“weronta 3 (oP): _ Premier Bin Bentielt ‘and his'Soctal
- Gott barty translated restraint Anto'resoundingvictory in: - ye

‘. “Briligh: Columbia's: general election Thuraday; ‘incredalng © -

Atel. Strengith tn th

by some as‘ old, tired . ‘and:

“outmoded, found flash, verve and-elan, overwhelming the
Jew: Democratic Party with organization. ‘on the local level

me former.

yee

the;Jegialature, :
* Betin

ett's forces’ ‘flexed | thelr ged tiuaele i in
traditional, stronghalds,: ‘then surged into NDP. turf; : --

- Eoa NDP. Leader ava Benes
gas ett and. the Sopreds-atter. dne term'as premier.
" Althoogh he. won personal re-election in Vanepuver East it
| Haat he wa soonstep down as leader and end 23 yearé in,

. They. overwhelmed : four ‘senior New: Democrats, all”

- Burnaby-Willingdon,
Coquitlam and Ernie
_ area seats —~ while Bill:

OTTAWA: (CP). ‘— Te
rénka‘‘of :(he~inemployed
shrank by £8,000 last month,
- Pualiliig =the: ‘number of

jobless'down to 187 million -

or 1&5’pef cent of the work
” ford’ compared ‘with . 12.6
~ per cent in March, Statistics

- Canada ‘suid today.

However,

‘cabinet ministers. Jim Lorimer went down in ©
‘Norm Levi fell“ in-: Maillariville-
Halt lost in Surrey —-all ‘Vancouver |

was defeated In the Rocky :
Mountain midlng of huabwap an

Revelstoke, .

out the persistent Plight of |
jobless young people, While
the number ‘of older ‘peopte |
with jobs.” is. gradually

growing, the number of
working yolmg people is
steadily shrinking and tens

of thousands of students are

about to enter. the. work. .

tt; it was bis: third tealight;

beciiuse. they

In‘ victory; he’ sald tie ae Paige ‘voted: “for —_ "not."

ag

“bie “program: of - public’ geclor wage ‘restraint. and’ his;
insistence that economic recovery works: better in‘a good: ’:
private enterprise’ “limate': them: “with. _Sovernment

"Botinett sala his Sane Mg hee of thé 5 mnaity." =
+. Barrett: was: eraciolis it defeat; telling’ supporters . they:
ve - would: continud the’ Struggle; rebuild: and reorganize. :.

** Soctal Credit became the second provincial government’,
-’ té wit re-election in the West in just over two years: Peter

Loughéed’s. Progressive Conservatives won by a'‘amashing.
-margin in. Alberta last fall. Just over iwo years. ago, the.
New Demiocrata toppled the Conservatives in Manitoba: and.
lant ‘year, the Conservatives defeated the- NDP‘ sith
. Sdskatchewan. Thelatter two were the only. governments t to
fall in the-Jast 10 ‘provinelal elections.

aged 25 and older incréased

-by 9,000 last month ; to
8,186,000, but: the number of
employed people “Younger
than 25 dropped by 7,000 to
2,141,000, - . | The -

unemployment rate ‘among.
. the young was 21, Sper cent,

compared with 9.7 per cent
for older people.
“While | --the

level of

. tent of the work force in:
Oe: agency | paid - ‘the ; :
number of employed people -

"March, 1982.

- But on a motith-te-amonth-
basis,.. the - agency sald
employment improved.” ‘tn
eight of the 10 provinces this -
March, Fewer people were.
working - in ‘Ontario “and
Saskatchewan.

Compared. with” a. "year,
earller, . unemployment
increased by 337,000 to. 1.87

thilllon, In April, 1962, the

sigalficantly in“; recent. -

. seasorially-adjusted - ‘Sobless.,
employment has increased

rate was 9.9 per’cent, i
Statistica Cariada_ - said *

e In British Columbia, where Sooial Credit , garnered
“Sustunder:50 per cent of the vote’and the NDP 45 per cent —
compared with 48.2 per cent and 45.9 per. cent: respectively ©

_ in 1979 — the province's smaller parties were’ reduced to.
~‘shreds._The Liberals, ‘Progressive Conservatives, Weatéin -

Canada Concept, the Green’ Party and. the’ Communists
registered little mora’ than blips onthe political :
“Note © polarized sharply 6 onea Beata :

me ‘The. campaign, the first to be riin wmder a. shorter DBlay
- ichedule, saw. Bennett’ ‘stump the province ¢ ‘on. hig ‘Yeatraint >
» PEogram, while ‘Barratt: called for’: -change;.: aniend.
net and more _Compassionate- face for. :

With 200 ,060 people: out. aor work: ‘14 per cent of the bor’
“force, jobs were a key igque. But the voters: ‘agreed with the
‘piremier'g: contention that: employment. will come through a

‘ revitalized
involvement. an

‘private sector, not Increased fovernment .

The New Democrats, who) governed between wa and ims.
before being losing to Bennett, -Sald jobs- should come
through a ‘direct, government fob-creation. effort,

They ‘also worked hard to make pealth care-an issue,”

rose’ 0.3 to. 11.7 per cent in
Ontario and’ 02 to 7.6. per
cent in Saskatchewan. In
Newfoundland the rate was
unchanged at 20.3 per cent,
the highest in. the country.

Elsewhere the ~ rate
dropped slightly. It fell by
1.7 to 11 per cent in Prince

Edward Island, by 0.5to 19.4
per cent in Nova Scotia, :by
"0.3 to 18.8 per cent in New
Brunswick, by 0.2 to 14.4 per

cent in Quebec, by 0.1 to 9.6

_ ber cent in Manitoba, by 0.5. :

to 10,5 pér cent in Alberta

_ saying leaked government documents . “showed the |

Economic recovery | Pushes jobless. rate down

“opposition. ‘erities ‘angled -Chicoutimi- -Jonquiere,

Que,, 13.5 (14,8),
Quebec, 9.5 (11.2).
-Montreal, 45 (ase 2):
-Ottawa-Hull, 8.6 (9. 9).

_ “Sudbury, Ont.,.17- (27, 1).

Oshawa, Ont., 99 ‘a0. 1).

. “Toronto, 11 (10, 8).

Hamnilton, 14.1 (15.7). -
St. . Catharines-Niagara,
Ont., “15.1 (17). ‘
London, Ont., 11.3. (11.6).
-Windsor, Ont., 16.9 (17.5)
-Kitshener-Waterloo, Ont.,
94 (11). :

-Thunder Bay, Ont.; 14.9

| oversimest was, planing to: increase hospi
other medical charges they called a tax oni the sick Bennett, Oo

| scene as‘th

_ of election day.

"The Herald, Friday, May 6, 1983, Page 3.

ee. and

denied. the-allegations and: the issue’ fell flat. tye
--The NDP was stumped by thejoss./Party president Gerry: .

‘Stoney. sald he thought they’ would win: “We did every } 8, OB

that ought to be done to win an election.” no
‘At Barrett's. headquarters, the crowd ‘watched the defeat .
untold. with resigned acceptance.” They’ ‘welcomed. their’/

leader: with. cheers and shouts a8, he told them: they would :
contintie ‘the striggle.-..° -” as
_ Barrett congratulated the victo’ bul bald nothing about: al
his fature. Although he might ion ‘aside as S
no-obvious successor inthe wings, ©

executive imported from. Ontarip - Conservative: -elreles, ae
_talled ita people-to-people” p process,.-

wh

~ They’ worked the “doorsteps of the province, usually an’ - S |

“NDP speciality, and got out the vo vote in the warm spring san

pleased to announce
~ that Maria Teresa
| Carpino has now joined

. ———aae months for persons iiged'35° there were improveménts in Brie Columbia 148),
‘ and over, it has continued to: most: aspects of: the Jabor- * umbla.. Winnipeg, “11,8 a1a)..

-As‘this past week has been designated as “Be Kind to decline for those in the. market’ :-exeept among "April *". unemployment — -Regina, 8.6(8.5).

ee et nee Rie) pave al cat bird, howe younger age. group,” . young people... vot te rates . for’ ‘cities surveyed, ~ Saskatoon, 11.1 (11.1). ee PE PAN AEA
“Ww T it be-a dog, ca Orse,  Statis La amano. with March “-ratea . in: - 12:1.(14.9).

‘cow, gat, chicken, snake or whatever. Give them a little its tne cometary in st bana cmuloyinet - brackets?’ "Statistics Canada- Brneniths 182 ‘a 1: for your appointment phone
 extrallove, attention, pat or maybe even a special meal, We _- Jim... -MeGrath,” in ‘Tecent-. months," for warns’ ‘the’ monthly figures. “Vaneouver, 12 (13.1). : 38 8737
sian all kind to your animals all week, every week,  Progreaive . “Conservative: ws persons: ‘aged. 2 an over, it’ -may-'* fhictuate ~ widely - > Victoria, 13.5 (14.2), 6 " .

courge. . for. because the - sample os Ses

; employment " critig- said has continued to‘d for -

:-Aetiemter: part of being kind to your animals includes cote aucune entering " those In ‘the’ deel “ane small)! 36) 0

sii, ng end mung ther. tin vaon,, W- Iabor “market for. group,” the agency said. si Mid 2
M wi ¢ following poem by Kim Ne muni e . seasonally-adius ens L P i ii d Fr

wii i employed. at Thornhill Animal Shelter: «© °° |... are pebpietroge ton wennicmea ae et ‘Halifax, 19,7: (12. 2).": - e rogramaia a re C rancais
i °“? WITH LOVE....PROMALONELY DOG” > und go’ “Salt Johh, NB. 1405.0.
‘fflah someone would téll me, what it ia that: ha cof unemployed. ‘youth, to people under, «age [| L'Education.en Francais.
wha andwhy Tinust be chained oulsie, and et cline about a million without, Job. in Apri ox ae 215 per cent L' Education en francais est certes le plus bel heritage que nous,
Tolga _ Prospects. . pared: : francophones, pulssions domer anos enfants. Une education dans

a ~Mother’s Day PetParadeon Sunday, May %, In conjunction ;

7. May 14,15 and 16 in the Teerdice arcia' will be ‘our

" ” Canada and the U.S.A. and therefore cin and will get you

tr

ay

“peoblems as alcoholism; - andover and by 0.4.f0 10per " - ’ ;
et ‘The missus said “She'd n never’ r fear,’ to- be alone vandalism, sulcide.:.and' cent for females in that age |: , nara pea emia at ios Britanique. mie vehicle Videntite Seve. .
wr : tT) ; . oo. .
ee children said, “they'd feed 1 me, and brush me every dean ‘It's a : an oe ther ncremmod Nous parents francophones, arons. tous le devolr de faire 7
day;" ‘They'd play with me and = mie, i only I would, Cyril P Kee Ne males aged 15 to 24 and waa. profiter nos jeunes enfants des chances uniques, ‘que teur: offle:
Myth: Beeper, New . leur age, un fraricais de quallte.. Ils en seront-flers et vous en 7
stay. t - Demicratic’ Party unchanged at 18 per cent for | ne IN Tow percont reconnalssants.
Buta the masterhas' in, th mise ik shed, employment spokesman, females in that age group. Le Programme Cadre ‘de ‘Francais c'est Venselgnement en
“Shewon'tallow me inthe hose. Noteventobefed; - °° erticied~the- government When the raw "numbers, AT US:PUT " francals de la matern elle a la 12 annee. En ce qui concerne notre
am areola oer -_ me ey always "Ne om " pale of leaving. the eres | pair mines ‘to::emive - “ur THE MAT ‘ville le programme de francals est Implante depuis 4ans. ;
Please them, can someone _—_ creation to the. oD ons, fk pee,
AULT had, you see, was Jove, I wish’ sonieone could. private séctor, “saying, ‘the Statistics Canada says there | wos enfants pour Vannes Gas fra ancophones a venir inscrive .
-expali, Just why” they said they wanted mine; mo situation, “is shattering the ~ Were al extra 63,000 people Les dates d’inscriptions sont du 28 avril au nN de mai. Pour plus -

“And then left it......0m a; ¢

On Suriday, we were-

up; here were Sp, many
autPmana Uae Bees Sanglard bad

peer ai Mi a

_ Wyatt's farm in Remo to.adeist the 4H: ‘membérs who will”
' be judging in Smithers on May 14, One of the animals the .
. children: ‘will be asked to judge are dogs and Sadie’ Moerman

and her new shelite pup ‘

er", Robert & Rhonda Hinde.

and their Siberian father and daughter. “Kyih” and “Kirt”

HAS, we ‘get. into the’ ‘hot
~ summer ‘we. gan expect, to..
RAD MATTUORION 5TH:

soethe,
‘OF Onli?! be apiducitingg subh>: t0o9.4 genstentsfor mubeb'25

dreams...

Compared with a: -year
ago, the ageng figures.

how. - that: ‘unemployment.’

of. our, * - young

peopl” “af them had full-time jobs. '

national average of 13,5 per
_ cent, for, all. (AR groups, 31>

“warking in April’ and 46,000.
The rest, were part time.

-Employment:improved in | gd

. eight ‘of :thie "16. provinces. .

has = hié “another. 397,000°

people. and’ ‘the seasonally-

The. “exceptions: were

Oritario’ and: Saskatchewan .

"7 pe st Caine Raat ne Bt *

une langue qul-est la hotre pour Lhistoire et Vaventr.

tt ‘oppure, ur la spite du Pagifique.

PEC educa ion Bae

ancals est'un mayen,-d'assurerla: pevire.de ©!

amples Informations nous vous Invitons. a communiquer avec |
votre representant regional Jean: “Pavitt Gilbert numero Aelephone.

7 Nous’ almerions recevoir I ‘oponton des pa rents francophones ex.
ce qui concernie votre programme.” Avec un: ‘ensemblé d'opintons
nous Pouvrons: modifier les manques si s'il lieu. bes

de notre. -
ne langue, an sayelrautlt.cuinsv-
ro leur. camprehersion; du-mondediw vawol

- ~ 7 ~ . : Programme. Cadre
plus their new. female “Tshmal”, and Darryl! and’ ‘Diane: - “adjuated “fate ‘of where: fewer’ people Were Nancy Gourtt 7
- Wyatt's sheltie “‘stubby" were used. to demonstrate basic unemployment has climbed working. . 1 phase”: “31877 | 4 a : No. 22-4619 Queensway
dog conformation, - ‘We very much enjoyed the day ahd Biko . to 12. 5 per ent from 8.9 per ~The uemployment rate- - . ; - ——

‘learned from ‘seéing the other animals. °
The Terrace Dog Club will be holding their ard. ‘Antual

with this we will be holding a ‘Fun’ ‘Match featuring
.. Conformation and | Obedience classes, : ‘
‘Whe Pet Parade is for all pets, (except hontes and caws)..

__ Not just for dogs. It will be held in the Safeway Parking lot

_ if weather permits, but if it is inclement weather. we willbe
. at Thornhill Community. Hall, ‘starting. time for: ithe: Pet

Parade is 1 p.m.

There is no charge tor the Pet Parade and iheré.a are 16

categaries: including most. unusual pet, cutest ' pet, \beat
dressed and all the others such as longest ears, biggest j eet
tallest pet,-shortest tail, etc. There will be a draw for’

‘ floral “mother's - bouquet’. for .ail children. entered *~ ; .:

t

We’ ve got a number you'll like.

"- The Soetal-Credit sét up'a powerful, welllled political. '[
machine in this election. Jety Lampert, senior campaign ©.

’ “ geedall the ripn-purebred dogs out, There have been many of

Show but: you, are: certainiy ; more.i.thdin *Wetcoine 'as

- havernest weeks column Hil to fun before show: time and
«will give you all the information then, so start ‘planning all

"free to get In touch with any and all problems, if we don't

-" accompanied by their mother. ‘This is a community « and . |

_ family event so Please plan to atlend. ‘Prizes are olfered: for ns

* each eategory, 0 ea

" There will however, be an entry fee tor the conformation

ang ‘Qhediarice classes-$2 and $1 for the same dog entered in
anyxradditional, classes whether. obedience ‘ or’. extra

~ conformation classes. For.the conformation classes, dogs -

‘musit be purebed and registered or registerable. ‘with the

" CKC and 6-months-old or older. The obedience is open to all

dogs purebred or otherwise and we would expecially like to-

them through our obedience classes ‘and this: is your chance,
" to.show them off..i sl Ae ae dee

whey See

. Charhipionship: Shows.. Entries have closed /alteady. for this

ae “gat oucan f=
oa PRENOIUM Quality Kronenbrau
E She : Bo. at an even A lower price,

< spectators.’ This evént is 'run under‘Canadlait Kenivel Clib |
Su rules and 'consials- of -both Conformation’ ‘and: Obediente -
", classes. Dogs entered ritist be é-monthy-old- dr oldét* iid .
registered or registerable with: the: CKC to be eiteted) wes ;

to attend: vee,

_ AByou have any questions fegardinig the Dog Club and ita
activities please call Sadie at 635-4217 or June 696-1720 or in:
the evenings give Jean a call at 635-6404. ‘Our club address

- isthe Terrace Dog Club, Box $93, Terrace, B.C. Plesise feel

have the: dnswer we do have access td people all over-

the angwer; =;
Reniember’, this is.your: column and We want your ing.
Till next week,