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-Wednesday,
August
31,
1977.
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fee
Fishing
banned
after
oil
spill
at
river
mouth
STEVESTON,
B.C.
(CP)
The
International
Pacific
Salmon
Commission
declared
late
Tuesday
an
emergency
closure
to
all
fishing
in
the
area
of
a
10,000-gallon
spill
of
heavy
bunker
oil.
Salmon
fishing
in
the
area
had
been
scheduled
to
open
today,
The
move
closed
the
lower
Gulf
of
Georgia
near
the
mouth
of
the
Fraser
River
and
part
of
United
States
fishing
waters
near
the
international
border.
"The
Gulf
of
Georgia
now
is
being
contaminated
and
there
are
unconfirmed
reports
of
sightings
of
,
oil
in
American
waters,
said
Lyle
Freeman,
federal
fisheries
department
spokesman.
The
spill
into
the
main
channel
of
the
Fraser
River
is
one
of
the
largest
spills
in
Vancouver
area
waters,
a
cleanup
operations
spokesman
said
earlier.
Captain
Desi
Sjoquist
of
Clean
Seas,
Canada,
a
commercial
oil
spill
cleanup
company;
said
it
was
costing
$6,000
a
day
to
clean
up
the
spill.
He
estimated
that
the
cleanup
will
take
a
week
to
10
days.
He
said
no
more
oil
was
leaking
from
the
shoreside
tank
at
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
plant
In
this
community
just
south
of
Seal
hunt
protester
sentenced
WOODY
POINT,
Nfld.
(CP)
Brian
Davies,
executive
director
of
the
Fredericton-based
International
Fund
for
Animal
Welfare,
was
sentenced
today
to
a
minimum
of
14
days
in
jail
and
ordered
to
pay
a
fine
of
$1,000
with
the
alternative
of
another
six
months
in
jail.
It
was
not
clear
whether
Davies
was
sent
to
jail
or
released
pending
the
outcome
of
an
appeal.
He
had
said
he
intended
to
appeal
his
conviction
in
July
on
four
charges
of
violating
federal
regulations
protecting
seal
herds
off
the
East
Coast.
Magistrate
Owen
Kennedy
added
to
the
sentence
a
lengthy
list
of
conditions
prohibiting
Davies
from
interfering
with
seal
hunting
off
the
coast,
which
he
has
protested
loudly
for
years.
U.S.
fries
voluntary
approach
WASHINGTON
(AP)
-The
Carter
administration
is
considering
setting
voluntary
standards
for
wage
and
price
increases
In
a
new
effort
to
reduce
the
rate
of
inflation
in
the
United
States,
it
was
learned
Tuesday.
The
voluntary
standards
may
be
ready
within
six
months
and
the
hope
is
they
will
help
to
reduce
inflation
over
a
period
of
three
to
four
years.
The
underlying
rate
of
inflation
now
is
estimated
at
between
6.5
and
seven
per
cent.
There
have
been
no
final
administration
decisions
on
whether
to
set
standards
or
on
what
such
standards
should
be.
They
probably
would
vary
from
Industry
to
industry,
Vancouver
International
Airport.
The
spill
was
estimated
to
have
occurred
about
10
p.m.
Monday,
and
a
number
of
fishermen
said
Tuesday
they
were
in
the
middle
of
a
bad
spill
by
midnight
Monday
night.
The
spill,
caused
when
"a
sixinch
pipeline
separated
from
the
main
pipe
underneath
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
wharf,
was
not
reported
to
environmental
authorities
until
8
a.m.
Tuesday,
however,
fishing
company
officials
said.
Poison
gases
escape
HOPE,
B.C.
(CP)
-
A
fire
that
sent
poisonous
sulphur
dioxide
fumes
billowing
across
the
Trans-Canada
Highway
at
two
points
near
here
Tuesday
was
under
control
about
seven
hours
after
it
began,
a
Canadian
National
Railways
spokesman
said
Tuesday
night.
Al
Menard
said
that
the
200
people
evacuated
by
RCMP
from
the
nearby
community
of
Flood
in
the
wake
of
a
fire
in
two
of
the
open
cars
carrying
sulphur
had
been
allowed
to
return
home
by
9:30
p.m.
PDT.
He
said
the
highway,
closed
during
the
height
of
the
fire,
had
been
re-opened.
Menard
said
that
84
cars
of
the
100-car
freight
train
derailed
about
five
miles
west
of
here
at
2:10
p.m.
PDT.
Two
caught
fire
and
for
a
time
were
burning
out
of
control.
Menard
said
that
the
British
Columbia
forest
service
supplied
pumps,
to
get
water
from
the
nearby
Fraser
River
to
the
fire,
and
that
the
CNR
hired
air
tankers
from
nearby
Abbotsford,
B.C.,
to
dump
fire
retardant
on
the
blaze.
A
total
of
five
passes
were
made
by
three
aircraft
to
bring
the
conflagration
under
control,
Menard
said.
He
said
that
the
Canadian
Forces
Base
in
Chilliwack
supplied
heavy
equipment,
oxygen,
and
helped
put
sand
onto
the
fire:
Menard
said
the
five-member
crew
on
the
train
was
not
injuried
in
the
derailment,
and
that
there
were
no
injuries
fighting
the
fire.
"They
were
pretty
cautious
at
the
scene,"
he
said,
"and
sulphur
dioxide
is
easily
detectable.
"When
you
get
a
whiff,
you
know
when
to
back
off."
Cause
of
the
derailment
was
unknown.
The
five
locomotives
remained
on
the
rail,
Hope
is
90
miles
east
of
Vancouver
and
three
miles
east
of
Flood.
Menard
said
arrangements
were
being
made
with
CP
Rail
to
detour
CNR
traffic
onto
the
CP
Rail
line
at
Mission.
He
said
it
is
hoped
the
CNR
line
can
be
used
again
in
two
days.
An
immediate
investigation
was
launched
into
the
cause
of
B.
C's
worst
rail
crash
in
recent
years.
Damage
was
expected
to
be
more
than
$1
million.
In
a
similar
accident
in
July,
1976,
23
cars
of
a
93-car
CNR
freight
train
derailed
in
almost
the
same
spot.
Witness
Carl
Augustine
said
that
he
was
on
a
tug
on
the
Fraser
"as
the
train
rushed
past
it
seemed
to
be
going
very
fast,"
RCMP
CHECK
BRAND
FOR
MARIJUANA
INGREDIENT
Pet
canary
flying
high?
Better
check
birdseed
VANCOUVER
(
CP)
-
If
your
canary
has
taken
to
singing
soprano
arias
from
Rigoletto,
or
your
parrot
is
hanging
upside
down
with
eyeballs
as
big
as
sunflowers,
better
take
a
second
look
at
the
brand
of
birdseed
you've
been
stuffing
into
your
little
feathered
friend.
The
RCMP
is
testing
Sing-Song
Treat,
a
brand
of
West
German
birdseed,
to
determine
if
the
strange
little
brown
seeds
in
the
product
are
really
marijuana
seeds
the
progenitors
of
African
Gold,
in
street
vernacular.
The
manufacturer
Vltakraft,
Europe's
largest
maker
of
pet
foods
for
birds
and
other
small
animals
guarantees
that
its
product
"promotes
singing
in
canaries
and
other
song
birds."
.
Sing-Song's
list
of
Ingredients
says
it
contains,
among
other
things,
62.S
per
cent
rapeseed,
15
per
cent
radish
seed,
three
per
cent
honey;
and
15
per
cent
Nigerseed.
All
this
not
only
makes
the
bird
sing
better,
"but
will
also
aid
weak
and
sick
birds
to
recover
from
Illness."
The
National
Organization
for
the
Reform
of
Marijuana
Law
in
Canada
(NORML)
says
Nigerseed
is
really
cannabis
sativa
seed.
That's
marijuana,
and
it's
potent
when
cultivated.
NORML
said
some
of
its
members
accidentally
discovered
the
seeds
several
weeks
ago.
"You
can
expect
such
discoveries
when
you're
involved
with
an
organization
full
of
dope
smokers,"
executive
director
George
Baker
said
Tuesday.
Baker
said
some
NORML
members
purchased
packages
last
Thursday,
planted
the
seeds
that
night
and
by
Friday
morning
"we
had
marijuana
plants
growing
an
inch
out
of
the
soil."
Baker
said
his
buyers
got
their
stash
for
49
cents
a
package
a
dime
more
than
most
pet
stores
are
charging
for
the
three-quarters-ounce
bag
but
about
$49.95
less
than
the
going
street
price
for
a
one-ounce
baggie
of
top-quality
marijuana.
Baker
said
NORML
took
some
of
the
seeds
to
Dr.
Jack
Maze,
associate
professor
of
botany
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia.
He
said
that
after
Maze
confirmed
they
were
marijuana
seeds,
they
went
to
the
RCMP
with
a
certificate
of
analysis.
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Maze
confirmed
that
the
seeds
"were
definitely
marijuana."
AN
RCMP
drug
squad
spokesman
said
Tuesday
no
action
will
be
taken
until
after
tests
run
by
the
police
laboratory
are
completed.
Baker
said
the
street
price
for
this
particular
strain
of
marijuana
is
$300
to
$400
for
a
pound
of
seeds,
but
"you
can
go
into
the
store
and
get
a
pound
of
seed
for
about
$12,
thanks
to
good
old
Sing-Song
Treats."
He
said
that
users
can't
get
high
by
eating,
drinking
or
smoking
the
seeds.
Injorder
for
cannibinol,
the
chemical
that
cannabis
contains,
to
be
produced,
the
seeds
first
must
be
germinated.
"Maybe
humans
can't,
but
canaries
sure
can,"
Baker
said.
itizen
ClliMit
photo
by
Tim
Swanky
Red
Rock
Elementary's
single
sanitary
facility
gets
a
reproachful
look
from
nine-year-old
student
Robyn
Holmgrem.
REP
ROCK
COMPLAINT
School
'deplorable'
By
HOLLY
BOTHA
Rl
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Worms
in
the
drinking
water
and
a
single
outhouse
that
perches
precariously
over
a
fast-running
creek
have
prompted
parents
of
students
at
Red
Rock
Elementary
to
take
up
their
on-going
lobby
again
for
better
facilities.
In
an
emotional
appeal
last
night
before
the
school
board,
Mrs.
Lynn
Gilliard
said
she
and
many
parents'
like
her
are
refusing
to
send
their
youngsters
to
Red
Rock
school
unless
the
situation
is
improved.
However,
school
trustees,
while
sympathetic
to
the
pleas
which
have
recurred
now
for
the
past
four
years,
simply
referred
the
matter
for
discussion
fo
their
management
committee.
That
group
is
expected
to
report
back
to
the
board
within
two
weeks.
Solutions
to
the
problem',
trustees
admit,
are
limited.
Purchase
of
a
chemical
toilet,
as
suggested
by
Gilliard
is
an
expensive
proposition
at
least
$500
and
further
difficulties
would
be
Incurred
with
installation.
However,
that
idea
will
be
studied.
.
"I
honestly
don't
think
there
is
much
we
can
do,"
said
district
secretary-treasures
Mac
Carpenter,
"Even
moving
portables
there,
assuming
we
had
them,
would
require
septic
tanks
and
disposal
systems.
The
property
just
isn't
big
enough."
The
board
is
faced
with
the
problem
of
spending
money
on
what
board
chairman
Joan
MacLatchy
calls
"stop-gap
Red
Rock
is
to
get
a
new
school
part
of
a
$16
million
construction
package
finally
approved,
by
the
provincial
government
last
week
but
It
will
be
at
least
November,
1978,
before
the
four-room
facility
is
completed
on
a
new
site,
In
the
meantime,
the
30
Red
Rock
students
must
put
up
with
drinking
water
which
is
hauled
from
the
nearby
creek
by
parents
and
often
contains
worms
during
sprjng
run-off.
They
also
must
doff
caps
and
coats
to
venture
out
to
an
outhouse
which
is
heated
by
an
electric
heat
bulb.
The
students'
play
yard
incorporates
a
bank
overlooking
Red
Rock
Creek.
There
is
no
fence
to
protect
youngsters
from
tumbling
into
the
water,
Yet
another
complaint
revolves
around
busing:
students
must
walk
as
far
as.
two
miles
to
get
a
ride.
They
are
rarely
back
home
before
4:30
p.m.
"The
conditions
are
deplorable
in
this
day
and
age,"
said
Gilliard.
"Why,
when
we
pay
taxes
like
anyone
else
we
have
to
put
up
with
this
for
so
long,
I
don't
know."
Another
young
parent
in
Red
Rock,
Mary
Curtis,
whose
pre-school
age
children
would
normally
attend
the
school
in
a
couple
of
years,
sympathizes
with
the
school
board's
dilemma.
"I
really
believe
they've
done
all
they
can.
It's
the
provincial
government
that
has
delayed
so
long
in
approving
money
to
build
a
new
school,"
she
said.
Board
chairman
Joan
MacLatchy
said
following
the
meeting
that
the
board
is
trying
to
cope
with
a
1964
board
policy
which
essentially
stated
the
old
two-room
Red
Rock
school
would
be
left
as
is
because
of
declining
student
populations.
Now
all
that
has
changed.
The
board
has
been
told
some
50
students
would
attend
the
school
If
conditions
were
better,
As
it
is
only
30
youngsters
are
permitted
by
parents
to
go
to
classes
there;
the
rest
are
transported
by
parents
or
bus
into
Prince
George
schools.
"All
we
can
do
in
the
meantime
is
find
less
expensive
ways
to
make
life
a
little
more
comfortable."
He
said
an
Interesting
question
is
"just
how
did
vast
quantities
of
marijuana
enter
Canada
without
the
knowledge
of
the
customs
department?"
"What
we're
trying
to
point
out
is
that
a
lot
of
stores
could
be
charged
with
trafficking
in
narcotics,"
he
said.
"That
offence
provides
for
a
maximum
life
sentence."
An
RCMP
spokesman,
however,
said
they
doubted
charges
would
be
laid
even
if
Sing-Song
Treats
are
laced
with
marijuana
because
it
comes
down
to
a
matter
of
knowledge
and
intent
"and
I
don't
think
we
would
have
that
here."
But
he
warned
against
cultivating
the
seeds,
because
that's
a
definite
criminal
offence.
STRIKE
THREAT
Ralph
Donnelly,
the
B.C.
manager
of
Rolf
C.
Hagen
Co.
which
distributes
the
seed,
said
that
to
the
best
of
his
knowledge
"it's
not
marijuana,
but
It
sure
as
hell
makes
the
birds
sing."
Donnelly
said
he
believed
Nigerseed
was
a
commercial
crop
grown
in
Canada.
"We've
contacted
our
head
office
in
Montreal
and
they're
telexing
Vitakraft
in
Germany
to
find
out
what
it
is."
In
the
meantime,
Polly
want
a
joint?
(Editor's
note:
A
survey
by
The
Citizen
showed
at
least
one
Prince
George
pet
store
had
the
birdseed
in
stock
today.)
'
15
Copy
Ji,
"Prince
George,
British
Columbia
City,
union
hold
last-ditch
talks
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
threat
of
strike
action
grew
stronger
today
as
municipal
workers
and
Prince
George
city
negotiators
scheduled
a
1:15
p.m.
meeting
to
hammer
out
contract
disputes.
Gerrit
Van
Der
Geest,
president
of
Local
1048
of
the
Canadian
Union
of
Public
Employees,
representing
city
inside
workers,
said
Tuesday
union
officials
will
decide
after
today's
meeting
what
the
next
action
will
be.
Also
negotiating
with
the
city
are
members
of
CUPE
Local-399,
representing
city
outside
workers.
Outside
workers
voted
91
per
cent
in
favor
of
strike
action
earlier
this
month',
but
no
plans
for
any
strike
were
laid
out.
Local
1048
members
rescinded
an
earlier
ratification
of
a
contract
with
the
city
in
a
decision
last
week
and
now
are
at
the
bargaining
table
with
the
outside
workers.
,
There
are
225
unionized
outside
workers
and
185
inside.
Van
Der
Geest
said
the
main
item
of
contention
with
his
local
involves
a
clause
regarding
payout
of
unused
sick
leave.
The
union
had
asked
that
50
per
cent
of
unused
sick
leave
pay
be
paid
on
retirement
after
at
least
10
years
of
employment
with
the
city.
The
union
was
also
under
the
impression
that
mediator
Peter
Dowding
had
assured
the
point
was
accepted
by
the
city,
and
therefore
recommended
acceptance
of
the
contract.
However,
the
contract
limits
payout
time
to
accumulating
only
as
Jan.
31,
1975.
Meanwhile,
outside
workers,
who
rejected
by
85
percent
a
contract
mediated
by
Dowding,
are
unhappy
with
job
declassifications,
transfer
to
.lower
classifications
and
sick
leave
payout
for
unused
portions
of
sick
leave.
Government
intervention
threatened
TORONTO
(CP)
-
Labor
Minister
John
Munro
said
Wednesday
that
if
labor-management
relations
do
not
improve,
there
is
a
possibility
of
greater
government
intervention
"to
protect
the
economy."
"Labor
and
management
must
take
a
hard
new
look
at
their
relationship
and
their
responsibilities,"
Munro
said
in
a
speech
prepared
for
delivery
to
the
Kiwanis
Club.
"I
am
confident
that
labor
and
management
will
accept
this
challenge
and
adopt
that
co-operative
spirit."
However,
Munro
warned
that
"if
the
adversary
element
continues
to
frustrate
the
industrial
relationship,
there
will
be
no
winner,
only
losers."
"Government
must
provide
the
leadership
and,
through
Parliament,
fashion
the
rules
and
supply
the
programs,"
he
said.
"We
quite
literally
can't
afford
to
let
industrial
relations
slide
from
one
confrontation
to
another,
from
one
crisis
to
the
next."
TODAY
'It's
true,
I
tell
you.
I
sew
It
movel'
FEATURED
INSIDE
J
The
B.C.
Lions
received
a
favor
Tuesday,
but
tonight
they'll
have
to
provide
their
own.
Page
15.
Bridge...
32
Gardening
column..
13
Business
.......................8
Horoscopes
10
City,
B.C..............2,
3,
13,
29
International...
5
Classified.
.......18-27
National
2
Comics.....-...........-...........l
1
Nixon
Column
29
Crossword...........'.......
.20
Sports
15-17
Editorial
4
Television
10
Family
30-32
Youth
Clinic
.32
c
THE
WEATHER
A
blanket
of
cool
moist
air
continues
overthe
province
and
is
expected
to
bring
Prince
George
cloudy
skies
with
occasional
showers
today
and
Thursday.
The
expected
high
today
is
17,
the
low
4.
The
high
Tuesday
was
16,
the
low
7
with
11.5
mm
of
precipitation.
On
this
date
last
year
the
high
was
20,
the
low
7.
J
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
A
girl
with
short
hair
caused
lots
of
laughter
and
double
takes,
at
the
Chilliwack
rock
concert
Tuesday
in
the
Civic
Centre.
She
was
going
into
the
show
when
she
was
mistaken
by
the
matron
for
a
boy,
and
sent
over
to
the
male
guard
who
promptly
frisked
her
for
drugs
before
realizing
his
mistake.
A
sobering
thought:
The
two
most
recent
fires
in
the
Prince
George
areas,
according
to
the
electrical
safety
branch
office
here,
broke
out
In
situations
where
recessed
lighting
features
were
covered
with
thermal
insulation.
A
spokesman
for
the
office
points
out
that
not
only
is
the
practice
dangerous
it's
also
illegal
under
the
Electrical
Energy
Inspection
Act.
So
be
careful,
you
do-it-yourselfers
,
,
,