Chetwynd milestones span decades in local notes
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Legion Hall opening with a zone commander ribbon cut. The Peace River Zone honored Chetwynd Branch with the Challenge Award for outstanding membership effort. Feasibility reports on the Peace River Dam await BC Government review, with pilot tunnel work planned next summer.
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Canadian Legion Hall
Peace River
Chetwynd
Peace River Dam
B.C
Active Member or Just Belonging Riddle and Local News
A community column ponders active participation versus mere membership. Notices celebrate Tom and Lillian Wilson earning Canadian citizenship in Dawson Creek and report Jim Clary and Keith Palmer guests visiting Chetwynd. News tips invited via a local contact number.
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Tom
Lillian Wilson
Canada
Dawson Creek
Lillian
International Archives Week urged in British Columbia
The provincial archives highlight International Archives Week in Canada from November 1 to 8 and urge public help to preserve historical records. Readers are asked to consider attic finds like diaries letters playbills photographs and maps and to contact local archives for preservation guidance and support.
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Canada
Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Northern Lights College Upgrading Classes Offer Grade Ten Path
Canada Manpower sponsored program helps adults finish grade ten through upgrading courses at Northern Lights College. Successful completion yields a grade ten certificate qualifying for vocational programs. sponsorship includes a small allowance for childcare or travel, encouraging further education and higher goals.
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Northern Lights College
Letters on Lions Club claims and local education programs
A reader disputes a candidate’s Lions Club claim and urges integrity in political contests while noting Lions International allows general membership. The ministry of education schedules tutoring classes at Northern Lights College in Chetwynd with GED and defensive driving dates, deadlines, and signup notes, inviting further course ideas and talents.
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The
Lions Club
Chetwynd Lions Club
Mr. Walkden
Lions International
Ministry of Education
Northern Lights College
Chetwynd
Canadians split on country direction a year apart
A Gallup poll of 1,030 Canadian adults in September finds 33 percent satisfied with the country’s direction, 52 percent dissatisfied, and 14 percent with no opinion. The survey shows optimism rising from March 1978 when 22 percent were satisfied, while January 1973 had 42 percent satisfied and 38 percent dissatisfied.
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Toronto
Gallup
TV Schedule Fragment From November 20th Listing
A cluttered excerpt shows daily time slots across morning to late night with programs like Sesame Street The Edge of Night Bob Newhart Happy Days Archie Bunker Dallas The Ropers The Ropers and CBC National News The Saint Five Star Theatre and sports and news blocks The page reflects a historical TV guide snapshot with multiple networks and show names including The Muppets The Beechcombers and M A S H.
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Archie Bunker
Tommy Hunter
Dallas
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South Peace Publishing Ltd
B.C. Hydro
Hydro
Hudson’s Hope
Chetwynd Flying Club
Bunnes
Jim Clary
Kamloops, B.C
Keith Palmer
Kim
W.A. Campbell
Ernie Calliou
W.K. Lamb
Dominion
Colonial House of Assembly
Vancouver Island
Dr. Lamb
Parliament
Clonial
Crown Colony
Belleville Street
Robert Manly
P.O. Box
Swede Construction
Clarence Nordlund
Tel
B.C. P.O
Jack Lemmon
Jane Fonda
Michael Douglas
Sean Donald Connery Sutherland the Great
Rosbery
E. B. White
Charlotte’s Web
Hi-Way Laundromat
Hart Hi-Way
TV Guide
Chetwynd B.C
T.V. Channel 5
Friendly Giant Schools
Mr. Dressup
Sesame Street
Ben Wicks
Bob Mclean
Mary Tyler Moore
Rockford Files
Happy Days
Tempo 5
Nature of Things
Music of Man
Spectrum
CBC National News
Feather
Horst Koehler
Muppets
NHL
the Ropers
Fantasy Island
Cities
CBC National
Five Star Theatre
CBC News
Rex Humbard
Terry Winters
Walt Disney
Mark & Mindy
Marketplace
Ombudsman
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