Family notes and local sketches from Canada and Manitoba
A collage of household updates from the Randell family in Alberta and Mattice style items from Isabella Manitoba. It includes Bev Randell as a school principal in Penhold and Melrose as a Red Deer teacher, Ian Randell in Calgary with Diane and two children, plus local poetry by Bruce Lemon and anecdotes about birds, a St. Paul debutante dress fire, a Winnipeg area tale of honesty in painting, and light weekly features such as Fred Chambers in Hamiota, bird notes, and a thought for the week with Betty White’s scrapbook entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Ethel Randell
Bev
Melrose
Lacombe Alberta
Adam
Penhold
Alberta
Red Deer
Bruce Lemon
Couchenour Ontario
St. Paul
Winnipeg police chase slippery pig and bear incident
Local headlines report Winnipeg police pursuing a pig loose on city streets and later confronting a black bear that was shot by officers. Prime Minister Trudeau criticizes electoral outcomes, noting Liberal seats in Western Canada and Tories in Quebec. A rumor about peanut butter sparks playground worries. British Columbia Premier Bennett sues an NDP member over a drunkenness accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Trudeau
Liberals
Western Canada
Clark
Tories
Quebec
Senior Update Promotes 1981 as Year for Seniors
Illinois Governor James R. Thompson proclaims 1981 the year of the Senior Citizen at the Illinois White House Conference on Aging held May 27 28 at Urbana Champaign. Peg Blaser notes 1.7 million Illinois residents aged 60 and above, with concerns on economic security health and social well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Peg R. Blaser
Illinois Department On Aging
Illinois White House
White House
Gov. Thompson
Cacouna Port Dream Costs Taxpayers Baseline
Ottawa notes growing interest from the Department of Transport in Gros Cacouna Quebec as a potential major port for transshipment. Analysts warn the project would cost hundreds of millions to develop and require ongoing dredging, while other southern LNG terminal options like Hawkesbury and Lorneville pose different logistical and political challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Department of Transport
Quebec
Gros-Cacouna
Cacouna
Wilfred Laurier
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Transport Canada
Arctic Islands
Hawkesbury
Nova Scotia
Lorneville
New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
Eneene
Feakel Getarmaba
Fed
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Coombs
Ian
Diane
Calgary
Mark 5
Kathryn
West
Isabella
Manitoba
Pete
John
Fred Chambers
Hamiota
Ida Strachan
Fred
Rawling Hardware
Chambers
Mabel Stinson
Stinson
Paul Robinson
Betty White
Reggie
Abe Lincoln
Bill Bennett
British Columbia
NDP
Vivienne Bodeau
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