The Prince George Citizen - Tuesday, October 19,1999 - 5 Province

Election slate full H it & run deadly Farm ers to protest M acPhail to run? Drunks galore PORT ALBERNI (CP) — A heavy-du­ SURREY (CP) — A six-year-old boy KELOWNA (CP) — Fruit growers VICTORIA (CP) — Former finance PORT ALBERNI (CP) — Port Alberni ty mechanic is challenging for the ma­ and his stepfather died Monday when a say they will blockade a road near minister Joy MacPhail may become has reclaimed the dubious distinction jor’s job and a former city manager is stolen sport utility vehicle smashed into Penticton on Nov. 1 to draw attention the second declared contender for the of producing the highest number of running for council. the motorcycle they were riding on. to their financial plight, which they say provincial NDP leadership contest to­ drinking and driving charges per car They’re among three dozen Port Al­ RCMP in this Vancouver suburb be­ the B.C. government is ignoring. day. stopped in CounterAttack road checks. berni residents who have filed nomi­ lieve the driver of the stolen Ford Explor­ Hundreds of motorists use the road She has called a news conference for Since the program began in May, lo­ nation papers for the Nov. 20 election. er crossed the centre of the road and between Naramata and Penticton this afternoon in her Vancouver riding, cal RCMP have stopped approximately ‘ Five of six current city council mem­ crashed head on into the motorcycle. every day. The growers plan to set up where she is expected to announce she 21,600 (to Oct.13), and have laid 27 bers are running for re-election: Don­ Cody Bradshaw, who was found lay­ information pickets the first two days wants to become B.C.’s next premier. impaired driving charges as well as 86 na Brett, Hira Chopra, George Colussi, ing next to the mangled motorcycle, and start blocking all traffic Nov. 3. MacPhail resigned as finance minis­ 24-hour suspensions. Tommy Simmons, and Jack Thorn­ was killed instantly while Bill Brad­ They chose the road because it goes ter in July over differences with then- Nineteen vehicles have been ini- burgh. John McNabb isn’t running shaw, 42, who was thrown about 15 through property under the agricultur­ premier Glen Clark. pounded and numerous other charges again. metres, died at the scene. al land reserve, said spokesman Keith Agriculture Minister Corky Evans have resulted from the stops, which Mayor Gillian Trumper is seeking re- After hitting the motorcycle, the Ex­ Holman, director of the Sun Fresh Co­ announced last week he is running for are partly funded by the Insurance election but faces a challenge -from plorer crashed into the front of a op, said Monday. the NDP leadership. Corporation of B.C. Paul Davis Carey, a 38-year-old long­ house, smashing through the front Growers have been struggling to Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh said “We’re No. 1 again. We’re ahead of time MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. employ­ doors of the adjoining garage. The dri­ make ends meet after hail wiped out recently he will announce his inten­ Willie’s Puddle,” said RCMP Traffic ee. ver fled the scene on foot. many crops in 1997. tions early next month. Section head, Const. Ian Arklie.

NDP. Skeena union at loggerheads - documents VANCOUVER (CP) — Relations be­ recrimination that could threaten plans turn for a 10% wage rollback and other on Skeena’s board of directors, the doc­ tion to gain control of its shares and tween the B.C. government and the to sell Skeena back to the private sec­ contract concessions. uments show. block any transfer of Skeena to a po­ main union at Skeena Cellulose Inc., tor, according to court documents. But Local 4 of the Pulp, Paper and And despite its supposed ownership tential buyer without its consent. Went downhill almost as soon as the Skeena, located in Premier Dan Woodworkers of Canada, which repre­ stake, the union felt out of the loop as the The union got a two-week injunction province bailed out the ailing Prince Miller’s North Coast riding, is responsi­ sents more than 600 mill workers, government began negotiations to sell on Friday but the issue is headed back Rupert pulp mill two years ago. ble for thousands of direct and indirect grew increasingly frustrated as the gov­ Skeena to a subsidiary of Enron Corp., a to court. What started as an economically and jobs in the region. ernment seemed to drag its feet. Houston-based energy company Union local president Frank DeBarto- politically important effort to rescue a The 1997 rescue plan gave the gov­ Two years later, the share transfer The information is contained in doc­ lo said in an affidavit the union learned key northwest B.C. employer apparent­ ernment majority ownership and em­ has still not been finalized and the em­ uments filed Friday in B.C. Supreme Enron was a potential buyer via the ru­ ly has deteriorated into bitterness and ployees a 20% share of Skeena in re­ ployees haven’t gotten a promised seat Court to support the union’s applica­ mour mill last June. Gov’t announces fish-farm policy VICTORIA (CP) — The B.C. government announced an overhaul of the lucrative fish-farm business Monday, cap­ ping the number of farms at the current level of 121. But the province will allow 10 new operations to open — SEWING MACHINES five in freshwater and five in saltwater — if they incorporate new closed-containment technology. TUNE UP SPECIAL “That’s going to be the limit of the growth in the industry R E G . N O W at this time,” B.C. Fisheries Minister Dennis Streifeil said in a Sewing Machine $49.95 $34.95 conference call Monday afternoon. “There will be no new tenures issued for conventional technology.” Serger $54.95 $38.45 The new policy will also require farms to take extra mea­ Euro ironing systems, Brother repair depot sures to prevent the escape of farmed fish or the businesses SALES • Omega & Juki Dealer • Rentals risk losing their licences. In addition, there will be new waste management systems to reduce the amount of pollution caused by the farms, and E u r o p r o D e n i m M a c h i n e poorly located farms will be moved to better areas. Heavy Duty, All Metal Construction All existing 20-year tenures have been renewed, but each including Overlock, Blind Stitch licence will be up for review on a yearly basis. and Buttonholer . $ To get a licence renewed, the operation will have to con­ reg. $499...... S ale form with what Streifel called “extremely rigid performance- 299 based standards.” The government said the new measures will be reviewed after two years to see how well the industry is complying. IN DEEP TROUBLE - Rescuers dig for an unidenti­ SALE “Salmon aquaculture is an important industry that pro­ fied man, in dark helmet, who was nearly buried vides valuable jobs in coastal communities,” Environment alive after a trench he was digging collapsed in Minister Joan Sawicki said in the conference call. 20% to 40% OFF Surrey on Sunday It took police and firefighters “But British Columbians must have the confidence that it’s two hours to dig the 40 year-old man out. He was an industry that’s done in a sustainable manner that ensures was in good condition in hospital on Monday. the protection of the environment,” she said. SALES 564-7104 RENTALS Designer drug irks police VANCOUVER (CP) — A potentially Police said the chemicals could have dangerous designer drug is increasing­ produced 200 kilograms of finished Ec­ ly being manufactured in Canada by stasy, equal to two million single doses criminals who laugh at this country’s of the drug. They put the street value lenient legal system, says a senior at up to $40 million. RCMP officer. Rintoul couldn’t say whether U.S. . Cpl. Scott Rintoul, drug awareness co­ drug dealers are moving their oper­ ordinator for RCMP E’ Division in Van­ ations to Canada, but said Canadi­ couver, made the comment after police an drug labs are producing Ecstasy seized a massive amount of chemicals for both the local and export mar­ from a home laboratory in Chilliwack. ket. The 'you-know- Baby nearly goes up in flames VICTORIA (CP) — A newborn baby is the stove, convinced it was turned off you-need-a-pager- recovering in hospital from burns suf­ and cold, said Saanich police. fered when the car seat he was in caught She wanted to be sure the baby was­ fire after it was placed on a stove. n’t teased or accidentally harmed by an ■ The 11-day-old is expected to make a older toddler in the family, he said. full recovery because of the quick ac­ But a stove element had either inad­ tions of his parents after they realized vertently been left on or it somehow but-were-waiting- .what went wrong, police said Monday. got turned on by being knocked as the The mother placed the car seat on car seat was placed on it.

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