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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1983
Page
2
Weekly publication by South Peace Publishing Ltd in Chetwynd lists subscription prices for Canada and foreign countries, single copy cost, and identifies 2141 Bunne Hoffman as Editor and Publisher.
A summary of past travel plans and school trips includes Chetwynd students touring Edmonton Calgary Jasper and Hobema from May 4 with ages 4 to 16. A Mexico guest story mentions Hermida family, a Royal Home welcome for Cub club, and winners of the Travel Club draw. Also notes 15 years ago RPC reports car thefts and Elks Bonspiel results. Chetwynd dances prompt public drinking concerns and warnings about reckless behavior.
The text outlines pensioners 65 or older eligible for a 2220 deduction on a 1982 tax return and explains how payments from pensions annuities and retirement plans affect the deduction. It notes unused portions can transfer between spouses, deferral options for excess pension income, and the role of registered retirement savings plans.
Patrick Michiel argues the South Peace NDP urges British Columbia to create youth jobs. He cites 26.3 percent unemployment for ages 15 to 24 and 81 000 jobseekers. Proposes BC owned small business programs, work experience, wages, and forest rehabilitation as paths to opportunity.
MLA Don Phillips recalls meeting the Queen during a BC visit and praises the North East Coal Rail Tunnels project led by BC Railway Chairman Mac Norris. He notes the tunnel work as demanding yet proceeding on schedule and budget, highlighting regional pride and a new transportation frontier in the Peace River country.
Mediator Dave MacIntryre helped 14 000 nurses and 119 general hospitals reach a proposed provincial collective agreement. Both sides urge acceptance, replacing a contract that expired March 31, 1982. Details await separate votes by nurses and hospitals, with ratification likely in three weeks and subject to review by Compensation Commissioner Ed Peck.
Channel 7 lists a noon news plus soap and game show lineup. Afternoon features take Ahirty, Coronation Street, VIP and Do It Yourself segments before primetime segments including Nature of Things, The National and Barney Miller.
A compact TV guide lists programs from 3:00 to 11:27 including Daytime Challenge at 3:00, The Facts of Life at 6:30, Fantasy Island at 7:00, Youth for Christ at 8:00, Happy Days at 5:00, Night Final at 11:07, and Barney Miller at 11:27 along with 4:00 Do It Yourself and 4:30 Children's Shows. The afternoon block shows 3:00 V.1.P and 6:00 Sports, while 6:30 Facts of Life precedes 7:00 Fantasy Island.
The listing shows a daytime schedule with 3:00 and 3:30 blocks followed by 4:00 Do It Yourself and 4:30 Children’s Shows. Also noted are Sports News Farm Week Review Remington Steele Tommy Hunter Dallas and Five Star Theatre programming for the day.
A Saturday lineup lists morning to night shows with times for Circle Square Huntley Street Sesame Street and Sports Weekend plus Evening programs including NHL Hockey Wayne and Shuster and This Week in B C. The fragmentary listing presents a busy TV radio schedule with multiple station blocks and program titles.
The list shows a Sunday timetable with start times from 10:00 through 11:30 and a sequence of programs including Rex Humbard World Wide Church Terry Winter Hymn Sing WAbF Do It Yourself Happy Days Three's Company and later CBC News Fraggle Rock News Sports and various TV titles such as Hill Street Blues Walt Disney Beachcombers and The Love Boat with periods of TBA and placeholders.
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