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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1988
Page
2
A logging operation on Aspen’s eastern slopes notes abundant elk, moose, and deer tracks. Workers clear cut about 100 acres, leaving buffer zones and native saplings to support wildlife and cattle grazing. The 20 acre valley site, cut in 1987, now hosts eight foot poplars and thriving grasses. Moore earned 40000 dollars for 20 acres and plans future harvesting.
Health officials in British Columbia announce a new 12 bed in patient psychiatric unit at Dawson Creek and District Hospital will open in December. Dr Sherrie De Rappard joins as resident psychiatrist after training at UBC as regional mental health services expand amid staffing and funding challenges.
Western Reform party members from Prince George to Fort McMurray joined a Calgary conference August 12 14 to shape a platform. Jay Hill Taylor Fort St John and six other riders, plus executive member Short Tompkins, attended with Hiltrud Alte Vic Brandl and Charlotte Kehler as new RPC connections. Stephen Harper warned that Ottawa spending shows fiscal irresponsibility and called for real change. The group critiqued bilingualism support amid Bill C 72 and stressed western grassroots unity for a new Canada.
The feasibility study for a northern British Columbia university is nearing completion with a preliminary report due around September 15. It highlights access barriers for northern students and the need for branch study centers across northern communities. Murray Sadler QC of Interior University Society notes BC and Alberta university distributions and calls for a northern university to serve the region. The petition count stands at 12,398 as of August 12.
Letters discuss an independent survey mirrored by task force findings and the shift toward optional auto insurance alongside compulsory third party liability. People commend coverage of science demos in Chetwynd and thank organizers for Elderhostel hospitality and a pilot project by Science World BC. plans to return.
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