Chetwynd Civic Election Returns With Turnout Details
Voters turnout in Chetwynd’s November 21 election ran at 71.16 percent of eligible 802. On election day 311 were sworn in, representing 39.27 percent of ballots cast, with 792 total votes including advance and regular polls. Mayor Charles Lasser won 617 votes. aldermen results show Vern Braaten 399 and Mike Schmok 475 with both elected. Hudson Hope also elected three aldermen Norm Guelly Heinz Hieber Carolyn Janzen and Dick Jacob reelected mayor.
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Chetwynd
Charles Lasser
Bob Walkden
Ken Berg
Vern Braaten Encumbent
Joan Chesley
Barry Fournier
Mike Schmok
Hudson Hope
Norm Guelly
Heinz Hieber
Carolyn Janzen
Dick Jacob
Northern Lights College Seeks Expansion Site
The Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing reviews an application from Northern Lights College for a 50 acre expansion reserve west of the Tuscoola Mountain cemetery, Crown Land in Block A Lot 1899 Peace River District. The Village Settlement Plan includes the parcel. council will inspect the site before deciding on lease or sale and future actions.
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Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing
Northern Lights College
Tuscoola Mountain
Peace River District
Neighbourhood pub rezoning proposed by council
Willard Dunn presented details for a proposed Neighbourhood Pub at Lot 3 Plan 14610 District Lot 1807 to be re zoned as Commercial. The pub would seat 65 and cover 30000 square feet with building code standards. Public notices and by law readings required.
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Willard Dunn
Munch Subdivision
Jehovah Witness Church
Ald
Hoover
Wilson
Liquor Control Board
Chetwynd Receives Free Crown Land for Cemetery and Museum
The Province will gift about 4.9 hectares near the Highway 97 cemetery to the Village of Chetwynd for cemetery expansion and a museum site. Valued at 140000, the land was announced by Lands Minister Jim Chabot and South Peace River MLA Don Phillips.
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Chetwynd
Jim Chabot
South Peace River
Don Phillips
Highway 97
Chabot
Teachers Win 17.12% Pay Rise in BC District 59
The School Board for School District 59 and the Peace River Teachers Association reached a salary settlement in a special meeting. Teachers receive a 17.12 percent increase in salaries and benefits effective January 1, 1982. The provincial average is 17.3 percent and the 1981 cost of living index stood at about 14 percent.
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Peace River School Teachers Association
British Columbia
B C Rail Reports Mixed 1981 Third Quarter Results
British Columbia Railway reports a $6 million third quarter operating loss for 1981 after a strong first half. Nine month net profit totaled $6 million, down from $11.444 million in 1980. President M C Norris cited heavy dependence on forestry markets and lumber demand.
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British Columbia Railway Company
M.C. Norris
Canada
United States
B.C. Rail
Norris
Provisional 1982 budget approved by Peace River South trustees
The Board of School Trustees No. 59 tabled a provisional 1982 budget on November 9, 1981, proposing a 23.09 percent rise in total expenditures over 1981. It is a starting point for intensive reviews set to trim costs by late January, aiming to avoid harming educational programs.
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Board of School Trustees of School District No. 59
Peace River South
Ministry of Education
Gas exports boost Canadians from Westcoast deal
A Vancouver Westcoast Transmission and Salt Lake City Northwest Pipeline pact expands daily gas exports to Northwest Pipeline by 869 MMCF starting November 1, 1982, boosting Canadian income by about 270 million with 80 percent to British Columbia. The agreement includes a 65 percent annual volume take, no take-or-pay clause, and regulatory approvals in both countries.
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Vancouver
Westcoast Transmission Company Limited
Northwest Pipeline Corporation
Salt Lake City
Utah
British Columbia Petroleum Corporation
B.C. Alberta
Yukon
Northwest Territories
U.S
Canada
Westcoast Transmission
Northwest Pipeline
Chase
B.C
British Columbia
Alberta
National Energy Board
B C Tel seeks rate rise with CRTC in Vancouver
B C Tel filed evidence with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to back a planned general rate increase. The hearing opens February 16, 1982 in Vancouver. CEO Gordon F. MacFarlane cites inflation, high interest rates, and rising network upgrade costs as the main reasons.
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B.C. Tel
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
CRTC
Commission
Vancouver
Gordon F. MacFarlane
Reem
MacFarlane
Echo Moves to Pioneer Place Address
Echo has relocated to 4717 5 List Street in Pioneer Place while the phone number remains 788 2246.
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Echo
List Street
Pioneer Place
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Lasser
Dale Draper
Block Brothers
The
Draper
Dunn
Council
Crown Land
W.E Ryan
Westcoast Transmission Company
Chetwynd Boy Scout
Trist
Tod Ry
Bill Whittet
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Albert Rosendahl
Ron Kellar
Ralph Larsen
Robbie Larsen
Thrift Shop
Bunne Hoffman
Leo Sabulsky
Walkin
Nelson
Double Arrow
Big Bend Ranches
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