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‘TERRACE— The Aluminum Company. of:
~ Canada; ‘Limited (Alcan) has released to.
‘the ‘public, copies of the Energy Project:
Certificate Application for. its “proposed
.. ‘Keniano.Completion Project (KCP).."
_ “Phe 'si1 page document ' ‘outlines “ ‘the.
.- proposed construction of two aluminum’ ~
‘ ” production plants in torthweslern B.C;,; and ms
".) the. construction -. of . addltlonal. ote |
“electric facilities to mee Power { the.
“new plants...

-flsh-stecks in the Nanika River after wark
completed. on the Kidprice. Lake Dam..
ary: Miltenterger, * a’ community 7
lations: officer’ in. Smithers says that ©
can’. will be making. every conceivable‘.
effort to maintain the present levels of. Hah: ;
“in the river-ayatem, — oo
“The project! has been designed with ano.
. Nat Joss in fish: right. from: the -start,. ‘and. i
.. Allean: ‘Would be. more ‘than willing to work :
“with the DFO: (Department. of Fisheries’ Thonday, February 23, 1984
at Qceans) to ensure that’ present levels © gg ener
are maintained,” he said. .
‘-Alean. ‘has ..two , proposed . aniltigatory
elements’ ‘that will ‘enable. the “company to
° solve’ that” ‘problem: "
‘ the. Mitray: Lake - Dam: and

~ Established 1908

. In a news release ‘teom Vancouver: Bul
a Rich, viee-president of B.C. operations for...
Alean, said. that !*' has always: been the’:
- company's . ‘plan: to: ‘issue: the: application.

en eee EE En Te Sal ES A aS a 8 ne AE er ea ed eS ST

_. publicly to ensure that people ‘have. “access:

taal the details.

Rich went onto’ ‘say: that Alcan remaini. Ly
committed ‘to. going through the: ‘public.
hearings ‘process with’ the: BL. Utilities

- Commission. ware

Because the- project’ has been: planned’
. ,around the .construction ‘of two reduction’
"plants in’ the B.C. northwest, Alean is.
seeking the affirmation from the provincial’ -
government that'confirms that the second
plant is consistant ‘with the governments '
long term economic development for the:
province: No site for this second plant Was

“mentioned.

. However, a proposed site ‘for. the first”
_ plant has been chosen, pending government ©
approval, in an.area between: Vanderhdot “.: = 7
and Fort St. James, known locally 8B il a

Mile Hill.

The location is appeviximately 5. en
northwest of Vanderhoof and 2 km'west of. - -
Highway 27, between Bearqub ‘Creek: and: “ nd

Cleark Creek. | -

The smelter will employ. approximately
- 750 people and have:an estimated yearly.
_ production capacity of 171,000 tonnes. a Z
’, The second:plant will also-ermploy the-:
same numberof people, but-will- have an...
increased ‘production capacity roughly

totlaling 190,000 tones, ©

_Aléan estimates that’ a-one to-one job
creation radio will be possible if the Project

receives approval,

That Is, for evary job Alcan pi provides at.
: the. smelter, another job: will be created.
either.in the local service industry orinthe |

business community,

One of the major isguea being raised overs.

fn,

’ Dam: itself,’

Spill y project, a project that would see |
“the: construction of a ‘goncreté dam located -
at the ‘otitlet. of Murray Lake.
“It's purpose. would be the regulation, of.
“Yocal inflows, the storage: of inflows. to an’
extent’ giverned-by -ternperature control
” pequirements dowhstream, and the tighter’
“control of water: Aemperatures | da. the.
__Nechako River;..
‘The “second element “would. be a
water release structuré built at the ‘Kenny

cold»

‘It's: purpose would be for

- temperature: ‘control’ as well:

“Alcan will be utilizing all this water and:
” added reservoir capacily with a new power - §
station. at Kemano, |: ;

“Phat's. on soe t
‘(the availability ‘of ,

“electricity whose! coat ‘tan be forecast over

* the next 90°or.40 years.” a
To get the water from the reservoir area; :

‘a tunnel ‘must be -briilt that will connect -

LY _ Nanika Lake to ‘Thtsa ‘Lake.’

oa on Feb, 24,

~ This tunnel will be approxiinately ai and”
4 half kilometres long,“

As ‘well, a second’ ‘tinnel will, be. ‘built
- through Mt. DuBosé alongside the firat one,
-< ‘to siply water to the new power-house that:
- will be built in Kemano. «~~

Alcan is now: waiting for the’ Utilities . ’
: Commission to held its public meetings and
: for:the provincial government to make its.
decision. regarding. ve application,

-- A public meeting will be held in. Terrace .

at,-7:30 p.m. at the. arena

. banquet room, “Interésted people will hear
-;, first hand exactly where, Alcan stands. on os a
the’ jasues concerning the: Kemiatio come"

“«. the ‘Kemano: Completion Project, is. just ; let Project. : - ere a
| U S. not . bugging out :
- WRAEN@TON "TARY: SH been ‘7 “dn tateply: a imei ‘aay;

President Reagaii, insisting
: We are not bugging, out,”
says hé would send the'U.S.
‘Marines back into Lebanon
if he belleved it would
promote stability and an
overall settlement of the
Arab-Israeli conflict,
“] don’t see their mission
as being over yet,”” Reagan
said ina vehement defence
of his use of the marines to
separate * Israeli . and

Palestinian forces and to’
back up Lebanese President

Amin Gemayel. -

About 1,300 marines are”

being withdrawn” to US.
. ships offshore and Gemayel
is faltering, but Reagan told
reporters Wednesday night
at his first news conference
_of. the year: “We're not
bugging out, we're just
- goiig into a ‘little more
defensible position,”

parents and widows of
servicemen killed in the
‘bombing of the US.
. Embassy. in’ Beirut last
‘October and was “amazed
at their attitude, which was

. one of complete confidence —
' that it was a worthwhile

mission.’
‘Reagan

the Lebanese army -has
- been
U.S, officials said ship-

__ ments of tanks'and armored,

acknowledged, ‘
_ however, U.S. training of |

interrupted. Other

“suspended because 0 of un-

certainty over the fulure of"
_Gemnayel's battered ‘forces.

“Everything is‘in a state .
_of flux,” one ‘official said,

“If there is something to
save, we'll do so.” . |

‘SALVAGING FORCE .

Meanwhile, sources said,
Israel is. trying to reform.

- yemnants- ‘of. a ‘shattered

Lebanese army brigade into

aunit that could help defend.

the southern zone closest to
Israel's border.
_ That could set the stage

for a withdrawal of Israeli
“forces, which Syria. and

antl-Gemayel factions are

“pressing on, the Lebanese
leader as a condition for

rernalning in office.

Other conditions.in a plan
being advanced jointly with
Saudi Arabia ‘would’ cancel
last May's U. S.. arranged

. Co, ' "agreement that ‘assured |
He said he had talked to .

Israel a security footing in

‘southern Lebanon’.and set
the two countries on a path -
and ‘

toward diplomatic
other ties..
Reagan said’ U.S. Navy

ships had stopped shelling

anti-government positions.

’ "We think this is a time for

restraint, and for hoping to.
coo] things down,” he said.

And yet, after dismissing ~_

as “hypothetical” ” a

question. on whether he.
would return U.S; ‘troops to.

Lebanese soil, Reagan’ went

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the possibility of carrving.
out their mission; then, yes,
that would be a reason for’
sending. ‘them in? .-'

He had ‘already defined -
the marines’ mission as.
facilitating the withdrawal
of Palestinian fighters — he
“called” them “PLO
terrorists’ — trapped by
the Istaéli army in Beirut in
‘tha ‘summer of 1982,
‘bolstering © thé Gemayel

government and making it.

‘ possible for Israet and Syria
to pull | their troops out.
“Now “that was
‘mission,” ° Reagan said.
“We wanted, to prevent a
war between Syria and
Israel’ . and- to. promate
peace between the ‘Arab
countries and ‘Israel.

Reagan blamed-““ierrorist
attacks’’ for derailing ‘the
process as it was achieving
some success. But, he said,

~“T don't think, first’ of all,
that you'can’say we have
‘ lost as yet. noe

The president . stressed
several limes that he has
not’ given. up.. hope. of
achieving ‘American goals —
.Of.a unified Lebanon
free of foreign forces, and.
added: “That naval task

force is going td stay ¥ where

it: ist

Al the same tine, Reagan
labelled as “disgraceful, —
frankly,”’ speculation. that -
US, State Secretary George
Shultz ,might resign over -
setbacks in Lebanon. *

He has not iuiled . i:

think he has done a splendid
job.. And’ I. have - every |
confidence in the world -in
him, And I hope he doesn't
have any thoughts about
leaving ua at this point,” .

_ Representative. Bill
Alexander,
Iemocrat and chief depuly
whip in the House ‘of:
Representatives, has called -
for Shultz to resign boenoe
of the “debacle” ~
Lebanon, House Speaker
Thomas O'Neill . said

* Wednesday ha feels U.S.

national securliy adviser
» Robert McFarlane bears -
rapre responsibility for the:
situation. -: '

ed so, i to]

the —

-an Arkansas :

movement.

“The Tocal Scouting and Girl Guides troops held thelr: a special service was held In celebration of Lord Baden-
Torchlight Parade: Wednesday evening, marching from.
the corner of Scott and Eby tothe REM Lee Theatre where

Powell's birthday. He was the founder of ‘the scouting

Se

” VANCOUVER (CP) — To

ari ‘unnatural _candition, a

wird: ‘of aberration, and that
) neeption: of. world ‘confiiel
| presenting: enormous
problems .
States relations with. the

Soviet Union, former U.S: |

_ Secretary of” state . Henry

- Kissinger told’. ar fund-
raising dinner Wednesday
night, -

Kissinger ‘also sald. thal
Prime Minister Trudeau's
"peace initiative has ‘merit.

“An initiative that. calls-
attention to peace is always
important,” -he .said, i
answer to a question after
his speech, but, admitted he
had some difficulty | un-
derstanding the. practical
application of the initiative.
“TI lack the imagination to
visualize what exactly
- would happen when the five
nuclear, powers. sit around a
conference table and. what
exactly. they would be
talking -aboul.”..

Kissinger also said that
“as far as I ° know,
Washington has not really
taken “any particular
__ position on’it (the initiative)
‘ one. way or another.”

WORLD’ AFFAIRS

“Soviet. leaders tend to

> think that ‘relations among .

states reflect the material
structures, of: society,” he
- said in a:far-reaching and
often philosophical dinner
speech on world affairs.

' “Soviet jeaders tend to

‘think that. the so-called

“objective ’ * elements af
history. determine human,
‘behavior. _ Americans
believe that foreign policy is
a subdivision of psychiatry,
that relations among states

are’ like relations among

‘ people;"

Kissinger alsa told the
more than 1,000 people who
had paid $150 each to gather

ina posh hotel ballroom and ;

listen’ to” his address “that
every time ‘there. is a suc-
cession in the Soviet Union,
the American media con-
trast the new man favorably

“with hig predecessor,” .

Today, . said” Kissinger,

‘who was péid $20,000 for his”

appearance at the dinner,
new Soviet. leader .Kon-
stantin Chernenko la being
- ‘presented as aman who will
be thre Conscious of peace
than his predecessor.

But: it is highly im-
probable’ that any new
Soviet leader can afford
radical departures from the

in the Unites"

-pretending

“policies he inherits. “He has
‘Americans, war appears as...

emerged ~-.from ~ the

4 deliberations of a-group of

iderly geatlemen whe have. ©

therefare,. e ikely to, te able

to change their mili
rapidly.” |. -.

- The’ ‘si-yearcold former” x
statesman, -whase | _ Speech, «
was preceded by an angry ~
and violent . demonstration :
outside the hotel, also" said
North Americans: do
themselves” no favor: by
that: misun-
derstandings between
states can he removed -

$ very

through arms control.

He said. that while he

believes in arms control,

“there -has to :be some
solution of the | political
problems that divide the
world, of the constant
jockeying for power.”

‘He also touched on
Central: America, referring
to: his Jan. 11. report
produced by the Kissinger
Cominission on Central
Arierica. The, report ad-
vocabed’ massive military

’ other choice:”’

and ‘economic aid lo: the

_tegion to Combat what, it
a called.a., “direct threat”. by
Soviet-Cubon :

in

“Kissin er." was anpoiated

‘to ledd an ‘investigation of

American. ‘involyement ‘in
Central and Latin America,
which resulted in the Jan. HL
report. .

He noted that one of the
main recommendations of
the commission’ was. to

Teturn Centra) America by
-1990 ‘to the ecdnomic con- '
‘ditions it experienced ‘six

years ago. As part of this

’ objective, thie report cailed

* for $8 billion in economic aid
to the area over five years.
' “OF course some of it will
be wasted,” he said. "But
unless we want to be in-

‘different to a chaos close to

our’ borders we ‘have no

Kissinger drew a standing
avation for his comments at
the dinner — held to raise
funds for Vancouver's Arts,
Sclences and Technology
Centre and a local women’s
volunteer organization _

: earlier in. the’ evenin
- 1j About’. :

NO ARRESTS

_ Kissinger talks on war and peace ve

but he would not Have been
met. so warmly had: “he
ventured outside the hotel

“400 --np
protesters,” ‘belonging ie

group: calling’: ‘itself . the 2
-Coalition °
- Kissinger’s: Visit, paraded :
about ‘the hotel for -more.

Against -

than two’ hours, ‘carrying:
‘placards ‘denouncing the
foreign policies adopted: by
the visitor.

The: - demonstration
beeame violent at one point
when the chanting

protesters | attempted to -

block the vehicular en-

trance to the hotel and ©

began spitting and shouting |

obscenities at those who .

were arriving.

When the -. riotous
protesters jumped upon the
hood of one . car. and,
smashed its windows: with

their placards, numerous |

motorcyle police officers
pushed their ‘way into ithe
crowd, nudging people from. :
their path.

The demonstration later

Vancouver

someone

‘5’ Wednesday,
‘chairman. of the dinner

became more subdued and
a police spokestnan said no

“arrests were ‘made and no
-anjurtes Feported. ,

inger’s.. ids. Visit, *

Kise
“Theantime, has'rot ‘cheated -
‘controversy ‘only "among
sign-toting demonstrators,

this. month,
tity council
voted 7-4 In favor of asking,

Earlier

‘the dinner’s organizers to

invite a speaker to present a
point of view different from
Kissinger's.
Vancouver Mayor Mike:
Harcourt voted In favor of
the couricil motion; saying
he felt it was. “a
misjudgment to —- invite
-like - Henry
Kissinger here because he’s
goirig to be offensive to-a lot
of people in, the city."
' But eight days later, the
mayor, said counci] had
overstepped ite bounds.
‘Such. a sentiment was
echoed at the dinner
when — the

apologized to the guest for

" “the ‘inexcusable behavior

of our city council,”

Waterland receives apology

VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia Ombudsman Karl
Friedmann rejected today accusations that he showed
“poor, judgment and inappropriate conduct” in tabling a
special report to the legislature on the scaling practices of
the provincial Forests Ministry.

The accusation was made earlier this week by Attorney
General Brian Smith, who said publication of the report had
jedpardized a criminal investigation as well as the right of

the people involved toa fair trial if criminal charges

eventually, are laid.

Friedmann. apologized Wednesday to Forests Minister
Tom Waterland for suggesting in. his report thal the,
minister had tried to thwart his investigation into the sloppy
measuring practices of his ministry. ‘

- The Feport accused the Forests Ministry of refusing to
recover millions of dollars owed it and to six small con-

tractors by B.C. Forest Products Ltd., adding that the small -

firms were on the brink of-financial ruin.

‘Sinith sald that Friedmann-was warned of the possible _

consequences’ his report would have on a police in-

. vestigation in a letter serit to him the day before he released

the report to the legislature.

The ombudsman denied this, saying he merely was in-
formed that the RCMP had been called in to “determine
whether any criminal conduct might be present.”

_Friedmann said he decided to present his report, as
permitted by law, because he had found the actions by the
ministry to be unjust and that immediate action should be |
iaken to correct the injustice,

He feared that if he had to wait for the outcome of the
police investigation, he might have to postpone his report
“for months or possibly years,"

On lop of that, he said, there was no allegation of criminal
conduct specified In the leller he got from deputy attorney
general Ted Hughes.

“As well, he added, no one was accused, there was no in-
dication that the investigation was a criminal one, there
wae no indication how jong it might take, and {here was no

suggestion that his report would jeopardize the new in-
vestigation.

After receiving the ombudsman’s apology, Waterland:
said the accusations caused him and his family a con-:
siderable amount of distress, and-he had hired a lawyer to:
sue Friedmann, He wouid not say whether he will shelve
those plans with the apology.

In an addendum to the special report, read. to the
‘legislature by Speaker: ‘Walter Davidson, Friedmann said
he sincerely regretted any inconvenience and em-
barrassment he may have caused the minister when he said
that documentation in the ministry's files indicated that
Waterland had tried to get him yanked off the case.

Friedmann said that after Waterland denied the ac-
cusalion in the legislature, he checked il out agdin and
found “that the information I had relied on was incorrect.”

“T had no reason to question the accuracy of the in-
formation before me at that time,’ Friedmann sald in a
letter of apology that the minister tabled in the legislature.

He sald he was bringing the additonal information to the
attention of the legislature in an effort to correct the earlier
erroneous information because he realized that his com-
ment in the special report “left the minister open to cha rees
of impropriety both in the house and before the public.”

Under the Ombudsman Act, Friedmann and his reports
iiiaaaiate from legal action as long as he acts in good
alt

Waterland had noe comment when asked whether
Friedmant should resign. He also refused to comment on
other aspects of the report, saying he wanted to wait until
after the RCMP had concluded ils. investigation into the
case,

Atlorney General Brian Smith, who had’ accused
Friedmann of jeopardizing the police investigation by
making his ‘report public, said it was commendable that
Friedmann had taken corrective action when he found oul
that a vital allegation in his repert was Incorrect.

“TS think that the ombudsman has done what he had to do,

_ afd he's done it as promptly as he could.”

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