By JIM SMITH

In the beginning, Canada
_was'a nation of tiny towns
with equally
newspapers. Some of the
_towns grew up to become
cities like Vancouver, Toron-
. to, and Halifax — and their

papers grew with them.

More of the towns lost their
residents to the big cities,
though, and many of the
small publishers went out of
business. It hasn’t been easy
in the community newspaper
business.

A couple of weeks ago,.

however, the Com-
munity Newspaper Assecia-
tion held its annual conven-
tion in Winnipeg. And, for an
industry that was virtually

tiny weekly.

communities again.

markets these newspapers
have carved out for themsel-
ves rather than in_ their
corporate balance sheets.
The real story is that Canada
is becoming a nation of

~

The big cities wiped out
community life. They gre v
so rapidly that no one felt a -
sense of identification. But,
as the growth slowed, the
neighbourhoods ‘stabilized —
and even the residents of the
biggest cities discovered that —
they shared concerns with

their neighbours.
The new communities
-aren’t as easily defined

given up for dead a decade >

ago, this was a remarkably
lively corpse. There are
hundreds of new community
‘Rewspapers today, most of
them ran Dy higniy trained
professional newsmen earn-

ime enviable profits.

It’s very nice that times
have changed for the com-

munity newspapers. But the

real significance of their
resurgence is found in, the

‘.geographically as the tradi-

tional small towns with their
legal boundaries. Visitors
can’t distinguish the Annex
from Cabbagetown in Metro
Toronto; but the residents
feel the communal force.

The major daily newspapers

- can’t service these fragment-

_ ed markets effectively sc the

new breed of weekly news-
paper has sprung up to look
after the urban ncighbour-

hood.

The Rentalsman has quashed an eviction notice

against a North Shore tenant who claimed he was:

harassed because he is an executive member of
the North Shore Tenants Association. But the
managers of the apartment building Say it. is.
THEY who are being harassed by the tenant.

Don Wallace of 153 East
4th Avenue, North Vancou-
ver, with the support of the
Tenants Association, appeal-
ed the eviction, which had
earlier been upheld by an
officer of the Rentalsman’s
Office.

Peter Speck on vacation

‘In supporting Wallace, the
association maintained that
the eviction was in violation

of the existing Landlord and ©

Tenant Act, which allows a
landlord to evict a tenant
only if the-landlord requires
the © premises either for

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. and
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published each Wednesday by the North
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Im effect, the ‘community

newspaper publishers: have.

been one of the _ first
industrial groups to recog-.
nize the Canadian Federation
of Independent Business*
observation that Canadian.
society is decentralizing. The
same forces that are making
more and more businessmcn
into independent entregre-
neurs rather than big busi-
ness administrators are
bringing neighbourhoods ©
closer together. — -

The rise of the neighbour-
hood, more than any other
social force in Canada today,
may be the one element
which holds our country
together. Consider just/one
example of how neqghbour.
hood identification provides
stability. In mid-July, New
York City syffered a power
failure thatsent thousands of
looters into the streets. A few
‘days later, Toronio’s coii-
munity of North York suffer-
ed a similar power failure
and there wasn’t a single
violent incident. That’s the

real meaning behind the rise ~

of the community - news-
paper.
himself or his immediate

family. The tenant charged
that, in this -case, the
premises were requested by

the landlord for a caretaker, |

which is not covered by the
Act. —

The Act also provides that
an eviction-notice given to a
tenant and subsequently
upheld by ‘an officer of the
Rentalsman, can _ still be
appealed. It was in this final
appeal that the eviction
notice served on Wallace was

declared ‘illegal by the
Rentalsman, —
A Tenants Association

_ spokesman said he welcomed

the decision of the Rentals- - #3.

man as an act of justice but

added that the fight is far
from over. He said that the
Association will now take
steps to have the 35 per cent

tenants of 145 and 153 East
4th in North Vancouver
rescinded as well..

This 35 per cent increase,
' said the association spokes-

legal rent increase but was
granted to. the landlord by
the Rent Review Commission
on condition that the premis-
es were upgraded, According
to tenants, he claimed, the
required upgrading had not
been carried out.

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“TOTALLY UNTRUE”

~The allegations by the
Tenants Association were
described as ‘‘totally un-

West Vancouver and _ his
wife, who manage ‘the
apartments on. behalf of the
‘ owner, Mrs. ‘Ellis's ailing

| mother.

increase levelled against the |

man, exceeds the maximum"

true’’ by Duncan Ellis of

They, told: the. ‘North Shore,
News that they have spe.t a’:

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