po Rag eguanrve LIBRARY, COMP. 77/78 a oe of weertl ee ED ee a sees cere apt pee tenner mest. : followed, -. procedure. could take ‘from 7 Wednesday, August 13, 1900 ~ MOTORC YCLE HELME Is. Photo w core wilson oe a ay Toe ney a ly ‘Bichmeyer is riding ofr raotoreyele and he isn’t {wearing ahelmet. - Greg Shatinon is riding his “'motoreyele- and che is ‘wearing a helmet. - "And each is well within his jegal ‘rights to do sq/.for nOW, B.C, | ve recomme a spear) “ofa, lin _ court ruling Monday ‘which ° said compulsory helmet - legislation is invalid.. “However, if that route is * the. , appeal ‘three to. six “months, the minister said. Sled - ‘Provincial court’ Judge Cyril Woodliffe Monday held "Transportation : paren Alok Frakar. said’ ° be pl ince government: leg eh *. ‘delegated. motorcyclists ‘helmetleas far ‘the couple of me oe : . fet {hat the superintendent of motor vehgcles should not be ‘empowered to enact legislation under the Motor Vehidle Act, as is currently the case, That authority, the judge ruled, must.rest with A matter of ct oleae” me weeks it took ‘the attorney- geferals's office to reword the regulations. -_ .Eichmeyer stopped wearing his helmet as soon as he keard the news. “Speing the weather was | the cabinet. — so nice I couldn't possibly -This left open | the ride around-with a- ‘helmet. " possibility the loophole ould: He worriés about ‘getting 0 til je taba Hatt ui oh urs -alhiost “Prager said the appeal route ‘has been recommended. An’ earlier challenge to helmet legislation succeeded in 1979 when a Burnaby provincial court judge ruled that authority for. testing -helmets was. improperly c*Many: B.C. rode ra STi otha ‘ralinge immed ately “but “1: ‘don't believe it should bea matter of law; he said. “When it comes to. your own personal protection it should be left up to the individual." Shannon says he does not - believe it should be a-matter of personal choice. has made it one. Shannon rides his Yamaha 750 with - his helmet on and gees It as a’ matter of common sense. | But he .. “The people. who ‘drive in’ ‘this town aren't very. good’ drivers so you have td beware," said Shannon. . ” He had an accident last ‘year and. hit his head buat’: because he: was. wearing his . helmet his’ face’ wasn't in- * -jured, otherwise he. might - : have lost. some teeth, he sald. days: ago Shannon had a closé call when a driver pulled ‘out of a. parking lot and almost hit him. 4 He pointed: out a monetary ., aspect to helmet wearing. | oT don't think: ‘people have a right to complain .about insurdnee premiums being high and not wearing their: - helmets at the same time.” Greg Shannon says wearing a helmet is simply a matter of common sense. He chooses i io ‘do 80. “How r much ¢ = north does. >anada reall YELLOWKNIFE. (cPy — Canada owns .a much smaller chunk of ‘the Arctic _Qcean than government maps show and is. IH- prepared to fight almost cer- tain challenges to its sover- eignty over the Northwest Passage, says an in- ternational law expert. . Since the early part of this century, Canadian. maps have shown national boundaries running arrow- straight from . the - eastern and ‘western. limits of Canada’s ‘territories to the North Pole. But those bound- arieg‘and the so-called sector prinelple on which they are based are wotthless, Donat Pharand, a professor ‘of international jaw at the ‘University of Ottawa, said Tuesday. ‘Of even greater coricern, Pharand tolda Royal Society of Canada symposium marking the centenary of the transfer of the Arclic Islands to Canada from Britain, is the current weakness of Canada’s claim to the North- west Passage as internal waters. “It is difficult to support historic title to the Nor- thwest Passage when there Photo by Caria Wilson naan ie porieaanacaee inate (i rhes2t'sa4 te atte “has to be extra careful: Two burning out of control: ’ DIFFIC ULT AREA er The fire escaped at both: the north and south * flanks Tuesday and now covers an area of ap: proximately: 50.acres.: The number of men working ona . guard to stop the plaze has Increased tv.75, Forestry officials _ are héping’ fo. have li under. contro! today. "We're. having problems because of the steep grade, especially at the north end of the’ fire,’ sald Bi)” sheecart ‘of: the: B.C. forest ‘service. _“Beeau ae 4 Terrace ap irs to be the _ northern area hi rdest hit by. © parvovirus... “Veternarians “here say’ they were having" > trouble: treating the nuinber: _ of cages ‘reported, - fe “The.” ‘highly.contagioua. “yirus affecting dogs «.con-" tinued to spread. ‘Tuesday .j inv “some. northern |B: 0. , com- ~ munities. "0 7) . * Vaccine for the’ disease is" runnirig law in this area. The Aurora’ Animal . Hospital thinks it'll be another month before the. next : shipment - arr tives: : : * Parvovirus can ‘dehydrate and kill dogs. The virus causes diarthea. \, and ening at 8, fatal in an, . fo. mt of“ % cabes reported i in an earlier . outbreak in Edmonton. - The virus had earlier'been.° reported in other parts of ‘Canada, and . the Unilted » has many rate outlook TORONTO ... However, there ‘was vaccine available. in Prince - George and that: community y apparently was prepared to share’ it. The ‘disease, distemper- -like reached near epidemic proportions during “the Edmonton outbreak. The ‘origin of the virus has not - been determined, ' ; Dr. “John Robinson, veterinarian at’ provincial: government laboratory: in. Abbotsford, B.C.; said the vacciné: supply. in’ B.C, is low: because the . _ disease broke ‘out: -suddently and itt! bakes if jaboral ories to increase puite: ‘for production. A veterinarian in Victoria said: many residents. in the. provincial capital were rushing their baa to-clinics for vaccinations. economic consultants, said interest rates will. ‘remain’ -within one percentage point . of their current position for the rest of 1990." He ‘said he expects long- to be worse than. expected, One economist for.a.major bank said “it’s a holy mess trying to figure’ but ‘where things are going right now." He predicts’ the Bank of Canada rate will decline, perhaps as low as. 115 per cent. Canadian interest rates are difficult to predict because of the unpredictable ‘behavior of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, a major determinant of American interest rates. ‘He said economists doubt whether the central bank can keep monetary policy light despite unemployment figures ‘and President Carter’s struggle for re-, election. tanker Manhattan, Canada extended its territorial waters to 12 miles from three. That effectively provided a “territorial gate” at the narrowest section of the passage, which is less than 24 miles wide, , But evena territorial gate doesn’t allow. Cahada to prohibit ‘Innocent passage” under the mést' recent the In- on the early shift. ‘The Nass Is still on regular . hours but the § situation there Is being. monitored _Gesely. unknown three’ -the- ‘ The federal govern- ‘ment still has not said it will conduct a full en- vironmental. : assessment of. the $2,5-billion “hydroelectric power. project in _ northern, British Columbia proposed “by - the Aluminum Co, of Canada Ltd., says John’ Fraser, former environment minister. Fraser said i in a written statement ‘Tuesday the project ‘is the most extravagant grab. at B.C. water resources in several decades’’ and* repeated demands: for public :hearings into the =] company’s. dam shuildldg plans, The former Progressive Conservative government had promised such hearings because of the- potential dangers of the two dams to the B.C. fishing and tourism industries, — - ’ Fraser, Conservative “MP for Vancouver South, also. sent letters Tuesday to Environment Minister John Roberts and to Fisheries Minister Romeo LeBlanc urging the government to study the environmental effect of the project. The company wants to triple. its smelting capacity at Kitimat by adding new smelters that ‘would be supplied with electricity from the new watetshed in the Kemano region. . : West Coast = en- vironmental experts say new diversions of water in the area threatens rivers in which salmon and rainbow trout spawn. Another . economist. said. No injuries in fire _ Guests at the Sandman Inn were temporarily evacuated Tuesday evening when a mattress caught on fire, No injuries were reported, Smoke filled the building but the extent of the damages is not known. rile BP ternational Law of the Sea conference, Pharand said. Innocent passage meats any ship complying with Canada’s 1970 Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act can sail through ihe Northwest . Passage al any time, Canada has since extended | its area of economic and fishing interest in coastal waters to 200 miles, but cannot timit passage, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, a re VOR, on fe : ii ee ., : . : eo ce ee awe