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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1986
Page
2
Published every Tuesday at Chetwynd by Alaska Highway Publications Ltd. Rates: 11.00 per year in town 15.00 out of town and 20.00 for foreign countries. Single copy 30 cents. Publisher and Sales Director Norman C Picco Editor and Office Supervisor Chris Rand Reporter Tim Sorchy.
A brief editor letter discusses the weather’s impact on daily life, urging readers to prepare for changing conditions and reflect on local routines amid seasonal shifts.
The Chetwynd Lions Club gave $150 bursaries to Margaret and Roy Trelenberg of Northern Lights College on March 26 as they pursue 040 Level studies. Lions John Jackman Keith Robertson and Gary Mc Cullough presented the award, supporting college expenses through the NCL Bursary Fund.
Bill Bennett emphasizes growing Pacific Rim markets for British Columbia and Canada as negotiations with the United States proceed. He notes Japan and South Korea activity, BC exports totaling billions, and Japan's planned tariff cuts on plywood and two by fours in 1987. Bennett cites mutual aims with Prime Minister Nakasone to deepen trade ties and expand wood product competitiveness.
Premier states Canada aims to boost US trade while preserving strong ties with Pacific Rim partners and others. He supports freer US trade negotiations and strengthening the GATT to grow global commerce, emphasizing avoiding overdependence on a single market.
A Friday April 11 session from 10 to 4 pm at NLC will teach starting a BED AND BREAKFAST facility. Instructor Connie LaFortune covers organization supplies insurance registries hosting and local acts with a question period. Call for information and registration. PSYCHOLOGY 225 starts in April as part of the Community Counselling Certificate Program. exact time to be announced.
The piece argues that a free press, enshrined in rights, influences social and political change in North America. It notes reporters are not elected and their job security is not public, and that controversy sells papers though there is demand for positive stories as a corrective to negative emphasis.
The Chetwynd Public Library seeks donations to grow its local history collection and invites calls at 788-2559. It features an Expo 86 Canada Pavilion promo videocassette, 8 minutes, loanable for free, plus VHS how to and children titles. New books include In Search of Your European Roots by Angus Baxter RS$$$KY BUSINESS by Rod McQueen and Who's Who in Espionage by Payne and Dobson.
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