a jail fire a a an S negotiab e view of politics and this Sunday killed 42 people. Both fires started in cleared by the White House. country would not be v4 WASHINGTON (AP) — tat t confined to his own Padded cells, Clark said he The Carter administration At the same time, the again for. creation called province.” an interview. ‘‘The has served notice on Israel Carter administration Palestinian homeland. Fortin, 33, successor to the late Real Caouette, was driving from Ottawa to his home in Victoriaville, Que. Padded cells, he added, is can be automatically difficult compromise and if pertinent United Nation Police say he probably fell ute hoe ila hroughout excluded from Middle East there is no progress this Fesolutions ae requiring is. asleep at the wheel and his '€ iin in th ited peace talks. . year toward a negotiated yael to withdraw on all car left the road. He nd Ca da" nite ‘To automatically peace, ‘future disaster” fronts— the Sinai, Golan Progressive Conservative Stat es an lined : exclude any territory under might envelope the Middle Heights and Gaza, as well as ' Leader Joe Clark said e declined to say dispute would be contrary to East. the West Bank. Fortin’s career was too Whether the ee given off the principle of negotiating | Department spokesman se short. He was elected Mp by the material here were without preconditions,” the Hoddin Carter said that by. _Each year, the population for Lothiniere in 1968 and ‘hesameasgivenoffbythe state department said this he meant ‘‘the of India increases by more became party leader last ear, y “Those who had occasion to work with him know how zealous he was,'’ Clark said. “He spent all his energies identifying the needs of Canadians. He was an outstanding MP full of promise,” Ed Broadbent described Fortin as a noble anda hard- working Canadian. ghe said Fortin believed in both Quebec and Canada circumstances were quite similar.” ; The material used in fire in Tennessee. that no territory, including the Israelioccupied West Bank of the Jordan River, Monday in a statement warned both the Israeli and Arab sides to the dispute that they will have to make resumption of allout war.”’. YELLOWHEAD DOLLAR DAY SPECIALS "__ WIN All MON - THURS JUNE 27 - 30 single pattie burgers Carter said Israel has been advised that the administration interprets than 13 million. representatives of French Canadians during her five- day visit here, said that Quebecers have been captured by Premier Rene Canadians must give Quebecers a new vision of Canada as a nation and eall for a constitutional assembly to include about 200 people, both elected and non-elected. ® Brush Columbia... Forest Products Limited HEAVY DUTY benefitsapply - Telephone applications accepted. Call collect to; Douglas Daniels (604) 867-9214 TT , APPOINTMENT and was tryinr to find solutions to enhance that dual relationship. Charles-Eugene Dionne, Social Quebec riding of Kamouraska, said Fortin “was not only the leader of our party but for all of us a close friend.” Funeral services will be held today in Victoriaville. 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