Airlines cash before medical flights in Peace country
In the Peace country a policy requires cash before airlifting critically injured patients to Edmonton or Vancouver. A $300 cash hurdle can block life saving treatment, forcing families to seek quick funds for tickets and nurse costs. Suggestions include a community fund managed by a public service club to cover emergencies, with reimbursements expected the next day.
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Edmonton
Vancouver
Dawson Creek
Airlines
Friind
Dawson
Chetwynd
BC leads in crime rate in Solicitor General report
MP Bob Barrie reports on a RCMP compiled crime statistics review covering 1970 71 across Canada noting British Columbia shows the highest overall offences including 273 353 criminal code offences and 16 063 driving and criminal code cases. The report details narcotics and food drug act offences moonshining seizures counterfeit currency and vehicle accidents with BC figures contrasted against Ontario Quebec and other provinces.
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Bob Barrie
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Ontario
Quebec
R.C.M
R. C M
R.c.m.police
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
Kamloops
United States
Canada
Solicitor General
Three million invested in coal scheme outlined
Inter-continental predicts mine operations by 1974 with peak output of two million tons annually by 1976. Capital is set at about 40 million dollars. The plan targets European steel producers for coal blends and notes rapid Sukunka Valley exploration and new leases totaling over 60 square miles. The BC government publication hints at five producing mines in the Chetwynd area soon.
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Inter-continental
Sukunka
Dennison Mines
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Marcel Girard
Roger Demmons
Gil Arseneau
Jim Burtch
Fred Becker
Ralph Todd
Forest Piper
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Ken Fletcher
Wink Wheeler
Grant Przybille
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