Spring of 80 remembered in Manitoba community notes
The piece blends local vignettes from Manitoba in spring 1980 including Tom Scott of Ninga noting May 4 as the 63rd day without precipitation, reports from Boissevain about Joan Foxton and Hutterites at Decker, Belgian-style garden plans, early morning bike rides, Bruce Lemon's sock anecdote, and Mary Bull’s prose poem about perseverance. It also highlights Betty White quotes, Uncle Art Glint at Hamiota Hospital, and reflections on wealth and life in a community scrapbook style.
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Manitoba
Tom Scott
Ninga
Scott Pasture
Bob
Edna Sunley
Boissevain
Joan Foxton
Hutterites
Decker
Bob Sunley
Sunleys
Brandon
Mary Bull
Mary
Damned T-Shirts and Witty Musings Then and Now
A fragmented clipping features a query about t shirt orders and a mix of quotes. Included are lines attributed to Allan Cumming and Lionel L Brown on ideas and marriage and a humorous note about weightlifting in middle age.
Reggie's Ramblings on Quebec Referendum Voices
In a spoof of opinion and news clippings a Quebec Liberal leader warns a Yes vote risks separation while Manitoba groups split on sovereignty. Manitoba Telephone System reports 13.8 million profit for year ending March 31 1980.
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Quebec
Claude Ryan
Canada
United States
Manitoba
Manitoba Societe Franco- Manitobaine
Manitoba le Comite Pro- Canadien
Robert Service’s Yukon Cabin Preserved as Historic Memorial
The Dawson City log cabin where Robert Service lived and wrote while chronicling the Klondike rush is preserved as a national historic site. Service, later living in Whitehorse in 1904 and moving to France, captured the fever of Dawson’s gold stampede despite not being there at the peak. John Fisher, Centennial Commissioner, notes the site’s significance.
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Robert Service
Yukon
Dawson City
Klondike
Service
Whitehorse
Dawson
France
Office space a battlefield in Ottawa Parliament Buildings
In Ottawa the scramble for coveted MPs offices drives internal politics as party whips assign prime spaces in Centre Block West Block and the Confederation Building. After last May's election Liberals lost top suites to Tories and now face new shifts as renovations aim to free space for up to 50 MPs with moving costs mounting.
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Ottawa
Confederation Building
House of Commons Sagat
Tories
Liberal
Defence
Allan MacKinnon
John A. Macdonald
Charlie Turner
London
Ontario
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Coombs
Betty Oakden
Marion Kirk
Maxine Cumming
Bill McMillan
Bruce Lemon
Betty White
Wimp
Hamiota Hospital
Uncle Art Glint
Oak River
Art
P.J
Trailer Court
Gordon Killoh
Allan Cumming
F.E.A
Lionel L. Brown
Jack Houck
Worontosun
Reggie
Elbert Hubbard
USA Magazine
John Fisher
The
Council For Canadian Unity
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