Polaroid Student Photo Contest Opens in Canada
Secondary school students across Canada can win a Polaroid One-Step camera and Time-Zero film in a contest sponsored by Polaroid Corporation of Canada Limited and Teen Generation. Thirty prizes will be awarded across six categories with entries due July 15, 1981. Winners announced in September. contact Ann Elizabeth Snider for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Polaroid Corporation of Canada Limited
Teen Generation Magazine
University Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
Ann-Elizabeth Snider Communications Department
Strapping in BC Schools Defeated by Delegates
About 500 delegates at the BC School Trustees Association meeting defeated Abbotsford district’s motion to reintroduce corporal punishment in elementary schools. Opponents urged nonviolence, while ministers and officials rejected straps as a classroom tool. Delegates approved an 1981-82 budget of 1.6 million and backed rules to revoke teachers found guilty of sex crimes and to drop Bible readings in classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
School Trustees Association
Abbotsford
Carol Pickup
Victoria
Gary Onstad
Deane Downey
Botsford
Bleeding Hearts
Phil Rankin
Brian Smith
NDP
Eileen Dailly
Smith
Education Department
Doug MacLennan
Unchagah Hall
School board meeting report May 12 session details
A regular school board meeting occurred on Tuesday May 12 at 8 30 p m in the administration building. Attendees included John Kendrew district manager for special education and P R S T A presidents Rick LeGear and Wylie Kemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrew
Special Education
P.R.S.T.A
Rick LeGear
Wylie Kemp
Alaska Restaurant joins World Famous Restaurants network
The Alaska Cafe in Dawson Creek British Columbia has earned an invited membership in World Famous Restaurants International. The honor recognizes distinctive dining and includes global publicity, with the Alaska Restaurant noted for its 1972 founding, northern adventure theme, Paris Café style, and its inclusion in Ann Hardy's Where to Eat in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Cafe
Dawson Creek
B.C
Alaska Restaurant
Charles & Heidy Kuz-Kardos
Ann Hardy
Canada
Taxing matter stirs Canadian fishermen across coasts
Mainstream Canada looks at Revenue Canada audits of fishermen across Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. Early results suggest many will pay millions in extra taxes due to poor record keeping and strict deduction rules. Fishermen complain of heavy handed collection and liken auditors to criminals. Audits will spread to Quebec BC and Atlantic Canada as voices urge polite treatment for taxpayers funding government salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roger Worth
Quebec
Revenue Canada
Prince Edward Island
Cape Breton
N.S
Prairie pioneers endure hardship and progress in late 1800s
The narrative recalls pioneer life with scarce resources, oilcloth tables, melmac china, and constant black fly misery. It notes a ten day hospitalization after a blueberry pick due to forgotten insecticide, and highlights resilience. It covers Tittle Prairie Light & Power forming from $1000 shares, later bought by B C Electric in 1959, and water rights battles led by Bud Campbell, Gordon Moore, and Frank Oberle in 1960 with Victoria officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Electric
Chelywnd Water Board
Bud Campbell
Gordon Moore
Frank Oberle
Paget
Victoria
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Polaroid
Sheryle Smith
Super Valu
Tom Larson
Motion For Strapping
Smith Rejects
Strap
Jean Dickson
Chetwynd
Haaland
Jean
Val Jenson
Fort Nelson
Jon
Board of School Trustees of
John Harkness
Windrem
Harkness
Keith Palmer
Vancouver Island
Kildare
Kitimat
Ministry of Education
Lis Haddow
Northern Lights College
Killick
Metz
Bowen
Rose
Tate Creek
Bud Browns
Sandy Gow
Lenore Lawrence
B.C. School Trustees Association
National Real Estate, Service
Mountain View
Kathy
Contact Dale
Gulf Station
Highway 29
Canyon Drive
Hudson Hope
Betty Hammack
Jamison Subdivision
Hudson
Dale Draper
Bleck Bros. Realty Ltd
Dale
Sukunka Valley
Hope St
Highway
Willard
Che
Willard Dunn
Cascade Realty Ltd
50Th Ave
P.O. Box
B.C. Voc
Mark Carter
Kathy DeWitt
Annette
School of Baton
Florence Nightingale
Hospital Auxiliary
Norine School of Baton
Chetywnd School of Dance
Mainstream
Roger Worth
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
The
Coun
British Columbia
Atlantic Canada
Tittle Prairie Light
Lamplaa
Tiree Reats
St. Grande Praine
Alta
St. Ancare de
Chetwynd Mini-Mall
Chetwynd & District
Chetwynd General Hospital
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