The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the examiner Frldy0ct 12 19 PCs survive first test OTTAWA CP The minority Progressive Cmservative government breezed through its first real challenge in the Commons Thursday night by vote of 223 to 27 despite renewed extrrassion of opposition fears for the future of PetroCana It was the first test of the government elected May 22 and the first nonconfidence vote of the threedayold Parliament ClaudeAndre Lachance Montreal Rosemont and the 2member New Democratic Party caucus stood alone in support of the motion The rest of the Liberals and the four Social Credit MP5 present in the House voted with the government NDP Leader Ed Broadbent had proposed that PetroCan ada the stateowned oil company be given larger role than It now has by becoming the sole importer of foreign oil and operating gas stations from coast to coast The NDP also condemned the government for its intention to sell off large parts of the oil com any to private interests Opposition Leader Pierre Tru eau explained after the vote that Liberals see no reason to give PetroCanada ex clusive rights to imports We dont believe the country would be better off if there was one sole importer of oil he told reporters Limits planned on pension system OTTAWA CP The government plans to impose limits on the system whereby pensions for retired federal em ployees increase automatically every year in line with the annual inflation rate Sinclair Stevens president of the treasury board said Thursday the government also plans to close loopholes in the present law that permit retiring public servants to rip off the system as he put it in news conference Thursday He told the Commons there would be change but declined to say later what might replace the present in dexrng formula Plans talks on interestrate move TORONTO CP Ontario Treasurer Frank Miller said Thursday he will conduct an innerministry discussion on the federal govemments raising of interest rates to record 13 per cent Miller told reporters that he doesnt want to tell federal Finance Minister John Crosbie that he was wrong when the Bank of Canada which sets the rates announced the in crease earlier this week Instead Miiler decided to have group of treasury econo mists discuss the issue And such discussion will likely form the basis of Ontarios position of the matter Canadian offices open to attack OTTAWA CP Liberal senator said Thursday Robert Stanfield will not be able to bail the Progressive Con servative government out of trouble resulting from its decision to move the Canadian embassy in Israel Ray Perrault Opposition leader in the Senate said during MONTREAL CP The streets of Montreal were clogged with traffic this morn ing as commuters shifted to cars instead of buses and the city entered its fourth public transit strike in six years The first major trouble spot was the south shore of the St Lawrence River where radio reporter surveying bridges to Montreal Island said the situ ation was absolutely hor rendous even before 730 am the throne speech debate that the government has left EDT Canadian diplomatic offices abroad open to terrorist attack The J3 95 Cartier bridge as result of its action was back up for full hour at am with traffic that included 37 buses from the south shore which is not affected by the strike The situation was only Stanfield former Conservative leader is in the Middle East with broad mandate to study the effects of the govemments announced intention to move the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv No heating oil shortages Welch TORONTO CIl Energy Minister Robert Welch has al layed fears of heating oil shortages this winter whileOntario experiences an early spell of winterlike weather The minister told the legislature on Thursday the opening day of the sessions resumption that he has no reason to believe that problems of supplying home heating oil will occur this winter Sentenced in lottery swindle TORONTO CP James Robert Buch 26 was sentenced in povincial court Thursday to 18 months in jail for his part in $60000 Provincial lottery swindle Buch of Markham north of Toronto obtained Provincial lottery tickets after they left the Ottawa printers before they had numbers printed on them After one draw $1000winning number 5i was printed on the tickets and at least 60 were cashed at banks Jockey sentenced to six months TORONTO CP Woodbine race track jockey was senlt tenced in county court Thursday to six months in jail for for cibly confining and assaulting 17yearold girl who had been hitchhiking Judge George Ferguson also recom mended that Leslie McShannock 26 be deported to his native Ireland on his release from jail They support Bouey rates move OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Clark and Finance Minister John Crosbie said Thursday they support moves by Gerald Bouey Bank of Canada governor to raise interest rates despite criticism from the opposition and from within their own Progressive Conservative caucus And Crosbie also tried to debunk suggestions that plunging stock market prices foreshadow 19305style economic depression Clark told the Commons in reply to question from Op position Leader Pierre Trudeau that he has no intention of asking Bouey to resign and would not welcome any decision by the central bank govemor to leave his position It was the second day the government faced grilling over interest rates which have risen to record levels following another rise in the Bank of Canada lending rate Tuesday to 13 per cent following increases in the US Urges farmers loan needs be met OTTAWA CPI Governments and lending institutions should be ready to meet the loan requirements of young farmers wishing to take over from farmers who retire in the 19805 farmcredit official said Thursday Bill Jay general manager of the Prince Edward Island Lending Authority said farm transfers and sales in the 19805 will probably cost tens of billions of dollars He said society should be prepared to let farmers make enough profit to pay off debts position too few are in now he said TORONTO CP The at mosphere was relaxed Thurs day as the Ontario legislature resumed after Ssmonth break but the MPPs had lot on their minds Many of the issues expected to occupy most of the session constitution energy health care and education were dis cussed And although members of the minority Progressive Conservative government didnt offer any answers no one seemed too upset The opening was resump tion of the third session of the Slst parliament so members plunged right into business with no fanfare About 100 people gathered outside the legislature building for joint demonstration to support injured workers and protest against nuclear power before the session resumed And 16 Francophone students fr5$iky5Ecole Secondaire de la Huronie in Penetanguishene northwest of Barrie attracted attention during question period when they stood and turned to show letters on their shirts spelling Penetang twice Last week Education Minis ter Bette Stephenson turned down request for separate French school in the town PROTEST DECISION The students organized the demonstration to remind Bette Stephenson how wrong she is spokesman Rejeanne Guay said later Opposition Leader Stuart WILSON BURNS MENZIES CARROLL PALMER BUMSTEAD Wish to announce that effective October st 979 they will carry on their respective practices as sole practitioners as follows Charles Wilson 0C KevinCarroll 18 Collier Street I3 Street Dario Ontario Barrie Ontario 1266581 7263000 Edward Burns Gary Palmer IS Collier Street 0won Street Suite 3730 Ontario Barrie Ontario 7263000 7373960 Marvin Moms Ross Bumstoad 18 Collier Street coui strut Dario Ontario °° 7263000 Patient evacuated in hospital blaze Dr Gregoire Begin surgeon at the Buckingham Que hospital that was swept by fire Thursday helps evacuate patient from the second floor in City in chaos as strike starts More than 27 million people live in metropolitan Montreal Even the transit drivers who will be laid off and therefore will be elegible for unemploy ment insurance benefits were angered by the strike Id rather be driving my bus than going through all this non sense said driver Claude Du guay who was among some 600 drivers to attend union meet Ing We havent gone on strike for the past eight years said colleague Daniel Frenette But once more we have no other choice as the main tenance guys go at it again The 2100 maintenance work ers turned down the commis sions only contract offer three weeks ago and last week voted to strike at midnight Thursday unless management came up with new wage and indexation proposals No fanfare involved as MPPs back on job Smith grilling Premier William Davis on education and constitution matters asked the premier for the government views on the right of teachers to strike and the decision by the federal Conservative govern ment to give coastal provinces control over their offshore re sources Davis told the Liberal leader the education issue is difficult the government is studying it and there are no instant an swers His manner lightened as he discussed offshore resources hydro bucket Ambulance teams and staff evacuated IOO patients from the hospital but there were no reported injuries CP Photo andshutcascfor homewr Anopen mow am has an In all Considering the cost of oil gas and electric heat these days its easy to see why hundreds of thousands of homeowners across North America havetumed to wood heating Its more economical it can trim 50 or more ofl your heating bill bod smells and sounds as good as it bums And its one form ofcncrgy thats still growing But what do you burn wood in to get the most heat out of it Wed like to suggest Fisher Stove The Fishers unique twostep combustion chamber recirculates wood gases back into the flames resulting in more heat and fewer ashes Its patented spin draft controls and virtually airtight construction mean you can regulate how much heat it puts out And because its made from carefully welded heavy plate steel it will give you years of remarkable heating efficiency We have variety of Fisher Stove models to choose from So come in soon and find out what makes Fisher Fisher Case closed FISHER W000 STOVES mm mm Pun 7374602 An idea Canada is warming up to Never really intended taking money away TORONTO CP man ac cused of stealing Lottarjio jackpot has admitted he told Strathroy Ont bank manager he planned to take $500000 of the winnings out of the country and go into business in Gran ada But James Nicholas 46 charged with the theft of the $127812750 jackpot told county court Thursday he never really intended to take the money to Granada and did not consider himself the owner of the money The Hamilton businessman testified he withdrew part of the winnings from the bank because he planned to return the money to its rightful owner Dr Megeri Ede Kingston Ont physician The jackpot was alleged to have been won by Ede last April Police have testified they found two $250000 bank drafts in Nicholass Toronto hotel room during his arrest last May 25 October ll Draw 545l7 545I7 mv Omen gt rr rr IIII gt all IIII 28756 48756 8756 Nicholas said he did Ede fa vor and picked up the winnings on Edes behalf on May 18 be cause Ede wanted to avoid pub licity He testified that since he was temporarily masquerading as millionaire he wanted to avoid attempts by the bank manager to have him invest money that wasnt his so he told the man ager he planned to take the monev to Granada flight to the Caribbean but to continue on to Kingston to give the money to Ede Police found his Granadian ass and bank book in his case because he never bothered keeping them at home Nicholas told the court He admitted asking Ede for $200000 of the prize money but said this was only shortterm loan to use in continuing the boa urn JOES PUTS THE MUSIC IN YOU OCT 24th Li BAYFIELD MALL Possum wmnsas FIRST PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE OF Winning Numbers 47 PRIZES OF 384 PRIzEs or 833 PRIZES OF 4752 PRIZEs or 3456 PRIZES OF SECOND PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE or 47 PRIZES OF ell Ff TT m3 ANY OTHER 756 II III llgJ 384 PRIZESOF 3886 PRIZESOF soon THIRD PRIZE NUMBER 4752 PRIZESOF 3456 PRIZESOF PRIZE or $100000 47 PRIZES or gtigt rrrr rr BE 9682 EH 21 Ian l0 384 PRIZESOF 3888 PRIZES OF FOURTH PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE OF 4752 PRIZESOF 3456 PRIZESOF $100000 1000 rTI II rl 09 36703 xz mlt 6703 703 III 968 47 PRIZESOF ALL 968 384 PRIZESOF ALL 682 3888 PRIZESOF we re FIFTH PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE OF 109000 3888 PRIZES OF 47 PRIZEsoP 384 PRIZESOF 4752IPRIZES OF 3456IPRIZES OF ttwtti iWINFALLPRIZENUMBERt it titti llllil TOTAL l05840 PRIZES $2170800 $10 SIOO and $1000 tickets may be redeemed at Ontario branches of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce $10 tickets may also be redeemed at participatin Wintario retailers mn IaII prize IICKelS mu be claimed within two weeks of this draw and only from designated Wintario Wintali retailers Next Draw October 25th from Parry Sound LINIU 110m murmurnu Come taste our harvest de ts during the Fall Festival at Crockan Block is wonderful occasion and wed like you to be part of it From October 521 youll discover bountiful array of autumn delights at Crock Gr Block Try our tasty sour dough cranberry bread RiCh homestyle carrot cake Hot deep dish app nymph lip pic with honey nectar sauCe Make the most of this glorious season In the cosy and friendly surroundings of Crock 61 Block Itll be great night out IIlilfilllllII Ill it JII IWml lf IIl 74 hi Ill RESTAURANT 325 Bayfield St