Provincial Archivist to Tour Dawson Creek Museums
The BC Provincial Archivist will visit Dawson Creek from May 31 to tour local museums and host a seminar at Dawson Creek Station Museum on June 2 3. The event covers preserving family documents photos and mementoes and available archival records for genealogists. The Peace Country Roots Group meets April 26 at 7 30 pm at the museum with a microfilm demo and care of family photos led by Carrie Schafer contact Marge or Neil for details.
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Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek Station
Provincial Archives
Peace Country Roots
Dawson Creek Station Museum
Carrie Schafer
Hollinger Announces Private Placement Shares Issued
Hollinger Inc issues 100 Floating Rate cumulative Redeemable Convertible Perpetual Preference Shares Series 6 by private placement for 100 million dollars. Dividends set at 75 percent of the 30 day Bankers Acceptance Rate through June 1 1992, with later rates by negotiation or auction. Shares redeemable at issue price plus accrued dividends and convertible into Hollinger common shares subject to conditions and protections. Net proceeds to reduce bank advances. underwritten by a group including Gordon Capital and Citibank Canada Securities.
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Hollinger Inc
Hollinger
Gordon Capital Corporation
Wood Gunday Inc
Great Lakes Capital Markets Inc
Toronto Dominion Securities Inc
Citibank Canada Securities Limited
Power Smart Art Contest for BC Schools
BC Hydro presents the Power Smart Art Contest for elementary students from kindergarten to grade seven in public or independent schools. The aim is to illustrate sensible electricity choices and promote efficient use. Twelve winning drawings will be published in a calendar for 1989/90, with colorful prize sweatshirts for students and teachers.
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BC Hydro
Power Smart Art Contest Reaches Elementary Schools
BC Hydro plans a Power Smart program for schools by April, giving kindergarten to grade three a colouring book illustrating energy saving. Teachers will discuss it briefly in class. For grades four to seven, students submit a folded poster using characters Hydrobot and the Wizard to promote intelligent energy choices against Black Knight and Dragon. Winners named before year end, with some art to be shown in regional BC Hydro offices.
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Power Smart
BC Hydro
British Columbia
Gravel removal alleged on Moberly River without permit near Del Rio
Environmental authorities report an unpermitted gravel extraction and stockpiling in the middle of the Moberly River about half a mile upstream of Del Rio crossing on the Jackfish Lake road. The gravel was stockpiled last fall, moved to a nearby pit by spring, and potentially impacts Pine and Peace rivers. The river is not considered significant for fish, but Crown Land reserves govern the gravel site.
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del Rio Valley
British Columbia
Moberly
Pine River
Peace River
Canadian social and demographic shifts in 1980s Canada
The text outlines rising common-law unions, natural population growth, and a high yet historically low population growth rate amid a potential late-century decline. It notes education as a major activity, high student and teacher counts, varied leisure habits, and general improvements in health and longevity, ending with the note that two leading causes of death remained unchanged in 1986.
Hospital Week Proclaimed in British Columbia
Colette Girard announces Hospital Week from May 7 to 14 in British Columbia and praises the Hospital Auxiliary in Chetwynd for shop operations and fundraisers to buy hospital equipment. The piece invites readers to join with a $3 yearly membership and provides contact details for President Darlene Gerry. It also notes health statistics and Canada’s rising standard of living alongside persistent low income.
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British Columbia
Chetwynd
Darlene Gerry
Canada
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del Rio Crossing
Jackfish Lake
Maureen Gammon
Colette Girard
Community Printers & Stationers Inc
Agnetic
Pine Cone
Hollywood
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Lere
Hme
Popeye
Porky Pig
Three Stooges
Bugs Bunny Superman
Dixie Lee
P.S
Kim
Beelyne Executive Services
Kim Kelm
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