Detergents under fire as Great Lakes pollution debate
Energy Minister J. J. Greene backs tougher action under the proposed Canada Water Act to curb phosphate detergents amid IJC findings that detergents drive algae growth. Yet researchers Kuentzel and Norman challenge phosphates as the main pollutant, citing carboniferous sewage material and urging further study before conclusions.
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J. J. Greene
Great Lakes
International Joint Commission On Water Pollution
Greene
Ottawa
Energy Department
L. E. Kuentzel
Wyandotte Chemicals
J. E. Norman
McMaster University
Lakes
Elle
Ontario
Scienists
Robert Legge
Toronto
Douglas Dingledein
U.S
Canada
Kuentzel-Norman
Federal sports policy aims for mass participation in Canada
Health Minister John Munro unveils a five million dollar annual plan to fund office equipment travel and select grants to 45 athletes, plus a Canada Olympics competition from 1972. The policy shifts federal aid away from provincial programs while urging public fitness, though it omits mass facility creation, sparking questions about national athletic development versus athlete grooming.
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Ottawa
John Munro
Canada
Joe
Munro
Credit Laws in Canada Fail Debtors Across Provinces
Professor Jacob S. Ziegal of York University criticizes Canada’s credit laws as inadequate for debtors, urging federal and provincial reforms, stronger enforcement agencies, and restrictions on advertising. The Welfare Council study analyzes 235 low income Hamilton families to map debt causes and budgeting, with reviews of truth in lending, Small Loans Act limits, and wage assignment practices.
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Canada
Jacob S. Ziegal
York University
Canadian Welfare Council
Gros En el Tel
Hamilton
Ontario
Welfare Grants
Department of National Health and Welfare
Ziegel
Consumer Credit
Quebec
Manitoba
U.S
Ziegal
Confederation Day Named In Place Of Dominion Day
The Commons justice committee approved a private bill to rename Dominion Day Confederation Day with observance on the first Monday in July. An amendment by Douglas Hogarth set the holiday as Confederation Day and July 1, though the bill may face further House scrutiny next month.
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Com¢mons Justice Committee
James Brown
L—Brant
Canada Day
Douglas Hogarth
New Westminster
Donald Tolmie
L—Welland
House of Commons
Brown
Mark MacGuigan
Windsor - Wallierville
Yellowknife Named Permanent North Headquarters Site
Defence Minister Leo Cadieux announced Yellowknife Northwest Territories will host the permanent northern military headquarters. The unit will form this spring and summer in Ottawa, move to Yellowknife in the fall, with Col Ramsey Withers to command. A 35 member staff is planned by 1971, and small detachments are to support territorial authorities and civilian agencies.
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Leo Cadieux
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Ottawa
Cadieux
Canada
60Th Parallel
Frobisher
Baffin Island
Northern Region
Col
Ramsey Withers
Ate
Whitehorse
Yukon
North'm Region
The
Absorbs warmth as grass reflects heat in heat and cold
A fragment notes that warm weather grass reflects heat to eat and in winter absorbs warmth that might otherwise be lost, illustrating how vegetation interacts with changing temperatures.
Manitoba unemployment at 4.3 percent in March
Labour Minister A R Paulley told the Manitoba Legislature that the March jobless rate of 4.3 percent is the lowest in any Canadian province. He compared it with 3.8 percent in 1969 and noted the province’s increase is 50 percent lower than the national rise. Liberal leader Gordon Johnston warned it may reflect youths leaving the province. The national rate is 3.7 percent.
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Labor
A. R
Russ) Paulley
Manitoba
Liberal House
Gordon Johnston
Centennial director quits as board clash erupts
Manitoba Centennial board member Corvert Scott resigned claiming meetings lack proper procedures and members are uninformed. He walked out stating chairman Maitland Steinkopf runs the corporation undemocratically. Cultural Affairs Minister Philip Petursson declined further comment. Scott cited a $5,000 payment to composer Bobby Gimby for a Centennial song as an example of concealed actions.
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Manitoba Centennial
Corvert Scott
Maitland Steinkopf
Philip Petursson
Centennial
Scott
Bobby Gimby
Rivers Stripped Of Schools Move To Portage La Prairie
Manitoba bases undergo shifts as No. 4 Flying Training School at CFB Rivers relocates to Portage la Prairie by July 1, with about 85 personnel 12 helicopters and four aircraft reassigned. Rivers will retain only base support structures including administration accounts and mess, while other flying school operations shift to Edmonton in June.
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Manitoba
No. 4
Manitoba House Debates School Question Again
Manitoba legislator J C Gottfried urged extending provincial grants to parochial and private school teachers and allowing their inclusion in pension schemes. Minister Saul Miller defended no discrimination, noting public schools serve all, while a 1894 Privy Council ruling on minority aid is cited as authority but not fully followed in Manitoba.
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Gottfried
New Democratic Party
Saul Miller
Manitoba
Miller
Privy Council
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United States
Allen McGregor
Weer
Senate Commons Committee On Consumer Credit
Royal Commission On Banking and Finance
Espei
Ally
Maritime Command
Argus
Arctic Archipelago
CFB Rivers
J. C. Gottfried
Gimli
Province
Confederation
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