BC Hydro trims six month loss to 14 million after rate hikes
BC Hydro reports a 14 million loss for the first six months of the current fiscal year, improved from 28 million the year before, aided by surplus power sales rising to 20 million and an 11 percent jump in revenue to 414 million. Interim chairman Robert W. Bonner says year-end outlook is satisfactory as spring and summer are typically low sales periods.
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B.C. Hydro
Hydro
Rober W. Bonner
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley
Greater Victoria
Greater Vancouver- Fraser Valley
Victoria
Nanaimo
Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund
Articles to Romania banned from gift parcels
The postal administration of Romania bans certain items in gift parcels including used garments shoes and tien articles. Effective immediately parcels containing these goods cannot be accepted for sending or processing.
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The
Postal Administration of
Romania
Cattlemen welcome cabinet shuffle in land use reform
The BC Cattlemen's Association praised Premier Bill Bennett's cabinet shuffle moving the Agricultural Land Commission to the Agriculture Ministry. They urged amendments to remove direct cabinet appeals and warned that forage lands suffer under current protections while beef production must be prioritized in land use planning. The group also supported a 50 percent subsidy to truck grain to southern points to relieve damp grain logistics in the Peace River district.
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B.C. Cattlemen’s Association
Bill Bennett
Agricultural Land Commission
Ministy of Agriculture
Ministry of Environment
Social Credit Caucus
Cattlemen’s
Dave Merz
Agricultural Land Commission Act
B.C
Enviromental Land — Use Committee
Land Commission
Chetwynd Skating Club Hosts December 14 Competition
Chetwynd’s Little Giant Figure Skating Club will host home club competitions on December 14, 1979, from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Gold Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded after the events. All skaters will be dressed their prettiest. A dance performance will be given by club pro Heather. Everyone is welcome with no admission. Meanwhile BC Cablevision North reports delayed microwave signals north from Prince George delaying channel extensions to Mackenzie Chetwynd Dawson Creek and Ft St John to late summer 1981 and prompting satellite options for 1980.
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Chetwynd’s
Little Giant
Heather
B.C. Cablevision North
B.C. Telephone Company
Prince George
Cablevision
Mackenzie
Chetwynd
Dawson Creek
Ft St John
CRTC
B.C. Telephone
Telephone Company
Abc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Nbc-Tv
BCTV
B.C
Peace River region forms Union Board of Health meeting set
The Peace River Health Unit under Dr James Lugshin invites Dawson Creek Fort St John Hudsons Hope Chetwynd Taylor Ponce Coupe Fort Nelson and district school boards and the regional district to send a rep to the inaugural Union Board of Health meeting in Dawson Creek on February 21 1980. Elise Clarke will assist in formation. The board aims to support long term care home care community health nursing mental health and speech and hearing while offsetting rising hospital costs.
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Peace River
Peace River-Liard
James Lugshin
Peace River Health Unit
Dawson Creek
Fort St.John
Hudgon’s Hope
Chetwynd
Taylor
Ponce Coupe
Fort Nelson
Elise Clarke
Associated Boards of Health of
B.C
Kelowna
Union Board of Health
Plan to regionalize farm extension services announced
Agriculture Minister Jim Hewitt announced a plan to regionalize extension services with five regions and a regional director in each area. The plan, set to take effect April 1, 1980, aims to bring services closer to farms, strengthen economics and marketing programs, and involve subject specialists in regional work while maintaining province-wide financial and lab services. recruited staff will report to regional directors during rollout.
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Jim Hewitt
South Coastal
Abbotsford
Okanagan Kootenay
Summerland
Central
Prince George
Thompson Cariboo
Kamloops
Peace River
Dawson Creek
Hewitt
Agriculture
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Epes
Gine
T.V. Trust Fund
Allan
Lorrie Kinkead
Cathy
Don Grant
Elaine Buss
Ray
Elsie Cunningham
Chetwynd Hardware
John Wills
Wills Enterprises Limited
Larry Nichol
Wabi Hill
South Peace River
B.C.R
Po Ri Fe Aie
U.S.A
Canada
Dixie Lee Fried
Franklin Hommyr
Beaverlodge
Peace Union Board of Health
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