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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1980
Page
12
W. Roger Worth argues for allowing healthy people to work beyond 65, noting political life has no retirement cutoff and many independent businesses let members choose. He cites Reagan's age, unions seeking earlier retirements, and a CFIB vote opposing lowering 65. He warns about manpower needs and personal freedom to choose work.
Police logged break ins at Silver Sands Lodge on Highway 97 and at Alfred Thomas’s Moberly Lake home. Battery theft attempt at Glennies Trailer Court and vandalism at Windrem Place Apartments with $50 damage. Vehicle entered at Windrem Place. sleeping bag boots camera stolen. More incidents include Will's Enterprises window damage and a cigarette theft at Iber Johnson’s Hassler Flats. Minor accidents noted.
Agriculture Minister Jim Hewitt told the B C Federation of Agriculture convention that farm growth in British Columbia is outpacing the rest of Canada with two million cultivated acres up six per cent since 1976. He cited higher outputs in milk poultry fruit vegetables hogs and wheat and total cash receipts up 51 per cent. delegates criticized the statistics while urging policy to boost returns and curb foreign land ownership.
Steve Tupper of Vancouver resigns after eight years as coach of Canada's national sailing team to pursue a new career in business, the Canadian Yachting Association said Friday.
Hudson Hope mayor Tex MacKeigan says BC Hydro dodged questions about the Site C dam on the Peace River and its impact on the town. He says residents were not given a fair chance to voice concerns at a Hydro sponsored meeting, amid fears of higher river levels and erosion downstream.
New York AP reports the Sword of Hope Award, the American Cancer Society’s top honor, was given in absentia to Terry Fox the 22 year old British Columbian who ran over 4828 kilometers across Canada after losing a leg to bone cancer Fox who lives in Port Coquitlam BC and is now undergoing lung treatment.
Canon John Hannen of Kincouth BC has been elected Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Caledonia by 92 electors at Smithers on November 15 1980. A McGill graduate he trained with the Community of the Resurrection in England and served in Birmingham before returning to Canada in 1965. He has been Regional Dean and an Honorary Canon since 1976 and has supported native schooling in District 92. He will be consecrated Bishop in Prince Rupert on February 15 1981.
NFU regional coordinator Jean Leahy says the union supports the Regional District's stance against Site C but warns against any mitigation that would sacrifice farming land. He argues loss affects all, not just farmers, and urges proof of need for hydro growth, suggesting northern development to avoid flooding prime agricultural land.
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