Return to Balance in the 1990s Canadian Family Life
The piece surveys a shift toward kinder, gentler values amid turbulence and consumer restlessness. It notes rising marriage, blended families, cocooning, and a focus on home, health, and environmental ethics. Gardening and ethical investing highlight renewed altruism. Time will tell if this optimistic view holds.
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Liz Torlee
Saatchi
Canada
Saatchi & Saatchi
Dust storms of the Dirty Thirties reshape prairie memory
A reflection traces 1930s dust events from the Regina to Neidpath trip of June 18 1931. It recalls the Black Blizzards and a May 10 1934 windstorm, detailing soil loss, topsoil drift, and the shift to conservation via the PFRA led by George Spence and L B Thomson with shelterbelts and new tillage practices.
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CNR
Regina
Neidpath
Rockies
PFRA
George Spence
L.B. Thomson
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