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"Land Use Planning and the Nursery Trades" speech by Gary Runka
"Land Use Planning and the Nursery Trades" speech by Gary Runka
2020.4.2.1.33 · File · Jan. 1979
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Land Use Planning and the Nursery Trades" to the BC Nursery Trades Association.

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The primary thrust of the speech is to outline several pieces of legislation and other land uses that may have an impact on the nursery trade use of land including:

  1. Federal Fisheries Act;
  2. Municipal & regional district bylaws and plans;
  3. Agricultural Land Commission Act;
  4. Soil Conservation Act;
  5. Water Act and Floodplain Regulation;
  6. Forest and Range Acts; and
  7. Your neighbours changing land-use activities.

GGR comments (p 2) that, "...exclusion (of land from the ALR) is only allowed on lands not capable of agricultural use where no impact would be effected on adjacent farmlands, or where absolutely no alternative for the alternate use proposed exists." This clarifies that land in the ALR, even if it is proven unsuitable for agriculture, may remain in the ALR if its exclusion impacts adjacent farmland. On the other hand, pressure on the ALR is acknowledged where claims can be successfully mounted that no alternative exists for a proposed use, demonstrating the continual vulnerability of the ALR and the need to be able to clearly assess claims of "no alternative".

Foreshadowing the need for agricultural area planning, GGR suggests (p. 3) that it is important that, "... attempts be made to encourage local agricultural use planning so as to reduce conflicts within agriculture and with your urban neighbours."
"Land Use Planning and the Farmer" speech by Gary Runka
"Land Use Planning and the Farmer" speech by Gary Runka
2020.4.2.1.24 · File · 2 Mar. 1978
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the BC Provincial Seed Fair in Fort St. John entitled "Land Use Planning and the Farmer".

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"Given the title and the audience, this speech reads like a wake-up call to farmers to pay attention to land use planning issues and get involved. Despite the available copy of the speech appearing as a draft the nature of the topic - farmers needing to get involved in land use planning - establishes a point that GGR obviously feels is important in the overall effort to preserve agricultural land.

The speech includes several examples of land use planning that can affect the agricultural industry including:

  • Rural zoning by local governments and the provincial ALR zoning;
  • Hydro-electric planning (a reference in all probability to Site C);
  • Preparation of regional, community and particularly settlement plans;
  • Industrial land development strategies;
  • Federal fisheries legislation;
  • Transportation planning;
  • Crown land lease proposals;
  • Water resources;
  • Various other land use initiatives involving wildlife habitat, open space recreation, historic and archeological sites; and
  • Taxation and assessment policy

Stapled to the original typed speech is a set of hand written notes (not copied) that are largely identical to the typed version. The typed version does have a few mysterious blanks but when checking the handwritten version the blanks may simply represent illegibility problems with the hand writing at the time of typing. Given these blanks, this may in fact have been a first draft of the speech with a cleaner copy typed up prior to delivery."
"Land Use Control" speech by Gary Runka to the Canadian Council on Rural Development
"Land Use Control" speech by Gary Runka to the Canadian Council on Rural Development
2020.4.2.1.17 · File · 29 Sept. 1976
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the Canadian Council on Rural Development entitled "Land Use Control".

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is another important document.

GGR covers several points including a discussion of the impact of changes to rural areas from the food producer's perspective. He notes that local governments are not well positioned to effectively achieve farmland preservation - but there is a need for a coordinated approach.

The point is made that good rural planning depends on good urban planning.

A summary is made of efforts at rural planning and farmland preservation in other North American jurisdictions. An example is outlined of the complexity of overlapping land use controls and returns to a common theme - "merging the reality of land as a commodity with the ethic of land as a natural resource"."
"Land Use Control and Jurisdictional Rights" speech by Gary Runka to the Agricultural Institute of Canada Land Use Committee
"Land Use Control and Jurisdictional Rights" speech by Gary Runka to the Agricultural Institute of Canada Land Use Committee
2020.4.2.1.12 · File · 7 Nov. 1974
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the Agricultural Institute of Canada Land Use Committee entitled "Land Use Control and Jurisdictional Rights".

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is a first draft position paper written by GGR was developed for the Agricultural Institute of Canada, Land Use Committee.

The paper notes that attitudes are shifting from land being considered as a commodity to considering land as a natural resource. There are several references to governmental relationships, the inability to count on local governments to preserve agricultural land and the need for a federal land use policy supporting farmland preservation.

The use of a zoning tool as an effective means to preserve agricultural land is explored. The paper makes a strong case for there being no legal need for compensating land owners for regulatory land use zoning.

Included with the package are two letters written by GGR (November 7,1974) sent to Jim Lore (Alberta) and Steve Hart (Ottawa) requesting their review of the paper and input. A copy of the finalized paper, which may have been a jointly authored paper, is not included and it is not known if the paper was eventually published by the Agricultural Institute of Canada."
Land surveyors
2012.13.2.02.27 · File · 2003-2009
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to land surveyors working in British Columbia. Includes material on Rupert Williams Haggen who became a land surveyor in 1911 and surveyed Prince George, Quesnel, Bowron River, and the Fraser River area below Quesnel; Henry Fry who worked in Victoria between 1871 and 1897; Otto Julius Klotz who surveyed the Alaska-British Columbia boundary and also surveyed for the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1871 to 1927; James Herrick McGregor who worked in the Kootenays and assisted for the survey of the British Columbia Alberta border between 1891 and 1903; and Forin Campbell who came to Prince George in 1908.
Land surveying in British Columbia
2000.23.1.096 · File · 1970-1993
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to provincial lands surveys. Materials include newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, a booklet, a reproduction of the land survey act, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

  • Province of British Columbia, "Protecting Land Survey Monuments", [198-?] (pamphlet)
  • Nominal Roll, "The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia", 1970 (booklet)
Land survey information
2012.13.2.02.25 · File · 1997-2006
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to contemporary and historical land surveying in British Columbia, includes material on Hunter Joseph who surveyed Quesnel to Salmon River in 1874; F.P. Burden and the surveying of the Cariboo District; and Mr. J.D. Pemberton, the colonial surveyor in 1851. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on land surveying in British Columbia and printed search results for the College of New Caledonia and BC Archives on land surveying. Includes: "Owning land: what you should know" pamphlet published by The Canadian Council of Land Surveyors (2004) and "Survey Systems in BC" email chain between Kent Sedgwick and John Whittaker, a B.C. Land Surveyor, discussing past land survey systems and surveyed areas in British Columbia (6 Oct. 2009).
"Land Settlement: A Report"
2012.13.2.02.64 · File · 1941
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of a bound typescript book titled "Land Settlement (A report by a C.S.T.A Committee)" produced by the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists in 1941.
Land Sense Ltd. master key to Lower Fraser Valley projects
2020.4.5.03 · File · 1978-2005
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File contains a "Master Key" for geographical locations of G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. client jobs located in the Lower Fraser Valley between Vancouver and Langley. The "Master Key" consists of an annotated book: "Soils of the Langley-Vancouver Map Area - Report No. 15 British Columbia Soil Survey - Volume 1 Soil Map Mosaics and Legend, Lower Fraser Valley (Scale 1:25,000)" by H.A. Luttmerding. The numbers adjacent to the annotated outlined areas are LSL client numbers, which not only provide a key to work locations within the region but may also assist in matching unidentified aerial photographs to corresponding client files.
Land Sense Ltd. job ledger
2020.4.5.04 · File · 1978-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File contains the first G. Gary Runka Land Sense job ledger (1 Dec. 1978 - 1 Dec. 1980). Includes detailed handwritten daily accounting and travel records that correlates to work for clients and jobs.
Land Sense Ltd. company information
2020.4.5.01 · File · 1978-2018
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of folders containing company information for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Includes photocopied documents of company incorporation (30 Nov. 1978) and dissolution (30 Nov. 2018) for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Also includes a company description, a philosophy statement, a services summary, a brief biography and resume of G. Gary Runka, a client list, a completed projects list, blank letterhead, a presentation pamphlet, company logo, and business cards.
Land Sense Ltd. client and job lists
2020.4.5.02 · File · 1978-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of lists of clients served and jobs worked by G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. between 1978 and 2013. These lists reference client numbers that match up to client record files and serve as an important cross-reference tool. Also includes a list of inactive client records that were culled in 2001 prior to the move of company headquarters from Burnaby to Atnarko.
"Land Resource Issues in BC" speech by Gary Runka
"Land Resource Issues in BC" speech by Gary Runka
2020.4.2.1.44 · File · Nov. 1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Land Resource Issues in BC" at a UBC seminar.

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This speech / paper asks the question, "Are we in fact making any real progress towards resolving .... land resource conflicts...?"

A discussion is introduced that land resource issues are rural planning issues and as such they impact rural people and their lifestyle and thus translate to lifestyle issues. GGR suggests that planners are urban oriented and they should stand on the rural side of the fence and look back at the urban areas rather than the other way around.

Too often in government an agency's interests are paramount and insist that others tag along as long as they don't interfere with the prime use thrust. A concern is also expressed with "...too many waves of single use legislative power coming to the fore..." It is noted that the "...goal of any regulatory program should be to protect important public interests."

The paper concludes by considering a few current land resource issues including:

  1. Forestry-Agriculture
  2. Grazing land tenure transfer
  3. Fisheries - Agriculture - Forestry - Urban
  4. Energy - Agriculture
  5. Urban-Rural
  6. Energy-Lifestyles
  7. Wildlife - Recreation - Energy
  8. Agriculture and Recreation Lands - Foreign Ownership and Influence

While farmland preservation isn't central to this speech the rural resource and planning theme is relevant."
"Land Resource Issues in BC and the Tough Choices Ahead" speech by Gary Runka
"Land Resource Issues in BC and the Tough Choices Ahead" speech by Gary Runka
2020.4.2.1.45 · File · Dec. 1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Land Resource Issues in BC and the Tough Choices Ahead" for the Surrey Rotary.

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This speech, with the exception of the beginning and the ending is largely the cobbling together of two previous speeches. The new introduction draws upon several headlines from contemporary newspaper articles as examples involving land and water use decision-making. The next several pages largely repeat portions of [2020.4.2.1.42] "The Rural - Urban Continuum: Tough Land Use Choices Ahead". The latter half of the speech draws from [2020.4.2.1.44] "Land Resource Issues in B.C. - UBC Seminar".

The speech ends with a suggestion that there is a faint light at the end of the tunnel offered by the proposed "Planning Act". The speech closes with 3 broad concepts for consideration:

  1. Land and water use planning is fundamental in determining the economic opportunity and environmental quality of the future;
  2. Good rural planning demands good urban planning and the race for space will accelerate; and
  3. There is a need to reflect on the interdependence of man within natural systems in our planning for rural and urban land and water.

While farmland preservation isn't central to this speech the rural resource and planning theme is relevant."
Land Forms, Soils
2016.5.1.10 · File · 1971-1972
Part of Harry Coates fonds

File consists of materials related to "A Short Course on Bedrock, Landform and Soils" including handouts, handwritten notes, and other materials.
Land exploration in British Columbia
2012.13.2.02.61 · File · 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to land exploration and surveying in British Columbia by Alfred R.C. Selwyn, who was a British geologist and public servant, director of the Geological Survey of Victoria from 1852 to 1869, director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1869 to 1894, and President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1895 to 1896. Includes: "Photography: Mirror of the Past" American History magazine special edition (Sept. 1989) and a photocopied article "Ninety Years Later" by F.C. Swannell from The Beaver magazine (1956). File also includes reproduced photographs depicting scenes from Selwyn's exploration around British Columbia (1989).
Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan
Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan
2020.4.4.37 · File · 1974
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a 1973 BC Land Commission photographic slide and audio tape set entitled "Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan" that was used in original public hearings throughout the province. The 80 slides included with the presentation materials were created mostly by Gary Runka. The audio cassette is a recording of the presentation with speakers Bill Lane, BC Land Commission Chair, and Gary Runka, BC Land Commission General Manager.
"Land Capability Analysis" speech by Gary Runka to Canada Soil Survey Committee
"Land Capability Analysis" speech by Gary Runka to Canada Soil Survey Committee
2020.4.2.1.03 · File · 19 Oct. 1970
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the Canada Soil Survey Committee in Ottawa entitled "Land Capability Analysis".

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is a fairly technical speech explaining the history, and mechanics of the evolving land capability analysis process in BC. It gives insight into this early period in which there was a fair amount of trial and error to develop the best techniques to display and utilize information.

From an agricultural perspective the speech notes (p.5) that compatibility between agriculture and other sectors is not high. The speech demonstrates what would emerge as an important link between Land Capability Analysis and the ALR. On page 7 "possible predictions that will result in land use conflicts but perhaps better long range planning" are insightful and in the case of this statement, reads like a tentative foreshadowing of the BC farmland preservation program that would emerge in about two years.

"(1) Agriculture - "(c) Conservation of agricultural land through rural zoning of those high capability and high productivity soils, near markets."

It is unknown if the use of the acronym C.S.S.C was intended to refer to the "Canada Soil Survey Committee", which held its eighth meeting in Ottawa in 1970, or to the "Canadian System of Soil Classification. Regardless, for more information on the subject a copy of the 1998 / 187 page report by the Soil Classification Working Group entitled, "The Canadian System of Soil Classification" can be found here: https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/manuals/1998-cssc-ed3/cssc3_manual.pdf "
Lance Redfern
1996.2.1.1.509 · File · [198-?]
Part of Brian Fawcett fonds

File contains correspondence between Brian Fawcett and Lance Redfern.
"Lamp in the Spine"
2000.6.04.3.097 · File · 1973-1974
Part of Barry McKinnon fonds

File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Lamp in the Spine", including issue 7/8.
Laminated posters, newspaper clippings and bestseller list
2008.3.1.107 · File · 1995-1998
Part of Bridget Moran fonds

File consists of:

  • Author Reading and Autograph Session with Bridget Moran at the Nechako Branch of the Prince George Public Library.
  • Author reading by Bridget Moran at the Dease Lake Library (Oct. 16, 1995)
  • Hillbilly Literary Nite presented by Culculz Lake Literary Club and featuring reading by Bridget Moran
  • Author reading by Bridget Moran at the Valemount Public Library (May 10, 1996)
  • Author reading by Bridget Moran at the Tillacum Library
  • "Bestsellers" (Jan. 21, 1998) ; [Bestseller's list for non-fiction] The Vancouver Sun (June 17, 1998).
Laminated posters and newspaper clippings
2008.3.1.144 · File · 1975-1995
Part of Bridget Moran fonds

File consists of:

  • Everywomans Books 20th Birthday Party Celebration, 1975-1995 featuring an advertisement for a reading Bridget Moran
  • "Together again..." by Martha Perkins, 2 pages (Haliburton County Echo, June 13, 1995)
  • "History: Manslaughter, then Justa for All" (B.C. Bookworld, Spring 1995).
Lakehead University Scrapbook
2001.8.6.31 · File · [1965-1990]
Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

File consists of a scrapbook from Weller's time at Lakehead University and one item from his time at Bishop's University. The scrapbook contains primarily personal photographs (nine black and white photographs of various sizes and 15 3.5x5 in and 4x6 in color photographs) along with some commercially produced images.
Lakehead Centre for Northern Studies research reports
2001.8.2.5.08 · File · 1989
Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

File consists of Lakehead Centre for Northern Studies research reports: "Establishing Political Institutions for the Periphery" by D.C. Nord and Weller, "Comparing Northern Hinterlands: The Case of North America and the Nordic Countries" by Weller, "Canada as a Circumpolar Power" by Weller, "Northern Studies in Sweden and Canada: An Ontario Perspective" by Weller, and "The North in the Ontario Election of 1987" by Weller.
Labour relations and unions
2013.6.15.03 · File · 1996-2012
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding railway labour relations and unions, which predominantly consist of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information on the unionization process, the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the May 2012 CPR Rail Strike, the June 2011 lock-out by Rocky Mountain Railtours, the July 2009 VIA Rail Strike, the 1990 BC Rail strike, collective agreements, railway employee wages, and employee seniority. Also includes a copy of a "Master Agreement dated Montreal, September 27, 1979 between the Railway Association of Canada...and the Railway Employees Department...re: Application of Wage Increases...and other changes covering the years 1979, 1980, and 1981".
Labour / News Releases
2009.6.13.20.4 · File · 1975-1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of news releases regarding revisions to the Canada Labour Code, union membership, and employment productivity. Also includes notes for addresses by Minister of Labour John Munro, Deputy Minister for Labour Canada T.M. Eberlee, and Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister Sylvia Gelber.
Labour / Information Canada
2009.6.13.20.3 · File · 1974-1976
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of Campagnolo's incoming and outgoing correspondence in French and English regarding the distribution of government publications, and the government's decision to close Information Canada. Also includes a directory of federal funding services headquarters, a guide sheet to special Parliamentary services, and a brief on a proposed Northern Incentive Program to encourage industry and business in northern Canada.
Labour / General
2009.6.13.20.1 · File · 1974-1977
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of Campagnolo's incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding work safety. Also includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings, a photocopied article from MP Martin O'Connell on strikes, a press release on the Affirmative Action Program for the employment of women, a magazine article entitled "Labour's Manifesto of Canada," excerpts from the British Columbia Labour Research Bulletin, notes on labour from Vanderhoof, a photocopied excerpt from Bill 146: Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, a pamphlet from the Christian Labour Association of Canada, notes, and a telegram.
Labour / General
2009.6.13.20.2 · File · 1977-1979
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of Campagnolo's incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding employment conditions. Also includes Bill C-8: an Act to amend the Canada Labour code, photocopied newspaper clippings, briefs on industrial relations and employment, and a report on management in the work-place.
Labour / Disputes and Strikes / General
2009.6.13.20.5 · File · 1974-1979
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of Campagnolo's incoming and outgoing correspondence in French and English regarding strikes and labour disputes. Includes a dispute between Canadian National Railways and the United Transportation Union, the economic conditions at Fraser Lake, and the rise of computers. Also includes photocopied newspaper clippings, a newsletter concerning British Columbia Labour Relations Board hearings, proposals by the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited, a bulletin by the Telecommunications Workers Union concerning dispute settlements, a booklet entitled "Implications for Labor Costs to the Grain Industry Contained in the Perry Recommendations for Settlement of the Vancouver Grain Workers Labor Dispute," notes, telexes, and memoranda.
Labour / Disputes and Strikes / Aluminum Company of Canada Dispute
2009.6.13.20.6 · File · 1975-1976
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

File consists of Campagnolo's incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding disputes within the Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, especially Alcan Aluminum Limited in Kitimat British Columbia. Also includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings, a newsletter on fluoride emissions, news releases about Alcan Aluminum Limited negotiations, a Kitimat newspaper, final settlement offers to Alcan workers in Kitimat, and telexes.