Saskatchewan Ministers Travel a World Tour for Cabinet Duties
A Saskatchewan legislative release lists cabinet ministers traveling widely from March 1972 to January 1973. Industry Minister Kim Thorson logged nine Canadian trips, three abroad. Environment Minister Neil Byers had nine Canadian trips and two foreign ones. Agriculture Minister Jack Messer eight trips within Canada. Premier Allan Blakeney traveled six Canadian trips and two foreign ones, with a record single trip expense of $1,102.01 for London and European visits plus $488 travel costs. The premier’s trip, May 19 to June 21, included meetings with German and French potash producers and uranium interests amid a listed holiday period. Other trips included Churchill, Manitoba, for Prairie Economic Council, and Halifax.
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Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
Geneva
Stockholm
Peking
Cape Kennedy
London
Helsinki
Allan Guy
L—Athabasca
Neil Byers
Agriculture
Jack Messer
Allan Blakeney
Canada
Churchill, Man
Prairie Economic Council
Halifax
Vet Makes Like Santa in Edmonton Cat Rescue Tale
A Canadian family faced a Christmas miracle when their cat Cher swallowed string and required costly surgery. Unable to pay, Linda Grettum offered five dollars. the vet later waived fees as a Christmas gesture, reuniting Jason Grettum with Cher on his birthday.
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Santa Claus
Jason Grettum
Edmonton
Cher
Grettum
Animal Hospital
Linda Grettum
Jason
Lethbridge Debates Salt Free Winter Driving
Lethbridge council discussed a salt free driving plan for next winter after Vera Ferguson failed to gain support this week. The engineering report favored salt use citing safety, reduced skidding, emergency mobility, and cost savings, while noting corrosion and environmental concerns. Alds Kotch Anderson Barnes cited windscreen spray and home carpet damage as negatives, with residents opposing salt usage.
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Ald
Vera Ferguson
Engineering
Vaughn Hembroff
Steve Kotch
Kotch
Andy Anderson
Pension Cheque Mixup Triggers Laughing Bank Plan
Eva Henderson of Cornwall Ontario received a $107,996.89 pension cheque instead of $170 this month. She plans to visit the bank manager to swap it for the correct amount, joking that only a computer error caused the mix up. The note also mentions the National Ballet of Canada scheduling 12 Nutcracker performances at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre this December.
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Eva Henderson
National Ballet of Canada
Toronto
O'Keefe
Yuletide
Canadian Inventors Struggle for Venture Capital Support
A Toronto analyst reports scarce Canadian venture capital for new ideas, citing a 3 percent funding rate from 12 firms and government grant delays. Dr. Graham, developing a high efficiency rotary engine, has spent 14000 on research with two patents but lacks capital for a working model. He notes many inventors leave Canada for funding or sell rights abroad amid bureaucratic hurdles.
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Graham
Canada
Robert Grasley
Toronto
Ministry of State For Science and Technology
Grasley
James — Guillet
University of Toronto
Guillet
Patent Office
Manitoba Conservatives Back Spivak Unity At Provincial Convention
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives endorsed Sidney Spivak as leader and pledged unity to rebuild party prospects ahead of expected federal and provincial contests. Convention delegates emphasized early campaigns, grassroots organizing, and norther nurban support while opposing renewed film censorship and a Winnipeg civic slate.
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Manitoba
Progressive Conservatives
Sidney Spivak
Spivak
Teager
Harry Ennie
Itawa
Quebec
Claude
NDP
Trudeau
Winnipeg
Conservatives
Graeme Haig
New Democrats
May Be Integrated OFY and LLP Grants
Secretary of State Hugh Faulkner said the federal government may integrate Opportunities for Youth and the Local Initiative Program grants. He defended OFY as successful, noting about 95 percent benefited youths and communities, and suggested continuing in combination with LLP while rebuking critics over a five percent failure rate.
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Hugh Faulkner
Faulkner
OF Y
OFY
You Have a Date Sprucedale Pot Luck Dinner at Austin Festival
Sprucedale will organize a pot-luck supper for Austin Christmas Festival on December 14. People may drop off dishes at Sprucedale for heating and dinner runs from 5 to 7 p.m. A collection pot will be available. For curling, contact Helen Borton at 386-2271 by December 31 to join MacGregor Ladies Curling Club Schedule after Christmas.
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Sprucedale
Austin
MacGregor Ladies Curling
Dease
Helen Borton
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United Steelworkers of America
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Gov't of Saskatchewan
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Estevan Teachers’ Assoc
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Cornwall. Ont
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United States
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
Allen McGregor
Dr. Granam
Industry Department
Program For
Senate Committee On Science Policy
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Senate Committee
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McMaster Funeral Home
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