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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1989
Page
2
Four bored women form a rock band to win a $2,000 contest prize. They manage uptight husbands, a teen son, and friends, driving the play’s humor. The production has drawn sellout crowds in Seattle and Vancouver, with long runs in New York, Chicago and London.
Fibreco Pulp Inc of Taylor accepts the British Columbia government offer of 500 000 cubic metres of wood chips per year from the Fort St John Timber Supply Area. The chips, mainly aspen and balsam, will be processed at Fibreco’s pulp mill on the Peace River. The $185 million mill, started in 1988, could expand with additional supply, potentially creating more jobs in harvesting and milling.
On March 3 and 4 1989 the Chetwynd Area Community Resources Society with Northern Lights College and the Justice Institute of British Columbia hosted an in depth workshop on Child Sexual Abuse funded by the Federal Ministry of the Solicitor General. Bonnie Granger led the two day session covering definitions indicators cycles of abuse reporting and treatment therapy. Participants included 26 from Social Services Housing Public Health C.A.C.R.S. RCMP schools and local victim support programs. The organizer thanked Lorraine Dotson and the Solicitor General for funding with plans for a follow up workshop on Safe Art Activities in Therapy.
Maureen Gammon reports Daphne Marlatt spoke at Northern Lights College on March 3 1989 about publishing women's writing in Canada. Marlatt chairs SFU Women’s Studies program aims to document women’s contributions in private and public life and to challenge male dominated writing norms. She notes literature is often written from a male perspective and that women face publication barriers unless conforming to male styles. SFU English Department now publishes Tessera the journal for theory and experimental writing by English Canadian and Quebecoise women. Marlatt part of Tessera Editorial Collective. Subscriptions offered via SFU Department of English Burnaby BC.
The British Columbia Lions Society for Crippled Children runs its annual Easter Seal Appeal each spring to raise funds for Easter Seal services. It supports two houses in Vancouver and Prince George, three camps at Squamish Winfield and Shawnigan, and a fleet of 57 buses serving 46 communities. Donations fund family accommodation and camp care for disabled children under 19 in BC and Yukon.
Riis, the Kamloops Shuswap MP and former House leader, signals he is 80 percent certain he will not run for NDP leader. He argues it would make sense for a woman to lead the party and urges encouragement if any women show interest.
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