Chetwynd Herald Sees Peace Region Growth in 1980s
Editorial touts positive momentum in Chetwynd with Miss Dominion Canada and Premier Bill Vanderzalm visiting Chinook Daze. Notes Site C ethanol plant expansion, Louisiana Pacific project, aspiring chopstick factories, and a half million dollar legacy grant toward a recreation complex, library expansion, and a community swimming pool.
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Chetwynd
Miss Dominion Canada
Bill Vanderzalm
Louisiana Pacific Company
R.c.m-P. Valentine
the Legion
R.C.M.P
Little Giant
Cantor Boardroom
Alcoholics Anonymous
Chetwynd Al-Anon
Country Squire Motor Inn
Jackfish Lake Community Association
Canadian Cancer Society
Tansi Friendship Centre
Women’s Resource Centre
Wabi Crescent
Chetwynd Hospital Ladies Auxiliary
Chetwynd Rod & Gun Club
Lioness
Rec Centre
District Council Considers Decentralization Proposals
At the conference participants urged decentralization and new public services. District of Chetwynd Mayor Lasser proposed homesite severances home industry topographical ver verances and family member subdivisions. A Peace River Liard board was discussed but not acted on with calls to study agricultural land reserves in the region.
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Jeff McKelvey
Chetwynd
Lasser
Peace River-Liard
B.C
Fidel Castro's 1960 UN Speech Marks Length Record
Fidel Castro delivered the longest UN speech in 1960, lasting four hours and twenty nine minutes. The Cuban president spoke at length on the world stage, generating lasting attention for its duration and political impact.
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United Nations
Fidel Castro
Letter on roadkill and unused deer waste sparks conservation dispute
A reader recounts picking up a warm deer hit by a vehicle near Dawson Creek, seeking a permit to use the animal. A conservation officer refused, citing three-point horns and legal disposal rules, prompting the writer to accuse officials of waste and misapplied conservation efforts. He argues roadkills are often dumped while legitimate uses are limited, urging real conservationists to intervene.
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Dawson Creek
Chetwynd Conversation
Forget denies unemployment report aimed at budget cuts
CALGARY CP Claude Forget rejected claims that his report on unemployment insurance sought to justify a $3 billion cut from the program. Dissenting commission members Jack Munro and Frances Soboda told a parliamentary committee the report carried a hidden agenda. Forget argued the reforms would make the system fairer and shift funds to the poor via a new income supplement.
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Calgary
Claude Forget
Canada
Jack Munro
Frances Soboda
Forget
Canadian Construction Association
Jack
Soboda
Letter to Northern Lights College Encourages Students
The writer thanks the faculty of Northern Lights College and encourages current students. He is a first year medicine student at the University of Alberta, noting his pre med years included one year at Northern Lights College and a second year at Grande Prairie Regional College. He argues it is possible to enter a quota faculty like medicine without leaving the Peace Country.
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Northern Lights College
University of Alberta
Grande Prairie Regional College
Peace Country
Trinity Western marks 25 years of Christian higher education
Trinity Western University invites alumni, early faculty and staff, and founders from its founding era to reconnect during Founders' Week Feb 23 to 28 on the Langley campus. TWU seeks those connected with Trinity Junior College's origins and growth from 1972 onward. Contact Hazel Campbell at 88-7911.
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Trinity Western University
B.C
Trinity Junior College
Trinity Western College
Trinity College
Deerfield
Illinois
AUCC
Association of Universities and Colleges In Canada
TWU
Langley
Hudson’s Bay Co
Ft. Langley
Hazel Campbell
Letter Praises Northern Lights College Alumni
Janet Bates expresses satisfaction that universities credit her Northern Lights College marks as on par with their own students. She credits the college with strong preparation for medical school and notes avoiding a year of moves by completing pre-med in Dawson Creek. Best wishes to current Northern Lights students.
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Northern Lights
Northern Lights College
Dawson Creek
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