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“TERRACE “Development for the

H - People” is the theme of the*second Nor-

thwest Development © Conference

scheduled for June 4/5, cd 6 in Terrace, ‘The conference, a follow up to a suc-) &.

response to leaked material from the'NDP -

" government. outlining - mabsive dévelop-” :

ment plans for the north, ia expected to

& attract up to 300 people to the area.

Seminars have been set up to deal with

~ stead to have a forum specifically tailored .

to those people not in a decision making position,, = ‘

Because more industrial expansion’ ig i being planned for the northern half of the ; province, the organizers say. those. groupe ===} which will be adversely affected must

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_One of the goals of the conference will be ‘to build a grassroots alllance. that will establish full employment and « hagithy- environment . through regional’ elt"

_ issues: relating to aboriginal rights, determination. ° ; alternative control-and decision making, One “suggestion * put: forward to attain employment and education, .en- that self-determination -. involves, ~~ : vironmental: management, health, human. redrawing. the boundaties of. électroal:

tights, global perspectives on northwest

areas and redefining the role of the MLA,

’ Attorney-General Allen Williams was on hand for last weakend’s opening of the Terrace courthouse. Given special recognition throughout the ceremonies were Patty..Norris, a former Terrace court employee; * Judge Darryl! Collins; and Allan Soutar, architect. : s

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Terrace’s case load has doubled in the past flve years and the move to the new bullding was a welcomed event. One speaker called the building alandmark of: civitization, hot a hail of lustice.

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development .and-social development: - '. Speaking at those seminars will be an .. array of local trade unionists, . _ Vironmentalists, church leaders and native groups, complemented by planners, . tesearchers and others brought in from as far away as Washington D.C, The keynote address will be delivered . Friday evening by Richard Grossman, a Washington DC based worker with En- - vironmentalists for Full Employment, and ; co-author with Gail Daneker of the book Environmentalists for Full Employment. Grossman will spedk ‘on mega-projects - and their tendency to cause. unem- ployment, and net: cure it as is. popularly

believed, -

“en-

recreation.

This would: involve regional districts, | which, rather than being dominated: ‘by their own administration and that. ih. Victoria, would be given effective de- centralized control health, education, human resources, environment, land: ise, forestry, agriculture, highways, and

would be redrawn to coincide with the regional boundaries and a MLA elected to . ‘chair the regional board and act a5 an _ ambaséador to Victoria. The provincial government would act to ensure the equitable ‘distribution ‘of expenditures between the. regions, and be® reapoasible . - for. ‘trans-regional items such as - post-

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~ Hydro vandalism follows public protests

. NANAIMO, B.C: (CP) —. Watches on BC.”

* Hydro. property throughout the province. are --.Keing ‘stepped up: following Monday’ 5 blasting anew. Vancouver Island substation’ which

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Protests, court action and vandalism at con- struction sites over the past twu- years.

_ Hydro: president-Norm Olsen called the ex- Plosion sabotage, aind. terined it

“irresponsible ;

- C285 to investigators.

The first’ day's investigations were pured-

. aver. Monday night and police labs are- . analysing evidence from the scene,

_ Conference organizers say this message.

s one that will crop up, in most seminars and discussions,. They argue that energy mega-projects are a major source: of unemployment and that government © statements to the contrary'are misleading.

“Because Energy projects use up a large

and development, industrial ‘regulation, energy and communications. ae

Funding for the conférence is coming» : from: church groups and. the federal ~ government, as. well as from delegates . from, various, groups.in-the azea who will. -

pay” $20 “for- registration “and. from: the.

e-dalnage Dill Uf at-least (4:6 ipiltion..

Bi down the culprit for the pre-dawn explosion of : the remote Dunsmuir: substation, near

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“We want to hear from anybody at sli: who t.. ~ has seen anything suspicious in the Qualicum ; area or anywhere there is'a B.C. Hydro sub- station or power line,” said RCMP Supt. Scotty - Gardner, who is overseeing the investigation.

_ explosions that destroyed three huge million- , dollar reactors which regulate voltage, a valuable erane and: badly damaged a fourth ‘reactor.

Cheekye-Dunsmuir 500-kiluvolt line set to move ‘power from the mainland. to. the Island after

“The public is belhg asked to assisrtirrurming |

* Qualicum. Bay, about 55 kilometres. north. of

/ Gardner’s plea followed an anonymops claim’ tu. a Vancouver ‘radio station that.a. protest . group-of 37, people masterminded the three -

The Qualicum substation. is part ‘of the |

Oetober,, 1983. The scheme -has sparked -

and: ‘reprehensible. mot Nie power ‘Priject was scheained: ta be fh - operation by October, 1983, but Olsen said damage was still being assessed-arid it was tue early to say whether it would delay com pletion of the line. ey _- ‘The unidentified calller:said ‘the-gruup, claiming the Dunsmuir site as its ‘second . _ target, was demonstrating its anger at the - utility's herbicide spray programm in the area. . The caller sald‘ thé first ‘hit was.on a ‘similar heavy reactor’ on, néarby. Texada Island last -week which Hydro thought was the victim ofa lightning strike; ; * Ron Kobylnyk, director at the: provincial : Pesticides. control branch, ‘says the spray , Program’ for the area is not particularly : , Unusual but residents are appealing the | spraying permits Hydro holds. The RCMP investigation team is being led by Insp. Ed Wilson from the Courtenay, B.C., delachinent,. who has been given priority ac-

but experts ‘speculate that those responsible.

; knew exactly: what they were doing.

the. substation is surrounded by. a three: netre fence and the nearest people live two or three kilometres away. 4

The dainage was discovered by construction : : Residents - .. reported hearing a loud bang at 1:30 a.m

workers shortly befure 8 a.m,

In July; 1979, MLA Don Lockstead (NDP—

_ Mackenzie) warned of violerice ‘and. sabotage

after Hydro decided to take a shortcut for the project acruss thie Sechelt Peninsula..

‘People have.come to me and suggested * certain actions,”’ Lockstead said iat the time. “I've advised then against... .,

But imost of the controversy was-over the route of the transmission lines, not the location uf the Substation, and the outery died duwn in 1980. .

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British: marhies * “Gnd - ‘paratroops” were repurted today fighting defending - Argentine troops for contral.

* 4 ofa strategic mountalii west ‘of. Stanley, the Falktand’ Istands capital, in action

> pavitig the way. for the.

4 decisive battle on the South

fe Atlantic archipelago. — ur... But, government: sources _

“in London were quoted as -

Saying * the commander of

_o- > Admiral’ John Woodward, , has’ been given full. authority to decide whether to give the estimated 7,000

' _Argentinians defending: the ~ Stanley aréa an épportunity

: to surrender: befure laun--

V7 ching a full-scale assault on: . the capital.~

The. sources, <quoted - by. -, Britain's -national news

the British task force, Rear -

- Sisters, - “British ~ ‘parattoups |

- agency, Press: Association;

“anid Independent Television

News, said the British do hot want tp subject Argentina to a funiliating "defeat because of concerns of. worsening, political _in-

‘All the military action is. taking place’ un--East-

Falldand island, one of the .two main islands. Stanley,

stability in. Latin America, : AS British ships, planes.’

and’ troops closed a ring around Stanley, the British

’ Defence Ministry repyrted . ~ Monday ‘night that: British: . ‘ani Argentine troups- were, .. -battling for control of 500-,

wetre Muunt Kent 20 kilumetres, west of Stanley.

Press Association reported . fighting ° kilometres closer tu Stanley © on a ‘Tidge’ lied © Two -indicAting ~ the , “marines may * have _ pushed back the’ Argentine ~

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‘soldiers’ were using . “helicupters. to” reinforce

their defence positions .

-around-the town. Reports frum London and

Buenus. Aires” said the

‘Argentine . commander, -Brig.-Gen,. Mario. -Menen-

and’ dez, heavily fortified. Mount Kent and the nearby ridges: °

-If the British capture,them, | they “would ‘provide. "a

vantage: Pent for r shelling ;

the. inner defences, ‘ Press Assuciation alse

Argentine

reported withoul attributivn

that the British have landed - _ their backup force uf 3,500. '.Sevts and Welsh Guard-

smen and Nepalese. Gurkhas nurth if Stanley, | bringing . their total _ land forces .on the island Av Jab. least 7,500 -and ~oul- ~ numbering - ‘the: estimated ,

7,000 Argentinians con- ;

‘centrated aruund Stanley. The Defence Ministry |

- refused tv confirm the

landing report. : :

Twu British forces. have ~ been advancing on Staniey, - Royal : Marines: paratroopers: westward. by heliocopter fram the | .San . Carle - beachhead, | ‘and another .’ _Paraltoop. force: cowing

. and. moving |

Falklands: war. is in its decisive stages

around: froin the south after capturing the Guose Green

‘airstrip and 1,400 ‘Argentine

prisoners.

British press repérts said . -the two forces have linked up for the assault on’

Stanley.-

- The ininistry said British . Harrier’ fighter- -boinbers, | “continued. tu. -puund. the. Stanley ; airstrip . four:

kiloinetres east uf the tuwn, .

and “a number" of. Argentine light planes were believed damaged...

Press reported

that ‘British

“warships moved ‘te within: ‘three kilometres of Stanley harbor. Ww shell.

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Arg tine fortifications.

-. But” ‘Argentina continued tv insist’ that” its planes —

dainaged | one. uf Britain’ 5 two aircraft carriers.

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create few permanent: jobs, Grossman says they have only a small impact. ori ~ reducing unemployment, In his book he argues that-wiser development strategies are available through a combination of . conservation and investment in alternatte energy technologies such as solar and

Wind.

. Phe: ‘conference: pointedly excludes _government and corporate represen-

The BC,

Church has

tatives, as organizers say they” want’ ‘in

meals and-or information packages. -

Conference of the United

- Churcti ‘has donated §4,000 ‘to the con- . ference while the Primates$ World Relief - and Development Fund of the Anglican -

donated $10,000

The three day- session will: consist of

‘plenary sessions and. workshops on the A

". specific topics. Resolutions coming out of 7 - the workshops will ba discussed and voted - 2 ; “on Sunday. .

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- Pope pleas for unity

, EDINBURGH (AP), - Pope John Paul made an impassiyned plea to Scottish Protestant leaders today for Feconciliation uf,;:- the Christian faiths, a day alter he faced the noisiest, most. hostile demonstration . against his. British tour, |

Later, on the next to last day of the first papal visit th

’ Britain, he was tu travel tu Glasgow, Scotland’s largest

city’ 61 kilometres west of Edinburgh, where many of the 815,000 Scottish Roman

’ Cathulies were expected tu attend an vpen-air-:nass in *

Bellahouston Park,

-Glasgow' 's police were. set a

“for, hostile. - Protestant deinonstrations . retaliatory Rotman Catholic attacks. Police’ said they

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less than Me kilometres from the park.

Anti-papal slugans were:

found painted on ‘the station walls. There were no in-. juries.

In a - separate incident,

The pontiff tended recent Scottish: efforts to resolve interfaith differences, adding: ‘In fullowing ‘this road, we have atill to ‘overcome many obstacles occasioned by the sad

‘Moderator ‘of the. General © Assembly . Presbyterian. Chureh of

and. -Protestant leaders at the.

. four’ children returning _ history of past-enmities. We |

from a youth rally.for the. -have to resolve: important, Pupe in nearby Murrayfield ; doctrinal ‘issues:"” suffered Iminor injuries: ‘Yet: already, ‘mutual frum broken’ glass. Monday _ love, our- will for unity, can when their bus was ‘stoned, bea signof hope tu a divided iif Glasgow, police sald. world — not least in. these - In Edinburgh, the Pope days in'which peace is so rose early tu meet with RC sorely. imperiled.” ~ ‘ Rev. Juhn Mcintyre, the . Affier the’ morning aneeting, Meintyre said: of. the” “Pope John’ Paul must be

Scotland. | and. - other ecumenical. Progress being nade.

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~ Kitimat courthouse plennied:

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"$1,088,000 with $725,000 of that money going

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-Atlorney- ‘general ‘Allan. Williams. ‘said vs > tenders will be called. at” ‘the end. of May. -° rder to: - je court

_ bouse is expected to be. completed in

_ story. wood-frame structure covering: 619

a ..“sqiare meters. “It will, have one county- provincial. courtroom, ° “judges- chambers, ° ‘court. administration, sherriff land court |

olfices, interview rooms and a lawyers, ‘Willlams said; the new building . was _ being . ‘constructed:'as part. of a com. . prehensive. program: of- court facilities replacement throughout the province.: -

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supporters. threw ‘eggs, i ---colns and crumpled bits of, oa a “papal posiers and: shouted Ch -abusive alugans when John > Paul. : arrived Monday - 4 evening ‘for a. meeting ing |” ‘Edinburgh - “with. ithe. Lf S the» ee Presbyterian ‘Church of. | i. Seutland. None: of the = - ' iiaailes hit the Pope, ur his, > ear. e “demonstratorg, who.

in luded several clergymen, * sculfled _ with-- police and Catholies ‘who | turned out” to cheer,

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