Campaign to save VIA Rail from political cuts
Letter from Iain Angus MP Thunder Bay Atikokan argues Liberals created VIA Rail to bail out CN and CP, criticizes past Liberal debt, service cuts, and loss of funding. He contends Conservatives plan secret dismantling with no public hearings, urges readers to distrust both parties and to demand preservation of passenger rail.
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VIA
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Transport
Jean Luc Pepin
NDP
Pc’s
VIA Rail
Stolen generators and vehicles reported in August theft wave
Police report multiple thefts from August 15 to 20 including a Yanmar generator at a worksite on Hasler Forest Road a Yamaha 4x4 from a pickup at Chetwynd Motor Inn and a 1200 watt generator from a pickup at the same inn A Cameron Lake camper lost three coolers two abandoned bicycles found downtown on August 20 and vandalism with broken windows at Chetwynd Sports Centre and Greyhound Bus Depot on August 19 Owners may claim by identifying
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Hasler Forest Road
Chetwynd Motor Inn
Motor Inn
Cameron Lake
Chetwynd
Greyhound Bus
Unsolicited invoices warn of look-alike mail to BC firms
The Better Business Bureau cautions that British Columbia businesses may receive look-alike invoices from several foreign entities. Names include TELEPOST INTERNATIONAL TELEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS and INTERNATIONAL DATA MEDIUM ESTABLISHMENT, among others, with addresses in England, West Germany, and a recent Swiss P.O. box. Samples were sent to postal authorities while the Post Office can only intercept mail with a return address. for details, call Kaye Baker at 681-0312.
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Better Business Bureau
British Columbia
England
West Germany
Vadier
Switzerland
Kaye Baker
BC updates add parks reserves and new industry growth
Six new provincial parks and five ecological reserves expand BCs protected areas by 3015 hectares including marine sites at Roscoe Bay Teakerne Arm Walsh Cove Buccaneer Bay and Rugged Point. A Boyle Point Class A park was created on Denman Island. A Dawson Creek chopsticks plant will create 67 jobs with 1.4 million in government support. Ingenika Indian Band receives over 2.75 million in cash and land as resettlement for Williston Reservoir flooding. A tree thinning near 100 Mile House creates about 400 person days with 75 percent cost covered by the program. Prince George Railway Museum receives 391200 GO BC grant. Online BCs information service expands access for five dollar title searches. Two wood products firms gain loans boosting exports and jobs.
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Roscoe Bay
Teakerne Arm
Walsh Cove
Desolation Sound
Buccaneer Bay
Sunshine Coast
Rugged Point
Kyuquot Channel
Boyle Point
Denman Island
Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek Chopsticks Inc
P&m Cedar Products Inc
California
BC Aspen
Ingenika
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Iain Angus
Thunder Bay
Atikokan
Telepost International Telex Communication Systems
Telepost
International Data Medium Establishment
IDME
Telecome Services S.A
Telecom
Telepost Telex Communication Systems
International Telex Communications Systems
W.c.s
International Trade
Commercial Data Bank
TEL
International Telefax Directory
United Telecom Trust
Chetwynd Secondary
100 Mile House
GOBC
Prince George Railway Museum
GO BC
Communications BC Online
Prince George
Teece Custom Door and Windows Ltd
Falkland
Tumbler Ridge
Moberly Lake
Hudson's Hope
Chetwynd Publishing Ltd
Pioneer Place
P.O
B.C
Canadian Community Newspaper Association
British
Maureen Gammon
ASST
Kimberly Suverus
Sue Houde
Darlene Evans
Kim Doerksen
Vefiufilo
Canada
U.S.A
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