Coup on The Hill as Mail Bags Slip Past Security
Ottawa veterans say the Tax Revolt scheme scored a real coup by delivering 250000 coupons to the finance committee and slipping 15 bundles of mail into Parliament through tight security. Doug Young admits the bags were brought in as personal packages with help from friends, despite strict rules on parcels and heightened post‑bus hostage security.
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Ottawa
Liberal
Doug Young
Canada Post
Young
Finance Committee
Wilson
Parliament Hill
Self-serve society foreshadows a future of machines and less human help
The piece portrays a prairie couple daily using self service for mail, banking, groceries, gas, and dining as a broader trend. It argues impatience and dissatisfaction drive self service while noting corporate savings and a cultural shift away from smiling human service. The author doubts the trend, predicting a day when people no longer speak with anyone in town.
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Mary
John
Hardware
U.S
First Canadian Colonial Legislature Opens in Halifax
This Week in Canada recalls October 2 1758 when Halifax hosted the first colonial legislature in Canada. Other items note the 1955 Unemployment Act coming into force and weather events: October 4 1851 storm damage in Prince Edward Island and 1869 Saxby gale in the Bay of Fundy with 120 ships lost.
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Halifax
Prince Edward Island
Saxby
Bay of Fundy
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