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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1975
Page
2
The record notes a second class registration under Bunne Hoffman as editor and publisher. The entry identifies Hoffmann’s role in publishing and the registration context.
Volunteers from Chetwynd and area pooled labor to sheet and roof an Ethier home addition begun earlier this year. Gordon Ethier, a mill accident victim, remains in Dawson Creek Hospital and off work indefinitely. Donations of materials and labor allowed outside work to be completed this fall, reflecting strong community goodwill.
John A. Jackman of the Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce condemns a provincial economic report as biased and unconsulted, arguing it ignores local knowledge and overstates issues like alcoholism and mental illness. He defends Chetwynd’s diversified economy and leisure facilities, urging inclusion of residents in planning.
A Chetwynd resident urges neighbors to join the Community Resources Society to address youth problems. He criticizes low meeting turnout and pressures residents to participate, saying the community must act rather than rely on authorities.
A casual column dismisses pseudo-science and astrology while recounting Bermuda Triangle lore. It notes 100 planes and ships with 1000+ lives lost over 25 to 30 years, often with no wreckage found, and suggests natural forces or human error as possible causes.
The Tidwell Bend ferry once served Lone Prairie and Sukunka Valley residents from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. It faced floods, cable failures, and ice-bridge seasons, with washouts forcing drivers to cross on planks. The note also wanders through Bermuda Triangle theories, Atlantis speculation, and a birthday visit to Hudson’s Hope, plus local travels and wintering in Arizona.
Commence work on a detoxification centre in Prince George under the Prince George Regional Hospital. The provincial government provides operating funds and the Alcohol and Drug Commission coordinates the project with the hospital board and advisory committee to staff and train the centre for service after January 1, 1976. Nunweiler emphasizes government priority on tackling alcoholism and drug problems.
Kenneth McDonald critiques the Glassco Commission’s 1960 62 blueprint for federal efficiency. He notes hundreds of recommendations, a shift to consultants, and ballooning civil service from 294 750 in 1962 to 443 192 in 1974. He urges Parliament backed reforms not bureaucratic expansion.
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