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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1981
Page
2
A humorous column retrieves a January 25 1981 date with remarks on snow in southern Canada and moisture needs for farmers. It includes quips about hitchhikers drivers and various light poems and jokes from local contributors.
Harold and Gladys McLaren of Brandon plan a February 40th wedding anniversary celebration. Fred and Dutch Venables reportedly joined a southern Masonic tour, leaving a snow shovel behind. Legion Curling members Art Oakden Betty Oakden Eleanor Knight and others attended events in Kenton. Gladstone bonspiel rafters include Arm Oakden Charlie Knight and Lou White among competitors.
A column recalls division in Manitoba politics with Dr Kasser criticizing Forestry Complex management under Ed Schreyer and a jab at Manitoban governance. It notes Winnipeg robberies up 24 percent in 1980 with the police chief claiming relative city safety. A big headline mocks Soviet policy as softening.
In a 1981 opinion piece from Ottawa, the author argues OPEC price hikes expose Canada's failure to raise domestic oil prices, urging a crash program for new energy systems. He warns cheap oil drains provinces, widens deficits, and delays tidal, solar, wind, and hydrogen energy development.
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