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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1986
Page
2
Published every Tuesday at Chetwynd by Alaska Highway Publications Ltd. Subscription rates listed: 11.00 per year 15.00 out of town 20.00 for foreign countries. Single copy 30 30 cents. Publisher and Sales Director Norman C. Price Editor and Office Supervisor Chris Rand Reporter Tim Sorchy.
Tim Sordy criticizes Prime Minister Mulroney after the Shamrock Summit with President Reagan. Reagan acknowledges acid rain as an international issue and pledges actions, while the United States demands duties on Canadian softwood exports, curbing Canadian export volumes.
Readers urge strong grass roots pressure to influence Ottawa on free trade talks harming Canadian lumber. They decry East West divisions, cite Mulroney plans, and note Cantor mill sale in Chetwynd while urging locals to respond at the polls and public meetings.
Dear Editor letter from Larry Whaley argues New Democrats under Bob Skelly favor keeping and creating jobs in northeast coal. He criticizes the Bennett government for not convincing South Peace residents about job protection and growth. The writer cites Skelly’s July 19, 1985 visit to Tumbler Ridge and the northeast coal project.
On April 12 1986 the Chetwynd Ambulance Association with local business and private citizens will sponsor an auction near the town hall to raise funds for CPR training equipment. The crew needs adult CPR manikins with recording features to maintain skills through regular practice at the ambulance station.
The Chetwynd Expo Committee met at noon on March 18 at Four Star restaurant. Banner for Chetwynd completed and sent to Squamish. CSS Band expo donations sought at IGA via a three day pass draw with $1.00 entries. draw on April 1. Expo Awareness Week May 10–17 with activities by area groups. Tansi Friendship Centre to host a special bingo and tea. VHS short Full Sail about Expo available from the library.
The Provincial Court in Chetwynd held a regular session on March 13 1986 with Judge D M Levis presiding. Steve Blue pleaded guilty to obtaining food fraudulently and was fined 100 dollars in 100 days and ordered to pay 29.35 restitution. A separate count of careless driving was addressed.
The Chetwynd Economic Development Committee met on March 17 with Forest Ministry official Wayne Thorpe in Dawson Creek to review a proposed pulp wood agreement. The plan would set cutting boundaries for a Louisiana Pacific water board mill to log aspen and poplar in an extended area.
Louisiana Pacific aims to buy 90 percent of timber from private suppliers and 50 percent from crown land deals as Thorpe notes mills pay 550 dollars per truck load about 56 per Cunit. Meanwhile the Chetwynd EDC drafts a May 1 public meeting briefing on timber boundaries. Belgrade reports Yugoslav dissident Vojislav Seselj freed March 15 after 22 months for counter revolutionary activities.
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