BC Rail officials tour northern communities in August
A six member B C Rail management committee will visit Fort Nelson Fort St. John Dawson Creek and Chetwynd from August 11 to 13 meeting mayors and councils. President Mac Norris will speak to press and attend a luncheon at the Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce during an inspection trip along the route.
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B.C. Rail
Fort Nelson
Fort St. John
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd
Mac Norris
Mr. Norris
Roger Clarke
Archie MacDonald
Norm McPherson
Gordon Ritchie
Arnold Sturgeon
Hugh Armstrong
Walter Shtenko
al Shannon
Fred Koehn
Kelly Rowland
North Vancouver
Paving project set for John Hart to Peace River Highway
Work begins early August on 20.9 km paving stretch from Kathleen Creek to Silver Sands Creek. Transit minister Fraser and Don Phillips announce contract worth 568 408 dollars awarded to Columbia Biulithic Ltd. of Vancouver. Up to 35 workers to be employed. total project cost 1 116 000 dollars including engineering.
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Peace River
Kathleen Creek
Silver Sands Creek
Transportation and Highways
Alex V. Fraser
Don Phillips
South Peace River
Columbia Biulithic Ltd
Vancouver
British Columbia
Northeast B C coal plans face Japanese and Ottawa roadblock
Pressure from Japan and a hard federal stance on subsidies cloud northeast British Columbia coal development. Ottawa says no progress unless BC funds a massive subsidy. Canadian firms Teck and Denison push proposals, but Japanese may reject them without provincial support. a Japanese mission will visit BC at month end to decide on long term supply.
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Vancouver
B.C
Ottawa
Northeast Coal Development
Japanese Steel Mills Committee
Japan
Teck Corp
Bullmoose
Denison Mines’ Ltd
Quintette
Bil
B.C. Coal
Robert Andras
Teck
Dick Herman
Denison Mines
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Denison
Tourist Advisory Council Excerpt from British Columbia Hansard
The provincial Tourist Advisory Council of British Columbia includes 20 members from across the province and industry figures. In the morning session Mrs Bunne Hoffman and Mr Bob Petrick, former BC Chamber of Commerce presidents, attended and were welcomed in the gallery in the afternoon.
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Hansard
Provincil
British Columbia
Jordan
If House
Tourist Advisory Council of
Bunne Hoffman
Bob Petrick
Rape suspect apprehended in Chetwynd case
Police report a 16 year old Chetwynd girl was allegedly raped in the early hours of August 1. A juvenile boy is in custody charged with the offense. RCMP meanwhile report a string of vehicle crashes including a truck overturning near the Rodeo Grounds turnoff and officers rushing 63 km to a Pine Pass crash near the Westcoast Transmission Plant with no injuries but significant property damage.
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Chetwynd
RCMP
Rodeo Grounds
Hart Highway
Westcoast
Pine Pass
Sulphur blaze on train reaches Chetwynd
Three cars of burning sulphur were transported to Chetwynd from Taylor on the B C Rail line around 6 pm Sunday August 2. Fire Chief Bob McNabb and officers were alerted. The engineer said diesel ash likely ignited the sulphur. Canutec advised using dirt or sand to smother the fire.
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Chetwynd
B.C
Taylor
Bob McNabb
McNabb
Canutec
Black Bros expands Real Estate with Cascade Realty in Chetwynd
Black Bros National Real Estate Service opens a second franchise with Cascade Realty Ltd in Chetwynd, 60 miles west of Dawson Creek. Five representatives serve a town of 4,000, with projected area growth to over 18,000 in five years and 1979 population up eighteen percent. Cascade Realty manager Dale Draper praises access to out of town buyers, computer cataloging, and training via Block Bros, noting staff unchanged despite a name change from Dolan Realty Ltd.
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Black Bros. National Real Estate Service
Cascade Realty Ltd
Chetwynd
Dawson Creek
Loiselle Realty Ltd
Black Bros
Cascade Realty
Dale Draper
I.C
Block Bros
Dolan Realty Ltd
BCGEU calls for a provincial press council in BC
The BCGEU executive passed a resolution urging a British Columbia press council modeled after Quebec Ontario and Alberta councils. General Secretary John Fryer said the move seeks a forum for complaints against media by individuals and groups. The resolution asks the BC Federation of Labour to pursue enabling legislation directing the publishing industry to form a press council.
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Burnaby
B.C
British Columbia
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
BCGEU
John Fryer
B.C. Federation of Labour
Fryer
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Alma Magnum
John Wong
Ja’s
Jung
Ashok
Eptember
Nippon Kokan, Co
Tourist Advisory Council
Robert Mowbray
Robert
Chevron
51St Street
Mr. Mowbray
Pat
Mary Gordon
Chetwynd and Area
Press Council
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