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6 - Sunday, October.27, 1985 - North Shore News

children in B.C. and

alcohol.

pregnancy that much harder.

~ ing a slow form of child abuse. -

“even more of a tragedy.

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n alarming new report shows a strong
A link between handicaps in children and

; drinking by pregnant women.

A B.C, pediatrician says he studied 586
the Yukon with
disorders ranging from cerebral palsy to
learning problems. He says 30 percent of the
disorders were almost certainly caused by

The good doctor is not talking about
chronic alcoholics. He says some of these
‘disorders are caused by the mother having
-only a few drinks a week during pregnancy.

. The practice of drinking alcoholic bever-
. ages is not only socially acceptable, itis the
norm. Which makes stopping drinking for a

Any adult knows the consequences of
drinking to excess and can only blame
himself for the consequences. But a woman
who drinks when she knows she is pregnant

' must also think of the child she carries.

The child has no control over its body.
~Studies show prenatal health has an astoun-
.{. ding effect on.the unborn child. Anyone who
drinks while pregnant, or even when the
think they might be pregnant, is thus practis-

‘.. Despite what we know about the effects of
»driuking and smoking on the unborn baby,
- some pregnant women continue to carry on
* with both practices. And the fact that the

handicaps that result are preventable make it

Feeling pain

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- they.claim —. for the pain and suffering the
|--Testaurant has caused them and to prevent such

+a disaster from recurring. Fair enough, but if
“it's. any consolation to these people, ‘the
_J=restaurant, asa result of the incident, has

“bestowed upon itself more pain and suffering
and made mote of a guarantee to itself that it
will never recur than any, damages suit could

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In the past 10 years British.Cclumbia’s film in-
dustry has grown from an interesting ‘‘novelty’’
into one. with international recognition and
respect, and today business is booming.

‘And it is still growing.

As the Province reported
recently, in the last few
years, Hollywood films be-
ing made in British Colum-
bia have spawned a ‘‘boom-
ing network of local ser-
vices.” A provincial film
directory boasts some [40
companies which advertise
their services in more than
40 different fields.

In 1984, 15 films directly
injected about $40 million
into our provincial economy.
The. spinoff effects were
enormous. Every dollar
spent multiplied three times,
and added another $120 mii-
lion worth of economic ac-
tivity. Last year requests for
services and. information
from the Ministry of
Tourism’s: Film. Promotion
office increased a phenome-
nal 250 per cent over 1983!

This year British Colum-
bia is doing even better.
With four months to go be-
fore the year’s end, eight
films have been completed,
eight more are currently in

By MLA-JOHN REYNOLDS

production and four more
are in the. pre-production
stage. And the list is an im-
pressive one, with Rocky IV;
The Boy Who Could Fly; A
Letter To Three Wives;
April Fools Day; 5 episodes
of the: new TV series Stir
Crazy; 13 episodes of The
Hitchhiker for HBO; 22
episodes of the CBC TV
series Danger Bay; The Story
of Lynn Yann; Love Mary;.
Just Another Missing Kid;
Showscan, an Expo 86 B.C.
Pavilion film, and Captive
Hearts.

When the dust settles,
more than $70 million will.
have been injected into the
B.C. economy, with more
than $210 million in spinoff
economic benefits to the
province. Credit must go to

LETTER OF THE DAY

Dear Editor:

Your Sunday, ° September:

29 lead editorial (second

‘item) contains inaccuracies

which we are sure you would
wish to have drawn to your
attention:-
‘*‘Downstream, the
Cypress Creek Flood Com-
mittee blasts West Van
council for postponing the
flood control project to stop
their homes being ruined.”’
Our committee has not
criticized West Vancouver
Council for its August 19
abandonment of proposed

Flood |

by-law 3233, which sought
to authorise flood control

_ buildings in Cypress Creek’s

channel.’

“Upstream, the flood
control project ‘has been
halted by the Cypress Creek
Concerned Citizens to stop
their views being ruined.”’

By-law 3233 was halted .by
a motion of council follow-
ing Lawyer Richard H.
Hamilton’s delivery of a
brief which demonstrated
that the proposed by-law
had a multitude of legal
shortcomings.

“Council should quit this

NOEL WRIGHT
ON ASSIGNMENT

weed North booms

our Tourism Ministry’s Film
Promotion Branch for work-
ing so hard to attract this re-
cord number of productions
to B.C. ‘ ee

But there. are also a
number of “‘local”.. pro-
ducers — entrepreneurs wlio
are producing their own
films. In Victoria for exam-
ple, Barry Casson Produc-
tions, which produced the:
highly successful ‘Lost In
The Woods’’, .is currently
preparing to film ‘‘Making
It Happen’’, written by a
local writer. Local produc-
tions include commercials,
promotional . and training
films, educational and ex-:
perimental films. ..’

Truly a bright spot in our
economy, B.C.’s.. film . in-
dustry, with close to 4,000
skilled technical people, is
now boasting - full -employ-
ment. And aside..from the
technical people the industry
also involves food caterers,
electrical. equipment stores,
camera rental’ shops,
transportation, .accommoda-

ylaw was

‘comic opera battlefield and
leave the. opposing Cypress °

Creek armies to fight it out
between themselves.’’

- Since you must be well
aware that council can not
abandon its responsibilities
under the municipal! act,
your editorial’s final
sentence can only be viewed
as an insensitive expression
of irritation, more to be ex-
pected from the downcast

advocates of discredited by-

law 3233, than from a com-
munity newspaper having
abundant knowledge of
Cypress Creek's propensity

tion ... the list goes on.

The. film industry has at-
tracted Hollywood's _atten-
tion because of the favorable
exchange rate and the exper- |
tise of B.C. film crews, and
of course,” our province’s
natural -beauty. As one
newspaper article recently |
pointed out, British Colum-
bia — ‘‘Hollywood North’
— can boast that nearly half
of the .foreign productions
made in Canada in the past:

few years have been made in

British CoJumbia. . ‘
It is an exciting industry
it is environmentally: clean,
and highly fabor. intensive.
The growth of the ‘British
Columbia film industry just
in the last few years is an
impressive one and it is an
industry that needs ‘and
deserves the support of all _
British. Columbians and all!
ievels of government: "~*~

As usual, if there is.some-
thing you would. like me to
write about, please drop me
a line: John . Reynolds,
M.L.A., West Vancouver-
Howe Sound, . Parliament
Buildings, Victoria, British
Columbia, V8V 1X4 or tele-
phone Victoria 387-5615.

for causing more thai.trivial :

suffering’ to’ North’ Shore: .
News -- readers living :.at,*":”.

Cypress Park. © 0 es) 8
This ‘committee’s sole. ob-
ject, at this time,-is to do all .
it can so as to ensure that
Cypress Creek’s channel. is
adequately prepared “to
receive this winter's runoff
without flooding. We greatly
value your support’ in our
struggle to achieve this. re-
asonable aim. mo

Francis M.L. Barthropp .
Cypress Park Flood Com-
mittee uo,