BBB Plans Door To Door Identity Cards For Salespeople
The Better Business Bureau launches a “Business Identification Program” selling plastic ID cards to direct sellers for 15 to 20 dollars annually. Boss Paul Tuz says cards protect buyers but critics view the move as creating unnecessary fees and branding non-cardholders as criminals, threatening small operators and independent marketers.
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BBB
Paul Tuz
Tuz
Taz
Better Business Bureau
Amway
Avon
Girl Guides
Trudeau stays as inflation lingers in Canada politics
Reggies Ramblings notes doctors and politicians clash over fees in Ontario and Manitoba and sick people threaten to strike. The piece cites federal page ads praising a new Constitution and questions present pride. It mocks Question Period and jokes about a Canada Soviets hockey match as a potential Cold War settlement.
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Ontario
Manitoba
Trudeau
St. Regis
Trudeau seals constitutional shift amid Quebec tensions
The piece reflects on Pierre Trudeau finally patriating the constitution while Quebec remains estranged. It notes debates over a Bill of Rights and language equality, warns against giving Quebec a veto, and envisions a two‑way power swap as negotiations begin. It also marks historical notes from Cartier to Moodie and the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Mars
Quebec
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
May historical milestones from Canada and Europe
On May 5 events include Captain Martinez claiming Vancouver Island for Spain in 1788 and German forces in the Netherlands surrendering to Canadians in 1945. May 6 marks Sir Guy Carleton forcing the American retreat from Quebec in 1776 and the 1910 death of King Edward VII, succeeded by King George V.
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Martinez
Vancouver Island
Spain
Netherlands
Guy Carleton
Quebec
Edward VII
King George V
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Amiota
Echo
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box 70
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
Manitoba Newspapers Association
U.S.A
England
F.D. (Don) Venables
BY Garth Turner
Rah
Reggie
Paul Hellyer
Jacques Cartier
Donnacona
France
Charlottetown
Susanne Moodie
Royal Canadian Navy
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