Challenges shaping a proposed John Dokkie Memorial Park
The push to create a new provincial park faces political and logistical hurdles as district leaders and West Moberly First Nations wrestle with Community Forest plans. Chetwynd officials prefer keeping land under community forest management, with talks of eventually converting to a park. The coalition seeks alternatives within the forest framework while rallying support for naming the park after John Dokkie, a longtime local figure.
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West Moberly
Sangstad
Community Forest
Kalischuk
Council
Addictions Awareness Week in Chetwynd
Chetwynd marks National Addictions Week with events led by the Tansi Friendship Centre and Saulteau First Nations. A free swim with an information booth, a Friday 5:30 downtown walk with post event hot beverages and chili, guest speakers Friday night, and a potluck Family Fun Night Saturday aim to boost awareness and social support for recovery.
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Chetwynd
Canada
Chris Wetmore
Northern Health Addictions Counsellor
Tansi Friendship Centre
Wetmore
Tansi
Friendship Centre
Saulteau First Nations
Canfor faces tough 2009 amid U S slump and mill shutdown
Canfor warns of an unfavourable near term with 9 million board feet cut at its Chetwynd sawmill and no employee reductions. The company relies heavily on the U S market for 65 percent of exports as analysts foresee U S housing starts dropping below 1.2 million in 2008. Prices for random-length lumber drop from 400 to about 220, while market diversification to Japan, the Far East and Europe continues.
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Baby
Canfor
U.S
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Chetwynd Echo
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Europe
Bob Korda
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