Metre Down: Canada Mulls Metric Football Changeover
Canada eyes metric shift in football and sports language as field markings move to metres. Bowater and government bodies promote a clip-out guide explaining why the metric system will alter the 100 yard field, 55 yard line, and related terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississauga
Ontario
Bowater Canadian Limited
Bowater
Federal
Metric Commission
Standards Council of Canada
Canada
Montreal
Jarry Park
Will Power and Fad Diets in a Weighty Letter
A reader recalls failed miracle diets from grapefruit to bananas and the perils of extreme plans. The piece critiques doctors urging only walking and will power, recounts personal health missteps, and notes hypertension risks from drastic dieting trends.
Community letters tackle school damage and hunting ethics
A village editor condemns adult-led vandalism at Chetwynd Elem Secondary School and criticizes hunting culture while praising RCMP action. He lauds the Order of Canada appointment of MARY PACK, and laments youth and societal decay before promising continued faith in young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetwynd Elem Secondary School
Esmond Butler
Order of Canada
Mary Pack
C.A.R.S
Canada
Canada Gazette
Ottawa
Hudson's Hope council briefs on nuisance removals and local notices
The Hudson's Hope council discussed nuisance removal, placarding unsightly structures, and the delayed car crusher Project SAM. Notices mention a local death in Prince George, duck hunting trips in Alberta, a storm damaging a cabin roof, and a bout of illness among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Project Sam
Lone Prairie Notes On Halloween Hockey and Early Food Preservation
Lone Prairie editor Fay Cox details a fall scene with brown leaves and hunting scarce game while noting hydro crews flagging power lines near Twidwell Bend. The piece promotes minor hockey registrations on October 11 and 12 at the Arena for boys born through 1968, invites parents to a meeting October 10, and reflects on winter meat prep and historic preservation methods like pemican and jerky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Prairie
Hydro
Twidwell Bend
Chetwynd
Sukunka Road
Sukunka
Coxes
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Echo Publishing Ltd
Commonwealth
U.S.A
Bunne Hoffman
Marian Parker
R.C.M.P
R. S. Johnstone
Marcello G. Conti
Damnation
Hudson's Hope Council
Watergate
Nixon
Mary Courtoreille
William McLean
Prince George Hospital
Auguste Rochel
Ralph Parker
Alberta
Lone Prairie News
By Fay-Cox
102Nd Ave
Dawson Creek
Moberly Lake
Tractor Service
Ana Tey
Moberly Lake & Chetwynd
Canyon Theatre
Hudson's Hope
Trinity
Miia
Bud Spencer
ATA
Bill Fulcher
Bill
B.C. Rail
Vancouver
Fort Nelson
British Columbia
Bsraitish Columbia Railway
Hudson's Hope Business Directory
Lilac Beauty Salon
Business Service Guide OF
Dave and
Pat Thomson
Westwood Homes
Dave Thomson
Thomsons
Westwood
The
Building Systems Ltd
Chetwynd Custom Builders
B.C
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