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Public Library Terrace Bay ONT, Schreiber = sce say, own. _ Wednesday, April 17, 1985 Vol. 20, No. 16 Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° Transportation Budget | Announced IS IT ALMOST SUMMER??? Did You Know It was the fall of 1945, 40 years ago, when the Kimberly- Clark engineers and Hydro personnel began work on the con- crete foundations at the Mill site. It was at that time the weather station was set up and found the prevailing winds to. be coming from the Northwest. Mayday to hold public meetings HWY 585 IMPROVE 8km 4.5 km a PASSING LANES Nipigo RESURFACE OUIMET ie ste CANYON RD. COMPLETION . Terrace Bay oO VARIOUS LOCATIONS RESURFACING = Pind Manitouwadge ro. RESURFACE 11.9 km ~~ RESURFACING HWY "S 626 & 627 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 5 8 - I km t pe i | The Ministry of Nor- thern Affairs has announc- ed the 1985-86 budget and they will spend over $110 million on transportation in Northern Ontario, in- cluding $60.2 million to rehabilitate and improve the north's 10,000 km_ highway system. Northern Affairs Minister Leo Bernier and Minister for Northern Transportation, Rene Piche presented highlights of the budget at press conferences Premier Premier Frank Miller, stressing his new Enter- prise Ontario program, brought his election cam- paign to Thunder . Bay, Friday. Miller said his new economic program, unveil- ed a week ago, will con- centrate on helping small business, ensuring Ontario workers have proper job skills and increasing the province's foreign trade. An increase in foreign trade he said could. have important consequences for Thunder Bay as the provin- in Thunder Bay and Tim- mins. Bernier said, "The objective of this Ministry is quite simply to provide a first class transportation system that contributes to the economic and social development of Northern Ontario."' The Ministry will also privide $4.7 million for/ roads not classified as King's or Secondary Highways. New work in- cludes the construction of the first section of the Ben- 'ding Lake Road from Hwy. 17 southerly, when completed the Bending Lake Road will link Hwy. 11 and 17 between Ignace and Atikokan. The Ministry of Nor- thern Affairs will provide funds for the construction and rehabilitation of forest access roads under three separate programs. The federal-provincial forest management sub- agreement ($11 million), the Ministry of Natural Resources forest access roads program ($2.9 million); and NORTC, the Northern Ontario Resources Transportation Committeé ($5 million) which also funds mineral access roads and the winter roads program in the far north. In other areas, the Ministry will provide $2.4 million for airport con- struction and im- provements in the remote north: Miller on election campaign cially owned UTDC, the parent company of Can- Car Ltd., is currently at- tempting to break into markets in the Far East. "Let me tell you if we make a deal there will be a lot of jobs,' Miller told the cheering audience of party faithful. On loca! issues however, the Premier was vague. When asked by reporters about medical travel costs for. Northern Ontario residents Miller would on- ly say the issue is being ex- amined by the Health ministry. Miller also did not make any committments on the future of St. Joseph's Heritage except to say the "*matter was on my desk."' '*We are studying the mat- ter very carefully," he said. The Premier also used his speech to try to shake the right-wing image he has been labelled with by op- postion parties. Miller stressed that his govern- ment is committed to im- proving the province's social service and health care system. Referring to the new agreement between the federal government and the western provinces on 9il and gas the Premier assured the audience that the interests of the Ontario consumer would be "'pro- tected". Miller said he would meet with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney next week to discuss the federal oil and gas agree- ment.**You can be assured I will continue to fight for resonable prices for gas and oil," Miller said. Since 1982 Project May- day -has been. active in North Shore communities seeking to meet the needs of women and to better the quality of life for all residents. With the receipt in November 1984 of a grant from the women's pro- grammes division of the Secretary of State, Project Mayday was able to ex- pand its horizons and enter a new area of research. Looking at life in single in- dustry towns, Project May- day has involved North Shore women in a _ par- ticipatory research analysis of their housing, education, social services, travel, shopping, leisure time and employment participation both in their homes and jobs. The research workers have conducted confiden- tial individual interviews and are now analyzing data and writing a report to be published during July 1985. Although the report data is still confidential until publication several broad general trends have ap- peared in all communities. With the receipt of an ad- ditional grant from Canada Employment and Immigra- tion, Employment Development Branch, Pro- ject Mayday has been able to hire additional workers for 2 months for North Shore communities. These women will do further research and hold public meetings around these general trends and help community women develop action plans. Nicki Glassier is the Terrace Bay Canada Works Project worker and has been very active in her two years there. She has organized exercise and quilting classes as well as being a tremendous asset as a volunteer in many dif- ferent. facets at the "McCausland: Hospital -and Birchwood Terrace. Her background in advertising and marketing tours in her previous job makes Nicki a very outgoing and ap- proachable person, aware of the potential of her town and enthusiastic in tackling this community project. Roxanne McLellan has been hired as the Schreiber worker:and has lived here . since 1963. She has been very active in raising a family and in community volunteer work. She is in- volved in the . Catholic Women's League, and has " been active as well in the figure skating club and in brownies and guides. She has a contagious 'en- thusiasm for life in Schreiber and looks for- ward to being even more active in her community. The Project worker for Rossport is Colleen Ken- ney. Colleen has lived in Rossport for most of her life with the exception of several years working on the West Coast. Colleen has participated in many community activities since her return to Rossport four years ago; co-ordinating bingos for the church and the hall; supervising a Youth Corp program; planning grant applications for up-grading the George Body Wardrope Park and co- ordinating the Rossport Recreation Winter Car- nival and community dances. She sits on the Rossport Recreation Com- mittee and has been employed both at the Rossport Ian and the Win- djammer Gift Shop and has a broad knowledge and understanding of life in her community. Nicki Glassier may be reached at 825-9366, Rox- anne McLellan at 824-2349 and Colleen Kenney at 824-2025 between 9 and 5, should you wish further in- formation on any aspect of this new project. Research undertaken in the past by the group, nam- ed for its May 1st initial meeting date, has included the publication "Battering - A Report on Physical ° Violence'. This brought the need for emergency housing for wictims of family violence to a visible focus and resulted in the formation of the Inter- municipal Committee on Family Violence which is now in the final stages of Negotiation with the Ministry of Social Services for transition house fun- ding. Education projects have centred around film and discussion evenings addressing varied women's issues. identified The body found at the beach in Terrace Bay April 2nd had been missing since June 13th, 1984. The late James Vincent Corbett, of Hancock, Michigan along with two friends, drowned while boating in over 80 feet of water. The other two bodies were found almost immediately.