Bill Would Give North More Municipal Help
Manitoba Legislature hears a government plan to appoint a northern administrator to oversee up to 20 communities. The bill aims to create a network of administrators and advisory committees to handle local problems, with costs shared by the province. NDP Leader says the move is only a token step and more is needed for northern self-government.
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North
Manitoba
Robert ‘Smellie
Smellie
NDP
Russ Pauley
Canadian Editors Tour Europe to Visit UNESCO WHO and ILO
Twenty Canadian weekly editors embark on a two week study tour organized by the Canadian National Commission for UNESCO and partner associations. They will visit UNESCO in Paris three days WHO and ILO in Geneva three days and FAO in Rome two days to learn about global health agriculture and education. Professor King Gordon leads the tour with UN experience in New York Cairo the Congo and Korea.
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Canada
Europe
Canadian National Commission For Unesco
Association and Association Des Hebdomadaires de Langue Francaise du Canada
Unesco House
Paris
World Health Organization
International Labour Office
Geneva
Food and Agriculture Organization
Rome
Iran
King Gordon
University of Alberta
Gordon
United Nations
New York
Cairo
The
Congo
Korea
Early 1801 Pembina Fur Trade Fire Flood Drown Buffalo
In spring 1801 at Pembina Alexander Henry of the North West Company faced floods and fire risks that threatened pelts. He built a raised platform, logged river ice breakups and drifting buffalo carcasses, and noted Red River gum adhe siveness and harsh weather from March to April. The season showed continual buffalo losses and harsh conditions for the fort community.
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Pembina
Manitoba
Alexander Henry
North West Company
Red River
Seeets
Othmen
Satan
Henry
UNICEF Aims to Aid Children Worldwide Since 1946
The United Nations Children’s Fund known as UNICEF began in 1946 to meet emergency needs of children. It expanded in 1950 to long term aims and operates with semi autonomous status funded mainly by voluntary donations from governments and individuals. It works with UNESCO WHO FAO and ILO and runs mass campaigns in health nutrition education and disease control. In Canada UNICEF programs include Halloween for UNICEF and UNICEF greeting cards to raise awareness and funds.
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United Nations Children’s Fund
Unicef
United Nations
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Maurice Pate
United States
New York
Unesco
WHO
FAO
United Nations Bureau of Social Affairs
ILO
World Bank
Economic’ and Social Council
UN General Assembly
Canada
United Nations Association
UNICE
UNL
Unicef Hallowe'en
Homemaker Plan To Aid Children approved in principle
Welfare Minister J B Carroll moved second reading of a Manitoba bill to allow homemakers to care for children deserted by parents. The plan would keep families together until guardians return, preventing removal to foster homes. He cited nine welfare children whose father left province for work and whose mother deserted the home.
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Manitoba
J. B. Carroll
Manitoba planning boundary changes prioritize school divisions
Mr Smellie outlined a commission task to propose boundary changes for smoother relations among local governments. The minister noted current boundaries rely on township lines for municipalities and topography for schools, with health and education districts also involved. Recommendations require provincial cabinet approval. unity into a single city was not the aim, but kept under review if recommended.
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Winnipeg
Smellie
J.M. Froese
Rhineland
Foreign Firms Told To Think Canadian
Trade Minister Winters urged foreign subsidiaries in Canada to follow Canadian guidelines for marketing pricing procurement investment and citizenship. He called for using Canadian labor materials and processes to grow domestic business while acknowledging foreign control risks and noting US policy pressures. The letter aims to reassure Canada while informing corporations to “clear the air.”
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Canada
Winters
U.S
House of Commons
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MacGregor Herald
MacGregor
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
Allen
McGregor
United Nations Work
Children’s Fund
United Nations Organization
Toorad
Homemaker
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
Denwal Pharmacy
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