Passenger
hurt
PINE
CENTRE
DISPUTE
by
TOM
NIXON,
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
'
Use
of
Pine
Centre
Mallfor
displays,
promotions
or
other'
''community
activities
could
be
killed
by
the
national
building
code.
Archie
Everall,
the
city's
chief
building
inspector,
told
council
Monday
that
according
to
the
code,
Pine
Centre's
main
malls
are
too
narrow
for
anything
but
a
pedestrian
walkway.
Everall
said
the
building
code
requires
a
30-foot
free
space
or
a
fire
wall
between
buildings
like
those
in
a
shopping
mall.
Pine'Centre
manager
Lyall
Thompson,
however,
says
the
CUton
Photo
by
Dave
MUue
Ambulance
attendants
lift
William
McGillvary,
20,
of
Prince
Jeorge,
onto
a
stretcher
after
he
was
injured
Monday
about
10
p.m.
in
a
car
accident
at
15th
Avenueand
Victoria
Street.
McGillvary
was
a
passenger
in
a
car
driven
by
Donald
Dvensing
of
baskatoon,
Sask.
Dvensing's
car
was
in
collision
with
a
pickup
truck
driven
by
Edgar
Leonard
Pulvier
of
Prince
George.
McGillvary
was
treated
at
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
for
head
and
knee
injuries
and
released.
Building
code
th
rule
asks
for
24
feet,
12
on
each
side,
which
would
leave
six
feet
in
Pine
Centre's
malls
for
displays.
"We're
in
disagreement
with
the
building
inspector
on
the
interpretation
of
this
regulation,"
Thompson
said.
"It's
the
same
in
any
municipality,
we're
in
and
we
always
design
the
mall
to
accommodate
this
regulation.
"Before
we
have
a
display
we
always
check
the
plans
for
the
layout
with
the
fire
department
and
get
their
approval,
too,
to
make
sure
it's
all
done
safely."
Woodward's
Parkwood
Mall
would
seem
to
be
wide
enough
to
conform
to
EVerall's
reading
of
the
building
code.
Killers
pampered,
angry
MP
claims
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Bleeding
hearts,
.
misguided
social
workers
and
do-gooders
are
ensuring
that
the
average
murderer
gets
more
assistance
and
sympathy
than
the
families
of
victims,
a
Progressive
Conservative
MP
said
Monday,
Stan
Darling
(Parry,
SoundMuskoka),
who
wants
to
retain
capital
punishment,
said
during
Commons
debate
on
a
bill
to
abolish
the
death
penalty
that
do-gooders
rush
to
the
defence
of
accused
murderers
before
victims
are
given
a
decent
burial
and
trials
are
begun.
:
The
bill,
introduced
by
Solicitor-General
Warren
Allmand,
would
impose
a
minimum
jail
term
of
25
years
for
murderers
of.
working
police
and
prison
guards.
A
parole
would
be
a
possibility
in
15
years.
Mr.
Darling
said
on
the
fourth
day
of
debate
on
the
legislation
that
since
the
last
executions
in
Canada
in
1962,
the
murder
rate
has
doubled
and
the
attempted
murder
rate
has
quadrupled.
Mr.
Darling,
who
voted
against
the
1973
bill
which
extended
a
partial
ban
on
death
penalty,
said
it
was
time
for
MPs
to
decide
"once
and
for
all"
to
use
the
weapons
available
for
an
all-out
fight
against
crime'.
reatens
shopping
mall
displays
Woodwards
manager
Fred
Wall
said
today
Parkwood
Mall
is
45
feet
wide
allowing
a
15-foot
strip
in
the
middle
for
display
"use
with
two
15-foot
aisles
down
each
side
to
conform
to
the
30-foot
free
space
requirement
of
the
building
code.
"
We've
looked
into
this
regulation
and
are
certain
that
we
are
within
the
rules,
",he
said.
"It
would
be
terrible
to
have
to
refuse
any
group
the
use
of
the
mall
because
of
a
regulation
like
this,
however.
I'd
hate
to
refuse
anybody
the
use
of
the
mall
and
we
get
continuous
requests
for
it."
The
building
inspector
was
ordered
to
ask,
other
municipalities
what
their
policies
are
in
regard
to
mall
displays.
"I
don't
think
we
should
interfere
with
using
the
malls
for
things
like
Snowgolf,"
Alderman
Bob
Martin
said.
"If
displaying
antique
cars
is
against
the
law
then
they
can't
have
them,"
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
said.
"But
they
didn't
cause
any
problem,"
said
Alderman
Elmer
Merrier;
"I
enjoyed
it
(the.
Craven
Foundation
dis-playlast
week)."
"Maybe
the
code
is
too
tight,"
Martin
said,
"It
seems
a
bit
tight
to
me."
Alderman
Art
Stauble
suggested
the
builders
of
'
the
mall
should
have
made
it
wider
if
they
wanted
to
use
them
for
anything
other
than
as
walkways.
"It
turns
out
they
rented
one
retail
space
too
many,"
he
said,
"they
just
didn't
reserve
enough
space
for
this."
Museum
proposal
gets
council
okay
A
proposal
for
a
$500,000
museum
building
for
Fort
George
Park
was
unveiled
for
council
Monday.
.
Museum
society
president
Bill
Jones
said
the
new
building
was
designed
by
a
Vancouver
architect
who
specializes
in.
such
structures
and
meets
all
requirements
of
the
National
Museum
Fund..
Jones
said
part
of
the
cost
of
the
new
structure
could
bepaid
by
a
grant
from
the
fund's
1977-78
budget.
An
application
for-a
grant
has
been
made.
The
new
museum,
to
replace
the
log
structure
destroyed
by
JUNES
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
National
Association
of
Broadcast
Employees
and
Technicians
said
today
it
will
refuse
to
work
on
a
United
Nations
conference
site
as
a
protest
against
a
rollback
of
a
wage
increase
by
the
federal
anti-inflation
board.
Nabet
members
employed
by
the
CBC
were
helping
to
install
communications
equipment
at
all
sites
in
the
city
for
MACKENZIE
VALLEY
PIPELINE
fire
last
December,
would
have
a
sophisticated
fire
extinguishing
system
and
alarm
system
connected
to
the
fire
hall.
The
new
museum
will
be
built
outside
the'
corner
of
the
fort
wall
near
the
present
parking
area.
The
building
would
be
a
low,
modernistic
structure
of
steel
clad
with
stuccoed
fibre-board.
It
would
be
considerably
bigger
than
the
old
6,000-square-foot
museum.
Council
agreed
to
the
location
of
the
building
and
offered
space
in
the
new
city
hall
for
storage
of
artifacts
until
the
new
structure
is
completed.
Jones
said
the
museum
could
be
built
in
three
stages,
with
the
initial
part
costing
$239,000.
The
society
has
almost
$200,000
from
fire
insurance
on
the
old
building
and
expects
a
further
$230,000
next
year
from
the
museum
fund.
He
indicated
the
balance
of
the
cost
could
be
raised
from
the
community,
most
likely
through
some
sort
of
fund
drive.
He
said
he
has
received
no
information
about
how
much
money
has
been
raised
by
a
fund
drive
by
the
Jaycees.
Habitat
boycott?
the
UN
Habitat
conference
on
human
settlements';
May
31-June
11.
Gerry
Donohue,
NABET
regional
director,
said
the
workers
will
report
to'
the
CBC
for
work
but
will
refuse
job
on
the
Habitat
site
where
the
CBC
is
the
host
broadcaster.
The
board
cut
the
wage
increase
for
NABET
member's
to
13
per
cent
from
15
per
cent
in
the
first
year
of
a
two-year
Berger
inquiry
moves
to
Vancouver
by
NICK
HILLS
Southnm
News
Services
.VANCOUVER
-
In
the
multi-chandeliered
regency
room
of
the
posh
Hyatt
Hotel,
far
from
the
bare
meeting
halls
of
Old
Crow
and
Fort
Simpson,
Mr,
Justice
Thomas
Berger
was
greeted
by
a
large
and
applauding
crowd
Monday
as
he
opened
the
long-awaited
southern
hearings
of
the
Mackenzie
Valley
pipeline
Inquiry,
With
the
harsh
voice
of
a
denouncing
northerner
stjll
ringing
in
his
ears,
the
B.C.
Supreme
Court
judge
told
southern
Canada:
"We
stand
at
"the
last
frontier.
We
have
some
inV
portant
decisions
to
make,
decisions
for
which
all
of
us
will
share
a
measure
of
responsibility
.i.
"We
Canadians
think
of
ourselves
as
a
Northern
people.
So
the
future
of
the
North
Is
a
matter
of
concern
to
all
of
us
...
it
may
well
be
what
happens
in
the
North
and
to
northern
peoples
will
tell
us
what
kind
of
people
we
are.
That
is
why
we
are
here
to
listen
to
you."
The
crowd,
anti-pipeline
almost
right
down
the
line,
clapped
enthusiastically.
As
depicted
in
the
film
that
opened
the
hearing,
this
was
the
eloquent
judge
as
hero;
and
just
about
every
speaker
paid
his
respects.
Only
72.
hours
earlier,
he
had
been
told
by
a
prominent
northerner
to
take
his
socialist
circus
away
and
not
return.
Said
Da
vid
Searle,
speaker
of
the
House
in
the
Northwest
Territories:
"We
are
a
sick,
sick
society,
We
must
cast
out
the
socialist.
We
must
call
their
names
out
loud
and
tell
them
they
are
not
liked,
they
are
unwanted
and
ask
them
to
leave,"
Here
in
these
more
lofty
urban
sur;
roundings,
described
by
commission
counsel
Ian
Scott
as
'mini
Versailles'
evoking
images
of
affluent
and
powerful
southern
Canada,
the
reception
was
nothing
but
sympathetic
but
then
so
was
the
presentation
of
the
judge,
He
introduces
himself
on
a
screen
in
poor
technicolor,
squinting
into
the
northern
sun,
shirt
open
at
the
neck
and
coat
on
arm.
"There
is
as
much
wisdom
in
Old
Crow
as
in
Ottawa,
I
think."
The
room
breaks
into
Immediate
applause.
In
comparison,
the
cinematic
pipeline
barons
are
pale
and
humorless,
speaking
from
teleprompters,
backed
up
against
a
white
wall
men
with
cold
faces
filmed
against
a
cold
background.
Then,
back
to
Tom
Berger
shin-:
ing
in
the.midnight
sun
as
he
plays
baseball
with
the
native
northerners.
"Once
you
have
been
here,
you
can't
forget
it.
We
all
regard
it
as
our
emotional
heartland,"
intones
the
solemn,
serious
voice.
Later,
after
the
film
winds
down,
Mr.
Justice
Berger
explains:
"It
will
be
for
the
government
of
Canada,
when
they
have
my
report
and
the
report
of
the
National
Energy
Board,
to
decide
whether
the
pipeline
should
be
built
and
the
energy
corridor
established,
These
are
questions
of
national
policy
to
be
deter;
mined
by
those
elected
to
govern."
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FACE
BANKRUPTCY
Support
I
op
merit
firm
probed
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen'
Staff
Reporter
A
province-wide
investigation
of
Tri-Con
Development
is
under
way
after
the
Vancouver
company
was
charged
with
violating
the
Mechanics
Lien
Act
in
Fort
St.
James
and
Vanderhoof.
The
action
comes
after
Tri-Con
Development
Co.
hired
contractors
to
build
six
homes
in
Vanderhoof
and
five
in
Fort
St.
James
last
summer.
More
than
$100,000
in
outstanding
building
fees
remains
unpaid
and
some'
subcontractors
face
bankruptcy.
The
Mechanics
Lien
Act
says
the
principle
contractor
in
this
case
Tri-Con
cannot
put
funds
allocated
for
a
project
into
his
own
use'
until
all
sub-contractors
have
been
paid.
Tri-Con
was
also
proposing
housing
construction
in
Burns
Lake!
Granisle,
Fraser
Lake,
Fort
Fraser,
Va'emount,
and
McBride.
Police
are
also
investigating
activities
of
Tri-Con
and
affiliated
companies
on
the
Lower
Mainland.
'
The
Citizen
learned
Monday
that
Tri-Con
had
negotiated
for
land
in
most
of
the
municipalities.
In
Burns
Lake,
Tri-Con
bought
10
municipal
lots
from
the
municipality
with
a
down
payment
of
10
per
cent.
Construction
never
proceeded.
Financing
of
construction
in
Vanderhoof
and
Fort
St.
James
came
from
the
Central
Mortgage
and
Housing
Corporation.
-
Financing
for
projects
in
other
Central
Interior
communities
would
also
have
been
supplied
from
the
federal
lending
corporation..
.
A
spokesman
for
CMHC
said
tight
precautions
were
taken
with
the
loan
to
ensure
protection
for
the
corporation,
sub-,
contractors
and
potential
home
owners.
Before
obtaining
major
financing
from
the
corporation,
developers
must
provide
a"
proven
line
of
credit
notarized
by
a
chartered
accountant.
Detailed
plans
of
the
construction
must
be
presented
to
CMHC
with
a
cost-profit
breakdown.
CMHC
released
funds
to
a
developer
during
phases
of
construction.
The
funds
are
not
released
until
site
inspection
is
complete
by
the
corporation.
,
Before
any
funds
are
released
to
the
developer,
he
must
also
provide
a
statutory
declaration
to
CMHC.
The
statutory
declaration
is
a
swornvdocument
testifying
all
contractors
have
been
paid
up
to
the
completed
phase
of
the
project.
The
declaration
ensures
that
the
main
contractor
Tri-Con
:
will
not
receive
funds
before
sub-contractors.
Those
who
have
notvbeen
paid
at
phase
completion
are
supposed
to
be
listed
on
the
statutory
declaration.
In
December,
all
homes
in
Vanderhoof
had
been
completed
and
homes
in
Fort
St.
James
were
partially
completed.
Some
excavation
had
taken
place
in
other
Central
Interior
communities.
No
payment
had
been
received
by
any
of
the
subcontractors,
tradesmen
or
building
suppliers.
In
December,
CMHC
and
sub-contractors
and
suppliers
were
unable
to
contact
Tri-Con
Development
after
the
projects
were
abandoned.
Iona
Campagnola,
Liberal
MP
for
Skeena,
told
The
Citizen
in
a
telephone
Interview
from
Ottawa
Monday
that
CMHC
officials
are
making
strong
efforts
to
resolve
the
situation.
A
spokesman
for
CMHC
said
the
real
victims
in
the
issue
are
the
creditors.
One
contractor
contacted
by
The
Citizen
supported
a
large
family
in
Vancouver
while
working
on
the
housing
project.
He
borrowed
money
to
support
himself
and
his
family,
relying
on
funds
from
the
project
to
pay
back
lenders.
Today
he
faces
ruin.
There
are
two
men
listed
as
directors
of
Tri-Con
with
the
registrar
of
companies
in
Victoria.
Ralph
Duclos
and
Ronald
Ellison
qould
not
be
reached
for
comment.
LJ
FEATURED
INSIDE
)
0
The
New
Westminster
Bruins
struck
a
blow
for
the.
west
Monday
and
showed
that
Eastern
Canada
doesn't
always
produce
the
best
junior
hockey
teams.
Page
15.
Provincial
Secretary
Grace
McCarthy
isn't
happy
with
Ottawa's
decision
to
extend
the
Olympic
lottery-
She
says
it
could
hurt
the
Western
Canada
Lottery.
Page
2.
The
Bolivian
responsible
for
the
forces
which
tracked
down
and
killing
Cuban
revolutionary
Che
Guevara
was
shot
and
killed
by
assassins
in
Paris.
Page
5.
Business,
8;
Classified,
18-27;
Comics,
32;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
12-13;
International,
5;
Local
and
provincial
3,
6,
7;
National,
2;
Horoscopes,
10;
Sports,
15-17;
Television,
32.
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THE
WEATHER
Sunshine,
a-
few
cloudy
periods
and
rain
-were
expected
for
most
of
today
as
a
ridge
of
high
pressure
builds
into
the
Central
Interior.
Sunshine
and
cloudy
periods
can
be
expected
for
Wednesday.
The
high
today,
18C;
the
low
tonight,
0C.
Wednesday's
high,
22C.
The
high
Monday
was
19C;
the
overnight
low
was
lC
and
18mm
of
rain
fell.
The
high
for
May
1
1,
1975
was
23C;
the
low
was
4C.
Temperatures
page
2
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fi
NOW
HEAR
THIS
.
J
.
Breathe
easier,
hockey
fans.
A
union
spokesman
for
CBC
technicians
said
today
that
broadcast
of
the
NHL
Stanley
Cup
final
series
this
afternoon
between
the
Philadelphia
Flyers
and
Montreal
Canadiens
will
not
be
disrupted.
The
CBC
technicians
are
currently
protesting
a
decision
by
the
anti-inflation
board
to
reduce
a
negotiated
settlement
the
workers
had
reached,
With
the
CBC.
The
game'
will
be
telecast
today
at
5
p.m.,
on
CBC
Channel
2.
An
elementary
school
social
studies
reader
asks
students
how
the
school
board
gets
money
to
run
their
school.
It
also
asks
the
students
if
they
can
think
of
other
ways
tc
'get
the
money.
One
student
suggested
that
teachers
pay
their
own
salaries.
,
Prince
George
sea
cadets
will
hold
their
annual
inspection
at
St.
Michael's
church
at
the
corner
of
Fifth
Avenue
and
Victoria
Street
at
7
p.m.,
today.
The
inspection
marks
the
first
time
the
company
will
be
inspected
by
an
admiral.
The
cadet
company
includes
eight
officers
and
65
cadets.
Local
log
building
enthusiast
Allan
Mackie
is
the
subject
of
a
feature
story
in
the
latest
edition
of
Canadian
Homes
a
section
of
Canada's
largest-circulation
magazine,
The
Canadian.
Color
photographs
show
some
of
the
more
interesting
log
houses
which
have
been
built
in
the
Prince
George
area.
Jobless
total
rises
sharply
OTTAWA
(CP)
National
unemployment
jumped
sharply
to
7.4
per
cent
of
the
work
force
during
April
as
10,000
more
Canadians
were
without
jobs
than
a
month
earlier,
Statistics
Canada
reported
today.
The
April
jobless
rate
is
up
from
6.9
per
cent
of
the
work
force
in
March.
It
is
the
highest
unemployment
rate
this
year,
Over-all,
the
number
of
unemployed
was
up
to
-769,000
from
759,000
in
March.
The
increase
in
the
jobless
rate
was,
centred
in
workers
aged
25
or.
more.
Statistics
Canada
said
4.4
per
cent
of
men
in
that
age
group
were
out
of
work
last
month,
up
from
3.8
per
cent
in
March.
For
women,
the
rate
rose
to
7.1
per
cent
from
6.1
percent.
The
gloomier
jobless
picture
was
apparent
across
the
country.
Only
two
provinces,
Manitoba
and
New
Brunswick,
had
lower
unemployment
last
month
than
in
March.
.Manitoba
had
one
of
the
best
performances,
as
its
jobless
rate
declined
last
month
to
4.5
per
cent
from
4.9
per
cent
in
March.
Saskatchewan
held
steady
with
four
per
cent
of
its
work
force
unemployed
in
each
month.
But
in
Alberta,
unemployment
rose
for
a
second
month
as
4.
1
per
cent
of
its
work
force
was
out
of
jobs
compared
with
'
3.8
per
cent
in
March:
British
Columbia
had
a
sharp
jump
in
unemployment,
as
the
rate
there
rose
during
April
to
9.7
per
cent
from
8.7
per
cent
a
month
earlier.
'DON'T
RUSH
IT'
Exorcists
warned
LONDON
(Reuter)
Stringent
guidelines
for
ministers
exorcising
evil
spirits
are
recommended
in
a
Methodist
Church
study
published
today,
A
report
prepared
for
the
Methodist
conference
next
month
says
that
ministers
should
not
rush
into
exorcisms
when
the
"possessed"
person
is
in
a
highly
excited
state.
It
also
says
that
doctors,
psychiatrists
and
social
workers
and
other
ministers
should
be
kept
informed
throughout
the
treatment.
All
British
churches
examined
the
exorcism
service
after
an
incident
last
year
in
which
a
man
who
had
become
fascinated
by
exorcism
killed
his
wife,
believing
she
was
possessed
by
evil
spirits.
The
man
now
is
in
a
prison
mental
hospital,
Last
week
the
Church
of
Scotland
came
out
against
exorcism.