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assiar Courier
the Voice of Cassiar Country
VOLINO 10. AUG.- SEPT. 10cents

ACCIDEN T RATE INCREASES

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

Cassian Courter Aug.-Sept.

Cassiar Detachment

Statistics: The ones you read
in the outside papers really don't
mean much to us here do they. Well
here's one for us and us only.

To date this year there have been
46 property damage motor-vehicle
accidents reported to this office
along with 6 injury accidents.
Totalsn52¢

For all of last year there were
41 property damage accidents and
7 injury for a total of 48.

Simple math tells us we are ahead
of last year already. WHY??
Better/worse roads, drinking and
driving, lack of care. All of these
play some part but look around you.
We are not so small anymore. There
are more drivers and vehicles on the
road. Think about it the next time
you roll a stop sign, park on the
wrong side of the road, cut a
corner on the Cassiar-Stewart High-

way. CHANCES ARE NOW ANOTHER

Pack Train ready to move out from Telearaoh Creek to the interior in VEHICLE WILL BE COMING. [t's just
1923. In the background is the local restaurant, 50¢ a meal, and.beside not like it used to be.
it,.wherethe men are seated, is the hotel bar. (See Wrangell ‘to : }

TES Pease 7 cay age es Another statistic: Charges

laid for traffic violations passed
last year's total two months ago.
PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY.

cont. on page Z

GUN J CONTROL criminal Code ‘acjarinents

An Act to amend ovr Criminal Laws relating to misuse of’ fire-

Code in areas of firearms control,
electronic surveillance and pro-
visions for the custody and release.
of inmates was:given Royal Assent
recently, and it is likely that
most sections will be proclaimed
and put into effect when Parlia-
ment re-opens October 17. The

gun control provisions in the act
will, however, not be proclaimed
at that time. :

Firearms control will be brought
into effect January 1, 1978. Gun
control. sections of the Criminal
Code Amendment Act will require
consultation with the provinces,
establishment of some administr-
ative systems, the training of
staff, and other preparatory work
before they can be confirmed as

arms, and an outline of offenses
and penalties will appear January
1, while the Firearms Aquisitioh
Certificate (F.A.C.) system and

-business permit provisions will

go into effect on the June 1
deadline.

For the consideration of some
of you in northwestern B.C. I
would like to underline that a
provision in the F.A.C. section
allows that persons who must use
firearms to hunt or trap for
family support will not be obliged
to pay the $10 fee for the firearm
acquisition certificate.

Overall, I feel the Criminal
Code Amendment Act will allow for
a better measure of protection for
Canadians.

Caurooral: Bob Fitzsimmons of
the Cassiar Detachment.

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of a 300-seat theatre for Cas-
Siar. The theatre will be a
Butler building, 180'x = 50' 20
feet high; will have staae, °
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