Dwarf cereals base famine aid and prairie worries
Researchers develop dwarf rice IR-8 and Gaines wheat to boost yields, spreading cultivation from 200 acres in 1964 to millions, alleviating famine in Asia Africa and Latin America. Nations become exporters, raising questions for Canada about prairie economies and wheat gluts amid calls for agricultural diversification.
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Asia
Africa
Latin America
Mexico
Pakistan
Canada
Prairies
Giant Canada Goose May Thrive Again
The Lands and Forests Department backs a recovery program for Giant Canada Geese once thought extinct. In Lake Huron nesting grounds, man-made floating platforms protect brood production from predators and rising lake levels, aiming to boost a small population.
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Lands and Forests Department
Canada
Lake Huron
Foghorn idea for Saskatoon mother
A Saskatoon woman, keeping anonymity, proposes a personal foghorn to summon her family instead of shouting. After trying a portable device on a visit to the Atlantic coast last summer, she bought a foghorn to save her lungs, though it caused embarrassment at home as the kids protested and teased her for using it.
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Saskatoon
Prairie City
Atlantic Coast
New Break on Rents for Public Housing Reform
In Parliament, housing minister Robert Andras announced a revised rent scale for public housing to reduce tenant rent burdens. The plan lowers the maximum rent share to 25 percent and the bottom-income minimum to 14.4 percent, offers $2 monthly reductions per child beyond the first two for large families, raises the $900 offset before income counts, and allows biennial income declarations with potential downward adjustments. Provinces back the scheme, while Ottawa pledges 27 500 units in 1969 and 35 000 in 1970 through the Central Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Commons
Robert Andras
Andras
Lincoln Alexander Hamilton West
NDP
John Gilbert
Toronto Broadview
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
Manitoba Attorney General faces conflict of interest accusations
Manitoba Attorney General Mackling is accused in the legislature of potential conflict of interest between his Liquor Commission duties and board roles at Gondola Incomparable of Canada Ltd and Gondola Pizza Ltd. Mackling claimed he had tendered or may not be listed as a shareholder and director. Shakey's Pizza Parlor liquor license renewal was not granted due to unmet specifications including broader food variety and table service changes.
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Mackling
Manitoba
Manitoba Liquor Commission
Harry Enns
Lakeside
Shakey’s Pizza Parlor
Enns
Gondola Incomparable of Canada Ltd
Gondola Pizza Ltd
Winnipeg
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Eady Named Special Assistant to Manitoba Premier Schreyer
Francis K. Eady former director of the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs is named special assistant to Premier Ed Schreyer. He will take over the office left vacant by Doug Row, Selkirk byelection winner. Eady age 46 is executive assistant to the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
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Francis K. Eady
Canadian Institute of Public Affairs
Manitoba
Ed Schreyer
Eady
Doug Rowand
Selkirk
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Wawanesa Faces Government Auto Insurance Plan
Residents of Wawanesa Manitoba fear a government compulsory auto insurance system, with no fault coverage and deductibles, will hurt the town economy led by Wawanesa Insurance Company. Mayor H W Lawrence calls the plan bleak while others see potential long term effects and possible resilience. Local figures consider private firms may only take crumbs if they get business, and a Save the Village group plans another meeting on action.
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Wawanesa
Man
Wawanesa Ins | Co
Saler Entare
Manitoba Company
H. W. Lawrence
Hugh Wilton
24 Ton Jade Block on Show at Expo 70 BC Pavilion
A 24 ton jade block described as the heaviest jade stone in the world valued at 1 500 000 dollars went on display last week at the British Columbia Pavilion at Expo 70. Legend says touching it brings happiness but the move to Expo failed to help workers as a Pacific crossing storm broke the freighter Hi King and damaged cargo. The stone snapped the lifting cable and damaged the pavement. It remains on display in front of the B C Pavilion.
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British Columbia
Ogden
Expo
Pacific
Hi King
B.C. Pavilion
Voss Resigns to Lead Toronto Zoological Park
Dr. Voss, long associated with Winnipeg’s Myer in Ave, resigns to accept an appointment as director of the proposed Toronto Zoological Park. He will oversee a $20 million project planned for a 1000 acre site on the eastern edge of Metropolitan Toronto after earlier leading Assiniboine Park’s zoo and a seven year tenure at Krefeld, Germany.
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Myer
Winnipeg
Toronto Zoological Park
Dr. Voss
Toronto
Assiniboine Park
Voss
Krefeld
Germany
A Tribute To CE Cole Poem by G N McLeod
A reflective poem by G N McLeod from the National Film Board honors CE Cole. It ponders life span, death, and the lasting inheritance of influence and memory beyond physical presence. The piece raises questions about how many lives endure in hearts and through the values passed on.
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MacGregor
United States
Schreyer
Cost of
Lawrence
CE Cole
G. N. McLeod
National Film Board
McLaren
Rupert
Jesus Christ
Metropolitan Opera
Lord Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus
Jerome Hines
Jim Webb
Brandon
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