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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1976
Page
1
Vancouver Sun interview quotes Tom Waterland and Premier Bill Bennett predicting a decade of coal expansion in northeast British Columbia. They expect growth from Peace Country deposits, with environmental controls and interprovincial cooperation with Alberta, plus a railway to support the expansion. Don Phillips to reveal details this session.
Sun business writer Allan Wilson asks the minister about provincial involvement in a region's future energy push. He notes planned townsites, new roads, rail lines, and port facilities required by coal and natural gas development and seeks clarity on government support.
Dawson Creek City Council confirmed last week plans for road work and a proposed townsite south of Chetwynd. Alderman Sid Cooper said nine large machines are on Fellers Heights road preparations. The mines minister outlined a provincial coal policy study, with government involvement possible in funding and planning, including rail and road systems, environmental studies, and future viability of the project.
Six members of the Peace River-Liard Regional District met with provincial ministers in Victoria last week. The group included chairman C E Framst, vice-chair J Mucci, directors Bert Simmons and Charlie Lasser, R Simpson representing Fort Nelson hospital, and administrator Dolorese Foster. Grace McCarthy discussed Monkman Park dedication and predator control in community pastures. The fund for 1975-76 is fully committed and no new Community Recreational Facilities Fund grants could be awarded.
Poem contrasts March weather with lion and lamb imagery. Birth notice reports Regan Maureen Westgate born March 5 to Brian and wife in Prince George. Local updates mention Terri McLane visiting, Marie Lossing trip to Grande Prairie with her eighty year old mother. Doug Turner gains fifty dollars and Tom Wilson five hundred. Continued on page 4.
The Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce warns of economic and social harm from the British Columbia Rail Strike. President Bunne Hoffman says telegrams have been sent to the Premier and the Minister of Economic Development and Agriculture urging immediate government action to start negotiations between labor and management at B C Rail.
A joint venture of Atkinson Harney Corporation and Commonwealth Construction Company Limited won the Site One project on the Peace River near Hudson's Hope with an initial target cost of 109,775,000 dollars. Mobilization begins soon for four 175,000 kilowatt units to be online in 1979 and 1980.
In British Columbia the throne speech read by Lt Gov Walter Owen promised an ombudsman and an auditor general, plus legislation to aid home ownership, curb minister investments, extend anti inflation cooperation, and tax relief for seniors. The plan also targets extending guaranteed income and cutting MLA salaries while advancing a municipal housing program.
At a March 12 1976 meeting the Northern Lights College Council approved Margaret Cleaveley as Director of the College Center at Chetwynd B C She will establish programs and develop native student programming for the region Cleaveley aged 49 hails from British Columbia and will complete a Masters in Educational Psychology at the University of Calgary before starting in summer 1976 Her background includes leadership roles in Alberta and Calgary with extensive education and industry experience.
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