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- 1983
Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack opens the show with a report from Steve Wyatt about a mud slide at Alberta Creek (M Creek Bridge) near Lions Bay. Jack speaks with John Burns, Lions Bay resident by telephone. Jack speaks with Allan Fotheringham about the Tory convention and Joe Clarkâs leadership of the Progressive Conservatives; the possibility of Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed running as Tory leader; other members of the PC who may run for leader. Clive Jackson, BCTV reporter, in the studio with an update on the Alberta Creek slide, provides rough footage and the story of his own close escape. Jack speaks by telephone with BC Highways Minister Alex Fraser. Actor Gordon Jump comes on to promote the BC Variety Club telethon. To close the show, Jack shows film from the Alberta Creek slide and speaks to Sergeant Frank Kelly of the Squamish RCMP, confirming two dead in the slide.