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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1987
Page
1
Aspiring mayor outlines decades of service in Chetwynd, detailing Alderman terms, business background, and community roles. Emphasizes experience with municipal government, regional cooperation, and plans for growth, services expansion, public input, and infrastructure like streets, water, and ambulances. Calls for bringing Forestry Head Office back and stakeholder referendum for major expenditures.
An October 28 information meeting at the former Medical Clinic near the Post Office sought volunteers to create a society for an extended care facility in Chetwynd. The proposed building features 16 rooms with intercoms, wheelchair accessible washrooms, a ramp, and five acres with a creek. Officials note current residents are moved to other towns and await services. doctors could staff locally with one RN and aides, while kitchen or catering options are needed. Eve Fedosa liaises with Health Ministry staff for specifications and a Fort St. John inspector is to visit. Mayor Lasser anticipates population growth from a new pulp mill and seeks provincial funding. Another meeting will be scheduled as details emerge.
The candidate, Band/Business Manager for the Sauken Band at Moberly Lake, emphasizes improving educator and student development without disrupting the system. Responsibilities include managing band operational programs such as capital projects infrastructure education social development health. Continued on page six.
A Chet Wynd resident with nine years of tenure notes two of three children finished secondary education locally. Involvement spans three years with Minor Hockey Association, 1.5 years on the 5 Year Recreation Plan Committee, ten months on the Swimming Pool Committee, and six years serving as School Trustee.
New Democrat leader Mike Harcourt told about 70 at the Pioneer Inn in Fort St John that free trade is a disaster for British Columbia as it would erode economic sovereignty. He warned of a continental energy policy and continued U S trade laws, urging reinvestment of tariff funds into forests and promising 25 000 to 30 000 new jobs.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs in Victoria approves a swimming pool referendum for Chetwynd and area. Voters will decide on November 21 1987 during Civic Elections, with construction planned to start early next spring if approved by taxpayers.
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