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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1984
Page
7
Environment Minister Tony Brummet backtracked on a directive banning ministry employees from joining groups like the Sierra Club. He now allows membership but bars holding club executive roles or acting as a spokesman. Sierra Club says the softened rule still raises conflict concerns and will seek ombudsman input.
Toronto religious notes quote Muriel Duncan of the United Church Observer on the clash between business ethics and gospel values. Rev Graham Tucker notes churches offer little guidance for living in a secular economy amid a trend toward worldly conformity. Ottawa report highlights Jim Riman and the United Christian Prisoners Association aiding ex-inmates with community belonging and aftercare. White, a chaplain, founded the agency after prison time and now shares a home with former inmates.
Hal Cummings of Massey Ontario recalls 1983 as the year a postcard mailed in 1936 finally arrived. He received an envelope last summer with the note found during renovations at Thunder Bay post office. The card shows a hospital in Callander Ontario, a two cent stamp and a message from Mrs Bowes asking to bring home one of five babies. The five Dionne quintuplets were the babies referenced and the card was mailed in fall 1936 by a friend.
The Bank of Canada kept its rate steady but edged it up to 9.99 percent from 9.97. Prime loans sit at 11 percent, consumer loans from 12.5 percent, and one year mortgages at 10.25 percent. Despite a weak dollar, traders see little concern as currencies slide against the U.S. dollar.
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