Tourist Industry Talk A Place to Ask
PRAHTA invites northern British Columbia entrepreneurs to seek help for tourism ventures. The group, based at Mackenzie Inn in Fort St John, offers information on regional infrastructure, contacts in government, and access to offices like Tourism British Columbia, Recreation and Conservation, and Economic Development. Open 9 to 5, no charge.
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Peace River-Alaska Highway Tourist Association
Prahta
British Coumbia
Canada
Dree
British Columbia
Ministry of Recreation and Conservation
Ministry of Economic Development
Mackenzie Inn
Fort St. John
Peace River-Alaska Highway
Oberle Pushes Open Pipeline Talks and Native Rights
Prince George Peace River MP Frank Oberle urges full public disclosure of the federal provincial pipeline deal. He seeks equity and opportunity for native communities, criticizing BC for not recognizing native rights. He calls for Alaska Highway paving, Fort Nelson rail upgrades, and better communications in the northeast.
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Frank Oberle
Prince George Peace River
British Columbia
Oberle
Peace River
Fort St. John
B.C
Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson
Left out in the cold left out in the dark in BC planning
North east British Columbia municipal leaders complain they are being excluded from Alaska Highway pipeline planning. Fort St. John alderman Joan Mucci and Fort Nelson mayor Andrew Shuck say Ottawa and provincial actions are hidden from local officials who fear losing control of resources and facing a messy fallout.
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Fort ST. John
B.C
British Columbia
Joanne Mucci
Peace River Liard Regional District
Ottawa
Andrew Shuck
Fort Nelson
Program slated for heavy duty mechanics in Dawson Creek
Northern Lights College Dawson Creek Campus offers a ninety hour Tradesman Qualification program in Heavy Duty Mechanics and Automotive Mechanical Repair aimed at upgrading workers to Journeyman status. Sessions run three hours twice weekly for fifteen weeks. contact the office or Director of Vocational Studies at 782-5251 for details.
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Dawson’ Creek
Northern Lights College
T.Q
Dawson Creek
Pipeline debate focuses on northern region impact and safeguards
A North region member reviews the Alaska Highway corridor pipeline project 540 miles through northeastern British Columbia and its likely lasting effects. He notes Ottawa and Victoria have yet to provide essential information or local input and calls for concrete guarantees including road paving to Fort.
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Victoria
Shuck
Braul
B.C
Ottawa
House of Commons
Government of
British Columbia
Alaska
Fort
Legion funds family practice dept at UBC
The Royal Canadian Legion will donate 40 000 dollars annually to UBC medical school to establish a Department of Family Practice. The aim is to boost the number of doctors in smaller British Columbia towns by expanding training with practicing family physicians in rural areas. Steve Dunsdon hands the first cheque to Dr Clyde Slade at UBC’s Vancouver teaching unit.
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Royal Canadian Legion
UBC
B.C
Steve Dunsdon
Legion’s Pacific Command
Clyde Slade
Vancouver
BP plans coal cleaning plant near Centurion Creek
BP environmental specialist Nick Agnew outlined a two stage plan for a coal cleaning operation north of Highway 97 east of Centurion Creek. The project would process coal with dust and water controls, recycle process water, and protect Centurion Creek with a ditch and settling pond while shipping by rail from Chetwynd.
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B.C.R
Highway 97
Centurion Creek
Nick Agnew
Agnew
Chetwynd
Sukunka
Centurion
Ottawa Announces Alaska Highway Contract Award
Minister Judd Buchanan disclosed that E. Lobe Contracting Ltd of Whitehorse has won a 2 105 061 dollar contract for crushing gravel surfacing and stockpiling on the Alaska Highway mile 101 to 206 5 and 387 to 397. The bid was the lowest of three in response to public ad. Work, to be finished by September, aims to improve travel surface and apply asphalt oil to the 387 397 segment.
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Ottawa
Judd Buchanan
E. Lobe
Public Works Canada
Mile 101
Mile
Pipeline plans and northern rail upgrades urged by leaders
Franke Oberle and M P Nelson advocate federal prioritization of the pipeline route to protect tourism and transport this includes upgrading British Columbia Rail to Fort Nelson and extending rail and road links to serve remote communities. They call for social and economic impact studies, open forums, and inclusive planning to maximize benefits for Canadians and regional industry.
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British Columbia
Alberta
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N.D.P
ARDA
Swan Valley Foods
V.A.B
Evan Wolfe
Chetwynd Elementary Secondary School
I.G. Campbell
Wally Braul
Dan Campbell
Intergovernmental Affairs
Campbell
Whitehorse
Coal Plans
M. Hayward
Armstrong
Hayward
Ian Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
Franke Oberle, M.P
Yukon
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