Talent Show and Indian Rodeo Boost Chetwynd Weekend
The Tansi Friendship Centre staged the first Chetwynd Talent Show and an Indian Rodeo held near the town. Winners advance to Salt Lake City and Albuquerque to seek national titles while finalists from BC and beyond contend for regional spots. Dancer Ernie Philip headlined and spoke on preserving Indigenous arts, with Fred House and Art Napoleon hosting.
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Tansi Friendship Centre
Chetwynd
Betty Gladue
Jim Gauthier
Moberly Lake
Kamloops
British Columbia
Canada
USA
Salt Lake City
Utah
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Ernie Philip
Fred House
Art Napoleon
M.C
Honor labour leader on new postage stamp
Postmaster General Andre Ouellet announced a 17 cent stamp will be issued September 8 in honor of Aaron Mosher founder of the Canadian Labour Congress. He led a 1907 Halifax Intercolonial Railway strike for better pay. In 1908 he helped found the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees becoming Grand President. In 1927 Mosher formed the All-Canadian Congress of Labour and united it in 1940 with the Canadian branches of the CIO to form the Canadian Congress of...
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Andre Ouellet
Aaron Mosher
Canadian Labour Congress
Canada
Intercolonial Railway
Halifax
Moncton
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Mosher
All-Canadian Congress of Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Canadian Congress of
Pay TV jurisdiction discussed by federal and provincial ministers
Winnipeg reports that Communications Minister Francis Fox softened his stance on provincial control over pay television after a conference with federal and provincial ministers. Talks focused on whether provinces may license pay TV networks, while the CRTC retains license selection rights. The discussion also covered the role of existing telephone regulation and potential double jurisdiction, with Saskatchewan already operating a pay TV system.
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Winnipeg
Francis Fox
Fox
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Manitoba
Donald Orchard
Orchard
Quebec
Jean-Francois Bertrand
Bertrand
British Columbia
Ontario
Fournier
Ottawa
Provinces
CRTC
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Freida Gladue
Fernanda Lalonde
Katrina
Jack Davis
Hank
Gouchey
Calgary
Alberta
Edmonton
Jean Fournier
Congress
Labour Hall of Fame
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Order of the British Empire
Roger Hill
Toronto
Ashton- Potter Limited
Sukunka Glass
Saunas Planters
Acrylic Spas Chemicals
Whirlpool
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd Head
Chetwynd Arena
B.C. Health Board
Brent Proctor
Chetwynd & District Arena
P.O. Box
B.C. Voc
Unit No
Unit
Canfor Limited
B.C
VOC
H.J. Thomson
Chetwynd Division
C & J Enterprises
Vacuum Systems
Pine Cone Motor Inn
Federal Business Development Bank
100Th Avenue
Fort St. John
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