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COLUMBIA
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JUNE
20
1969
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2441
forget
why
the
regional
districts
were
created
The
political
boundaries
of
most
municipalities
in
BC
were
The
constable
parked
his
established
some
time
ago
In
car
and
walked
across
toj
1965
the
government
put
forward
imr
miHiMr
Tht
train
was
held
one
of
his
superior
officers
the
Idea
of
regional
government
up
when
CN
officials
realized
i
head
bowed
and
was
heard
toi
flegional
districts
do
not
gov
iho
hamrafrokitrhen
car
sche-
say
Ive
had
another
accident
em
in
the
sense
of
municipal
v
oo-o-
I
-
duled
for
the
train
consist
was
still
waiting
for
a
spruce
up
and
a
scrub
up
job
at
the
main
maintenance
�
tenance
shops
a
few
hastily-
placed
telephone
calls
by
train
oui
hi
one
wam
ny
jjuh
provincial
or
itaerai
govern-
A
uur
own
fliemoer
oi
pania-
ment
They
were
intended
and
V
ment
Bob
Borrie
Prince
are
federations
intended
to
do
a
George
Peace
River
made
his
particular
Job
maiden
speech
in
the
House
of
it
is
a
functional
federation
master
John
Nixon
got
things
Commons
yesterday
speakingfor
was
designed
to
be
a
multi-
straightened
out
and
the
tour
acoui
ja
imnuiea
io
me
wircr
junctional
venicie
ana
excepwor
left
with
everyone
aboard
the
report
of
the
Indian
Affairs
and1
hospitals
this
far
there
are
no
Mountain
Observation
car
15097
Northern
Development
commit-
statutory
functions
But
any
-believed
to
be
the
oldest
pas-
tee
Bob
reports
he
eschewed
other
functions
may
be
added
senger
car
on
the
CN
system
the
temptation
to
extrol
the
vir
1
It
is
a
representational
de-
Due
to
a
snafu
In
booking
tues
of
his
riding
because
he
felt
vice
Some
995
per
cent
of
EC
arrangements
an
Eveningol
that
the
problems
of
people
In-
is
unorganized
so
that
only
5
Highland
slated
to
have
taken
dlan
People
specifically
held
per
cent
is
In
the
hands
of
mun
olace
tonlgh
at
Spruceland
Ele-
priority
lcipal
government
Woman
dies
in
accident
A
Mackenzie
woman
died
and
another
Is
In
critical
condition
In
the
Prince
George
Hospital
following
a
head
on
smash
near
Mackenzie
Thursday
evening
Dead
Is
Violet
Marie
Fumer
ton
24
a
married
woman
with
children
who
was
driving
a
car
which
ploughed
head
on
into
a
gasoline
tanker
truck
on
the
dusty
narrow
road
south
of
Mack
Mackenzie
�
enzie
Her
passenger
Miss
Randl
Jang
19
also
of
Mackenzie
was
rushed
to
hospital
by
Mackenzie
ambulance
with
severe
head
in
injuries
�
juries
RCMP
said
the
smash
occurred
about
6
pm
on
the
Mackenzie
road
Debris
200
feef
thick
f
WEAR
THAT
100000
Mlft
a
VATQUN
QMILE
g
galk
notice
125
DOMINION
wSmWf
p
200
PER
MONTH
1ft
lOcCopy
rm
Br
CARRIER
Massive
bg
SGvaginj
operation
awaits
the
forest
industry
as
water
accumulates
in
Williston
Lake
More
pictures
page
8
Dave
Milne
photo
Banks
playing
games
Campbell
tells
mayors
By
Duncan
dimming
Citizen
Staff
Reports
Banking
Institutions
intMs
country
are
playing
games
with
the
Canadian
people
Municipal
Affairs
Minister
Dan
CampbellHties
told
about
100
delegates
to
the
North
Central
BC
Municipal
Associations
annual
meeting
in
prince
George
today
Prince
George
solicitor
Gait
Wilson
had
asked
the
minister
if
the
government
would
guarantee
debentures
if
regional
districts
took
over
some
of
the
functions
of
the
water
supplying
author-
Campbell
said
It
is
all
very
well
for
the
banking
institutions
in
this
country
to
play
games
with
the
Canadian
people
for
Hazard
critical
The
forest
fire
hazard
was
extreme
today
and
partial
for
forest
�
est
closures
remained
in
ef
effect
�
fect
despite
a
forecast
of
week
weekend
�
end
showers
One
of
the
worst
fire
seasons
in
Northern
BCs
history
today
was
heading
into
its
31st
day
Saturday
the
first
official
day
of
summer
The
weathermans
promise
of
afternoon
isolated
showers
and
thunderstorms
and
a
resumption
of
normal
70
75
degree
tempera
temperatures
�
tures
could
reduce
the
fire
ha
hazard
�
zard
by
late
today
In
the
meantime
70
fires
are
still
burning
throughout
the
Prince
George
Forest
District
three
of
them
out
of
control
in
the
northern
part
of
the
dis
district
�
trict
The
Chu
fire
that
broke
out
at
230
pm
Wednesday
was
finally
contained
this
morning
after
it
burned
through
1400
acres
of
good
quality
log
and
pulp
timber
stands
20
miles
southwest
of
Prince
George
It
is
now
in
the
mop
up
stage
Motorists
who
plan
to
use
the
promised
good
weekend
weather
for
recreation
and
travel
are
rniiMnnprt
bv
the
forest
service
that
is
what
they
are
doing
But
if
the
savings
of
the
people
are
not
going
into
com
community
�
munity
development
where
are
they
going
If
they
are
not
going
to
provide
some
of
the
social
capital
I
feel
this
is
not
good
enough
The
regional
districts
have
the
right
to
social
capital
through
the
banks
Campbell
said
the
regional
districts
could
be
viable
finan
financing
�
cing
authorities
although
in
the
present
climate
of
tight
money
this
may
have
to
be
extended
to
include
municipal
financing
authorities
We
are
working
on
it
he
assured
the
delegates
Marriage
He
also
told
the
delegates
re
regional
�
gional
districts
will
be
a
mar
marriage
�
riage
of
unorganized
areas
and
growth
centres
and
will
be
ex
extremely
�
tremely
important
financially
in
the
next
few
years
Campbell
said
ideas
from
to
todays
�
days
seminar
on
regional
dis
districts
�
tricts
would
be
compiled
with
suggestions
from
a
similar
sem
inar
In
Vancouver
for
presen-
that
the
fire
hazard
will
remain
tatlon
to
a
third
Immediately
extreme
oeiore
tne
union
or
uc
wun-
au
motorists
and
recreation-
legalities
convention
September
Ists
are
urged
to
use
extreme
InKamloops
caution
when
travelling
and
in
Campbell
said
The
idea
is
uslne
nrovlncial
camnsites
the
to
see
how
the
machinery
we
only
places
where
camphres
concocted
Is
working
and
where
arpnermlHed
ineuugbare
Five
new
fires
broke
out
since
Thursday
morning
A
The
second
annual
CN
Pen-
mentary
School
is
cancelled
sloners
railway
trip
from
Rena
Westgarde
reports
that
prince
George
to
Mc
Bride
left
the
school
had
booked
another
90
minutes
late
this
morning
act
in
ahead
of
hers
and
she
But
the
late
departure
didnt
had
no
time
in
which
to
make
seem
to
disillusion
any
of
the
aneiue
yuu
40
pensioners
who
accompanied
civil
and
CN
officials
on
theday-
At
the
third
meeting
the
sug
gestions
will
be
put
out
for
de
detailed
�
tailed
examinations
by
groups
Iwho
hopefully
will
come
back
Iwith
some
conclusions
which
we
can
make
into
legislation
Forgottan
The
minister
said
lots
of
people
ifc
A
CAMPBELL
Helicopter
hits
lake
pair
spotted
ashore
Minor
hockey
officials
worried
over
Coliseum
Ted
McCarthy
new
president
of
the
Prince
George
Minor
Hoc
key
Association
said
today
he
is
worried
that
the
Coliseum
wont
be
ready
for
use
by
an
estimated
750
boys
next
season
The
10-year-old
Coliseum
was
closed
Feb
27
when
the
roof
was
declared
unsafe
after
the
trusses
began
to
shift
Calling
of
tenders
for
re
roofing
the
arena
originally
set
for
June
15
has
been
delay
delayed
�
ed
due
to
a
change
in
specifica
specifications
�
tions
Its
a
crime
said
McCarthy
today
Weve
got
750
kids
going
to
be
ready
to
play
weve
been
trying
to
upgrade
our
program
we
the
PGMHA
have
had
our
elections
already
when
all
of
a
sudden
bang
were
without
fa
facilities
�
cilities
Bill
Woycik
city
recreation
manager
assures
me
well
be
in
by
Oct
1
but
I
dont
see
any
way
we
can
be
Maybe
if
we
went
down
there
and
lit
a
bonfire
and
had
a
wiener
roast
wed
get
some
action
said
McCarthy
The
Coliseum
is
the
only
in
indoor
�
door
ice
surface
in
the
city
and
Alta
and
Steve
Thachuk
of
Bellevue
Alta
Ronald
Evans
Natal
mar
married
�
ried
with
10
children
John
Krall
Natal
a
bachelor
and
Frank
Kutcher
Frank
Alta
married
with
two
children
were
still
missing
Jose
Tuza
Bellevue
Mart
Sadllsh
and
Mack
Masiuk
both
of
Natal
and
Joinson
escaped
the
cave
In
Reports
from
witnesses
who
talked
with
the
survivors
said
the
men
were
drilling
and
blasting
the
roof
of
a
small
dome
when
everything
came
down
rocks
timbers
mud
and
tons
of
water
About
600
tons
of
rock
mud
and
water
descended
in
the
area
the
PGMHA
was
forced
to
move
outdoors
to
the
Carney
Hill
rink
after
closure
of
the
arena
The
newly
paved
Carney
rink
will
provide
a
better
ice
surface
McCarthy
acknowledged
but
play
must
still
be
suspended
when
the
temperature
dips
below
zero
Quebec
session
opens
with
bombs
QUEBEC
CP
-
A
Molotov
cocktail
set
a
quicklyextin
gulshed
fire
In
a
hotel
lobby
a
bomb
made
of
gunpowder
exploded
In
a
small
box
and
two
luxury
class
cars
were
de
destroyed
�
stroyed
by
fire
early
today
as
Three
die
in
Kaiser
cave
in
NATAL
CP
-
Hope
began
to
fade
today
for
three
miners
missing
after
a
cave
in
at
the
Balmer
South
coal
mine
in
this
southeastern
British
Colum
Columbia
�
bia
community
killed
three
others
Thursday
Three
new
digging
ma
ch
Ines
arrived
overnight
as
rescuers
dug
their
way
through
more
than
200
feet
of
debris
to
where
the
men
were
believed
trapped
Naturally
no
one
ever
gives
up
hope
but
Im
given
to
understand
from
conditions
in
the
mine
that
the
chances
are
pretty
weak
said
a
spokesman
for
Kaiser
Re
Resources
�
sources
Ltd
operators
of
the
mine
At
an
impromptu
news
con
conference
�
ference
M
F
Clemmer
pub
public
�
lic
relations
manager
of
Kaiser
said
the
cause
of
the
disaster
had
not
been
deter
determined
�
mined
but
it
would
appear
that
a
tremendous
deluge
of
water
had
broken
through
the
face
the
miners
were
working
at
There
were
10
men
in
the
cave
in
area
Three
bodies
have
been
recovered
and
four
other
miners
escaped
death
They
were
ths
only
ones
working
in
the
area
when
the
deluge
occurred
late
yester
yesterday
�
day
morning
Those
killed
were
Jerry
Heath
of
Fernle
BC
Rob
Robert
�
ert
Dancolsne
of
Coleman
violence
erupted
in
the
wake
of
the
opening
of
the
Union
Natio
nale
leadership
convention
No
one
was
Injured
Police
said
they
were
search
searching
�
ing
for
two
men
and
a
woman
believe
connected
with
at
least
one
of
the
Incidents
The
explosions
and
fires
oc
occurred
�
curred
between
245
am
and
530
am
Police
said
they
were
unable
to
say
what
motivated
the
violence
Some
groups
dis
dissatisfied
�
satisfied
with
policies
of
the
rul
ruling
�
ing
Union
Nationale
party
an
announced
�
nounced
earlier
this
week
they
planned
demonstrations
during
the
convention
The
first
explosion
occurred
shortly
after
3
am
when
some
one
threw
a
Molotov
cocktail
into
the
lobby
of
the
Chateau
Frontenac
Hotel
setting
a
couch
on
fire
as
well
as
the
trouser
leg
of
an
unidentified
man
A
Molotov
cocktail
Is
usually
a
gasoline
filled
bottle
Into
which
a
wick
had
been
Inserted
and
lighted
The
fire
was
extinguished
and
the
man
resting
on
the
couch
when
the
explosion
occurred
was
found
to
be
uninjured
when
examined
by
police
A
BC
Forest
patrol
air
aircraft
�
craft
spotted
two
men
near
their
inverted
helicopter
in
a
small
unnamed
lake
about
50
miles
south
of
Fraser
Lake
this
morning
The
patrol
plane
was
on
a
rou
routine
�
tine
cruise
of
extensive
forest
lands
following
a
series
of
light
lightning
�
ning
strikes
in
the
area
when
the
pilot
reported
the
sighting
to
the
BC
Forest
Service
in
Prince
George
The
two
men
were
seen
stand
standing
�
ing
in
the
water
near
the
shore
but
their
pontoon
equipped
heli-
copter
remained
unidentified
It
was
not
known
if
the
heli
helicopter
�
copter
had
even
taken
off
from
the
water
but
it
was
flipped
on
its
side
with
one
pontoon
in
the
air
The
radio
range
operator
at
Prince
George
airport
said
he
did
not
receive
any
emergency
calls
at
any
time
th
s
mornlne
and
could
not
offer
any
Identi
fication
of
the
plane
or
its
oc
occupants
�
cupants
Quesnel
RCMP
at
noon
were
headed
for
the
scene
of
the
mis
mishaplocated
�
haplocated
120
air
miles
west
of
Quesnel
and
a
few
miles
north
of
Tatelkuz
Lake
A
spokesman
for
Okanagan
Helicopters
Ltd
said
the
ma
machine
�
chine
was
not
one
of
theirs
and
was
unable
to
name
the
owners
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
who
June
10
lost
a
new
helicop
helicopter
�
ter
280
miles
north
of
Prince
George
also
said
the
plane
was
not
their
aircraft
Okanagan
and
Northern
Moun
Mountains
�
tains
are
the
only
two
helicopter
companies
based
In
Prince
George
However
an
official
source
said
there
could
be
as
many
as
10
to
15
helicopter
companies
Involved
in
flying
In
the
area
on
a
charter
basts
The
men
would
have
remained
stranded
until
RCMP
can
reach
the
scene
The
RCMP
Is
the
only
agency
authorized
to
issue
an
official
search
and
rescue
call
If
U
Is
necessary
It
was
the
second
helicopter
accident
In
Northern
BC
within
10days