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And: it wasn’t being: spent on’ “raising _ goldfish. ce The hatchery targetted specific species in * specifi c rivers or creeks: waters identified by Canada in its. fisheries treaty with the U.S.'as-‘‘key streams”* and fish stocks fed- ‘eral Fisheries department recognizes as im- “portant. ‘Did we ail miss something? Number. ..1; with’ the » ‘east coast in. desperate trouble, ‘federal Fisheries minis- - ‘ter John Crosbie floats the idea of chosing it completely i in a last ditch effort to ensure” there is something-for future generations. of fellow Maritimers. to-catch. - Harsh medicine, but it. showed a fearless commitment to. ‘Preserving troubled fish stocks.” | Number 2: Crosbie’ Ss “boss. and. prime minister “Brian Mulroney makes a" big” splash.in the Rio: de Janeiro eco-pond by proclaiming himself, Canada and the Cana-. dian taxpayer as committed defenders of all things: environmental. | a Good atief, he even dared to sing: a dif. ferent tune from. U.S. - president ‘George Bush, a daring departure from his habitual. genuflection in Washington’s direction, an And then comes Number 3. 2: : Fed Fish fires: off.a fax to the Teirace Salmonid: ‘Enhancement’ ‘Society. its president,’ ‘Doug’ Webb, thé Ottawa bean counters have’ done: their calculations. and: Deep Creek: Hatchery ' didn’ t make: ‘the. grant list. aa Now, granted we. call have ‘to face the. fact | > “uable.”. service. of our horrendous. national. debt. . : But come, on, guys; are you trying to tell: us Deep Creek had to ‘be: gutted in order't to. keep the ship of. state. on.an even keel? - The’ hatchery asn’ t ‘exactly sucking te federal coff was all. a mistake... “Mr. Crosbie, we’ Te ‘talking about + more : every. bit as important to" the west coast -- commercial fishermen, recreational: anglers o t the east coast fishing: interests, © Mr: Mulroney, talk to. your Fisheries min- . “reconcile | your ‘laudable ‘statements’ there ~ with the ‘callous: torpedo. fired into the hull of ‘this: ‘hard working, society. and its em- an ployees? :” ‘vene'tosaveit. ©. a “Tf pot, northwesterners will o once again ~ forced to draw their: ‘Own; inevitable co ~ Slusons. pes ys | politics ~ streets after a sitting mayor. -. And that leaves. Helmut. Giesbrec '--And there’s the nib. ‘Naming it after : a sit _ ting MLA of the governing party wouldal- have is: giviig names to new streets. . They’ te going to get.a chance to do just that ‘i in‘the’ near ‘future with a-new cul-de-- sac. going: in off. ‘Thomas. Street, on the. s curry : favour. But not Soing. so. might be gate of ‘honour the second overpass will bear his name = if it 's built during | his term LEE PE “That's s because: there 2 are 2 only two mayors left. Incumbent Jack Talstra i is ae but it’s: Television. ads’ ae buy’ Canadian, yet: finding a ‘Through Bitocals: | ! by Claudetie Sandeck! average store is’ harder. than locating an. apartment for rent” in Terrace.” ae For’ every’ item: carry. ig | a and shelves cranimed ‘wit | pro: oe tt from’ an upholsterer, 1 most : Now, : apparently. they’ re being told it - ie _ than a quarter million’ chinook and close to — .50, 000 coho fry: annually. ‘Those fish are - “and the tourism industry --: as cod are to = “ister, How are ‘your.] Rio admirers going to. “The Deep Creek hatchery performs vavae oo JE all the: high-flown mo protestations of caring about: the: ‘environ- ment méan anything, you: will: both inter- ; ., four-d “most certainly be interpreted ‘as trying to’ four-day: . |. The - ducts from the Pacific Rim.’ -“Unforhinately, clothing im- ported from Korea, Taiwan or China. is usually designed -for — the smaller 'statured Asian, ese pecially undernourished: piano” players with. no shoulders, no. hips, and no height. . 3 ee ‘Unless you. -are Michiel Te Pyjamas mold to the body. like ~ straitjackets,' - " And‘: “socks; knitted - for ool. cues, have consistent: . “circumferences from‘ankle to: knee like garden y hose-- willi-: just as “-tiuch .“yém Asian’ cars offer‘minimal sup- port and padding to carry the extra size and weight of Cana- -dians. But then; 'so do BMWs. “Last! week Iwas reminded of | how ‘my.’ Canadian ancestry would make me stand out.in a ‘Hong’. Kong : .or "crowd, -: -For those: fare ‘occa- : Fox, | shirt sleeves are too tight a Wy . hen::I- can: do-my. job. to: roll. “above” the “elbow. ° __ sitting down at my, waist-high :. work: al ail, aught a wooden _ ; 5. Sire, Jaws don’t..align, so" - 7 only... partially. : eh punched, Knife- handles. break .... ~ centennial © undiscerning, the difference may be unapparent. But to knowledgeable users, Made in Taiwan products skimp on comfort, workmanship, - “and quality. There is a tack of at- = Bangkok. | “corners. that bend ‘under ordinary ptes- > holes. are’ - butter. pe: spreading. “peanut tention to detail, a. chiselling of ‘ingredients, a cutting of ‘Hole’ punchers. have . fough ‘handles: of lightweight - metal : Ballpoint pens “scrape along. stretch. ‘They are. best’ wom experieticés-» ‘recesses when the paper. Scissor blades bow like. toumiquets,. removed . we: gripped the baseball” bat. out Jike Leslie Nielsen’s legs, every ten minutes to réstore. “hand -over hand to. decide... circulation i in ‘the. toes. Or they which: team: would ‘bat - first, can be ‘worn; one. over the “and a twelfth grade field trip | other, as Ace bandages toa forest fireower Jookout: If: are designed at home by some- margin, wee : tack,” this “stool would be. an ~. nadians, Asian ‘cars; too, “are. English saddle... + ‘constructed: for little: ‘people. An Beinch * ‘pie ‘plate sould . ‘Though theré may be. plenty of = ‘have “served | to .. pattern’ -its:- The world is fortunate babies” one. unconcerned about Profi t: The U.S. centennial : parade. or rather ave the town high and dry. e town:of. Nakusp, on the Lake,. south of: ‘Revelstoke, -is celebrating its 100th’ anniver- his’: ‘summer. To. mark the iow ‘water level :of the ‘Arrow Lakes, they can take their beef ‘to the’ U.S. ‘Army -Corps of . .Engineers.and to W.A.C. Ben- nett, although neither one is likely to listen, latter was” largely responsible for: ‘negotiating :the Columbia River Treaty, which accounts for - the: dwindling _. water reserves in’ the.: lakes, - while the former makes sure | we. give the U. s. all the water t it wants. ° According | to the terms of the treaty, British. ‘Columbia: must ~ supply as: much’: water. from its ‘part of the Columbia system as. - ‘the U.S, demazids, and because a of . drought: Washington: and Orégon,. the 7 demand i is very high this year. _ And as the U.S. Army: Corps __ of Engineers: draws down the “water It needs, a number of - Teservoirs . on’ the Canadian : - ‘side, the Arrow Lakes ‘in-" “cluded, will reach dangerously “low levels. oo oe In Nakusp, the situation i is al- oe ‘Aside from.> threatening. to ruin the town’s. “celebration, - the. dake’ 8: receding water level is . having.a disastrous impact on business. Marina ‘operators are hurting” “badly; so ate‘ houseboat and’ ““tour-boat operators. Sport fish-. ‘conditions - ready, - critical.” IP's AgsuRD ‘Bur. r - Looks: Le Sq ayux : CAUGHT A. WEASEL AND A DOG, GoT. THEM Bor PRN Be ae as ‘Kootenays left igh and | dry “VICTORIA ne '_ Army ‘Corps | of Engineers is ~ about .to. rain on “Nakusp’s eastern shore of Upper Arrow ‘Nakusp’ in. August for a big ~ home-coming a a éclebration, they. may wonder - .what:the hell that boardwalk is. 2 ~ doing ~300., feet - from the . . shoreline which normally laps , {at the town’s feet, =~ = _ And if they. feel ‘like com: plaining | about: the critically- EAS y NOt tO Wor! om hey dccompi| her ¥ it pias ee From the Capital : “by Hubert Beyer | and the ‘town’s - swimming beach. is unusable. ‘The’ a aes + Woard, which is normally.i ond houghis of. taking. any! t feet of water,is arena a spac He sree iar land. Corky Evans, NDP MLA for ‘Nelson-Creston, is about as ‘uptight as anyone -about the Situation. Mention the Colum- - bia River Treaty: to him, and you hit an extremely sore spot. To “the people” of. the Kootenays, Evans. says, the problem goes back nearly half a century, starting about 10 - years before the: conclusion of. the treaty in 1957. . ~ Whole towns, he said, began 7 dying at the time, Property. had become worthless, “nobody. in. their. ‘right mind: because ° would. invest in communities that would eventually be under . water. ane "We basically ‘devastated a “comer of the province for the sake of cheap hydro-electric _ power," Evans says. And. to this day, he adds, ‘there hasn't -been proper compensation: ‘The Columbia River system , “is'a conglomeration: of dams _*and lakes, some of which.are- - designed - ‘to generate hydro- électric. power, while others serve solely as reservoirs. . The. Revelstoke and Mika. “dams, for instance, are:power- - generating facilities,: whereas the ‘Arrow Lakes are but giant - water. ‘storage: tanks to. be. drawn. -upon,-as needed, by the U.S. ciaries,-. ‘Water at the Libby. Dam; ane’ other’ ‘storage. ‘facility. in-the © 7 East” Kootenays,- “Was: ‘being © _ drawn down’so fast during: the’. last . few - “weeks - that ‘resort © Owners were - facing » ‘severe ir problems, but, they were given. U.S. 77 NOT GAD: BUT ue migse : THE MouSE. AND THE THEN TANGLED: WITH A Moose : THAT CARRIED. : leg room for Jobbing: ‘dround: round bitch. seat, ‘Two legs are. town, when it comes to high" longer. th an - the’. ottiers; way travel, the legs. ‘become - teeters. The: -only. good part i “more,” cramped with: «..it-stores behind. any.door. passitig mile.’ " “The difference . etween an : J’ve. also- cha "3 “ ‘plucked by an As THEM isk AWAY! fle Caused. drought << _down-stream_ “beneti- -— ris up for renegotiation SHCKAD EE “Tt. ‘seems the U.S. Army _ CORPS. of Engineers ‘had. sec-.. rilore ‘water from that reservoir “after stakeholders”. on’ «thi American . side complained. Unfortunately, not: every reser-. voir straddles both: sides of the border, = >. : One of the. problents, accord-. ‘ing to Evans, is that the U.S" are looking at the ‘Canadian ; water reserves of the: Colum. bia Basin. not justin terms: of power needs. They:are looking : after the interests ‘of every: stakeholder in terms of water. supply. | 7 _ That includes. irrigation: “fo agricultural purposes, “fish stock, endangered.’ “species, : ‘flyways. for: ducks and: geese deer and elk habitat, as well'as | operators - of: recreati facilities, * ‘The water needs. of all these. Stakeholders are. determined . every. year. by: way of a Sys tems Operation Review, ‘the : result of which dictates how much water. Canada‘: ‘has to; : provide... coo ‘In’ normal years, ‘there’ ‘no ‘problem, but low snow. pac and Jess than average rai have: kept water levels reservoirs < fairly --' _South of the border. - . What compounds the. prob- ‘lem_is the absolute lack of any “data: in British’ Columbia: with | “which to counter r the, démand ~ for U.S, needs, ‘Evans warns that we had. -ter have-an inventory “own needs’ by. then: “In “meantime, we: have an pamy Enginees.