mo _ Page A16, July 4, 1979 - North Shore News _ . Canada’s ‘Callaghan, A Se ; ao r Representatives 300,000 native Indians are in London, -England, trying to make the British parliament aware- of | the part they should have in’ talks on the Canadian constitution. -But it appears the Queen, Conservative . leader, Margaret Thatcher, and Labour leader, Jim will not be meeting w with the Indians. “0 wer The ; delegates National | of the Indian Brotherhood (NIB) want to persuade ' the _ British parliament not to patriate the BNA act unless con- of The Indians requested an audience with the .Queen, - but this was denied ‘on the adivse of the Canadian government, which recommended the Queen not talk to them. . Starblanket alleges’ the Canadian authorities. misied the Queen by saying that the ' Indians had already taken | part in discussions on the constitution, something that - _. Was not the case. provinces agree on a formula to patriate the constitution, then the British parliament and the Queen have only to rubber stamp the request. claims to a part in con- stitutional discussions - go. right back to confederation. Starblanket _fears the British parliament will pass és Canadians top Highest mountain in Canada A group of mountain climbers’ from Calgary ‘appear to have climbed . Canada’s highest and most challenging mountain — Mt. Logan. ot The southwest side of the mountain, which is 6,000 metres above sea level and is located in the southwest Yukon, had never _ been scaled before. Because of its location and treacherous weather con- ditions, Mt. Logan is con- sidered to be one of the world’s hardest mountains to climb, although it is not high in comparison to .other mountains in the world. Last year two experienced mountain climbers died on Logan, and _ several ex- peditions were forced to-turn back. One of the unsuccessful groups last year, tried again - this — year, and on the Stitutional discussions in- NOEL STARBLANKET - President of the National, clude Indian represen-— Indian Brotherhood tatives, and that those . ’ representatives must have full provincial status. . The Indians claim they through any Canadian ae have to be taken into ac- request for patriation _ The Indians propose to Countin the equation. without really looking at it, challenge ‘the widely held The President of the NIB, 270. the Indians want the _ —view—that—_once—the—federal British MP's to take a closer Me ( “Noel Starblanket says Indian government and_ the look at the whole issue. They also want Canada to entrench the rights of In- dians and other native people's in the constitution. > Logan weekend a helicopter pilot . reported two members of the group were within 700 metres of the summit. _Since the last few hundred metres of the climb are considered to be the easy part, it is believed the men reached the summit sometime Monday. As they have no radio it was impossible to confirm immediately that they had in fact completed the climb. Raft sinks in Fraser whirlpool — A_sraft loaded with sightseers overturned in. the rough waters of the Fraser Canyon, Monday, but all on on ‘board. weresescped rere i snaking ‘the -trip-—sant—was— “err - operated: ‘by Cascade River Expeditions, the same company which ‘operated a raft which overturned in the same waters in May. In Monday's mishap, there were 12 people on the raft were: inthe river. ne which was sucked down by a whirlpool. » and the others Bar AL were picked up by the other two rafts in the expedition. . Indians entitled to half catch In Wash. state The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Indians in Washington state are en- titled to half of that state's annual catch of salmon and steelhead trout. The judges decided 6-3, that the Indians have this right because of a series of treaties signed in the 1850's. George Ferguson Says: See me for the best bu in a new car or light duty truck... Res. 271-0195 1305 W. BROADWAY 731-7711 CHEVROLET OLDS CADILLAC 1 wikey, ople from ‘the: raft --- While their request to meet with. all British leaders appears to have been-turned down, the NIB says that even if a handful of MP’s take a .second look at the con- When it came up again, Pees ea stitution, then their trip will not have been wasted. The negotiating - team - for pulp and paper companies in’ . A union ‘spokesman says, the industry has offered’.an the: ‘province: were scheduled increase —in—-pensions—-to—— - people who _ retired before to . meet’ with union negotiators, Tuesday, to give the industry’ S response to the latest union demands. The forest: industries gave. what they said was their final offer. last week,.. and members of the Canadian Paperworkers Union spent the weekend studying the contract. The contracts for 7500 1975, © but | ‘says the union considers it too small. says the union ‘wants fully. indexed pensions that «will rise with each wage rise..: . The industry spokesman ‘says talks are- progressing . well and adds’ ‘there is no members of the CPU, the. 5500 members of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers Union, and 7500 members of the International_Wood-. workers Association in the southern interior, expired Saturday. 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