Auto Safety Council Urges Regular Vehicle Checks
The Canada Safety Council and partners urge motorists to have brakes tires steering and suspension checked by certified mechanics before major travel. Studies show about 10 percent of Canada’s half million annual accidents involve mechanical failures, with neglect cited as the main cause in over half of those cases.
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Canada Safety Council
Canadian Automotive Trade
Revue Moteur
Canada
J. C. Thackray
CSC
The 48.10 Welfare Gap For 18 Year Olds
A columnist discusses the shift from child allowances to 18 year olds receiving 48.10 in welfare, questioning sufficiency and the reflecting social policy. He notes potential supports like free bus rides and Canada Assistance Plan while critiquing Minister Rene Toupin and ending with a Nightengale quote about giving to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Toupin
Ottawa
Canada
Disposal of Metal Bodies A Manitoba Problem
Sam Lazarek, general manager of General Scrap and Car Shredder Ltd in Winnipeg, argues for government subsidies to disposal ventures that remove rusting hulks like automobiles and refrigerators, claiming these firms clean up by products of other industries and curb hardlitter problems in Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Sam Lazareck
General Scrap and Car Shredder Ltd
Winnipeg
Hammermill
Mr. Lazareck
New Democratic Party
Selkirk
Lazarek
United States
Shorter Quieter House Session Promised After By election Wins
Premier Ed Schreyer heads Manitoba NDP into a new three session with a majority. The Ottawa opposition will fight plans to reorganize Greater Winnipeg into a 48 member council. Proposals include education funding shifts, a provincial lottery, police commission and legal aid.
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Ed Schreyer
NDP
Greater Winnipeg
St. Vital
Ste. Rose
Metro
Greater
Winnipeg
Schreyer
A. H. Mackling
Ontario
Sidney Spivak
Walter Weir
J. H. Asper
Feat Ase Lading
Saat Bald
Giorga
Liberals
Legal Aid Service Planned in Manitoba
Attorney General A H Mackling announced plans to form a legal aid service for Indian and Metis people before Manitoba courts. Four communicators fluent in English and an Indian dialect will be trained, with posts in Winnipeg Brandon and The Pas. The move follows a committee report citing high Indigenous incarceration linked to language barriers and court understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Mackling
Manitoba
Mackling
One Day Delivery Assured Across Canada
Winnipeg will begin assured one day mail delivery on April 12 for first class letters posted before 10 30 am with service to 13 major Canadian centres. The program expands coast to coast with schedule splits and will extend to Vancouver Ottawa and Montreal on later dates.
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Winnipeg
J. B. Prescott
Western Postal Region
Canada
Vancouver
Ottawa
Montreal
Chickenpox overview and transmission in children
Health Notes outlines chicken pox as a highly contagious viral disease with sudden onset fever rash and teardrop blisters. It describes incubation 13 to 17 days, communicability around rash onset, lifelong immunity after one attack, rare encephalitis, and exclusion from school for a week after rash appears. No vaccine exists.
Parents Must Share With Their Children
Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, director of Community Psychological Consultants in St. Louis, spoke at a Manitoba conference urging parents and teachers to model their own values and behavior. He advocated autonomy, nonviolent conflict resolution, and listening without judgment to improve communication with children.
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Marshall Rosenberg
Community Psychological Consultants
St. Louis
Miss
Manitoba Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Rosenberg
Marshall
Stanfield to Visit Arctic Canada on Oil Pipeline Trip
Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield will spend a week in Northern Canada British Columbia and Alaska studying oil and gas transportation proposals from the Arctic. He departs the week of April 18 to examine economic environmental and indigenous rights issues tied to pipeline construction.
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Robert Stanfield
Canada
British Columbia
Alaska
Arctic
Stanfield
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Erst
Auto Safety Council
IAL
Earl Nightengale
Macgregor Herald
MacGregor
AUDI
Via ‘Association
Manitobay
TION
Allen McGregor
Béltors
Yamagata
Japan
Legal Aid Service Planned
McLaren
Rupert
Christ
Calevary
Jim Webb
Brandon
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