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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1978
Page
2
A quarterly report released in Victoria by Finance Minister Evan Wolfe shows British Columbia in a healthy financial state with a $232.9 million surplus at the end of the first fiscal quarter. The surplus exceeds Wolfe's April budget forecast by over $35 million, signaling a stronger-than-expected early-year outlook.
Chetwynd based South Peace Publishing notes Canada wide rates and confirms that British Columbia reports a close to balanced budget. Mr Wolfe states the first quarter surplus stems from higher revenues in timber, oil and gas rights, with $1,095.3 million in revenues vs forecast and $862.4 million in expenditures.
Victoria BC The Honourable Tom Waterland minister of forests announced that deputy minister Mike Aps ey has filled three of four senior administrative positions in the Forest Service reorganization. Pete Hemphill Ralph Robbins and Bill Young named Assistant Deputy Ministers effective September 1 with a fourth post to be filled by external competition. Young becomes Chief Forester overseeing inventory research planning reforestation and protection. Robbins oversees field operations and regional managers. Hemphill handles support services including comptroller legal and administrative services.
Environment Minister Len Marchand announced talks with the U S Interior Department on a Canada United States agreement to protect the Porcupine caribou herd migrating between Yukon Northwest Territories and Alaska. The plan aims to manage the herd as an ecological unit across the border, enabling joint research and habitat protection. The Yukon north of the Porcupine River is being withdrawn from disposition as a first step toward a national wilderness park and wildlife area.
Dee Farnsworth reports a busy week at the tourist booth with 300 visitors from Germany Florida Ontario Austria Quebec France NWT British Columbia Alberta and the United States. The questions focused on road conditions the dam area campsites dining and hotel accommodations. Visitors received BC and Alberta road maps and accommodation guides as well as photo opportunities with the Little Giants.
Byron Henry reports Brydon Research Laboratories in West Vancouver developed biotechnical findings that halt B C Maydro's McGregor Diversion. A proposed channel between the McGregor and Peace rivers could spread a McGregor bacterium, creating killer salmon and threatening salmon runs, as Dr Malcolm Richards explains.
A collage of crossword clues runs through a mock puzzle list while a science feature warns of aggressive wild salmon. The prose shifts to a biotech plan with bacteria to block a river diversion, featuring researchers Richards Hoax and Brydon Laboratories and a teaser of continued discussion on page 4.
Provincial finance minister Evan Wolfe announced the first quarter financial report showing revenue of 1,095.3 million, 11.8 million above forecast, and expenditure of 862.4 million, 23.8 million under forecast, yielding an interim surplus of 232.9 million. He warned the fiscal year will see little change from the balanced budget, with second-quarter deficits possible, and noted gains in sales tax, corporate income tax, and tourism-related revenues while cautioning on external factors like a declining U.S. dollar and housing market.
The Province argues the New York Times reporter Myron Farber is jailed over confidential notes from a 1976 hospital death case. It stresses that protecting sources sustains investigative journalism while noting limits when fair trial rights demand disclosure. The piece warns such penalties could chill reporting.
History's Scrapbook notes on August 12 1959 six Negro students enroll in Little Rock senior high amid jeers marking the start of token desegregation. Also cited August entries cover Hawks aviation record 1930 and Panamanian canal opening 1914 plus Davy Crockett birth 1786.
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