Weather and Hockey Dominate Prairie Life Across Manitoba
Prairie residents constantly discuss the weather as it shapes daily decisions. April brought mixed conditions with snow and rain causing highway hazards and mall closures in Vermilion Lakeland Mall. The piece notes weather as a cultural fixture reflected in jokes, literature, songs, and famous quotes from figures like Pierre Trudeau and Ernest Thompson Seton.
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Manitoba
Trans Canada
Alberta
Swift Current
Vermilion
Lakeland Mall
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pet
Ernest Thompson Seton
Arctic Prairies
California
Canada
Edith Fowke
Alan Mills
Saskatchewan
Mechald Hoppenrath
Charles Oberdorf
Farming subsidies spark cross border debate over incentives
The piece argues U S subsidies rise by 180 billion over a decade with a 73.5 billion boost to existing programs and new aid for peas beans and lentils. It contrasts U S policy with WTO aims noting Doha and Liberal priorities and questions Canadian funding given surpluses and EU levels.
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U.S
Doha
Qatar
World Trade Organization
Canadian Farmers Face Trade Policy Hard Choices
The speaker criticizes Liberal policy for not supporting farmers with fair trade and subsidies. They warn more producers may quit, domestic food production could fall, and call for a government campaign to level the field or impose retaliatory measures against the United States. Two can play the same game.
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