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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1989
Page
2
A Canadian survey on the Young Offenders Act shows split views on keeping or changing the law after a youth in Ontario who killed a family at age fourteen was released. In Chetwynd, local youths bully residents over drugs, with police limited by the act, and residents fear reprisals while questions arise about rehabilitation and repeat offenses.
Maureen Gammon reports 7 000 reindeer from Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea to Fort St. John British Columbia are expected soon possibly next week. Originating in Russia the herd was on Mackenzie Delta reserves now under Native Cooperative land. Henry Litzenberger of Reindeer Sales Canada says financing hinges on full readiness as weather and bureaucratic delays ease. About 200 farmers participate with aims to harvest velvet for export to China and Hong Kong selling meat and hides.
A letter invites alumni of 100 Mile Junior Secondary School to a July 1989 reunion with a wine and cheese event on June 30 and a dance on July 1 at Stan Halcro Arena in 100 Mile House British Columbia. Registrations are requested via July Cole Box 219. Ex-students are urged to attend and reconnect.
A letter thanks community members in Chetwynd for hospitality during 1988 and notes a Vancouver area study by Victims of Violence on missing females and unsolved female homicides. It also announces Camp Tamarack’s 7th Tamarama telethon Feb 25 26 at Grande Prairie Regional College Theatre and highlights Tamarack Friends two child ambassadors Cherie Hamm and Raven Knutson.
The Alumni Society of Emily Carr College of Art and Design invites former students faculty and friends in Chetwynd to reconnect for events including an ar chival exhibition this year. About 3 000 alumni are expected to reunite later this year to support arts across British Columbia contact Emily Carr College of Art and Design 1399 Johnston Street Vancouver BC V6H 3R9 telephone 687 2345 Judith O Keeffe Program Director Outreach.
National Access Awareness Week runs June 4 to 10 with the goal of improving livability for people with disabilities. Last year 95 communities participated, and this year all villages towns and cities are urged to focus on Transportation Housing Employment Recreation and Education to create welcoming homes for about 300,000 BC residents living with disabilities.
Fibreco Pulp Inc gains a one month extension to consider the B C government offer of 500 000 cubic metres of Crown timber per year from the Fort St John TSA with a February 28 deadline. The company must assess timber from PA-12 mainly aspen and balsam and evaluate harvesting transport and processing economics for its Taylor mill.
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