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BELLUZ Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Box 715 Terrace Bay Ontario POT 2WO JURIS ZDANOVSKIS Office - 825-9393 BROKER _ Home - 824-2933 MON CHERIE HAIR SALON Ladies Men (807) 824-3080 Mountainview Plaza Hwy. 17, Schreiber Open Daily 10 a.m. : Volume 44 No. 43 bie t/14 rc Tuesday October 23, 1990 ? The Terrace Bay-Schreiber =~. News Stand SUPERIOR SHORELINE INSURANCE LTD. We represent 8 different insurance companies so that we can get the best rates for you: *Home *Auto *Business *Air Craft *Mobile Home 825-9492 Liz Boutilier Broker = 40 Cents by Robert Cotton the News Old man winter woke up snortin' and blowin' and definitely cranky last Wednesday after- noon. The first winter storm of the season brought strong winds and between 25 and 30. cm(9-12 in) of snow. Highway 17 was closed between Marathon and Nipigon for the duration of: the storm, keeping traffic out of the Terrace Bay-Schreiber area and the chil- dren out of school. The schools were closed all day Thursday. The Schreiber detachment of the OPP reported no major acci- dents. Fallen trees, toppled onto wires by the high winds and heavy snows, and lightening strikes caused widespread power outages on Wednesday. Ontario Hydro line and forestry crews from Thunder to Schreiber worked throughout the night to restore service too over 10,000 customers, - John Jaroz, lines supervisor in Schreiber, said the first trouble call came in Wednesday about 6.30 p.m. Thursday morning it was still storming with visibility reduced to 400 -500 ft, he said. Jaroz said 500 customers in the Manitouwadge, Rossport, White River and Neys area were without power. The local radio station, at Marathon, and the CBC transmit- ter were also without power. Sandra Stachiw at the Terrace Bay airport said the storm started around 2 p.m. on Wednesday with strong winds blowing out of the north north east at 27-37 km-hr with gusts up to 50 km-hr. "The visibility dropped to 00 by around 4p.m. Visibility at 0 means you can't see anything, 00 means that it was a very heavy snow," Stachiw said. On Thursday there was snow and blowing snow all day with visibility at a quarter of mile to'a mile. The winds were out of the a at 27 km-hr gusting to 61 Peter Schritt of Terrace Bay Public Works shovels off the snow bound walkways at Simcoe Plaza following last weeks storm. Ontario NDP will not ' piggy back' sales tax on federal GST The Minister of Revenue, the Honorable Wark-Martyn, assured Ontario consumers recently that if the new federal Goods and Services Tax is implemented as scheduled for Jan. 1, 1991, they will not have to pay the provin- cial sales tax on top of the federal GST. This message follows last week's statement by Floyd Laughren, Ontario treasurer, and fulfills the commitment made by the new NDP government. It reverses the decision of the previous government to "piggy- back" Ontario retail sales tax on the GST. "It's no secret that this gov- ernment is strongly opposed to the federal GST," said Wark- n. "We believe it's unfair, horren- dously complex, and will further worsen the economic situation." " We are also well aware of the complexity people face in dealing with the new federal GST, and we certainly don't wish to add to the confusion," she said. Wark-Martyn said she would be introducing legislation in the next session of the Legislature to ensure that GST will not be auto- matically included in the RST base as required by existing legis- lation. Vendors will be notified The Revenue ministry will immediately inform vendors and consumers of this change in poli- cy and to deal with their ques- tions. A special notice will be included with the monthly tax return cards which will be rou- tinely mailed to about 300,000 RST vendors in late October. This notice will provide instructions and a toll-free number for further information. Second, a more detailed RST bulletin will be mailed in November to all vendors, and generally to tax accountants, lawyers and business organiza- tions. Third, to reinforce these actions, advertisements will be placed in all Ontario daily, week- ly and ethnic newspapers. As well, the Ministry's multi- lingual telephone service will provide information and advice on specific questions from indi- viduals. ' Wark-Martyn noted that in certain circumstances some Ontarians may have already paid RST on GST levied since September for goods and ser- vices to be delivered after Dec. 31. "Where this has occurred the tax will be refunded," she said. "Vendors will be authorized to repay any RST previously paid on GST upon customer request," she said, "alternatively, refunds will paid by our Retail Sales Tax Branch." photo by Robert me Environmental study for hydro transmission line from Manitoba ~ Ontario Hydro will begin environmental and engineering studies for a new transmission line in Northern Ontario to carry electricity from Manitoba, - "The transmission line would help supply Ontario with a reliable source of-.electricity at an attractive price," said Bill Morison, Vice- president of Design and Construction for Hydro. According to a press release issued by Ontario Hydro the line would supply up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity annually for up to 22 year beginning in the year 2000. The cost of the Ontario portion of the transmission line is expect- ed to be about $1.8 billion. The cost of power to Ontario, over the life of an agreement signed with Manitoba last year will be about 3.7 cents per kilowatt-hour in 1989 dollars, Morison said. Morison emphasized that the proposed 500 kilavolt transmission line is subject to separate review and approval under both provincial and federal environmental regulations. The line would run approximately 1,100 km from the Ontario- Manitoba border west of Kenora to either Timmins or Sault Ste. Marie were it would tie into transmission lines running to Southern Ontario. Throughout the study Hydro will seek input from peoples of the First Nations, local governments, interest groups and area residents in addition to consultations with provincial and federal governments.. The study, containing proposals for alternative routes and laca- tions for new transformer stations, is expected to be completed by mid-1991. \_ DIANNE O'NEILL TERRACE BAY INSURANCE LTD. 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