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THE PROVINCE, Thursday, March 30, 1978 Lougheed seeks more clout Wants a say on federal agencies 7Z TA. if perspectives in its makeup and role, he said. "It must be truly a provincial organ and be constituted in such a way as to have full confidence of provincial governments so that it can be the provin-' clal government's voice In the federal law-making process," Smith said. from the federal its role must be clearly and care-, fully defined so that whereas it would, have veto power on those defined' matters requiring a national sus, it would not have such a veto on matters clearly and exclusively within federal jurisdiction, narrowly de-', fined." "But I don't underestimate the risk and the dangers and the concerns and the needs for attention," he said. A senior B.C.

government official told the conference that regional differences could be reconciled through a reconstituted upper chamber which would give the provinces a voice in federal law-making. "I subscribe to the view that we need a reconstituted upper house call it what you will to be the voice of the provinces," Melvin H. Smith, deputy minister for constitutional Such a chamber must have a legitimacy from both federal and provincial 15 Who says money doesn't grow on trees? Canadian Press HAMILTON Al Smith hopes to sell his two, 13-metre black walnut trees for several thousand dollars. Mill operators dealing in the high-priced, veneer sheets produced from the species have paid up to $12,000 for a standing black walnut. Smith says he has had a number of interested buyers since he started advertising last week.

He decided to sell the trees after learning they were responsible for a mysterious blight that wiped out some of his tomatoes. Prof. Robert Hilton, director of a botanical tree garden at the University of Guelph, said black walnut trees give out a toxic substance deadly to such species as tomatoes and petunias. William Wells of Paris, is waiting until someone comes up with before he considers selling his 250-year-old black walnut tree. Six years ago, he turned down an offer of $5,750.

"I think the mill operators think I'm nuts for asking so much but I'm in no hurry to let it go," he said. Canadian Press BANFF, Alta. Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed Wednesday called for more provincial representation on federal regulatory agencies. la closing address to the Canada West Foundation on National Unity and at a news conference later, he said the provinces should have "40 per cent" of the representation on such agencies as the Canadian Wheat Board, National Energy Board and Canadian Transport Commission. Ottawa now appoints members to' the various agencies.

Lougheed also repeated his request to make the Supreme Court of Canada a constitutional court. "I think the Supreme Court of Canada has to be changed into a constitutional court," he said. "I am open to the discussion as to the nature of the appointments, the resi- dency of the membership and perhaps the parameters of their decision-making." Lougheed took a dim view of Western separatists, saying most Albertans should be viewed as Canadians first. "This province hasn't any sense of separation. It wants to be and is Canadian before Albertan.

And that is fundamental." He said there was alienation in economic terms that had arisen from such projects as the Petrosar plant at Sar-nia, the frustration of the prov--ince's rapeseed crushers and freight rates. Referring to Quebec, Lougheed said as long as people do not make "serious mistakes," he is optimistic Quebec will not secede from Confederation. "vW" MPs' staff challenges hike Li" Edmonton really swings Most major Canadian cities hove plenty of young swingers out on the town. But swinging in Edmonton is confined mainly to city playgrounds. Donna Hood is swinger, kicking up her.

heels in a flooded playground. That's Wednesday's big news from Edmonton. Canadian Press OTTAWA Employees of members of Parliament have challenged Commons Speaker James Jerome to conduct a vote among the 700 support staff to determine whether a majority would be satisfied with a 5.71-per-cent salary increase. "We submit that the majority of House of Commons staff feel deprived of an adequate salary increase for 1978 and we challenge you to conduct a referendum," Gary Steeves, president of the Parliamentary Association of Support Staff, said in a letter to Jerome. The association of support staff, representing employees of NDP MPs, said in a news release that Jerome recently indicated support staff will re-' ceive a 5.71-per-cent increase in 1978, the same given to members of Parlia-; mentJan.

1. However, the association said a re- searcher in a member's office earns-approximately $11,000 a year while' members of Parliament currently earn approximately $27,000 a year plus a $12,000 tax-free allowance. Employees of Progressive Conserv-' ative MPs also have formed an associ-; ation. None of the support staff has col- lective bargaining rights. Steeves asked Jerome to reply by April 5 to the request for a referendum.

Convict, 81, just couldn't wait a minute longer would not disclose how much time Hamel has spent in prison. Prison officials said they, were just completing last-minute paperwork that Would have, allowed Hamel to 1 begin a 30-day test parole at a halfway house in London, Ont. ing the U.S. Army at the end of the First World War, walked away from the minimum security. Pittsburgh prison farm during a.

snowstorm last weekend. 4--- Hamel so far has been 'sentenced to jail terms totalling 63 years. Officials Ontario At 81 years of age, and despite a parole in the offing, Ontario's oldest federal prisoner just wasn't ready to serve apy more time behind bars. Vincent Philip Hamel, who has accumulated prison sentences since leav CANADA Husky dog team attacks, kills Indian mother of 5 Our coffee price won't be reduced Trudeau 'relaxing' in Jamaica Province News Services FORT MCPHERSON A 37-year-old Indian mother of five was attacked and killed Monday by a sled dog team while competing in an Easter carnival race in Arctic Red River. Bella Nidipchie, a Loucheux Indian of Fort McPherson, suffered severe bites to the head, legs and arms and hundreds to other parts of the body.

"She was pretty badly ripped apart," said RCMP Corporal Robert Barnes. A woman in Fort McPherson said the dogs were mongrel huskies and had some wolf blood. Police said Mrs Nidipchie and her dogs were the first to start out in the race. The second competitor reported finding Mrs Nidipchie's mauled body about three kilometres down the 10-kilometre course. The dogs were among 14 huskies belonging to the woman and her hus band, George.

The couple ran a trap-line and the woman knew the dogs and had raced the before. Police could not explain why the dogs turned on Mrs Nidipchie. The dogs were later shot. The Easter carnival is one the main social events in the lower Mackenzie Loan saves 145 jobs at Que. knitting mill MONTREAL (CP) A $250,000 loan from the Quebec government will save 145 jobs at Ladybird Knitting Mills of nearby Vaudreuil, company president Pierre Lauzon said.

Coats, Paton and Baldwin the British owners of the textile company, had shut down Ladybird and left its 180 employees out of work. KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Prime Minister Trudeau is spending "a calm and quiet vacation" with his three children on Jamaica's northern coast, Cana-. dian high commissioner F.W. Hooper said Tuesday. Trudeau and his sons arrived Friday on a private visit.

Hooper de- clined to say where the Trudeaus were staying or how long they would remain. Trudeau last visited here in April, 1976, when he and his family stayed at his friend Sir Harold Mitchell's estate. TORONTO (CP) -General Foods says though its coffee prices are being reduced in the United States, there are no plans to reduce prices in Canada. General Foods the biggest roaster in the U.S., said Tuesday that cuts of between two and four cents an ounce on wholesale prices of instant coffee should be reflected in stores within 60 days. General Foods the Canadian subsidiary, says it has no plans for similar reductions.

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