BOOZING
BRUINS
BAGGED
ST
JOE
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AP
Bears
in
the
St
Joe
area
have
discovered
that
al
alcohol
�
cohol
and
hunters
dont
mix
When
a
Milwaukee
Road
freight
train
derailed
near
the
North
Fork
of
the
St
Joe
River
Aug
31
grain
and
corn
spilled
from
some
of
the
cars
A
number
of
bears
gathered
to
eat
the
grain
which
had
fermented
from
exposure
to
rain
Two
hunting
parties
have
reported
that
they
found
the
bears
staggering
around
in
a
daze
And
they
said
they
had
no
problem
bagging
their
limits
The
shooting
caused
most
of
the
other
bears
to
scatter
along
with
their
hangovers
College
gets
building
okay
The
provincial
cabinet
has
approved
an
118
million
building
program
for
the
Col
College
�
lege
of
New
Caledonia
The
approval
means
con
construction
�
struction
could
start
on
a
major
library-classroom-food
services
complex
and
new
power
plant
within
two
months
Renovations
to
the
administ
administration
�
ration
building
and
site
work
included
in
the
over
all
prog
program
�
ram
will
wait
until
April
A
gymnasium
is
currently
under
construction
while
an
addition
to
the
vocational
shops
was
completed
earlier
The
college
council
required
cabinet
approval
for
the
total
building
program
before
goirg
ahead
with
construction
of
what
will
be
the
major
instruc
instructional
�
tional
block
at
the
college
The
building
program
had
been
delayed
while
the
college
council
and
the
education
de
department
�
partment
attempted
to
sort
out
the
inflationary
costs
The
program
had
been
approved
in
principal
two
years
earlier
At
one
point
the
college
council
accused
the
education
department
of
bad
faith
or
incompetence
in
negotiating
for
the
2
million
cost
increase
eventually
allowed
for
the
program
All
systemsare
go
coun
council
�
cil
chairman
Fin
Dingwall
told
the
council
Saturday
We
can
finally
get
at
the
buildings
weve
been
promised
Dingwall
said
the
working
drawings
for
the
power
plant
and
the
building
complex
were
ready
to
be
sent
to
Victoria
for
approval
to
go
to
tender
About98
million
of
the118
million
remains
to
be
spent
The
power
plant
will
cost
13
million
and
the
library-classroom-food
service
com
complex
�
plex
another
53
million
However
Dingwall
said
the
education
department
was
aware
of
the
continuing
cost
of
inflation
on
all
building
prog
programs
�
rams
and
were
prepared
to
review
the
program
if
the
need
arises
Bob
Affleck
building
com
committee
�
mittee
chairman
told
the
council
the
new
gymnasium
which
should
be
completed
by
the
end
of
January
will
be
without
power
until
the
power
plant
is
completed
He
said
the
committee
was
looking
for
alternate
ways
to
heat
the
facility
Dingwall
said
the
morale
of
the
faculty
had
been
dropping
because
of
the
crowded
and
inadequate
facilities
at
the
col
college
�
lege
Acting
principal
Gordon
In
galls
said
after
the
meeting
the
new
facilities
will
change
the
image
of
the
college
in
the
minds
of
the
public
while
pro
providing
�
viding
a
better
atmosphere
for
the
academic
program
Drug
suspects
hearings
slated
One
man
pleaded
guilty
and
two
others
pleaded
not
guilty
to
a
charge
of
possession
of
a
narcotic
for
the
purpose
of
trafficking
when
they
ap
appeared
�
peared
in
provincial
court
to
today
�
day
Norman
Metro
Paul
Bilous
20
Marvin
Lee
Tucker
28
both
of
Vancouver
and
Ronald
Phillip
Fox
23
of
Prince
George
were
charged
when
nearly
two
pounds
worth
8500
of
hashish
were
found
a
week
ago
Bilous
pleaded
guilty
before
Judge
RS
Munro
and
was
re
remanded
�
manded
in
custody
to
Friday
Tucker
elected
trial
by
judge
and
jury
and
Fox
chose
trial
by
judge
without
a
jury
A
preliminary
hearing
for
both
men
will
be
held
Dec
18
Plane
crashes
feuHAte
if
I
KWmjgSm
I
saMmlWwsMfWl
Landmark
destroyed
Glenn
Clark
photo
Vanderhoof
landmark
the
Co
operative
Associations
grain
and
feed
elevator
burned
down
Friday
Employees
had
just
completed
their
day
end
fire
check
when
they
spotted
smoke
The
structure
was
engulfed
by
planes
within
minutes
The
elevator
and
bins
were
full
of
grain
and
spontaneous
combustion
is
suspected
as
the
cause
of
the
fire
Estimate
of
damage
was
not
available
MAJOR
IRISH
INTERESTS
Alcan
gets
letter
bomb
Southam
News
Services
LONDON
A
Canadian
firm
with
major
Irish
in
interests
�
terests
the
giant
multinational
Alcan
was
the
target
for
one
of
two
letter
bombs
which
exploded
here
Monday
No
serious
injuries
were
caused
by
the
bombs
con
concealed
�
cealed
in
hollowed
out
paper
paperbacks
�
backs
The
packages
mailed
from
Dublin
are
the
first
since
a
spate
of
similar
attacks
nearly
20
months
ago
The
packages
which
exploded
upon
opening
singed
an
Alcan
senetary
and
the
other
victim
Lady
Pamela
Countess
of
Onslow
The
Alcan
secretary
was
treated
for
minor
cuts
and
shock
at
a
hospital
near
the
companys
sixth
floor
offices
in
fashionable
Berkeley
Square
in
West
London
a
Scot
Scotland
�
land
Yard
spokesman
said
We
have
no
idea
why
we
were
singled
out
said
an
Alcan
spokesman
But
Alcan
is
deeplycommit
ted
to
a
controversial
450
mill
million
�
ion
alumina
processing
plant
in
the
Shannon
estuary
of
the
Irish
Republic
The
original
construction
start
on
the
plant
has
been
delayed
by
a
year
because
of
strenuous
environ
environmental
�
mental
objections
by
local
re
residents
�
sidents
Ed
Out
row
ski
photo
A
Houston
Texas
man
and
wife
are
in
satisfartnrv
o
Hitinn
in
Prinnn
ranrn
Regional
Hospital
after
their
plane
crashed
shortly
after
take
off
at
McBride
Friday
Pilot
and
photographer
Ed
Ostrowski
who
was
at
the
McBride
airport
said
Joan
and
Morgan
Bunch
were
going
hunting
in
the
area
when
their
plane
had
engine
trouble
as
it
left
the
landing
strip
and
crashed
in
some
willows
Louis
Narzt
of
McBride
examines
the
wreckage
k4nM-
EMERGENCY
WARD
DUTY
Hop
to
it
city
doctors
warned
by
AL
TURNER
Citizen
stuff
reporter
Prince
George
doctors
who
dont
re
respond
�
spond
quickly
to
emergency
calls
will
have
their
hospital
privileges
suspended
for
two
weeks
by
th
hospital
board
The
move
is
part
of
an
attempt
to
improve
emergency
service
which
has
been
the
brunt
of
criticism
in
recent
months
Administrator
Ross
Cavey
said
the
board
action
plus
a
voluntary
back
up
program
adopted
by
the
doctors
has
greatly
reduced
the
number
of
com
complaints
�
plaints
Every
doctor
on
emergency
call
now
has
a
back
up
This
means
if
the
emergency
nurse
is
unable
to
reach
the
emergency
doctor
she
can
phone
the
back
up
The
service
has
improved
consider
considerably
�
ably
he
said
The
coverage
is
more
extensive
with
more
doctors
covering
He
said
during
the
summer
when
many
doctors
were
away
the
remaining
medical
staff
made
a
special
effort
to
ensure
good
service
The
scarcity
of
written
complaints
seems
to
confirm
the
statement
In
the
past
one
and
one
half
months
only
11
people
filled
out
the
question
questionnaires
�
naires
provided
In
the
emergency
de
department
�
partment
and
most
of
those
replies
were
complimentary
Of
the
estimated
4000
patients
who
went
through
the
emergency
depart
department
�
ment
in
that
period
one
complained
of
waiting
one
and
one
half
hours
to
have
a
fish
hook
removed
from
his
face
and
another
waited
three
hours
for
fie
stitches
Citizen
staff
reporter
FORT
ST
JAMES
The
Pulp
Paper
and
Woodworkers
of
Canada
PPWC
union
will
resume
picketing
of
the
Takla
Forest
Products
sawmill
here
after
assurances
were
given
Friday
by
International
Woodworkers
of
America
IWA
regional
president
Jack
Monroe
that
IWA
members
would
not
cross
picket
lines
A
spokesman
for
the
PPWC
said
pickets
will
go
up
shortly
at
the
sawmill
An
earlier
attempt
at
picketing
the
sawmill
and
planer
mill
operation
met
with
defeat
when
IWA
members
tore
up
placards
and
crossed
the
pic
picket
�
ket
line
Monroe
said
Friday
in
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
he
had
met
with
IWA
members
in
Fort
St
James
and
the
membership
there
will
respect
picket
lines
Meanwhile
it
was
reported
a
small
number
of
IWA
mem
members
�
bers
crossed
a
Canadian
Paperworkers
Union
CPU
picket
line
at
the
Finley
Forest
Industries
sawmill
in
Macken
Mackenzie
�
zie
this
morning
CPU
members
shut
down
the
planer
and
sawmill
operation
in
Mackenzie
Friday
putting
about
250
IWA
members
out
of
work
CPU
pickets
continue
at
the
Weldwood
of
Canada
operation
in
Quesnel
and
PPWC
pickets
still
stand
at
the
Takla
Forest
Industries
sawmill
and
planer
operation
in
Isle
Pierre
The
IWA
is
respecting
picket
lines
both
in
Isle
Pierre
and
Quesnel
The
PPWC
and
CPU
have
been
striking
BC
pulpmills
since
July
16
More
labor
news
page
3
CAIRO
Reuter
Egypt
agreed
Monday
night
to
a
request
by
Pales
Palestinian
�
tinian
gunmen
occupying
the
Egyptian
embassy
in
Madrid
for
an
aircraft
to
fly
them
to
Algeria
the
Middle
East
news
agency
reported
The
gunmen
are
holding
the
Egyptian
ambassador
and
two
other
diplomats
hostage
The
complaints
will
be
taken
lo
the
patient
care
committee
lor
Investiga
Investigation
�
tion
However
most
of
the
questionnaires
praised
the
department
for
prompt
attention
and
very
satisfactory
ser
service
�
vice
One
patient
said
he
had
1m
ed
in
Prince
George
22
years
and
had
visited
the
emergency
department
many
times
with
his
three
children
and
always
re
received
�
ceived
prompt
and
efficient
service
Balancing
the
compliments
were
complaints
from
a
man
with
pains
and
a
traveller
with
a
sore
throat
who
said
they
had
to
wait
for
long
periods
Cavey
said
Dr
Fergus
Ducharme
the
head
of
emergency
service
is
touring
England
and
Ireland
studying
emergency
departments
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WORTH
93
MONTHLY
Govt
civil
service
agree
on
new
pact
VICTORIA
CP
-
The
British
Colu
mbia
government
and
its
major
civil
service
union
have
reached
agree
agreement
�
ment
on
a
new
master
contract
which
includes
cost-of-living
allowances
and
fringe
benefits
worth
at
least
93
a
month
for
each
employee
BC
Government
Employees
Union
executives
will
recommend
its
35000
members
accept
the
22
month
agreement
which
covers
general
working
conditions
for
all
union
members
The
ratification
vote
should
be
completed
by
Oct
27
and
if
the
contract
is
accepted
the
13
component
groups
within
the
BCGEU
will
begin
negotiating
individual
wage
agreements
BCGEU
executive
secretary
John
Fryer
said
today
the
new
master
agreement
the
second
negotiated
with
the
government
since
the
civil
service
won
the
right
to
bargain
is
a
pretty
good
one
He
said
the
cost-of-living
agreement
is
excellent
and
will
give
employees
an
adjustment
every
six
months
starting
Oct
1
The
COLA
clause
will
give
employees
a
one-per-cent
increase
in
salary
for
every
oneper
cent
increase
in
the
consumer
price
index
over
the
preceding
period
Besides
the
COLA
clauses
the
new
master
agreement
which
extends
from
Oct
1
to
Aug
1
1977
includes
A
standard
35
hour
week
a
reduction
from
37
hours
for
10000
BCGEU
members
An
increase
in
the
cash
payback
of
unused
sick
leave
at
retirement
to
50
per
cent
from
40
per
cent
An
innovative
new
sick
leave
plan
to
allow
working
parents
to
stay
home
with
sick
children
Improvements
in
the
unions
dental
care
plan
An
increase
in
the
govern
governments
�
ments
contribution
to
the
medical
care
plan
premiums
to
70
per
cent
from
50
per
cent
Major
increases
in
shift
differential
premiums
which
amount
to
an
increase
in
bonus
pay
of
five
cents
an
hour
Increases
in
mileage
allowances
out-of-town
expenses
and
isolation
pay
allowances
Pickets
will
be
honored
TODAY
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times
the
next
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Prince
George
racer
Cliff
Hucul
is
going
at
record
speeds
in
his
bid
to
become
the
first
Canadian
since
1964
to
win
the
Canadian
American
Modified
Racing
Association
points
championship
Page
13
Hyperactivity
among
children
is
reaching
epidemic
proportions
according
to
a
US
researcher
who
blames
the
problem
on
the
consumption
of
artificial
coloring
and
flavoring
Page
10
Montreal
policemen
have
accepted
a
new
one
year
contract
ending
their
threat
to
strike
Page
2
Also
inside
Business
8
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4
Home
and
Family
10
11
Horoscope
7
International
5
Local
and
provincial
7
National
2
Sports
12
14
Television
7
THE
WEATHER
y
A
coastal
weather
front
was
expected
to
push
clouds
and
rain
towards
the
central
in
interior
�
terior
today
More
rain
and
thunder
showers
are
in
store
for
Tuesday
but
skies
should
clear
by
evening
The
weatherman
said
the
ridge
of
high
pressure
that
has
put
Prince
George
in
sunshine
for
the
past
week
has
broken
down
The
high
today
16
18
the
overnight
low
7
Tuesdays
high
should
be
19
Sundays
high
23
the
low
4
Temperatures
page
2
Kffi
NOW
HEAR
THIS
D
Its
lucky
the
government
motor
vehicle
department
isnt
running
a
business
or
they
wouldnt
be
selling
any
drivers
licences
Unlucky
drivers
who
have
already
spent
up
to
two
hours
waiting
in
line
during
the
ICBC
strike
now
are
having
to
spend
another
half
day
off
work
waiting
in
line
to
pick
up
the
forms
theyve
already
completed
Tourism
official
Larry
Provost
had
a
wry
suggestion
Thursday
to
explain
why
tourism
is
the
only
industry
in
BC
holding
its
own
this
year
The
executive
director
of
the
BC
Yellowhead
16
Travel
Association
told
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
District
theres
not
too
many
people
on
strike
in
the
tourist
industry
The
College
of
New
Caledonia
may
not
have
a
program
of
womens
studies
but
it
does
offer
a
womens
washroom
in
the
vocational
shops
Allan
Dale
the
dean
of
Vocational
and
technical
programs
made
the
observation
when
college
council
member
Bill
Bryant
made
a
pitch
for
the
womens
studies
program
The
program
was
tried
earlier
with
no
response
however
college
officials
report
women
taking
courses
in
drafting
forestry
small
engine
repair
anu
weiaing