the world outside] Canada trades. nuclear : s ow ‘ills for Mexican oil $5m deal annrounced Canada has signed a long term agreement with Mexico to supply eastern Canada with crude oil. And as part of the deal, Canada_ will be helping Mexico to develop its non- explosive nuclear technology. The . agreement. signed Monday means oil from new fields in Mexico will begin arriving in Canada either late this year or early in 1980. the Alastair In announcing agreement, Gillespie, the minister of energy, mines and resources, said it had been made to decrease Canada’s dependence on Middle East suppliers for oil. He emphasized it was important for Canada to have a secure oil supply. When the oil production starts in full it is estimated 100,000 barrels a day will be coming into the country. While a price per barrel has not been fixed, the agreement is expected to. cost Canada five billion dollars over the next five years. Mexico will also receive Canadian knowledge for ENERGY MINISTER Alastair Gillespie developing nuclear power, in exchange for selling the oil. The agreement signed Monday will also increase industrial and economic cooperation between the two countries in other areas besides energy. 1979 International Year of the Child I's your little brother's first baseball season... and you've just joined the local soccer league What luck --both teams are offening worn-out uniforms and inferior equipment Nows the tine to give ALD Team Managers a BIG tip: visit Skytine Teams Sales for the ven, best qand lates 11 Uniforms, equipment and accessones Alter all, a first class team needs first-class gear’ SHYLINE SPORTS FOR THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY SKYLINE SPORTS — TEAM DIVISION 326 East Esplanade North Vancouver, B.C. S 980-83 73 Open 6 am.-5 pm,, Mon,- Fri, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m, Sat, fights broke. up for Gas shortages in the United States are causing motorists to panic, while President Jimmy Carter is pushing for gas rationing to be introduced. And U.S. motorists may _face a complete absense of. gasoline at the end of -the month if service stations go ahead with a proposed four day shutdown. Pre-dawn lineups started building up outside gas stations Sunday, motorists were offering bribes to attendants and in California gas supplies. — Pi nus Special Savi Many gas Stations across the country were closed Sunday and those which had received the May allocations. of gasoline were surrounded by lines. of waiting motorists. In California a rationing system has been setup which will allow motorists to buy gasoline on odd or even days according to the last number on their license plates. And a_ California publication described. as being .an_ authoritative . petroleum newsletter has warned motorists right across the U.S. will have nevban rng on ho toa ‘WE PLEDGE: PUR ee Pee a eid | 6 chan te Pe pratt igen fer fe metres, ana) utgiact comeatant tenes are pines at no Cherge hw we full yee buen chite of pratt fae : is . v, ews ated? anal - - . Page 15, May 9, 1979 - North Shore News Gas panic hits U.S. motorists _ shortages begin to bite © Dawn lineups, fights at pumps their gasoline consumption: curtailed sharply for the rest. . of the month. The publication says oil companies have severely cut back on allocations for the - month, to individual service stations. ‘station . Several service” operators in the U.S. are. very upset about govern- ment regulations limiting profits to the same level they were at five years ago. At a meeting of representatives of service station operator’s organizations from 30 states, & OTON 0 vat a7 sart a four day shutdown was advocated to protest the regulations. oY, One of the representatives said that during a. similar protest five years ago, 15,000 of the [6,000 servive stations in California were closed . down. Meanwhile, «Congress has until Friday to -approve President Carter’s plan for gas. rationing in event of severe Shortages, and even though it is not at all certain his plan will be passed, five billion rationing cards have. already been approved. rnd fiw, THE OPTICAL DEPT. OF LONDON DRUGS t LUVIN a One Store Only 1825 Lonsdale at 18th 987-2264 GB + .