Chetwynd Literacy Budget Cut Hurts Local Programs
Chetwynd faces a major funding cut as Decoda Literacy Solutions reduces its community outreach coordinators and trims annual budgets amid a province wide restructuring. Redfearn, the local LOC, loses her entire $9,000 budget, with longer term labour shortages looming and no warning given. The province and Decoda emphasize sustainable funding while seeking new sources, but Chetwynd is for now left without a dedicated literacy coordinator and facing broader impacts on local education efforts.
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Chetwynd
Decoda Literacy Solutions
Redfearn
LOC
Decada Literacy Solutions
Ministry of Education
Decoda
Brenda le Clair
Sus
Leona Gadsby
Gadsby
Biomass Plant Plan Pushes Boundary Expansion in Chetwynd
Boundary expansion to extend Chetwynd limits moves forward after support from local electors. The project, tied to a large biomass power plant on the mill site, requires space for new thermal and generating buildings and shifts some mill operations. BC Hydro's Charles Reid praises the clean energy venture and long term collaboration.
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Chetwynd
Ministry of Community and Rural Development
Europe
West Fraser
Charles Reid
BC Hydro