Cassian Courier Atig.-Sept. 1977
First Federal-Provincial
Minister's Northern Cont

The first federal-provincial
ministers conference ever held north
of 60 began September 6 in White-
horse.

The federal-provincial tourism
ministers were invited to Yukon
last year by tourism and inform-
ation branch director Karl Crosby.

On September 7, the provincial
ministers gathered for their set of
meetings. The chairman of the pro-
vincial session is Alberta tourism
minister, Bob Dowling.

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT SIGNED

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The Federal Government and the By 2

Government of Yukon today signed
a General Development Agreement de-
signed to provide a comprehensive
and co-ordinated approach to social
and economic planning and develop-
ment in Yukon.

The General Development Agrectent
‘is largely an agreement: of intent
which serves as an umbrella under
which joint and co-ordinated plann-
ing can be undertaken and specific — |
socio-economic projects can be
identified and developed for imple-
mentation under subsidiary agree--
ments.

Designed to ensure maximum bene-~.
fits to all Yukon residents and pro-
mote a greater stability in the
economy, the General Development
Agreement received the support of

-in heavy timber. or rough mountainous

New Copper Process may

bring processing plants
closer to sources.

In future, resource areas such
~ as Northwestern B.C. may benefit.
from a new copper process.

Cyprus Mines Limited of Los
Angeles has spent about $25 millior
over the past few years on a new
hydrometallurgical process that
could be an alternative to present
smelting technology. The experi-
ment which has been successful in

ee . processing copper concentrates
The new fire attack system 2n jwto high purity copper wire bars
Cassiar Country. -- could result in proliferation of

2 Smaller processi lants built
Forest Service RAPPEL TEAM closer tb ove aay aa
in Cassiar County

I am very interested in this —
new process and will study it
closely for possible application ©

to our area.
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Northern B.C: Office
_for DREE

The federal Department of Reg-
-jonal Economic Expansion (DREE)
will soon open an office in Prince
George,’ it was announced today by
the Honourable Iona Campagnolo,
Minister. of State for Fitness and
Amateur Sport. The announcement -
was made on behalf of Regional

R.A. Gorley - Assistant Ranger

The fire attack system in the
Lower Post Ranger District .is now
complimented by a three man Heli-
copter Rappel Team. The team,
sometimes known as a "Spider Crew",
includes Al Gorley, Assistant Ranger
at Lower Post, and Initial Attack
Crewmen Ron Last and Ray Betemps.
The purpose of the team is to place
small, highly trained initial attack
personnel on fires which have diffi-
cult access for conventional crews.
One of the biggest values of such a
team may be to construct helicopter
access for other crews. Using this
system a two man crew can be placed
within a few feet of a fire, even

"The new office has been made ~
necessary by the designation of
northern B.C. under the federal
Regional Development Incentives
Act, and the signing of two im-
portant agreements between the
Department of Regional Economic

terrain. The helicopter can maintain
a hover above the forest canopy and

NEWS tronl

- lots in Dease Lake.

Expansion Minister Marcel Lessard.

by : L. McPhee

The Dease Lake Community Hall was
officially opened on August 13 by

M.P. Iona Campagnolo. Ms. Campag- .

nolo congratulated the residents of
Dease Lake for their tireless

efforts in getting the hall built

and invited the children of the
town to assist her in cutting the
ribbon. After refreshments, Ms.
Campagnolo conducted an informal
meeting, dealing with the problems
of C.M.H.C., Communications and
the Postal system.

On August 17,’a meeting was held
by representatives of the Ministry:
of Municipal Affairs and Housing to
inform Dease Lake- residents of
departmental policy regarding
future development in the Commun-
ity. Mr. Ron O'Genski stated that
Municipal Affairs will now be re-
sponsible for the planning and dis-
posal of all future residential
They plan to
provide an inventory of residential
lots in Dease Lake so that people
wishing to locate in the area need
only apply for a lot ona first
come, first serve basis. This pro-
posal-was greeted with enthusiasm
by those in attendance since the

plentiful supply of lots would both

discourage speculation and at the
Same time avoid the inconvenience

a cael Ie

mS

Lillian McPhee. Committee members
elected Dave Frazier as Chairman
and Lillian McPhee as Secretary.
The postponement of the bonus
bid land auction, originally
scheduled to be held on August 9,

proved to be a boon to local resi-

dents in Dease Lake. People from
outside the community who were
interested in acquiring land there
were handicapped in learning the
new date of August 23, since it
was advertised in Dease Lake only.
Local residents had a fairly clear
field in the bidding which was
generally low, although one family
had to plunk. down One Thousand

and Fifty-five Dollars in order to
get the option on the lot of their
choice. The big surprise of the
evening was that three of the
twenty-eight lots actually received
no bids.

After the reading out of the
terms and conditions of sale by a
member of the Lands Branch, Dave
“Frazier asked if the department
was prepared to enforce them. The
representative answered yes but in
the discussion which followed it
soon became apparent that the
Lands Branch has no clear definit=
jon of the length of time involved
in permanent residence. Tom Brown

- suggested that the B.C. Residency’

Act would provide an honest crit-
era. The representatives con-
sidered this a good solution and
agreed to present the proposal to
their superiors on their return to
Victoria.

The Department of Education sent
some good news. Superintendent -

* Cassian Courier Aug. -Sept. 1977

WORKING WOMEN;

a social realit

"Working women are a Social
phenomenon," stated MP Marcel
Lamber (P.C. - Edmonton West) in
the House of Commons on February
Sir LOTTE

All women are members of the
secondary labour force, suggested
the Ontario Conservative govern-
ment ina budget paper presented
April 20, 1977.

And then on. December 7, 1976
Bud Cullen, Minister of Manpower
and Immigration, said in the House
of Commons, "I suppose one can
make statistics prove ‘anything,
but the unemployment rate for men
for twenty-five years of age and
over - and I suggest with respect
that these are bread-winners -
dropped...”

These statements come as a
complete setback to the gains that
have been made in the struggle for
equal rights. It may be possible
to understand the sexist attitude
of Marcel Lambert, who suggested
in 1972 that women wouldn't need
abortion reform if they just kept
their legs together: But what is
incomprehensible and, indeed,
shocking is that a government can _
explain away its failure to deal
with unemployment by encouraging
the notion that women are second-
ary earners ‘and second-class
citizens.

The issue of unemployment con- -
stitutes one of the most serious
problems for women in Canada making
jt essential that any full employ-
ment policy give special consid-

eration to the job and training

~ and inequities of the bonus bid if )
Opportunities available to women. anh

auction. Because it is the intent-.

-Expansion and the Province of

_the Yukon Legislative Assembly
British Columbia". said Mrs.

during its spring session. That

Lynn announced that a bus and driver
will be provided to transport

-the crewmen descend through the
canopy to the ground. Rappels can be

--support came with passage of. the.
‘General Development Agreement Ordi-
“nance.

THE BETTER HALF.
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By Barnes

made from up to 250 feet above.
ground level.

ACCIDENT. RATE
INCREASES
continued from page 1,

The recent thefts from the rear
of the Grocery Store and the Town-

Campagnolo.

~ DME for

Terrace Airport

To make some of our other as
"communication links" (air travel)
a little better, Distances Measur-"
ing Equipment (DME), which enables
pilots to determine exact aircraft-
to-airport distance, will be-in-

_. jon of Municipal Affairs to co-
~ operate with local residents in

planning Mr. O'Genski suggested a
committee be elected to inform the
department of the wishes and needs
of the community. Due to recent ~
cancellation of the meeting because
of the air strike, attendance was
not very good and residents decided
to have a separate meeting in which
to elect this committee since they
felt that a group of this kind

children to and from school. The
ever-increasing rate of traffic on
the Stewart-Cassiar Highway has
made it hazardous for the townsite
children to walk to school.

A correspondence program will be
set up for the Junior Secondary
grades and a supervisor hired
locally.

WELCOME

* For just as high unemployment
breeds racism, so does it breed
sexism and the attitude that women
should be the first to-go regard-
less of economic necessity or the
desire to work.

To regard unemployment as an
unavoidable factor of the economic
system is not a solution to the
problem. .The right to work is a
fundamental principle of any demo-
cratic society. Surely, the aim

of any employment policy must be
to maintain and expand employment
opportunities regardless of sex.
As long as any government in Canada
suggests that women are workers of
secondary importance, it can be
- assumed that women in Canada are
not even close to achieving
equality. Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Federal NDP Women’s Organizey

Welcome to Hans and ae Luders
and children. Hans is the princi--
pal of the Dease Lake Elementary
School and will be teaching grades
six and seven. Their, teacherage
will not be ready for occupancy
until the end of September but they
are gallantly living in an eight
foot camper in the meantime.

should contain a wide base of —
operation.

statled and begin operating late

this fall at the airport in Terrace.
Thé federal Ministry of Trans-

ort will install the equipment at

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a cgst of $72,500. |
‘Ministry of Highways
‘and Public Works ~—°

To date contracts totalling over

36 million dollars have been awarded ~
_ for the Highway 37. development.
program, which is designed to open

up northwestern British Columbia's
mining and forest resources to out- ~
_ Side markets, as well-as. providing.

a new route for formerly isolated
communities and a new and ‘shorter
-route to the Yukon boundary.

forest Lookouts

site Administration office of a
Targe amount of Sansui sterio and
radio equipment is still under

‘investigation | On August 22, a large crowd

turned out to elect an advisory
committee to work in cooperation
with the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing. Those elected

Two typewriters (electric) have
also been stolen over the summer,
‘one from the school and one -from
‘the Town Administration building.
This matter is also being investi -
gated further.

were Dave Frazier, Ed Asp, Tom Brown
Jack Esplan, Lorne Wasmuth and

“Stanley? . .. Is iat you?”

ee | mr eupsnes a Vanade
KRAFT JANITORIAL SERVICES 1 See ;

"let wa do the dinty work”

Belvedere Motor Hotel
WATSON LAKE » (536-7411

Lounge... ‘Dining Room ~
Dress: eSnOD»: Tavern © ae Betohe

Several items have been reported
as stolen from vehicles parked in
‘the bunkhouse. parking. areas, DAIS:
‘cularly those to the rear of 92...
“Residents: of these buildings are Se
-requested to assist by reporting

junusual activities in the area. ;

jMost- Of the areas are quite dark = 9
and. difficult to patrol. A look. .
‘out when. going and coming from shift:

work could save fellow workers pro- °

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CHILDREN -

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.|Member. Please make use of: the
g_ LOADER. TRUCK. & HXGRBUES BACKHOES

old-fashioned method still plays an
important role in the detection of ~—
forest fires in British Columbia.

It's the lookout» tower and the
men who occupy the sturdy and- usually:
rustic structures perched ‘high on.
-mountain. tops-.throughout,the- Province”
“each summer season.

hourly, daily or weekly

IN FACT, NOT ame
ONE WO!
WAS SAVED!

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