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CHEK (Television Station : Victoria, B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)
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[Historic items]

Television stock shots. Footage includes: moving of Pioneer School; moving of Stavley School; Fort Rodd Hill artillery; Empress Hotel; [statue of?] Captain Vancouver; the New Year's baby, 1974 ; dismantling of Victoria Machinery Depot; Causeway up-date; historic buildings; Remembrance Day, 1974.

[NDP election rally, Victoria, 1975]

News item. NDP election rally in Victoria, December 1975. Premier Dave Barrett and NDP MLAs face a large crowd at the Memorial Arena during the 1975 election campaign. There are speeches by Dave Barrett and Tommy Douglas.

[Rick Lapointe]

News item. Sports review item. Interview with Victoria-born hockey player Rick Lapointe.

[ICBC on strike]

News item. ICBC strike. Brief interview with a shop steward. Other background footage shows pickets and placards -- e.g., "This firm is one of Strachans' strike-breakers", referring to use of non-union workers by ICBC management.

[McGeer, Bennett -- ICBC]

News item. Pat McGeer and Premier Bill Bennett at press conference to announce 25-percent reduction in ICBC rates for senior citizens and handicapped drivers. McGeer says others can pay by installment. Bennett announces that ICBC was $181 million in the red when Socreds took over from NDP. McGeer talks about gas prices.

[Dennis Cocke -- health conference]

News item. NDP Health Minister Dennis Cocke fears that rising BC health care costs might mean a drop in efficiency, even at higher rates. He hints that the province has had to pick up more than its share of health care costs even with the agreement between provincial governments and the federal government. At the end of the conference, Cocke gives each of the ministers and delegates a "crying towel" to commemorate the event.

[Bennett -- #1]

News item. Bill Bennett speaks: "Governments should be elected to do things for people, not to them. And yet in British Columbia, we have a growing civil service that brings in more restrictions, a bureaucracy that's greater in British Columbia than the sum total of the numbers of people in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba combined, and government costs in British Columbia have gone to just over $300 per person in 1967 to over $1,300 per person in 1975. What we need is a government that serves people, not restricts peple as they have in British Columbia."

[Chicken slaughter]

News item. BC Egg Marketing Board cuts egg quota by 10 percent; cost of eggs increases by 3 cents a dozen. Footage shows how eggs are packaged at the Claremont Poultry Farm, Victoria, B.C.

[Princess Marguerite]

News item. The "Princess Marguerite" is to start the Victoria-Seattle run on a temporary trial basis for the summer months. Costs will be high, says a spokesman, who is not pleased with the provincial government's lack of communication about it with the Victoria City Council and business people. Shots of the "Princess Marguerite".

[Labour -- ICBC to cops]

News item. ICBC workers had obtained a settlement with management. However, says spokesman at protest: "There was a political decision on the part of the NDP through Bob Strachan, Dennis Cooke and Ernie Hall to turn down the negotiated proposals and and offer us the original proposal that had been turned down four months ago." Picketers carry placards saying, e.g., "ICBC=NDP hires scab adjusters" and "No! Damn! Principles!" Protest being held outside NDP office on Blanshard Street. Newspaper headline with photo of Dave Barrett reads, "Strike will help cut ICBC losses."

[Crystal ivy]

News item. Very brief interview with government spokesman. The balance of the footage is silent and shows the old Crystal Garden exterior with all the ivy, before the start of restoration and renovations.

[Jubilee strike]

News item. A decision has been made by the boards and administrators of Royal Jubilee Hospital and Victoria General Hospital to cancel all but emergency surgery for the duration of the strike. Royal Jubilee is prepared to take 40 seriously ill patients from Victoria General as required. Royal Jubilee's medical director says that the provincial government should use the Essential Services Act and get hospital workers back to the job as soon as possible.

[Tourist brite]

News item. Footage of tourists on the Inner Harbour causeway on the Tally-Ho and on double-decker buses.

[Trident protest]

News item. At a protest in Centennial Square, a spokesman says that a Trident submarine base is a very dangerous facility because that's where a nuclear attack could be triggered.

[Industry -- miscellaneous]

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.

[Bennett -- #2]

News item. Bill Bennett says that people between 25 and 64 are a "forgotten group". These people are the ones who pay for all the "costs and funds of government", but they do not get that much in return. They especially need help to build or buy homes.

[Heritage awards]

News item. Heritage Awards are presented to Mr. Woodland and Mr. Miller. Pierre Berton, the master of ceremonies, he talks about how well preserved Victoria's heritage is, as compared to Toronto.

[McKinnon -- Quebec]

News item. Conservative MP Allan McKinnon says that the Parti Quebecois could be in power in Quebec within 8-10 years after next election. The rest of Canada would have to make a decision with regards to Quebec's independence and how this would effect confederation.

[Glendale Hospital cut]

News item. Spokesman says there is a 25 percent government cut coming, and that the provincial government intends to reduce the size of Glendale Hospital. But Health Minister Bill Vander Zalm refutes this, saying: "There won't be any change in operation as far as we're concerned."

[Hospitals -- Tuesday]

News item. All hospital union members, except those in essential services, are on strike at Royal Jubilee. A union spokesman says the situation has been brought about by the Health Labour Relations Association and the employer, the Social Credit government. The Hospital Employees Union had accepted a collective agreement, but the employer rejected it. Discussions with the MLA, Dr. Scott Wallace, who believes that hospital workers should not have the right to strike.

[Premier Bennett re: throne speech]

News item. Premier Bennett talks with press regarding the throne speech. Highlights: (1) No discrimination will be shown towards sellers of Autoplan insurance. Rates will be based on drivers' records. (2) The federal government has been asked by the Socreds to protect the rights of BC, both inside and outside its borders, under the terms of the constitution. (3) The new Social Credit government will make all the decisions that relate to the development of "acceptable" energy resources in BC. Premier Bennett refers to solar energy as one of the "exotic powers", and then says that "We don't have the technology in BC . . . to develop them."

[McMicking -- BC Tel]

News item. Unveiling of plaque at B.C. Telephone Company office to honour the "father" of telephone communication in Victoria, Robert Burns McMicking (1843-1915). He brought the first telephone to Victoria in 1878. Victoria had Canada's third public telephone service in 1880.

[Harbour Square]

News item. Shows Harbour Square shopping centre under constructions. Aerial shots.

[Provincial Museum]

News item. The museum's new First Peoples Gallery on Northwest Coast Indians opens. Some good close-ups of totem poles and petroglyphs. The museum director is briefly interviewed about exhibit.

[Hayes -- heritage tax]

News item. Victoria City Council has passed a heritage protection by-law which covers 77 homes, many of which will be given full heritage designation. The City of Victoria has a Heritage Advisory Committee which advises council on whether a home should be given a heritage designation. If so, the owner does not have to pay any property tax. Some excellent footage of heritage homes.

[Swearing-in new cabinet]

News item. Footage shows the swearing-in procedure in a somewhat abbreviated form for the TV cameras. Sam Bawlf comments on plans to develop "new programs". Premier Bill Bennett says: "We're looking for innovation and new ideas, and that will demand fresh people from time to time."

[Hospitals -- day 2]

News item. An unidentified man (maybe a negotiator) explains that health union employees have the right to strike, provided they do not threaten the health and lives of patients. The government can declare hospital care as an essential service and legislate a back to work order. But, says negotiator, government should not ignore the demands made by the employees.

[Bennett donates day's pay]

News item. Premier Bennett talks to the press about the October 14th Day of Protest. He says, "Those who are advocating that our people leave their jobs on October 14th are not aware of the traditions that built this country." However, he says he agrees with "the right to protest," and encourages protesters to give their day's pay to the United Way, "which helps thousands of disadvantaged in our society."

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