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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1986
Page
2
A speaker urges Premier Vanderzalm to lower energy costs for the North by reducing transmission losses and freight duties. He argues that lower power prices would boost the northern economy, cut living costs, and increase local revenue without raising taxes.
Canfor employees loaned a large steel building opposite Canfor for a new food bank. Popovich Dragisa donated the use of the building. The bank will open October 27 and weekday donations are welcome. Chetwynd IWA thanks churches and local farmers for Sunday distributions.
Mayor Lasser meets with IWA and Canfor employees to seek log movement options during a province wide strike. He pressed for trucks to enter Canfor yards or alternative storage sites while IWA holds picket lines. Both sides favor ending the strike and restoring normal operations, with further talks planned.
Chetwynd at the junction of Highway 97 and 29 serves as a northern gateway linking the Peace Liard region to British Columbia. Highway 29 connects to Hudson's Hope Bennett Dam Site One and the Alaska Highway near Fort St John, while Highway 97 east reaches Dawson Creek and Highway 2. The Little Giant symbolizes lumber, two mills operate locally, and the area hosts two gas plants and a sulphur pelletizing plant. A half hour away are two provincial parks, with Pioneer Fishing Derby Frontier Daze Rodeo Bluegrass Bathtub Races Loggers Sports Day Ghoulish Affair and Chinook Daze among celebrations.
B C Hydro warns of two unusual windstorm hazards. Downed lines entangled in branches can be energized, posing electrocution danger to anyone nearby. Generators can feed back to outside lines, endangering linemen. use only for essential needs and switch off main power when powering a building.
Premier Bill Vander Zalm announced a Mineral Industries Task Force to boost mining investment in British Columbia. The cross sector group will review policies including taxes energy transport and environment and report by year end. He cited Quebec and Ontario as models and said legislative changes could create growth for 21 000 miners.
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