a Highway. 25. between.
Terrace’ and Kitimat’ was
washed out and. “numerous
‘washouts. réndered
16° between |
Terrace and Prince George -

. other:
Highway.

impassable.” oy

A severed natural gas line

anda 10-hour power outage
in Kitimat left many homes’.
and> ‘other. establishments
“without adequate. heating.
Meanwhile, helicopters were
“used -to take. emergency
marooned.

_ supplies - to.
communities. :

“With ‘mop-up ‘operations 7
fears
mounted again Sunday when
_ more than two inches of rain -
again descended on Kitimat, —
with more mixed rain and.

- snow forecast for. the: next efforts to. restore

“already under way,

further. .

with’ road. repairs » along
‘Highway 16: One. lane of the

_~thighway.was expected to ‘be
. reopened. within -about:-a--
_ week, but it was estimated an

“ “recon- .

complete -

_However, .

several * days:. ‘There was
flooding — “Monday” |
7 near Terrace.

to 12 months, ata ‘cost oft up

natural . “gas,

mo hydro and drinking water.
On the. weekend : some. 200 a

men and. 120. ‘pieces of .
equipment were _Btappling”

“portation, «

| Monday's S.° Monday ‘that “unlimited ..-
: renewed flooding, | although "provincial “resources. were.
less sévere than last week, being made available for the
was | hampering | provincial clean-up: ~ - operations...
_Aran-.. : cabinet ‘has also applied to.

the.

Highways _ Minister . ‘Alex we
Fraser had a ‘Tingside’ ‘seat -
from the start. The minister ©
was in Terrace to attend a
~ local highways . conference cr

Ottawa for assistance: » under. ae
‘Disaster | ao
oe / Financial ‘Aid Program: a

‘Federal -

The program provides for |

federal government aid to

‘Start. once damage: exceeds *

$2.5 million. By the time. the:
$15-16 million mark ©

He. reached federal | aid 1 rises $10

a ‘Total |
“stricken ‘area. to. date. is.

- estimated a at $20 million or
vmore. Cs | |

5 Menai: .

disaster . “were |

- by a flooded creek. |

damage ~ ‘in ‘the a

- charge.
stoppage, which involves © ge. Mana
‘stoppag 1,400 union members, . ‘spokemen x ‘say. “the:

_ Simply’ attempting

re do not relate to money:

‘the. heavy fighting
rainstorms’ that: caused the
“reported |
; _ moving towards the southern —
- Coast. “Tuesday.. “They had ~
already’ ‘hit. ‘northern: ‘Van-
couver Island, wheré the “Manning procedires
-only road bridge” into Port.
- Hardy: had been undermined.

‘management- to: control ‘the 20S:
manning © ‘of : those - ‘depart- ao

_ representing editorial and
advertising ©
“ Qbjects © to. moves: which —

"management personnel.” oa ulti

“Both. sides seemed: to be. AW es
“digging in. for:a lengthy the. - aecuse = ~
‘battle. “Tuesday i in. the eight- om ment of | planning:

; against: ‘the Sun: and Province ~ anion
| AeWSpEpES. ie

The “key issues: Gn the Management. denies. “this

Streamline pagrgrinie | in,
Order to ‘stay. in

_Pressmen and mailers are
bid:

ments: in order to achieve ..°

operating "flexibility and ? aailers | in
eventual |

économies. timation of their mar
are

presently ‘controlled. by the: MOS
unions,

“Management “has y co :
: decane’ itself “ready to.

Tesume negotiations. ae
“ ‘employees,’ 3 coerce

The . Newspaper _ Guild,

would elevate certain ‘senior - nc he unas 3 ae
Guild members from-union © long as they’ are’ faced ‘with |
status and classify. them | as management’ Ss: “manning

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B. Cc. jobless fi i

: 910,000, running at 8.2 per

‘Israeli “Prime. Minister

Canada f for talks with Prime

‘Menachem _ ‘Begin received . Minister Trudeau.
an ~ enthusiastic | ‘welcome —
from a crowd of about 2,000 After i inspecting : a guard of

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B.C.’s jobless total rose to
93 000 in October ~ an
increase of 3,000 over the
September figure and 2,000

These ranged from 0. 1 per |
Cent down in, Newfoundland —

to 0.8 per cent | sown. in
Manitoba.

- higher than in October 1977, | a
. pushing
‘unemployment rate up by

‘the . province’s

Newfoundland ‘and. New,
Brunswick had: the highest:
number of jobless ~ 16.8: per”
‘Cent and = 12.4 per: cent .
respectively. - ~ followed by:
Quebec with 10.4 per. cent’
and Nova _ Scotia with: 10, 2

0.1 per cent.

The seasonally adjusted —
unemployment, now.

- cent -- down by 0.3 per cent ° Per cent. A
from the previous - two te
months.

‘The lowest unem loyment
rates in the. nap ‘were :

Only B. c. and Nova Scotia chalked up in the: western: |

registered increases in their. Bote ees Tor
jobless, with alt “rac Saskatchewan ' was’ 4.6: pe
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