Year of the movies for B C says minister
Elwood Veitch minister of tourism said B C will host a record number of film projects this year with budgets near 100 million dollars. He noted three films are already shooting in the province including Bear Island and The Changeling, with major Hollywood studios considering dozens more and productions scouring locations from Stewart to Vancouver and Fort Langley.
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B.C
Elwood Veitch
Veitch
Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
Hollywood
Mr. Veitch
Selkirk
Bear Island
Stewart
Donald Sutherland
Vanessa Redgrave
Lloyd Bridges
Richard Widmark
Barbara Parkins
Chessman Park Productions
Changeling
Vancouver
George C. Scott
Trish van de Vere
Melvyn Douglas
Paramount
Letters
Frank
Fort Langley
Victoria
Art Carney
Maureen Stapleton
Lillian Gish
EMI Films
Mt. Edziza
Dayton Pictures
Lonesome Lake
Bella Coola
Bethune
Blue Box Productions
Cariboo-Chilcotin
Peggy Cartwright
Cinema Productions
Golden West
Knights In Armour
Lower Mainland
Talent Associates
Hudson's Hope Council Meeting Recap and Film Industry Talk
The Hudson's Hope Council met January 17 with Acting Mayor Boykowich in charge. Water outages were blamed on reservoir lowering for the Thompson Water Extension, now fixed. The Recreation Commission backed a winter festival with Lions Club plans and noted BC film industry moves to shoot multiple projects in the province, citing studios and budgets.
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Roger Porter
Thompson
Recreation Commission Council
Recreation Commission
Lions Club
Enrichment program for gifted BC pupils
A gifted pupil enrichment program for British Columbia public schools is being developed for September 1979 pilot use in selected districts. Led by Dr. Stanley S. Blank of the University of British Columbia, the program targets grades 4 5 and 12 with curricula in English science math and social studies and an in service plan for teachers.
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B.C
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Stanley S. Blank
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Education
Blank
Traveling workshops offer 100 plus courses province wide
More than one hundred non credit courses lectures and workshops are available to communities in the province through the University of Victoria Division of Extension travelling workshops. Subjects cover child care education fine arts history law nursing geography and public administration among others.
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University of Victoria
Division of Exten
Sion
New elm disease research offers Japan elm as Dutch resistance
Research by Agriculture Canada and Canadian Forestry Service scientists identifies new sources of a little known Japanese elm highly resistant to Dutch Elm Disease. One selection named Japan is released through the Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation. The program also highlights university extended courses in environment urban forestry curriculum development and more for non university residents, with registration fees varying and information via community colleges. Dr Blank leads a project on enrichment and productive thinking in education, with team members Letcher and four other gifted teachers from UBC and partner schools, supported by an advisory committee from the Ministry of Technology UBC and teachers.
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Agriculture Canada
Canadian Forestry Service
Japan
Blank
Dr. Blank
UBC
University of California In Berkeley
Marshal Letcher
North Vancouver
John Gasson
England
Susan Kenny
Kamloops
Michael Isen
Vancouver
Bob Wilson
Terrace
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
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