Tae De A oe ac oe et im 2 10 Cassiar Courier October 1977 Dog Control Team. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS Effective the 3rd of October, 1977, one representative from each of the following organizations will constitute our. Dog Control Team: : (1) Town Council (2) R.C.M.P. (3) Cassiar Asbestos Corp. (4) United Steelworkers (5) Fish & Wildlife Dept. The above Don Control Team will act as the Domestic Animal Protéction Officer. Cassiar is a Prohibited Area for dogs running at large. This means any dog that is not tethered, fenced in, leashed and under your control will be judged to be running at large. The B. C. Animal Protection Act (August 1, 1974) states: ‘A Domestic Animal Protection Officer may take into custody and impound, in the prescribed manner, a dog that is running at large. After the dog has been impounded for two clear days, in the case of an ownerless dog, and four clear days in the case of a licenced dog, the Domestic Animal Protection’ Officer shall kill the dog.’ Our Cassiar Dog Control*Team will enforce these regulations by applying the following fines for licenced dogs: $25 for lst offence $50 for 2nd offence $100 for 3rdsoffence 3rd _ ——_— offence The dog will automatically be destroyed upon the 4th offence. Dog tags, licences; and all fines imposed against Bh dog will be paid at the Town Administration ice. Please take heed of this notice, as there has been an increased number of complaints and an increased rate in child injuries. Remember the dog is not at fault for his actions, the owners shoulder the responsibility. Any questions or complaints, please contact the Town Administration Office at 778-7477. Town Council LOW-CAL BEER POSSIBLE FOR CANADA From WHITEHORSE STAR VANCOUVER -_ The president of the Brewers Association of Canada says Canadians might be able to join the low-calorie beer craze that’s now sweeping the United States by the end of the year. Ken Lavery says production of the. low- carbohydrate brew depends upon Ottawa’s apparent willingness to change federal food and drug regulations governing _ advertising claims. Regulations would force brewers to reduce . the calories in their product by at least 50 per cent before they can make any low- calorie claims. Any product bearing the name ‘light beer’ must have between 1.2 and 2.5 per cent alcohol, a level so low that it becomes nearly impossible to brew a palatable product. Lavery said that the U.S. light beer has about one-third the normal calories and carbohy- drates and registers an alcohol content of up to 4.1 per cent, down about one-half of one per cent from the regular U.S. beer. Canadian beer is normally five per cent. Lavery said any low calorie product brewed in the four-per-cent alcohol ot A Bed Catto es he i Card Pate ay Mo Mae Pe Per ary eh Sroiead ere ey Oe 9 toe Se Hee EY ge gti toes yy Electronics H = P.O. BOX 282 51. - ~~! “WATSON LAKE @ cD 4 PORE RE Bp op RE Te eet WOPRTCE? Sucumobilers The RCMP reminds us that winter comes a little . quicker here than in other parts of the world, and Corporal Fitzsimmons wants to repeat a few rules about snow machines that’ must be followed. FIRST, your machine must be registered either under the All-Terrain Vehicles or the Motor Vehicle Act. Registrations available at the Town Administra- tion Office. SECOND, you must have a valid drivers license to operate a snow machine. THIRD, if you have a valid drivers license, and your vehicle is properly registered, you must then obtain an operations permit from the RCMP. Remember, you need all three to be legal! The Town Council allows the operation of snow machines on the streets of the town until 9 PM each night, unless the machine is used to go directly to work and back, PM and midnight shifts. FINALLY, all laws pertaining to vehicles apply to folks Provincial laws are subject to court action and loss of operations permit.. RCMP news Snowmobiling time is almost here and here is something to consider. Due to the number of complaints received last year by Detachment . members and Town Council the following may happen. It is a priviledge not a right to operate snowmachines on highways. Permission may be taken away by town council. You must have av permist to operate an ALL TERRAIN vehicle on the street from the RCMP detachment and Council may revoke permission to issue them. : Subsequently no one would -be allowed to operate inside the townsite. Concerned mem- bers of the Snowmobile Club have indicated that they wish anyone that Operates inside the town to become a member of the-club prior to being issued a permit, this is a regula- tion that Town Council may put into effect if they so wish or they may: of course cancel all, permission. Council has indicated to the detachment that we may issue permits until the first of January 1978 and at such time the situation will be reviewed. Permits will be issued when there is sufficient snow to Operate safely on the roads and trails. Your actions until the first of the New Year will mean continued snowmobiling or not. MAJOR APPLIANCES. KELVINATOR ZENITH COLOUR, BLACK & WHITE TV STEREOS C.B. RADIO APPLIANCES call | operating snow machines. Violations ‘of - themselves so that some solution can be achieved. BUTCHER BARTER | LETTER FROM ‘CONCERNED RESIDENTS’ Dear Sir: Quite often the opinions, complaints and gen- eral feelings of the residents and employees of Cassiar are expressed only among themselves. | We would like to take this opportunity to point out a change in the operations of the Cassiar Grocery Store which affects so many in the community. .Many of our residents enjoy the outdoor life of Cassiar in both winter and summer. Naturally, one of the favourite fall and winter activities is hunting. This hobby was complimented by the policy, formal or informal, of our Grocery Store in that the butcher, on his own time, was per- . mitted to butcher the wild game for the residents. This service was greatly appreciated by all of us and kept our community that much closer in touch with each other. It was quite a shock to the community when approximately three weeks ago people realized this service would no longer be available to us. Surely if the butcher is willing to help.us in this small way, which | know he is, what reason does Townsite Administration offer for this change in policy? The butchering of wild game by local grocery stores is a common practice in communities such as Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Price George.. We have checked with the health inspector and he said it is not ‘a health hazard. He said it is done in many communities. We're sure if there was a logical explanation for this change, the community would accept it, but we fail to see any reason why the grocery store can no longer provide this public service. Hopefully, this letter will encourage some interest and follow-up by management to determine why the Townsite Administrator discontinued this service and if possible to once again offer it to us. Sincerely, CONCERNED RESIDENTS Wou!d the Concerned Citizens please present to Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, Brian Pewsey Mine Manager Cassiar Asbestos TWO FIRES AT CASSIAR MINE No. 701 Drill An: estimated $28,000 damage was done to No. 701 Drill at the Cassiar Mine at 9:15 pm on October 24. The fire started when welding sparks caught the drill on fire. The fire was not put out immediately as three fire extinguishers failed to function. The mine staff quickly extinguished the fire shortly after this. No one was hurt. \ ; R&S FUEL TRUCK FIRE A fuel truck owned by R & S Service catight fire ori the Cassiar Mine Road on October 21, mutilating the vehicle. The cause of the fire is unksown. The driver of the truck, L. Stod- -dard remained unhurt. Mr. Stoddard tried to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher along with some by-standers, but the fire was not controiled until the Cassiar Fire Depart- ment arrived on the scene. AIRPORT LODGE - BOARDING HOUSE Daily Weekly and Monthly © Rates Available ! AIRPORT SNACK BAR Watson Lake, Y.T. Mrs. Shirley Knight Home Cooked Meals Box 143 Watson Lake, Y.T. 536-2235... —— HILLIP Marvel Nitti 190 Zimmermen Swrest 778-7220 booked 45 days in advance WARD-AIR and LAKER Charters are not operating from the West Coast until January ‘78 : \\ -Clesed Tuesday and all day Sunday PO ‘ 2 BOA D4) 11 Cassiar Courier October 1977 ECONOMIC REPORT by Hon. Jean Chrétien’ Let me report on the economic situation as I find it. We have made some progress in bringing down the rate of inflation, Wage increases have slowed down. Increases in non-food prices have been reduced steadily since the start of the controls program, But there _ have been some setbacks this year because of higher food prices and a weaker Canadian dollar. We have a long way yet to go. Output has not risen in the last few months as we had hoped. Even‘if we do much better in the second half of this year, total output in 1977 is only going to be about 2 per cent higher than it was in 1976. Independ- ent forecasters are calling for gains of only 4 to 5 per _Hardwarey Men's Wear © Electfical Paint and Appliances Wallpaper © Sporting Goods “Phone: 536-7939 fours? cent next year. That is not enough to bring down the rate of unemployment. More people are at work in Canada. Indeed we have already just about achieved the goal set in the last budget of 250,000 more jobs, But the numbers of Canadians wanting to work has increased even faster. Unemployment has risen to 8.3 per cent for Canada as a whole. We must find more jobs. I will not be satisfied until everyone who really wants to work can find a job. But I cannot promise any miracle solutions. It will take time and effort to overcome our unemployment pro- _ blems. No one should think that there are any easy answers. Our balance of payments situation is unsatisfactory. It is true that our exports have risen as a result of the recovery in the United States and elsewhere. This is giving rise to a trade surplus of over $2 billion this year. But we need an even larger surplus. We have had a large increase in our tourist deficit. Further- more, the deficits on interest and dividends and other services are large and growing. These facts have made the Canadian dollar vulnerable, and it has declined in _value. ft: 7 Finally, the revenues of the federal government are growing more slowly than expected. As a result, our cash deficits are now so large that room for manoeu- vre is very limited. — These are the facts we have to face. They stand in sharp contrast to the potential for growth in this country. We have the resources, the land, the skills and the tradition of hard work. We have grown faster than most other countries in the past and there is no fundamental reason why we should not do so in the future. heen ihe ‘I do not want a temporary surge which cannot last and which will start the process of inflation all over again. But I do want sustained growth of between 5. ‘or 6 per cent in order to bring unemployment steadily down. The expansion should be led by exports and business investment. We need to improve our trade balance even further and to reduce our tourist deficit _ in order to put our balance of payments into better shape. The business community should be planning now the new factories which will be needed to’ pro- _ duce more in the future. Government spending should grow less rapidly, but consumer spending can and should grow in line with the economy as a whole. It is this growth, to- gether with higher exports, which will reduce the excess capacity in the economy and create the demand for more capital investment. LOWER DOLLAR TO HIKE AIRFARES Air Canada and CP Air plan to increase fares in November because of the declining value of the Canadian dollar. ; Spokesmen for both airlines said that unless the increases are turned down by the federal government, fares to the United States will go up by 5 per cent on November 15. Fares to other international destinations will go up by 3 per cent on November 1. The Canadian dollar fell to a new low of 90.74 cents in terms of U. S. funds. WATSON LAKE HARDWARE : Box 189, Watson Lake won.-F:2i. 8:30-7-Sat.. 8:30-6 ror TELEX, 036=8=8532: fs tees ds tae