The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 16

Expert forecasts upsurge in Canada's atomic power 1 ftThe VANCOUVER SUN: Mar. 30, 1971 Woodfibre residents given notice to move out of company town Mortgage and Housing Au- sion, called Valleycliff, which ly, ty, COST STUDIED UBC to get cycle path Action will soon be under way to correct University of B.C. cyclists' grievances brought to a head by a bicycle demonstration two weeks ago. Robert Murdoch, manager of the University Endowment Lands, said today that Improvements are to be made on a sidewalk, now earmarked as a bicycle path. His group is now looking at costs to repair a section of the side-walk from Blanca to St.

Anselms Church, a distance of half a mile. He hopes the job will be done by June 1. The sidewalk on the south side of University Boulevard has been earmarked as a cycle path, while the north sidewalk is confined to pedestrian traffic. Some 300 cyclists blocked the road during the recent demonstration to protest what they felt were dangerous riding conditions during rush hour traffic. The two most common deadly poisonous mushrooms are amanita phalloides, or death angel, and amanita muscaria, or fly agaric.

By LORRAINE SHORE RRAINE SHORE Sun Staff Reporter WOODFIBRE Residents of houses and a bunkhouse owned by Rayonier Canada Ltd. have been given notice to move out of this company mill town on Howe Sound. The notice was given in a letter from W. F. Francis, resident manager of the pulp mill, to residents of the 103 occupied homes owned by the company and about 100 single employees who live in the bunkhouse.

In the letter, Francis said that demolition or removal of the houses will be a three-phase operation, beginning with 30 on Sept. 1. Thirty more will be cleared out on Sept. 1, 1972, and a final 60 houses and the bunkhouse will be removed on Sept. 1, 1973.

The letter said that private developers and the central else, good design and management can eliminate them." Canada at present has two nuclear power stations in full operation NPD Ont. on tha Ottawa River 150 miles from Ottawa and Douglas Port near Port Elgin, Ont. Two others the giant Pickering plant near Toronto (final power 2,000 megawatts) and at Gentilly, (250 megawatts) are beginning to get into production and will be at full power within three years. Parts have been ordered for a fifth, the Bruce generating station at Douglas Port, (3,000 megawatts) to be completed by 1979. Foster would not comment on the probability of B.C.

ever needing a nuclear power sta-. tion. Premier W. A. C.

Bennett has voiced his disapproval of nuclear power because of pollution. But he raised a few laughs when he said: "Your premier wanted me to come out here and put in a word for nuclear -power." Foster said he had not contacted B.C. Hydro or government officials during his visit. world's oil reserves will be dwindling to the extent where they can't be used for power stations. There will still be lots of coal.

"All provinces will be looking toward nuclear stations as a power source." Foster said nuclear power in 1971 can be compared with the horseless carriage in 1900. "It's not as dangerous and terrible as its critics suggest, and it's not as readily available and as marvellous as its, most enthusiastic proponents say." Many critics wonder about the safety and environmental hazards of nuclear stations, he said. Disposal of waste one main complaint can be handled by encasing itn steel and concrete and dumping it underground. Canada at present sells its used nuclear power station fuel to where it is reprocessed to obtain plutonium. And tests around one of a a a's existing stations show no increase in radioactive contamination, he said.

"There can be problems," he added. "But like everthing More than a quarter of Canada's electricity will be provided by nuclear power stations by the year 2,000, a nuclear authority predicted Monday. "Every province in the country will probably have one," said Dr. John Foster, vice-president of power projects with Atomic Energy of Canada a company which designs and manages nuclear power station projects. He said at present nuclear stations produce less than one per cent, or about 220 megawatts, of Canada's total capacity of 35,000 megawatts.

But by 1980, the figure will rise to about 5,500 megawatts and keep increasing rapidly into the 21st century. Foster was speaking at a joint meeting in the B.C. Hydro building sponsored by the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Association of Professional Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He said: "Hydro electric sources in this country will be used up by the 1990s. The where everyone worked in the same place, seemed to be- come narrow, and that the company felt it would be more suitable for employees to live in other places.

Francis said the company housing originated when the only transportation into the town was by Union Steamships ferry, but not there is a highway to Squamish and the Woodfibre ferry makes 11 or 12 return trips a day. Bruce of the B.C. Tenants Council, said Monday that his group would fight the move. "It's an eviction order against a whole town," he said. Yorke said all residents of the town are members of the tenants council, and most of them consider the housing a condition of employment.

He said there has already been a meeting in Woodfibre and a local council has been elected to lead the fight. He said the residents will attend a meeting of the Squamish town council this evening to protest the move. has 40 lots that can be used to place houses from the mill on. "We'll sell them for the development cost. There is also a privately-operated trailer park which has mobile home lots for sale for between $2,700 and $3,500." "Frankly, I think the Wood-fibre people should be glad to get out of there." Francis said the company announced its intention to clear the site of housing in 1961, and employees were encouraged to 1 for living accommodation elsewhere.

He said the mill now has about 500 employees.and only slightly more than 200 of them occupy company-owned accommodation. The reason for the move, he said, was that Rayonier wanted to stop being a landlord as well as an employer. He pointed out that the houses are built very close to the mill on industrial property. "It just seems like a more natural life for people to live elsewhere," he said. He said the small communi- Indians acclaim housing project Published for UC BUtl Sun Staff Reporter CHETWYND A pilot housing project described by the chairman of the native housing task force, Gene Rheaume, as the "most exciting in Canada" got approval in principle Monday by Central Mortgage and Housing Corp.

The experimental project was organized by Chetwynd Mayor Frank Oberle and the native residents of a shack-town Moccasin Flats on the outskirts of the village. (Last October provincial New Democratic Party leader Dave Barrett raised Oberle's ire when he said: "The village of Chetwynd has a ring of shacks that can be duplicated only in Another project a low rental public housing complex of 15 homes spread throughout the village was also approved in principle by CMHC. "We're very nth said Oberle in an interview. "We hope the pilot project will motivate other municipalities to solve problems of poor people and native Indian in the same way." The mayor explained that a development company was being formed to handle the pilot project with eight native pco; pie on the steering Two municipal aldermen and two chamber of commerce representatives were also on the committee. Once the a is formed, said Oberle, the municipality would sell it a 60-acre tract of land for the nominal sum of $1.

The land, on the outskirts of Chetwynd, is being bought by the munici wm HHHraraHHHnw ifrf ft 'OTBP -1 1971 pkhW'- mm 3SF thority have both indicated an interest in helping the residents to relocate. the letter said, houses which are in a suitable condition may be bought by resi-lents for a nominal sum. Francis said that in the case of all but three houses, the nominal sum is $1, but this does not include the cost, of moving the houses from the townsite by barge. And he said there may be some difficulty moving the homes to Squamish, the nearest area, because, of Squam-ish's bylaw which sets a minimum value on houses; Squamish Mayor Pat Bren-nan said today the municipality will do everything it can to help re-locate the Woodfibre people in Squamish village. "We can't give anything away, but we can do a lot to help these people get reestablished," Brennan said.

"We have a new subdivi- pality from the provincial government for $1. A total of 32 lots will be subdivided and sold to Indian families for nominal sums. The development company would then aid each family in the financing and construction of a home using a CMHC loan and provincial homeowner grants. "Native people will be building their own homes to reduce construction costs," said Oberle. He added that professional carpenters and other tradesmen would help in the construction.

Oberle said the project will not only give pride of home ownership to. the native residents but also make money for the municipality. "They will be taxed just like any other family," he said. "And by extending our municipal boundaries we will receive a larger provincial per capita grant. The ones who were a burden to us in the past will become an asset in the future." Nelson Ghostkeeper, local president of the Association of Non-Status Indians, said his group is behind the project "100 per cent," Calgary hit by 5-inch snowfall CALGARY (CP) A quTck furious snow storm this morning snarled traffic and delayed some commuters up to three hours in route to work.

The weather office said five inches of snow fell in the six-hour storm which began at 5 a.m. However, he is expected to play in the U.S. Open in Ventura, earlier in August, Canadian Open organizers hope to lure many of the participants in that tournament north to UBC. B.C. players will be led by international master Duncan Suttles of Vancouver, 1970 B.C.

champion Bob Zuk of Surrey and highly ranked youngsters Peter Biyiasis and Jonathan Berry of Vancouver. The Canadian Open will have a prize fund of $4,100, of which $1,500 is a contribution from the B.C. Centennial '71 committee. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY- TKNDKRS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION Oh' EMERGENCY TOWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT, HOTEL VANCOUVER, VANCOUVER 1 BRITISH COLUMBIA. Sealed tenders, addressed to Mr.

R. J. Hansen, Chief Engineer, Canadian National Railways, enclosed In the self-addressed envelope supplied, will be received up to 12:00 o'clock noon, Pacific Time, Wednesday, April 14, 1971. Plans, Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, Form of Contract and Form of Tender will be loaned to Contractors on til deposit of a certified cheque, marie payable to the Canadian National Railway Company, In the amount of Firty Dollars This deposit will be refunded when plans and specifications are returned to the Railway In good condition. Plans, Specifications, Instructions to Bidders, Form of Con-Iract.

and Form of Tender may be obtained on or after March 29, 1971, at the: Itoglnnill Eiiuhiocr, Ttnnm 2000, 777 Hornby SI reel, Vttnuoiivnr, B.C. and LnulniMM'liiiir I'liin Room, Villi Hour, (185 Liunucdintlere Street, Went, Montreal, Que. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For further information, picas telephone 514-877-8792. Office of Chief Engineer, Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Quebec, Spassky visit here has double purpose t'i Bi l-AII! Just Know World chess champion Boris Spassky will be carrying out double duty this summer at the University of B.C.

By day, he will act as a Russian delegate to the congress of the international chess body, Federation Internationale des Eches. By night, he will play in the Canadian Open championship. The congress will run from Aug. 23 to Sept. 4 at Cecil Green Park.

The tournament wiirbeTieM -at-the Ponderosa cafeteria on the campus from Aug. 24 to Sept. 4. Chairman of the congress will be FIDE president Max Euwe of Holland, a former world champion. Leading the Canadian delegation will be Canadian Chess Federation president J.

G. Prentice, while the American delegation will be led by E. B. Edmond-son, U.S. Chess Federation executive director.

Besides Spassky, who won his title in 1970 over defending champion Tigran Petrosian of Russia, the biggest names in world chess are expected for the tournament. Expected are grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Sammy Reshevsky of the U.S., among others. It is not yet known whether Bobby Fischer of the U.S., regarded by many as the premier chess player in the world, will attend. Canadian champ wins RICHMOND After a five-hour game of 50 moves, Canadian champion Duncan Suttles, 24, of Vancouver, knocked out B.C. champion Bob Zuk of Surrey to take last weekend's B.C.

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