Oil politics and a fading cloud over Canadian gas prices
A 1980s Ottawa episode tied to the oil industry notes a civil service report by Robert Bertrand alleging overcharges and government scrutiny. The case dragged for years, costing taxpayers millions, ending with a Not Guilty verdict and PetroCan holding a substantial share of the gas market.
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Ross Hennigar
Suncor Oil Company
Hennigar
Ottawa
Robert Bertrand
Evening News
Bertrand
Toronto Sun
Imperial Oil
Jack Armstrong
Esso
CBC
CTV
Oceania
Texaco
Suncor
PetroCan
Rural post woes spark bold calls to privatize mail
Neighborly News laments Canada Post cuts as rural delivery ends and city boxes rise. The writer dials through editorials in The Pas and Minnedosa Tribune, argues for private outsourcing to avoid union friction, and critiques slow Western Report delivery while awaiting a government info exchange invite. The piece closes with a personal note about a delayed Consumer and Corporate Affairs invitation.
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Dauphin
Minnedosa Tribune
Neepawa
Recorder of
Boissevain
Canada Post
Public Service
Speaking of Canada and the Conquest in literary thought
A quotation based note discusses discretion as a negative quality in Hugh McPhersons The Prospect of Change 1965. It references Bishop L F R Lafleche 1866 and Northrup Frye 1971 praising Canadian readers growing within a writers world and the reach of major writers beyond borders.
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Hugh McPherson
Canada
L.F.R. Lafleche
Northrup Frye
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