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( From a > suite 12 News story — O00 “IRs séary and shocking to be _ talking about life and death as a trade for zoning or business opportunity or boih” ‘North Vancouver District Coun. amela ( Goldsmith-Jones, in calling public hearing on-an applica. - mn by chlorine manufacturer “? Canadian Occidental Petroleum “Ltd. (COPL) to rezone land hold- '|., ings on either side.of the realigned ‘,Doliarton Highway and thereby {; allow development closer to the iy plant: (From a June I4 News” 4 story.) . : a ct a “mailbox eek “My dad sort of did the ape thing, screaming and pounding his chest.”, Linda Chadwick, describing her return to Lighthouse Park with her. father after she encountered a cougar in the park, (From a June 12 News story. )- 000 “We all have 20 pairs of socks, but does that mean we have a collection?” Deborah Tuyttens of the West eeoumenmetl “s+ Vancouver Museum and Archives, “on collections. (From a June 5 ' News story. ) GOQ . “We expected you to help us - out in this. You have failed miser- ably and Lexpesct you to resign.” Andy Raney, to North Vancouver District Mayor Murray -‘Dykeman, on. the dispute over traf- fic being re-routed through the Fern Strect area of Lynnmour. ; ‘(From a June 12 News story.) Repeal the Election Act ’ Dear Editor: ° .. The Alberta Court of Appeal has struck down the federal election act “gag” on third party advertising, _ As [stated in the legistature last - July 5, “the pending’ Alberta Court of Appeal decision ... will be unfa- _vorable te (the attorney ‘gencral’s) cause.” I was arguing that the B.C. Election Act equivalent to the feder- news viewpoint penny for your thoughts, Parlia- ment Hill. How about millions of them .for any thought, because “al law was unconstitutional: In the light of the Alberta deci- - sion, F-call on the current attorney general and the provincial govern- ment to repeal the B.C. restriction. it would no miore stand the test than has the federal law. | Jeremy Dalton MLA-Elect ° West Vancouver-Capilano See tae) # ees TODAY ’S crucial presiden- tial election in Russia raises some highly interesting ques- tions about democracy and freedom of the media. Incumbent Boris Yeltsin is facing off against Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov for leadership of the former Soviet superpower's core nation of 150 million, and until little more than a month ago it looked as if Zyuganov had everything going, for him. ne The miseries borne by Russians since 1991 along the roéky road: ; from a 70-year Communist dictatorship to Political freedom in a sput tering market economy are well documented. . : To millions pauperized by soaring prices and unemplo sickened by the greed and corruption accompanying privatizat n, the ’ + former Soviet regime looks -— at least at the bread-and- like,the good old days. Thus,:as recently as ey att one poll had Zyugan0y le But in tice of course, four months is a : millenniam. ie uni Moscow Times/CNN poll had boosted Yeltsin to almost 33%. h . Zyuganov way back’ at under:20% and the n down in single digits or barely registering. -.; Among other polls over.that weekend, one found the wo main ¢ tenders tied at 36%, while the rest confirmed a 10 to 12point lead by _ Yeltsin: What on earth happened? : Very simple: This spring the Russian media hav : mobi behind Yeltsin. In‘April Igor Malskenko, president of Russia's ‘tril independent TV channel, NTV, éven joined Yeltsin's camp: é communications advisér: There’s little love lost between Yeltsin’ NTV, whose Chéchen ‘war coverage was. highly critical. - doesn’t beat about the bush. .“My choice was Yeltsin,” he said, “. .. because our on int channel has been able to exist; no matter how little’ the cui tration liked us. There will be no such thing as a free press unde: Zyuganov. He is not ‘even hiding his intentions.” So thank the Lord for Russia’s liberated media ar y prevail at ‘the ballot boxes today over the new: Stalinist threat. But ponder alittle: what such media power can’ potentially. mean; . Self-respecting ' western journalists bend backward to pra shrine of. factual objectivity —- which the variety’and independe! individual media also protect: But what if one day: th decided that,clecting —- or defeating — a given pacty was eésential That's what. has | now happened in Russia. If its. med own hidesy’ can sell Yeltsin to such cynical, disillusioned Vo% 12 weeks, concerted media drives can obviously seli anything. Which means today’s mass media, vital for defending freedom; could algo — in theory, at least -—~ prove to be very uch doubl edged sword. cae ‘Qaq. MAKE A DATE. next Saturday and Sunday. June 22: 2 . to pick up, treasures at West Van Memorial Library's big annual Book and R Sale! 8: 30. A.A. 10 4 p.m. each day at 1950 Marine, West Van. aaa: WRIGHT OR WRONG: A father is a banker provided ty (French proverb) — so lie back, all banker-dads, and enjoy. yo day! sae ttnes eee inceemmerie eaten etetnitetetineshelataneamennabanentemmmcesmaenainemen anne arempnateaeedseesoramanenamanetameaneriane emnenaannanmmmnonmesdememmenetened ummummuateieal to Penny-pushers new pennies at all, There is none. Ottawa. Censider instead the need for alone is over $12 million and th cos to the latter seerns once again to be in des- F | perate short supply in Ottawa. Pennies, however, won't be. The federal government and its Royal Canadian Mint have just awarded a roulti-million-dollar contract to two American companies to supply the raw materials for making new Canadian: pennies. Disregard the wisdom of seek- ing the new copper-plated zine coin blanks from places other than in Canada. That’s the -kind of decision: ‘Canadians have come to expect from. Pennies are everywhere — in draw- ers, in giant jars, in pockets, in rolls, in cupboards all over Canada. There because they are largely useless; gath- ered en masse because only pounds of pennies are worth much at all, The Royal Mint proudly states that jobbing the 24-year contract out for the raw materials and changing the make- up of pennies from 98% copper to cop- per-plated zinc will save up to $4 million per year. ‘But the contract to the U.S. firms adds up toa substantial piees of chang: Why not, instead, invite all-:those savers of Canadian pennies to bring in: their collections to the bank’ of’ their. - choice and get sonie real folding money © back in return. Don’t weigh thei down with having to roll and count the coins. Bring them in sacks, in socks, whatever. they want. Pour the works into penny- counting hoppers and save the country millions by recycling Canadian coppers. A chance, Ottawa, to: be penny a rather than pound foolish for once.