National Forest Week 1976 Emphasizes Forests In Everyday Life
Readers note that National Forest Week runs May 28 1976 with the theme Forests Part of All Our Lives. The piece highlights forests as a backbone of Canadian history and modern living, noting beaver fur trade, settlement, transportation, and a wide range of wood products. It urges sustainable management to meet future demand and stresses forests as renewable resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Forestry Association
Denison plans progress on Quintette coal project
The article details Denison Mines progress toward a large Quintette metallurgical coal operation in British Columbia. It covers engineering and economic studies, a potential $500 million financing need, and tentative Japanese sales contracts. Route options to port involve BC Rail and CN railways, with government preference for Britannia Beach. Ownership is split among Denison 38.5 percent World Resources 36.75 percent, and Mitsui/Tokyo Boks 25 percent. A townsite is set aside in Quintette, and eight major coal projects are under consideration in BC. The piece ends with a separate letter to Moberly Lake parents and notices for a May 29 1976 conference on Women’s Changing Roles hosted by the Terrace Women’s Organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann
B.C
East Kootenay
Denison
Canadian National Railway
Prince Rupert
BCR
Britannia Beach
BCRCN
Chetwynd
World Resources Company
Alco Standard Corporation
Mitsui Mining Co. Ltd
Tokyo Bocks Ltd
B.C. Gazette
Quintette
Rick Higgs
Yukon
Ladies Plan Bake Sale for Elks Hall
The Royal Purple Ladies will hold a bake sale at the Elks Hall on May 1, 1976 starting at 2 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Elks Deaf Detection Programme. Cancer Drive is set for the first week in May and canvassing may be arranged by contacting P H R Lady Burtch. Delegates to the Supreme convention were elected. Edmonton hosts the convention in July. New officers for the next year will be installed in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.R
Berlinger
O.0.r.p
Ladies of the Royal Purple
Elks Hall
Elks
P.H.R
Burtch
Supreme Convention
Edmonton
Lossing Poh
Smoke Signals from Moberly Lake
A reflective travelogue piece recounts a Mojave Desert route from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, then shifts to biographical anecdotes about Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst, and Patricia Hearst, detailing the castle’s vast rooms, priceless artifacts, and the 1951 death of Hearst’s mistress Marion Davies along with contextual notes on the Hearst family and related events.
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Time Magazine
California
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Mojave Desert
Hearst Castle
William Randolph Hearst
Patricia
Marion Davies
Norma Shearer
Miss Davies
Shearer
Tourism budget calls for dedicated travel minister in province
Regional tourism official Don Ashley urged a cabinet post focused solely on travel at a Peace River Alaska Highway Tourist Association meeting in Chetwynd. He noted travel and recreation cuts of 1.2 percent while forestry rose 24 percent and agriculture 16 percent, arguing a deputy minister was missing and that squeaking would have brought more funding. He pointed to Grace McCarthy’s heavy ministerial load as a constraint and pressed for reassessment and stronger support for tourism’s economic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ashley
Peace River
Alaska Highway Tourist Association
Chetwynd
Department of Travel and Recreation
Grace McCarthy
Department of Agriculture
Forestry Department
Peace Island Park hosts pan gold championships in 1976
Morning May 23 features three panning tests for fine medium and coarse gold with prizes a trophy and one ounce of gold plus the title King of the Sourdoughs. A Peace River Pan-Off runs May 22 with the same events and a pancake breakfast gathers attendees. Prospector's Olympics offer detector hunts claim staking and other contests funded by local merchants and electronics firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Highway News
North Peace Savings and Credit Union
Peace Island Park
Central Record Electronics Ltd
Rocky Mts. Detectors Ltd
Diversified Electronics of Canada Ltd
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National Forest Week
Moberly Lake
Trading Post
The
Terrace Women’s Organization
Rosemary Brown
Vancouver-Burrard
Diana Bissell
Johanna den Hertog
Vancouver Status of Women
Gail Berst
B.C. Federation of Labour
Julia Goulden
Lil Farkvam
Gair Avenue
Terrace
Marian Parker
Diana the Huntress
Three Graces
Europe
Gregory
Hearst
Patty Hearst
San Francisco
Victoria
San Simeon
Anaheim
Hollywood
Bobby Kennedy
Charles Manson
Hollywood Bowl
Grauman
Betty Grable
Jimmy Durante
Sonja Henie
Trigger
Roy Rogers
Jayne Mansfield
Farmers’ Market
Madeline Davis
Chetwynd Hospital
Eureka
Guy Berry
Hugh Berry of
Lacombe
Edna Cross
Norman
Claude Boudreau
Prince George
Edson
Whitecourt
Edna
Carol Greenhalgh
Ed Olson
Electrolux
Charlene Leidenius
Apt
Windrem Gardens
Little Giant
Chetwynd B.I
Chetwynd Custom Builders
P.O. Box
Don Swanton
Westwood Homes
Lindal
Dreamlife Construction Ltd
Taylor,b.c
Jake City
Worile Homes
Alaska Ave
Dawson Creek
Alaska Hiway
St. John
Glendale
Safeway
Br. U.R. Safeway
Br. U.R
Br. Can Amera
Glendale el Monte
Salesreps
Ivan Braaten
Ron Pylipuik
Chetwynd Arena
Lion
Chetwynd Lions Club
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