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The Sun times Owen Sound Sat Apr IK HJflV 8 ACTRA Awards may be last plan be representative of the best of Canadian TV" not criticizing ACTRA which stepped into the breech when there was nothing else" Ferns said CTV and some private producers feel the ACTRAs don't reflect the diversity of Canadian TV" CTV has boycotted the ACTRAs for several years complaining that the competitions ignore privately produced programs The network has refused to submit copies of CTV productions for award consideration Other members of the TV industry have complained that the ACTRAs are only given in re stricted categories mainly involving writers and actors who are members of ACTRA But there is for example no award for best director or for any craft such as editing or cinematography Sheffer says the new awards probably to be called the Bijous would have about 38 categories Productions shown on either conventional or pay TV would be eligible If the new system is approved the first show would be held in January and CBC and CTV may take turns televising the ceremonies in alternate years ACTRAs given for Canadian radio and TV productions are voted on by juries across the country Under the new system members of an industry would most likely choose the winners said Sheffer Representatives of CTV CBC other TV stations ACTRA private producers and the academy which runs the annual Genie Awards formed committees which met over the last year to set up the new awards Sheffer said Pat Ferns an independent producer and one of the project's pushers said the purpose of the new awards is to a single awards ceremony that would On Saturday Trudeau will-be presenting the award for best TV program of the year The nominees are: Toller Cranston's special Strawberry Ice Billy Bishop Goes to War produced by Fems's company Primedia Productions and Blind Faith a drama that looked at the lure of TV evangelism Also attending the ceremony to be televised by CBC and hosted by Don Harron will be Daniel Travanti star of Hill Street Blues and Ed Asner star of the ran celled Lou Grant series The two US actors are in Toronto making a film TORONTO (CP) Prime Minister Trudeau will be among those handing out ACTRA Awards on Saturday night at a ceremony that could well bis the last of its kind A movement is afoot to replace the annual Association of Canadian Radio and Television Artists Awards with a new set of awards set up much like the Genie Awards that now are given for Canadian movies are still some hitches that we have to work out but it's looking said Andra Shaffer director of the Academy of Canadian Cinema about the chances of the new awards being approved Hostage-taker thought he was being poisoned CP photo soccer field hockey rink picnic tables an amphitheatre and a new running track if a parent's committee can raise $35000 through an auction and reunion dinner ON THE RUN Former governor-general Roland Michener jogs around the Rosedale School track in Toronto Thursday with admiring youngsters The playground will get a new trist Louis Tritchard testified "But he had reached the end of his tether and he decided to put an end to the matter himself" Tritchard told the court Tritchard said Levasseur told him he spent time at Alberta Hospital a year ago but was not found to be mentally ill and was released without treatment Levasseur whom Tritchard described as paranoid told the psychiatrist he kept his food with him at work but had to drink the coffee that was a prepared there judge CH Rolf remanded Levasseur to Alberta Hospital for psychiatric examination His next scheduled court appearance is April 29 Meanwhile RCMP said they used the correct strategy throughout the incident The safest way to deal with such incidents is by negotiating Insp Walt Sedler of Sherwood Park RCMP said in an in a proven said Sedler who was charge of overall police operations at the site facts speak for themselves Three came out Sedler said he believe the outcome would have been different if he had ordered the Emergency Response Team into action earlier Throughout negotiations up to eight emergency response team members kept positions close to the trailer where the hostages were being held RCMP would follow similar strategy in future incidents Sedler said Levasseur was wounded in the face and one hand while being taken into custody possibly by a police dog or during a struggle he said An RCMP dog handler lost his balance during the scuffle and his service revolver accidentally discharged striking another officer in the hand The 30-year-old wounded man was treated and released from hospital Opposition after Canadair facts EDMONTON (CP) The man charged with murdering a Stel-co Inc employee during a 23-hour hostagetaking at the plant in southeast Edmonton was convinced co-workers were trying to poison him a psychiatrist testified Friday Jacques Levasseur 46 was charged with first-degree murder when he appeared in provincial court Friday clad in hospital pyjamas dressing gown and work boots Crown prosecutor Steve Koval said more charges will be read later Police told an earlier news conference they did not know what triggered the shotgun blasts Thursday night that killed worker Larry Wood 25 and wounded Brian Resler a 24-vear-old crane operator just as the incident in which four men were held hostage in a lunchroom trailer appeared to be ending peacefully Levasseur laid down his weapon and surrendered to police after the two shots were heard Resler was reported in satisfactory condition after surgery for a thigh wound Levasseur blamed poison for recurrent stomach cramps and hoped his co-workers would stop their sponsible for Canadair when the government seeks approval of supplementary spending authority around May The Canadair situation was raised Thursday in the Commons following the airing of a report on the CBC television program The Fifth Estate It said the taxpayers' bill for developing the Challenger executive jet will be $23 billion and there are several management problems at the Crown-owned company Prime Minister Trudeau said Thursday the government will produce Canadair's financial records in time for the supplementary spending estimates New Democrat Ian Waddell said cabinet was told in 1981 that Canadair had liabilities of about $986 million and that they would go up to $12 billion Even though cabinet was asked to go to Parliament for more money it never did he said 1 He asked Blais why no one has been fired at the Montreal-based company it is quite clear on the record and admitted by the prime minister that the government and the people of Canada have bepn misled by the management of Canadair" Trudeau who wasn't in the Commons on Friday said Thursday the government knew that Canadair was in financial trouble but chose to keep it running He said the opposition was making a scandal out of something that isn't Book scrapped OTTAWA (CP) Veterans Affairs Minister Bennett Campbell confirmed Friday the government has scrapped plans to make the existing historical books of remembrance in the House of Commons bilingual The books contain more than 100000 names of the country's war dead and their military ranks and units in either French or English depending on their regiments There had been a suggestion to rework four books to make all the listings bilingual but Campbell told the Commons he was bowing to opposition to the plan from the Royal Canadian Legion and others Hydro safety ad to change TORONTO (CP) Ontario Hydro says it will agree to a request from the Advertising Standards Council to change the wording of a magazine advertisement even though it feels the council's finding is an argument in semantics The full-page ad which has appeared in four magazines says Hydro strikes a balance between technology and the environment by no compromise in the safety of our nuclear stations" Evelyn Crandell director of the advertising council said Friday the council agrees Hydro complies with safety regulations but felt such an all-encompassing statement as 'no compromise in safety' was not totally accurate" Hydro's David Mosey said the new ad will read: compromise in meeting the safety standards of our nuclear stations" Third bank lowers rates TORONTO (CP) The Toronto Dominion Bank on Friday became the third Canadian chartered bank to lower its minimum consumer loan rate to 135 per cent from 14 per cent effective immediately The move by the country's fifth-largest chartered bank follows rate reductions announced earlier this week by the Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal Retail sales on increase OTTAWA (CP) Total retail sales in Canada without seasonal adjustment were $678 billion in February up 36 per cent from the previous year Statistics Canada reported Friday Among the 28 kinds of businesses surveyed 20 showed increased sales with the largest gains recorded in furniture TV radio and appliance stores Jewelry stores and service stations reported the largest sales decreases Stricter laws for pain-killer OTTAWA (CP) The federal government has placed tighter controls on a narcotic pain-killer named dextropro-poxyphene that was once associated with a number of accidental deaths and suicides Dextropro poxyphene better known by the trade name Darvon is used to control mild to moderate pain It is often prescribed as a substitute for ASA or acetaminophen for patients who are iinahle to take more commonly used pain-killers Miller warned about high OHIP increase miums again this OTTAWA (CP) Opposition MPs accused the federal government of hiding the facts on beleaguered Canadair Ltd on Friday as they pressed the Liberals to release details of a federal task force's findings on the company's financial woes Conservative Walter Baker told Supply and Services Minister Jean-Jacques Blais that withholding the task force findings which opposition MPs say contain evidence of corporate mismanagement amounts to an evasion of "ethics and morality" Blais said the findings are confidential and won't be released But he said MPs could ask questions of officials of the Canada Development Investment Corp the federal holding company re- Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) A pre-bud-get rally sent prices soaring on the Toronto stock market this week as share values surged to their best weekly gain in more than three months The TSE 300 composite index the broadest measure of price activity closed Friday at 226413 up 1851 points on the day and almost 105 points for the week The index has risen for seven straight sessions adding almost $75 billion to the estimated value of market-listed securities The estimated total now is $1474 billion Most analysts attribute the market euphoria to positive economic news coming out of the US lower interest rates in Canada and investors' hope federal budget will stimulate the economy Investors are also responding to optimism about the state of the economy especially since first-quarter reports from various companies are starting to confirm economic indicators showing a recovery is under way Meanwhile Wall Street continues to act like a magnet drawing Toronto stocks upwards This week the pace-setting New York market kept rolling ahead extending its longest string of gains in more than two years and reaching three record high closes The widely watched Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than six points Friday to 117134 bringing its advance for the week to 4663 mittee which oversees prices and fees administered by government ministries Peterson said Friday he wouldn't have reason for a court challenge if Miller raised premiums by more than five per cent with permission from the cabinet committee Liberals would pre- fer no OHIP increase but "any increase over five per cent would be clearly in of the provincial controls law Peterson said Miller has been hinting recently he intends to raise pre TORONTO (CP) Liberal Leader David Peterson threatened Friday to take the Ontario government to court if Treasurer Frank Miller increases 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