Celebrate Scout and Guide Week in British Columbia
Across British Columbia the Scout and Guide movements mark Feb 19 26 with Beavers Wolf Cubs Scouts Venturers and Guides and thousands of leaders joining events spacewear on Feb 22 to honor founders Lord and Lady Baden Powell. In Chetwynd a full week includes camps garage sale dinner world friendship fund and world-wide games ending with church services. OLAVE LADY BADEN-POWELLS LAST MESSAGE urges Guides Scouts Cubs and leaders to keep the movement alive and continue its aims of character, service and fellowship.
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British Columbia
Scouting & Guiding World
Beavers
Boy Scouts
Venturers
Rovers
Guides
Ranger
Girl Guides of Canada
Lord
Lord & Lady B-P
Olave
Baden-Powell
Western protest over 30 percent steel tariff impact
The author argues the 30 percent steel import tariff harms western Canada by limiting industrial growth, risking thousands of jobs in fabricating and related sectors, raising construction costs, and favoring central manufacturers over western priorities amid shifting economic realities. The piece cites Algoma Steel as the petitioning firm and notes potential pipeline contract motives and higher freight costs.
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Canada
Jack Horner
British Columbia
B.C
Japan
Alberta
Algoma Steel
Algoma
West
Readers Write Action Committee Question in Chetwynd
Readers vent at Editor about the school Trimester System and dropout concerns. They claim many students read below grade level and criticize courses and parental involvement. The letter calls for forming a Parent Action Committee and invites readers to write Box 381, Chetwynd.
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Parent Action Committee
Chetwynd
Steel tariff sparks warning on trade policy and unity
The document argues that Canada’s steel tariff signals a protectionist stance harming negotiations for freer trade with Europe and Japan. It warns tariffs weaken negotiators, strain national unity, and push western markets toward Pacific Rim prospects for Canadian commodities.
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Canada
Europe
Japan
West
Pacific Rim
Western unity call over Ottawa indifference fuels alienation
Frank Oberle argues the federal government ignores western Canada priorities. He warns Western Alienation will grow without meaningful action and criticizes discrimination against western manufacturing, urging Ottawa to reconsider policies to reflect western interests and avert confrontation.
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West
Ottawa
Canada
Join PRAHTA Now For Early Bird Prize And Tourism Boost
The Peace River Alaska Highway Tourist Association invites renewals and new memberships before March 31 1978 with an individual fee of 50 dollars and 100 dollars for institutions. Members enter a draw for a mystery prize while supporting regional tourism, job creation, and local business through the PRAHTA effort to develop a northern British Columbia industry and attract visitors.
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Peace River-Alaska Highway
Peace River- Alaska Highway
British Columbia
North
British Columbia launches travel assurance fund after Feb 21
British Columbia will insure travelers through a government supervised Travel Assurance Fund starting February 21 as the Travel Agents Registration Act takes effect. Travel agents and wholesalers must register pay a 300 initial fee plus 100 annual fee and contribute a share of sales to the fund administered by a Travel Assurance Board. The scheme covers in province and out of province dealings and requires displaying registration certificates.
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Consumer and Corporate Affairs Ministry
British Columbia
Travel Assurance Fund
Rafe Mair
Travel Assurance
Travel Assurance Board
Mair
Ontario
Quebec
Chetwynd Chit Chat and News Bits from the North
Poems and notes mix with small town updates. Mr and Mrs S Rix and Art visited Grande Prairie and Edmonton. Bev and Doug Turner returned from Kelowna as Doug borrowed ski books for the library. Marge Cleaveley traveled to Vancouver for college business. Mary Gordon went to Vancouver for her father s funeral. Ring in news at 788 2246.
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Mrs. S. Rix
Art
Grande Prairie
Edmonton
Bev
Doug Turner
Mrs. Quigley
Kelowna
Doug
Marge Cleaveley
College Centre
Vancouver
Mary Gordon
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Scouts
Carolyn Armstrong
Hannibal
Spain
France
Alps
Barannigal
Crete
Frank Oberle
Prahta
Victoria Comment
Don Phillips
Edrie
Chetwynd Centennial Public Library
L.D.C
Dawson Creek
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