2 - The Ffince George Citizen -Wednesday, August 7,1991 Local, provincial AIDS CASES DOWN IN B.C. Citizen AIR QUALITY INDEX n P.O. Jail U Plaza 400 □ Van Bien (1)0 a.m.-Noon (2) Noon-3 pjn. (3) 3 p.m.-6 pjn. (4) 6 p.m.-9 pjn. (5) 9 p.m.-Midnight (6) Midnight-3 a.m. (7) 3 a.m.-6 a jn. (8) 6 a.m.-9 ajn. i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i a i i i mm i i i i 1 i i ■--- i 20 LEVEL B 40 60 ppb f 100 120 HAZARD LEVEL Peak levels during 3-hour periods to 9 a.m. today. Total Reduced Sulphur compounds (parts per billion) measured by the B.C. Environment Ministry. Weather Immediate Prince George area: The forecast for today calls for cloudy skies with sunny periods, a few showers or thunder showers and a high near 25. Tonight’s forecast is for mostly cloudy with evening showers or thunder showers. The low is expected to be near 10. Thursday’s forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers or thunder showers and a high near 24. The chance of precipitation is 80 per cent for today, 60 per cent tonight and 70 per cent for Thursday. The forecast for Friday is for mostly cloudy skies with a 30-percent chance of showers. The low is expected to be near 11 and the high near 23. Saturday and Sunday are expected to be sunny with cloudy periods and a 30-per- cent chance of precipitation. The high Saturday is expected to be near 21 and the low near 9. The high Sunday is expected to be near 23 and the low near 7. Tuesday’s high was 25, the overnight low was 13, there was no precipitation and nine hours of sunshine. A year ago today the high was 19, the overnight low was 7, there was a trace of precipitation and 4.7 hours of sunshine recorded. Sunset today is at 8:58 p.m. and sunrise Thursday is at 5:36 a.m. ★ ★ ★ A large low-pressure system offshore is allowing air from the California area to make its way over the province. This southerly flow is quite moist and unstable and will result in widespread shower and thundershower activity. Thundershowers will at times be accompanied by gusty winds and possibly hail. Little change is expected through Thursday. Thompson, Okanagan: Today, variable cloudiness. A few afternoon showers or thundershowers. High 30. Tonight, cloudy periods. Chance of showers or thunder- showers mainly in the evening. Low 15. Thursday, cloudy with sunny periods. Showers or thundershowers likely. High 30. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 50 tonight and 70 Thursday. Chilcotin, Cariboo, Parsnip, Bulkley Valley-the Lakes: Today, cloudy with sunny periods. A few showers or thundershowers. High 25. Tonight, mainly cloudy. Chance of showers or thundershowers mostly in the evening. Low 10. Thursday, cloudy. Showers or thundershowers likely. High 24. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 60 tonight and 70 Thursday. Vancouver: Today, cloudy with sunny breaks. A few showers with a chance of thundershowers. High 24. Tonight, mainly cloudy. Chance of showers. Low 15. Thursday, cloudy with showers. High 23. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 60 tonight and 80 Thursday. Victoria: Today, cloudy with sunny breaks. A few showers with a chance of thundershowers. High 24. Tonight, mainly cloudy. Chance of showers. Low 15. Thursday, cloudy with showers. High 23. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 60 tonight and 80 Thursday. Fraser Valley: Today, cloudy with sunny breaks. A few showers with a chance of thundershowers. High 27. Tonight, mainly cloudy. Chance of showers. Low 15. Thursday, cloudy with showers. High 23. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 60 tonight and 80 Thursday. Queen Charlottes: Today, cloudy with showers. Slight chance of a thundershower. High 17. Tonight, cloudy with showers. Low 11. Thursday, periods of rain. High 17. Probability of precipitation 100 per cent today, 90 tonight and Thursday. Drug testing backed VANCOUVER (CP) — Testing drivers for drug use is “a great idea,” Attorney General Russ Fraser said Tuesday. A Vancouver police department spokesman said Monday that B.C.’s police chiefs would seek changes in laws to allow testing of drivers for drugs. The decision followed a yearlong study that showed drugs — both prescription and illegal — are present in more than one in four drivers killed in B.C. motor vehicle accidents. “If this report happens to be true, then it’s more serious than we would have guessed,” Fraser said. “I’ll certainly be asking my staff today to have a look at what might be done.” Police say the study shows they need new powers to test suspected impaired drivers for drugs. It is illegal to drive while impaired by alcohol or a drug, but the equipment used to test drivers for alcohol doesn’t pick up drugs. Drugs were present in 28 per cent of 120 samples taken, said Wayne Jeffery, head toxicologist with the RCMP. »« / _ 12/ZZ Tonight’s low/tomorrow’s high VICTORIA (CP) — The number of new AIDS cases reported in British Columbia declined in 1990, but provincial Health Ministry officials say they aren.’t sure whether that means the numbers are going down or people just aren’t reporting them as much. The ministry said 197 new full-blown cases of AIDS were reported in 1990, a decrease of about nine per cent from 1989’s 216 cases. But ministry expert Dr. Michael Rekart said Tuesday the decrease could come about from any combination of three causes. There could be an actual decrease in the numbers affected by the HIV virus, fewer people reporting their disease, or earlier medical treatments, such as the drug AZT, delaying the onset of actual AIDS, he said. Zalm sees no hope of getting a fair trial if charges are laid Temperatures TORONTO (CP) --- Temperatures Peace River 25 14 000.0 in Celsius: precipitation in milli¬ Whitehorse 18 0 000.0 metres: Yellowknife 21 15 000.0 Vancouver 25 17 000.0 Inuvik 16 5 000.0 Victoria 23 13 000.0 Resolute Bay 8 2 000.0 Comox 23 17 002.8 Eureka 7 3 000.0 Pori Hardy 19 13 001.2 Alert 12 1 000.2 Prince Rupert 18 10 000.0 Cambridge Bay 14 5 001.8 Terrace 26 13 000.8 Calgary 25 13 000.0 Penticton 30 15 005.6 Edmonton 24 14 000.0 Kamloops 27 16 003.0 Lethbridge 26 13 000.0 Abbotsford 26 16 000.0 Medicine Hat 30 17 002.4 Cranbrook 23 13 008.5 Swift Current --- --- 000.0 Revelstoke 25 15 000.0 Regina 19 17 000.2 Puntzi 25 12 000.0 Saskatoon 23 16 000.0 Williams Lake 24 16 000.0 Prince Abed 24 13 000.0 Prince George 25 14 000.0 N. Battteford 24 13 000.0 Mackenzie --- --- 000.0 Winnipeg 22 15 003.4 Fort St. John 21 14 000.0 Brandon 21 13 000.2 Fort Nelson 24 11 000.0 Churchill 26 14 000.0 Dease Lake 20 1 000 0 The Pas 26 14 000.0 Kenora 24 16 000.0 Thunder Bay 23 7 000.0 N. Bay 24 13 000.0 Toronto 25 15 000.0 Ottawa 24 15 000.0 Montreal 24 14 000.0 Fredericton 20 16 000.0 Charlottetown 19 15 001.0 Halifax 11 13 000.0 St. John's 17 8 003.3 Seattle 27 16 000.5 Spokane 29 15 000.0 Portland 29 19 000.0 San Francisco 24 15 000.0 Los Angeles 23 17 000.0 Las Vegas 37 22 000.0 Reno 31 12 000.0 Phoenix 42 27 000.0 New York City 28 20 000.0 Miami 32 27 000.0 NDP leader predicts election ‘very soon’ VERNON (CP) — Premier Rita Johnston will call a provincial election during the final days of August, NDP Leader Mike Harcourt predicted Tuesday evening. “It’s coming soon, friends, very soon,” he told about 200 people at a party rally. Such a date would allow the Social Credit party to cash in on favorable publicity generated by the Aug. 25-27 premiers’ conference, he said. The conference will be held in the resort community of Whistler, about 100 kilometrers north of Vancouver. A late August election call would would also allow the government to exploit last-minute pre-election publicity to be gained through the annual conference of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, which meets at the end of September, Harcourt said later. During his speech, Harcourt touched on a variety of issues, including forestry policy, native land claims, and ethics in government, taking pains to point out the NDP’s promises will be filled within the means of taxpayers. An NDP government would fulfill its promises “the old fashioned way,” he said. “We’ve got to create wealth. We’ve got to stop government waste.” An NDP government would reverse Vemon Jubilee Hospital’s ban on abortions within 30 days of winning an election, Harcourt told doctors in Vemon. He did not elaborate on exactly how he would reverse the hospital board’s decision. “We’re not going to have a legislative session in the first 30 days (after an election),” he said. “But there are some other things that can be done by the minister of health.” The hospital board’s decision June 26 to ban abortions at the hospital — including cases involving rape and incest — has sparked calls from pro-choice groups, two local muncipal councils, and the B.C. Medical Association to remove the board and replace it with a trustee. Others advocate changing the system for electing hospital trustees by allowing the entire community to vote for hospital board candidates during municipal elections. Candidates are currently elected by members of the local hospital society. RICHMOND (CP) — Former premier Bill Vander Zalm says he will not get a fair trial anywhere in Canada if he faces charges for his role in the sale of his Fantasy Gardens theme park. An impartial jury would be impossible to find because of wide media coverage of his part in the $ 16-million sale last year to Taiwanese billionaire Tan Yu, he said in an interview Tuesday. Vander Zalm resigned as premier April 2 after conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes found that he had violated his own conflict guidelines by mixing his public office with the sale of Fantasy Gardens. “Some people far more knowledgeable at law than me have suggested the only way you could ever get a fair hearing.. .is to have it out of the country somewhere,” Vander Zalm said during the interview at his Richmond constituency office. Waiting to see whether he’ll be charged has been “difficult to cope with,” he admitted. “I don’t know of anything that would cause them to have such a long investigation,” he said. “It keeps getting dragged out and postponed and I don’t know what’s happening and nobody talks to me.” If he could tum back the clock, Vander Zalm said, he’d never have been directlyinvolved in the sale. Attorney General Russ Fraser said he’s still awaiting a report from his special prosecutor, Peter Freeman, on whether Vander Zalm should face charges. The report, which will be made public, should be ready “in the next couple of weeks,” Fraser said. Freeman was hired in March by the Attorney General’s Ministry to review the findings of a five-month RCMP investigation of Vander Zalm’s role in the sale of Fantasy Gardens. Police looked into allegations by real estate agent Faye Leung that she had a deal with Vander Zalm to split a commission on the sale of Petro-Canada property adjacent to Fantasy Gardens. PULP MILL TOURS Prince George Pulp and Paper Mills Free mill tours are now available to all members of the public. Mill tours last approximately one and a half hours and are conducted Monday through Friday at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., preferably by appointment. For personal safety and comfort, we ask everyone to wear slacks and closed-toed, low-heeled shoes. Children 10 years of age and older are welcome but those under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. SUSAN KLAAR Susan, your guide, would be pleased to arrange a tour for you. Please contact her at 563-0161 (local 2292) or write to the address below. CAISR^R Canadian Forest Products Prince George Pulp and Paper Mills Division Post Office Box 6000 Prince George, B.C. V2N 2K3 Teriyaki Veggies Wings Pizza sticks Hot Wings Onion Rings, IcXps Spicv Fries Calimari and Souvlaki More! SERVED 7 DAYS A WEEK 6 PM -10 PM You Know h Wifl Be Good At The BX THE BIGGEST BEST BARGAIN IN TOWN *13 OO (Serves 4 People) (5th & Carney) PUB 2929* KITCHEN The Vanderhoof International Airshow Society would like to express its appreciation to its 1991 sponsors AIRSHOW ASSOCIATE SPONSORS GOLD LEVEL OVERWAITEA SILVER LEVEL PEPSI and 7-UP CKPG BRONZE LEVEL DAIRYLAND Cl RADIO YELLOWHEAD ROAD & BRIDGE CORPORATE CLUB ALCAN AIR B.C. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN SHELL PRESIDENT'S CLUB ALCAN RECYCLING DIVISION CEBC FULL SPECTRUM INDUSTRIES INC. MACDONALDS PEAT MARWICK THORNE WESTAR PLATEAU OPERATIONS VANDERHOOF DRUG & ALCOHOL TASK FORCE P.G. THIS WEEK EXECUTIVE CLUB B.C. HYDRO CITY CENTRE MAZDA GREYHOUND (P.G. & VANDERHOOF) NALLEY’S CANADA LTD. SEAGRAMS VANDERHOOF CO-OP COAST INN OF THE NORTH FINNING LTD. NECHAKO INDEPENDENT OMINECA EXPRESS/BUGLE RED CARPET COFFEE SERVICE SCOT OFFICE SUPPLIES VHOOF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VAN HORLICK'S FAITRON COMMUNICATIONS KRISTIANSON & SONS KONTRACTING NECHAKO TRADING CO. RALLY RENTALS ROYAL BANK OF CANADA SUNBURST PAINT & PAPER VANDERHOOF PHARMACY VILLAGE INN BUSINESS CLUB CHEVRON CANADA LTD. In addition, the Vanderhoof International Airshow Society would like to thank the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who enable us to produce a quality event, and give a special thanks to Volunteer Coordinator Diane Kells. Finally, special thanks to the B.C. Northern communities who continue to support our ’Festival of Flight.” The success of the Vanderhoof International Airshow depends on your continued support to remain a showcase for our Northern Hospitality. v