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CKT llC SUII SEPTEMBER 12, 1983 A3 and there's no evidence of other disruption." But Kelly said the transfer violated McKay's seniority rights, because although he has more seniority than about 200 of the Oakridge drivers, he had no choice of shifts since he wis moved after local drivers had signed dp for their routes. Kelly said the LRB ruling appears lo mean that the MTOC can transfer drivers at will. "I don't know what will happen the next time they try it," Kelly said. I MTOC industrial relations manager North Vancouver commuters were back on the buses today, happy that the B.C. Labor Relations Board halted a weekend wildcat strike by bus drivers but anxious about more walkouts.

"I'm mad. I myself wasn't affected but I don't think it's fair that they walk out and forget about the elderly and single parents who really need the service," Lorrain Kluber said as she left a bus this morning at the Lonsdale termi-t nal. "But I'm not unsympathetic to the bus drivers because I know it's the only way they can state their case. But I think there should be another way." Kluber, who commutes daily to a secretarial job in Vancouver, wel- corned the call from union leader Colin Union president Kelly warned that service disruptions may continue despite Black's order unless the "diseased labor relations" between the Metro Transit Operating Co. and the ICTU are improved.

Said Kelly: "The operators regret any inconvenience to the public, but we wish to convey that this is not something that has happened in the face of nothing ever happening before. "It's only a symptom of the basic disease," he said. "As long as the public is prepared not to demand a public inquiry into the state of this company, problems are going to continue." North Vancouver resident Stephen Kristen is concerned about more walk- Kelly for a public inquiry into labor relations in the Lower Mainland bus system. Heading towards the SeaBus, engineer Mike Cobban was glad he wouldn't be late for work as he was Friday. "I wish they would have given us more time on Friday.

It's very unfortunate," he said. Cobban also supported the call for a public inquiry, saying: "It's a good idea. You'd probably get a lot less problems in the bus system." The three-day walkout by North Vancouver bus drivers ended Sunday when LRB vice-chairman Allan Black issued a cease-and-desist order to workers picketing the Esplanade depot. But Independent Canadian Transit outs because he commutes daily to the University of B.C. "I was lucky Friday because a car came by picking people up here at the bus stop but I was still kind of upset.

I don't think the walkout was right. I think they should at least warn us." Bus driver Tom Locke backed Kelly's call for an inquiry. "Right now there's too much tension. They're cutting back on rides and it just seems that it's not as smooth an operation as it used to be under B.C. Hydro.

"Like me, I don't know too much about the in's and out's of this but I do believe Metro is wrong. I think we lose our seniority rights, then we really don't have anything left." Black ruled that the bus drivers, who shut down service in North Vancouver and commuter service to Vancouver Friday, were engaging in an illegal strike. The dispute centred on Metro Transit's insistance on moving Mark McKay, who had driven for the company for two years, to the Oakridge depot from North Vancouver. MTOC lawyer Michael Coady called the issue a "garden-variety grievance" that should never have escalated to a full-scale dispute. Coady said, "We are dealing with a transfer of the most junior operator on the spare board in North Van to the most junior operator on the spare board in Oakridge.

The union has admitted there is no financial impact Jack Fraser said the company has not decided whether to discipline the strik ing workers. Private firm to handle toxic wastes for B.C. communities before a final site selection is made. I "We cannot expect to succeed wiljh this program if we just go out and impose it on some place," said Brummetj About 74,000 tonnes of special wastes are generated annually in B.C. and almost 80 per cent of them originate ui the Lower Mainland.

Genstar spokesman T.E. Rattray told the press conference he expects the new system will take care of only abotit one-third of this total. By MOIRA FARROW A chemical treatment plant in the Lower Mainland combined with a landfill in the Ashcroft-Spences Bridge area is the provincial government's new plan for disposing of B.C.'s hazardous wastes. Environment Minister Tony Brum-met announced today that a private company, a consortium of Genstar Conservation Systems Ltd. of Vancouver and I.T.

Corp. of Wilmington, has been selected to develop and oper-. ate the system. Key points made at the minister's Vancouver press conference were that: Public meetings will be held before the landfill site is finally decided; The new system will take care of only about a third of B.C.'s hazardous waste because disposal costs will be too high for some industries; The landfill will take no radioactive material or untreated PCBs. Today's announcement was the latest stage in a long process by the environment ministry to solve the problem of disposal of industrial wastes, mainly acids, oils and chemicals.

This material has usually been known as hazardous wastes but the governments new term is special wastes. KJSIS Nssi mm Brummet said the company selected was chosen out of 11 initial proposals from private industry. Late last year, this total was reduced to a short list of four. The minister said the government will provide crown land for the landfill and will monitor the operations of the company with a project surveillance committee for each part of the system. The system will include regional collection stations, a physical chemical plant, biological treatment, incineration and a secure landfill.

Brummet said a plant in the Lower Mainland, at a site not yet selected, will neutralize wastes and turn them into solids so that they will be non-toxic before transportation to the landfill. Two Interior areas one near Ash-croft and the other near Spences Bridge have been selected as suitable for the 50-hectare landfill. But public meetings and discussions will be held in these "We will have to charge for disposal in the system and many generators (of wastes) will find it more economical tp dispose of their wastes themselves' said Rattray. He was apparently referring to existing methods of disposal such as sewer systems or transportation out of the province. He declined to say how much per tonne his company will charge for disposal in the new system.

Brummet said the system will be in operation in one or two years, depending on the degree of public acceptance Rattray said the capital cost of the system will be between $5 million anji $10 million in 1982 dollars. i VANCOUVER-MONTREAL 1 99 RETURN Air Canada opens all-seat sale; r. United States. Because of recent problems with U.S. regulatory authorities, Air Canada will take reservations the U.S.

but won't actually issue tickets until Sept. 28 just in case the Americans veto the transborder discounts. jj An hour after this morning's announcement, Air Canada's Vancouver office was already getting the beginning of what is expected to be a flood Of bookings, said spokesman Henry Thow. "We had a similar seat sale in the spring and the response was staggering." CP Air, which has matched Air Canada's seat sales in past, was studying the announcement this morning and promised a response soon. I excursion prices of $542 and the regular economy price of $1,014.

A return trip to Barbados, via Toronto, will cost between $478 and $538. The current lowest price on Air Canada is $809. To London and return, the price will be $598 midweek and $658 weekends, compared with the current charter class fare of $768. The sale includes advance booking and minimum stay requirements and the airline was taking reservations immediately. Tickets must be paid for within three days of making a telephone reservation.

The discounts are subject to government approval in Canada and the -1 vkyjjf 4 fer Air Canada announced today another major seat sale and, for the first time, included all of its domestic and international routes in the same discount program. Facing continued poor market conditions, the crown-owned carrier said it would offer reductions this fall of up to 70 per cent off regular economy fares on 750,000 seats a "seat" being defined as a one-way flight between any two points. But in most cases the savings will be much less because there are already excursion fares well below regular economy prices. In most cases, travel must originate between Oct. 27 and Dec.

8 and be completed by Dec. 15. That period extends into January on some flights to Europe. A return flight from Vancouver to either Toronto or Montreal will cost $199 midweek and $239 on weekends. The regular economy fare is $742, although there is already an Air Canada "Skysaver" excursion fare for $249.

Vancouver-Calgary return will cost $99 midweek and $109 on weekends. The regular economy fare is $246 and the lowest current excursion fare is $142. There are even better savings on flights into the U.S. Vancouver-Chicago return will be $159 midweek and $189 on weekends. The lowest current fare is $409 and the regular economy price is $724.

A return ticket for Vancouver-Dallas will be $249 midweek and $297 weekends compared with the lowest current m- 1 IWA UNIT VOTES TO STRIKE I IV, 7s i 1 cessions on scheduling and contractihg-out provisions plus a three-year contract. The IWA strike vote is expected to be concluded Sept. 23. The IWA's two partners, the Canadian Paperworkers Union and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, already have strike mandates and have placed the industry's latest offer before their members. Industry negotiations are not expected to resume until after the ballots are completed.

About 200 members of the New Westminster local of the International Woodworkers of America have voted 95 per cent in favor of strike action. Local president Terry Smith said today the vote among about 200 workers at Delta Plywood indicates the forest industry has "misread our membership very, very badly." "I'm not surprised at this vote. Not at all, not with the demands being made by the employers," said Smith, referring to industry demands or con 1 Jim Horrlion photo WELCOME BACK prank by UBC engineering stu- on S.W. Marine Drive at edge of the campus in dents decorates top of street lamp near lookout honor of first day of classes today. Guilt mode PNE gate- crasher more fair than ever Denny Doyd Great Northern, under its charter name, Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway, built in from New Westminster to the station at the corner of 90 East Pender and Columbia.

The only link with that past life was a dim sign painted directly on the outer west wall of the restaurant, the logo "V.W.&Y. Ry." barely visible under 80 years of soot. Irving and his helper removed the sign intact, carefully taking out 81 bricks from the outer course. The bricks are in a shallow tray, face down, pending a tricky process of preserving them and the unstable mortar. When the job is will present the artifact to the West Coast Railway Asoclatlon.

THE PNE GOT A NOTE LAST week. As a result, you can disregard those trumped-up revenue figures they released for the 17-day fair. Oh, sure. They said they drew 1.048.560 this year, but those on the inside know they actually recorded 1.048.561 paid admissions. One came in late, about five years late.

Last week the PNE executive offices received a brief note and a $5 bill. The note was signed by a young man who described himself as a born-again Christian with a painful conscience. Five years ago, he was running with a bad crowd in the east end. One night they snuck into the PNE without paying. "I would like to clear up this outstanding debt and to apologize for my the note-writer said.

to Sun reporter and Maclean's Ottawa bureau New executive chef for the Four Seasons Hotel, replacing the departed Michel Clavelin, will be Felix Muntwyler, a member of the Acadamie Culinaire de France. Muntwyler has rattled copper skillets in Zurich, St. Moritz, Paris, London and Buenos Aires. He speaks five languages, including gourmet If you've been simply dying to attend the new art gallery's first official function, it's scheduled for Oct. 11.

It's a formal dinner dance. And the tab is $500 a couple Colleague Nicole Parton, whose first two books of household tips have sold 200,000 copies, has another ready for pre-Christmas publication. She's a bit guarded about the contents but says one chapter will contain an "off-the-wall guide to sex in the kitchen" While the bigger stations were racing in a pack to be the first on the air with AM-stereo, little CJVB beat them all to it, going full-voiced Saturday at 5 p.m. Not that you could tell. It requires a special radio to pick up an AM-stereo sigual and 'VB bought the first two in town.

dropped in. The friends were Vincent Sard! and his wife June, operators of the elegant Sardi's Supper Club in New York and the last time Armando saw them, it was while he was working as a busboy in the 58-year-old Broadway night spot. The Sardis were passing through Vancouver on the way to a fishing trip in the Rockies and it was Armando's pleasure to present them with a complimentary bottle of Perrier-Jouet champagne. There is nothing risen-up busboys like better than to make it to a level where they can buy their former boss a bottle of $58 champers. CKNW GOT A TELEPHONE call Friday.

It came from a very worried Gary Owens. You may recall Owens as the cello-voiced house announcer of the old Laugh-In television show (remember the hand cupped over the ear?) That was just a sideline job for Owens. In real life, he is probably the highest-paid radio personality in North America, a morning man on a Los Angeles radio station and the voice of hundreds of commercials. Owens, too, was passing through Vancouver on vacation. He was listening to CFMI when he heard his voice doing a commercial spot for Brentwood Dodge.

That bothered Owens. Not only could he not recall doing that commercial, but he had just signed an exclusive contract to voice the commercials for a national Toyota campaign. And that's why he phoned CKNW: to ask if he was losing his memory. It turned out Owens was not in a conflict of interest or losing his migs. The commercial he heard was CFMI morning man Robert O.

doing the Dodge commercial, imitating Owens's voice. Great act, commented Owens. Mind dropping it? ARTHUR IRVING FELL FOR A load of bricks last week. Irving is a railway lover and historian. When the Marco Polo Restaurant was demolished in Chinatown, Irving and a hired masonery worker were on hand, beseeching the demolition crew from Engineering to go easy on one small corner of the old night club-restaurant.

Between 1904 and 1917, the Marco building was the terminal station for the Great Northern Railway now known as Burlington Northern. THE NEW VANCOUVER-BASED West Coast bureau chief for Maclean's Magazine, replacing Malcolm Gray, will be Jane O'Hara. She's a former Canadian tennis champion and Wimbledon competitor with a wealth of journalistic background, including FP Publications' London correspondent, Toron ARMANDO DIAZ GOT A Visitor last week, The former Pender Street restaurant owner was doing his regular turn as manager of Viva when friends he hadn't seen for 12 years.