Council committees and acting mayor terms noted
Council committees cover Public Works Roads Streets Equipment Operation Street Lighting Airport with Chairman Wilson and Ald Hoover. Water Sewer Utilities Flood Control Storm Sewer chaired by Hoover and Wilson. Parks Recreation Landscaping Sports Community Hall chaired by Braaten and Schmok. Health Sanitation Garbage Public Safety Dog Control Pollution Control Provincial Emergency Program Fire Department Library chaired by Schmok with Braaten. Planning Development chaired by Lasser with Hoover and Schmok. Finance chaired by Lasser with Wilson and Schmok. Acting Mayor Ald Hoover December 1, 1981 to November 36, 1982. Court of Revision Wilson and Ald Hoover. Industrial Development Committee to Chamber of Commerce Schmok Regional District Representative Hoover. Regional District Alternate Lasser. Auditors Slowinski Winters Consulting Engineers Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. Bankers Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Lawyers Valair Kawano & Company.
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Wilson
Ald
Hoover
Ald Wilson
Braaten
Schmok
Lasser
Ald Hoover
Mike Schmok
Ory
Inaugural Village Council Meeting in Chetwynd
A small group attended the first meeting as Maurice Hayward swore in Mayor Charles Lasser and Aldermen Vern Braaten and Mike Schmok. Lasser outlined aims including expanded boundaries, monthly meetings, and open information sessions, while Braaten, Hoover, and Wilson were sworn as Court of Revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Maurice Hayward
Charles Lasser
Vern Braaten
Mike Schmok
Braaten
Court of Revision
Lasser
Ald. Hoover
Ald. Wilson
Hoover
Chetwynd
Victoria
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Native citizens protest custody case and seek inquiry
Chetwynd and Moberly Lake residents march from the Human Resources Office to the Court House with placards alleging denial of natural justice in a custody ruling. Betty Gladue speaks for many natives calling for an investigation by the Ministry of Human Resources and Ombudsman, demanding the parents Charlotte and Bob Paquette gain custody, and warning of a community petition.
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Chetwynd
Moberly Lake
Human Resources Office
Court House
Betty Gladue
The
Echo
Ministry of Human Resources
Ombudsman
Shafer
Ministry Oc
Charlotte
Bob
Defence
Ministry of Human Resources Office
Natives Claim Pipeline Land Across Northern B C
The Kaska Dena Council asserts aboriginal rights to areas the Alaska gas pipeline corridor would traverse in northern British Columbia. Five villages Good Hope Lake Lower Post Fireside Muncho Lake Fort Ware are named as home to people relying on time immemorial occupancy. Negotiations with Yukon Indians rapid to ready for 1983 or 1984 pipeline start, while U S financing bill moves with possible Senate filibuster.
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Vancouver
B.C
Alaska
U.S
House of Representatives
Canada
Kaska- Dena Council
Don Rosenbloom
Council For Yukon Indians
Yukon
Dease Lake
Finlay Mountains
Liard River
Rosenbloom
Senate
White House
Ronald Reagan
Kaska
Good Hope Lake
Lower Post
Fireside
Muncho Lake
Fort Ware
No market for Hydro surplus energy in Northwest U.S.
An American consultant testified at a Site C hearing that B C Hydro will not sell substantial surplus power to the Pacific Northwest in the next two decades, citing high costs of Washington state nuclear plants and unattractive prices. ARTA Inc. projects limited demand except under rare water conditions.
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Canfor
Fort ST. John
B.C
B.C. Hydro
U.S
Hydro
ARTA
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
Tussing
Site C dam plan in Peace River scrutinized by resident panel
A Peace River resident told the B C Utilities Commission that B C Hydro's Site C project is environmentally costly and overpriced. He argued electricity demand is inflated by cheap power and urged conservation, noting other options including coal plants and potential California sales with new transmission. The panel prepared to rule on an adjournment request tied to an electricity rates hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen Tussing
Seattle
U.S. Senate
Energy Policy Committee
Peace River
Fort ST. John
B.C
the Utilities Commission
B.C. Hydro
Tng
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Nevada
Tussing
U.S
Hydro
California
Keith Henry
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Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Valair, Kawano & Company
Andy Teslyk
Bob Paquette
Charlotte Acko
Rai
Little Prairie Haven
Senior Citizens Society
Brent Warne
Senior Citizens Housing Project
Edith Knowles
Bob Shirley
Joyce Brown
Don Swanton
Vern 8Raaten
Roy Cochrane
Dave Knowles
Steve Bernath
Harold Amundsen
Paul Latreille
Bank of Commerce
Eric Gunderson
Jim Wier
Ministry of Housing
Arta Inc
Site C
Leo Rutledge
B.C. Utilities Commission
Projec
Rutledge
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