Fast reactions save a young girl's life on highway
On March 30 at 6 45 pm a five year old girl on a bicycle rode into the path of a lumber truck near the Legion Hall. Driver Arnold Elliot of Edmonton quickly moved lanes and saved the child. Residents urged adults to restrict children from riding on the highway due to heavy forest industry traffic.
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Legion Hall
Arnold Elliot
Edmonton
Dan Meaney
Cantor
Elliot
RCMP
Clarifications on reporting and community letters in Tumbler Ridge
A local paper owner defends accuracy and OOP corrections while addressing a residents letter about home based business laws. He notes interviews before or after meetings may affect quotes and praises a councillor for role in by laws. He stresses road safety, bike rodeos, and parental training in bicycle safety.
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Tumbler Ridge Observer
Oop’s
Local business debate sparks council discussion on downtown growth
Marge Rose, a reporter and wife of a councillor, asserts no conflict between her duties and marriage while recounting a debate on local shopping, home based businesses, and downtown support. She notes councillors’ and reporters’ efforts to stay unbiased amid ongoing conversations at home.
Property tax claims and political blame in local debate
In a heated local letter Jack Weisgerber MLA is accused of falsely claiming property taxes rose to pay for an IOU. The writer notes government debt from Socred rule and cuts to federal cost sharing during NDP governance, adding property taxes fell in areas and that services have risen with costs.
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Jack Weisgerber
NDP
I.c.u.’S
IOU
Invasion of privacy at Louisiana Pacific Pulp Mill
A letter discusses anonymous surveys on sexual harassment at Louisiana Pacific Pulp Mill in Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. It says morale is already very low, relationships between genders have become strained, and warns against sensationalizing the issue while questioning how to handle the matter within the plant.
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Louisiana Pacific
Chetwynd
Dawson Creek
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Leake
Nanan Ana Ae Ae
T.R
Tumbler Ridge
Wayne Rose
T.R. Council
U.’s
L.P
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