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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1978
Page
2
Julia Jenkins notes a September 27 1978 public hearing with Village Council Stanley and Associates engineers and residents. The piece critiques limited access to plan documents, warns that adoption may hinge on two step amendments, and urges open public discussion before any by law changes.
The Editor cites rising housing costs in Wabi Crescent and Crown Subdivision, noting 1972 prices of 14000 to 16000 and 33000 to 37000 versus today’s 35000 to 37000 and 65000 to 72000. The letter argues housing is essential like food and calls for reasonable profit amid five to seven year increases. Max Shaddow.
Local column shares poems and chatter from Chetwynd and surrounding area. Highlights include Lenore Sills joke, arthritis campaign totals 871.28 via Canadian society, Bob Bates visiting Seattle for aircraft service, zoning bylaw hearing October 11, and call for area slides for Chamber records.
Finance Minister Evan Wolfe announced a surplus of 140.5 million dollars in the 1977 78 fiscal year, driven by higher than expected revenues from petroleum and natural gas permits and personal income tax gains. Revenues reached 4.14 billion with expenditures at 4.0 billion, reflecting expanded highway programs and a broad health and social services push. The report notes deficits abroad, but BC remains in strong fiscal shape to offset federal budget cuts.
A letter from Aspene criticizes repeated debates over better television service in town. Multiple groups including the Lions Ambulance Society Chamber of Commerce Village Council and Elders have not produced concrete action. The writer urges unity to move from talk to results and notes CBCs FM radio launch in 1946 as context.
CBC schedule lists daytime soap and game shows led by The Edge of Night and High Hopes with Sports coverage on CFL matchups Montreal vs Saskatchewan and Ottawa vs Hamilton. Sat features Muppets to Pride of the Yankees and later Gunsmoke with News & Bob McLean.
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