Labour unrest eases in Canada amid wage talks and reforms
The Vancouver Board of Trade notes a 38 percent drop in strikes and lockouts from 1976 to 1977 with fewer workers affected and total man days lost down to about a quarter of last year. Unemployment and wage controls influence dispute frequency, while calls for Right to Work were narrowly defeated. Joint labour-management efforts, amid calls for clearer communication, could improve regional transportation and other cooperative projects.
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
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Canadian Labour Congress
Vancouver Board of Trade
Oberle pushes to reinstate emergency transmitters on small aircraft
Prince George Peace River MP Oberle urged the government under Standing Order 43 to rescind a directive removing emergency transmitters and crash site locators from private and commercial planes. He cited two BC crashes and high rescue costs, urging ELT equipment be required and a safe power source developed.
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Frank Oberle
Prince George Peace River
Oberle
Air Transport Commission
British Columbia
Ministry of Transport
House of Commons
Gas in Monkman Pass well tests Triassic reserves
BP Canada and Quasar Petroleum report the Murray D-48-I-93-I-14 exploratory well on Permit 2355 in British Columbia tested gas from the Triassic. Drillstem tests yielded 1.7 and 5.3 million cu ft per day as drilling progresses toward an estimated 9,100 feet depth.
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BP Canada Limited
Quasar Petroleum Ltd
Premier outlines future of British Columbia Railway link
Victoria readers learn Premier Bill Bennett defends the B C Railway during a Vancouver convention address. He emphasizes re examination to serve the province’s needs and warns decisions on the Fort Nelson Fort St John line await the McKenzie Royal Commission findings. The article notes northern residents rely on the railway as a lifeline and calls for complete facts before action.
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Fort Nelson
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McKenzie Royal Commission
Bill Bennett
Social Credit Party
Vancouver
British Columbia Railway
Interior
British Columbia
Fort St. John Nelson
Royal Commission
Priorities for Chetwynd Police and Probing Civil Liberties
A reader questions town priorities from a new probation officer to improve vandalism and juvenile issues versus highway and policing. The letter notes delays in probation officer placement, Dawson Creek service, and the need for preventive measures. It also condemns RCMP overreach and civil liberties concerns in Canada.
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Dawson
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Aspen
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Joanne Matthews Hudson Hope
Soybeans Production Yields Oil and Meal Facts
A bushel of soybeans yields 11 pounds of oil and 47 pounds of high protein meal. About 90 percent of the oil is used in margarine shortening salad oils cooking oils and mayonnaise.
CBC National News Plus Evening Schedule Review
A listing features CBC channels with mixed time slots from 10:00 to 11:35 pm including Beachcombers Rhoda King of Kensington All in The Family Side Street Marketplace and more. The guide notes sports weather and news blocks such as Bonanza Bob McLean News and Reach For The Top with various dramas comedies and children programs in a late night broadcast lineup.
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Friendly Giant
In Touch
Mr. Dressup
Sesame Street
Sports
Bonanza
Bob McLean
Ryans Hope
Edge of Night
Vision On
Whats
New Marketplace
Mary Tyler Moore
Charlies Angels
Bob Newhart
Doug Henning
Berlin
Tommy Hunter
Beachcombers
Rhoda King of Kensington
All In the Family
Side Street Marketplace
Ombudsman
CBC National News Nations
Stampede Wrestling
Bonjour Friendly Giant
Sports & Weather
Hawaii Five O
Charlie Brown
Man Alive
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Tire Chetwynd Ltd
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