2 - The Prince George Citizen - Tuesday, March 2,1993 B.C. WEATHER OUTLOOK The Weather WHDV FOG RAN SHOWER THUNDER SNOW Temperatures : LOW / HIGH Whitehorse I V ■ -12/-3 lEdmonton k-2/8 'Halifax •7/0 Vancouver l 5/11 ■ -8/5 Saskatoon Montreal • -8/-2 .Thunder L-12/2- Ottawa i "s. -8/0 Chicago 1/2 HONOLULU 20/27 Edmonton -2/8 Prince Rupert zf 4/9 Jasper -4/7 Prince George -1/5 Calgary -2/12 Kamloops 0/8 Vancouver N 5 / *11 Environment Cerwd* Environ nemom Canada Wednesday March 3 17/25 ’ MIAMI Environment Canada Envwonnement Canada WEATHER UPDATES Public Forecast 9(J 9330 Weather Consultation 961-7552 mErvtronnent Ccroda Enrvtramornent Canada PRINCE GEORGE FORECAST preciprt ition in percent . , '' : \ o*. * • -. • Today Sunny with cloudy periods in the afternoon Highs 6 POP 10 Tonight Mainly cloudy Chance of showers or Hurries Windy Laws -1 POP 40 Wednesday Cloudy with a few showers or flurries Windy at times Highs 5 POP 70 Thursday Cloudy few sunny breaks Chance of showeis or flurries Lows 4 Highs 8 POP fifl___________ Friday Cloudy, sunny breaks Chance of showers or Hurries Lows -5 Highs 7 pop sn______________ Saturday Cloudy a few sunny periods Chance of showers or flumes Lows -6 Highs 6 POP M______________ SMOKE The concentration of minute smoke particles in the air averaged 19 micrograms during the past 24 hours, which is rated GOOD by the environment ministry. TEMPERATURES ALMANAC NO MEASURABLE TRS READINGS DURING PAST 24 HOURS Prince George: Today, sunny with cloudy periods. High 5. Tonight, mainly cloudy. Chance of showers or flurries overnight. Becoming windy. Low -1. Wednesday, mainly cloudy. A few showers or morning flurries. Windy at times. High 5. Probability of precipitation in per cent 10 today, 40 tonight and 70 Wednesday. Interior: A weak ridge of high pressure moved into the interior this morning. As a result many areas will experience a generally sunny day today although some clouds will persist in a few localities. A Pacific frontal system approaching the B.C. coast will spread increasing clouds to the western interior late this afternoon and to the remainder of the interior overnight The system should weaken considerably prior to reaching the interior and only a few showers or flurries are expected tonight and Wednesday. Cariboo: Tonight, cloudy. Showers or flurries likely developing during the evening. Becoming windy. Low -2. Wednesday, mainly cloudy. Showers or morning flurries likely. Windy. High 7. Probability of precipitation in per cent 20 today, 70 tonight and 70 Wednesday. Parsnip: Tonight, a few cloudy periods. Low -4. Wednesday, mainly cloudy. Showers or flurries likely. High 4. Probability of precipitation in per cent 20 today, 20 tonight and 70 Wednesday. Bulkley Valley: Tonight, mainly cloudy. A few showers or flurries developing during the evening. Becoming windy. Low -2. Wednesday, mainly cloudy. Showers likely. High 6. Probability of precipitation in per cent 20 today, 70 tonight and 70 Wednesday. Okanagan: Tonight, mainly cloudy. A few showers or flurries developing in the evening. Lows near 0. Wednesday, mainly cloudy. Showers likely except mixed with flurries in the morning. Windy at times. High 8. Probability of precipitation in per cent 20 today, 70 tonight and 70 Wednesday. Coast: A weak ridge of high pressure will move rapidly eastward today as the next frontal system moves up from the southwest This system may be fairly slow to move in initially as it winds up offshore. However, when it does arrive it will bring rain and wind to most areas. Vancouver: Tonight, rain. Windy. Low 5. Wednesday, rain easing to showers. Windy. High 11. Probability of precipitation in per cent 70 today, 100 tonight and 90 Wednesday. Victoria: Tonight, rain. Windy. Low 4. Wednesday, rain easing to showers. Windy. High 11. Probability of precipitation in per cent 90 today, 100 tonight and 90 Wednesday. Fraser Valley: Tonight, rain. Windy. Low 5. Wednesday, rain easing to showers. Locally windy. High 12. Probability of precipitation in per cent 40 today, 100 tonight and 100 Wednesday. TORONTO (CP) — Temperatures in Celsius; precipitation in millimetres: Vancouver 9 3 004.1 Vicloria 9 -1 002.2 Comox 9 1 005.6 Port Hardy 9 0 005.2 Prince Rupert 7 0 003.6 Terrace 6 1 001.8 Pentidon 3 -2 000.2 Kamloops 8 -2 000.0 Abbotsford 9 1 004.6 Cranbrook 8 -3 000.0 Revelstoke 4 1 000.0 Blue River — 0 000.0 Puntzi 8 -13 000.0 Williams Lake 9 -5 000.0 Prince George 8 -1 000.2 Mackenzie 4 -2 001.6 Fori Si. John 8 2 000.0 Fori Nelson 6 -6 000.0 Dease Lake 7 •7 001.2 Peace River 7 2 000.0 Whitehorse 3 •5 000 2 Yellowknife -11 -12 003.2 Inuvik -9 -25 000.0 Resolute Bay -38 -42 000.0 Eureka -43 -46 0000 Alert — — 0000 Cambridge Bay -31 •32 000.2 Calgary 14 2 000.0 Edmonton 9 0 000.fi Lethbridge 12 1 000.0 Medicine Hat 10 1 000.0 Swift Current 10 0 000.0 Regina 6 -4 000.0 Saskatoon 5 -4 000.0 Prince Abert 8 •5 000.0 N. Battteford 6 -6 000.0 Winnipeg 5 -8 000 0 Brandon 4 -8 000.0 Churchill -18 -29 001.6 The Pas 11 •1 000.0 Kenora 10 -4 000.0 Thunder Bay 9 -2 000 0 N. Bay -2 -4 000 0 Toronto 0 -7 000.0 Ottawa 1 -8 000 0 Montreal •2 -1C 000.0 Fredericton -1 •12 000.0 Charlottetown -5 •7 011.8 Halifax — — 000.0 St. John's 6 2 006.2 Seattle 8 4 002.5 Spokane 3 -6 001.0 Portland 2 0 011.2 San Francisco 15 7 000.0 Los Angeles 17 9 000.0 Las Vegas 16 5 000.0 Reno 11 1 000.0 Phoenix 16 8 000.0 New York City 6 •2 000 0 Miami 25 13 000.0 Yesterday High: 8.2 Low: 2.4 Rainfall (mm): 0.4 Snowfall (cm): 0.0 Sunshine (hrs): 1.5 A Year Ago Today High: 8.8 Low: -4.4 Rainfall (mm): 0.0 Snowfall (cm): 0.0 Sunshine (hrs): 5.7 Environment Canada Environnement Canada British Columbia Forecast Tonight’s Low/T omorrow’sHigh Victoria 4/11 Sunrise 6:54 AM Sunset 5:52 PM >#f Full Last New First Moon Quarter Moon Quarter 08/03 14 /03 22/ 03 30/03 Moonrise IVIoonset 12:02 WED 4:39 THUR Citizen AIR QUALITY INDEX ■ P.O. Jail H Plaza 400 □ Van Bien (2) Noon-3 p.m. (3) 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (4) 6 p.m.-9 p.m. (5) 9 p.m.-Mldnlght (6) Midnight-3 a.m. (7) 3 a.m.-6 a.m. (1) 9 a.nu-Noon Peak levels during 3-hour periods to 9 a.m. today. Total Reduced Sulphur compounds (parts per billion) measured by tne B.C. Environment Ministry. (8) 6 a.m.-9 a.m. °288S88S88 LEVEL B ppb HAZARD ‘FLASHBACKS AND NIGHTMARES’ Police raid sparks lawsuit by Canadian Press COQUITLAM — A suburban Vancouver family is suing the RCMP for damages for what they say was a botched raid on their home almost two years ago. “The children still have flashbacks and nightmares and my husband and I do, too,” Angela Vukelic, 42, said Monday. “I don’t wish anyone to go through what we went through.” In a B.C. Supreme Court suit filed Monday, the Vukelic family seeks unspecified damages from the RCMP. Just befre dawn March 15, 1991, a Coquitlam RCMP emergency response team was poised to move in on two youths who rented the Vukelics’ basement suite. But Dragan Vukelic was awakened because his German Shepherd, Lobo, was barking. When the 47-year-old former bricklayer walked outside to quiet the dog, he was beaten unconscious by police. “Angela Vukelic witnessed her husband being jumped upon, kicked and beaten by three men wearing masks over their faces,” the writ states. “(She) heard gunshots and believed that her husband had just been killed. “The family dog returned bleeding to the family home, lay down and died.” The basement-suite tenants escaped but were picked up later that night by police. A handgun and some drugs were recovered from the basement. The documents also say that Vukelic’s two sons — now 18 and 20 years old — were threatened at gunpoint while police “proceeded to run through the house with their guns drawn, terrifying the plaintiffs.” The suit says Dragan Vukelic now has blurred vision — as well as knee, shoulder and elbow pain — and hasn’t worked since the beating. “This poor family — they were terrified,” said family jawyer Ray Chouinard. “Recovery is slow. (Dragan Vukelic) has been a laborer all his life. If you can’t work with your body what can you do?” The RCMP admitted wrongdoing, replaced Lobo with another German Shepherd and have supplemented the Vukelic’s income since the ordeal. “The RCMP feels terrible about the whole incident,” said RCMP SgL Peter Montague. “We feel we were liable for discomfort caused to the family, and as a result we are trying to make amends.” Gov’t eyes tax modifications Legal service tax changes in the works VICTORIA (CP) — The B.C. government will introduce legislation re-imposing the sales tax on legal services in spite of a court ruling Friday that the tax is unconstitutional, Finance Minister Glen Clark said Monday. Justice Kenneth Lysyk struck down the tax in B.C. Supreme Court, saying it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The bar association and the B.C. Law Society had brought a joint suit against the government. The new legislation will be introduced during the upcoming legislative session that starts March 18, Clark said. It will define taxable legal services more precisely, “to address the reasons on which the tax was found unconstitutional,” he said. Clark said the tax is necessary to help offset the rising costs of government programs, including legal aid. He said the tax was expected to raise about S30 million during the current fiscal year. He also said the government is considering an appeal of the court ruling. A Canadian Bar‘Association official said re-imposing the sales tax is a “knee-jerk response” that is unfair to taxpayers. “This is not a tax on lawyers,” said Parker McCarthy, vice-president of the B.C. section of the bar association. “This is a tax on people who use lawyers.” The association believes legal services are essential services and people have a direct right to access them, he said. “Here they’ve been collecting a tax through legislation that was ruled invalid, and now they’re going to simply rework the law to let them keep (the tax),” he said. “I would say that raises questions of fairness.” Tree farm licence returned SMITHERS (CP) — Westar Timber has returned a tree farm licence in northwestern British Columbia to the provincial government. Forests Minister Dan Miller says that means the licence in Cranberry River will become a timber supply area. Westar was allowed to cut 110,000 cubic metres of timber a year in the 77,000-hectare area. Miller says the province’s chief forester now will decide what the annual cut will be and how it will be distributed. Westar gave up the licence after closing the Kitwanga sawmill and transferring other operations to Repap Carnaby. Westar officials say there were no suitable offers for the Kitwanga mill and workers will soon be getting their severance pay. VICTORIA (CP) — The B.C. corporate capital tax introduced in the New Democrat government’s first budget last year will likely be modified in next month’s budget, Premier Harcourt said Monday. The government can’t afford to eliminate the tax, but had heard many representations from business people who felt it should be based on profit, not just capital, Harcourt said from Toronto. There were several anomalies in how the tax was imposed and Har-% court said the government had listened to the arguments put forward. “We’re not going to get rid of it, but there are some areas we’re looking at,” he said. The tax, which raised more than $200 million this fiscal year for the government, was criticized by some of those listening to Harcourt at the C.D. Howe Institute on Monday. “They expressed the fact that they didn’t like the corporate capital tax and my response was: ‘Neither do I.’” The tax was formerly paid only by large financial institutions, but last year was reintroduced for all firms with paid-up capital of more than $1 million. The rate for big financial institutions was increased to three per cent from two and most others were taxed at a rate of three-tenths of a per cent. Spinal cord unit moves toVGH VANCOUVER (CP) — The acute spinal cord injury unit at University Hospital Shaughnessy site will move to Vancouver General Hospital, a member of the transition team managing the Shaughnessy hospital closure said Monday. “The current thinking is the relocation of the program to VGH,” said Dr. Lome Klippert. Last month, Vancouver General was mentioned as the likely recipient of the unit, but no official announcement was made. Klippert said services related to the unit, such as the back pain clinic and the injury prevention centre, will either move to Vancouver General “or there will be arrangements made so all components of the program can work cohesively.” “It isn’t just a specific 22-bed unit that has to be reassigned,” said transition co-ordinator Bert Boyd. The acute unit is part of a complex web of spinal services that must now be shifted to other hospitals. Health Minister Elizabeth Cull announced Feb. 15 the hospital will close. ~"”~"Cou~p~orf DEVELOP AND PRINT SPECIAL Prttint thla coupon with any numbtr of colour films or nagaMvaa for processing and rscslvs ths following spsclal pries a (Procsss C41). 12 EXPOSURE S *588 2L_*6" 24 EXPOSURE I Reg. v Size $088 Super Size....... 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