Canfor Faces First Strike in 22 Years at Chetwynd
Canfor's Chetwynd Division halted last Monday as 200 International Woodworkers of America members walked off the job, marking the first strike there in 22 years and threatening to ripple through the province's forest industry. Plant Manager Ray Sandness noted coastal talks differed, saying negotiations had been handled by Forest Industry Relations and that settlements followed coast agreements.
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Canfor
Sandness
Coast Mills
Forest Industry Relations
Northwood
I.W.A
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of
Canada
P.P.W.C
Canfor Limited
Chetwynd Division
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada
International Woodworkers of America
Chetwynd
Ray Sandness
Where to pick up your cheques during postal strike
Ministry of Human Resources says June cheques were mailed before the strike with most recipients expected to have them. If not, contact local offices for duplicates. If the strike continues, July cheques may be distributed through Human Resources district offices. Also notes wage demands andstrike details of IWA and PPWC.
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Ministry of Human Resources
Human Resources
Grant for senior housing aids Chetwynd seniors
A $147000 grant under the Housing for Elderly Citizens Act funds 12 self contained units for the Chetwynd Senior Citizens Housing Society. The province will buy suitable land and lease it back, with the federal government offering reduced mortgage rates and rent subsidies to keep rents within seniors’ means. MLA Don Phillips praised the project and noted provincial support. Brent Warne welcomed the grant and thanked Phillips for his interest.
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Chetwynd Senior Citizens Housing Society
M.L.A
Don Phillips
Housing For
Phillips
Chetwynd
Senior Citizens Housing Society
Brent Warne
Dan Vowles Wins 1981 Don McEwen Memorial Safety Award
Dan Vowles of Wildmore Grove, son of Mary Wilson, is named the 1981 recipient of B C Hydro’s Don McEwen Memorial Safety Award. He previously served as a First Aid Attendant at Canfor Chetwynd Division for two years before joining B C Hydro as a truck driver in 1974. Eric Martin, executive vice-president of Operations, presented the award and framed scroll, calling him a great safety ambassador. This marks the second year of the award, open to nominees from seven electrical operations and Hydro force construction divisions, from both unions and management.
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Dan Vowles
B.C. Hydro
Hydro
Don McEwen
Dan
Mary Wilson
Wildmore Grove
Eric Martin
Canfor
Chetwynd
Electrical
Hydro Force
A Safety
I.b.e.w.’S
John McGraw
Art O’keefe
Norman Olsen
Olsen
Earl Pritchett
Peter Thompson
Prince George
Houston
Barlow
B.C. Safety Council
Central Interior Division
Plus
June Building Permits and Safety Award Highlight Community
June data show Village of Chetwynd issuing 174000 dollars in residential permits and 350000 dollars in industrial permits. From January to June residential permits total 844000 dollars and industrial 869000 dollars. Dan, IBEW Local 258 member and Hydro truck driver since 1974, earns praise as a top first aid instructor, safety advocate and project harmonizer. He received an expense paid trip to a Chicago conference and praise from Hydro president Norman Olsen and others for his ongoing safety work and helicopter rescue stretcher projects.
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Dan
I.B.E.W
Hydro
Bob Larson
Martin
National Safety Conference
Chicago
Prince George
Worker’s Compensation Board
St. John’s Ambulance
Emergency Ambulance Service
Chetwynd
Ron Dick
Edmonton
Edmonton Eskimos
Site C hearings begin November in Fort St. John
Public hearings on B C Hydro Site C project start November 3 in Fort St. John to review a 1.95 billion energy certificate. Sessions will also be held in Dawson Creek Chetwynd Hudsons Hope and Vancouver with intervenor notices due by July 17. The plan includes a 60 metre dam across the Peace River a 900 megawatt powerhouse and floods 4600 hectares of land including 2600 hectares in the agricultural land reserve.
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Peace River
Fort St. John
B.C
B C Rail awards contracts for Tumbler Ridge tunnel camps
B C Rail said three firms won contracts to build and equip tunnel camps along its 129 km Tumbler Ridge Branch Line to the northeast coal fields. Antler Construction of Prince George will build the Table River camp at km 53, Goodbrand Construction of Aldergrove will build the Sukunka River camp at km 67, and View Construction of Kamloops will build the Wolverine River camp at km 78.
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B.C. Rail
Tumbler Ridge
Antler Construction Co. Ltd
Prince George
Table River
Goodbrand Construction Ltd
Aldergrove
B.C
Sukunka River
View Construction Ltd
Kamloops
Wolverine River
View Construction
Wolverine Tunnel
Portage Mountain Enterprises Ltd
Hudson’s
Table Tunnel
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Chetwynd Forest Industries
Don Chesley
Chesley
C.F.I
Hydro Safety
Patrick Walsh
North Cariboo Logging Ltd
Dawson Creek
Vancouver
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