Desjardins Questions Weir's Premiership in Legislature
Manitoba MLA Larry Desjardins challenged premier Walter Weir in the Legislature, arguing a leadership convention did not mandate the people and urging an election. He blamed the Progressive Conservative government for political indecision, a spineless budget, and local tax shifts to cover education costs.
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Walter Weir
Manitoba
Larry Desjardins
L. — St. Boniface
Desjardins
Weir
Sterling Lyon
Indian Has Not Received Opportunities in Manitoba
Robert Smellie, chair of the Local Government Boundaries Commission, told a Selkirk hearing about Indian Canadians missing equal educational chances. He cited an elderly Indian woman's doubt about white willingness to integrate and noted officials questioned Indians’ fit for high schools, despite many families recognizing vocational training value.
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Manitoba
Robert Smellie
Smellie
Local Government Boundaries Commission
Selkirk
Commission
Fisher
Ito
Smelzie
Smellie Sai
Indian Affairs Branch
Longer Season Recommended For Churchill
A longer navigational season at the Port of Churchill was urged by International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd. to the Manitoba Royal Commission on Northern Transportation. The brief also called for a 100 mile extension of Manitoba's interlake highway 6 to Ponton on CNR's Hudson Bay line.
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Churchill
International Nickel Co.of Canada Ltd
Manitoba
Royal Commission On Northern ‘Transportation
Grand Rapids
Lake Winnipeg
Ponton
CNR
Hudson Bay
A. V. Mauro
Marine Transport Ltd
United States
You Have a Date WI April Meeting With Plant Slips Sale
The April meeting of the WI will be held on Thursday, April 25 at 2.30 p.m. in the club room. There will be a sale of plant slips. Hostesses are Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. MacDonald, and Mrs. Smale.
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Perkins
MacDonald
Smale
Campbell argues for deeper federal grants and equalization payments
Former Manitoba Liberal premier D L Campbell told the Legislature that larger federal equalization payments stabilize the province and that increasing income and corporate tax sharing would not help. He criticized the government for blaming Ottawa on budget issues, noting past grant levels and disputing debt figures while defending debt retirement provisions.
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Manitoba
D. L. Campbell
Mer
Campbell
Government urged to build road to Churchill port North
The Hudson Bay Route Association urged the federal government to take responsibility for a highway to Port Churchill in Manitoba. J F Gray of Saskatoon argued Manitoba should not bear the cost. The HBRA blamed high freight rates and limited seaport use for slow northern development, noting the Churchill season could expand from 88 to 160 170 days with modern tech. Canadian National Railways faced critique for a short sighted pricing stance. Some customers said they would not ship again at current rates.
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J. F. Gray
Saskatoon
Hudsonay Route Association
Arthur Mauro
Manitoba
The
HBRA
Seaport
Hudson Bay
Canadian National Railways
Churchill
Duff Urges One Housing Agency Policy Unity
Former Manitoba Premier Roblin told a Progressive Conservative nominating convention in Toronto that Canada will not solve the housing crisis without unified policy from all three levels of government. He urged appointing a single agency to direct housing policy amid a current tangle of many agencies. Delegates postponed the nomination due to time constraints in finding a suitable candidate.
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Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Canada
Toronto High Park
Roblin
Sugar and Alcohol Propaganda Questioned by Doctor
Dr T A Pincock medical director of the Manitoba Alcoholism Federation cautions that a Canadian Sugar Institute claim sugar aids sobering is dangerous propaganda. He warns acceptance could lead to miscalculations by drivers who have been drinking. Sugar may delay withdrawal symptoms when sugar is ingested but does not allow driving. He emphasizes anyone who has been drinking should not drive under any circumstances.
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T. A. Pincock
Manitoba Alcoholism Federation
Canadian Sugar Institute
The
Sugar Institute
Quarterly
Journal of Studies On Alcohol
Minister Will Meet The Pas To Discuss Churchill Forests
Minister Donald Craik told the Manitoba Legislature he will meet The Pas town council to answer questions about Churchill Forests Products Industries. The council invited the minister to discuss the industry planned for The Pas and a sawmill's first stage of a multi million dollar development, to be built this year and completed on schedule.
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Donald Craik
Pas
Churchill Forests
Manitoba
Nelson
L—Gladstone
Craik
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Lake Manitoba
Ives Examineo
Andon
MARY
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Ralph
Sask. Ave. E
George Portage Animal Hospital Ltd
Winnipeg
McLaren
Rupert
Europe
Glasgow
Scotland
London
England
Amsterdam
Copenhagen - Frankfurt
Shoemaker
McGilvary Travel Service
Hone
Neepawa
Mr. Smellie
Fed
Ottawa
Gurney Evans
House
Govt
Northern
Royal Commission On Northern Transportation
North
Duff
Brosaway
Aan
Portage LA Prairie
Trimble's
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
Portage
Sprucedale
MacGregor Memorial Hall
Austin Community Hall
Adult Services of
Association For Retarded Children
Rexall
Sale
Denial Pharmacy Macgregor Ltd
Macgregor
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