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Another
delay
for
west
wing
j
By
Tony
Kant
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
long
awaited
opening
of
the
135
bed
addition
at
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
has
been
set
j
back
again
Architect
Desmond
Parker
told
Thursdays
monthly
hospital
board
meeting
that
a
report
by
the
hospitals
clerk
of
work
indicates
that
new
west
wing
addition
will
be
ready
for
occupancy
by
Dec
15
Parker
said
that
the
latest
date
of
completion
given
by
the
contrac
tor
Poole
Construction
Ltd
of
Edmonton
is
Nov
15
Parker
said
that
the
end
of
November
is
probably
a
more
realistic
date
but
there
is
the
distinct
possibil-
ity
of
the
thing
going
over
into
the
new
year
Board
chairman
Tom
Scott
said
he
is
concerned
that
the
delays
are
costing
the
hospital
a
considerable
amount
of
money
and
depriving
people
from
getting
into
the
hospital
A
report
shows
that
a
list
of
people
waiting
for
sur-
j
gery
contained
841
names
Oct
16
compared
to
652
names
Sept
18
The
report
states
that
a
serious
need
g
for
beds
is
reflected
by
the
number
of
patients
required
to
wait
in
the
emergency
room
throughout
the
night
and
morning
before
beds
are
made
available
ij
Hospital
administrator
Gerry
Fisher
said
beds
and
furniture
for
the
new
addition
have
been
delivered
ij
and
can
be
put
into
use
the
moment
the
new
wing
is
ready
for
occupancy
i
Nursing
director
Elaine
Sparks
told
the
board
that
22
extra
nurses
are
on
salary
at
the
hospital
waiting
to
go
to
work
in
the
new
wing
The
42
million
expansion
was
started
in
November
ft
of
1071
and
at
that
time
it
was
estimated
the
work
would
take
about
18
months
A
general
construction
strike
an
elevator
installers
ii
strike
a
pneumatic
control
workers
strike
and
a
rail
strike
have
all
contributed
to
the
six
month
delay
Parker
said
there
is
now
an
inadequate
work
S
force
on
the
job
site
the
contractor
has
slowed
down
construction
and
that
the
hospital
is
faced
with
a
Mexican
standoff
situation
Purchase
opposed
The
hospital
board
decided
to
oppose
the
idea
of
the
provincial
government
purchasing
the
Simon
g
Fraser
private
hospital
to
be
turned
over
to
the
hospi-
tal
as
an
extended
care
facility
Fisher
said
that
because
the
building
doesnt
meet
the
standards
for
a
proper
extended
care
facility
the
board
will
stick
with
its
original
request
to
the
BC
Hospital
Insurance
Service
BCHIS
for
a
new
75
bed
extended
care
facility
for
Prince
George
Fisher
said
that
a
recent
review
shows
50
of
the
91
x
patients
at
Simon
Fraser
would
be
eligible
for
i
extended
care
He
expressed
concern
for
the
other
ij
41
patients
and
said
that
any
plan
to
buy
the
hospital
should
include
the
provision
of
a
wing
for
intermediate
i
care
patients
i
Fisher
said
that
a
government
team
recently
visited
the
private
hospital
to
assess
the
situation
and
ij
although
the
board
is
opposed
to
a
hospital
takeover
it
could
possibly
be
forced
on
us
he
said
The
value
of
the
hospital
was
not
disclosed
Growth
study
queried
The
board
has
taken
exception
to
a
study
carried
out
by
the
research
division
of
the
BC
Hospital
Insur-
i
ance
Service
to
determine
hospital
bed
needs
in
the
future
According
to
the
study
in
1976
372
beds
at
the
j
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
would
be
required
for
all
living
of
care
Because
the
opening
of
the
new
wing
will
bring
the
total
number
of
beds
at
the
hospi
hospital
¬
tal
to
380
the
study
recommends
that
a
number
of
those
beds
be
withheld
from
service
Architect
Des
Parker
said
that
something
is
wrong
with
the
figuring
in
the
report
which
estimates
the
annual
increase
in
population
in
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
District
at
only
28
per
cent
until
1981
Parker
said
that
there
is
no
reason
to
believe
that
the
population
of
the
district
will
not
increase
by
less
than
65
per
cent
each
year
during
the
next
five
years
and
that
every
responsible
planning
group
in
the
area
is
using
this
figure
He
said
that
for
the
past
decade
and
a
half
population
of
the
region
has
been
growing
at
a
rate
of
81
per
cent
a
year
Fisher
said
that
while
a
number
of
population
pro-
jections
have
been
made
for
the
district
its
the
lowest
one
he
has
seen
He
said
the
board
will
take
issue
with
the
forecast
TVV
f
Acute
intoxication7
blamed
in
cell
death
V
Acute
alcoholic
intoxica
intoxication
¬
tion
caused
the
death
of
a
Prince
George
man
being
held
in
the
RCMP
city
detach
detachment
¬
ment
cell
block
Oct
21
a
coroners
jury
found
Thur
Thursday
¬
sday
The
jury
ruled
the
death
of
Clifford
Phillips
46
was
unnatural
and
accidental
The
inquest
learned
that
the
mans
blood
alcohol
reading
was
46
per
cent
Phillips
was
picked
up
by
police
on
George
St
about
1130
pm
Oct
20
He
was
found
lying
partly
on
the
sidewalk
and
partly
in
the
gutter
He
was
taken
into
custody
under
the
government
Liquor
Act
for
intoxication
and
his
death
was
discovered
during
a
cell
check
four
hours
later
Cases
have
been
recorded
where
blood
alcohol
read
readings
¬
ings
of
38
39
and
40
per
cent
have
proved
fatal
Owners
of
non-
Volkswagens
dont
need
to
worry
about
facing
a
winter
without
anti
freeze
in
which
the
water
cooled
engines
of
their
cars
turn
harder
than
stone
and
split
wide
open
The
general
shortage
of
glycol
in
North
America
doesnt
seem
to
have
affected
the
anti
freeze
production
as
much
as
anticipated
Major
oil
companies
say
that
although
sometimes
orders
are
slower
in
arriving
no
one
has
been
turned
away
yet
rift-
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WELDER
HELPS
speed
work
on
2
million
motel
complex
at
15th
Ave
and
The
Bypass
City
council
earlier
this
year
approved
a
TEACHER
PAY
TALKS
ness
the
two
mills
operated
by
Kitwanga
Lumber
Co
and
Canadian
Cellulose
Ltd
There
is
a
pretty
good
sized
payroll
here
explains
Len
Schaan
manager
of
the
Hazelton
branch
of
the
tyoyal
Bank
35
miles
away
The
three
merchants
in
town
were
having
to
play
the
role
of
bankers
bringing
in
enough
cash
from
Hazelton
to
enable
them
to
cash
their
cus
customers
¬
tomers
payroll
cheques
There
often
wasnt
enough
money
and
IOUs
for
hun
hundreds
¬
dreds
of
dollars
were
quite
common
The
mobile
service
was
begun
in
early
October
and
Schaan
said
he
would
ride
shotgun
for
the
first
few
weeks
just
to
make
sure
all
goes
well
Lest
anyone
try
to
intercept
the
bank
as
it
moves
over
the
rolling
country
in
the
shadow
of
8500
foot
Roche
de
Boule
radio
controlled
logging
trucks
report
the
progress
of
the
pick
up
to
a
company
dis
dispatcher
¬
patcher
Hazelton
RCMPare
alerted
when
the
cash
is
first
placed
ina
steel
box
welded
to
the
GOVT
AUTO
INSURANCE
CltUen
photo
by
Doug
We
lie
r
switch
in
zoning
bylaws
to
permit
the
100
room
motel
and
300
seat
beer
parlor
to
be
built
at
the
busy
corner
Nobody
will
break
the
ice
By
Bill
Graham
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
president
of
the
Prince
George
District
Teachers
Association
PGDTA
said
Thursday
that
BC
school
trustees
may
be
planning
to
push
teachers
of
all
74
school
districts
into
arbitration
pro
proceedings
¬
ceedings
over
contract
negotiations
Ron
West
said
such
a
hold
holdout
¬
out
could
be
planned
to
rein
reinforce
¬
force
a
campaign
by
the
BC
School
Trustees
Association
BCSTA
for
province
wide
salary
bargaining
sessions
West
said
it
is
unusual
that
none
of
the
school
districts
show
signs
of
reaching
a
set
settlement
¬
tlement
with
their
teachers
It
seems
they
are
all
waiting
for
someone
to
break
the
ice
and
no
one
has
he
said
Less
than
two
weeks
remain
before
the
date
at
which
boards
Of
arbitration
must
be
appointed
to
deal
with
unsettled
contracts
However
school
boards
and
teachers
may
reach
agree-
well
over
10
per
cent
for
the
coming
year
Twelve
to
13
per
cent
is
not
unreasonable
considering
what
has
been
happening
to
the
economy
he
said
Prince
George
teachers
last
year
received
a
93
per
cent
increase
awarded
by
a
board
of
arbitration
So
far
the
teachers
have
held
three
meetings
with
Ken
Martin
the
boards
Vancouver
based
salary
negotiator
West
said
that
last
years
93
per
cent
settlement
was
con
considered
¬
sidered
a
big
year
but
that
the
size
of
salary
settlements
won
by
other
worker
groups
in
BC
forces
the
teachers
to
seek
an
even
larger
increase
this
year
The
negotiations
are
always
based
on
what
is
hap
happening
¬
pening
in
the
economy
he
said
Even
with
the
93
per
cent
last
year
we
have
already
lost
14
per
cent
with
the
decline
of
buying
power
its
just
got
to
be
bigger
than
last
year
He
said
a
statement
by
BC
Teachers
Federation
presi
president
¬
dent
Jim
MacFarlanthata
12-to-13
per
cent
increase
would
be
necessary
this
year
has
raised
the
expectations
of
local
teachers
They
expect
a
12-to-15
per
cent
increase
and
wont
be
satisfied
if
we
come
back
with
less
he
said
West
believes
the
local
school
board
will
welcome
a
settlement
of
more
than
10
per
cent
if
this
proves
to
be
the
pattern
set
throughout
the
province
School
boards
dont
want
to
be
pace
setters
by
agreeing
to
either
unusually
high
or
unusually
low
settlements
he
said
Clean
records
for
all
VANCOUVER
CP
All
motorists
will
start
with
clean
claims
records
when
compul
compulsory
¬
sory
government
car
insur
insurance
¬
ance
goes
into
effect
March
1
1974
Mnrman
Rnrtnink
ment
on
their
own
at
any
time
general
manager
of
the
Insur
before
Nov
30
Mac
Carpenter
chief
administrative
officer
of
Dis
District
¬
trict
57
agreed
negotiations
have
been
proceeding
slowly
this
year
Normally
the
dam
would
be
starting
to
burst
by
now
he
said
The
trustee
association
has
been
calling
for
a
single
negotiated
contract
which
would
cover
all
BC
school
districts
At
its
annual
convention
the
BCSTA
called
on
Educa
Education
¬
tion
Minister
Eileen
Dailly
to
permit
province
wide
bar
bargaining
¬
gaining
because
the
74
school
boards
were
at
a
disadvaan-
ance
Corporation
of
British
Columbia
ICBC
said
Thur
Thursday
¬
sday
Mr
Bortnick
said
private
insurance
companies
have
not
provided
the
Crown
cor
corporation
¬
poration
with
accident
records
of
their
clients
and
members
of
the
public
will
not
be
asked
about
them
when
they
fill
out
applica
applications
¬
tions
for
the
government
insurance
He
said
rates
for
the
gov
government
¬
ernment
insurance
have
not
yet
been
approved
by
the
cor
corporations
¬
porations
board
of
directors
Everyone
should
have
by
tage
in
negotiations
with
the
Jan
1
or
shortly
thereafter
a
provincially
organized
teachers
Touching
on
local
matters
West
said
salaries
may
be
the
biggest
issue
in
contract
talks
with
the
Prince
George
school
district
this
year
He
indicated
that
the
teachers
expect
a
settlement
combined
application
form
for
his
license
plates
and
veh
vehicle
¬
icle
insurance
said
Mr
Bor
Bortnick
¬
tnick
The
applications
will
be
handled
by
1000
private
insurance
agents
and
115
motor
vehicles
branch
officers
in
BC
Mr
Bortnick
said
a
chartered
bank
will
Bank
manager
rides
shotgun
KITWANAGA
A
mud
splattered
half
ton
pickup
carrying
the
provinces
smal
smallest
¬
lest
branch
of
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada
speeds
over
the
winding
rock
strewn
road
along
the
Skeena
River
in
northwestern
British
Colum
Columbia
¬
bia
each
Friday
morning
If
you
dont
make
good
time
youre
likely
to
get
stuck
jn
the
mud
and
theres
no
way
we
want
to
be
marooned
out
K
Now
it
can
be
told
depart
department
¬
ment
It
was
an
anxious
kmoment
or
two
for
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
last
Monday
nomination
day
when
the
mayors
nomination
papers
became
strangely
misplaced
tAs
the
noon
deadline
neared
and
still
no
sign
of
the
papers
in
his
downtown
business
office
it
was
a
race
to
city
hall
ho
fill
out
new
papers
and
get
tthem
filed
in
time
Later
the
missing
papers
turped
up
just
twhere
some
prankster
had
left
them
in
Moffats
waste
basket
there
says
banker
driver
Rick
Reid
By
10
am
Reid
his
accountant
teller
and
the
strongbox
full
of
cash
have
re
relocated
¬
located
ina
corner
of
the
Kit
wanga
general
store
and
the
bank
is
open
for
business
from
the
areas
1300
resi
residents
¬
dents
The
branch
in
town
only
for
the
day
carries
the
payroll
for
the
areas
busi-
floor
of
the
pickup
The
com
combination
¬
bination
lock
is
padlocked
for
extra
protection
and
the
keys
are
kept
at
Hazelton
and
Kit
Kitwanga
¬
wanga
but
never
carried
in
the
pick
up
On
the
first
day
the
bank
I
provide
financing
for
people
who
cannot
pay
their
pre
premiums
¬
miums
all
at
once
or
cannot
get
credit
elsewhere
Mr
Bortnick
said
the
insur
insurance
¬
ance
premium
will
probably
be
payable
a
couple
of
months
after
March
1
Sub
Subsequent
¬
sequent
premiums
will
become
due
on
the
drivers
birthday
The
insurance
corporation
which
started
on
May
1
with
six
employees
now
has
396
employees
and
will
need
another
900
within
the
next
five
months
the
size
of
ICBC
in
less
than
a
year
has
to
be
considered
the
largest
company
building
job
in
North
America
today
said
Mr
Bortnick
He
reminded
drivers
who
are
having
difficulty
getting
insurance
as
the
government
plan
gets
closer
and
more
private
companies
drop
out
of
the
field
that
they
can
get
interim
policies
through
private
agents
from
the
BC
Automobile
Association
BCAA
The
interim
arrangement
was
announced
last
month
by
Transport
Minister
Robert
Strachan
but
ICBC
officials
said
they
and
the
BCAA
have
been
swamped
with
calls
from
people
who
are
con
confused
¬
fused
about
it
Vehicle
owners
having
dif
difficulty
¬
ficulty
getting
insurance
should
contact
their
nearest
agent
or
the
Insurance
Agents
Association
of
BC
which
will
refer
them
to
an
agent
The
agent
will
process
the
was
in
service
there
were
75
application
through
the
BC
accounts
opened
and
news
of
Insurance
Exchange
the
pool
the
new
branch
was
travel-
operated
by
the
private
insur-
ling
fast
ance
companies
and
the
BC
HEAVY
DUTY
MECHANIC
Wanted
for
fork
lift
maintenance
at
a
planer
mill
operation
in
the
city
For
further
information
contact
THE
PAS
LUMBER
COMPANY
LTD
Ph
563
3651
Motorist
Insurance
Co
insurance
wing
of
the
BCAA
will
accept
any
policies
beyond
the
capacity
of
the
Exchange
Mr
Bortnick
said
ICBC
is
guaranteeing
costs
incurred
by
BC
Motorist
Insurance
Co
under
the
special
interim
plan
However
ICBC
is
not
sett
setting
¬
ing
the
short
-
term
premium
rates
charged
motorists
dur
during
¬
ing
the
interim
period
Mr
Bortnick
also
revealed
that
ICBC
has
sold
2103
policies
since
it
entered
the
Creating
an
organization
general
insurance
field
Oct
1
and
processed
four
claims
the
largest
was
300
under
a
home
owners
policy
for
theft
Coffee
house
opens
Sunday
The
Back
Door
coffee
house
will
open
for
business
Sun
Sunday
¬
day
at
8
pm
Judy
Wilson
Ian
Johnston
and
the
Broken
Children
all
local
entertainers
will
sup
supply
¬
ply
the
music
The
new
coffee
house
is
in
the
cell
block
area
of
the
Community
Services
building
on
Seventh
Ave
and
Quebec
St
The
admission
price
of
75
cents
includes
coffee
and
snacks
THE
CITIZEN
Prince
George
-
Friday
November
2
1973
3
Ministry
of
women
requested
VICTORIACP
Attempts
by
the
provincial
government1
to
remedy
injustices
and
dis
discrimination
¬
crimination
to
women
have
been
fragmented
and
lack
a
systematic
approach
the
local
Status
of
Women
Action
Group
SWAG
told
a
commit
committee
¬
tee
of
the
New
Democratic
Party
caucus
in
the
legisla
legislature
¬
ture
Wednesday
Their
brief
to
the
commit
committee
¬
tee
which
will
hold
hearings
around
the
province
and
report
back
to
the
full
caucus
with
recommendations
for
change
next
spring
said
no
real
progress
will
be
made
to
end
gross
and
obvious
dis
discrimination
¬
crimination
until
a
specific
ministry
of
women
is
created
A
special
department
has
been
proposed
by
different
sections
of
the
NDP
but
the
idea
has
met
opposition
of
Premier
Dave
Barrett
Depending
vaguely
on
every
government
depart
department
¬
ment
to
bring
about
the
seri
serious
¬
ous
and
fundamental
reforms
required
will
end
in
dismal
failure
the
brief
said
The
brief
mentioned
specific
examples
of
dis
discrimination
¬
crimination
by
the
govern
government
¬
ment
Theres
a
Maternity
Protection
Act
which
grants
mothers
leave
from
their
jobs
it
said
but
SWAG
is
aware
of
cases
where
female
employees
were
expected
to
leave
when
they
became
pregnant
Complaints
of
unfair
treat
treatment
¬
ment
of
women
in
family
court
during
divorce
and
child
custody
cases
is
another
big
complaint
SWAG
said
recommending
that
family
cases
be
dealt
with
by
a
fam
family
¬
ily
law
specialist
A
Thought
for
Today
Ho
who
smiles
rather
than
rages
is
the
stronger
Old
Proverb
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as
a
Public
Service
Every
Day
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SHORT
A
Prince
George
Regional
Correction
Centre
prisoner
made
a
short
lived
escape
attempt
Thursday
Ian
Sharp
20
serving
three
months
for
theft
of
an
auto
was
reported
missing
about
2
pm
He
was
picked
up
by
the
RCMP
at
a
city
gas
station
at
430
pm
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Housing
dept
gets
consultant
VICTORIA
CP
The
pro
provincial
¬
vincial
goveri
ment
has
hired
a
special
consultant
for
the
new
Department
of
Housing
at
a
salary
of
28000
a
year
Hired
to
work
for
Housing
Minister
Lome
Nicolson
is
Michael
J
Audain
whose
appointment
took
effect
Oct
19
Mr
Nicolson
said
today
Mr
Audain
has
experience
in
housing
in
Ontario
Obstruction
of
justice
nets
prison
Robert
William
Stevenson
27
of
Prince
George
was
sen
sentenced
¬
tenced
to
six
months
in
jail
after
pleading
guilty
in
city
court
today
to
a
charge
of
obstructing
justice
The
court
learned
that
Stevenson
was
charged
after
he
offered
to
replace
four
wheels
stolen
from
a
vehicle
in
October
1972
if
a
man
refused
to
testify
against
him
in
court
Stevenson
appeared
at
the
county
court
fall
assizes
Thursday
and
was
given
a
sentence
of
two
years
less
a
day
in
jail
for
possession
of
the
four
stolen
wheels
He
was
also
given
another
two
years
less
a
day
concurrent
term
for
possession
of
sto
stolen
¬
len
automobile
Stevenson
pleaded
guilty
to
both
the
charges
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