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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1980
Page
7
A 20-year-old daughter living at home after failed independent attempts keeps sleeping at her boyfriend’s apartment weekly. She pays no rent, works, and resists parental rules, claiming love. Parents fear identity and life outcomes but are urged to set house rules or risk her moving out.
Figures from the Ministry of Labour show 69 work stoppages involving 25,065 workers across the province in the first six months. Man-days total 203,596, down from 390,368 the prior year. Disputes were evenly split across goods and service sectors, with mining and manufacturing at 64 percent. Most stoppages were small and brief, lowering average duration to 8.1 days from 17.8.
Tourists faced clouds wind and rain reducing weekend visits. Staff at the Dawson Creek Tourist Information Centre saved the dwindling stock of B C road maps restoring supply. Visitors came mainly from western provinces and U S states plus Australia Israel and the United Kingdom totaling 271.
Transportation Minister Alex Fraser and MLA Don Phillips announced two gravel crushing contracts totaling 140,750. D.M.J. Construction Ltd. of Kelowna won 94,000 for 40,000 tonnes at Pit P4329 near Peace Coupee, while Columbia Bitulithic Ltd. of Vancouver won 46,750 for 25,000 tonnes at Mt. Lemoray Pit P4399E east of Chetwynd on Highway 97. Materials fund day labour patching on the Hart Highway from Azouzeta Lake to Kathleen Creek.
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