~ Holt an of ma 7 OTTAWA (CP) _ - Justice Minister Jean Chretien said Wednesday the government will, iatroduce’ legislation. within afew. weeks to’: remove criminal penalties - for, simple Chretien also told the Commons the govern. -, { may, change | the law that ‘Aeatires a Grits: promise legislation. : minimum seven years in prison for perions - convicted of importing marijuana. The minlater was responding to Bud Cullen, Libera! MP for Sarnia, who said sentencing in such cases should be left to the discretion of the courts: ‘ The justice muniter anid the government had. “y hope studied by cabinet. While simple Dosmeaclon fot personel use to do #0 a few weeks from now,”’ be. _ sald, valaing that legislation now is beiz ‘g: would | ™ jonger be a of trlfeking and poses on for the purpose of trafficking and sion. . porting would still be acrime. | ne - ‘The throne speech pledge was the latest in a series of promises in the last: eight yeara to . lighten penalties for soft drug offences. But all Initiatives have stalled, often because at the to ‘decriminalize marijuana idedin the speech from the throne opening ‘Parliament In'-April to remove criminal * Senalities for: simple posse government's unwillingness to atir opposed to such changes. In recent years, about 90 per “cent of con an -_victions under current laws: were for. simple possession. That usually brings first offenders. - a conditional discharge ot small fine, along. “* with a criminal record. - ~WPERT STEEL 7 | SALVAGE LTD." Sal Cove Ri, Pr. font . ‘624-5639 Ww BUY copper, brass, all nvtzis, Watteries; ate. Call us - We are - ae Man. through sit | CTERRACE-AITHWAT oes Volume 74 No. 118 YU 0c av ae Thursday, June 12, 1960 _+ Westend Food Mart Open 6: 30am -L1pm : . Tdays a week 635-5274 L ~~ Westend: ~— Chevron Service Chevron “We Satisfy Tummy & Tank “ 365 DAYS A YEAR” = Open | 24 Hours 635-7228 oe ~ Olympic rider here to ‘teach By CARLA. WILSON Herald. Staff Writer Nick Holmes-Smith would have participated in the Olympics this year if Canada had not supported the boycott against the Soviet Union, . Iynes-Smith is on the Canadién, three-day event -team..The team competes on ‘thelr horses. in dressage, cross-country jumping and stadium. jumping. A riding clinic in Terrace has brotight Holmes-Smith — here. He's instructing 21 local riders for four days and . leaves ‘Thursday, — ‘Hip base Toronto, although he lives in Oliver, B.C. He's preparing his horse, Sinnerman, for an alternate competition. In the third week In August the ‘Canadian team will be competing internationally in ' Fontainbleau, France. This would have been * Holmes-Smith's first op- S Donna Heppner takes her horse is currently in 7 NICK 8 am.-5 p.m.) arlle Brown over.a 2 jump during. a riding. clinic giver by Nick Holmes-Smitt . BITTER ABOUT BO YCOTT portunity to participate in _ the Olympics and he’s disappointed he won't: be able to go. — leverage against Russians is really bad,” he said. It’s easy for countries to boycott the Olympics because it will not adversely effect their econdémies, . he said. The boycott isn’t fair to athletes because they aren’t competing with. the za politicians who are forcing " HOLMES-SMITH... Missed Olympics “The Olympics , enhances good feeling and relations between countries and using them as a weapon for it, he said. ‘The public ‘has been { talked into believing it wauld be unacceptable to us to. compete in the Olympics,” Holmes-‘Smith said. Many of. the Canadian f riders who compete in- e ternationally Hive in the , Bast. "Western Canada has been out in the cold for so long in 50 many things,” he said. ' “Sports are no different.” “But if you go out there and beat them on your own merit then you'll get on the team.” Holmes-Smith has been to Terrace to give clinics twice Begin tells doctors they might be right -