“stand of the English in B fa + Bacio CREEK, NW. CP) — Fora man born * “Lindberg and 8 iieighbor, John Turner, have designed a. “And on the Khon window'sil is a aia bottie of . Indians of nearby. Nahanal Bute work he anys ‘he éon do tube surpticig € Northern wilderness, Edwin Lindberg ‘new trap, ready for testing next season, that they hope will . _jovdered rock flecked with gold dust, nurturing a ‘dream of -bétter, “9 | Bie ~ line, aS queasy ‘when talking, of life on the; trap - replace the leg-hold trap and make trapping morehumane. —_€ day y striki, it rich i ‘in the hills. . : 3). And the staleiate in’ native laiid-clainis, negotiations has © "sik, eh? - Control Conflict in Canada is a firet-rate piece of reflective _ journalism and_a handy textbook for” anyone trying to ‘ ft i = roa eects dialer aed ble ciate Een a's ween parca ort yealiennp alee et poe a oe . " _ ett . 7 . cote t “ we ae chet - see “heptane bole . 7 ° _ { . aa he a , : . . . wo y { . : . : ha Herald, Wednesday, May. 4, 1983, Page en N or 1e m trappers object to southemn ‘lobby groups. ; | | ‘But: Lindberg grows indignant ‘at 'the mention of .urban- Park just vl ara - een. ky.” , ; nation-splitting ': event. conscription, . ; nen: you go toa trap and you find a tnarten has caugh ts his ligtle paw iit; and you see the bone: protruding gut of thi n, and yout have to iil the] Poor Tittle thing —| that’s prett Prime : Minister ‘Trudeau. described jt as, the Bravest to “hit: Confederation . since Historians may very well ‘brand that sunimer. the’ last the Parti Quebecois came to power; - English-Canadians’ -began leaving Montreal in imprecedented numbers and French became the sole-official language of the ‘province. Sandford Borins, an associate professor of business 'and : public policy at York University in Toronto, hag, written as _. painstakingly. detailed’ book on thé controvergy. The Language of:the Skiea:, The Bilingual Air Tralfic . " understand the country's continuing linguistic battlés.. Boring rejects: the notion that English-Canadian: bigatry _was largely responsible for protests by pilots and air traffic controllers against the spread of bilingual. Sround-to- "air _ eominunications at some Quebec airports, . “However, considerable ' antagonism within’ English: ° Canada, toward’ ‘the federal government's overall : bilingualism polictes exacerbated the'situation and was, at. ~ . thmes, exploited ‘by. the ‘pilots and controllers, he writes. - ' “My analysis: demonstrates that the discord ‘in both instances was motivated: by.. a broader. Struggle for. organizational power | and ‘by: “conflicting notions. of - . ‘professional ‘ethics, as expressed by the:safety issue.” — For English-Canadian pilots: and-controlers, there was . the fear'the addition of Freneh to the airwaves would catise CITAWA (CP) _ The -emotional issve lof of capital: 7 punishment is to.be brought before the: Commons ~The “two leading ‘candidates, Joe Clark and. Brian - ; Malroney, oppose the death penalty. But they and the other | "again if any o! “thE Progressive’ Conbervative’ Jeadérship ciindiddtes ford ‘a government. leadlhg candidates all favor another free yote.in the: Commons where MPs could vote according to conscience rather than along party ines. . , The candidates have repeatedly ‘been forced lo declare and expand upon their position on capital. punishment by. - ‘right-wing delegates who-will form a substaritial block at. _ the party's June cénvention. ‘ Clark, one of 18 Conservatives who voted to abolish capital punishment in a 1976 free vote, bays there: is no evidence the” threat of execution deters murders. . - But “he: also believes MPs have.a democratic right to Co ‘tlebate. the controversial issue. Clark proposed a free vote when he was prime minister, but his short-lived’ :1979-80 minority government WES ’ defeated before the vote could be held. He was forced to lead off a Conservative-sponsored | debate on the death penalty in June, 1881, calling for a ‘Commons committee to study the issue for six moiitlis and . then present its recommendations to the Commons for-a “education and director of Simon Fraper' 3 learning resourte "advertisements that suggest to parents that thelr children ~ ‘will learh how to use a computer by playing video games,” ° L.. free ‘vote. Clark waa heckled by government members during his apeech, but. defended his-pogition by saying more study © would persuade more people to favor abolition. . Mulroney also gays capitgl punishment, is. “not: the deterrent: il’s cracked up to’be.”.. te But-since it's the subject‘of great. national concern, the Montreal businessman sald he would recommend another free. vote. .- 7 Former finance rninister John Cros, a lawyer, was a. - Bilingualism crisis. reviewed Tt was. the summer of 1976. and‘ friends were. almost . ebec because a few months later: ;~' based aénimal-welfare groups. involved: ina: political dobby hat could Jedd 'to:the pannin of rapping. altoxethen, to: 1 $88 for i a ficst-rate pelt. could bring. upto $20;000, : ap afew other et animals a ‘ ‘ Ae ‘there were otlier’ weve to make’ ig without giving up the Joys of. the life lr the woods, Lindbers would try them, Ape ” conftision and danger for pilots: who | spok only English. 2 .. Borins displays more sympathy for the squabbling pilots. . and controllers than he does for the Politicians, ‘especially then transport ‘minister ‘Otto - “Lang, who, stepped in’ to - mediate the ‘conflict, . + Lang and other top officials in the Transport Department who: wére :dedicated ‘to expanding bilingual air traffic” contro] pushed the idea on to- unwilling English-Canadian - controllers and then, when faced with labor. disruptions, -. made corieqasions that: ‘alienated the French-Conadians. “The bilingual alt dratnie control: dispute occurred, not: a ~ because the interest groups and political leaders were men of ill will, but rather because their very human failings . exacerbated a situation already “made difficult by the | hostillty of the population. at large’? nell Spicer, official languages conimissioner’ at the . time, comes across'ag the most sensible and 2 rational of all ; _the principal characters i the book. - - Spicer played a key, behind-the-icenes Tole ‘thoughout. the dispute, ‘sometimes to the chagrin of Lang. Spleer was a eventually: -vindicated. “oa _ fo. suggest the establishment of an . _indépendent inquiry into bilingual air tfaffie control as a -_ Solution to the situation. » He was the first person. - The. suggestion was eventually ‘accepted ‘and the commission recommended that completely: bilingual-.sir . Jot traffic control be introduced gradually: ‘throughout Quebec, This’ ‘suggestion, a clear victory for the franegphone. air controllers, was: quickly accepted by then prime minieter . Joe Care and the controversy ended. ; Tories favor capital punishment : . longtime abolitionist’ “who. feared’ there was always the “ ‘ i e - Possibility’ an.innocent,pecson could be pinged. f° 04. oO . But he ‘is Feastessing his: views and now favorsa free. ‘vote. punishment for.those who murder police or prison guards or’ _ commit treason. 2 _ Healso supports a free vote and would personally vote ‘for reinstatement of the noose. - Former finance critic Michael Wilson would hold a vote, - saying some crimes are ‘so abhorrent” as to merit the. ultimate penalty, ‘Including terrorists. and, those who. kill noliee, , * Edmonton businessman ‘Peter ‘Pocklington says the: government. must stop the “revolving door’’ system oneooqdINCDDCODOORDOODDONNGDONO00F justice in which criminals are treated better than‘victims. Pocklington supports capital punishment for premeditated murder. ~ The last hangings. in Canada were in 1962, Federal cabinets — both Tory and Liberal — commuited all death - sentences from then witil 1967, when the Commons voted to suspend the death penalty except for killing police or prison guards on duty. At was fo-have been a five-year experiment but federal — a ’ cabinets continued commuting sentences until the vote in ; 1976, when capital punishment. was abolished -130-124. “Those convicted af first-degree murder now face. life -,- ‘sentences in prison with nori-parolable, terms of 25 years for ‘killing police of rison guards." The last Gallup poll on the capital punishment, taken in November; 1961, showed 72 per cent of Canadians wanted the death penalty restored for those who kill police or. prison guards, 74 per cent wanted it back for terrorists:and 69 per cent favored it for ‘the killing of any innocent ‘person. Video games: not computers ” shouldn't buy them expecting to see their children turn inta “computer whizzes, says a Simon Fraser University expert | in educational technology. too “The games have the same kind of microprocessors. as coniputers, but so do microwavé ovels, and you'd hardly , ‘gay.that having a microwave-oven ‘puts a computer in-your kitchen,""- says Robert -Jones, assistant professor of centre, : The gamet. are “fun, but Tm ‘concerned “about ‘the . Bays Jones, who admiits to having’ stayed Sp until. 3 asm, : computer.” ot. "after a while. “There is a saturation polit? © Bye “It’s, not like games played against other people, where : axl bevel chia on I a ed challenged.» computer _ (This appeal paid for by the many miners, prospectors, © == ror nope eo , accountants, students, tradesmen, stock brokers, housewives, ° SG “e “soma nights playing ‘video ‘gamed on: his. own. home. computer. “Tt ia very ditferett trom’ Prom ming a. . The games | are o repetitive; he nia sii get! bored “Tf it is to be of value, it should be intfinisic in what Is being Jearned, not in the reward of the game." °) 2... He cites Big Math Attack as an example of “using high . technology. to do the job of flash cards." ‘The game, designed for elementary school pupils, has equations advancing down the screen like invaders from outer space. The student “shoots” them down by-answering the equation correctly. . While the game might have some value in getting the * attention of under-achievers, Jones gays, it” teaches only. low-lavel math skills, ‘Good educational games allow the student to understand the concepts being taught and involve higher kill levels, he- uy. oo eae software stores.or throughads in computer magazines. . Meet of the Jess expensive home. compulers ‘don’t have: - enbugh memory to do’ the more. sophisticated educational programa, he’ ‘gays, “but the memories are growing.” ‘or. abut $500; “you can set quite a Powerful home _ Former health ‘minfater David Crombie endorees capital : dd: parents with: home computers cari get many of: ‘the . . “edicatlonal. programs used in: schools, he says, either at _bank, *, coming to blows at Montreal cocktail. parties. -For-the French-Canadlans, there wag-ajfear usin : . . : C only“ "There is a farmyard across from Lindber 's ‘hoime with ; ‘Everyone “was discussing. and’ debating, often ~ English was dangerous for pilots ‘oe only French. 1 é : - og sheds ; ; itrationally,‘the. great bilingualism-in-the-air ‘erisis,” ; i : pa ere chickens, Keese and rabbits, although Lindberg can't. bring himself to kill any of-thenfor food. . Caterpillar tractors sit in the yard next to a commercial . Saw, all used in a small Jumber. business e aches rua to - Supplement. his income. “Friends come regularly on weekends, -A new, highway ‘along the Liard River opened this year,. reducing the two- day dog-sled run south from Fort ‘Simpson toa two-hour car - ‘ride. “We. ‘Bet up to ‘20 people just for’ an evening,” Lindberg 7 BAYS: He says his main worries are political — The territorial government Is aiving logging work to the’ ¢ Depression drove ina few. nelghbord ‘impoverished : ng men desperate té make.a: living: But ver ‘the years athe settlers were dispersed by’ poor. ireppin new: business opporlinlties. a Bata a ‘Four: ‘Year's Ago, Lindbert and his wile So i. Leamiinglon, Ont:,. moved ‘back to Lindberg’ childhood Surroundings: from: ‘nearby Fort. Simpson. - They ‘encouraged. old friends’ ‘to Join: them ’ . * Dick’‘and: Vera : Turner, “legendary: characters: in- the . region, gratefully returned. from a, restless: retirement, in’ » Salmon Arm, B,C, Turner’s nephew John alsa Feturned, as _ did Ernie and Ina Leith: ° ’: Af small colony of log houses: ‘now dots the snowy river eye. : eres he: ‘has 30 far been unable to get a lease for the lan oj rete here ring Wes" beetiaick this Whole. fami ‘MW Health ond Columt yey ald. ‘and ‘if ‘we ’ ea ‘bereuloals) We'd all still be living here today. °. °° 4 — is on ol el May 5th. scala aedntens wt rans samedi PATE OF aan A healthy - Social Credit c can get it-rolling g again. - ‘The choice is yours. Gi industry means - wus J | REAL JOBS for ) ish Columbians. | y mining oa Ie 1 a pao eB Ee. a n_arfd eventually you break through the logic. 1 would bet) epee a that most video games bought for children last Christmas, ; tengo loggers, labourers, printers; drillers, cooks, pilots, secretaries, - Mo. * are a mo 4 VB geologists, lawyers and engineers who work and invest in meson hat maf ins tn ae! | = me . _ . ore British Columbia's mining industry. } games, you can write yout own games." ve ~~ Jones also is concerned about some oducatlonal, computer ; used in schools, ‘if they are designed as a game . _ . ; wane to entice students to stay at the controls longer.” B.C. HEART FOUNDATION a Ce a ae ‘ . aa . el eee ot