Power Options report on British Columbia energy sources in the 1980s
A BC Hydro published eight page overview titled Power Options surveys energy sources for BC power needs in the 1980s. It outlines hydro projects Revelstoke Seven Mile and Peace Canyon, coal reserves, storage tech, and research into geothermal fusion solar wind tidal biomass MHD and new battery tech from UBC led by Dr. Rudi Haering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
B.C. Hydro
Hydro
Revelstoke
Columbia
Seven Mile
Pend d’Oreille
Peace Canyon
Peace
B.C
UBC
Rudi Haering
Legal aid society opens two offices in northern area
The Peace River Legal Aid Society opens offices in Dawson Creek and Fort St John with Robert Fredrickson as staff lawyer. Applications will be screened by Mr. Fredrickson and referred to lawyers in Dawson Creek Fort St John or Chetwynd. Building permits year to date total 3,218,479 for 36. June permits 1,038,800 with four residential, eight alterations, one commercial and one industrial permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River Legal Aid Society
Dawson Creek
Fort St. John
Robert Fredrickson
Fredrickson
Chetwynd
Legal Aid Society
Legal Aid
Sukunka fields first major coal pact outlined
Victoria officials confirm a 50 50 federal provincial funding plan with British Petroleum Canada for the Sukunka coal project in northeastern British Columbia. Phase one would cost about 100 million dollars, with 400 to 450 jobs created and 1 200 by phase two by 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Turnbull
B.C
Victoria
British Petroleum Canada Ltd
Sukunka
Don Phillips
Phillips
Chetwynd
Neptune Terminals Ltd
Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals
North Vancouver
BCR
Canadian Scouts Reach World Jamboree Delegation
Three Canadian Scouts from Chetwynd Andy Campbell Ricky Rosendohl and Raymond Westerlaken join 25 BC scouts and 4 Scouters plus Maple Leaf Region troops bound for the World Jamboree in Denmark. About 300 people travel by air July 3 to Copenhagen then Dalajamb Kopparbo Sweden for tours of Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen Zoo and Benneweis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River
Dennmark
British Columbia
Canada
Maple Leaf Region
Germany
Andy Campbell
Ricky Rosendolhl
Raymond Westerlaken
Chetwynd
Copenhagen
Denmark
Dalajamb
Kopparbo
Sweden
Trivoli Gardens
Copenhagen Zoological Garden
Scandinavia
Benneweis
Carl XVI Gustaf
Swedish
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Association
Andy
Ricky
Raymond
Carl XVI
Ricky Rosendahl
Dalecarlia
Inland Gas buys Columbia Inland and Norcen Pipelines
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. completes the purchase of Columbia Natural Gas Limited from Norcen Pipelines Ltd. for 5 million dollars. Approval came from the British Columbia Energy Commission and the Alberta Public Utilities Board. Columbia serves about 10,000 customers across nine East Kootenay communities. Inland serves about 80,000 across fifty BC communities from Hudson Hope to Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd
Norcen Pipelines Ltd
Norcen Energy Resources Limited
Inland of Columbia Natural Gas Limited
Columbia
Noreen
Inland
British Columbia Energy Commission
The
Public Utilities Board of Alberta
East Kootenay
Mately
Hudson Hope
British Columbia
Nelson
R.B. Stokes
West
Hastings
Vancouver
B.C
Wildlife study warns coal boom risks B C wildlife
The Environment Ministry report Wildlife Resources of the Northeast Coal Study assigns an economic value to wildlife and urges balanced use. It cautions a 60 mile highway could kill 200 big game animals initially and moose numbers may drop 50 percent over years. A five year plan begins to develop the Sunset Prairie Community Pasture near Dawson Creek under the CRMP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Environment Ministry
Wildlife Resources
Chetwynd
Sunset Prairie
Dawson Creek
Plan funding details for BC agriculture project announced
The plan totals 373990 with 336590 funded by ARDSA under federal provincial agreement. Local user groups cover 10 percent. Elmer MacKay and Jim Hewitt announced the joint plan. ARDSA contributions will be shared equally by federal and provincial governments. The project includes land clearing discing seeding tree thinning and fencing and stock trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer MacKay
DREE
Jim Hewitt
British Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meager Mountain
Sukunka Fields
Department of Regional Economic Expansion
Bennett
Ridley Island
Prince Rupert
Joe Clark
Northeast Coal
Teck Mining Co
Quintette Consortium
Denison Mines
Imperial Oil
Mitsui Mining Overseas Development
Tokyo Books Ltd
Denison
Romania
Inland Gas
Christian IV
Lejre
Elsinore
Kronborg Castel
Shakespere
Koppardo
Environment
and Land Use Secretariat
Dalarnas
Stockholm
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