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blades from yolcanic gla:
ypars ago ig being studied fo
in delicate, modern aurgery.
- “Dr. David Pokotylo, a professor fe a
or cheology at the University of B.C, paid:
: archéologistshexperimenting with ways of .

microblades, because the: aligtpncks of the.

‘blades surpasses that of the best. ‘scalpel,
‘The tiny tool, which vary in length: from:

between one and five centimetres, have an:

- extremely fine edge and are. sharper. thai
. surgical steel.

vt ke butte
"They slice through leather : ~s~and: the -Fraser -sad_-Thampson. rivers," ~

Pokotyto and his 10 students have been
_. “excavating for microblades at the site of -
-B.C, Hydro's proposed hydroelectric.

. » project at-Hat Creek, near Cache Creek. .

_. . The, students have. been combing the
. 1,000-aquare-metre site with dental picks
'__and mesh screens to find the blades. The -

;. team has found mostly blades made from -
basalt, which are less sharp but more -

durable than obsldian, © :
’ “There was no local obsidian source, but —

daid Pokotylo in an interview, |.
"Primitive peoples sharded ‘the blades’.
from obsidian glass or basalt — both:
Products of volcanic eruption —aB early aa
7,000 years ago. .° -

Pokotylo said the technology and use of
the blades by natives of B.C., ‘Alaska,
- Siberia and Japan. dted out E about 3,000

. years’ago. -

“But recently, surgeons in the U.S. haye
shows. an Interest in applying the blade’s
keen edge to eye and cosmetic surgery.

' “The sharper the blade, the less damage _ .

to tissue,” satd Pokotylo. “These cut so
sharp they even cut between blood vessels,
making a cleaner, less easily infected and
faster-healing incision with less. scar

‘tissue,
- 4 Bokotylo, who Is perfecting the art of .
. Mmaldng the blades in order to understand

' more about the people whg made them, is___.
interested in eventually creating blades :
_. for’ Canadian surgeons. But he cautlons

that much 1 experimentation has to still be.

to make eg

’

fracture ‘while: belng ‘uped, a,
Aztec’ and. Mayan civillgations ‘achfé

ie Brecteat expertise in making . the
ta | them : nea ahave and ale to

Although the blades have been found in
many acheological sltes-along B.C.'s coast |

there are ridges of the glass in Oregon and
Washington and toward’ the northern

- border of B.C.," Pokotylo said. “However,

“we have evjifence obsidian. was traded

_ between tribes. It was a valuable com-
7 modity and they would travel many miles
_ to obtain it for their tools,”

’ Pokotylo believes the use for the tools
may have died out when the tribes began
to settle in one place and needed | 8 tool that
was more durable. “But we still don’ t-
know what replaced the blades. ”

Police complaint resolved

~-SAANICH (CPi ~ A family’s complaint

of harrassment by Saanich police in the .

case of a 20-year-old son who killed himself

by detonating a bomb in a car. March 15

has been resolved informally...

‘The police department has decided to
tighten its complaints procedures and to

change assignments and-roles of, certain
officers whose names were nol released.

“The family of Leonard Roy Emerick | —
“were concerned about thase-two issues. .

Emerick set off a blast'of dynamite in the
Victoria, suburb Killing himself and in-
juving four officers who were approaching
” the vehicle,”

“Witnesses: testifying: at a three-day
inquest into Emerick's death said the man
has felt he had been harrassed by police,
and | in particular, by one officer known-
only as Blandie.. ;

mig -inention of the un:

LS ‘which angered. the

FPdiahient chargel Ait hso n'a

Emerick family.

- Family lawyer David Vickers n met twice
with: Bob Petétson, Saanich police chief,
and wrote a letter to. Peterson, last week

saylng the family was satisfied their °

complaints had been resolved.’
Insp. Ted Owens said the young officer.

. referred to as Blondie needed ,'‘more.

guidance than he was getting.” —
The officer has been transferred lo
another patrol, he said. °

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active Canadians —

: creation: ‘programs in Canada ‘this ‘Year.
", thém in, the hard-hit forestry and mining industries,

overhaul Of: ‘Canada's trades: educational: system,

“Reldunn Anne Mudie, daughter of Dr. -

Vancouver: press, conference, ‘a worthy said
he. ‘Natignal Tralning Act,’ given. fina} approval ‘in.
Jarliament ‘last ‘week, allots. $650 ‘pillion, for job.

“The jab ereation. prograhi. is part ofa $1-billion -

w ‘provide vocational training and upgrading :-~

- OF workers’ existing skills -while they are laid off, and .
_ will’ include an extension of unemployment ingurance .

benefits in some industries and regions..

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to B.C:'s unemployment insurance offices this year’ to

~ handle the new programs.

worthy would not specify how much money will ©

be spent in B.C. under the new dct, saying the funds
-will be allotted on a “first-come, first-served,” basis. -

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UBC witha Doctor of Medicine degree.
Mudie. graduated from Caledonia Senior

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“limited wage .and ‘price |
restraints asan example for _

_ the provinces .and. private "
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~gervanta™ wage, hike to; Bix.
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| dver “two “years. wag «in-
~Aroduced just twodays after. -
- Finance: Minister Allan .

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MacEachen ‘announced

But his pledge to roll back
‘unjustified price increases

‘, above those levels is still on

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‘ speech,
"sketched . only: the ‘broad -

‘the drawing board — It
wasn’t. given as much ad-
vance thought as. wage
controls and has turned out

to be more complicated :
’ than expected.
The price side of the anti-

inflalion strategy was. “‘not
as fully developed” during
hurried ‘budgét
preparations, one. top
government official said. It
was ‘included because the’
government felt it couldn't
move on wages alone. *

The price restraint policy
is “under Intensive review"
but sources say it probably
won't be announced for: at
least several weeks.

The delay raises doubts in
some quarters about what
the program will ac-
complish. —

New Democrat Leader Ed
‘Broadbent accused the
Liberais of Jacking the
“courage and fairness lo
bring in effective legislation |

controling prices” as they: |

did for. wages.

David McKendry of the
Canadian Consumers
Association . said the
program's: success - looks
oubtful. because. of . ‘so,
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dilemmas.”

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