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News footage. An (uncompleted?) TV news feature examining the pros and cons of a proposed fixed link between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. Includes interviews with Vancouver Island residents who support or oppose the plan. Includes footage of Victoria and other Vancouver Island communities; Strait of Georgia ferries (including jetfoils); and interview with Sam Bawlf, Mel Couvelier, Nanaimo mayor Frank Ney, Dr. Patrick McGeer, and others.

News item. Footage of a fish hatchery and its operations. Includes interviews with hatchery workers, with discussion about federal and provincial fisheries jurisdictions.

News footage. Footage of the Westmin Mine (near Campbell River) and striking workers. In interviews, some strikers discuss the issues under dispute.

News item. Skiing -- different classes of participation. Long interview with group leader and/or organizer. The enttire program of events is called "The Annual Molson Pacesetter Challenge." Location not named but probably Forbidden Plateau.

News item. An environmental spokesman expresses his doubts about the proposed coal field development near the Quinsam River, which is being diverted into the Campbell River. Mining could pollute the river completely and stop the salmon run. A regional district spokesman from Campbell River speaks out against both the coal mine and the coal port because it will spoil the neighbouring environment (coal dust) and will generate a lot of traffic, as well as harming the salmon run. A spokesman for Campbell River area residents near the proposed coal port discusses a planned waterfront study to ensure orderly development of the port. He says the B.C. government has been asked to a longer look at the economic feasibility of transporting coal to this site. Still, most area residents want the mine development to proceed if the environmental factors can be resolved.

News item. The CPR wants to abandon the E&N railway line because two trestles need extensive repair. Unidentified spokesman says BC government is willing to buy the line if the CPR will return all the free land it received when the line was first put in.

News item. Brief interview with Canada Farm Labour Office spokesman, followed some very good footage of the Vancouver Island potato harvest and shots of ripe apples on the trees.

News item. Port Hardy's annual event. Competitions range from water jousting to snowshoeing on ice and a tug-of-war on ice. Fun and games for everyone. Some excellent footage.

News item. Campers at Long Beach must now use designated areas instead of the beach. National Parks is developing campsites. The West Coast Trail is to be updated. First opened in 1906-1907.

News item. Malaspina College scheduled to open in September, 1976. Some good shots of campus construction and the area around college in the Nanaimo area.

News item. A new Port Hardy airport is needed, but no one seems to agree on its cost, who is going to pay for it, and how it will be paid for. Some good footage of Port Hardy and the surrounding area.

News item. Some good aerial footage of the Vancouver Island coastline, and ground-level views in and around Port McNeill. The town own is having to give up too much tax money to the provincial government, and consequently is short of money for local development, as it is not yet a municipality.

News item. An old CPR engine and passenger car (Victoria Pacific) are being moved from the junction of the Old Island Highway and the Trans-Canada Highway to Ladysmith. Restoration will take place there, possibly for a short run, a CBC television series pilot, or a museum display, or all three. Short but very interesting footage.

News item. Good aerial shots of the Elk Falls pulp and paper operation, and the hog fuel distribution system at that mill. Hog fuel is used for heat generation. A Crown Zellerbach spokesman (?) says the company will spend $100 million on Vancouver Island, and some of this money may be used to upgrade the Elk Falls mill. Good interior shots of newsprint production.

News item. Footage shows logged-off areas beyond Sooke (?), logging truck being loaded by hydraulic loader; loaded truck on way to the mill; shots of sawmill (B.C. Forest Products, Sooke?); faller bringing down a tree.

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Television stock shots. Footage of automobile traffic on the highway near Victoria; on Bay Street and Point Ellice Bridge. Also traffic and parking in downtown Victoria, especially Yates Street and Yates Street parkade.

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Television stock shots. News insert material about the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island.

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Television stock shots. Includes footage of: B.C. Forest Products (lumber mill construction & pulp mill construction); Utah Mines; B.C. Forest Products (aerial views); Ocean Cement, Bamberton ; MacDonald's Bakery, Victoria; McDonald's Hamburgers exteriors.

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