Ke-Hew awarded contract for Quintette tailing dam site
Ke-Hew Enterprises Ltd of Dawson Creek B C has won a contract valued around 1 million to clear the Quintette Coal tailing dam site in northeast British Columbia. The work covers 178 hectares to be cleared and about 29 hectares grubbed creating 15 jobs over four months. This is the 46th Quintette Coal contract since 1981 with total awards near 200 million.
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Ke-Hew Enterprises Ltd
Dawson Creek
B.C
Quintette Coal Limited
British Columbia
Quintette Coal
Denison Mines Limited
Ke- Hew Enterprises
Crime Prevention Show at Chetwynd Booth Details
The Chetwynd Women's Centre will staff a booth at the Crime Prevention Trade Show on October 29 and 30 at Northern Lights College Campus in the Industrial Park. Topics include Wife Battering in B C Fact Sheet Grounding Assumptions About Violence in the Family and The Needs of Battered Women plus films and resources. The event addresses violence against women with statistics on assaults and homicides linked to spouses.
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Chetwynd
B.C
Vancouver
Famous artist lectures at Moberly Lake school
Ted Harrison, a noted Canadian artist, lectured at Moberly Lake Elementary as part of the Emily Carr College Outreach program. Born in England, he paints northern scenes in bold color and teaches across Canada and the U.S. He also creates weekly cartoons for the Whitehorse Star and has published children and adult books.
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Moberly Lake
Moberly Lake Elementary
Ted Harrison
Emily Carr College
Harrison
B.C
Canada
United States
Tundra Books
Whitehorse
Whitehorse Star
Wingate Colliery
England
North
Univeristy
Alberta
Malaya
New Zealand
Chetwynd
Northern Lights College
Evacuation Alarm False Alarm At Pine River Plant Hasler
On Tuesday October 19 the Emergency Horn at Hasler warned of possible H2S release above the 100 ppm threshold. The alarm malfunction prompted area residents to evacuate with only three families responding while others did not hear or recognize the horn. Pine River plant manager Glen Hewitt could not reach Hasler contacts due to busy lines and drove from Chetwynd to verify the situation.
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Hasler
Pine River
B.C
Hasler Flat
Glen Hewitt
Chetwynd
Hor
Royal Bank Junior Olympic Hockey Program in Dawson Creek
The Royal Bank backs a two day junior hockey program in Dawson Creek on October 30 and 31, 1982. About 120 pee wee players from Mackenzie Hudson's Hope Fort St. John Chetwynd Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson will receive two one hour ice sessions plus film and lecture presentations. Local BCHA instructors and coaches will lead drills on balance skating puck control passing and more to boost interest and skill in ice hockey.
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Royal Bank
Dawson Creek
B.C.A.H.A
Mackenzie
Hudson’s Hope
Fort St. John
Chetwynd
Fort Nelson
Strike vote at Northern Lights College vote favour strike action
The BC Government Employees Union reports that over 79 percent of instructional staff across four campuses Fort St John Dawson Creek Chetwynd and Fort Nelson voted for strike action after talks broke down October 6. Sixty four instructors have worked without a collective agreement since March 31 and a mediator has been sought as the employer offered zero wage increase.
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Northern Lights College
Fort ST. John
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd
Fort Nelson
Kim Smith
British Columbia
Government Employees Union
Smith
Executive elected for Conservatives in Dawson Creek Fort St John
Garth Wortman of Fort St John becomes President of the Federal Progressive Conservatives for the Dawson Creek and Fort St John area after a large turnout at the Fort St John Racquetball Club on September 23, 1982. Other Dawson Creek Fort St John council members named include Emery Christie Toms Elliott Vannes Humphries Fleet Knutson King and delegates Henderson Knutson to Winnipeg with alternate Emery Webb. feature speaker was MP Frank Oberle.
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Garth Wortman
Fort St. John
Dawson Creek
Wortman
Prince George - Peace River
Michael Emery
Peter Christie
Ron Toms
Doug Elliott
Bud Vannes
Mary Humphries
Delbert Fleet
Ben Knutson
Mike King
Fire department holds annual general meeting announced
Fire Chief John Shaw of the Moberly Lake Volunteer Fire Department Society says the annual general meeting will be held October 28 at 7:00 p.m. at Camp Sagitawa. The program includes speakers films discussion of fire protection and election of the Board. All interested persons are invited.
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John Shaw
Moberly Lake
Public forum on battered women and law announced
A public forum on battered women and the law will be held October 2 at Northern Lights College campus from 7 30 to 10 00 p m. The event is co sponsored by B W Support Services Vancouver Chetwynd Women's Centre and Northern Lights College. No charge or pre registration is required and the event is open to all interested people.
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Northern Lights College
B.W. Support Services
Vancouver
Chetwynd Women’s Centre
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Joan Temple
Tom Wilson Sr
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