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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1980
Page
6
A Northern Lights College message notes many students miss available courses already in progress. The statement urges reading the papers for notices and emphasizes personal responsibility to seek information about continuing courses.
Canada needs more trained workers as shortages rise and pay increases. A major energy boom will require tens of thousands more tradespeople, while governments lag on training. The CFIB reports 17 percent cite labor shortages as their top issue, urging a crash training program now. Courses listed include GED, bookkeeping, upholstery, pottery, sewing, building code, and horse hoof care with March and April start dates. A Stringband tour and a Chinese cooking course are noted in Western Canada.
E Landry reports from Dawson Creek where CWB Commissioner Forest Hetland set a positive tone for a March 3 meeting at George Dawson Inn. He projected 44.5 million tonnes of Canadian barley export this crop year, well above the 1970s average, with demand from European feed markets. He noted ongoing grain handling and transport obstacles, but said 2,000 hopper cars added by CN Rail should ease bottlenecks and highlighted the Prince Rupert Terminal as a key link to improve flow for the region. Discussions covered shipping hopper cars south via B C Rail, with farmers pressing for interchange fixes before terminal operation. Hetland cited quota priority to meet export commitments and hinted rye market openings later.
The article warns against hasty contract signing while noting rail bridge restoration and extended barley quotas for Fort St John farmers hurt by Taylor bridge outages. It previews forthcoming wheat quotas for lower grades and discusses tying grain quotas to seeded acres, with calls for Mr Henry Dechant to hold further district meetings on farm policy and economics.
Club Les Amis invites French speaking citizens from Peace River Region to a Dawson Creek meeting on March 16 1980 at 1 30 p m in the Legion Hall 829 TAC A Roan Dawson Creek. Doughnuts will be served. Ivana AVS. Coffee and HOUIANIS IW
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