- approachi
nothing o the. thousands of workers i in other
- ies being laid off Mone the silent

union eader Norm, ‘Fairley. says
workers might even -defy . the « Essential
Services Act, should the government finally
invoke it... .

The union's safety argument -- which
cannot entirely, be ignored by the public
throngh, whose property the railway operates

i-rightly be a matter of concern to

e with. protecting the public in-
‘too important.to be left solely to
management and | union. negotiators.

‘One ‘solution, ° we suggest, is to remove the
safety. -issue’altogether from the bargaining
table‘and:make it the subject of a separate
judicial _ inquiry set up by. the transport
department.

“Meanwhile, the. two parties should be
pressed to settle their remaining differences
right away and. (get-the trains again --
manned by. the present threé-man crews

completes its report.

— Golden ‘oke

Gold -- that basically useless currency of
barbaric times -- is rapidly becoming a sick
joke. Soaring over $800 an ounce, with price
fluctuations of $50 an hour, what do you do
with the stuff when you need to claim your
profit in dollar bills to construct your bomb
shelter?

Sell, of course. At which point (if you're a
newcomer to the game) thousands of other
gold buffs have had exactly the same idea
minutes earlier -- wiping out your profit

before you can find a phone line open to
your broker.

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If you live in one “of:

world’s coldest national
capitals (Ottawa, Canada)
the onset of winter presents
three options: a) hibernate,

. b) leave, or c) quit worrying

and learn to love it.

Most
genuinely love it, won't leave
‘it -- and even celebrate it!
Winterlude, the National
Capital Région’s 10-day
frolic of ice and snow, will
run from Feb. 8-17. -
covering, coincidentally, the
final week of the federal
election.

The Rideau Canal, focus
for many of the festivities,
runs right through the centre
of Ottawa from Dow's Lake

to Confederation  (af-
fectionately known as
Confusion) Square. The

canal is drained in fall with
just enough water remaining
to provide residents with the
world’s longest man-made
skating rink (8km).

The party begins with the
opening parade on Feb. 8,
complete with special
guests, music, floats,
clowns, balloons and a giant

A PROFESSIONAL at the
top of his form is always a
satisfying spectacle. If
television could transmit
smell in addition to sight and
sound, North Shore dens and
living rooms tuned to
Channel 10 last Thursday
evening would have been
filled for half an hour with
the seductive scent of roses
as Mary Kerr interviewed
Premier Bill Bennett.

Bearing not the slightest
trace of a bruise from the
slings and arrows assailing
him ‘in recent months, Mr.
Bennett gave a _ masterly
performance helped
along just a little, perhaps,
by Mary's distinctly sym-
pathetic vibes. Looking like
B.C.’s answer to Robert
Redford, relaxed, smiling
and confident, the Premier
painted a glowing overall
picture of the province's
affairs under Social Credit
management, starting
naturally with a plug for
Victoria’s $45 million dev-
elopment plan in the Lower
Lonsdale-SeaBus arca. You
have to hand it to the man If
is sudden (and still largely
unexplained) descent on
North Shore TV had taken
place the weck before a pro-

vincial election, i would
probably have been worth
several thousand = voles.

Once you master the tubc.
wonderful things can
happen

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SHIPS THAT PASS tts
unlikely, we're as» ured, that
our next prime minister will
sit down this weckend in
Vancouver for a cozy chat
with his opposite number
about the rigors of the winter
campaign trail. Plerre New
in Thursday for a low-key

Ottawa residents |

snow.

During that first weekend,

-: Competitions. It’s a great ,

. way to keep warm.

sleigh rides, a cutter parade ©

and an..outdoor minor
“hockey .tournament will
provide entertainment for
the more sedentary set.
Energetic residents and
visitors can strap on
snowshoes, speedskates or
the régular kind, for races, a
skate-a-thon and other

Sars I

Somewhat alarmed at
Canadian’s enthusiastic
adoption of their native
winter sport, 30 Scottish

curlers led.by Lord Elgin and
Lady Victoria will challenge -
“colonials” to the game on
the canal (as it used to be
played before the days of
heated rinks and licensed

“The ohany rho is a paid political announcement and
does not necessarily reflect the opinion of anyone in

his right mind.”

by Noel Wright

series of visits with Liberal
candidates, including an
appearance yesterday
morning with North Van-
Burnaby hopeful Gordon
Gibson, and was scheduled
to leave early tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Joe was ex-
pected here last night for a
stopover until Tuesday —
with a major Tory rally
billed for 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow (Monday) evening
at the Hotel Vancouver.
That venerable hostelry,
incidentally, should have
happy memories for our
incumbent prime minister. It
was following his carlier
rally there in August 1978
that the Tories started to
climb upward again in the
Gallup Polls to their slender
victory last May.

Over on my left, dark-
horse NDP candidate Jack
Woodward in North Van-
Burnaby is pulling rank on
the strength of his ancestors.
His press release last week
reveals he's a great-nephew
of John Oliver, premier of
B.C. from 1918 to 1927, as
well as being a grandson of
long-time Surrey council
member John Woodward.
And when it comes to
swapping other personal
reminiscences, he might
have more in common with
Mr. Trudeau than” with
Honest Ed According to the
legend, Picrre. in his salad
days, once set off to canoe to
Cuba. Outdoorsman Jack,
we learn, has canoed across
Goorgia Strait. He must also
have good friends at BC.
Tel. His campaign office in
North Van insists that its
number is 988-NDPi —
which indeed it is when
you've worked it out on your
phone dial. Those who can’t
read should try 988-6371

Forty-three per cent of the
North Shore electorate may
stil be undecided whom to
vote for, but come polling
day they won't include the
stalwarts of the Capilano
Rod & Gun Club. In the
club’s current newsletter
editor Karl Riedemann urges
members to quiz all can-
didates about their position
on gun control. “If you voted
for a candidate to repeal the
gun control law,” writes
Karl, “it is totally useless if
he then goes to Ottawa in the
fond belief that he was
clected because of his pretty
blue cyes.” Pick up thy
muskets Ron, Gerry, Andy,
Chuck. Gordon and Jack ....

ooe

Never say politicians aren't
human — particularly when
they're encouraged in that
direction by a delegation of
influential voters. Such was
the scene last week in North
Van District council
chamber when Mrs. Martha
Simpson of Deep Cove
finally got the green light to
subdivide her old homesite
after her application had
been previously rejected by
the bureaucrats. A tragic fire
two years ago, in which her
husband lost his life, left her
former home a_ burned-out
shell. Since then she’s been
living in rented accommoda-
tion, trying to get the parcel
of land rezoned so that she
could sell half as a 33 ft bot
and obtain cnough moncy to
rebuild her damaged
property. This time a small
crowd of friends and
neighbors turned out to
support her before council,
testifying to her long
residence in the area (since
1951), her fine record as a
parent and the many con-
tributions she and her late

lounges). Fans aya “the
uninitiated will-be fascinated
by the skill and complexity
of the game.

Hospital beds on skates
and local bartenders and
waitresses with initially) full
glasses of wine will race
down the canl during the
Second weekend. Please

‘don't try to profit from the

spills,
tongue!

it’s hard on the

The highlight of the final
day. is the-return of harness
racing to the icy surface of
the canal after a 50-year
absence. These high-
stepping animals, skilled
drivers and the trickiest
in

course the country
combine for rare ex-
citement.

There will be bean sup-
pers, music and dancing and
friendly faces. Bring your

warmest clothing, your
camera, skates or
snowshoes.

Don't worry about the
cold -- the welcome will be
warm.

husband had made to the
community. Council
members listened, among
others, to MP Chuck Cook's
riding secretary Monica
Nelson, Bob and Wendy
Salo, Cheryl Davies, Gail
Cumming, Jackie Find,
Doris Bennett and Norman
Best — then gulped silently
(all except Alderman Mary
Segal) and gave Mrs.
Simpson's application the
go-ahead by a 5-1 vote.

ooe

Ever thought of cloning
your favorite friend (or, for
pin-sticking purposes, your
favorite enemy)? Richmond
artist Lorraine Wellman will
make you a three-foot high
nylon stocking character
doll which is such a striking
likeness of the subject that
you'll probably go into shock
when you pick it up. Even
clothes are exactly
duplicated. You order
through an outfit called The
Country Mouse Gifts, 6040
No. 3 Road, Richmond and
all you necd is a good photo
of the subject plus any
accessories to be included
Great to have one of your
wife or husband around the
home, in case you’ ever
mislay the original ..

GENERATION GAP:
congratulations (o teenage
North Shore gymnasts Jill
Kempton, Lesile Walkin-
shaw, Diana Cheng, Heather
Bagshaw, Claire Higgins and
Marian Nitens who've
qualified for the B.C Winter
Games in Kimberley this
March and to realtor
Bernie M@ler on compicting
his sixth decade last
weekend

WRIGHT OR WRONG:
If you can face up to a family
disaster and laugh at it, you
were probably meant to be a
TV repair man