_vhe 1, 100 registered and
4;500° registered. ‘psychiatric
nurses are representéd ina.

RNABC Labour Relations

Psychiatric Nurses
Association. Their govern-
ment employers are
represented by Government
Employee Relations Bureau.

“Nurses, are outraged. by

joint certification by -

_Division' and the Registered |

A 44-year-old | North
Vancouv: er man who was
‘attacked’.and beaten by a
“aan wielding: a Carice paddle
hasbeen: awarded...$573
compensation, “

‘The ‘man. ‘Suffered con-
tusions about~ the head,
neck, body and thighs. .

‘The compensation _ was |
awarded under the Criminal
Injuries. Compensation Act.
which allows. that ,anyone..
who is:a:victim of a crime.in..
B.C; thay. apply. for.;com-.
pensation. a

_ The act is administered. by”
the Workers Compensation
Board and applications are
available at any office of the
board.

VICTORIA (UPC) = rs A new “Transport Minister Alex _jointly-operated weekly
transportation “system: for Praser is considering - “freight barge service bet-
British. Columbia's: remote’: alternative systems and will ween Vancouver and

northern coastal area is high
on the government's. list of
priorities, according to a

spokesman for the

provincial Ministry of
Transport.

But it is unlikely that the
B.C. Ferry Corporation will
be handed the job of
replacing a private carrier
that is pulling out next
month, he said last week.

make a_i decision after

discussion with ministry
consultants, he said. New
Democrat MLAs Don

érry service step in to
fill the gap left by CP Rail
ahd Northland Navigation
Ltd.

Those companies § an-
nounced recently their

Kitimat would-be terminated
at the end of January.

Supplying an efficient
transportation system to the
northern Coastal areay of the
province has been an
unrelenting headache for the
provincial government, even
thougir Ottawa hands over
$8 million a year, under the
provisions of a 1977 federal
agreement, to help pay for
it.

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North Shore
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