Worthy Suggestion: Move Crown Bodies West to Unite Canada
A Toronto paper reports cabinet considers relocating crown corporations and federal agencies from Ottawa to western Canada. Proposals include minting in Manitoba, Air Canada to Winnipeg, and CNR leadership to Thunder Bay. Such shifts could smooth east west tensions and spur private sector moves, renewing Western Canada’s sense of viability.
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Toronto
Federal
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
Air Canada
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Thunder Bay
Dividend from a heart transplant for Blaiberg
South African dentist Blaiberg gained a life extension of about a year and seven months after a heart transplant. He enjoyed sunrise and nature, resumed sports, and valued family more, describing the operation as a wonderful medical dividend despite eventual heart failure. Doctor Christiaan Barnard pioneered the procedure.
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Ip. Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Western Practices Blend Well with the Orient
Two young Japanese ambassadors Dr. Yoshimoto Wanabe and Masataka Salo tour Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan on a goodwill mission sponsored by the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa. They promote Japan as a modern industrial nation, describe blending western and Japanese culture, preview Expo 70 in Osaka, and urge Canadians to visit Osaka for the World Fair.
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Japan
Canada
Yoshimoto Wanabe
Masataka Salo
Japaan
Ottawa
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wanibe
Osaka
Tokyo
Saito
Potato Growers Get Help From Provincial Aid Program
Agriculture Minister Sam Uskiw told the Manitoba Legislature the province will pay up to 1400 for losses above 30 percent of potato crops in 1968 69. Registered potato growers get 40 per acre to cover seed and fertilizer costs due to wet field conditions. He noted potatoes are not covered by the crop insurance program and no immediate aid was planned for other market garden crops.
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Sam Uskiw
Manitoba
Uskiw
Mantoba Vegetable Marketing Commission
Douglas Watt
PC — Arthur
Askiw
Consecative Administration
United Church Moderator Praises High School Students
Dr. Robert McClure, moderator of the United Church of Canada, told the Ontario Secondary School Headmasters' Council summer conference that high school students are the most aware and outgoing in Canada while university students seem “umblical gazers.” He urged cultivating tolerance during secondary education and suggested teaching ethics and religions of other cultures instead of religious instruction in schools.
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United Church of Canada
Canada
Robert McClure
Ontario Secondary School
McClure
United Church
Non-Confidence Vote Fails in Manitoba Legislature
The Manitoba Legislature rejected a non-confidence motion against the NDP government by 92 to 22 after Premier Ed Schreyer defended plans including 40 review transactions of the Manitoba Development Fund. Schreyer announced an advisory board to review the fund’s documents amid criticism. The Pas project with Churchill Forest Industries was cited as a major northern expansion.
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Manitoba
New Democratic Party
Ed Schreyer
Manitoba Development Fund
Schreyer
NDP
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Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
Dad
Macleods
MacGregor Macleods
Macgregor Herald
MacGi Herald
Oregor
United States
Austad
Austin
A Mass Choir
Larry Thiessen
Marvin
Liberals
Jake Froese
Schineland
Larry Desjardins
St. Boniface
Gordon Beard
Churchill
Walter Weir
TEE Kays
Snaith
Macgregor
Ekthers Schm
Manitoba Highways
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