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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, June 29, 1983 Published every Wednesday by Laurentian Publishing Editor: Harry Huskins Terrace Bay Ltd Cee Editor: Judie Cooper : : Pie vertising: Diane Matson Schreiber Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario TELEPHONE: 825-3747 Braaucion Noneoe inet iacte sare Fal Receptionist: Sharon Mark . : Contributing Editors Cc Deadline: Friday, 5:00 p.m. 2 'g maar. Subscription rates: $10.00 per-annum (local) ei ae et J A ing Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport $14-00 Aa gs (out-of-town) Mary Hubelit .. Second Class Mail Registration No. 0867 Anne Todesco ld th Superstations to go Dear Editor: RE: REVISION TO CABLE TV PROGRAM- MING SERVICES. THE DISCONTINUATION OF WGN AND WTBS TO BE REPLACED WITH AMERICAN NETWORKS. All cable companies in Canada are regulated by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecom- munication Commission better known at the CRTC.This governing body is appointed by the Federal Government to regulate licencess such as us, under the Broad- casting Act and' Cable iTelevision Regulations. The CRTC regulates ex- actly what services each cable system must apply for licences to operate in any given area and ex- plicitly state what ser- vices will be carried. We are regulated as to the number of, and origina- tion from, and foreign signals entering the 'country by any means. As the law stands to date we are not allowed to carry any foreign, satellite signals such as 'WTBS and WGN as they origiante from Sat- com II which is an American satellite. As you maybe aware Lakshore community Television has been pro- viding American satel- lite services to our sub- scribers for a consider- abie length of time. We know our subscribers have enjoyed these ser- vices over the years and have shown us this by their support both by subscribing to cable and also in many communi- 'Arthur Black r ties by letters to the MP's, MPP's, Depart- ment of Communica- tions, and the CRTC, trying to persuade the regulatory bodies invol- 'ved to allow us to conti- nue with the services. This puts us in the precarious position of breaking the regulations and our licence is in jeopardy and can be re- voked at any time or we face presecution. We have had consid- erable success. The new Cancom service which includes Vancouver, Ed- monton, Hamilton, and Montreal has been a direct result of pressure being put on the regula- tory authorities to pro- vide equity of service in remote communities to that in the cities. When the new service was available there was and still is great pressure by the CRTC to discontinue unauthorized signals. We have always argued that the new service was a good first step but, we wanted American ser- vices to the same degree as most Canadians take for granted. This is now about to come to pass. On or about July 15/83 the American networks will be available. CBS and PBS will be the first services available to be followed by NBC by Aug. ist, uplinked from Detroit Mich. The ABC service will be available by the end of 1983. This of course is going to mean another rate increase as we have to. pay for these signals. It is unfortunate but, to Burger wars rage on receive these Lakeshore will be paying Cancom in excess of $34,000 per month just for their signals. This is just one cost of provid- ing a Cable TV service to a small community. The capital cost for equip- ment is the same to a small community as it is for a city, where the city has a much larger sub- scriber base to spread the costs. Should WTBS & WGN have to be termin- ated before the new services are available the rates will be un- changed until new ser- vices are instituted. Subscribers will also note as of July 1, 1983 the new 6 per cent Federal Sales Tax, an- nounced in the last bud- get, will apply on their cable bills. Should anyone have any inquiries please feel free to contact me. Keeping you informed I remain, Lakeshore Community signals Yours truly, Dale Evoy, Manager Television. Northern Affairs ° Northern union policy holders warned to buy new insurance We received the fol- lowing News Release this.past week, from the Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations which will be of concern to individuals who have obtained Insurance from Northern Union. Insur- ance. '*Holders of insurance policies from Northern Union Insurance, a Manitoba company, should move quickly to atrange coverage with another insurer, warns Ontario Insurance Direc- tor Ron Cooper. North- ern Union sold mainly property insurance along with some liability' and surety. Following a series of hearings which ended yesterday in Toronto, Mr. Cooper said that the, company had failed to provide proof that it could meet the mini- mum capital and surplus requirements of Section 28 of the Insurance Act, putting into question its ability to meet its com- mitment to policy hol- ders. He accordingly is- sued an order stopping GRANDPA AND ME the sale of new policies and the renewal of exist- ing policies in Ontario. Today we were advis- ed by the Manitoba Gov- ernment that the Winni- peg based firm went into receivership today. and its Manitoba insurance licence was cancelled. The firm of Dunwoody Company has been ap- pointed as provisional receivers - Dunwoody! Company, 1100-155 Carlton Street, Winni- peg, Manitoba R3C 3H8, President - Mr. M. Fages, telephone: 204- 942-0231. 'Legally their policies are still in effect but I strongly urge policy holders to see their in- surance agent immedi- ately to arrange cover- age with another carrier' said Mr. Cooper. 'If such policy holders were to submit a claim now it would be questionable whether they would be paid in full.' The insurance com- pany collected about $1 million in premiums in Ontario during 1982, compared to $14,6 mil- lion in premiums nation- wide. * Northern Union Insur- ance is wholly owned by McArthur Jeffrey Con- sultants Ltd. of Winni- peg and has operated in Ontario since 1980. Its Ontario business add- ress is listed at 408-703 Evans Avenue, Etobi- coke. Mr. Cooper said the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario had agreed to send warning notices to all of its member brokers urging them to contact clients that might have policies purchases from North- ern Union. If you have a policy with Northern Union In- surance you are urged to contact your insurance agent and arrange for coverage with another firm. For a copy of this release or information on government pro- grams please contact your nearest Northern Affairs Office located on the lower floor, Penin- sula Building, 2 Gilbert Street, Marathon, (229- 1153) or Zenith 33160. BY MARK TURRIS O.K. DAVE .WHAT'S THIS FAVOR YoU , WANT THIS TIME 2 WE NEED YOU TO WRITE OUR READER PROBLEM THE ANN LANDERS TYPEZ RIGHT. OUR USUAL WRITER IS SICK. IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, <= is pon 'T KNOW. oe | WHATS (T CALLED? UH.. DEAR GABBY. YOu MUST BE | JOKING f j WWEU, HE WAS LOWE WINDED..- ys De CONN ET il TIRRIS I'm thinking of going on a diet. That is the inevitable conse- quence of attending a Ukrainian- Canadian wedding and reception, as I did over the weekend. It was the reception part that did' me in - wall-to-wall tables groaning under the weight of steaming bowls and platter full of victuals. Everything from fried chicken to perogies to potato salad to succulent raisin squares Madame Benoit would kill for. It is thanks to the nuptials of Mister and Mrs. William Polon- sky Jr. (not to mention the divine cooking of his grandmother) that food has been front-and-centre in my thoughts for the past few days. Maybe that's why every time I pick up a newspaper or magazine a story about food seems to leap out and bite me in the eye. The first story I saw was about perhaps the greatest unsung con- flict of our time - The Burger Wars. You may not have noticed, but for the past couple of years, three giants of the hamburger business have been at each others' throats. The real bloodletting goes on south of the border I guess, where McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy's have been spending millions of advertising dollars to tell the public how lousy the competition's products are. Wendy's has fired the latest barrage - a $20 million national advertising campaign, the theme of which is: "'We're fresh! They're frozen." Burger King has counter-. attacked with a rather stuffy "*We-think-the-public-has-long- understood-the-value-of-frozen- food" approach. McDonalds has responded by saying their patties may be frozen, but they're "'flash-frozen" and that, says Ronald, makes all the difference. _ Ho hum. Pass the relish. There's another, more inter- esting food war going on across the seas. Sort of food. Coca Cola, is one of the protagonists and a Peking magazine called New Ob- servations is the other. The magazine started the donnybrook with an article in its latest edition. The article is based on an accusation that any Chinese citizens who drink Coke are unpatriotic criminals. That's what the article claims. It also says Coke drinkers "lose their national pride, succumb to capitalistic decadence and harm China's basic national interests to satisfy the profit motives of foreign financial groups."' Coke executives are somewhat flabbergasted by the attack. They've just opened their second Chinese bottling plant in Canton. Together with their operational Peking plant they can now turn out nearly five million cases of Coke annually for Chinese con- sumption. That's 'a lot of pop. The anti-Coke article was penned by a Mister Miu Qun. They don't say what Mister Qun's professional affiliations are, but I wouldn't be surprised if his name pops up on the Peking Dental Registry. Getting full? Leave room for dessert. I have one more food story. Unlike the forgoing, it is not about junk food. But it is about a food that every kid considers junk. A Kentucky nutritonist speak- ing to the annual convention of the Canadian Dietetic Association in Calgary last week says he's discovered a food that fights cardiovascular disease by lower- ing the cholesterol level naturally. The doctor said he stumbled onto the cholesterol connection when he was treating diabetic patients with a high-fibre diet to decrease their reliance on insulin He claims his "wonder food" reduced ser- um cholesterol in his patients by nearly 20 per cent. Actually, it's not a wonder food - more like a miracle mush. And the doctor didn't *'discover" it. Heck, my mother's been pushing the stuff for years. Oatmeal porridge.