Page 2 January 1983 Cassiar Courier R.C.M.P REPORT HEAD—ON COLLISION On Friday, December 10, a head-on collission occurred on the Cassiar Road near Plaza Mining. A vehicle driven by Norman Hauk of Watson Lake was passing another vehicle on the crest of a hill and was in collision with a vehicle driven by Goldie Kavaz from Cassiar. Both drivers suffer- ed only minor injuries but damage to each vehicle was approximately $2,000.00. ACCIDENT RATE Total accidents so far this year is 78 and 16 of these in- volved injuries. So far, during the month of December there have been 6 accidents. COURT NEWS CHARLIE QUASH — charged with theft of an automobile, Pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983. JOHN ALARIE — charged with impaired driving. Since it was his second offence he received 14 days in jail and his license was suspended. KEITH KENNY — charged with impaired driving, fined $800.00 and his drivers license was suspended. HARVEY CALLOW — charged with impaired driving. He was fined $400.00 and his drivers license was suspended, He was also charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $35.00. NELSON PINTO - charged on two counts of illegal pos- session of liquor. He was fined $35 and $70. VERONICA DENNIS - charged with theft over $200. Pleaded not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983. ROD DAY — charged with impaired driving. He was fined $800 and his drivers license was suspended. RICHARD JOHNSEN - charged under the ‘Aeronautics Act. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be held Feb. 10, 1983. DAVID CHAPPLE — charged with possession of a nar- cotic. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983. CLARENCE MILLSPAUGH — charged with forgery. Pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983. GEORGE OUELLETTE — charged with possession of nar- cotics. He did not appear so a warrant has been issued for his arrest. REGIS COTE — charged with possession of a narcotic. He was fined $250.00. ie Poet makes changes by Pat Lewis Beaton The Annual General Meeting otf the share- holders of Nu-Energy Development Corp. (which shares the ownership of Erickson Gold Mine with Agnes and Jennie Mining Company). was sched- uled for December 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. The meeting was held while this paper was at press, however, the agenda included several important items which deserve mention now and will be elaborated on in the next Courier The major item was a motion to approve an agreement with Agnes and Jennie Mining Com- pany by which Nu—Energy would acquire all the shares of A & J. The Nu—Energy Information Cir- cular states it is believed ‘‘the unification of the property will facilitate financing for further dev- elopment and expansion of the mine’’. Up to this meeting each company has owned one-half of the ore body and assets of the Erickson Mine. Kristian Ross, Vice-President and Chief Exec- utive Officer of Erickson Gold Mining Corp. said on the merger, “I regard this as the major first step in turning Erickson Gold Mines Ltd. into a major mining enterprise.” Also on the agenda was a motion to change the name of the company from Nu—Energy Develop- ment Corp. to Erickson Gold Mines Ltd. MARVIN QUOCK — Pleaded guilty to driving while his li- cense was suspended. Sentence will be handed down on Feb. 10, 1983. LEO JOHNNY pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance and was fined $50.00. ROGER BRACE — charged with false pretenses. He plead- ed not guilty and trial will be held on Feb. 10, 1983. JOHN BEGGS — charged with theft under $200.00. He was fined $50.00. ELDON BURNS — charged with impaired driving. He did not appear and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. JOSEPH BEDDINGTON pleaded not guilty to causing a disturbance. Trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983. JOHN BLEZARD — charged with impaired driving. He pleaded not guilty and trial will be on Feb. 10, 1983. DONALD FUGERE — charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $50.00. CARMEN BEGGS charged with illegal possession of liquor and fined $35.00. IVAN SAVARD pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily harm. Trial will be held Feb. 10, 1983. BRAD JEFFERSON - charged with possession of nar- cotics for the purpose of Cosa He was remanded to February 10, 1983 for trial. LARRY PRINCE — charged with theft over $200.00. His case was remanded for trial on February 10, 1983. KARL POLACK — fined $700.00 on a Soe of posses- sion of a narcotic. ROBIN WHALEN — fined $400.00 and his drivers li- cense was rile on a charge of iripalted driving. — : ; Pols UR eae. iB irets Three. auvenilesss were charged. with breaking and entering’ in connection with the break-in at the Community Centre They must each pay $125 restitution, do 30 hours of community work and were put on 4 months probation. One juvenile was charged with dangerous: use of-a firearm and with breaking and entering in connection with the break-in at the Community Centre. He was put on 4 months probation, ordered to pay $125 restitution and given 50 hours of community work. Two juveniles were charged with dangerous use of a fire- arm. They were each given 4 months probation and 30 hours of community work. School Spring Break is five days longer A spokesman for the Stikine School District administration office advised that, after con- sidering all ‘the variations upon a theme’, relative to the extra five day school closure decreed by the Provincial Government in Bill No. 89, the School Board has made the decision to add the necessary five day closure to the Spring Break. All schools in the Stikine School District will close on Thursday, March 24, 1983 for the Spring Break. They will re-open on Monday, April 11, 1983. School will end on Thursday, June 30, 1983. The Courier Staff wishes everyone A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 1983 bWe would also like to thank all our contributors ; & during the past year and hope they continue to } § be as productive in 1983! : KEEKEREREE The deadline for articles for the February issue gof the Cassiar Courier is January 10, 8 Please try to get your articles in early. 1983.§ Barrett says unemployment figures horrendous The latest unemployment figures for British Col- umbia are truly horrendous. But they only tell half the story. The unemployment total, excluding those who have given up in despair, now is 188,000 of our citizens for an average 14.3% seasonally adjusted level, with places like Kamloops reaching 20.9% and our youth encountering a frightening unem- ployment rate of 23.4% One year ago the overall unemployment rate was 7.6%. This past spring the NDP developed a 26-proposal program for job creation and business stimulation in seven sectors. The Socreds refused even to dis- cuss the subject and three times voted down urg- ent motions for a full-scale discussion on ways to improve the economy and halt or-slow down the unemployment spiral. Since last December B.C. has seen 98,000 existing jobs wiped out, something that hasn’t happened since the 1950’s. Specifically, we have lost 38,000 jobs in manufacturing, 28,000 jobs in the trades sector, 16,000 in construction, 11,000 in primary industry, 6,000 in the service industry, 5,000 in the financial sector and 3,000 in the transport- ation industry. Those figures would not have been so high if the government had not ignored the warning signs and refused to undertake commonsense actions to save jobs, stimulate new ones and fortify business and consumer confidence. Instead, we were treat- ed to Poully Fuisse and Broadway antics through- out 1982. The government could have cushioned some of the economic blows instead of raising taxes, cut- _ ting needed services while wasting millions on. frills and foolishness. ani eA Ges SPL SP Ty eS ae =] Northwest Community College = Simulated Work Training Program for Unemployed Apprentices { _ Northwest Community College is spearheading a joint -federal-provincial program