$10 million more to study coal VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia and the federal Bevernment agreed Tuesda’ d another $10 milli on on studies of the possibility of developing the * province’s northeast coal forthenortheastandtheone serve as the catalyst for devel — to reserves, for which development future growth of the trans- range of alte sive wide A major transportation remove meoat Mrom” the igued'b the, agreement, plans ay pilteady (being portation, construction and which an overall transport FPNNG aw Ee neg erce Sulunka, Bullmoose, .and signed by Premier Bi ared by companies trade andservicessectors o _ wou y with . Bennett, Mines minister hotdi ing licenses in the area, “- the local economy.” and communications net existing routes to provide Quintet depoaits. Nm Chabot, + Economic Devele ment minister Don Phillio: , and federal Justice Minister Ron Basford, each government will pay 50 per cent of the study costs. The additional $10 million will bring the total amount spent on northeast coal DESTINED FOR PRINCE RUPERT studies to about $15 million, Phillips told a news con- ference. “The coal resource is the single largest - identified development opportunity “In view of the potential impact of the development on the region, and in fact on the whole provincial economy, the federal and provincial governments agreed to fully evaluate the proposed development,” the agreement says. In viewing the potential of the area, it says, studies have shown that economic expansion could produce direct employment for about 2,500 people “and The two governments also believe some growth could be expected in the region’s agriculture, recreation and tourism sectors as a result of coal development. “Ancillary industries to assist in the service, supply _ and maintenance of coal mining operations will identity an Opportunity to become established in the area,” the agreement says.. The transportation aspects of northeastern work is being evaluated. The agreement sa s that once a rail route decision is made there will follow an intensive planaing re design and design pi prior to inviting tenders for contracts, Premier Bennett said the amount of money needed to develop the y northeast coal reserves justifies the expenditure of significant: ‘amounts of money to thoroughl 2 examine all as- pects of development. access for other Canadian products to the northwest port of Prince Rupert, Bennett said. Basford told the news conference the two governments have done all possible and “the ball is now clearly jn the court of the . Under the agreement, $6.6 “PROV INGTAL LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BLiRYS?™ VICTORIA BC 5 companies involved in these decisions.’’ Phillips said there are pri- marily three companies— Quintet Mines Ltd. British . Petroleum, and the Tech million’ will be spent on detailed examinations of rail, road, and port tran- sportation ‘systems. ; Thé agreement expires in a year and Bennett said a decision on whether to go ahead with the project may be made after that fime. CAR STEREO KITIMAT RADIO & TV VOLUME 71 NO. 7 the erald “632-4721 DOUGLAS \ CHANNEL REALTY LTD.. vat! Front page feature == ~ ol natty seas SDA Manan OR eo esau nt et 369 City’ Centre . _KITIMAT “DEAL WITH THE FRIENDLY FOLK” ‘Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart ‘and the Nass’ WE DN ESDAY, MAY WW, 1977 , Lower City Centre Mall 632-2024 TE RRACE, B.C, ‘SHARON McGOWAN - Following a successful year in the northwest this NFB towing is leavitig to expand her career in Vancouver. She says that unlike some people, she is a northern woman looking for work experience in the south and plans to return to a 7 “MAKING and then travel to Kitimat NOTES AT COUNCIL? . Lee-Anne economy should help Council chambers for word on the total number of unemployment as a key Progressive Conservative Cruise ship blockade set Delegates in for surprise this grea: oe Be 4 “4 ‘s 4 ‘s : : os ata! Soa iii SHARON McGOWAN Heading south _to hone skills By BRIAN GREGG Herald Staff Writer cinheennitietiersresesmnmnngs \ antes sefetcheateheeteteaeeaten ecard AN ishi “By ALL a AENICK: nat ting fs Sharon McGowan, a distributed throughoutt he # ANDREW PETTER vessel as it entered the ‘%. well-known resident of the province. . mouth of the channel, i northwest, leaves today for — With Terrace Alliance = e Cruising politicians, oil Joining the 40 fishing boats & Vancouver where she will Against Super-tankers toe executives, and municipal will be the Greenpeace shi # advance her career in Kitimat (TAASK) she & ; assisted on a 20-minute : leaders will meet a ‘loti of demonstrators, Friday, when their convention ship, the ‘Princess Patricia, reaches the mouth of North-Central. Municipal: Association, is expected to enter the channel en route from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Kitimat. Greeting it will be members of a coalition opposed to the Kitimat oil port proposal and. the. related pipeline to Ed- monton, Conrad Mills, northern. Meander, and native vesse! from Hartley Bay and the Queen Charlotte Islands. The corvention cruise :caused a stir when it was proposing the oilport and = had donated ; Pipeline. 4 000 towards the cruise on condition that the ship. followed the. projected ‘tanker route from Alaska to ; When the ship | Kitimat. arrives at Hartley Bay between 11 am and noon, Friday, demonstrators hope to convince conventioneers another’ organization in- # media skills following a = year. working with com- = munity groups through the = National Film Board’s ioe for Change : number of people who have Bs seen the presentations of = the groups with whom she = has worked. Her work has = helped make her contacts for new projects, she said. + McGowan’s office was EA situated gat Northwest * Community ‘College in % Terrace where she = Some students were in- she is surprised at the = slide show on the impact of = = the proposed oil pipeline on : the Lakelse Lake area. & This show will be seen ing ; . Douglas Channel..The ship, ‘revealed: ty the northwest during the ; ; carrying: delegates to to the revealed ita ghitimat +g PMeGowan says her year next few months. | @ annual convention of the Sortium of companies. 3 ; here has been valuableand McGowan has just & completed work with the # s Regional District of: & Kitimat-Stikine on its = = functions and structure for * = public information, Other proups in Terrace : _included the Kermode # Friendship Society, = Terrace Menonite Church, = Ed and theTerrace & Development Corporation, :: on the Seven Sisters # representative of the United = provided equipment and In Kitimat she helped the = « » Mumford (left), Jenine Krause and Jason Krause candidates in the byelection. Both Krause and Fishermen and Allied ther Popeal eat a pear = training in media skills to Vista Village Re helped tbe ES . settled in quite comfortably at the press table Monday Mumford went in by acclamation. Workers Union (UFAWU),- As he put it: “They "got # : groups within the region. Tenants put together a # a while their parents waited in the Terrace District said he had called on the $25,000 to support the tanker = She received very good video tape on poor © — eee route and we want to tell é cooperation fom CFTK courts. Thi in trailer & 3 aa alata EARLS Da a : = Mercia. ute courts IS Was in- = , 914, 000 OUT OF WORK tem that tere are alot of 5 ih provided fer wits siryetonal on media Sls | "CLAR K : Pftacted by it z access to local broad- and was used within the & i oe a ere ca) his ution views # casting facilities, Many of Vi s IT ‘ the protest ag a demon- = z the video projects she has oot er Toups in. Kitimat e o stration not a blockade. “We s worked with will be shown included the Women’s % ete td ‘inca See ae progressive conservative OTTAWA (CP) — The pposition Leader Joe t n- inclair Stevens (PC— ourcraftsdirectly in front of illa ation. # j leader, will be in the federal government has no ior: said that, considering At any a, te gover yore st ince) seid the thePrincess Patricia so that § s provided her with contacts = In Cedarvale she % & _ .Terrace-Kitimat area May intention of bringing in new (Canada was one of seven jobless rates, MacEachen figures from Statistics there’s a risk,she'll run us % while she held workshops worked with the Seven = e 2 29-30. Clark will fly.in from! measures to reduce nations at the London said, and does not propose to Canada show there were over,” he told the Herald. 8 with many classes of Sisters Committee on a ® e , the West Coast May 29, unemployment, but expects economic summit last bringin new measures now. 9,000 fewer jobs in April But Gary Gallon, i students to help them put . slide show explaining the & 4 Yemainovernightin Terrace an upturn in the U.S. weekend that named Lincoln Alexander, the _ thanin March. Over the past executive director of SPEC, = together term projects. _ possible effects of logging # Tefrace, May 30. from 944,000in March. This government had announced women under 25 years, Newfoundland’s rate in- what will be in store for = were seeking similar aid. Community Association, : in More details will be meantan actual jobless rate $100 million more spending which he said lend to a creased to 16.8per cent them if they | let super ; McGowan found thatthe Glenn Vowell Band = { released today by members of 8.8.per cent of the work in the March 31 budget for clemate ofhopelessness and Alberta had the lowest tankers through.” # college made use of the Council, Hazelton Historic © e of Clark’s statf in Ottawa. force, down from 9.2 per job creation, on top of $358 bitterness which may very jobless rate, at 4.3 per cent “This cruise is a PR trip # ‘apes she and the groups Society, and the Smithers % = HoH T Ae i cent in March. million last fall. Those well lead to serious unrest, jobless, an improvement for Kitimat Pipeline Ltd. to =: put together. t sh Local Action Group. ie But after seasonal adjust- bydget measures should Clark said outside the from 4.5 per cent in March. show how safe their route is In prince Rupe she In Smithers a BrouR of & D th > ment, StatisticsCanada said start to have an effect on Commons that the govern- The unemployment rate. supposed to be. Well we worked | wi e Prince college geography % ed the jobless rate had risen in . unemployment in the future, .ment is killing the work worsened in the other : Rupert Visitors Bureau to students made video tapes ‘ e ' April— to a record $3 per he said ; ‘ethic. Western provinces. (continued on page 2) = produce a 20-minute slide of interviews with local = z , cou nt cant from 2. 1 per cent a ; : y thew on tourist facilities i in specialists asking their % ° month earlier. at city, It was pre opinions 0 impact o i ’ rises As the Commons question ECOLOGICAL PICKETING : to the Chamber of Com- the Kitimat-Edmonton = i i period opened, MacEachen ° ° é merce and other Eroups. pipeline through the Telk- AMSTERDAM (CP) — faced a barrage of demands ; . : icGowan wor wi wa Pass region. il ‘Thedeath tollinafire which from Progressive Con- B U t iS t hi e@ re Ss ol id a rit 9 = the Prince Rupert Option In Houston a concerned is = swept the downtown Polen .servative members to bring bad # for Women to produce a_ citizens group prepared a : RETA reread on May 20. Canada, Allan MacEachen, problem, it is time for the ‘manpower critic, issued a year, , only about one new job s been created for every volved in the protest, says it : = volved: in community Mountains, The show has = According to Herald acting prime minister, said t to act with h ople looking for will be a blockade. © groups that wanted to use been viewed extensively % sources he wants to study Tuesday. he aaa w Statement, sayi "hy that ae two young Pe e ; “We want to kind of get in ® video equipment to get throughout B.C. and the . the proposed Kitimat oil tanker routé by air. He will held: a_ television news conference at 9 am in Hotel rose to 10 Tuesday when rescue workers recovered four more bodies from beneath piles of April jobless figures released eartier in the day showed there were 914,000 unemployed in April, down in a new federal budget to stimulate the economy. Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party leader, said later he was pleased Prime Minister Trudeau, who attended the summit, is still in Europe. MacEachen said the PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. CP - The Prince Rupert Labour Council has demanded that the British unemployment rates. In particular, he noted the 14.5-per-cent unemployment rate for young meng and the labor movement jin North America has de- manded such action to ‘protect the environment for’ Regionally, the hard-hit Atlantic provinces showed slight improvements in jobless rates in April, But protection committee hag condemned the proposed project but Clifton Parker, an. international repre- front-of it," he said in a telephone “interview from Vancouver, ."‘and give a symbolic demonstratfon of Building and Construction Trades Council said that “blanket condemnation of the proposed Pipeline by the = % their message across. Members of the college faculty were also aware of - community groups that ES one-half hour videw tape = on women whoare working # in jobs traditionally = reserved for men. It has “been seen .by many cerned groups Other groups in this area #2 included Kispiox Valley & e slide show presentation to the Land Commission on % the removal of centrally = located farm property : from the agriculture © x rubble, police said. Columbia Fed ' that the Progressive Con- ederation of future generations. The sentative of the In- federation'’s committee (is) = audiences throughout reserve for the pur e Of & z mie 0 ee eaing many seavatives hace tow joined {Labour declare hot any all ‘group also has asked the ternational Union of premature and a trifle # Skeena and the Queen building a sawmill com-: aM the NDP demand for a new POFt construction materials federation to urge all its Operating Engineers and a cavalier with respect to the = Charlotte Islands. plex, z Swedi tourists, and authorities fear more bodies are buried in the debris, Another 25 persons, in- cluding two Canadians, are in hospital and three are in serious condition, police sald. Many of those who a from, the burning hote suffered severe burns um others broke limbs mping: from bedroom ws of the four-storey wing budget to. replace the one of March 31. Like the NDP earlier, the. Conservatives called for personal income tax cuts and federal ‘sales tax reductions in a new budget, and added that companies making new investments in - poor areas should be per- mitted to enter into long- term. tax - contracts with Ottawa, for the proposed Kitimat pipeline. A hot designation means all union workers are ex- pected’ to boycott handling items. . The demand was expected tn be handled by the officers of the federation at its regular meeting Friday and could spark an inw7-union battle over the issue. The council said it believes it is the first time affiliates to withhold labor from construction of the proposed project, the request were granted might make con- Struction of the proposed $500 million project, com- prising a marine terminal in Kitimat, 80 miles southwest of here, and a 753-mile oil pipeline to Edmonton, virtually imvossible. =~ The federation’s pollution and environmental federation affiliate, saidi that “the working man of B.C: is entitled to better leadership.” Parker said that 1,500 of his union's 9,500 members i in B.C. are out of work, his office is beseiged by people looking for work, and “we're busting our rear end to get the Kitimat project going; we're fighting for Jobs on every front.” The B.C. and Yukon needs of great numbers of unemployed pipeline and building workers,”’ volved in poe ater of ihe oposed project. The napority of the council's : membess areinvolyedinthe % fishing industry. : Other groups in Prince = Rupert included the : Ca enters’ Union and the = : gure School. It has = been shown to parents, and = new teachers and several y copies have _ been McGowan _ believes her = work has had an incredible = Es impact on the region but 3 that it had to slowly prove % itself to be a valid com- z munity service, “My only = regret with this job is that © ithad short-term funding.’’ McGowan territory & et made up one-third of % British Columbia and in & her year’s work she put} 30,000 miles 0 on n her car. uit 5 Shh Riisiniescn Meee eee oote elie