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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1979
Page
2
A federal report notes 36 000 Canadian school buses travel 55 miles daily for 185 days yearly, totaling 366.3 million miles and 2 150 accidents. Injuries reach 1 300 with seventeen fatalities, urging ongoing safety efforts by authorities, operators, children, parents, and drivers.
A column on contentment and gratitude opens with thoughts on the happy heart and turning sorrows into smiles. Mrs. Ben Kurjata visited Edmonton and Lloydminster for ten days, with a farewell tea for Anne Teslyk and Carol Haigth. Carol moves to McLeod Lake and Marguerite Norman to Prince George, with both missed by parish and C W L. Jane Martin visits Seal Korea to see her son and daughter-in-law. Doug Phantom and his wife’s California relatives visited the Bunns.
This week in 1959 the Chetwynd theater near Gerry's Cash and Carry progresses toward a tentative November opening with seating for 250 and possible three weekly shows. Delays at Windrem School stem from fuel and water supply issues amid propane cost discussions. A well drilled by the project has sanded in, plans call for heavier equipment to reach water. Norm Sterling opens a new hardware in the Anderson Building near the Chetwynd Chevron.
Mainstream Canada Transportation System Still in a Mess argues that the national rail and port network remains inefficient and costly. It cites farmers, small businesses, and energy prices as pressures while noting high freight rates, shifting freight to trucks, and a lack of adequate passenger service.
In Prince George area BC a helicopter drops drip torches loaded with a gas Alumagel mix to burn logging slash. Crews monitor conditions as weather determines timing. Burning runs through mid October near Fraser Lake Vanderhoof Hixon Summit Lake and Prince George.
Stephen Kripps and Kripps Pharmacy Ltd faced six charges in provincial court over selling MegAmygdalin containing laetrile. The charges stem from a two week 1978 investigation into the drug’s sale by the former owner and business.
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