- 4 f services trainin ‘problems of the Fildes woo by CiMP, 77/78 WICUREay Paty cl VoT-Lh4 Serving the TERRACE - Weather | Progressive |. ie ¢ , Dry and colder. wo: a i Sunny Periods Northwest , High3 Low -6 VOLUME 72 NO. 15 ~ 3 20¢ MONDAY, JANUARY, 23, 1978 ~tteneded atthe: Terrace ‘nawié of setlous lookin es em The Skeena Manpower . DEVELOPMENT "' Committee met Friday to ‘present. the. finding - of research done so far in - Reatie ne by contact ‘with other the ‘progtam."""'" “ The committee has been working since April of last year with various researchers. looking at the magnitude of labour instability, in the nor- thwest. At the same time, the research teams also looked at transportation systems, professional g unem- pl ed and cost of living Northwest. The to earehers looking ‘into labour in- stability concluded that high employee turnover could be decreased by hiring people . whose | “attitudes and’ values” are in accord with living and working in a northern ‘Management employers, big . world. community, . These preferred . ‘characteristics include peope whose security ‘aspirations are best met peope, active rather than passive people and people ‘who aspitation level of termsof competancy in general ratherthan specialized. . The researchers also suggested. . ‘ that maintain close contract with new employees in the. first weeks after they are hired, since this is the ‘time when most. em- ployees leave, .. Another recom: medation was ‘to en- courage. interdepence ‘withing and between | communities to offset the prevailing sense of ependence upon single govern- ment and the outside Government,unions’ and: industry . should acknowledge that the northwest functions as a “training ground’’ for _ earners, -' the researchrs. said;. and there is a need for local educational resources . to assist inthis ‘on-the-job aining — should — available. The report also focused on working. conditions, Particulary health and Safety hazards, Witliout action on this aspect. of ‘working life, emiployers face. insurmountable © _ problems in recruitment | ‘and turnover, according ‘to the researchers. * a ne ! Skeena'” Man- owerDevelopment ommittee had. other recommedation following their. transportation research. —_- hese . included co- ordinating different services.:fo minimize ‘waits, more access! to. sevices and goods, a coastal ferry network connecting bus service train! und’. for and upgrading ‘existing professionals dnd "ether: bus'and rai} servite. “= . wage’ : .. During research on cost of living in the north- west, the researchers found that:there:is a higher cost of: living in this region relative to ‘Vancouver. - Living the larger. centres,the researchers reported, but in most. cases rise proportionally . to the distance a community is from a major centre. The higher cost of living not only affects the individual but also the additional: : costs .. ad- .. versely” ‘affect. business and industry operating in the north mo ‘The committee also looked at labor management ‘education and decided to establish an on-going forum education and cost are lower in. dr Skeena Liberals Meet‘'n’ Eat Although the annual Skeena federal Liberal Association fund-raising dinner filled the new | Crest Hotel banquet room to capacity Sunday night and. was a “sold-out” occasion, less than 30 representatives and: interested person chose to attend the Liberal Association meeting - which preseded it at 1 ml. P Officers elected for the 1978 year are: Stuart Clendenning, Pres., (P.R.) Heimke Haldane, V.P.( Kitwanga); Joyce - pr Krause, Secre (Terrace); Fr (P.R.) Financial Chairman; Dieter Gartman (P.R.) Mem- bership. chairman; Adli ‘Dajani (P.R.) Policy Chairman; Mary Schindel’ (Stewart) Director; Larry Hope, (P.R.) Youth Chairman, The meeting endorsed ea statement by Iona Campagnolo issued Saturday on the proposed Kitimat-Edmonton crude oil pipeline, concernin which a number o picketters protested with lacards during the er, outside the Crest Hotel. Other resolutions Busch cha: Which would put a ceiling on earnings governmen efita so persons. with. . Skeena Manpower Development Committee : development for union- management relations. Some research into the _problems. of alcho) in the -worthwest“was done, but recommendations - pointed to the need for er research to learn more about the hidden aleoholic and- hidden alcoho] problems in the north, altitudes. toward frinking, an resen programs underteken hy various agencies in the on, - - The Skeena Manpower Development Committee will continue its research in all these areas and into other topics which affect labor and managment into.the northwest. The future rold of the -committtee will be as a co-ordinating body for the ‘specific projects that results. from the research, as an advisory body and as the labor- of management “pulse” of the northwest. ee _ SCENE AT HEAD TABLE AT THE annual installation and Dance at the Lakelse Hotel. The new executives include president. Mike Tindall, ist Vice president Al Romanow, 2nd Vice president, Earl Hanford and g : Chamber of Commerce q unable to attend. Details of the the speeches of incoming and o carried in Tuesday’s Herald. Treasurer Norm Butterfield. Romanow and Butterfield were gala event, and excerpts from utgoing presidents will be Year © t . fr F i Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport Inoa Campagnolo hosted a. portion of U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale’s visit to Ottawa last. week. During a visit to greet skaters on the Rideav Canal, the i Skeena M.P. spoke to the Vice President about concerns over the —~ proposed Kitimat pipeline. K itimat-Terrace Labour council election results: The following persons were elected at . the Kitimat-Terrace Labour Council’s annual election for 1978-79: _ Pres. J.Jensen;, Vice Pres.R. Davis; 2nd Vice Pres.K.- D.McRobb; Councillors Wm. Hut- chinson and Ken Berg; Trustees Ian Duncan, Les Watmough and G.Kirk; Fress Committee J. Jensen. Norm Smith, | Executive . Committee R.Davis, J.Jensen, J,MacCormac -and D.McRobb;. | En- vironmental Committee L.Watmough, R. Wilson, : JJensen. and J.Pitzoff; Politcal.. ..ducation — ‘dgome-above a cer- .Blanes; ©. Sec:... Norm, Wm..".Hutchingon “and R.Davis,’ Bruce... euiounteen dnot--Smnith;-:Sgt~-at~raeing:: “B. Bavisy ----Unempleyed---Perauson,... Seo Kattged ye Mike Tindail being ‘swO ¢ im and d-Pitzoff. = at Sunday night’s Chamber of Commerce Dinner at the Lakelse Hotel by Mayor Dave Maroney. Campagnolo says NO to pipeline proposal, ‘but wants to keep. options open “In case” The Anti-Pipeline rotestors were out in orce Sunday night *.2 outside the Crest hotel where Inoa Campagnolo was to speak ata fund raising dinner. The protestors decision tc icket the dinner had — nmet with what the Prince Rupert Daily 4° News described on its ee Friday edition’s fron t page as ‘‘thnuderous :. applause.” t a Thursday Anti- ipeline meeting, at- nded by .150, Pete Purdy, a “ocal resident”, is quoted -as saying, ‘“‘We'shouid elect someone who will support ‘us.”” Others,speaking out . at the ‘meeting against the proposed pipeline and quoted in The daily News, included Ron Denman, from: Save our Shores, Bill Horswill, , ‘representing Victims of Cha f Industry nging En- vironment, Tony Pearse from Kitimat Oil Coallation, Steven Points, from the Union of B.C. Chiefs, Lilian Basil-from the same Union, Victor Reese, “a local native rson, and Arnie omlinson, a UFAWU spokesman. In answer to these protests and other rotests from various abour organizations, Inoa Campagnolo, on Saturday, issued a fur- ther statement outlining her stand. “I must state-as I have been stating for some months--that I cannot support this proposal (for a Kitimat-Edmonton Crude Oi] Pipeline)-as it has now been presented to the National Energy Board.. Where Campagnolo and the protestors appear to differ is that although the federal Minister and MP for Skeena federal riding totally opposes the pipeline: proposal in its ‘present form, she prefers to keep her options open in case of a future emergency or should the proposal be amended. with proper ens vironmental and 3 pollution’ safeguards-and should it be proved the oil: _is an absolute necessity. for national purposes. The Minister gives as her reasons for taking this stand also because: - “There are many aspecta of this issue which must be investigated and their relative costs and benefits to the people here on the northcoast- and to the people of Cananda as a whole-must assessed."’ She refuses to scose her mind to further studies and give a flat rejection to any and all oil pi @s at any and all furture dates. The protestors are demanding an . unequivocal, all out, irreversibel “NO”. This she refuses toda, That is where the impasse ap- pears to lie. energy. .