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VANCOUVER (CP) —

- Port officials are rushing to

ship 80,-000 tonnes of flour to the Soviet Union before the lucrative loveboat season ‘begins in May.

‘Sacks of flour are stacked to the roof in a shed at the Vancouver pier where in a few weeks Alaska tourists will come and go as cruise ships share pier facilities with cargo ships.

The flour is bound for the

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Soviet Union as part of a 180,000-tanne order from Canadian mills purchased to offset poor Soviet grain harvests. ;

It is good business for Prairie mills, good business for .Vancouver and an estimated ‘$1.5 million bonanza for Casco Ter- minals Ltd. which operates the pler for the National Harbors Board.

‘The port is having trouble

CASAW elections

Over 1800 members of the Canadian Association of Smelter and Aled Workers - Local 1 turned out in Kemana and Kitimat yesterday and elected new executive to two year terms.

Herald Taylor, & four year Alean veteran presently working as an anode operator, was elected president. Taylor ran on a strong health and safety platform and emphasised

B.C; employment °

the need to stand up to the company. —

Bob Ballantyne, an eight year Alcan veteran with a strong union background was elected vice-president. Ballantyne also stressed health as a major issue.

Ron Perrier was elected business agent. . A total of 53 per cent of the eligible voters filed their ballots yesterday.

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‘HALIFAX (CP) — What's this? Newfoundland leading Canada ‘in declining unemployment figures? Newfoundland still has the highest unemployment of any province, but its jobless figures have dropped into the same ball park as the Maritimes, apparently on

_the strength of an un-

precedentsd building boom, a buzzing service industry and the sale of natural resources.

Premier Brian Peckford poasted in the Newfoundland legislature this week that unemployment had fallen 4.4 percentage points in his province between February, 1970, the month before he became premier, and February of this year,

Statistica Canada figures, seasonally _ atijusted, show unemployment in Newfoundland fell from 17.1 per cent in February, 1979, to 12.7 per cent last month,

In British Columbia, which has shown the second-best improvement in job prospects, the rate went down in the same period to 5.9 per cent from 6.5 per cent, a decline of 2.6 points.

Quebec's rate fell seven- tenths of a point during that time to 95 per cent, Alberta's by .6 ta 3.6 per cent and three provifices — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba — were each down half a percentage point.

PEL. had the same unem- ployment level last month, 10.8 per cent, a8 it did two years earlier and only Saskatchewan's was up, by six-tenths of a point al 5.3 per cent.

The boom in Newfoun- dland has littte to dé, so far, with offshore petroleum wealth, says economist Andy Williamson of St. John’s, Niid,, although part of the economic hum is dueto great expectations from that source.

Williamson, moving to Halifax soon as the new acting executive vice-

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president of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, said in an interview the -Atfantic Canadian economy is in a period of strong growth.

The devalued dollar is a major factor, powering exports of such things as pulp and paper and. fish ‘which form a large part of Atlantic Canada’s Intustrial

In Newfoundland, the belief that offshore oil productiea if not far away is partly responsible for a job- rich construction boom, Williamson said.

“From September, 1973,

when the oll was announced, J

up until the present, there has been a tremendous boom in residentlal construction, plus some office con struction.”

While housing starts in Canada fell about 18 per cent in the last year, they were up

200 per cent in Newfoun- diand, he said,

For whatever reasons, the improved job picture in Newfoundland, where an unemployment rate in the mit-teens has been chronic, far outshines a drop in the Canadian figures in the last two years. The national rate fell to. 7.2 per. cent this February from .7.9 in

February, 1979.

At the same time, the number of Newfoundland workers increased to 192,000 from 170,000 and the actual number of Newfoundlanders unemployed dropped to 28,000 from 35,000. The size of the total labor force grew to 220,000 from 205,000 in February, 1970.

The new Newfoundland jobs have come largely in the service sector, says Willlamson. “The hotels have been going full blast:"

The plummeting unem- ployment levels reflect ihe new activity as well as 8 “minor drop in the number of people entering the labor force and seeking em: ployment,” Williamson sald

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the number o injuctions ou think we'll

this year because one pier — the former Pier B-C — was torn down last year to make way for a waterfront con- vention centre which is to include a crulse-ship ter- minal.

However, the proposed centre, whose driving force

is deputy premier Grace.

McCarthy, is in limbo

because its proponents are

have by

short. $50 million ‘of the estimated $95-million coat.

“We told the NHB that if they tore that thing down — before the convention centre © anyway.

was finalized it would be the biggest mistake anyone ever made,” said a Casco

executive, who asked not to.

be identified. “There is a shortage of

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best of times. Eventually it

wasn’t an NHB decision it

was 8 political decision — and they tore vit down

When the dust settled the port found it was a double

loner. It lost its- cruise ship

terminal at least until 1985 and it lost valuable shed space to store periihable cargo.

"Industry executives warn there is already a'shortage of general cargo berths which

in the long run may damage

the port’s reputation.

Last year cruise ships operated successfully out of temporary facilities without conflicting with cargo storage but this year the

large Soviet flour shipments ’

might creale a problem. .

Port officials rushing Soviets flour sacks

“Qur target is to move the flour by the end of May.”

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_ Hidge of high pressure keeps ‘clear. Sunny weather should continue in the region.

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4 single vehicle aceident

Terrace. . A™ pickup. truck was

m4 vseverely damaged . when it

struck a Hydro pole around

12:30 p:m.. this morning. .

‘ Two Hydro’ crews were required to repair the damage and restored power by 3am. - wee

The driver of the ‘vehicle fled on foot. ‘The incident is still under investigation by Terrace RCMP.

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