Retirement tribute and community notes in Thrift Shop Chronicle
Paul August retires after a long bank career across Manitoba and Ontario including Brandon and Hamiota, with family, hobbies, and plans to travel. Also notes lost ring at United Church Thrift Shop, quotes, and a Thoughts for the Week feature with local reader reflections.
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Paul August
Royal Bank Ret
Paul
Brandon
Manitoba
Ninga
Boissevain
Waskada
Carman
Roland
Flin Flon
West Fort William
Port Arthur
Thunder Bay
RCNVR
Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
Royal Bank
Rapid City
Binscarth
Birtle
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Baldur
Hamiota
Phyllis
Lake of the Hat
Gerald
Dave
Arlene
The
United Church
Peggy Morison
Wasps and political rhetoric mix in quirky ramblings
A spoof item notes Canadian trained wasps shipped to China to target cabbage pests while warning they may sting others. Parrot the postal union leader decries attacks on the right to strike, though rights exist by federal grant. Skylab fear fuels public worry about a fall. Confucius Say comments on unseen powers.
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China
Postal Workers Union
Parrot
Arctic LNG scheme faces harsh gulf of ice and choice of terminal
The plan to ship liquefied natural gas from Melville Island to Canada’s east coast involves a $1.5 billion project and the risk of pushing 150000 tankers through the Northwest Passage. Possible terminals include Saint John New Brunswick Canso Strait and the St Lawrence north shore Quebec with federal involvement urged for Atlantic Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Melville Island
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Arctic Ocean
M’clure Strait
Viscount Melville
Saint John
N.B
Canso Strait
Cape Breton Island
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Atlantic Canada
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Jack Coombs
Trailer Court
Bessie Houck
Mary Bull
George Crighton
Cardale
L.L. Brown
Wimp
Kae
Allan Cumming
Neb Curll
R.N. Beamish
John Ridley
Johnnie Riddell
Johnnie
Mark Twain
Weston
Iveri
Reggie
Confucius
BY Peter Ward