Legion activities and bonspiel celebrate community spirit
Local Branch 174 Canadian Legion stays active with poppy drive color party and a successful bonspiel won by Glen Stewart Charlie Knight and Nora Knight. RCMP also take a trophy, with praise for the Ladies Auxiliary food and fellowship. residents from Oak River to Brandon attend, while Greg Kirk adds a golf hole in one and notes on town life appear in this column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Legion
Legion
Paul August
Jim Anderson
Glen Stewart
Charlie
Nora Knight
Les Davis
Les
Glen
Nora
RCMP
Janet East
Claude
Ron
Nancy O’quinn
Oak River
Kenton
Strathclair
Crandall
Miniota
Brandon
Greg Kirk
Regina
Greg
Prayer for Divine Aid in Canada’s Troubled Times
A light back-page item suggests Prime Minister Trudeau and provincial premiers turn to prayer for guidance amid political turmoil. The note recalls wartime Ottawa prayers and questions whether such a "Prayer Room" still exists to face the ongoing Commons battles over the unsettled Constitution.
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Winnipeg
Trudeau
House of Commons
Ottawa
Budget hurts Mainstream Canada small firms and jobs
The article argues the federal budget offers little uplift for Canada's 900,000 unemployed and for small and medium sized firms that generate most new jobs. It criticizes cuts to the Small Business Development Bond program and RRSP changes for the self employed, calling for a better investment climate and higher savings to fund energy and other projects.
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Ottawa
Allan MacEachen
RRSP
Yukon could become a province with resource control says columnist
The Ottawa debate on native land claims in the Yukon centers on revenue from natural resources. Yukon leader Chris Pearson argues for provincial status now if resource revenue is fully theirs, while Ottawa resists, tying status to federal control of resources and broader national interests. The piece notes 25,000 residents, 5,000 Indigenous, and the potential economic clout of a resource-rich Yukon.
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Ottawa
Yukon Territories
Yukon
Prince Edward Island
Chris Pearson
Trudeau
Canada Lands
Canada
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Jack Coombs
Hubert Murray
Franklin Brooks
Jim Brooks
Allan Wiltsey
Brooks
Wiltsey
Alex Kirk
Third Street
Main Street
Betty White
Ron Sangster
Toronto
Brown Brothers
Lenore
Wimp
Reggie
Mainstream
W. Roger Worth
Japan
Allan
MacEachen
Edgar Benson
Cfib Featue
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
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