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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1985
Page
2
Fragmentary TV guide reads Friday schedule with blocks for Coronation and All My Children, family programming, late NHL hockey finale, News, Barney Miller, and Video Hits, indicating a mixed lineup and potential time anomalies on air.
A major clash emerges as Canada Post tightens flyer distribution rules, harming BC community papers. Publishers and the Community Newspaper Assoc. say penalties and header errors hurt revenue from flyer inserts, risking jobs and closures. They cite cases like misdated supplements and incorrect paper listings triggering fines and delivery refusals. The industry seeks swift resolution to keep weekly papers alive.
Readers are invited to submit letters on local topics of interest and responses to what the paper has covered. Letters must include the author’s real name and address, be signed, typed double spaced, and may be rejected by the editor.
Letters to the editor condemn a local newspaper caption linking closures of Kamjeedah Jewellers and E-Z Travel to lack of public support. Merchants argue personal business decisions caused the closures and accuse the paper of promoting Dawson Creek interests and ridiculing Chetwynd.
A press release lauds the Canada western energy accord as a springtime reform. It outlines deregulation of crude oil pricing and market-oriented natural gas, removal of PGRT and ownership charges, and the ending of the Petroleum Compensation Charge. The $500 million cost is expected to be offset by increased activity and job creation in oil and gas, with a formal monitoring process to ensure tax savings flow through.
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