McGregor
river
diversion
Mackenzie
council
to
fight
dam
by
ELI
SOPOW
bottoms
and
pushing
water
into
Lake
should
lead
the
way
in
the
search
for
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Williston
near
Mackenzie.
alternate
energy.
Mackenzie
town
council
voted
unanimously
It
will
also
link
a
Pacific
watershed
He
said
suggestions
offered
by
council
Monday
to
oppose
construction
with
an
Arctic
one
and
reduce
the
flow
were
use
of
hog
fuel
for
energy
by
timber
of
the
until
companies
and
higher
utility
charges
McGregor
River
diversion
of
the
McGregor
into
the
Fraser
River
alternate
energy
sources
are
considered.
creating
what
environmentalists
say
is
for
large
consumers
of
power.
a
hazard
to
fish
survival.
Hog
fuel
Is
a
bark
and
scrap
wood
product
A
motion
came
after
B.C.
Hydro
officials'
left
over
in
the
early
milling
and
met
with
the
council
to
outline
the
Also
at
Monday's
council
meeting
pulping
process.
massive
project
planned
for
construction
were
representatives
of
the
Parsnip
Paluck
said
his
group
plans
to
meet
about
60
miles
east
of
Prince
Valley
Action
Group,
an
environmental
with
Hydro
officials
"in
the
near
future"
George.
action
society
opposed
to
the
dam.
to
discuss
the
proposed
diversion.
The
dam
and
diversion
will
back
He
said
members
of
Peace
River
and
waters
of
the
McGregor
River
into
the
Cliff
Paluck,
president
of
the
group,
Re
velstoke
environmental
groups
may
Parsnip
River
flooding
the
two
valley
said
town
aldermen
said
B.C.
Hydro
also
attend
the
meeting
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15'
Copy
Citizen
Tuesday,
December
7,
1976
COST-SHARING
TALKS
NOW
HEAR
THIS
Vol.
20;
No.
236
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
'I've
just
had
a
great
idea.
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yuuiy
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FEATURED
INSIDE)
Specially-trained
army
units
have
been
proposed
as
a
solution
to
Canadian
prison
riots.
Page
2.
A
94-year-old
man
who
shot
and
killed
two
fellow
residents
in
a
Puyallup,
Wash.,
nursing
home
and
then
took
his
own
life
may
have
done
so
because
of
teasing
over
his
romance
with
a
45;year-oId
retarded
woman
in
the
home.
Page
5.
Officials
are
huddled
in
Victoria
to
discuss
the
canisters
filled
with
a
deadly
chemical
buried
at
B.C.
Hydro
station
sites.
Page
9.
Business
8
Horoscope
Bridge
22
Classified.
18-25
Comics
30
Crossword
20
Editorial
4
Family
34,35.
G
1
10
International
5
Local,
B.C
3,
9,
29
National
2
Rolling
Stone
31
Sports
15-17
Television
30
THE
WEATHER
Cloudy
skies
with
a
few
periods
of
snow,
rain
and
freezing
rain
are
forecast
today.
Snowfall
recorded
Monday
was
8.9
cm.
Monday's
high
was
2
with
an
overnight
low
of
-1.
.
Low
today,
-6
with
high
of
2
predicted.
On
Dec.
7,
1975,
the
high
was
2;
the
low,
-3.
Mainly
cloudy
skies
with
snow
flurries
and
a
high
of
-2
are
forecast
Wednesday.
J
A
local
woman
was
wondering
if
she'd
misread
the
label
on
a
can
of
fruit
she
opened
Monday.
She
could
have
sworn
she
was
opening
apricots.
But
sure
enough
she
found
pears
inside
an
apricot
can.
A
Prince
George
mother
thinks
local
postal
workers
have
lost
their
sense
of
humor
either
that
or
they
have
no
Christmas
spirit.
Elizabeth
Prosser's
seven-year-old
son
Kenny,
sent
a
letter
to
Santa
Claus
recently.
It
was
returned
marked
"deceased,"
Fortunately,
she
found
the
letter
before
her
son
could
see
it,
Finance
ministers'
proposals
rejected
TODAY
Itism
.-?
k.
The
Canadian
Press
OTTAWA
A
federal
provincial
conference
of
finance
ministers
broke
up
today
with
no
agreement
,
on
proposals
to
reform
shared-cost
arrangements
for
financing
government
services.
Merv
Leitch,
Alberta
treasurer,
who
presented
the
provinces'
unanimous
bargaining
position,
said
they
were
"profoundly
disappointed"
by
federal
refusal
to
accept
their
position.
The
whole
issue
now
must
be
passed
on
to
a
meeting
of
first
ministers
here
next
Monday
and
Tuesday,
he
said.
The
first
day
of
the
two-day
conference
ended
Monday
with
federal
Finance
Minister
Donald
Macdonald
saying
that
there
had
been
"a
narrowing
of
issues,"
but
no
general
agreement
on
several
key
issues.
Ottawa
found
provincial
acceptance
Monday
of
federal
proposals
to
withdraw
from
current
dollar
matching
arrangement
for
social
welfare
programs
such
as
hospital
care,
medical
insurance
and
post
secondary
education.
But
it
ran
into
a
united
provincial
road
block
the
first
time
the
provincial
ministers
ever
shared
unanimity
against
Ottawa's
plans
to
change
a
system
of
tax
transfers
known
as
revenue
guarantees.
The
provinces
say
they
stand
to
lose
$800
million
on
that
proposal.
Kitimat
oil
line
bid
set
Seven
companies
instead
of
10
will
apply
Wednesday
to
the
National
Energy
Board
for
permission
to
build
a
750-mile
011
pipeline
from
Kitimat
to
Edmonton.
The
consortium
is
applying
under
the
name
of
Kitimat
Pipeline
Ltd.
and
includes
Farmers
Union
Central
Exchange
Inc.
(Cenex),
Hudson's
Bay
Oil
and
Gas
Co.
Ltd.,
Interprovin-cial
Pipe
Line
Ltd.,
Koch
Industries,
Murphy
Oil
Corp.,
and
Ashland
Oil
Inc.
Husky
Oil
Co.
of
Delaware
and
Trans
Mountain
Pipe
Line
Co.
Ltd.
pulled
out
of
the
consortium
last
week
and
Continental
Oil
and
Marathon,
Oil
Corp.
are
not
listed
on
the
application.
George
Clayton,
a
spokesman
for
the
consortium,
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Vancouver
today
that
Marathon
Oil
"dropped
out
a
couple
of
weeks
ago."
However
Continental,
though
not
listed
on
the
application,
is
represented
by
Hudson's
Bay
Oil
and
Gas
because
it
controls
53
per
cent
of
the
shares
in
that
company.
Clayton
said
the
NEB
by
statute
has
90
days
to
reply
to
the
application
but
he
felt
word
would
be
heard
by
Jan.
31.
At
that
time
the
board
can
ask
for
more
information
on
the
project.
Before
a
final
decision
on
the
pipeline
is
made,
the
NEB
must
schedule
a
public
hearing
.
The
$494
million
project
calls
for
construction
of
a
pipeline
to
carry
about
600,000
barrels
of
oil
a
day
to
Edmonton
from
Kitimat
where
it
will
hook
onto
existing
lines
to
the
northern
United
States.
Prince
George
is
expected
to
be
a
distribution
site
for
materials
used
on
the
project
running
close
to
the
city.
Jobless
rate
dips
slightly
OTTAWA
(CP)
-The
unemployment
rate
in
November,
adjusted
for
seasonal
changes,
dropped
to
7.3
per
cent
from
October's
7.6
per
cent,
Statistics
Canada
reported
today,
In
November,
1975,
the
job-.,
less
rate
was
seven
per
cent.
But
the
federal
agency
reported
that
the
actual
number
of
unemployed
during
November
climbed
to
708,000
from
679,000
In
the
previous
month,
Late
Monday,
the
conference
moved
on
to
discuss
the
anti-inflation
program.
Discussion
continued
at
a
private
dinner
joined
by
anti-inflation
board
chairman
Jean
Luc
Pepin,
But
aides
said
the
dinner
meeting
also
moved
on
to
talk
about
the
difference
over
revenue
guarantees.
Manitoba
has
told
Ottawa
it
intends
to
stop
applying
federal
wage
controls
over
its
civil
servants
March
31,
when
agreements
with
most
of
the
provinces
expire,
unless
there
is
a
burst
of
inflation.
Some
other
provinces
have
indicated
they
are
also
reluctant
to
continue
controls,
and
Mr.'
Macdonald
is
trying
to
start
talks
about
economic
policies
after
the
controls
end.
VICTORIA
(CP)
Human
Resources
Minister
Bill
Vender
Zalm
said
today
he
plans
to
push
for
legislation
requiring
a
two-month
"cooling
off
period"
for
people
planning
to
get
married.
Couples
wishing
to
marry
would
also
be
compelled
to
take
part
in
a
counselling
program
and
write
tests
proving
they
completed
counselling
satisfactorily,
said
Mr.
Vender
Zalm,
who
is
frustrated
by
the
high
rate
of
family
breakup.
During
the
cooling
off
period,
people
could
live
together,
admitted
Mr.
Vender
Zalm,
"but
I
would
sooner
people
lived
together
than
get
married,
have
children
and
break
up
three,
four,
five
years
down
the
road."
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NATURAL
GAS,
COAL?
Citizen
Photo
by
Dave
Milne
Local
postal
employee
Gwyn
de
Gans
sorts
the
stacks
of
Christmas
parcels,
as
the
mailing
deadline
draws
near.
Christmas
cards
and
parcels
must
be
sent
airmail
in
order
to
meet
the
overseas
deadlines,
which
are
Wednesday
for
mail
to
Europe
and
Dec;
15
for
mail
to
England
and
Ireland.
Surface
mail
in
Canada
and
the
U.S.
must
be
sent
by
Dec.
13
and
the
local
mailing
deadline
is
Dec.
17.
Major
development
seen
as
Bennett
heads
north
There
is
strong
speculation
that
Premier
Bill
Bennett
will
announce
a
major
coal
development
or
a
$72
million
natural
gas
pipeline
near
Chet-wynd
when
he
arrives
there
Friday.
A
gas
pipeline
has
been
under
consideration
for
more
than
a
year
and
would
connect
the
Grizzly
Valley
gas
field
south
of
Chetwynd
to
the
province's
main
distribution
network.
The
company
submitted
proposals
to
the
B.C.
Energy
Commission
in
June
asking
permission
to
go
ahead
with
the
project.
An
Economic
Development
Ministry
source
said
in
an
interview
from
Victoria
last
week
that
word
would
be
com
ing
soon
on
the
project
but
"it
looked
good."
The
project
would
involve
construction
of
about
89
miles
of
16-inch
pipeline
together
with
a
gas
processing
plant
at
Chetwynd.
Denison
Mines
Ltd.
has
secured
orders
from
Japanese
interests
for
five
million
tons
of
coal
annually
from
its
coal
property
in
the
Chetwynd
area,
but
development
has
been
stalled
by
arguments
over
who
should
pay
indirect
costs
for
road
and
townsite
construction.
The
premier
will
be
visiting
Dawson
Creek
Friday
with
Economic
Development
Minister
Don
Phillips
and
Mines
Minister
Jim
Chabot.
Mr.
Phillips
was
in
Japan
recently
seeking
more
coal
orders
to
defray
infrastructure
costs
but
came
away
empty-handed.
Proven
gas
reserved
in
the
Grizzly
Valley
are
more
than
400
billion
cubic
feet
of
gas,
with
indicated
reserves
of
more
than
a
trillion
cubic
feet.
The
strength
of
speculation
about
a
possible
pipeline
announcement
was
evident
on
the
Vancouver
stock
exchange
Monday
when
Cheyenne
Petroleum
gained
40
cents
to
$1
.64.
The
small
petroleum
company
holds
leases
in
the
Grizzly
Valley
area.
Calgary-based
Quasar
Petroleum
Ltd.,
which
also
holds
interests
in
the
area,
was
up
50
cents
at
$8.50
on
the
Toronto
stock
exchange.
Convicts
stage
strike
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
B.C.
(CP)
Prisoners
on
a
hunger
strike
at
the
British
Columbia
Penitentiary
are
demanding
that
the
prison
auditorium
and
some
cellblocks
be
rebuilt,
and
that
they
be
paid
a
minimum
wage
of
$3
an
hour
for
any
work
'they
do,
prison
officials
said
Monday.
The
auditorium
was
damaged
in
a
fire
last
month
after
prisoners
had
been
moved
into
it
from
the
east
wing
cell
block,
which
was
ransacked
during
a
riot
in
late
September.
Penitentiary
service
spokesman
Jack
Stewart
said
Monday
that
42
prisoners
now
housed
in
the
east
wing
have
not
eaten
since
Friday
to
emphasize
complaints
about
a
lack
of
proper
bedding,
inadequate
washing
and
toilet
facilities
and
a
lack
of
RACE
AGAINST
WINTER
He
said
the
prisoners
were
joined
Monday
by
123
more
convicts
in
another
wing.
Of
the
demands,
Mr.
Stewart
said
the
minimum
wage
idea
is
a
pilot
project
underway
in
some
institutions
across
Canada,
and
as
such
is
still
being
studied.
He
said
it
can't
be
brought
into
effect
in
New
Westminster
now.
He
said
the
wage
is
about
$1.95.
Last
pipe
laid
in
Alaskan
line
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska
(AP)
Working
in
six
feet
of
snow
on
steep
terrain,
workers
won
a
race
against
winter
to
lay
the
last
pipe
for
the
$8-billion
800
mile
trans-Alaska
pipeline
less
than
two
years
after
pipelaying
began.
"It
was
really
nip-and-tuck
whether
we
would
get
the
pipe
in"
on
2,800-foot-high
Thompson
Pass,
Lou
Can-celmi,
Alyeska
Pipeline
Service
Co,
spokesman,
said
Monday.
He
said
the
pass
route,
which
plunges
from
about
2,800
feet
to
1,000
feet
over
a
horizontal
distance
of
less
than
4,000
feet,
is
"so
steep
a
man
can't
stand
up
straight
without
tying
on
to
a
winch,"
A
sort
of
ski
lift
was
used
to
get
material
to
the
site
in
time
to
finish
work
during
the
weekend,
hours
before
a
major
snowstorm
hit
south-central
Alaska,
he
said.
Much
work
remains
on
the
project,
which
employed
20,000
workers
at
its
peak
and
has
often
been
called
the
biggest
private
construction
job
ever,
Some
pipe
sections
must
still
be
welded
together
before
the
line
forms
one
continuous
length.
When
work
resumes
next
spring,
160
miles
of
pipe
will
be
pressure-tested.
The
work
schedule
also
includes
reweld-ing
fewer
than
40
potentially
defective
welds.
Even
if
the
pipeline
is
finished
on
schedule
in
June.
1977,
it
is
uncertain
where
the
oil
will
go,
The
Federal
Energy
Administration
says
West
Coast
ports
probably
won't
be
ready
to
accept
Alaskan
crude
oil
for
at
least
a
couple
oi
years.
The
oil
could
be
sent
to
Japan
in
a
swap
that
would
send
Middle
Eastern
oil
to
the
Atlantic
states,
but
that
would
be
contrary
to
federal
law
and
U.S.
energy-independence
goals.
Another
alternative
is
shipping
the
oil
through
the
Panama
canal
to
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
or
the
Atlantic.
"That
oil's
going
to
flow
on
that
line
next
summer,
barring
some
unknown'
catastrophe,"
said
Andrew
Rollins,
who
heads
the
U.S.
interior
department's
Alaska
pipeline
office.
He
said
the
pipeline
project
over-all
was
"not
a
bad
job."
"It
could
have
been
better,
but
it's
not
really
too
bad
a
job."
Rolling
Stone
featured
A
new
column
appears
in
The
Citizen
today
Random
Notes
from
the
Rolling
Stone,
The
column
will
be
a
regular
feature
and
offers
gossip
about
the
stars
of
the
world
of
rock.
See
page
31.
More
postal
talks
slated
OTTAWA
(CP)
-Postmaster-General
Jean-Jacques
Blais
and
leaders
of
the
Canadian
Union
of
Postal
Workers
(CUPW)
plan
to
talk
again
today
in
an
effort
to
avert
a
pre-Christmasi
postal
strike.
Mr.
Blais,
union
leaders
and
post
office
executives
met
briefly
Monday
night
after
the
union.
said
it
would
give
the
government
one
more
chance
before
calling
postal
clerks
and
mail
sorters
off
their
jobs.
CUPW
president
Joe
Davidson
and
the
postmaster-general
refused
to
comment
on
the
progress
made
at
the
hour-long
meeting
Monday,
but
they
announced
plans
to
meet
again.
Mr.
Davidson
said
at
a
news
conference
earlier
Monday
the
union
executive
voted
during
the
weekend
to
try
one
more
round
of
talks
before
resorting
to
strike
action
because
Mr.
Blais
had
said
publicly
he
was
anxious
to
resolve
the
differences
over
technological
change
and
was
willing
to
meet
CUPW
leaders.
However,
Mr.
Davidson
said
it
is
up
to
the
government
to
make
the
talks
work.
The
22,000-member
union
will
not
back
off
from
its
contention
that
the
government
has
repeatedly
violated
the
contract,
signed
one
year
ago
after
a
seven-week
strike,
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