ee ee ae eee By MICHAEL HOWLETT . Herald Sift Writer . . The Kitimat Hospital Boardof Trustees has found itself in \ a bind over’ proposed repairs and fenovations totalling { $547,000. The board submitted the figure. it ita estimates last November, “Although the Programs Brinch of the Ministry Treasury Department. . ‘of Health has approved the expenditures, the board as of its i lint meeting April2z had not jet received the blessing of the’ ; The problem is that $180,000 of thai money is slated for F roof repairs which must be undertaked\ a the sunamer cosP.| 77/78 #61 montha. ‘Without thetreasury branch's approval, the beard cannot risk undertaking the project. In a similar situation — where they did go-ahead with planned’ work, thre’ years ago, the board ended up owing $22,240 for the laundry roont air-conditioning ‘system. A further $20,000 |p. budgeted for. impeovemnents: to the heater control system which Is expected tp greatly improve the hospitals fuel efficiency. - Thé hospital is currently: oberaitiig at a $253,582 deficit, : although ‘it ‘has §330,000 in shdr¢ ‘term’ deposits.’ The budgeting situation at the hospital. Is ‘currently ‘Somewhat confused owing to | a switeh in payment, arrangements in “Kitimat Hospi Board finds tse in a Victoria. “ae nitty of ticalth ie stopping payment on a pationt-day basis and: inttiating.. . bi-monthly payment of | ‘one ‘twenty-fourth: of the - hospital's budget. “The hospital recelveda -breck from the District of Kitimat 7 which downsized Its show removal bill 60 per cent, from: $3,295 to $1,942.50 due to the amall snowfall this past winter. ‘The board awarded a contract for $5,442.42 to Northwest Volume 75 No. 79 -TERRACE-KITIMAT ase + ae Carson, Craft, Caesar Da students’ | and ~ ftistructors have returned «i» Union which, despite some | ‘they found fascinating. Bus line CALGARY (CP) — While and other bus services “. pondered whether they could turn the walkout t their advanlage, Greyhound Lines of Canada Lid. em- ‘floyees donned: sandwich boards and hit the streets Wednesday in the first day _ of their strike. About 1,400 of the bus company’s drivers, ter- final workers, baggage . handlers and maintenance _ personnel walked off their jobs at midnight Tuesday _ fight. ' ‘That shut down all service between Vancouver and Sudbury, Ont., of Canada's largest intercity: bud system. Greyhound Canada, a subsidiary .o . U.S.based Greyhound Lines Inc., has headquarters in Calgary. “The general consenmisis that we'll stay out for 10 years if we have to,” said one Edmonion driver who asked not to be identified. ,. Negotiations were called ', if hours before the strike began. The biggest stunt-| ‘bling block was a cost-ol- living clause which has been in Greyhound's employee contracts for about 30'years Robin Owen, ‘Paul Bowen. Danielle Mortimer, Melanie Mariins, Rena Anna Pices, . Schanche, Nidia Dog. Reis, David 4 froma trip to. the Soviet “” gamplaints about the food, nights in Moscow, two in . managers of airline, tain | Martha | Rosary Gordon fe Sata Kiev, ‘and a three in . Leningrad, They were travelling with: another ‘group of 20 students from Prince Charles |. Senior Secondary ° ‘School: * in Creatan. * * Thirdaighout: their workers: take to streets © ‘but ‘the company wants abolished. £ “As s00n as the company sits down and puts that clawe back in our contract, we'll be. a lot cheer to a cattiement! 7 gaid = the driver. “as tar as'I’'m cor cerned, cost-of-living shouldn't even be a matter af négotiatjon,-It should be ~ Union members had pre- viously rejected a 2-per-. cent wage increase over three years, with 9.5 per cent retroactive to Jan... Under that offer, toprated drivers ‘would make about $26,500 this year. The union also wants im- provertienis in the company pension plan. ‘Realrwhile, ’ ‘managers: of alternate transportatiea chmpanies . con- sidering whetl the strike could ‘ta thelr benefit. * Vig Radl is’ to pick up spme of the passenger overllow, sgid Calgary mapagér Brian Dickson, . «but has rus into a couple of In Vancouver, Via Rail spokeaman Mike Williams said there was no coach . space available from Ed- monton to Jasper, Alta. _ The atwienty-were ee bee, sateen eres Bosiak, Nell Chow, and Allen Paul (now shown), Grade 12 students at Meunt Elizabeth Secondary Schoo! In Kitimat recently returned from a tours of a Soviet space muweum, two elite schools, and the National Exhibition alobg with the regular “museums: ahd “monuments, including Red Square and. the Nevsky, Prospect. But it was Kiev, more than the monuments of- - Moscow or Leningrad which . _ after: Dinsdale, stodd out for them. The studenis.. - found food and drink at 2 Ukrainian summer reset which ‘hosted them during ~ their. stay. : “The students remarked oa the general lack of frult and ‘tour to the Soviet Union: They: were” . accompanied ‘by teachers Tom _ Blaine Krickan, Krickan and Randy Smalbrugge. the . Ukrainian. weather « ‘a by 0 “the cold of. Leningrad, and enjoyed the Dick The -4 travelled. to - and fiom the Soviet Union ' via Finland and managed to squeeze in a tour of Helsinki ‘during their brief. stay. in. that country. * Mary McAdam had her work cut out for her at Tamitik ayena In Kitimat, She began teaching 50 children the rudiments of figure skating as the Kitimat Recreation Department's spring program got underway yesterday. . gm eon, mrmay yl grat om pare prteane Feecgg : Landscaping’ for maintenance of the Hospitals grounds, ; Northwest's was ihe middle bld. She: board also approved’ an increase in their annual insurance payments from $7,518 to $8,383. The $13,000,000 ‘Policy. is 5 arrange! through the British Columbia Health By MICHAELHOWLETT ,, , “The vinlon waits-the B.C. 1 Herald Stat Writer.“ A‘planned day of. protest Friday at the Alumium Co. of Canada smelter has been advice of lawyers. © ‘Union “executives - voted 2 Wednesday to hold the one- | 4.’ day protest, said Harold. earli Taylor, local president -of the Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, tut then changed thelr minds at the same meeting after union lawyera daid the protest ‘would ‘be illegal. The plant’s collective agreement- ‘prohibits Production stoppage, The 1,900 workers ‘are tn- happy about work. con- ditions -at. the plant which ‘the union describes ‘as.- dangerous, g divsetor af “Health and | Welfare Canada - sald toxie elements might be contained in tailings from . - the Amax of Canada ‘Lid. - molybdenum mine. at- Kitsault on Alice Arm. ; My was surprised when the question: came,” Dr. Patrick Prestage said at the Nishga. ‘tribal - council : convention in this small _Prestage said le was: controversy. surrounded the mine, but he © said he-thought it involved the granting of permits and: not potential health haz- ards, “I wasn’t aware there was any concern about oo environmental’. hazards.” next few weeks, It will dump dally about 12,000 tonnes of tailings into Alice Arm, an ocean inlet. The Nishgas and ‘¢n- vironmental groups are concerned that the tailings, . the waste rock discarded after molybdenum has been extracted, will ‘cause “f] serious health difflentties “We want ' protection,” f one man told the con- vention. “We want to sur- vive like anyone else. Now: we're fighting for survival.” The convention demanded to know if the government would conduct an: im- ‘mediate health survey of all Nass Valley residents to determine the effects of the. dumping. _ Prestage promised he would first conduct a study to determine the taxielty of the waste, and then would carry out health studies on Nass Valley residents. He later said in an interview. that Health and Welfare Canada had.not started the ‘testa because “it was unaware toxic elements might be in the tailings. Health and land claims continued to be uppermost on the minds of delegates attending the .conventioh. “Unless the Indian people - and up and make a fight om the boundary of their. land, all their reeources will °- be taken from them,” Bill . - HLRA Wednesday he was unsware’ Amociation. ©: HAD. Tha Docrd wil be sending’ delegates ‘to the HCHLAS. . Conference May 12-13 in Vancouver. Delegates will alsobe: Going to the Hospital Labour Relations Association, (HLRA): meeting In Vancouver May it.’ : Ken Hchn wan eected ax board representative to the! “Personnel. Advisory . Cammittee’*.: The board approved the creation of an equipment: : Committee intended to lock into the details af equipment: acquisition, and heard a report from the Hoepital auxiliary. : government to ‘press the ‘Worker's Compensation “Board totake a more activa “role in forcing the company called off by the union on the «to ‘Slarge number of palltants plant tautataoftheart technol and concluded --efforts should be made’ to Teduce ar eoateniination. ee "xlcdn had ‘declared the - Protest Megal at a meeting of the plant's labor relations committee’ Tuesday; ': “and , had threatened disciplinary . action ‘against those em-— ployees who took part Li it, “Someone ‘had. ta\show’ ’ some respoonibilty towards | “wilhon ii id reboure 6 y development jnust only Hewitson, manager of : public relations; =. . Alean refused to with: ‘draw its application for : Kegal notification of © the protest action as it believes: : - some form. of action may-" occur. ‘A. meeting hus teen: . tentatively scheduled “for “the Flan Labor Relations: committer on Monday, “erate nee vie Director unaware of Amax toxic tailings — - The Nishgas ‘want te ‘share the wealth from resource . development, Gosnell. ‘said "We don’t : want a confrontation ‘with {max ore wint a shere of the ple.” « ‘ aan . . aoe “INSIDE Mills Hospital feport TV watchers paradise ) Atif speake abain: “ "page 3 7 page 3 Page 4 Kermode Fourwheclers page 5 Comics , Classifieds page 6 . 7 “pages 8 &9 ' Westend Food Mart rt =tiem 635-5274 a veatk Westend mags Service © d925 Hightey 16, Terrete- iG 635-4687 et Crees 8 abe bes J 26 hours i 635-7228 . “We Satisfy Tummy & Tank CANUCK