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Suicides studied

fulcide rate has doubled in the last decade while the hational rate dropped. -° -

# Statistics Canada figure tudicate- the éotintry' 5. ‘annual iuicide rate between 1976 and 1981 fell to a i Per 100 000 people from 14.2,

_ £ But in Quebec It rose to 17 per 100, on from 12, 3 between

1976 and 1882, and a Quebec Social Affairs Department study shows the number of suicides is one third higher .

hmong those whose first language ig French: A rate of 19.4 per 100,000 is indicated for franéophone Quebecers — — higher (han any Third World country.

3 There were 1,185 suicides recorded i in Quebec last year, - Sompared with 607 in 1972, ce

_ £ Figures from the World Health Organization for 1978 — ihe last year for which statistics are available — showed the _

guicide rate: at 7.8in Britain, 12, 6 in the United States and 19 fn Sweden.: ;

3 : Figures available show Quebec males are ‘three times more likely than women to take their lives and that suicide has become the second leading cause of death, after motor

vehicle accidents, among: Quebecers, in ‘the 15-30 age -

bracket. .

= . Marie-France Charron, author of a report called Suicide

hn Quebec, says the rate has tripled since the end of the

1950s when the influence af the Roman Catholic Church ata. decline, a

eS Betohe7inoral ‘alia’ wire well delined ‘by tradition and

beligion.” she told a reporter. “Today, people — and par-

cularly the young — find themselves lost in‘a world where -

éverything is in turmoil, where there no longer are boun:

dary lines to refer to,”

= Pierre Montambault, director of health for. the Social

Affairs Department, says Quebec has been going through a

particularly difficult period. for several years, both

economically and psychologically.

= Montambault has been appointed to direct a working

group on suicide and to find effective measures for

prevention,

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- -Loan given :

MEXtco CITY (AP) — The. World Barik has granted Mexico a $175-million loan to help small and mid-sized -

sents

; industries threatened by the country’s worst economic

. Zneetings with U.S. bankers ‘and commerce officials ‘in .

; érisis since the 1030s.

= A statement fromthe Treasury Ministry said the loan agreement was signed Monday afternoon by Deputy ° ‘Treasury Minister Francsico Suarez Davila and the World

. Bank executive vice-president, Emest Stern.

& Treasury Minister Jesus Silva Herzog was attending’

louston, ‘Tex., at the time.

; 2'Ina statement read at the ceremony, Suarez Davila said -

ihe latest loan raised to about $6 billion the amount of funds swith which the World Bank has supported ‘the develop. - trent” ‘of Mexico.

= Suarez Davila said the loan money had been earmarked - for small and mid-sized industries. He also said the loan Would “improve the availability of foreign ‘exchange and — fhaintain and increase sources of employment in the sector that represents the highest number of. businesses and - workers. "0

> Economic analyste say more than one million Mexicans

have lost thelr jobs in the last year because of Mexico's’ |

Hevere Tecessio¢n. The crisis was prompted parily by a. thortage of dollara needed by import-dependent industries. ° 2 A strict cut down on Imports Has left Mexico with its first rade surplus in many-years and helped save billions of | dollars heeded to pay. Interest on the country’s foreign debt, : expected to reach at least $85 billion by the end of the year.

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Beh y ; voy without cause was only a small part of the Bil. Now, there ” Ad iti iin Sales: - “voan-be termination according to.any cause which ‘the .” Advertis ing * Cabinet chooses to create throukgh its regulations, As.this-

’ Bill stands the government can introduce changes. to.the

"without cause could quite feasibly be auch a regulation:*All - will be’ “fair,”

. Syria or. southern Turkey that could have been part of a

-inidative go down the drain: ”

tha eens sn to Bill ; $,, thé ae ‘Fight to-fire without! cause‘ fi "The'main purpose of thie Bill, euphamistically entitled

Restraint ‘Act, is to supercedé vith respect to terminate aap

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regulations without even going to Cabinet and termination

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JERUSALEM (AP): — Archeologists digging through. the . roots of Jerusalem's history have uncovered the massive foundation wall of a Canaanite citadel, and: reached:the —

- earliest layer of a city and clvilization more than 5,000’ ‘years old,

Yigal Shiloh, head af the team’ excavating the City, of David, told reportera Monday that a fortress built by King David was constructed on top of the even larger stronghold : that he captured ‘around 1000 BC. ,

After six years of,digging, Shiloh’s team has expaséd: 25. layers of civilization which, like snapshots in an- album,” give a glimpse into the dally life of Jerusalem ‘through . ‘history. '

“We are not trying to prove or disprove ihe Bible,” said “Shiloh, ‘of the Hebrew. University of Jerusalem, “We a

including the biblical .perlod.’”. But some of the finds add’ physical. ‘evidence to. event desciibed in the Bible. © : ee Bare-bréasted fertility dolls of the Israelite petlod were’ fobnd in huge quantities.

“We were not surprised,” Shiloh said. “We can read in.’ the Prophets that they: were fighting against idolatry all the a

time. aan '. An insight into ancient Jerusalem's: commerical ties. came from charred fragments of boxwood from northern

decoratively carved piece of furniture. ‘Shiloh said scientific tests showed that the blackened:

. fragments were probably from furniture burned when the

Bonnyville grows in recession:

BONNYVILLE, Alta. (CP) — Listening to Bill Slawuta i is akin to entering 4 time warp. , _. “There isn't one new house on the market, Thee isn’t an, apartment to be had.”

Slawuta is mayor of Bonnyville,- atown of 4,775 n near: the,

’ Saskatchewan border which is prospering: in’ ‘Alberta’s

depressed resource economy. Neighboring communities such as Grand Centre and Cold ;

‘Lake and cities such as Calgary Baw residents pull up

stakes’ and leave. But, Bonnyville’ 's Population. increased six per cent last year. .

The streets are freshly paved and the. town has a new’ water treatment plant. There are a few empty. stores,

* evidence of. commercial overbuilding during the boom- -

anticipation days, but an aggressive Chamber of Com- merce is pulling regional business into town. . . Bill Weiler, advertising manager for the weekly Bon-

- nyville Nouvelle, said advertisement lineage is up 27: per. - cent over last year. ‘

The reason for, the prosperity is slow but steady : development of northeastern Alberta’ s huge oilsands and heavy oil deposits.

Compared with the abortive muiti-billion-dollar projects . planned for the area before the slump, the new efforts seem underwhelming.

Part one of the hearby Wolf Lake. heavy oil ‘project, kicked off officially Wednesday, is worth $200 rnillion, a far ery from the $13-billion price tag of the Cold Lake heavy oil Project shelved. by Esso Resources Canada Ltd. ‘in: 1982.

But the Project will mean 300 construction Jobs. over the |

‘ thought..

*y Phose, were. the:kind.of: remarks being made a few years -gto “ago before the energy:slump dashed hopes: for a

. Mthe y area, :

understand how the ald patronage system worked inthe bad ‘old days. before the Public Service Act and a few other ..

_‘ypleces ‘of Legislation-which ‘demanded fairness: in hiring - ’ practices af public employers, With Bill §-the door wil be

5 cae unearth old wall

. Babylonians’ razed Jerusalem in bas BC. and destroyed the.

temple built by King Solomon 400 years ‘earlier. - ‘The Canaanite city that David seized waa: built on the

_ western slope of the Kidron Valley: The archaeological site. - is just afew bundred metres -fromt the northeast corner of _the Ieth-contury - wall of the’ Old City and will be in- -corporated in an archaeological” garden: that” includes ‘buildings from: the time of Christ.: y

The earliest structures built lower on the slope goback to. .

- $200 BC, when the tribes-of the Judean’ mountains first -

. began gathering into cities. As Jerusalem, then.icnown as

‘

Nothing remairied of the ‘iris that David built on the

“hilltop, except a retaining wall that -has the” stepatone ap- * “pearance of the pide ofa: ‘pyramid, ‘This, year, Shiloh ‘sliced " ” through one section to expose the wall of the eatlier citadel, which was bullt.in-six-terraces,” -.

Shiloh said the dig cantinwed v unhindered this year despite mounting religious | controversy.

‘Ultra-Orihodox : ‘Jews, say the. “excavations: intrude on a medieval Jewish graveyard and desecrate the sanctity of

the dead. Saitoh denied ‘that any evidence of the Braves was

" found. :

The: protedters. ataged ‘violent ‘demonatfations ‘and an. ‘Orthodox party sponsored a bill that would. put archaeology

- Under religious. supervision . whenever ‘a cemetery, might -

exist. The. bill is now in a parliamentary. committee. .

- next two: years ‘and 200 fulltime jobs ance It. begins. pumping _ 7,000 barrels a ‘day of oilsands Ditumin.

a only; ‘a cotoplete| fool sould di concelvably regard Bill 3 ae an effort taréstrain the Public Sector, Are we all blind? “Or: - have we simply notnoticed that hodpitals and schools have: . been laying: off employees. over. the: past couple of years ~ “without the ald of BIL 37°. This legislation does not assist.in - . any way, elforts -of public. sector, employers to- effect oe -restralnt: prograrms;. it. does, however, clear the way ‘for public sectar. employers fo completely disregard Collective . Dron ” agreements, bo, ANGE NO ‘For those people | who think’ that public sector unions are NS _ overdue fora good kick in the pants anyway, give lt some Very’ few. of ua have. lived {long enough to -

” Jegislation: that ‘would “system uniéss there ib ante

= ’ wer is toaihanty, “Nobody 13. Be employ labour rejations climate in British’ Columbia. exce ‘maybe the current government. Bil3is not restrain

ood move, . - linet epg Merah juowing more about: Bill § and”

“6 the: zal: haar ia Aslogan ea

of choice": it sounds bo Canadian and so democrat,

is neither’ if: we atop to conaider what: choice a pregnant

"+ womaai ip really offered when considering an abortich, She

- Jebus, developed, it moved up from: the: ‘valley, floor. “The s outer area, Wes seglected and ett Fae us : * sald,”

- OLD CITADEL, EXPOSED. looking for the whole story and the cultures of all periods 2

ft: is," Shiloh

-is asked to choose between Having a live baby by birth, or a:

dead baby by abortion, hardly an ethical or humané choice

at all. Surely the right to choose (death by abortion) ends’.

where the life of another begins: the unborn have m0 .. “freedom of choice.

“Freedom to choose” is rally mare appropriate to the - _ decisiins involved in responsible sex,

There: are many thirga ‘that . got ‘us into the present abortlon tragedy (20 per cent of live births locally, over 100. per cent iri some centers); it is. only loving and creative solutions that will get ua aut of it, We must go’ beyond the “mother or. child” approach to problem pregnangies and see both’ aa fellow human beings worthy: of dignity and

protectons Yours sincerely, - ‘ Mark Ruelle vam ‘Terrace PreLife Bauration Ass'n “Go the. Balter,” os os

. The restraint program of Bilt Bennett comes as, a najor. stiock to the sofar limitless power. of government: workers uhions. Ever increasing wages, reducing work loads, more: holidays, more staff, more, programs, and more’: ‘social concern” are becoming a thing of the past. The response of . the B.C, Federation of Labour and its strongest | member ‘of _ the BCGEU is predictible and selfish. They are ‘unable to face the same facts of life as the rest of us in the miivate sector. :

. As the Leader of a political party, it is a responsible matter to comment on a sensitive issuesuch as thé restraint’ . program. I do so with consideration both for the longterm -

‘interests of government workers. and, with’ concert for individuals in private sector.

Governments simply cannot be big ‘brother better than’

' the individual. Sacial justice, concern for.the poor; and

: BP. Expiorations Ltd. and Petro-Canada Lid, ‘equal

"partners in Wolf Lake, may also build a bitumin processor

gadis: production: into refinable 2erude ‘oil. : Pitot a now’ ged” toa like asphalt. | ene

PaaS

president Ted Best sald in an interview an upgrader to.

” serve Wolf Lake and other oilsands producers in the area is _ being: discussed. ° The upgrader,- which would. cost about $1 billion: is

_ unlikely before :1990 and only feasible if. the. price ‘of syn-

thetic crude makes it profitable. The Alberta and federal governments must also make concessions sifilar to the tax

"and royalty reductions which allowed Wolf Lake to proceed.

Slawuta believes Wolf ‘Lake is the beginning of a trend, Esso has resurrected the Cold Lake project as a smaller, staged develepmient with the first stage being reviewed by

_ the Alberta Energy Resoilrces Conservation Board. °

- affirmed his position in that regard. - ogni - therefore that the government of British Columbia’ has.a

’ Near‘ Lloydminster, south of Bonnyville, Husky Oil Ltd, is.

Planning a heavy oil. praduction project whose pipeline network will reach up toward the town. ‘An upgrader i is also being considered,

. ‘And: Suncor Ine. fecently. finished . at : $200-mniilion: ex:: pansion of its oilsands plant ‘at Fort, MeMurray.

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“It all adds. up,’* sald Slawata.

pijot projects around Bonnyville,: Slavia, said. | us,

hsBelare‘the: slump the. town’s’ development” plan projected a population af 8,000 by the mid-19803 and officials

anymore, but Slawuta expects: ‘the’ town. 40 absorb 50 péer cent at the Tegion’s 8 newcomiers, ‘ i

_ Andropov. offers” new. plans

MOSCOW (AP). — Communist. party leader Yuri .

‘Andropov, criticizing the “half-meagures” of the past; is ' urging skeptical party. ‘veterans to back: his plan te revamp the ‘sluggish Soviet economy by rewarding good workers

and giving factory managers more leeway.

He told a‘ gathering of Conservative party , oldtimers Monday that the country's leaders should be dissatisfied.

. With the current pace of economic development. -

‘Mit seems that in looking for ways to resolve new tasks we

“were not vigarous enough, that not infrequently we resorted

‘to half ‘Measures and could not | overcome the accumulated

inertia fast enough,’ the 60-year-old Andropov said.

“Now, we must make up for what we have lost. This will

| “demand, among other things, ‘charges in, planning, "« Management and the economic. mechanism. ‘And we are

‘ebliged to make such changes in order to enter the new five-

year (economic. Planining) period, 80 to Speak, fully ar- med,” °

- The Soviet. economy, which grew at an ‘annual rate of

‘eight per cent in the 1970s, has slumped to a rate of 2.5 per

cent because of problems that many blame an the rigidly

_eekrolled centralized aystem, . ,

’ TEGUCIGALPA (AP) — Nicaragua’ offer to trade a pullout of Cuban advisers for a withdrawal of U.S. advisers

‘from Centrat America ‘seems reasonable” and should be ‘ -. explored al- upcoming talks, says Honduran Foreign

Minister Edgardo Paz Barnica. But Paz Barnica, who says he detects an apparent sof. -

teninig in‘ Nicaragua's position, insisted in an interview

Monday any such deal niust be part of a regional agreement = that Includes a reduction in armaments, a halt to arms -

- traffic, and elections in Nicaragua,

And, the Honduran said, ."‘I think Nicaragua is only .. playing — to make the goals of ' the Contadora peace.

Next Setuaryy the government announced two weeks a aga, experiments, will be launched in certain industries and in

_ approved of equalization and so must under _Eannyvill, the main regional commercial. centre, is -

“bullt, accordingly, That kindof growth: isn't “epected -

certain régions aimed at decentralizing. decision-making . and glying local. tianagers more Fesponsibility f for running ;

‘Planté and Pewarding workers...

| Andropat ; who sueceeded the late President Leonid, _Brezhnev ‘nie ‘months Ago, Was: : pleading ° “his edge’, for

réform. before a Btoup’ considered the mast? resistant. to ‘change. : : He ‘told

_sdeolopical front. i id ‘pao : -eought ‘to. assure thet he- is: cautious. : ‘an

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the: elgimers that their help’ is, aebdedt on. nthe

my,ofauch-a scale, such complexity, as

ours, ‘one should -be‘very: ‘carefyl,”” he said.’“‘Herd, as”

nowhere: eleé, is the proverb ‘ measure peverr n times, but eat, PED oe

oie 4 true. y “<Andtoppy. ‘also it on what hi be become’ a regular theme —

reduekig eziness, drunkenness, absenteelsm and shoddy

Workmanship in the workplace... » Labor ‘discipline Is-moré‘than simply aking Bure the worker arrives: on. schechile.” " he said, :

Nicaragua’ S offer reasonable? :

' manipulated pawns we are

Pak Barnica haw’ been : a “key figure’ in régional |

. negotiations: that grew from, the peace efforts by. the four.

Contadora group countries — ~ Mexico, Pmame, Colombia ;

id Veneructa. ‘

The group “takes its name from. thé Panamanian island - ; where foreign mirilsters from the four countries launched

‘the peace drive lant January, primarily to ease. tensions” betwee Hondaras and Nicaragua. .

* Pad farnien aldo said ne believes die

ted Sates w. would 7 .’ seid eomibal troops tehai his country if it were invaded by. ~ Uefiistted Nicaragua. -,

activity for the ‘handicapped cannot be done by goverament ‘as well as It can by families and individuals fn soclety. - ‘Bureaucracy has grown to unmanageable proportions as

we cask government to take over our --individual -

responsibilities. Now we tealize we can't pay government: as much as the bureaucracy demands, ‘The government

. has grown into an enormous arrogaat force which isa

burden on the backs of the people who y the taxes; Those -. insulated, secure and largely overpa don’t want to.face the reality of te reduced. exertions an, reduced bureaucracy: nit

The Premier’s claim is quite right that restraint’ q issue-in the election campaign. The individual voters -

I must recognize

mandate to impose- restraint. and I do. I support the government’ 's position on restraint.

The major regret however which I have in this present °

_ slluation is that the government does not restrain the real

drain of our wealth,-the government in Ottawa. The’: Premier did not have a mandate to agree with the Trudeau. Constitution: with its entrenched equalization. ¥ ask the —- Premier: Do you realize the cost of equalization? Do you

realize that if you did not equalize with Eastern Canada you |

would not hve to dut back. the expectations of British Columbians one penny. -

If the province of B.C. did not have to equalize (that is,

pay Ottawa to bribe the east) the premier would save more than the entire restraint program upon which he is, now embarked!

But rather than analyse the real reason for the blem, Mr. Bennett agreed to the Constitution wo

to.restrain

British Columbians while feeding the frivolous and wasteful ” appetite of Ottawa. Bilingualism, eastern handouts, the Canadair ripoff, the bankruptcy of the Canada ‘perision plan

- through loans to Ontario, ‘the National Energy’ policy.and ° tariffs to protect Ontario and Quebec industry—all this robs the people of B.C. But this, Mr, Bennett meekly accepts as :

inevitable. . What of the NDP? They lost the election because they

Ul bave on labour peace In this: 7

bortio ma debate is “Preedom tsa ot butt

id government workers .

have nosolution. I give the Socreds this much: restraint of © _ B.C, government workers is part of the solution, but let's

restrain Ottawa too: Let's top equalization payments until

we have 5 per cent unemployed or even unemployment as. low as any of the provinces we are equalizing with: -

The NDP was seeking tomake more work, They, said that more government: workers is the answer, : Hire : more and ° tax the rich to pay. Whois rich? Who canafford it? .

The NDP now: have only one reaction,. They get their - union bully boyd toraise a huge throng of protesters, ‘They ridiculed the Western Canada Concept's desires for ‘referendum, initiative and reall as did the Socred party_in

” the last election. Our party was.the only party who would ‘give the voters a referendum to recall an MLA if 15 per cent .

of electors signed a petition for a recall, That would mean ‘

as the politicians could fire ‘the tivil servants, the people could fire the politicians. The Socreds said no, The NDP paid na. © ~

Now the NDP are-resorting to" ‘a form of mobi rule, “Whoever can: get most people into the streets t¢ make the most noise will make the laws, That ia what happens when ° you don’t have referendui, initiative pita recall.

‘All T can say is [ hope these words and these times cause. people to think of a new political vision which the Western Canada Concept represents in a new and Getmocrmtié nation of Western Canada;

Referendum, initiative and recall is the only. way for | people to become responsible, thinking and active political | Participants in their desiny, rather thai the. emotionally today. When we start to think and read what Catada has been and is, we will then realize how much better Western Canada can become,

uy.

-- DongOnfistie - _ Leaider, WGA B.C,

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