Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-06-05
issued: 1993-11-04
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note: L '..'■■ — mmm —— The Aldergrove STAR IUegitimus non carborundum CONTRACTORS SEEK REVIEW Choppers down VOL.35 NO.44 THURSDAY. N0V.4 ,1993 40CENTS Established 1957 3089-272nd Street Fax:856-5212 Phone:856-8303 MATSQUI - Plans for a $20- million helicopter engine plant at Abbotsford Airport have been shelved by General Electric, after the Liberal sweep of the national elections. The plant was to have overhauled GE jet engines used in the pipeline industry and Canadian patrol frigates. This was not part of GE's $115-million contract for EH-101 helicopter engines, which Liberal leader Jean Chretien has vowed to cancel, but the plant was part of the contract's requirement that GE provide at least $500-million in economic spinoffs to t' Canadian economy over 13 years. "It doesn't look very rosy right now, unless this hasty decision is reconsidered," said GE spokesman John Hawkes in Toronto. Please see page 2... Fraser future to be probed MATSQUI - Fraser Basin Management Program chief Tony Dorcey says the "program as designed was obviously the right thing at the right time." Public interest has been high, and it has also lead to a greater cooperation between the many agencies involved in the Fraser River. The program's fall consultation workshops are now travelling the province, and are scheduled for this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 4-5, at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium. This follows on the spring's series of open houses. As a major river, the Fraser is facing many challenges, concerning fish stocks, water resources, community economic development and regional decisionmaking, and resolving resource use conflicts. The Fraser basin, the size of Great Britain, covers a quarter of the province's area. The board hopes to bring the economic, environment and social issues of the basin "into the 21st century." Dorcey sees the board as an "prnrjuasperson for the Fraser Basin. The river may flow One way but the basin is a two-way street. Salmon go up and down, transportation goes up …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0443868
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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