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Rally for boat people Demonstrators carry large signs as they march near the United Nations in New York Sunday Several thousand people participated in the rally to call attention to the plight of the boat people AP Photo 81 accidental deaths in Canada on weekend Six men killed when light airplane crashed into Lake Simcoe north of Toronto were among at least 81 persons who died accidentally across Canada during the weekend TV rates going up From the Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner OTTAWA MacleanHunter Cable TV Ltd has won federal permission to boost subscriber rate in Collingwood Guelph Midland and Penetanguishene The Canadian Radiotele vision and Telecommunications Commission has approved an application by the company to increaseinsf Elation fees from $15 to $25 The monthly fee of $650 will remain unchanged No public hearing was re quired before the application was approved Two persons were killed in the crash of another light plane in New Brunswick survey by The Canadian Press from pm Friday until midnight Sunday night local times showed 52 traffic fatalities the eight planecrash deaths 16 drownings twa fire deaths one person killed when struck by train one killed after falling into canyon and one after falling off acliff The six Torontoarea men killed in plane crash Saturday were believed to have been sightseeing in rented Piper Aztec aircraft when the acci dent occurrcd 65 kilometres north of Toronto The cause of the crash was not immediately known Three of the men were from Newmarket Ont and the others were from nearby Aurora Cedar Valley and PeterborouEh The identities of two persons killed in the New Brunswick crash Sunday night were not immediately known The crash of the floatequipped aircraft occurred on the Saint John River near Oak Point about 80 kilometres northwest of Saint John Quebec reported 23 traffic fatalities seven deaths and one person killed after falling Ontario reported 10 traffic fatalities the six planecrash deaths four drownings and one firedeath New Brunswick reported nine traffic deaths the two planecrash deaths one drown ing and one person killed when hit by train In British Columbia there were four road deaths two drownings and one person died after falling into canyon near Vancouver TUESDAY Gas squeeze hits tourism Gasoline shortages in the United States are hurting tourist business in some regions of Canada but in other areas of the country the shortages are working to the industrys ad vantage crosscountry survey by The Canadian Press shows that the Maritimes are being hit hardest by the shortages while the West is attracting more tourists than last year But all of the regions reported one common factor More Canadians are taking vacations at home because of uncertain gasoline supplies south of the border Statistics Canada announced earlier this month that the number of US residents visiting Canada in May decreased 63 per cent from the same period last year The summer months are the only time the year when visitors usually spend more in Canada than Canadians spend in the US And the period helps reduce the $900million annual deficit in tourist spending that builds up when Canadians head south for winter vacations BREAKEVEN YEAR Leland McGaw New Brunswick tourism minister said that the best the provmce can hope for is breakeven year in tourism He said several US tourists told him the gas shortage had scared many travellers off the road NOT AFFECTED In most parts of Ontario and Quebec the gas shortage does not seem to be affecting tourism The president of the Northem Ontario Tourist Outfitters an association of about 900 touristrelated businesses north of Parry Sound from Quebec to the Manitoba border said the spring was good but interest has fallen off in the last five or six weeks since the gasoline crunch started Dean Wendbome said that generally business is not quite as good as last year with the majority of US tourists com ing from the border within one tank of gas from Canada The gas crunch ruined what 50 protest drilling for atomic waste site ATIKOKAN Ont CP About 50 demonstrators entered an Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd test area Saturday to pro test test drilling for an atomic waste disposal site Spokesmen for AECL said the protesters poured sand into three tanks containing fuel us ed to power the drills Provincial police said they were investigating The demonstrators members of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility drove in 30 cars to the site which is posted with no trespassing signs AECL staff did not try to stop them Scientists were told to take the day off and go swimming said Peter Brown an AECL spokesman Research into whether the area could be used to dispose safely of waste from Canadian Uniform fire code termed too costly TORONTO CP uniform fire code for Ontario would be just another expensive problem for homeowners builders lobby has told provincial cabinet ministers 80 suffer from food poisoning QUEBEC CP About 80 persons have suffered various degrees of food poisoning after eating turkey infected by salmonella bacteria in restaurant near St Georges de Beauce Que says doctor who investigated the incident About 10 persons were still in hospital six days after consum ing the meat July Dr Marc Dionne said Friday Such cases of food poisoning are fairly common and no punitive measures are planned against the Armand Roy restaurant in St GeorgeQuest said Dr Dionne who works for community health clinic in the area about 80 kilometres south of here Ontarios council of the Hous ing and Urban Development Association of Canada advised the government in letter that fire safety provisions should apv ply only to new buildings If the proposed code becomes law it would cost more than $2 billion to modify existing buildings said Peter Stevens the councils executive vice chairman Stevens said it also would force sharp increase in apart ment rents even those under rent control However such code could save thousands of lives not to mention millions of dollars in property damage said Ross Bissell Ontario Fire Chiefs Association chairman and deputy fire chief for the Metropolitan Toronto borough of Etobicoke The association said the code should be enforced by municipal building inspectors not by firemen reponsible to the Ontario fire marshal Fire chiefs and fire marshals would not lose any of their powers Stevens said Plans would still be inspected by the local fire chief before building is erected What we dont want is needless duplication DA EVERY DURING THE The 50¢ HAMBURGER HOT DOG ARE BACK TREAT FRIEND TO LUNCH IN THE SUN AT THE QUEENS nuctear plants began in June near this community 160 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay At that time petition signed by 1400 persons demanded that the municipal council tell AECL to leave the area until after public hearings on the issue The petition was rejected by council and the research continued Test drilling for information about rock formations and water movements was to begin during the weekend local councillor who said he checked the licence plates of the cars driven by members of the antinuclear group said most of the cars were from out side the area Jo Hillier an AECL informa tion officer said there is no plan for wastedisposal site near Atikokan Jim Foulds NDP member of the legislature for Port Arthur said he supported the protest Area firm gets contract from the Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner OTTAWA federal con tract worth $15000 has been awarded to Provincial Floor ce Of Painswick to pro de the defence department with floor coverings the depart ment of supply and services an nounced Monday It was one of 449 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the department to Canadian com panies during the week ended June 22 Total vaue of the con tracts amounted to $22606439 otherwise was gomg to be an exceptional year Everybodys advance bookings seemed to be good he said but added that cancellations have not been big factor in the apparent decline Wenborne also said more Canadians were travelling to Northern Ontario this year particularly from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba spokesman for the Conven tion and Tourist Bureau for Metropolitan Toronto said the shortage is having minimal impact either way on Toronto hotels Bill Holtzman said that because Toronto is close to many urban areas in the US the shortage might be helping us somewhat but there have been no huge increases The Muskoka region has not been particularly affected Most resort operators there said that although there has been slight drop in US travellers the Canadian trade has more than made up for it We are doing everything possible to get the message across that there is no shortage here sumac cosrcnon Call 416 5338972 Sale Ex ires Jul 31 st the examiner Monday July 10 1079 OTTAWA CP Gasoline price increases predicted to reach over four cents eight cents gallon in the last week and the average Ottawa price was up by 15 cents gallon in the same 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