Arena symbolizes regional cooperation in Fort Nelson
Fort Nelson's 3500 resident village benefited from a $650,000 arena complex funded through the Peace River Liard regional district. Construction is set for October, illustrating how joint regional planning avoids a heavy tax rise of 17 mills on the village tax. The village sought assistance from the regional district after considering the high cost of a stand-alone project.
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Fort Nelson
Peace River-Liard
B.C
Time zone debate shapes regional daylight policy and arena funding
District directors urge public input on daylight saving as Peace River Liard and Kootenays switch to Mountain time, while Alberta aligns with Alberta. Debate centers on Pacific versus Mountain time with potential Yukon deviation. Fort Nelson area funds arena via provincial loan, private donations, and regional district support, cutting mill rate and expanding benefitting area.
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Peace River-Liard
Alberta
Victoria
Kootenays
Chetwynd
Pacific
Yukon
B.C
Daphne Phillips
West Coast
Fort Nelson
Recreation Commission
Reflections on Change by Margaret Williams Stevens
A reflective poem explores transformation and permanence as a hand breaks a mirror by a brook. Ripples spread, erasing what existed while hinting that meaning persists through memory and possibility in a vast universe.
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Margaret Williams Stevens
S.T.O.P. bake sale Friday in town
The S.T.O.P. club invites all to a bake sale Friday at 1:30 p.m. on the lawn in front of the Tourist Information Booth with baking donations welcome. Summer meetings move to Marylin Lukonis residence above the PGE station. new members and weigh-in at 7:30 p.m. on event day.
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S.T.O.P
Marylin Lukonis
P.G.E
Chetwynd Home Celebrates 35th Anniversary at Moberly Lake
At Thule on Moberly Lake last Saturday, Chetwynd residents marked the 35th wedding anniversary of Tunne and Chetwynd. Family and friends gathered by a campfire for an informal evening of dancing and music led by Jeannette Wilson. The celebration included relatives from Moberly Lake and visitors from Waldo Arkansas, with guests recounting Major Wilson’s five years in Germany with the U S Air Force.
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Thule
Moberly Lake
Wilson
Jeannette
Richard
Tom Wilson Jr
Major Wilson
Germany
U.S.A
Chetwynd plans unveiled for $1,000,000 five story complex
Plans reveal a $1 million five story highrise and shopping center to rise behind the Chetwynd hotel. Vancouver businessman Erling Moberg, teamed with Gordon Moore and Fred Sandy, disclosed feasibility work as architects prepare drawings. Expected to boost town’s business center amid coal activity and apartment shortages. Coalition Mining to announce coal development July 15. Rhonda Nelson wins All around Junior Trophy at Hudson Hope Gymkana with top finishes in pole bending, scurries, and flag racing.
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The
ECHO
Chetwynd
Vancouver
Erling Moberg
Gordon Moore
Fred Sandy
Peace Country
Moberg
Ritx
Coalition Mining
Rhonda Nelson
Hudson Hope
Feed lot for hogs proposed near Chetwynd B C
Chetwynd Feed and Grain seeks to establish a hog finishing lot about four miles east of town on a P G E lease. The plan includes permanent buildings to raise about 2 000 pigs. Location chosen for wind direction drainage and lack of streams.
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Peace River
Liard
Chetwynd Feed and Grain
Chetwynd
B.C
Chetwynd Chamber Seeks 1972 Membership Plaques
The Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce seeks the lost 1972 membership plaques ordered at year start. They vanished somewhere between Ottawa and Chetwynd. Apologies are issued to members awaiting display while efforts to locate them continue.
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Chetwynd
Taylor wins first Chetwynd Fastball Tournament title
In the inaugural Chetwynd event held June 24 and 25, Taylor defeated the Marauders 9-0 to claim $150. Taylor went undefeated, beating Dawson Creek Beverages 16-0 Marauders 5-4 and Peace River 13-3 to reach the final. The Marauders advanced with wins over Lymburn 11-1 and Peace River 3-0, plus a 1-0 11-inning win over Lymburn before falling to Taylor in the final.
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Chetwynd
Taylor
Chetwynd Marauders
Dawson Creek Beverages
Marauders
Peace River
Lymburn
Chetwynd Petes
Castle Creek
Kamloops
Fort St. John Travellers
Dawson Creek Oldstylers
Dawson Creek Kentucky Colonels
Dimsdale Legionaires
Beverages
Travellers
Oldstylers
Petes
Dimsdale
Colonels
Chet
Champion Hydro service drive across Lone Prairie area
Hydro maintains push to extend rural electrification to Lone Prairie after 23 residents seek affordable hydro. First 6.7 miles cross Crownland. Lands Department liaison sought to gauge participation. Hydro notes residents may supply poles and clear to cut construction costs in low density extensions.
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Peace River-Liard
Lone Prairie
Hydro
Lone Prairie Cross
Crownland
Department of Lands
Victoria
Rene Proulx Named Hotel Manager at Chetwynd
Gordon Moore announced the appointment of Rene Proulx as hotel manager serving starting Sunday. Proulx brings 20 years in hotel management, previously in leadership roles at the Vancouver Ritz Hotel and at hotels in Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. He called moving to Chetwynd like coming home and noted the area reminds him of his Ontario upbringing.
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the van der Wissels
Chetwynd
Richmond
B.C
Europe
Maberg
Ritz
Vancouver
Prulx
Hotel Chetwynd
Gordon Moore
Rene Proulx
Proux
Vancouver Ritz
Thunderbay
Sault St. Marie
Ontario
Aldermen Split on Feasibility of 16 Low Rent Units
At a June 20 meeting the Village Council moved to invite CMHC Prince George representatives to Chetwynd for clarification on the 16 low rent housing project. The June 27 session in Village Hall saw press access disputed. some Aldermen pledged statements, while others argued against media coverage.
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Chetwynd
C.M.H.C
Prince George
Hall
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J.M. Kirkpatrick
C.E. Framst
Oberle
S.T.O.P. Bake Sale
J. Lukoni
Bob Angus
Ft. Nelson
A. Chase
Susan Merchant
Sylvia Welock
Burnaby
Mrs
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Ultima
Tunne
Stirlings
Mrs. van der Wissel
Renee Prulx
Erling Maberg
Rodger Shields
David Shields
Navy
Inuvik
N.W.T
Comox
Dick Burnhams
Valley Esso
Hudson Hope Rodeo
Kathie
Eddie
Monica
Baby
McKenzie
Minor Baseball
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