Ontario Farmers Feared Drought Hits Crops and Milk
Southern Ontario faces a rain deficit with only 0.44 inches recorded at Toronto Airport raising fears of field crop shortages and higher prices. Dairy producers warn pastures are drying, potentially triggering shortages of industrial milk and cheese, while droughts threaten Holland Marsh flows.
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Ontario
Toronto International
Ralph Barrie
Balderson
Ottawa
D.H. Miles
Ministry of Agriculture Food Farm Management Division
Holland Marsh
Toronto
Holland River
D. N. McMullen
Ministry of Natural Resources
Saskatchewan Eases Farm Machinery Permit Rules
The highways department announced that from August first, permits for moving self propelled or towed farm machinery on highways with light traffic will be removed if the machinery does not cross the centre line. Special permits remain required for machinery wider than eight and a half feet or when transported by truck.
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Saskatchewan
Highways Department
Outdoor therapy for mentally ill at Alberta wilderness camp
Gene Cummings of Seattle leads a workshop for Alberta recreation directors and therapists at Entrance Provincial Park 170 miles west of Edmonton. He describes outdoor therapy as reducing stigma and teaching patients to seek alternative solutions, cope with problems, and improvise to survive in the wilderness.
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Gene Cummings
Seattle
Washington State
Alberta
Entrance Provincial Park
Edmonton
Cummings
Therapuetic Recreation Association of
Mr. Cummings
Peeking can be Dangerous in French Riviera
An 18 year old man is seriously wounded by a rifle shot after peeking at a topless Riviera housewife picking apricots. A separate beach fracas ends with pistol fire and police detentions involving Michelle Osselant and others.
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France
Riviera
Michelle Osselant
Porto-Vecchio
Laurent Minighett
Minighetti
Osselants
Osselant
Ottawa Communal Quest at Western Opportunities Conference
Prime Minister Trudeau and cabinet ministers outlined more western spending and tariff plans to aid mineral resources and transport. Premiers Allan Blakeney Peter Lougheed Ed Schreyer and Dave Barrett offered mixed reactions citing patchwork programs. Federal moves included new business schools international centre at UBC and plans for an Industrial Mineral Centre in Saskatchewan with increased federal purchasing and decentralization to spur western exports.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Allan Blakeney
Saskatchewan
University of British Columbia
Alberta
University of Manitoba
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Defence
James Richardson
NDP Examines Price and Wage Controls at Convention
The NDP faces debates over price and wage controls as it convenes its biannual gathering in Vancouver. Delegates weigh the policy stance supporting the Liberal minority government while divisions loom on cautious treatment of the issue and a resolutions committee reviews a related statement. Burnaby service stations cut prices by dropping windshield wash and tire checks, claiming a 10 cent per gallon saving. Alberta premier discusses tariffs and energy leverage with Mr Turner.
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B.C
Resolutions Committee
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Herb Gray
National Research Council
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East Drug Bldg
Lois Fotheringham
MacGregor
Portage Golf Club
Mavis Rabkin
Portage Ladies Golf Club
Jean Darbey
Mary Cuthbert
Grace Hamlin
Lil Russell
MacGregor Herald
Macgregor, Manitoba
Manitoba
John Turner
Lougheed
NDP
Vancouver
Burnaby
Bill Ablitt
Gasoline Alley
John Vander Woude
Gastown
Turner
Maxwell Studios
Hill Price
Money Back Guarante
Hill’s Drug Stores
Your Rexall
A.R.P
Portage
Jo-Ann
Fred
Josie Gunnlaugson
Virden
Fred and
Josie
Gulf
No. 1 Highway
Russ
Taz, Jo-Dean and
Justyn McCabe
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