Early reports can help save forests from fires
Victoria BC officials highlight how rapid public reporting cuts large fires. Modern detection uses lookouts, aerial patrols, infrared scanners, weather satellites, and a lightning counter system to speed initial attacks and save timber valued at risk. Citizens and radio operators provide 35 reporting options, with 0 toll free line Zenith 9090 available 24 hours during fire season.
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Victoria
B.C
Ministry of Forests
Sloan Commission
Forest Service
Reforestation Need Cited by Canadian Forestry Association
A major national conference hosted by the Canadian Forestry Association urges long overdue reforestation and improved forest management in British Columbia. The briefing notes that only a small public fraction funds renewal, with 320,000 acres logged yearly and 120,000 replanted, leaving 63 percent for natural regrowth and a 1,841,000 acre backlog. Planting and thinning, plus genetic selection, could boost yields and job creation significantly.
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Canadian Forestry Association of
B.C
Canada
Canadian Forestry Association
C.F.A
Peace River Highway Named as First Through the Rockies
Northern British Columbia plaques note the Peace River as the first highway through the Rockies, marking exploration by Mackenzie and Fraser, fur trade routes, and regional history. Parks Branch highlights include Commemorations at Lower Post Dawson Creek Pine Pass Pouce Coupe and reforestation calls.
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Peace River
Parks Branch
British Columbia
Alexander Mackenzie
North West Company
Rocky Mountains
Simon Fraser
Lower Post
NWMP
Dawson Creek
Beaver Plains
G.M. Dawson
Discovering Region H Commemorations and Local Stories
PRAHTA invites input on places events or persons in Region H worthy of a public sign. Send suggestions to the Region H Tourist Co-ordinator Fort St John BC. Also a recipe for brown onion butter with paprika.
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Parks Branch
Peace River-Alaska Highway
Railway labor talks spark mediator bid and delays
Readers complain about misleading information on labour negotiations between B C Railway and the Joint Council. The two sides proposed meetings after July 27, with August 4 and 16 discussed, while vacation and council duties delayed talks. Bowles cited mediator plans as strike vote loomed, and the Railway pressed again for an early meeting to speed a settlement. Scientists describe Japan’s inland sea forming as faults split Honshu Kyushu and Shikoku.
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B.C. Railway
Joint Council
Glen Bowles
N. Farley
Bowles
Railway
Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Japan
Think small by Jim Smith
The editorial argues that confederation flaws run from coast to coast as provinces protect local firms and workers. It notes Quebec and Ontario pacts, Alberta contracting rules, Manitoba engineers on nuclear sites, and inter provincial trucking fights. It warns Ottawa bears responsibility and links domestic barriers to Geneva trade talks. Think small urges better national policy.
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Fathers of Confederation
Canada
Maritimes
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec Confederation
Quebec
MLW Worthington
Hawker- Siddley
Manitoba
Confederation
Ottawa
U.S
Geneva
Victoria minister tours energy and trade posts in BC trip
The article recounts a busy schedule of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in British Columbia. It covers visits to Dawson Creek for the Peace River Exhibition, meetings with officials including Derek Burney, and discussions on trade with Korea and China. It notes a $2 million BC Development Corporation loan to Mission for an industrial park and an $18 million sawmill opening by Houston Forest Products creating hundreds of jobs, with travels to Vancouver Smithers and Houston.
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Peace River
Dawson Creek
China Trade Association
British Columbia
China
Hugh Curtis
Rotary Village
Vancouver
British Columbia Development Corporation
District of Mission
Smithers
Houston
Bush
Houston Forest Products
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The
Fort St. John
Ding
Pacific
Rockies
Parks
Stewart- Cassiar
Cassiar
Yukon
Pine Pass
John Hart
Pouce Coupe
Pooscapee
Jule
Julius
By Jim Smith
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Victoria Comment
Grizzly Valley
Jim Chabot
Jim
Jim Chabot and I
United States
Cabinet
Hugh
Don Phillips
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