7 resem) Por GOS Cnn are. premeeee gee owes. AON pe wwe te ee eres ee ie ¢ t g ‘ 2 t ee aoe a March 13, 1985 | News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 44 pages 25¢ NEWS HEARING PRIVATE Collins back to Press Council THE PUBLIC and the news media will be barred from a hearing next week by the B.C. Press Council of a reader’s complaint against the North Shore News and its columnist Doug Collins. By NOEL WRIGHT Press Council hearings are normally open to the public unless. otherwise requested by one or both of the parties to the dispute. In’, ithe- present case the Council décided on a closed” hearing despite a strong pro- test by the management of the News. It is understood that the complainant — Dr. Philip Pinkus of West Vancouver — asked that the pro- ceedings be held in camera. - The hearing has been scheduled for {0 a.m., Thursday, March 21, at the Hotel Georgia. The complaint by Pinkus arises from an August 1984 column by Collins condenin- ing the banning from Canada of a book by an American professor on the Holocaust. The book itself dismisses the Holocaust story of the mass extermination of European Jews by the Nazis as being largely a hoax. Pinkus strongly critiziced not only the column but Collins personally in a published letter to the editor. spainted a Berenene This sparked a vigorous written debate between Pinkus and Collins which the News printed in several ensuing editions. As a result of this ex- change, Pinkus has charged Collins and the News with with “journalistic irrespon- sibility’ and with insulting him. Collins and the News were called before the Press Council last November to answer a’ complaint lodged by UBC Professor Robin Ridington, who claimed that a serics of columns by Cal- lins in the News promoted racism. Following that open hear- ing, attended by other news media and some 200 members of the public, the Council dismissed Ridington'’s complaint, citing the need to preserve the established freedom of | the press. The eight-member Council is a non-judicial, industry- sponsored body. _ the road, north of the gate that blocks NORTH VAN- COUVER RCMP are treating the discovery of human remains on the slopes of Mt. Seymour as a homicide. The remains were discovered a week ago Sun- day in a wooded area near the barrier blocking Lillooet Road. Police would not'con- firm the discovery of the body until this weekend, ‘however, claiming that publicity would have hampered their initial in- vestigation. The remains, believed to be those of a young woman, are being examined by an anthropologist and a pathologist in attempts to determine the identity and the cause of death. The grisly discovery was made by a man and his two sons as they searched the ‘area alongside the dirt road north of the barrier. for recycleable bottles early Sunday evening. The. re- mains were found just off about 600 fee access to the mountain from Lillooet Road. Police were called to the scene and found items of clothing, including a shoe, nearby. According to police, the body has been in the area for several months, making identification difficult. To deadline for today's edition there had been no further breakthrough in the case and the investigation was continuing.