Current Comments at a Glance From Manitoba Letters
A collage of short hometown notes lists the Miller family Map of Winnipeg ties and Marathon Ontario, a Frank Glinz visit from Hamilton, and light moral quips. It mentions Betty White’s scrapbook excerpt, Bruce Lemon’s skies tale, a perilous Edmonton flight joke, and a Kenton United Church tale with Nadine Grieve. The Rural Children Aid directors and a weekly Thought for the Week by Frank Clark close the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs
Frank Glinz
Hamilton
Ontario
Frank
Mr. Fix-It
Art Glinz
Oak River
Manitoba
Bruce Lemon
Couchenour
Edmonton
Alberta
Kenton
Kenton United Church
Nadine Grieve
Frank Glint
Nadine
Grieve
Kenton U.C
Alan Embury
Ken Hunter
Rusty Cooke
Elsie Parker
Grace Jones
Reggies Ramblings on Cross Border Meetings and Public Mood
The piece suggests holding future Canada US talks in the Peace Garden at the border. It notes Manitoba election debate in newspapers, mocks a columnist named Smith over hockey cup stance, and remarks on large US demonstrations against President Reagan. It sees defiance of authority echoing 1960s trends and predicts tense years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada- USA
Peace Garden
USA
Reagan
Small business, big impact across Canada in 1979
Canada’s 1.2 million small and medium sized firms drive most employment and growth. Firms under 26 employees provide 30 percent of jobs, those with 26 to 250 add another 30 percent, totaling over 60 percent of employment. Despite support for giants, many small operators struggle, warranting greater government attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roger Worth
Ottawa
Chrysler
Massey- Ferguson
Canadian Comment by Peter Ward highlights ministerial responsibility
The column argues the Trudeau government avoided accountability for high deficits and rising rates by blaming others and tying policy failures to the RCMP inquiry. It links the McDonald Commission to political theatrics and claims cabinet ministers dodge responsibility for Canada’s stalled investment and capital flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
McDonald Commission
RCMP
Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Allan MacEachen
United States of America
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Coombs
Guy & Eleanor Miller
Allyson
Donald Rothnie
Marathon
Donald
Hudson Bay
Laurie
Vernon Brown
Keith
Barb Brown
Vernon
The
Royal Bank
Winnipeg
Glenda
Betty White
Mark Twain
Mary Bull
Brandon
Wimp
George Crighton
Cardale
Children Aid Society
Johnnie E. Finkbeiner
Isabella
Frank McPhaden
John Russell
Rivers
Burt Strange
Angela
David
Frank Clark
Karen Bray
Reggie
Mainstream
Ada
CFIB
Peter Ward
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