Trustees seek return of power over BC schools
British Columbia school trustees from 75 districts overwhelmingly endorsed a plan for a royal commission to include trustees, parents and educators in shaping education, while criticizing provincial restraint laws that now control wage settlements and board spending. They praised a pledge to loosen provincial grip by 1986, but avoided sweeping policy changes and urged flexible 12 month school operation to reflect modern needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Bernard Vancouver
British Columbia
Association
Bill Lefeaux-Valentine
Queen Charlotte Islands
Lefeaux-Valentine
B.C
Clarke
Gwen Chute
Coquitlam
Social Credit
Jack Heinrich
Vancouver Island
Heinrich
Campbell River
Slow Growth Weighs on British Columbia Economy
The Employers' Council of B C states Pacific Rim weakness drags BC growth, predicting a 1984 GDP rise of 2.8 percent after 1.7 percent in 1983. Unemployment may average 13.1 percent in 1984 as recovery remains uneven despite US demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Pacific Rim
British Columbia
Employers’ Council of
B.C
Council
Jim Matkin
United States
British Columbia pulp workers reject offer as government to impose contract
About 12,700 workers vote 87 percent against the industry's final offer, paving the way for the Social Credit government to impose a contract. Union leader Art Grantman says mills will face production problems and calls the bargain process disarmed, while industry officials vow no further talks. Grantman criticizes the imposed deal as harming productivity. Len Snow warns the move signals broader labor pressure in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Kingston
Vancouver
British Columbia
Grantman
Canadian Paperworkers Union
Socreds
Len Snow
Pulp and Paperworkers Union
Japanese buyers win price cut at Westar Balmer coal mine
Westar Mining Ltd. cut metallurgical coal price by 74 cents per tonne for Japanese buyers retroactive to April 1 1984 through March 31 1985. Balmer Mine output of about 60 percent of five million tonnes yearly is affected. 3 million tonnes minimum volume for 1984.
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Vancouver
Westar Mining Ltd
a_ B.C. Resources
Westar
Gary Livingstone
Balmer
Sparwood
B.C
Japan
Livingstone
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Oset
Nyas
Chute
Joy Leach
Ernie Gareau
Chetwynd Hospital
Ernie
B.T.E., Business Telecommunications Equipment
B.C. Telephone
Igi
Eric Mittendorfer
Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau
Paperworkers Union
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada
International Woodworkers of America
DE Grantman
Gary Lutz
Hope Morgan
Rolla B.C
Ian McIlvenna
Chetwynd
Ian
U.S
Chetwynd R.C.M.P
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