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Monday. August 8,. 1 977 Ottawa Journal 3 Metro news Weekend fatalities Child drowns while watching police recover death boat A two-year-old boy drowned Sunday near the Rideau Ferry bridge while watching police divers recover the remains of a speed boat which had crashed into the bridge only hours earlier, killing two women. The child, Brandon Hancewicz of Phillipsburg, N. wandered away from his parents as crowds gathered near the Safari Marina on Little Rideau Lake about 9.30 a.m.

watch fl tflllZ 1 recovery Andy Clark Journal-CP Dollar down, scotch up, LCBO fears Heavy construction equipment mixes with aircraft at Gatineau Airport. Gatineau Airport taking off hope for Quebec route soars Police said the boy tumbled unnoticed from the marina wharf -only minutes before parents noticed his The couple had been camping nearbywith their only child. The youngster was one of five persons killed in area fatalities over the weekend. About midnight Saturday, Susan Frances McBrlde, 21, and Catherine Quattrocchi, 19, both of Smiths Falls, were killed when the 18-foot speedboat in which they were riding slammed into a cement pier at the Rideau Ferry bridge, several miles south of Perth. Ontario Provincial Police said the boat operator, Frank Quattrocchi, in his early 20s and a third passenger, whose name was not released, were injured and taken to Ottawa General Hospital.

Claude Maheu, 47, of 135 Labelle Labelle, died Sunday when iis car went out of control and crashed into an oncoming car on Highway 117, three miles south of Labelle. Andrew Roy Krieger, 12, of 1002 Harkness Ave.TOttawa, was killed at 11 a.m. Sunday when he rode his trail bike into the back of a van, three miles west of Eganville on Renfrew County road 10. The low value of the Canadian dollar could mean a 20t increase in the price of a 25-ourtce bottle of imported Scotch in October, because the Liquor Control Board of Ontario buys its supplies three to six months in advance. Imported wines, various rums, gin and vodka could also go up in price.

John Noble, the boards's chief accountant, said in Toronto that liquor is bought in advance because "otherwise we might have a shortage and that would be disastrous." Noble estimates the dollar has lost about four per cent of its value since the last liquor board price changes in April. The liquor board expects a mini-Christmas rush in September before the price 'changes. (CP) By Robin Barstow Journal Reporter The first light-plane took off from Gatineau Airport just last December, but construction is moving along so quickly that before Christmas it may be possible for sophisticated twin-engine passenger jets to land at the Ottawa area's second major airport. Airport manager Francis Lavigne is optimistic the airport will have its directional beacon, instrument flight rules (IFR) equipment and a bilingual radio advisory towerby the end of the year. Full-fledged air-traffic contol will come later, he says.

Installation of runway lights starts this week and paving of the 6,000 foot compacted gravel runway should begin before the new The airport, owned, operated and being built by the Outaouais Development Corporation, is located about 10 miles south of Hull, just off Route 148 near the new industrial park at Templeton. About $4.5 million has already been spent, and when the airport is complete the total cost will be near $8 million. April was the busiest month so far when the airport recorded more than 3,000 arrivals and departures. Since then activity has levelled off at 2,500 a month. Many of the.

pilots based at Gatineau during the winter spend summers flying supplies into the James Bay hydro-electric project or making fire patrols near Maniwaki. Lavigne was cheered last week by reports that the Canadian Transport Commission (CTC) will not hold public hearings into an application by Quebecair to launch a scheduled service between the Outaouais and Quebec City. Without the public hearings there is little chance that any opposition to the new route will surface, and the CTC is aware, he says, of the strong public demand for such a route. Once approval of the application is granted service could begin at any time, likely wih a 40-passenger Fokker 27. PQ cites 'Bombardier Affair By Gord Lovelace Journal Reporter 1'he Quebec government is using the Ontario government's denial of a contract to a Montreal company to justify its own policy of giving contract preference to Quebec firms.

A spokesman for Urban Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet said his office had finally received a letter from the province reiterating the PQ government's "Quebec-first" policy on the Outaouais regional sewage plant. The letter had beelTEeTSyetH and apparently lost during the recent Ottawa mail strike, but sources in Quebec City had revealed its contents. The Ouellet spokesman said the letter from Quebec Environment Minister Marcel Leger cited Ontario's handling of the. "Bombardier Affair" as justification for the province's stand. Last month, the Ontario government denied a contract for rail transit cars to M.

L. W. Bombardier, of Montreal, despite the fact the Quebec company had submitted the lowest bid. Officials at Queen's Park said that the contract has been awarded to a higher bidder in Thunder Bay because of that city's unemployment problem. The contract was limited to Ontario firms and advertised as such, they said Bombardier should never have bid in the first place.

But as far as Leger is concerned. it's the same principle Quebec used when it denied a $28.5 million Outaouais filtration plant contract to V. K. Mason, of Ottawa. Federal officials say it isn't the same because the $120 million sewage treatment complex is a joint project, financed by Quebec, the region and the National Capital Commission.

Ouellet, minister responsible for the NCC, will reply to the letter "sometime this week" after trying to determine whether it really does eliminate Mason from the running on all future contracts. The point that is causing the most confusion is the letter's use of the French term "place Translated, it can mean head office or simply business office and the difference is crucial. The Good Stereo Has Never Been So Affordable I i If letter says tne government will allow outside firms whose "place 1 Thief-on-bike strikes A 19-year-old Hull nurse was knocked down by a man driving a bicycle and robbed of $2,500 worth of jewelry Sunday. Hull police said Aline St. Cj of Gamelin Boulevard, a nurse at the Sacred Heart Hospital, was walking about a block from her home at 11 p.m.

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Instead, board of control will be asked to approve further study to determine the approximate number of cats and dogs in Ottawa. This is the key, finance department officials 2 CHARGbX A. N. Roberts, a member of the department, last week visited Vancouver to study at first-hand a successful low-cost spay-neuter clinic in operation there. At Tuesday's board of control meeting, Roberts will outline the advantages and disadvantages of two alternative plans now being considered in Ottawa.

One is for a city-run clinic. The other more costly to pet owners is a scheme backed by the Ottawa Humane Society under which private veterinarians would reduce the fees they now charge, but not the cost of obligatory vaccinations. There would be no charge for vaccinations at a city-run clinic. Finance department officials believe that if a city-run clinic is not to be a burden on tax-payers, it must be shown there is enough demand for it to perform 7,000 operations a year. At present It is "a Uttle bit of a gray area" whether tjiis demand exists, one official said.

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