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B.OSEANNE OF NUDONNA |

IS ABETTER POLITICIAN... fm

EDITORIA
Time to remember

| _ARCOUR OR MOLRCNEY

Recessions, depressions and economic
downturns do more than rip the fabric of

modern day society. They also play havoc -

with the institutions and connections that
make up the grounding of that society.

Woodward’s is one such example. A
B.C. company, it played an important part
in provincial history. Its gutting is tragic.
Another important business is the Hud-.
son’s Bay Company, the pre-eminent en-
terprise that defined .
several centuries before there was a coun-
try called Canada..

The Hudson’s Bay Company is little
known nowadays in the. northwest, despite
its all consuming influence in the last
century. It established trading. posts and
waypoints at strategic locations along the
rivers and lakes which were treated, fol-

lowing the native way, as waterborne high- |

ways of commerce. Fort St. James was one
of those as was Fort George which is now
Prince. George. Hudson’s Bay also estab-
lished posts at Babine Lake and at the
mouth of the Stikine. Fort Simpson, for in-
stance, is now called Port Simpson.

As times changed, so did the the Hud-
son’s Bay Company as it became part of a

things Canadian

larger retail empire. Many stores in the
mid-1980s were converted to Zellers oper-
ations. Others, primarily those in the far
northern parts of the country, were bought
by former employees and were called The
Northern.

And now The Northern i in Old Hazelton
is closing as of the end of January. Its

_ building is ancient and-the store-is un-

profitable, The closure ‘ends a historical
connection dating back to 1866 when the
Hudson’s Bay Company first opened a

trading post at the Wet’suwet’en village of |

Hagwilget in the Hazeltons.

By 1900 the post was a main supply con-
nection to interior Hudson’s Bay Company
operations and by 1903 it was called ‘‘one
of the most important. in the district,’’ ac-
cording to company archives.’

It would be tempting. to dismiss the
closure as just another sign of the times.
Some might say that those businesses
which cannot survive, should disappear.
But it is important to remember the place

_the .Hudson’s. Bay Company and The

Northern has in this area’s history. Without
the Hudson’s Bay Company, the north
would bea much different place.

Land for everyone

So, the city has withdrawn five lots from
a subdivision it developed on Birch bench.
iWhy?: Theré+have:been complaligs that one.
raé therhomes: bajltin-the subdivision, is: of ..
thé ‘modular ‘type."It wasn’t. wanted by -.
those who had stick homes built on-the lots
they bought or,were planning on building.

They say modular homes devalue sur-.-

founding property ~
anymore up there, .

The city. is ‘cofiteimplatinig ‘a restriction.
‘limiting. new homes: to. stick built: ones
wien the lots are. put back on the market.
From this we. can. assume a couple’ of

and” do not want

rere Ch A

things. One is that the pleasure of a view
can be limited by those who already enjoy
, one. The other is that ihe, city: accepts. the |
, theory that those, who can, afford a view did
so to look down on modular homes and not
across the street from one.

‘Any restriction by the city is disappoint-
_ ing, It should be. doing its utmost to pro-

vide as much land as possible’ for more af-

fordable. housing. Not: everybody fits the

: stereotypical single: residential - home im-
age. A ‘city that encourages high standard
_ modular housing is one that will be repaid

with a Stable and balanced ‘population.

Stop naval gazing

_ By appointing the. first ever

female minister of, defence,
Prime Minister ‘Mulroney has
thrown military’ tradition off ©
kilter. While ,the navy’ S {eeler-
ing. in shock, Kim Campbell
should. topple some. of - their -
antiquated conventions’ and :
mindless ‘protocol. :;

For instance, one morning an

Through
-Bifocals. |
_by Claudette Sandecki |

‘
‘ u

: : forestry, which is holdih

ailing recruit. donned bluejeans
and T-short: to visit: the . base
‘doctor after spending the night
cramped . ‘with © severe ab-
‘dominal pains which he right-

dy guessed: to:be acute appen-"

dicitis. But before: the : doctor
would examine..him, he was
ordered to go home and. telurn
‘in ‘uniform.

The navy would - welcome -
any amount of; expensive ‘up-.
dating from nuclear-powered
submarines to modern helicop- ;

ters, In the’ theantime, ‘less

costly more personal ‘issues’
need to be dealt: with.‘to:im- .
prave daily lives, of: ordinary:

“seamen.
For

starlers, © 2,

uniforms on a‘sub-zero morn-

ing with'& windchill: of 65. he-
learn.
what men-in-charge refuse to.
admit — that ‘uncovered ears’
freeze. Sailors standing” four- .
hour watches’ onwind swept... k'
decks wear toques, though pack

‘weather may. call for a parka

low, She'd’. instantly

hood snugged about the face,
not casually tossed back Miss

Piggy fashion. Ears must pick

up commands barked from be-
docks No smoking zoics,._

‘Educate: smokers to abandon |

low. os
’ Campbell should rivster the
courage ‘to issue inter. Caps

with earflaps' that Works; “The:

“Campbell
should test wear: the service’s

“dence tobacco. cases - cancer,
~.the navy sells cigarettes on:
- board ship:at the duty free in-,
“centive, Price of $1 50 per.

who-

ced cel ree ofS “nak Tie eats ye yes beg cs es el

fake fur currently supplicd

serves best as a chamois for
buffing the hatchback.

"Laundering. costs «less ‘than
drycleaning. Yet ship’s : per-
sonnel are expected ‘to make.
the trip to work wearing~full
uniform, even . watking
through Halifax or . Victoria
slush:‘and mud. Despite cb-
vious traffic hazards to white

uniforms, « regulations forbid
‘dressing’ in Levis’ or other

casuals.. Even. seamen who
ride back and_forth to work on
motorcycles ‘are expected to

“don: knife-pleated trousers and
_ shirts with ties under any pro-
'.: lective leather, A commander
~- with common sense would zap

‘that rule before he went out to.
lunch, ;

- On another tack, despite evi-

"Why? oe

Campbell’ would: do well to
follow the-lead of city councils,
‘discotrage - puffing. .
‘Declare. entire navy. ships and :

“their expensive, unhealthy ad-
“diction.” “Recruit ‘only. non-

smokers.

Equally incomprehensible,
scrubbing of football. field-
sized naval ship decks is still
done on. hands: and knees.

‘With ‘a ‘sponge. Headquarters
seems never to have heard of
“mops: with’ handles.

Maybe
they requisition their cleaning
tools. from “Uzbekistan or
Bangladesh where brooms are

whisks.-Or perhaps mop hand-

les arc.stockpiled for use as
limbo. poles: when the navy
goes ashore during NATO, ex-
ercises in the Carribean.

Campbell may reduce the

uppityness of navy hierarchy.
And. -what an

clings to antiquated tradition

like barnacles to a rusting hull

won ‘twelcome it,

improvement —
that would be. But a navy that.

DH-OH! Here's Our
CARTOONIST BACK |
FROM OUTSIDE! |

HE'S ALWAYS $0
\ WEIRD AFTER
TRAVELLING !

hei “nen

TOO many people
depend upon fast
aiminishing: WOOd

VICTORIA — Corky
Evans is up to his keesters in
meetings these days, and he
wishes, it was timber,

Evans is chairman of the
B.C. Legislatur’s all-party . .
{standing comimittee’o

‘meetings around the province
‘to find out what's ailing the
industry's remanufacturing
‘sector,

Remanufacturing is that part
of the forest industry which
takes raw lumber, re-mills or
refines it into products such as
panels, shelving, window

-frames and similar value-

added items.
Many industry officials be-
lieve that the remanufacturing;

‘sector is the only part of the

forest industry that can be ex-
pected to create new jobs i in’
the future, but there is a prob-
lem — lack of wood.

The other problem is that
few representatives of the
remanufacturing industry are
aclualiy coming out to the
meetings,

Evans says he has reason to:
believe that the operators of
remanufacturing plants, most-
ly small outfits, are being in-
limidated by the big com- -
panies. ‘And if that is so, he.
says, it’s nothing short of ~~
blackmail. .

But some firms have been
represented at the. public hear-
ings of the committee. Among
them was Roy Summerhayes,

_ president of the Vancouver Is-

land Association of Wood.
Processors.

Summerhayes says there are
an estimated 100 small wood
remanufacturing firms on

_ Vancouver Iskand alone, |.

employing about 1,000 people.

~ The future of the remanufac- -
turing sector, he told the com-
Inittee in Victoria last week,
was threatened by the steddily
dwindling timber supply. Van-
couver Island’s allowable an-

nual: cut has been reduced

Sol fs THE NORTH

STILL THE BEST
PLACE. IN THE

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Ry Hubert: Beyer |

WHeLe WaRLD?

From the
Capital

once and further cuts are ex-

| pected.

Such reductions in the allow-
able cut don’t, of coursé, af-
fect only the smail remanufac-
turing firms, but cut deeply
into the operations of the big
companies. .

‘In the last three years alone,
the number of International

"Woodworker of America
(IWA) jobs lost on Vancouver
_ Islandasa'result of mill

closures in Victoria, Lake
Cowichan, Sooke, Nanaimo,
Port Alberni and Tahsis is
eslimated at 3,000,

The two sectors are competi-

ng for the same diminishing

‘ wood supply which gives
credence to Evans’ suspicion —

that the little guys are being

_pressured by the big firms into
. staying away from the com-:

mittee hearings. .
The picture elsewhere in:
British. Columbia is equally

~ bleak: foo little lumber to’ go" -

around. In Williams Lake, the
local Share Group, a coalition

_ of stakeholders in the forest

industry, has called on the

' chamber of commerce to tell

its members that what happens
io the forest industry happens

lo.everybody.

Share groups have a wide-
ranging membership, compris-
ing forest workers,

' housewives, business people

and community leaders. And
lhey want to send a message to
ihe business community in

‘general that lhey have to join

ihe fight for adequate lumber
supplies, unless they want lo
see their towns go down the

2K

BEE,
ogee

tube.
Summerhayes told the com-
mittee the most urgent thing —
the remanufacturing industry

needs issome commitment —
from government that itis -

wanted, And ‘the proper signal -

wauld be tar make sure that the

industry has. a secure supply ¢ of

Ze wood. :

The small firms, he said,

could pick-up a lot of the slack

in the overall industry, if itis
allowed to expand.

‘-. “7 don’t believe one twody-

four should leave this province
if there is one person in British -
Columbia who can process iit « -
further,’* Summerhayes said. .
Gary Brookes, aself-~
employed logger from Sooke, -

told the committee he has been. ,

making a living from leftovers ©

“and small timber licences for... -
years, He said he could:ex-- |

pand his operation, but there’s
no timber available. Py
Evans.told me he was dis- -

_appointed that only so- few op-

erators showed up at the hear-
ings. He had expected. people.”

‘to line up to be heard.

“We are discussing the: ~

wealth of the province, and I. 7.’

would think that anyone with a

stake in the industry would

beat a path to the committce’ s.
door.”’
Welcome to politics, Corky.

The long and the short of iis. -

that too many people‘are
depending for their survival on.
the same, ever-diminishing ~

resource, and they’Il do any- ne

thing to come out the winner.
What’s more, you can *treally
blanie them.

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