ae T0-bieek comm : streets; so _ sadly, wanting.” m ‘\“Terrace, B.C. by 'Sterling:. Publishers” ttd Number N01 aS. second class: porte » Brlari Greg. "stat Writer: ara 7 ~ Keith, Alford ” “ Reception- Classified: "Circulation: Carolyn Gibson : Maria Taytor “NOTICE OF.COPYRIGHT _ The Herald retalns full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial ‘or photographic content published in the Herald. . © Reproduction is not permitted without the written permission, o of ‘the Publisher. Elderly threatened OTTAWA (CP) — : prisoners i in their west-end Vancouver apariments. every - io night because they are afraid of being harassed-by street : prostitutes: ‘and. their customers, ‘Vancouver Mayor Mike | - Harcourt said Wednesday. They will not.feel free to walk city streets in peace and quiet until the Criminal Code: is amended to prohibit stréet solicitation for-the purpose of prostitution; Harcourt told the Commons justice committee. . The. Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling . that municipalities: cannot regulate prostitution removed any - uncertainty about the urgent. need for federal action, Harcourt said... The. court's rialing that a “Calgary bylaw: was ‘ian. -! ‘egnstitutlonal forced Vancouver to revoke. a similar year- ; ; old bylaw that ‘proved to be a cumbersome administrative : nightmare, he. i ; ' Harcourt ‘waiits the code amended 80 that both. men and : women can be considered prostitutes. Both the buying and selling of sexpal services on city streets, or cars parked on . those stréets, should be made offences, he sald. “The law. should apply to any person, male or female, ". customer: or prostitute, involved i in the solicitation of sexual services ‘dh city. Streets. ” ‘Harcourt ; ‘was also speaking on behalf. af the mayors s of . « Vietoria, Halifax, Edmonton ‘and: Niagara Falls, Ont. ’ Harcourt said residents of aa 5 west.end — a dre! chn: ddhing foitat “They see it. as the only alternative to" ‘selling their - property or. surrendering their leases and leaving. the west vend, "he said. * ; Harcourt fears that if residents sell their condominiums * and move to other parts of the city, the west end will be: taken over by prostitutes, pimps and other “low rollers.” ’ Restoring the community to. a healthy, safe and’ stable place to live would be difficult, he said, Residents in ‘the district have ‘long complained’ thal” prostitutes of all ages and sexual preferences, ‘pimps, and "so-called hooker-lookers" block tra ffic on their streets and harass, ‘intimidate - ‘and ptoposition. ‘women who. live’ and - work in the area, Police have tried to control street prostitution through | Jocal traffic bylaws and Criminal-Code charges of assaull and creating a disturbance, but found all approaches _ "Residents are reluctant to come forward to identify their ~ assailants or harassers because they are terrorized on the i _ streets before and after courl procedures, he said, Haréourt urged the committee not to consider removing ‘prostitution-related offences ‘frani* the Criminal Code or attempting to delegate authority to municipalities lo license - prostitutes. * . By. such action, Parliament would be saying. ‘it’s an OK. career ‘path,” "Tike becoming a steel worker or secretary, he | said,: Parliament would ‘also be telling municipalities. swe! ve _ ducked our responsibility’’ and thrown. it back: to local ” politicians to create red- ‘light zones or community-care bawdy houges, he said: . , The Commons justice committee has been grappling for almost a year to find a solution to street prostitution which . police say is impossible to contral, particularly because of recent court decisions. _ Prostitution in itself is not an offence under the Criminal, , Code, although related activities Such as soliciting and keeping a common ‘bawdy house are.’ 13 | HRM een “ csete wo oe OB ad - yilarnins can cure arthritis, allergies and mental disorders,:. 24 ‘ oyou' re ‘looking at the next ‘general manager of ‘Louie's. Take- Out | Pizza.’ "' “Pubtished: every: weekday at 010! Kalu | Streeh| _ Don Joti 7 Hundreds of elderly women: become ab oo 2 dovnte iwi aT a Nor Ht ules: if the® prites fall.) 73 * (hreatened. we 7 ‘of ‘Physicians and Surgeons, sald:there were cakes wher | At the end ieee proved sill the world price; ie en ' he will/not allow ri tol! MARCH VACETIONS in). You dont have much mo but you need avacation: ti _ Sotohell with good’ taste -'Thittk polyester. | after a day of lying @ _ ound the poo Tmumuor; perhaps tc ‘Ing ‘times rs date picks you up loo - sharp ahs bp looking if with whitebelt and shoe ‘| You'reofftodinner at.ania -you-can-eat cateteria or: Walgreens-ariyplace with. a salad bar. Then, itsoneof - “those multi-colored drinks. -Withumbrellas in The Ship- wreck Lounge to the ramant iC d music.of Shelley Rubirrand © _ the Surf 'n Turfs. So,who'.s | -goirtg to See you anyaaye | (fob tie Free gilts) your. _ Canadian energy consumers: You can't have it both Ways. Lougheed told anews. conference Wednesday ihat Alberta z ’ ‘subsidized Carjadian consumers when oil prices were rising” ina, gubies yong gl A dispute. betivest S theta and Ottawa has been hedting upover the sagging world price of oil and whether the price of conventional Alberta oil should be rolled. back in tandem ’ with the drop'in foreign ‘prices. Prime* Minister Trudeau Says | the “September, ‘gal, ‘ pricing agreement between Ottawa and Alberta’ ‘says - domestic oil will not exceed 75: per cent of world prices. ' Lougheed. says that’s not quite true.. “TE there’s upward rising: ‘markets, then fine,” Lougheed, said. “But here now We've. been | subsidizing on the upward | © ‘side and’ now they wants ‘us to subsidize on the downward. _ Side.’’ : ‘Lougheed. gaid he: doesn’t want to see Alberta oil fall. . below the currént price of a9, 78. a ' barrel unless the. world ; ‘price falls below that, level. ‘Canadians: pulling up-to ‘gasoline pumps Wednesday. Prices across the country jumped more than'three, cents a: 7 litre, largely because of the $4-a-barrel jump i in nthe price of. crude under the priee pact: | count. on new ‘investment from ‘either: government or business to Spur economic recovery this year. : EDMONTON: (CP). ~ While some “enthiisiasts say a -proper diet can purge évery evil under-the sun, doctors are warning patlents against abandoning medication to chase: ” nutritional: moonbeams. Donna Peterson, 50, credits a diet af vegetables, fruit, whole-grain cereals and vitamins for ending the agonizing arthritis that: -erippled. her body-for'a decade, - -. “Twas just about at the end of my rope,” Peterson said, remembering the days before she begin, her diet 2 years - _ AEO, . *s “My. prognosis was a wheelchair, Iwasa terrible tarde ee ‘husband and.[ was very depiréssed.”’ Peterson belongs to an Edmontoti_group called Nutrition © Sand. Behavior Whose dozen members : believe diets and Dr... Nell ‘MacDonald, director. of -the (Cross Cancer: “Inatitinte who takes a -apecial Interest in alternative : therapies, sald arthritic pain often disappears on its own so” Peterson’ ‘a diet may have had no-effect. “Abandoning: conventional’ treatment. to seek mystical ; “cures can be dangetous for patients suffering from life: threatening diseases,” ‘MatDonald said,, . Peterson said ignorance and drug-company influence & are © , ‘responsible for: the. critical attitude of Canada’ 8 medical” _ sotarnuuty. Dr, Glen Green, ‘a. Prince’ ‘Albert; ‘Sask, doctor” whose ” médical licerice was ipores in: mid-January, said old- “guard: physicians are often frightened by new ideas,. - “People who*have pawer, people who have money ‘don't. : / want a change sin. the state quo,” he said. “They: feel. Dr. Allan Thomson, registrar of Saskatchewan’ 8 college Greg, demonstrated. & lack of soutid medleal judgitient, -One.of Green's patients, a dlabelic, developed serioys : problems while on a strict diet that, included human urine, but not thé insulin she needed, Thomson said. “We had cancer patients treated tte same way.” Green adrnlited,’ he” epmetimes treated patients: with: - ‘human urine: ‘to stimulate iheir-immiune systems, - The college investigated £7 complaints including ‘cakes where, Green charged moré than $1,000 for a consultation. = Lougheed delivers message “Alberta ‘Premier Peter. Lougheed ‘has a | message for; fe vitamins. - Spending ty all sectors of the economy: will: fall anothier ’ 3.2 per cent this yeai after plunging 5.6 percent last year from 1981. The the figures: have ‘not. been adjusted ‘for in-:.- _ flation, which would have-magnified the drop. in spending. vigil vas, however, angther cont day for. fagensig} marhele. 3 -The Canadian dollar rase on oreign . EXC ange. mar! Kets, ., closing at #1.70 cents U. 5, Up. 29; 100 of a cent. ; . . The ‘Toronto Stock Exchange jumped to: its highest level » _ in 18'months, rising a2, 77. points to 2157.89 on the TSE 300 .. composite. - In another ‘development on the good news front, the ‘country’s two largest steelrnakers announced: they are recalling 600 workers because of an improvement in orders. Stelco Inc., Canada’s largest steelmaker, is recalling 200, bringing. the number of people it has recalled to 900 while - . 3,200 are still on layoff. Dofasco Inc. is recalling 400, _, bringing to 700 the number it has recalled since Jaying off 2,400 last: November.’ . In ‘other economic developments: : ; == Canadian ‘National Railways confirmed it lost. $223 ‘million last year; the worst performance’ in the (Sl-year: All the tallc about talling oil prices didn't mean a thing to. history: of the. Crown corporation. _ —An Imperial Oil Ltd. spokesman, said in ‘Montreal the multinational i is studying the: possibility of: shutting down _ either: ‘its Montreal refinery or one al Dartmouth, N. S. The’ Conference ‘Board of Canada said: ina’ study Meanwhile, Statistics.Canada said the economy cannot a released in Halifax that industrial policy In this country has ~ become more intérventlonist in the last two decades but the recession, could moderate that trend, Nutritional moonbeams. dangerous. _the registrar said. Green, in Edmonton to address Peterson’ 8 group, sald mast’ degenerative diseases and Parchological problems are caused by poor eating habits.” : *So-you ¢an treat the diseases by diet." Cancer, arthritis and even ‘hyperactive children wii all. , ‘Fespond toa proper diet; he said. - Meat and: dairy products poison the human system, Green . said, adyocating fruit and vegelables supplement with aa ereeerercenil . the ones holding the lion’s shate of, the so-calle | AONE ad gay. "Canadian companies could lose, in the ‘current: “situation is a result of the way the petroleum business has "| developed in-Canada. ei ‘the Canadian ofl patch. ‘They. had the money. . “people in‘their* ate to! Fetiremient 1s a iipon Them but ain ree fel} y ara At? : This ‘neans the price old ail, which. €] res a encourage the oilfields: But the price of "barrel aga result of. the co apsing .- Ironically, ‘the small Canadian-owne ‘Virtually all the oil production, ‘of Calgary-ba Hydrocarbons: Lid. is classed as new oll. Fhe recently | been producing about. 37,000 barrels’ oft ' ‘The fact that foreign companies . could The foreign-owned companles- were the first big ‘ph ers expertise | to look for oll and they built up huge reser: over =|. ae years. Now they are sitting on most of the s reaerves of “old” all. - ‘ “More than w per cent. of imperial ‘ows “conventional _ prude reserves, for example,.are classed as old oll. . ~":On the other hand, the'smail Canadian oil compailes are relative newcomers to the energy sector. ‘They got involved ~ a) “Inthe petroleum industry because of the rapid'rise ‘fn oil - ” prices over the last decade. Aswell, they are encouraged by . "federal policies that favored Canadian owners in; the "energy. sector. . : Coe | Doctors unskilled? BANFF, Alta. (cP) — Lawyers, phyaiclans. and: ‘aC countants earn roughly equal wages, but a financial: con: sultant says.doctors’: lesser experience in money matters ‘usually leaves.them in much poorer financial’ positions, - ‘Gordon Pawers of M. D. Management, an Ottawa-based firm owned by the Canadian Medical Association ta: ‘advise its 35,000 members on money matters, said In an interview ; * Wednesday: _ “The physician spends a great many years developing his own medical expertise and has never had an opportunity to stay on top of any financial concerns ¢ even al the most ‘basic level. - “The majority. of them don't have an opportunity to ‘think ‘seriously about financial planning until they're: out - of ’ school, which is in their early 303, then they’ re busy paying off student loans.” ~ Powers said physicians usually aren't solvent until thelr . .. mid or late 30s, an age when most peaple have had several years to consider and become involved in various in- __vestment. and retirement plans. . | “There area a rea many Bhyslelang and early Because doctors don' i have company-run retirerient ‘plaris in the same Way many Canadians do, Powers. said tt is crucial that they invest their money wisely. . He was in Banff to offer financial advice to ‘about 100 : doctors attending the annual meeting of the Alberta chapter of the College. of Family Physiclans of Canada. * | “STE you're going to spend 40, 50 or 60-hours a week prac- ticing medicine, you're not going to have the time to take ; care of (investment matters),”’ said Powers. ot Reminding them their relatively, high income makes ~ them good risks with the banks, he urged the doctors to take - advantage of current tax laws by using available cash to: pay off their homes and then, using the house as collateral,. borrow money for investments, The loan payments. would _be tax-deductible, “His one-hour presentation — 4 shortened version of his. usual all-day session — included advice on real estate, tax — ; shelters, wills, interest rates, stocks and bonds. “Powers: said today’s graduating physicians-are more aware of-money matters than those of a ‘generation ago, “but not to thie exclusion of other concerns," such ag patient “care; Dr. Ron Christie, a medical professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, said his study of 97 physicians - indicates the popular image of family. doctors getting itt: - volved in’ their: patients’ pereonal. as well as “medical ‘problems is a false one. : Christie | said although ‘physicians have ‘intimate - knowledge of their patients, “most of us are still, more . -coniforlable dealing with strictly medical problems . — good, .down-home organic djseases,” . Christie's unpublished 1981 study found that while Bw, 3 per | -cent ‘of the doctors sald they were willing to try changing a patient’ 3 lifestyle when it “seemed to be causing medical , problems, “only 13 to 42 per cent would intervene con- ‘cerning abortion, divorce 0 or use of, marijuana. 2 Friedman to reopen investigation VICTORIA (CP). — B. C. ombudsman Karl Friedmann anid Wednesday he is reopening’ his Investigation into the " government's policies and procedures surrounding Its Child - Abupe Registry. - -Friedmann said the: “action: was. ‘neceasary ‘because. the Human .Resources: Ministry ‘has: not lived up: to. coni- ~ mitments it made more than a.year ago: io better ensure » that the rights of ‘suspected child abusers were ‘protected. ‘He has sent: a letter to deputy ministér Joho Noble of | ois ‘Human Resources asking’ t that: four changes ‘be miade. to ministry policies. “If a ‘agreement on the - belween’ Friedmann ‘and new riled. chinnibe: ble;: a ican aes : Grice ‘McCarthy, to the’ entire-eabinet, and finally’ to the |= Jegistature, “2 In hig 1981 annual report; Friedmann. praised the ministry dhe: modifications : st, had ‘Proposed. but not ve im- - ‘plestiented : “The iinlstry, aropised excellent modifications fo the - “administration of the registry, including a mechanism for - : removal, ofiames inappropriately placed on the regiatry.. ; 2 he, wrote at that timie. : An independent: ‘body — not ministry atait ~y 5 aa appointed: to be the final - protect the rights ‘of ‘adultg,. espenially® ‘parents, aecused of |: : Judge in disputed ca childabuse. While protecting the best inlerest of children; 1 1: : stantiated”’: ‘must haye the think itis necessary for the he ministry to be: adruinistratively fair to. parents, " “On Wednesday, however, Friedmann sald that when the _malnistry goi around to implementing the details of the new Proposals, they, did not reach the standard that chad . originally been ‘agreed upon. ' ee pentinued ito receive complaints from citizens who eel they:have not been dealt with fairly by. the minis in regaid to abuse complaints. wd And:so far;-he said, the ministry has: refiaed, to budge 7 ‘froin ils position. it has made a number: of changes to the ' hed i row ben ered allowing totification of adults ‘who : are to be put on‘ the regis ‘bai the | be gistry and some reylew: procedures “option: ‘ol taking thé. matter to the minister ‘reaponsible, for ' ‘against whom complaints are uncorraborated. Noble has gaid he believes ‘that if any tore changes are ‘made, the miltistry will be too hamstrung by thé procedures to be effective in its job of rotecti and vegieel. Pp ing. children from abuse However, Friedmann said at least four | more ch anges are necessary to make. the regietry both effective and fair: "i The notification procedure must make much clearer to the adults: what - thelr: rights to precedes for Jolt aos" appeal ™B* and the must be 1 ou. Even those. Adults whose cases are considered tight to review, not Just | those whiowe CHER hre considered uneorroboriited;::