add ry Inflation and choke off recovery. - “We're moving back into the old eycle of higher in- terest * rates: :and “higher inflation,” Reid said, ad- ding higher ‘borrowing costs frém meat and cigarettes to Jor businesses will’ result in * Jhome-heating oll and air- higher“ ‘prices on thelr \ plane tickets, . products, With the’ index based on . Both MPs said they would © 109 points for these items in prefer to see alower dollar 199i, it rose to 120.9 in than increased interest rates because high interest » costs discourage businesses from berrowing to expand | and create jobs, The inflation rate is based on Statistics Canada’s consumer, price index, a monthly measure af. the ‘price: changea in a fixed shopping list of hundreds of _ Cohaumer. jtema ranging ° February, up from 120. 2 in ‘January. : This means that the same goods and services ’.which cost $100 in 1961 would have coat * hang last : month, compeced. wilh $120.20 in - January. _ While the year-over-year ‘change In’. prices in February was 5.5 per cent, some -économists argue a More current and useful “ measure of inflation is the ' change over a three-month period, By. that; measure the in- flation.. rate . between ‘November. and January would have been about 5.7 ' per cent, a reflection of the fact the rale has been rising steadily from November's | ‘Tow. _Bubject - However, Statistics Canada argues the figure 'is highly speculative because’ conditions affecting the consumer price index are “te "Significant fluctuations, | The agency's food index . increased- by 1.1 per cent from January to February, -the second consecutive month in which food prices ‘have, increased: by more ~ than one per cent. | STOCKS REDUCED The higher beef prices werelargely the result of an end to promotions on gromd beef, while higher prices tor fresh produce reflected reduced stocks of ‘storable produce-.and tomatoes. ‘ ’ Aninereaseof 0.5 per cent in the allitems index, ex- cluding food, was attributed -tothe halt in post-Christmas sales of such things as clothes and package holiday trips and higher prices for electricity |. charges, especially in Quebec, and increased rental = ac- - commodation charges. ‘ Dampening the impact of these higher prices were Bennett offers. any company ‘work _girerona ete =, any “would want to see it shut pany — whether itisa q, unlon thop or not —~ has the rertateds? sored *° chance to work on govern- Union and non-union: ment projects anywhere in *’British Columbia, Prete Bill Bennett said Thursday, Bennett said there is no confict between union and non-union contractors at either the massive B.C. Place development or the related. Expo 66 project in downtown Vancouver. He sald the two projects will ‘¢reate a considerable | amount of employment, and “J don’t imow of anyone who workers are involved In a bitter confrontatlon .at a. Vancouver condominium site, where a non-union contractor has been hired to complete a multl-million- dollar project started by a union contractor, |. Union officials are afrald - they’ may lose their ‘non- affiliation clauses which legally refuse to work alongside 9 ~ ‘non-union Sloan to retire NANAIMO, B.C, (CP) — Three men are seeking to replace Jim Sloan as president of the & 700-member Pulp, Paper’ and: Woodworkers of Canada‘ union. Sloan, ‘61, will be stepping down May st because union allows union workers to bylaws prevent a president from serving more than five consecutive one-year terms. He was a founding member of . the tnfon in the mid-1970s. Candidates are Stan Shewaga of Nanaimo, Bob Hen- dergon of Prince George, and Reg Ginn of Squamish, for- mer. president of the union in the 1970a. Election date has not yet been set, ‘The unton, along with the Canadian Paperworkers Union, is embroiled in a contract dispute with the industry. The unions, which have been locked out since Feb. 2, have been without a contract since last June. Contract talks with the pulp and paper. industry were scheduled to begin again today, 4 days after companies locked out the two unians. ie ‘The unions, réptesedting 14,30 workers to inest cameusé: this enenitag! ate Sites Wi css *eaihe G on " “manayentont Areieratterhnany terale! gubeny gone oui The imiona broke off talks with the pulp industry ‘March 2 when industry negotiators rejected the unions’ proposal for 485 since‘ we've been government, where public money or credit is ex- pended, every British * Columbian has a right to bid on work and supply for government." . “BC. Place officials have said they are watching Closely the condominium dispute, because union and non-mion workers will have to work side-by-side on the. open B.C. Piace site.. Similar clashes could delay’ the opening of Expo 84. The B.C. and Yukon Bulding Trades Council has indicated it ‘is concerned that the rights of its members are being eroded, Truck derails train BAINVILLE, Mont. (AP) . Twenty-three people were in hospital today after . a. Ipaded “gravel _ truck plowed into an. Amtrak. train, killing the truck driver and derailing eight of nine cars with what a passenger called a..“‘bam, bam, smash, smash. ; In all, 51 people “were injured when the westhound Empire Bullder ran off the track Thursday about eight - kilometres west of Bainville mear the North Dakota border. Two people were in serigus condition. . Scores of . uninjured passengers were taken by school buses to a motel overnight, and investigators were heading for the scene | to determine how such .a “eertous, major. accident” - occurred, officials said, asked to contact the welding dejartment al the college, | “T wag x TAY zlocal-291,'or the-pearegt office ie ‘Apprentideship and ¢ bed,” an tt HE. {tipioyment Training Program of e ininistry of labour’ d a passenger bound from Minneapolis to Portland, bam, bam, smash, smash. . Outside the window was fire and smoke. It was putrid, revolting." The gravel truck collided with the baggage car, which was behind the . two locomotives, said John - McLeod, an. Amtrak spokesman in Washington, DC. ‘and has threatened to _boycot the Labor Relations Board as.a result. ln January, the beard ruled that union tradesmen could not legally withdraw their services. from a construction project at Vancouver «General Hospital, It ruled earlier that that district of Tumbler Ridge, in the northeastern. coal. -fields, -was .an ‘open - site: which meant that union dnd “non-tnion projects could proceed side-by-side. The | non-affiliation clauses were used suc- cessfully at the large Duke Point deep-sea port. and industrial park develop- ment near Nanaimo on Vatcouver Island, and the Whistler Village regort development north ‘of Vancouver. Program certified TERRACE— The. provincial welding -steering com- mittee’s decision to establish a new system of certification means that the old certification program no longer applies. A new system based upon three levels af competence will be implemented. - - A grandfathering period ending May a, 1964 has been established to accommodate the evaluation and registration of. all welders into the new certification program. During this time, all welders in the northwest area are ‘Welders wishing further information, please contact - Emile Marchand at Northwest Community College, 635 lower charges for tong: distance calls in Ontario and Quebec and a reduction ‘in. gasoline and. furniture prices, The substantial rise in the inflation rate in January to 5.3 per cent from 4.5 per cent in December, followed by last month’s nudge up to 5.5 per cent does not bode well for Finance Minister: Mare Lalonde’s budget prediction that Inflation will Average 5,2 per cent this year. qe é Trail. ferther Oakies Heckey Cla presents Thornhill Community Hall tickets: $15 per couple — * Ineludes midnight lunch St. Patrick's Day Dance Sa, March 17 at Sp PING PONG BALL DROP St. Patrick’s Day — "Sat. Mar. TA [skeena mal Northern Mountain Helicopter wil drop 1000 balls with 1000 prizes ot 10:00 AM in the parking lot beside Kmart garage. 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