tne mvent. —

The first month of the new
decade saw tourism off to an
exceptionally strong start
with a 31.8 per cent increase
in room sales over the same

month last year, says
Tourism Minister Pat Jor-
dan.

Total U.S. vehicles en-
tering the province via all
customs borders was up by
26.2 per cent in January 1980
over January 1979. Some
63,300 vehicles were
counted.

VICTORIA (UPC) - Wildlife.
Management experts in
British Columbia's Environ-
ment Ministry are taking a
close look at claims by a
Kelowna rancher that moose
and deer in the area are be-
ing wiped out by “excessive
slaughter”, a ministry
spokesman said .

Wildlife species are being
endangered by ‘‘in-
discriminate shooting” and
the hunters are causing con-
siderable damage and van-
dalism, according to Dale
Alsager, presidest of the
million-acre Gang Ranch,
Kelowna, the largest ranch
in the province.

In a letter to Environment
Minister Stephen Rogers,

Federal officer threatened
to break client's legs

TORONTO (UPC) - A feder-
al Employment and Im-
Migration Commission
collections officer who told a
client “Til break your legs” if
the man failed to settle a
debt came out on the wrong
end of the bargain — not
only suspended from his job,
but beaten up by the client's
big brother.

According to the Globe
and Mail, the debtor ealled
the commission’s Montreal
office to inquire how long he

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Total U.S. resident entries
increased by 23.6 per cent in
January 1979 over the same
month last year, with
157,400 visitors crossing into
BC.

U.S. automobile travellers
province, who
returned to the U.S. the
same day, increased by 33.8
per cent for a total of
103,827. And the number of
U.S. vehicles crossing
customs borders and staying
in Canada one or more
nights jumped by 6.6 per

KELOWNA: RANCHER CLAIMS

Wildlife being ‘wiped-out’

Alsager said he has been
concerned for the status of
wildlife resources on ranch
deed and leased land since
October, 1978.

“There is evidence that
moose and deer populations
are becoming increasingly
endangered in certain areas
through excessive slaughter
by hunting,” he said. “Other
wildlife species may be
threatened by indiscriminate
shooting and considerable
damage and vandalism has
also occurred.”

“4 sager said he was sen-
ding copies of the letter to all
major newspapers jn B.C. to
enlist public support for a
demand that fish and wildlife
authorities restrict existing

had to repay a $62 unem-

ployment benefit over-
payment. The unnamed
coHector replied: “Pay it

back by 4 p.m. or I'll break
your legs.”

The client appeared at the
collector's office and in the
argument that followed, was
asked if he wanted to “go out
feet first.’’ Feeling
threatened because the

“collector was “bigger than I

was,” the client returned

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January last year for a first-
month total of 14,700
vehicles.

The minister suggested the
exchange rate of the U.S.
dollars could be one factor
responsible for this increase
in U.S. visitors to B.C.

Jordan said the total
number of overseas visitors
to the province in January
this year also soared — by
14.9 per cent for a total of
8.900 persons.

Ferry passenger loadings

hunting seasons and limits
on Gang Ranch grazing
areas and adjacent Crown
land.

He is also seeking a
government ban on guided
hunting in the area and a
move by the Environment
Ministry to establish wildlife
protection reserves in
selected areas of the ranch.

Alsager said he is urging

all concerned people in the .

province to demand action

by the Environment
Ministry.

“We are aware of
Alsager’s concerns and

wildlife officials are looking
into the situation,” an En-
vironment Ministry
spokesman said. “They will
report their findings to the
minister.”

with his brother, a local
fireman.
After grabbing the

telephone from the hand of
the surprised collector, the
fireman launched a roun-
Ghouse punch that sent the
man sprawling into the
furniture.

The collector, who said
his remark about breaking
the client's legs was meant as
a joke, was handed a 15-day
suspension.

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Vancouver Island runs
increased also by 14.9 per
cent for 404,400 passengers,
the minister said.

Rogers Pass_ traffic,
representative of passengers
entering via Alberta, rose by
14.2 per cent in January for a
volume. of 29,600.

And written information
enquiries handled by the
tourism ministry’s Victoria
office totalled - 4,300 in
January, an increase of 8.6
per cent.

VANCOUVER (UPC) - A
lawyer, armed with
statistical evidence he says
show most motorcycle
helmets-worn in the province
are unsafe, plans to go to the
B.C. Supreme Court in an

effort to launch public
hearings on the matter.
Jim McNeney - said

Monday the data compiled
by two California research
firms show most helmets
sold in. B.C. are unsafe
because they block outside
sounds, amplify the
motorcycle’s engine and

cycle jie

consequently ‘render - the
rider almost deaf.

Other less expensive
heimets, the statistics
showed, can cause serious
neck injuries to the rider
when involved in a collision
with a car at speeds as low as
7% miles an hour. °

Motorcyclists are required.
under provincial law to wear
helmets. McNeney and the
Motorcyclists Protective
Association want the court
to order public hearings into
the mandatory helmet law
and helmet safety.

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