Management committee visits communities across province
The management committee led by M.C. Norris plans a weeklong tour starting November 19 visiting Prince George Fort St James Mackenzie and Chetwynd to meet civic officials media and customers. An afternoon rail facilities tour in Prince George will accompany the press. The trip includes a drive to Peace River area to inspect a fire-destroyed bridge site and ends with a Nov 24 community auction notice.
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B.C. Rail
Prince George
Fort St. James
Mackenzie
Chetwynd
Pfanner Wins Chetwynd Mayor Seat In Landslide
Ernest Pfanner defeats incumbent Charles Lasser to become Mayor of Chetwynd as 71.9 percent turnout yields 530 votes with 143 on election day. Aldermen elected are Vern Braaten and Carter Dar, with Carol Dar and Henning Larsen as top runners. Hudson's Hope also reports mayor Tex McKeigan winning and 72 percent turnout.
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Ernest. Pfanner
Chetwynd
Charles Lasser
Vern Braaten
Carter
Jackie) Dar
Carol Dar
Vernon Braaten
Henning Larsen
Robert Walkden
Fraser River bridge opens in Prince George area
The BC Forest Service completed its longest bridge, 163 metres, on Walker Creek Forest Road at kilometer 5.3, SE of Prince George. The five span structure replaces a seasonal temporary bridge and enables year round access for reforestation administration and logging.
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Prince George
B.C
British Columbia Forest Service
Forest Service
Walker Creek
Fraser River
October carloadings show BC Railway rise year over year
The British Columbia Railway reported October carloadings at 14,560, up from 14,436 last October. For the first ten months of the year totals reached 133,140, vs 132,021 in the same period of 1978. Copper ores and concentrates and interline shipments rose this October, while lumber movements eastbound declined.
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British Columbia Railway
Interline
Eastern Rail
B C Tel in Chetwynd area vows faster service
B C Telephone managers Dan Walsh Don Perras and Ron Crane visited Chetwynd to report to local business leaders on plans for improved long distance direct dial and local service. They noted rapid growth in long distance traffic and outlined steps to expand circuits and address local outages and vandalism.
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B.C
Dan Walsh
Don Perras
Ron Crane
Chetwynd
Forest firms share trucking costs for rail route reroute
The forests ministry and five north eastern British Columbia forest product companies agreed to split rail trucking costs after a B C Railway trestle bridge fire near Fort St John. Each railcar lumber haul costs about 1000 dollars, with the first 150 dollars covered by the firms and the rest offset as ministry credits. Don Grant noted the credits chosen for simplicity over stumpage or harvesting tax cuts.
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Prince George
B.C
Forests Ministry
British Columbia
Fort St. John
Fort Nelson
Don Grant
Prince George Forest Region
Tom Wasterland
Grant
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T.V. Trust Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Robson
Hugh Armstrong
the Old West
Bill Matheson
Dolan Realty
Pfanner
Day
Planner
Lasser
Hudson
Hope
Tex McKeigan
John Calder
Heather Scorey
Norman Guelly
Ben Jablonski
Hudson’s
Ernest Planner
52Nd Street
The
Legion
Airport Road
Airport Subdivision
B.C. Tel
Perras
Ernie Pfanner
Dixie Lee Fried Chicken
Chetwynd Lions Club
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