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Terrace Bay News, 11 Jul 1973, p. 1

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TERRACE BAY NEWS Yol. 16 No. 27 July II, I973 I5 ¢ Per Copy SPIEL TOURS NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO An information program by 35 university stu- dents this summer will provide Ontario citizens with an opportunity to communicate with the Ministry of Labour and its various branches. The student project providing information on employment rights to the labour force (SPIEL) is designed to increase the general public's awareness of the legislation, programs and ser- vices of the Ministry of Labour. Students from various sections of the provin- ce were hired by the Ontario Government to oper- ate the program. Although the basic organiza- tion was established by government officials, the entire program is controlled and operated by the students, under the direction of the In- formation Branch of the Ministry of Labour. Two university students using Thunder Bay as their home base will cover an area of approxim- ately 400 miles radius, to establish temporary communication centers in shopping centers, ex- hibitions and other market places where people gather throughout Northwestern Ontario. On July 20th SPIEL will be in Terrace Bay and on July 2Ist in Schreiber. Labour Minister Fern Guidon, when he origin- ally announced the program, said that: "The aim of the SPIEL program is to increase the general public's awareness of the legislation, programs and services available through the Min- istry of Labour to solve employment related problems. will receive feedback from the citizens on the programs." Prior to embarking on the campaign, the two Northwestern Ontario SPIEL Representatives were given a two-week orientation course on the Min- istry of Labour's legislation and programs. It is also expected that the Ministry continued . page 2 «sce vnss ve TRADE TRAINING GRADUATES HONOURED AT DINNER At the Masonic Hall in Terrace Bay on June 20th, nine employees of Kimberly-Clark of Can- ada were guests at a Company-sponsored dinner in recognition of their graduation from the trade training program. They are: C. Brassard, G. Buhrmann, W. Daley, H. Dampier, G. Davis, R. Falzetta, J. Luke, B. Lundberg and T. Pelto. The M.C. for the evening was Don Stewart. He stated that the present graduates were join- ing an alumni of eighty-one previous graduates of the trades training program and that he was certain they would maintain the high degree of pride in their craft as the previous graduates many of whom were present at the dinner. Ontario Certificates of Apprenticeship and Kimberly-Clark of Canada graduation certifi- cates were presented by G.L. Puttock, Resident Operations Manager, to the graduates, assisted By Verl Thompson. C. Gorham, D. Stewart and W. Megraw presented tradesman's handbooks to them. Carl Gorham introduced the guest speaker Mr. H. Hogard, Counsellor, Industrial Training Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Mr. Hogard, a journeyman tradesman with exper- ience on construction work and in the labour movement, explained the Training Branch's role in the industrial environment. His talk was re- ceived with enthusiasm by the audience. D. Stewart read congratulatory messages from John Ferrier and Don Boudreau who were unable to attend. association with the Terrace Bay trades train- ing program. : The program concluded with Bruce Lundberg continued page 5 ........ Both men had a long and interested

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