Publicizing BC Games film and impaired driving debate
Readers announce a 16 mm colour film on the British Columbia Summer and Winter Games to be publicized to schools and clubs. A letter argues the current impaired driving penalties are excessive and urges a reform of deterrent measures while noting mandatory suspensions and privacy issues.
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British Columbia
Wayne W. Smith
Colin Reid
4Th Avenue
Prince George
Ron J. Butlin
British Columbia Games
Mainstream Canada Editor's Quote Book Entry
Chairman quote by Thomas Jefferson asserts that no one can claim lack of time if they never squander it, reflecting emphasis on time management and personal discipline in public discourse.
Old and young in Chetwynd chatter and Easter updates
A local column blends nostalgic reflections with community news. Dr. D Ternent attends a Canadian conference while federal and provincial officials discuss emergency health delivery. Bud and Irene Campbell return from Las Vegas. Wilson Roller transfers to Ponoka. Murray Smith named new Chetwynd manager from Cranbrook. Easter visits and moves involve Art Ellis family, Ralph Larsen home guests, and numerous relatives from Alberta, B C, and Saskatchewan. Contact details and social greetings wrap the piece.
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D. Ternent
Medical Association
Ottawa
Canada
Wilson Roller
The
Beaver Lumber Co
Ponoka
Alberta
Chetwynd
Murray Smith
Cranbrook
B.C
Impossible dream becomes reality in Quebec cooperative banks
The Caisses d'Entraide Economique founded by Jacques Gagnon in Alma in 1960 channels local savings into regional small and mid sized businesses. With $1.3 billion in assets across 68 Quebec communities, the model shows lenders and borrowers as neighbors and employers, expanding jobs and local enterprise.
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Jacques’ Gagnon
Gagnon
The
Caisses d’Entraide Economique
Quebec
Alma
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Caisses d’Entraide
Canada
Jacques Gagnon
Ageold
Northeast coal planning agreement extended to 1981
The Canada British Columbia Subsidiary agreement to evaluate Northeast coal has been extended from March 31 1980 to March 31 1981. Federal ministers signed an amendment to allow planning and design work enabling private sector coal firms in Northeastern British Columbia to respond to improving market opportunities.
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Pierre de Bane
Marc Lalonde
Energy, Mines and Resources
Bob McClelland
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
British Columbia
Sunday shopping law to let BC locals set hours
Victoria residents may decide Sunday and holiday shopping via a provincial bill. The law would grant local authorities power to pass bylaws controlling shopping hours, though details remain to be debated in the legislature.
Holiday Shopping Act aims to regulate retail holidays by referendum
A new legislative bill proposes the Holiday Shopping Act to define holidays and empower municipalities to regulate open hours and types of goods sold on holidays. Every bylaw requires majority public approval by referendum. The act covers retirement, location, size, and employment criteria for stores. The plan emphasizes community tailoring and notes ongoing negotiations on a major regional coal and mining investment with potential upper billions in BC.
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House
Allan Williams
Williams
Losses and openings recapped this week in history
This week mark recalls a Sunday Mill Yard Fire that destroyed about 25000 in lumber from half a million board feet, with 15 firemen including Cliff Bjorge extinguishing the blaze despite a broken foot. Also noted is Pacific Petroleums drilling an oil well near Dawson Creek to 3000 feet.
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Cliff Bjorge
Pacific Petroleums
Dawson Creek
Nurses await action on inquiry commission in B C
2700 nurses from the Registered Nurses Association of B C and the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association say no industrial inquiry has been appointed yet. Union spokesman Jerry Miller notes the labour minister sent a telegram offering a commissioner, with the unions insisting any recommendations be non-binding. The nurses have staged limited strikes and remain legally able to strike, though no action was planned Friday.
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Jerry Miller
Miller
Registered Nurses Association of
B.C
Registered
Psychiatric Nurses Association of
Chetwynd Lions weigh roller skates and Las Vegas Night
The Chetwynd Lions Club weighs purchasing roller skates for year round use in Chetwynd and district. Committee members John Jackman Bob Nordlund and Charles Lasser report meetings with Arena Manager Brent Proctor and a decision within two weeks. Also Las Vegas Night May 3 at the Arena invites all for games dancing food and drinks. Proceeds aid needy children across British Columbia.
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Chetwynd
Lions Club
Las Vegas
Ken Bettin
Lion Howard Wilson
Lions
Lion Charlie Lasser
Victoria
B.C
Recreation Commission
Sock snafu mocks White House security tale
Humorous column imagines Secret Service screening a suspicious package for Vice President Mondale only to find battery powered electric socks. The piece riffs on posturing, media nerves, and political figures including Mondale and Reagan, with fictional quips about socks, bullets, and cost.
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Secret Service
Walter Mondale
Sonny
Whitehouse
Eddie Bauer
Abercrombie and Fitch
Ronald Reagan
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