Northwest BC This winter a familiar sight ov over the skies of Terrace will be CP Air’s 727-200 jets, replacing the smaller 737 in the mornings. With a capacity of 144 © economy seats, and the ab: ity to carry considerably more freight, this will be a welcome sight to the local . businesses.In announcing thisneIn announcing this new service, Peter Chetfle CP Air Manager for the area, advised that effective December ist, the 727 will leave Terrace airport daily via Prince Rupert except Sundays when it will be a 737 at 9:00 a.m, arrivin Vancouver at 11:19 a.m.[n the afternoon, on Tuesda Wednesday and Saturday the 107 seat 737 will fly via nm y, Prince Rupert , arriving Vancouver at 7:35 pm. and on Suna they will all be non-stop Sunday, Monday, Thursday’ an ; Friday arriving Vancouver at 6:38 p.m. All afternoon flights will leave Terrace airport at 5:20 p.m. with Himousin limousine service available Sales down, but mining exploration up Total sales revenue from the minig industry in the North West region of B.C. in 1976 was down slightly but expenditures on exploration and development and capital investment showed modest increases, says a mining association of Canada news release. Employment in the in- dustry and the total wage and salary bill also showed slight gains. . The overall provinical picture during 1976 was one VICTORIA — (CP) British Columbia govern- ment leaders Tuesday repeated earlier denials they had any connection with a memo alleging they requested a top secret in- vestigation of two B.C. labor of the little growth although total sales revenue climbed slightly to a record $975 million. Figures are relating to the North Western region showed 1976 sales revenue of $58.8 million compared with $67.3 million in 1975. The region showed a slight increase in ex- ploration and development expenditures in 1976 at $21.6 million {$20.6 million in 1975) and capital ex- penditures rose to $116 million ($10.2 million) The number of employees in the mining industry in the region for 1976 was 1,108 (1,094 in 1975) and total wage and salary bill was $21,8 million ($19.9 million). The study showed that while the minig industry continued to be a major factor in the provincial economy-accounting for about 5.2 per cent of the gross provincial product-- the outlook for the next Secret investigation Socreds deny spy orders leaders and the chairman of the B.C. Labor Relations Board. Premier Bill Bennett said he believed the memo to be “a major hoax. .. .for what purpose, I don’t know.” - Attorney-General Garde Gardom said the memo was obviously a hoax, anda very irresponsible one at that. “I’m glad it is a fake,” Gardom said in an in- terview. ‘‘It obviously had - all the earmarks of not being authentic.’ - ; Trudeau pleased with ¢ 7 more French teaching VICTORIA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau said Tuesday that British Columbia’s plan to expand the use of French in the public schoo] system was the kind of scheme more Canadian provinces should develop. I was pleased with the prog-ress in British Columbia,” Trudeau told a news conference following a two-hour meeting with Premier Bill Bennett. Under the plan announced earlier this year, the provincial government wiil offer a complete French language core curriculum to any area of B.C. that has sufficient need for it, start- ing in the fall of 1978. As well, the government plans to offer French an gua ge j courses, Bennett told a later news conference the provincial government is running into some problems with its plans. “The training of teachers is one of the problems,” he said, explaining that new teachers couldn't be hired because there has been no Significant change in student population, but that present teachers will be ret- rained. “We are not meeting the need yet,’’ Bennett said, adding that the government would have difficulty meeting its goals within the next few years, The premier also said that the Baldwin-Cartier school district in Montreal has been contacted by the ministry of education to help in the formulation of the French language core curriculum. Family forced to leave Canada though job offered EDMONTON (CP) Retired British policeman David Thomas, 44, said his family is to be deported to Britain Wednesday after spending its entire savings. Thomas said immigration officials gave him the wrong information about working in Canada and his family’s dreams of a new life here have been shattered. ; “They won't let us stay in the country even though I have a job offer from the 5 Alberta," Thomas said in an interview Tuesday. Thomas said he and his wife Bridgit,'39, and sons Ian, 18, and Simon, 13, have been told they will be flown to Toronto Wednesday and put aboard a flight for Britain. . ; Thomas said he was in the British police force for 20 years before retiring in September, 976, with exemplary standing, He went to South Africa and after working as a security guard for a gold nine he decided to move to yada because he thought 3 ehildres: Jaid be brghs: Dhoras fed oi. ake Gul amauta, wil obs tialy from teh ihe ‘anrivaent in Pretoria und f jp vospects the Canadian consulate in Johannesburg, “They said there's nothing we can do for you here,’”” he said. “They said we must be registered with Manpower in the area we intended to work and we should be able to get a visa if the job is approved.” He said he could not prove what he was told. The family packed their bags and paid more than $3,500 for a one-way jet ride. They sent some antiques and household items by ship and have heard they are in Toronto ready to be shipped back to Britian. “T don’t know how they think we are going to be able to pay to have those things sent back,”’ Thomas said. “We've gat about $35 to our name." FAMILY’'S BILL The. family arrived in Calgary Sept. 24 and lawyer Fred Whiting, who represented the family at a special immigration hear- ing, saidit has cost the city’s social services department abort $1,500 for food and sucter for the family. ‘The problem simply is ‘at they don’t have an iat: ant visa,” Whiting said, -If they had there whaid bane problem at ali.” Thomas said he told immigration authorites at the airport he had arranged a job interview and the family were given visitors’ visas. He said he has been of- fered a position as corrections officer at Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Institution and the family has to leave the country to apply for the right visa. “But we can’t come back again,” he said, ‘““‘We can’t afford it. We're going to have to work so hard now to get back what we lost.” ~ of Canada several years is not overl optimistic. “New capital attracted to the inddustry remained at a relatively low level, while expenditures on ex- ploration, development and capital assets show ed no indications of any sub- ‘stantial growth in the production capacity of the industry in the near future,"’ the report said. “As a result the con- tribuation of the industry to the economy of the province ‘The memo surfaced in Parliament Monday as Stuart Leggatt (NDP—New Westminster) raised the issue during the emergency debate on alleged RCMP lawbreaking. In B.C., the _ memo was revealed at the B.C. Federation of Labor convention in Penticton. CLASSIFIED SECRET The memo, typed on what appeared to be Government stationery, purports to be from Col. Robin Bourne, of the solicitor-general’s security planning and analysis ranch and is addressed to B.C. Labor Minister Allan Williams. Dated Oct. 13, 1977, it is headed “‘special intelligence request,” and is ckassified — “secret.” The memo states: ‘Our investigation of Mr. Paul Weiler, chairman of the B.C. Labor Relations Board, has now been concluded. We will forward our report to you under separate cover in the next few days. “You request pertaining to Messrs. L. (Len) Guy and J. (John) Fryer are (sic) being processed al this moment, and will also be forwarded to your office as soon as possible,’’ Guy is secretary- treasurer of the labor federation and Fryer is general secretary of the B.C. Government Em- ployees Union, LETTERS NOT FOUND Guy said Monday that he felt the memo could be a hoax, and Williams said he’d never asked for any such security checks and had never received any Bourne. Bennett told a nevis conference on Tuesday that Williams had ordered a thorough check of all files in his ministry, and had failed to uncover any corre- spondence pertaining to the alleged security checks. REQUIRED FOR LOCAL LOGGING OPERATION. 1.W.A. RATES WITH EXCELLENT BENEFIT PROGRAMS, APPLY TO - PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT TWINRIVER TIMBER LIMITED BOX 1000 TERRACE, B.C, could be adversely affected over the next several] years. P.R. Matthew, Managing Director of The Minin Association of Britis Columiba, said _—ithe economic study shows that incentives are needed for both the small prospector and the producing com- panies if mining is to con- tinue to be a major force in the economy. — Matthew said he was concerned that no new mines were opened during 1976, expenditures on ex- ploration and development made little gain, and stock market activity--which represents to a large extent risk-taking in new ventures- -was still away below peak years. . The result of this is that known ore reserves are being depleted faster than they can be found because th incentives are just not there to find new properties, he said. “Both senior govern- ments have to do something to direct captial investment back into the minig in- dustry,”’ Matthew said. The' mining industry, he said, is still taxed higher than manufacturing--56.75 per cent against 42 per cent- -and this discourages in- vestors who are looking for a fair return. ; He said it was his belief that the captial gains tax as it relates to increased common stck' values probably did more than anything else to discourage the risk taker--the small investor from all walks of life whose investment helped the small exploration company or prospector who have been responsible for many of the great mining finds in this country, “While the government should regulate stock ex- changes to offer safequards to investors,it should en- courage risk-taking in natural resource developemtn, and that could be done by removing the capital gains tax on com- mon stocks,” he said: ‘Spring drama festival coming > Terrace will play host to yet another provincial drama festical when Ker- -mode Theatre ‘78 comes to town. . Kermode Theatre '78 is the BC High School Drama Festival and will take place _ during the May Victoria . Day weekend, May. 17-21. During those 4 days, a tetal of 425 students, 50 chaperones, and 20 professional directors wil! converge on Terrace to particapte in a series of workshops and to perform a mighit Showcase of plays in the REM Lee Theatre. In addition a Fringe Festival of shorter, less complex plays wil] be staged each afternoon in arious schools. Plans rea underway now to contact each and every high schocl in the province to encourage the drama teachers to bring their classes to Kermode Theatre ‘78. Only senior students with 2 years of drama to their credit are eligible to atten. Each school is limited to 20 students with a chaperone to accompane each group of 10. Two chartered CP Air jets wil bring the majority of students to Terrace. They will be house in local hotels and fedin masses at Skeena - Junior High SChool gym- nasium, Kermode Theatre '78 so named to keep Terrace's association with the local white bear in the forefront is a large and involved un- dertaking. Sehool Board trustee Elaine Johnson will chair the committee that consists of the following: ‘Transportaion-George Clarke; Accommodiation and Registraion-Mary Ann Boyd, Merry Hallsor, David Phillips, Augie Geerhart’ Showcase 78-Ken Morton; F no MeLeod; Workshops- Brian Kovein, Stefan Cieslik, Doug Xenis, Betty-Ann Burtch, Publicity- Ashley Proceviat. Uppermdst in the minds of the committee is the promotion of Terrace as. well as Kermode THEATRE Inquiry asked | on pipeline VANCOUVER (CP) George Manuel, president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, called Tuesday for a judicial inquiry into the socio-eco- nomic impact of the Alaska Highway natural gas pipeline on British Columbia. In a telegram to Hugh Faulkner, federal minister of Indian affairs and nor- thern development, Manuel said that failure to take action now will result in “great misery for those who. have to live with the con- Sequences of this un- necesary pipeline.” Manuel said his association is becoming increasingly concerned about the negative impact of the pipeline. : oe Set of all wood: coffee tabl bles for 399” “This pipeline is scheduled to pass through aboriginal land in northern B.C.,"" he said. “No agreement has ever been reached with Indian people to allow this pipeline to travel through our land in B.C. Nor has there ever been a consultation with the Indian people concerning this project. “This neglect must end right now.” Manuel! said the B.C. government had recently published § environmental uidelines to regulate evelopments like the pipe- line. *It is obvious that these guidelines were prepared without a thought to the Indian people of our rights e ‘and even our existence,’ said.