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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1971
Page
2
Chetwynd edges toward major mining boom with potential coal resources. Local planners debate timing and need for housing, schools, and services as 750 jobs and thousands of residents may follow. Citizens urged to prepare expansion programs while outsiders seek quick profits.
The Vancouver project features concrete floors on steel decking with wood frame interiors and cedar siding. The architect notes higher cost than wood but greater resistance to shrinkage and settlement. The hospital includes natural gas heating, full air conditioning for surgery, emergency, obstetrics, and provisions for future cooling expansion. A heat recovery ventilation system is expected to boost operating efficiency by 25 percent, contributing to lower operating costs.
In a February budget speech Premier W A C Bennett proposed a perpetual $25,000,000 fund to finance an aggressive education, prevention and rehabilitation program for alcohol, tobacco and narcotics issues. An advisory committee will guide income distribution for expanded BC facilities, school education plans, and mass media information campaigns.
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