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to hospital job of removing the vehicle from the river would
mean blocking traffic. An attempt, made Tuesday
morning, failed. .

west of Terrace and no

details were available at press time. Police said the

Bill Vander Zalm,
minister of . human
resources, said the

orovincial government will
pe: introducing short-term
contrdls to get the economy
moving.

He said the control will
partly deal with the federal.
government's wage and
price controls as well as rent
controls. He said Premier
Bill Bennett may be making
further anriouncements on
these controls during a
special cabinet meeting in
Terrace September 23.

Vander Zalm said controls —

can only be seen on a short
term basis .and primary
consideration should be
given to the use of local
resources in an area like
northwest B.C. and all
development: should draw
from local manpower.

‘ He said 25. people have
been hired by his depart-
ment to work with Canada
Manpower to find. jobs for
welfare recepients. A total
of 35 people are expecled to
be used. in the job finding

program but so far no

consideration has been
given La placing one of those
people in the northwest,
“When work is available
the work ‘comes , first —
before welfare (and) unless
we take this altitude we
won’t have a_ credible,
system.” .
Vander Zalm said his
department is‘ working to
clean up the system. He said -
Americans, escaping. the
rush of big city living, are
moving into the Canadian
gutlands where no jobs are
available «and are im-
medialely requesting
welfare assistance. +o
He said ‘there have been
increases in welfare for the
needy. A single mother now
receives 650 more than she
has been gelting on welfare
for the lasl two years, he
said, and increases of $70 a

month for people belween ~

the ages of 55 and 59 have!
also been made. \

He said during ‘his:
meeting with - Terrace ,

District Council Manday. he }

~~ Mander Zalm
-- impressed
. by Skeenaview

‘their

Government withdraws

Northland Sh pping (1962)
Company Limited has been
formally advised by the
Canadian Transport
Commission that effective
October 31, 1976, the federal
government steamship
subsidy for the maintenance
of cargo and passenger
vessel services to B.C.
coastal communities will be
terminated.

The disclosure was made
recently by Capt. L.B.
Fleming, President of
Northland in Vancouver.

Not affected by the sub--

sidy withdrawal is Nor-
thland’s scheduled twice
weekly tug and barge
service between Vancouver
and Kitimat,

While Capt. Fleming
expressed concern that
North land would have to
consider severe curtailment
or possibly cancellation of
Carpo-passenger
services to many mainland
and island communities
they now serve, he said the
company would be looking
closely at other possible
alternatives before the
termination of the subsidy
October 31, 1976, .

The decision to terminate
the subsidy was made
without prior consultation
with Northland or with the
communities involved.

To attempt to provide.

scheduled cargo and
passenger services to most
of the isolated communities
now served by Northland
would necessitate the im-
position of ‘prohibitive
shipping rates if the subsidy
were not available.

Also affected by the
government's decision could

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1976... .

~ TERRACE, 8.C.:

would “ explore the
possibilities of building a
Human Resources Centre in
Terrace, He added he
wanted to consult with Don
Phillips, minister . of
economic development,
about such a centre before
he made a decision. s 0
The minister appeared ae
reluctant to commit himself 3
to the building of a new
Skeenaview Hospital
allhough he said he was
very impressed with the Him
delivery of service at the
hospital. :
He said he was concerned §
about Skeenaview because
it had one of the highest iM
budgets in the province but
the “minute he walked inj
the door’ he could see. the
results were worth the @
price. .
He said whal impressed #
him most about the hospital:
was the fact the patients
were all walking around. He
said in most hospitals like
Skeenaview the patients are
left in bed where they no
longer function. -
‘ander Zalm said -group
foster ‘homes have not §
worked out. He said som?
group homes have been tolal
disasters and his depart-
ment is considering sub-
sidizing foster parents who
now get $150 a month per

Juanita Hatton explains the Golden Rule to Bill
Vander Zalm, minister of human resources, during

child, _- his visit fo Terrace August 23. Vander Zalm spoke at a
He said his department is public meeting In the Terrace Hotel Manday night.

also looking at youth in © . :

conflict with the law. He’ the best ways to avoid and 20cents for every refill.

‘Is it any wonder

added: society does not
Americans turn around and

assault when they were on
the street.

‘believe a young -person
should be locked up but it ©

may come to the point
where a child has to be
locked up before he can be
effectively _ rehabilitated.

Vander Zalm: began his
address at a public meeting

in the Terrace Hotel Mon- -

day by saying the provincial
government had to make
unpopular moves after the

ecember 11 election
because it had no choice. -

few months in office the
government members were
advised by the RCMP te
keep off the streets late at
night and were advised on

_ nail

He said during the first

He said the families and
friends of government
members refused to talk to
them and when members of
government opened their
they were extra
cautious about parcels they
received. .

Vander Zalm said the
‘government ferry increases

ave been blamed for the

poor tourism on Vancouver.

Sland. He said when
someone travels from the
U.S, to Canada motel rates
increase from $18 to $38 a
night, bacon and eggs in-
crease from $1.95 to $3.75
and coffee is 40. cents a cup

go home again... even
Canadians are going to the
U.S. because of the chea
prices," he said. ;
He added there are long
line-ups in the Lower
Mainland by Canadians who
are crossing the border to do
their shopping. He said
customs people have given

uw trying to impose duty
cng

rges on items like

proceries.

-- He said increases in ferry

rates had to be made
because the lowest average
wage on the ferries is now
$19,000 a year.

REALTY

be 340 Northland employees
representing a payroll in
excess of § million dollars.
Under the subsidy, which
up to now has _ been
negotiated annually with the
government, Northland was
contracted to provide
regular passenger-cargo
services, and mail as
required, to sixteen remote
mainiand and island
communities which would
not otherwise receive. these
services. The communities
served by Northland under
the terms of the subsidy
are: Bella Coola, Ocean
Falls, Stewart, Kincolith,
Alice Arm, Porl Simpson,
Namu, Bella Bella, Klemtu,
Butedale, Masset, Queen
Charlotte City, Sandspit,
Sewell Inlet and Thurston
Harbour. Prince Rupert is
also named in the subsidy
agreement as a connecting
link to many of the above-
named communities. Two
other communities, Beaver
Cove and Alert Bay, are also
included in the subsidized
service on an “if passenger
traffic warrants” basis.
For many communities
such as Ocean Falls which
lack highway access and are
unable to rely upon air
service because of generally
unfavourable weather
conditions, Northland’s sea-
going service is often the
only reliable passenger and
‘cargo service available to
residents of these cam-
munities. Most of the above
named subsidized ports also
fall in this category.
Northland has been
providing scheduled ship,
tug and barge service to
B.C.'s coastal communities

PARK AVENUE.

REALTY LIMIT

. mainland

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for more than 34 years — 24
under its present name and,
for an additional 10 years
prior to 1952, under its
original name, B.C.
Steamships.

Northland serves B.C.’s
and island
communities with a sea-
going fleet of three cargo-
passenger ships, two, tugs
and four — steel-hulled
covered barges.

Federal steamship sub-
sidies are in effect on both
Atlantic and Pacific coasts
toensure essential transport
services {fo those remote
coastal communities which
it would not be com-

102 IN FIVE YEARS
Terrace

The estimates made some
two or three years ago that
the population of Terrace
would double in the
following ten years have
proven to be far from the
fact. In fact the population
of Terrace which stood at
9,991 at the 1971 census has
hardly changed.

The :1976 preliminary
census count shows that the
population of Terrace as of
June 1, 1976 is 10,093, a
growth in five years of 102
persons. —

This information. was

- released by the Assistant

Chief Statistician, Census
Canada, in a letter ad-
dressed to Mayor Gordon
Rowland. ,

8 Randy Wayne Kronen-
busch, 22, was

: Hospital shortly after police

were called to the scene of a

. Mshooting August 21.

2

'. cablevision by —
“October 31

Although the contract
between Skeena Broad-
caslers and B.C. Tel sets a
completion date of
December first for the
additional channels in the
northwest region the Herald
has learned that B.C. Tei
engineers see the com-
pletion date of this extensive
microwave construclion as
Qctober 31 of this year.

Once completed Terrace,
Kitimat and Prince Rupert
cable subscribers will be
able to view all program-
ming originaling with the
NBC network in the United
States. Also PBS which is
now on channel 9 with a

week delay will be available .

live. Also CTV channel 4
which is now carried on a
B.C, Tel stand by channel.
will be received direct on a
permanent microwave
channel. :

A spokesman for Skeena
Broadeasters has advised
that there--is‘a- possibility
that some CBS network
programming, will also be’
available on channel 9 when
the PBS transmissions

terminate in mid-evening., °

There is also a possibility

‘that an additional service

will become available to
northwest cable subscribers
within a year ‘allowing
Skeena Broadcasters to
offer a full CBS service to
subscribers. . :
There is also a likelihood
that as many as six F.M,
radio stations could become

available for cable tran-.

smission by - Skeena

Broadcasters,

Theft

MacGillis and Gibbs
reported ils office on Keith
Avenue was broken into
‘August 23 and a $40 digital
clock radio and a $69
calculator were stolen.
Thieves gained entry by
prying open the door.

The Herald has also
learned that the €.B.C. has
an extensive pragram which
will improve - television
reception in Prince Rupert.
Also a TY transmitter is to
be located at Aiyansh and an
additional C.B.C.  tran-
smitter could be constructed
on Copper Mountain which
will broadcast French
network television
programming.

A B.C. Tel spokesman
said that although the
contract requires that
microwave system . be
completed by December
first, it. now seems: likely
that the: work will. be
completed by October 31. It
will then be up to Skeena
Broadcasters whether they
want to initiate the services
earlier or wait for the
December first date.

WORLD _

RCMP received a call
Saturday from the Terrace
Fire Department at 4:30

"| Rudi Hamberg, a 22-year-

| Additional

old Kitimat resident died
last week when his car
collided with a highway

pavement roller one-half
mile north of the Kitimat
River Bridge.

FROVIUICIAL Lree

‘Fatality .

dierent ieee

ARY

PARLIAMENT BLD3,

Norithidnd subsid y

mercially practical to
service. The steamship
subsidy has been in effect on
this coast since 1902 and the
area presently served by .
Northland since 1912.

As far as is known at this
time, the subsidy for the
Vancouver-northern = B.C.
ports served by Northland is
the only one affected on
either coast.

No reason was given by
the federal government for .
the termination of the
Vancouver-northern B.C.
ports subsidy other than
“There is no valid reason to
continue federal financiat
assistance.’”

growth

The population of Terrace
had been estimated in £974
as having reached 13,000.
However, the econami¢
chaos existing in this area
since the beginning: of 1975
has seen the population
dwindle continuously:

In fact, there are signs
that since the June 1 census
deadline, the population has
declined still further.

The fact that Terrace has
surpassed the 10,000 mark
means that the District of
Terrace will now have two
Regional District Directors
instead of one as at present.
The count however will not
be of much help to the
District's fiscal problems as
provincial government
grants are based on a per
capita basis.

Shooting

p.m. regarding the shoating
in upariment no. 1 at 3244
Kalum Street. Kronenbuseh
had been shot in the chest.

Police are presently in-
vesligating. Al press time
the coroner's office had not
decided whether to hold an
inquest or an enquiry.

With. Hamberg was his
wife Ann, age 21. The roller

was travelling toward
Terrace when the accident
occurred.

The coroner's office has
ordered an inquest, which
will be held next month,

Murder

William Colin Sebastin,
age 58, has been charged
with the murder of
Christopher James Flewin,
age 42, afler a stabbing
incident in ‘the Kispiox In-
dian: Reserve. .

Minister of Finance: (3

The slabbing occurred at.’
approximately 3 a.m:
Friday,, August 20. Bail
hearing has been set for.
Friday, August 27 and the

reliminary hearing will be

eld in Hazelton on October.
8.

to address Chambe:

The Guest Speaker at the

. first monthly meeting.of the

season of the Terrace and
‘District Chamber — of
Commerce will be Evan,
Wolfe, the Minister of

Finance for the province of
British Columbia.

The meeting will be held- ;

at the Terrace Hotel Skeena
Room on Tuesday, Sep--
tember 7 beginning at 6:30
p.m. The meeting is open to.
all members of the Chamber

‘and guests.

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semen ce ee hi he

THAT’S NOT MY BAG! Cadet Kelly
Backman holds his ears as his fellow
cadets, (left to right) Bill Warner,
Kevin Kirk and Phillip Gagnon, all
of 747 Royal Canadian Air Cadet

Squadron, practice on the chanter.
They are beginning a seven week
summer training course at Vernon
Army Cadet Camp.

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