id ainst Che
e : Residents facing trial for ““We had asked for a public i
ye | Standing in front of bulldozers inquiry every way we knew
> clearing access roads for B.C. how,” added Iris Griffiths, an-
ee Hydro’s Cheekye-Dunsmuir other defendant. “We made
“ twin 500-kilovolt transmission presentations to the ELUC (En-
id line renewed their demand fora vironment and Land Use Com-
at Public hearing into the project. _ mittee), wrote letters, held pub-
be one hour before they were to ap- lic meetings, but the govern-
ts Pear before the B.C. Supreme ment refused us at every turn.
Court Monday. The capacity of the Cheekye-
B.C. Hydro, in a particularly Dunsmuir transmission line
ul. Vindictive attitude towards its wildly exceeds current and
e, transmission line opponents, in- future energy needs projected
ee [ troduced civil proceedings _- for Vancouver Island by envir-
oF | against nine of the demonstrat- | onmental groups, according to
Ors arrested for contempt of Dr. Martin Schaffer, an econo-
n- Court when they allegedly im- mist and the independent expert
n- peded prepatory construction hired by the provincial ministry
Id of the project on Texada Island of the environment to study the
ns in August. Hydro had obtained proposed project.
of a Supreme Court order to pre- Schaffer’s report had been
| vent such activities. buried by the government when
_ If the defendants fail to con- he criticized Hydro’s method of
ol vince Chief Justice Allan Mc- forecasting energy needs and
| Eachern that their right toa full | recommended against the pro-
Public hearing into the project ject until a more thorough study
a Would have been denied had the had been conducted. It was only
tractors made the project a fait through public pressure that his
| accompli, then they stand to be report was eventually released,
25, | Made ‘‘financially account- and there are still undisclosed
oe able”’ for the cost to Hydro for documents the government 1s
g- | time lost, including wages. sitting on, Griffiths noted. _
ns One defendant, Paula Laurie The transmission line, which
at could lose her farm. will transmit power to Vancou-
he “All the demonstrators were ver Island from existing dams to
). asking for was a moratorium on begin with, will later be inte-
| the $1.6 billion project until a grated in Hydro’s massive en-
je full public hearing had been ergy proposal for B.C. outlined
he | held,” defendant Murray Ken- _ in its Energy Blueprint 1980.
hy | | Nedy, a carpenter, told a pre- That proposal, which calls for
| i trial press conference. dams on the Peace, Liard, Sti-
be | Beat the monopoly rip-off!
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kine-Iskut and Murphy Creek
rivers and the development of
the Hat Creek coal plant and
nuclear plants, spells future en-
ergy sellouts to the U.S. and
more subsidized energy for the
province’s major energy con-
sumer, the forest industry.
“The $18"billion to’ be spent
on these projects over the next
10 years will leave us with tons
of herbicides sprayed over vast
tracks of land, electromagnetic
fields created by extra-high volt-
age lines, acres of flooded farm-
land and the general erosion of
democracy,’’ Kennedy charged.
According to Dr. Michael
Margolick, an associate with the

economic department at UBC
and consultant to the Cheekye-
Dunsmuir Alliance, the expan-
sion of the pulp and paper in-
\ dustry is creating the energy is-

( Trial of residents dramatizes
ekye line

wtih,

By ne HEARING.

. demanding a moratorium on

Cheekye-Dunsmuir transmission line and public hearing as trial

sue on Vancouver Island, not
the consumer.

The forest industry will be
making even more fabulous
profits because of the subsidy
given from taxpayers in the
form of subsidized hydroelec-
tric energy, he noted.

“The..Cheekye-Dunsmuir
transmission line is not eco-
nomically justifiable when there
is a significantly cheaper source
of energy available to those in-
dustries — hog fuel,’ he de-
clared.

That position has also been
advanced by other organiza-
tions including the Communist
Party of Canada and the Van-
couver Island Council of Car-
penters which have said that the
electrical energy needs of Van-
couver Island could be met
without further expansion of
transmission. lines. 3

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Club invites all single adults,
parents, etc. to a PRE-XMAS
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between Sperling & Willingdon,
Bby. Good live band, lunch, door
prize. Tkt. info. 255-2512 (Dave) or
420-2082.

DEC. 2 — Norburn Single Parent
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DEC. 6 — 2p.m. to7 p.m. 2nd An-
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posits) for both tours.

‘sume our tours.

Robert Jackson
Chairman, Tour Ctte.
Canadian-Cuban
Friendship Assoc.

TOUR CHANGE

It is with real regret we must inform you that we
have been forced to cancel the Friendship Tours to
Cuba proposed for 1981.

In view of an increase of 45% by Cuba Tours we
feel that it is economically unfeasible for us to pro-

Even before we were aware of the price increase we
received only 10 definite applications (with de-

Deposits will be returned to you by.Globe Tours.

If you are still interested in a winter holiday in
Cuba we suggest that you contact Globe Tours who
can offer other holiday packages to beach resorts
or tours on a lesser scale.

We sincerely hope that in 1982 we will be able to re-

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LEGAL SERVICES

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CONNIE. FOGAL, lawyer, #8 —
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town), B.C. 687-0588.

HALLS FOR RENT

RUSSIAN PEOPLE'S HOME —
Available for rentals. For reserva-
tions phone 254-3430.

WEBSTERS CORNERS HALL —
Available for banquets, meetings,
etc. For rates: Ozzie, 325-4171 or
685-5836.

UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CUL-
TURAL CENTRE 805 East
Pender St., Vancouver. Available
for banquets, weddings, meetings.
Ph. 254-3436.

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