Prince Rupert port to handle Quintette coal
Premier Bill Bennett announced that Quintette coal from northeastern British Columbia will move through Prince Rupert port. Coal will travel via BC Rail to Prince George then CN for shipment to Rupert. CN maintenance in Terrace aims to cut unemployment, with $50 million plus upgrades to lines. Bennett touts local labor preference and regional development potential including a Kitimat Edmonton pipeline study and a steel mill.
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Prince Rupert
CNR
Prince George
Northwest
Kitimat
Edmonton
Community Courses Instructors And Schedules
Small business courses led by Mr. Blair Trousdell in Hudson Hope require a minimum eight participants with a pre-registration meeting on Wednesday September 29 1976 at 7 30 p m at Chetwynd Secondary School. Photography with Dave Sharrock begins October 17 1976 Sundays 7 00 to 9 00 p m at Chetwynd Secondary. Hunter Training starts September 29 1976 7 30 to 9 30 p m with Denny Kemprude at Don Titus School. Yoga begins September 29 at 7 00 p m at Chetwynd Secondary taught by Mrs. Jackie Sorchey. Carpentry starts October 4 at Chetwynd Secondary with Merlin Nichols. Full details in the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Trousdell
Hudson Hope
Chet
Dell
Dave Sharrock
Chetwynd Secondary School
Jackie Sorchey
Chetwynd Secondary
Merlin Nichols
Jean Hubbard
Laurie
Beverly Martin
Phyllis Leffler
Marilyn Leffler
Miss Hubbard
Lance Leffler
Telephone crews place new cable near Chetwynd
B.C. Tel apportions 53 miles of new cable north east and west of Chetwynd this year at a cost of 517000. District manager Peter Williams says customers in the Chetwynd area will notice improved service. The upgrades will affect Hart Highway west to Hasler Flats and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Tel
Chetwynd
Peter Williams
Hart Highway
Hasler Flats
Dokie Road
Returns from convention at Chetwynd talks on welfare and projects
Mayor Lasser just back from a UBC Municipalities Convention says he held interviews with government officials on welfare program reforms and seminar proposals for Peace River area officials. He cites cost sharing toward a million dollar water system, Jackfish Lake Road telephone service expansion at 170000, and a Hasler Flats 110000 cable project to serve 35 existing customers and extend service to new users.
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Lasser
U.B.C
Chetwynd
van- Der-Zam
Peace River
Gerald Lavery
Telephone expansion planned for Chetwynd area
BC Tel undertakes a 107000 project to wire btunne s in Le Chetuynd Waters subdivision and extend service to 30 additional Hart Highway residents toward the Murray River. About 89,000 feet of cable from Chetwynd to Parkers Trading Post at Moberly Lake will be laid with 45 permanent and 15 seasonal users now and 30 more ready for connections, with 10 to 15 lines added annually thereafter.
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Murray River
Moberly Lake
Jackfish Lake
Hart Highway
Chetwynd
Parkers Trading Post
Boucher Lake Road
Ten Years Of Success For Moberly Lake Youth Centre
Bishop Fergus O Grady led a Sept Mass at St Theresa in Moberly Lake to thank ten years of activity at the Moberly Lake Youth Centre. A reception followed in the dining hall with guests from Dawson Creek Fort St John Hudson Hope and Prince George among others. Vera Lekany made the decorative cake as teens arranged fall flowers and leaves from the camp area. Bunne Hoffman welcomed guests to the centre.
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Fergus O’grady
Diocese of
Prince George
St. Theresa Church
Moberly Lake
C.W.L
Dawson Creek
Fort St. John
Hudson Hope
Blueberry
Fire act of vandals near Don Titus Elementary
Chetwynd Fire Department responded around 3 30 a m on September 13 to a fire in a small vacant building opposite Don Titus Elementary School. Authorities believe vandals or young children started the blaze. Fire was controlled before reaching the underbush or adjacent school properties. Mayor Charles Lasser serves on BC Municipal Finance Authority representing the Peace River Liard region. The authority approved borrowing about 57 million dollars for provincial projects.
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Chetwynd
Don. Titus
Underbush
Charles Lasser
Municipal Finance Authority of
B.C
Peace River Liard
Open House Tonight at Chetwynd School
Chetwynd Elementary-Secondary invites all residents to an open house Wednesday evening September 29 at 7 30 p m. A short programme will be held in the High School gym at that time.
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Chetwynd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quintette Mining
Island
Terrace - Kitimat
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Chetwynd Motors
Esso
Propane
Peace River Mortgages
Dick Jones
Hudson's Hope
Ron Crane
The
Industrial Development Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Bonertz
I.D.B
Department of Recreation
Btunne’s
Chetuynd
Beauty
Edna Jaques
Brian Nousek
Mr. Nousek
Youth Centre
Fergus O'Grady
Fr. Devlin
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