Page 4, Tia Herald, Tuesday, January 27, 198) \ TERR (CE daily ‘photographic content published in ‘the Herald. \, Permission. of the Publisher. ; ; ”, yy herald | Genaral Office 635-4357 | Published by Circulation - 635-6357 — Sterling Publishers Publisher-—.Garry Husak Editor — Pete Nadeau CLASS. ADS. . TERRACE - 635-4000 CIRCULATION - TERRACE .435.4357 Published every weekday at JO10 Kalum Street, Terrace, B.C. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash. return postage guaranteed. NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, camplete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any edifarial or Reproduction: is not permitted without the written It seems - they don't believe him. MONTREAL (CP) — A spokesman for Noranda Mines Ltd. — thought to be one of the major Canadian contributors to acid rain pollution -- told an incredulous Commons subcommittee Monday that acid rain has not yet harmed the lakes of north. western Quebec. Frank Frantisak, Noranda’s Toronto-based director of environmental services, told the touring committee that the “lakes of northwestern Quebec . are unaffected at present.” . MP Stan Darling (PC-Parry Sound-Muskoka) asked Frantisak how was It possible that Ontario’s |. ° ~ lakes have been so severely affected by acid rain — some to the polnt where all aquatic life has been ' destroyed -- while across the border in Quebec lakes remain unharmed. Frantisak replied that Ontario has born the brunt of windborne acid rain because itis closer to major sources of pollution in the United States and because of climatic differences with Quebec. [tis generally agroed that most of the acid rain in ~ Canada originates in the US. Sulphur and ritric oxides from smelter and fuel exhausts combine with water in the atmosphere to form sulphuric and nitric acid, yoiscnous to syuatic life. . Under questioning from committee members, Frantisak admitted that Norands has not de- termined if lakes are becoming more or less acidic because the firm has not carried out any long-term . | Noranda fas iaken sampies in 60 lakes i nor- situ u oncomes trom’ peroay oe “Canadians” per capita pollute twice as much as Americans. Noranda haa a copper snelter in the town of the same name in northwestern Quebec, which has no - emission controls on its two smokestacks —- both af them about 150-metres tall, Those stacks emit 260,000 tonnes of sulphur annually, company spokesmen said. This is 60 per cent of the total of sulphur emissions recorded in Quebec, said Frantisak. But he disagreed with the MPs on the committee whe in: sisted that emissions constitute pollution.’ . The sulphur does-not necessarily contribute to acid rain, Frantisak said. Tests by the firm indicate, theacid content in snow in northwestern Quebec did . not change before and during a-strike at the Inco Ltd. smelter in Sudbury, Ont,, about 200 kilometres to the southwest of Noranda, Frantisak, whose brief said acid, rain was an emotional issue, agreed that it was a problem. But “the terrestrial and health effects of acid precipi- tation are totally uncertain.” “He called for more serious study and more time before taking “political decisions." He painted a bleak picture of how much It would coat In jobs and government revenues if Noranda was ordered to reduce by even one-half the sulphur emisslons al its copper smelter and was thus forced to shut down. After the hearings adjourned, MP Derek Black- burn (NDPBrant) said in an interview: “I'm disgusted at the fact they said the issue was - emotional.” “Their brief is typleal of corporations — 4 velled threat that if governments push us too far we'll shut: down.” f The Heraid welcomes its readers comments. All letters to the editor of general public interest will be printed. We do, however, retain the right to refuse to print letters on grounds of possible libel or bad taste. We may also edit letters for style and length. All letters to be considered for publication must be signed. » barrassed: : In the tavern of the Prince Edward Hotel, _ the principaltopi¢ of conversatian Isn‘t so muth Whither the West as who danced the - _ best polkas and one-steps at the Ukrainian. New -Year’s Eve ‘Malanka party. °, “ Still, to humor .an enquiring! reporter, a They hate Trudeau, love Canada VEGREVILLE,Alta. -- Mainly, Vegrevill is allented from Edmonton. Being just 90 kltometers away, the city is too close for comfort of the merchants here. Then there Is the newly opened provincial environmental laboratory. Most of the scientists prefer “io commute from Ed- . © monton. They-do that, one sclentist’s wife — explained to a facal matron, partly because _ Vegreviil (population 5,000, sort of) tacks theatre. In a spirited counter-attack, ihe | Vegrevill native asked the visitor how often she actually goes to the theatre In Ed- monton and: was rewarded with: an. ‘em- stlence. group gathered in. ‘the Snake. Pit’, a hideaway at the back of the hotel where ‘ deals get wheeled and political gossip gets -traded and characters get assassinated. . There was. Mike, the lawyer, with a ’ sfentorlan volce and a soft heart. There was Ed, who runs a clothing store and who once played for the world champion Pentiction _Vs.-Also Mace, who runs a clothing store, and Jack, the bank manager, and. another Ed, an Interesting, perceptive guy who just sort of. floats. By the time the bottles of scotch and rye had become as dry as a dust bowl, two points had been. made. First, everyone, ‘Including Matt, who Is a liberal, detests Pierre Trudeau. Next, nobody, even more passionately so if this is possible wants to separate. ‘ About separation, Mike Kuwalych, the . lawyer, says. it best. “It’s crazy. This is a beautiful country. i came here with nothing. Now | make more money than | can spend.” Then, as Albertans often do, Mike reaches back info history to make his point. “My father spoke not one word of English. But he became a citizen. Night after night over a coal oll lamp, we taught him the oath so he could say it right before the judge. he county that . ‘did that for my tather Are you: crazy? . 5 Me separate nowsfrom the The group agrees with Ed the Floater when he says he thinks bilingualism Is great because it makes Canada distinctive. and. with Mac when he denounces folmen. as “4ats cats” who five years'ago didn’t havea pot to spit In. The. only point - of disagreement Is whether they make a better moonshine In Mundare or Hairy Hill. (so named because the Buffalo sunhed them-" selves on its southern slope). Everyone agrees, though, that the best ‘shine. dan‘t what It used to be. As you approach Lioydminister, “150 kilometres further on the Saskatchewan border, the alienation fever rises. One cause of the change in moad Is clear enough: coming to the city you spot more and more “donkeys” on elther side of the . road, the bebbing oil pumps, identiflable by thelr distinctlve colors -- blue and orange for Husky, blue and white for Dome. Lioydminister hasn't been pummeled by the oil explorations slow down, but it has been pinched: While HUsky. and Dome still are barrelling along, Hudson’s Bay Olland Gas - has just cancelled a 300 well program. To spot another reason why there is more anger here, you have ta look a little harder. Vegrevilie, famous for the world’s largest decorated Easter egg, Is home to men like, Kuwalych, and Andy Toma, a farmer whose familly came from Ramanla and who says, © ; “We're alienated but I’m not sure who ta- blame, East or Wesi. Anyway I'm a Canadian.” But Lloydminister is WASP and “e if Is Alberts’s Anglo: “Saxons who’ aie ina st. _ dike to feel that Canada has ceases to . their kind of country. ; ot - Gathered for coffee are Marshal Le cattle ‘i broker, Peter a radio station manager, Vic, én ol! company manager, Jack, who sells -. chicken; and Blalr; 4 real estate salesman: < ” with a:gift for.trony, as In, “Albertans are 1 ~ wiltirig to share thelr weatth but they don't want it sfolen fram them In exchange for a. to. thank-you note.” No-one “is a separatist. Everyone. feels, alienated: fram, too much socialism, .to0 “imuch 'governnient, too little hard work ard: : really rough shots at Trudeau. ~