Amtrak May Buy Canadian Supertrain LCR, Critics Claim
Parliament Hill debate centers on the LCR light rapid comfortable train, a Bomadier MLW Alcan Dofasco project, and the decline of Canadian passenger service amid government bias toward air travel. CN and CP face aging fleets, funding gaps, and calls to preserve rail mobility despite political pushbacks.
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United States Public Railway Corporation
Amtrak
LCR
Bomadier- Mlw
Montreal
Alcan
Toronto
Dofasco
Hamilton
Canada
Britain
Ministry of Transport
Canadian Railways
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Transport Commission
Canadian National
National Transportation Act
Transport Ministry
Prairies
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Provinces
Ottawa
Air Canada
Treasury Board
Airtransit
de Havilland
The Rockies and Russell Book Review and Witchcraft Shop Closure
A Canadian Rockies book by naturalist Andy Russell is praised for its 120 color photographs and conservation message. In Luton's town note, a witchcraft shop run by Pernie Ratcliffe is prayed against and reportedly closes, while Ratcliffe finds a new Whitby shop after three years.
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Rockies
Andy Russell
Mountains
Russell
Luton
England
Pernie Ratcliffe
David Rudall
Baptist Bible Study Group
Rudall
Ratcliffe
Whitby
Province reports 30 000 safety tested vehicles in 1975 program
Highway minister Peter Burtniak announced a total of 90 618 motor vehicles were safety checked by mobile stations in 1975. Initial failure stood just under 68 percent with about 27 percent approved and four percent hazardous. Main faults were lights, exhaust leaks, brake hoses, and worn ball joints. The program ran May to early November across Winnipeg and many communities including Morden, Brandon, Dauphin, Portage la Prairie, and Arborg.
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Peter Burtniak
Canadian Forces
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Morden
Souris
Brandon
Flin Flon
Swan River
Dauphin
Minnedosa
Neepawa
Morris
Arborg
Dry spell worries Saskatchewan farmers in southwest
Regina reports warm weather bypassing snow cover in Maple Creek region. Agriculture rep Wes Kehler warns melted snow reduces spring moisture and risks sudden frost threatening fall seeds. Fields were seeded last fall and water shortages loom as dugouts fail to fill.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Wes Kehler
Maple Creek
Kehler
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Parliament Hill
Brazil
Chris) Christianson
Notary Hampton
MacGi
HA. Lyesot
Riding Mountain National Park
Evans
Brandon University
Red ‘Oak Inn
Allied Arts Centre
Alliea ‘Arts Centre
Art Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Prairie Region Parks Canada
Parks Canada
Groundhog Daze
G. W. Groundhog
G.W
High Country
Russel
Hurting Publishers
S.W. Sask
Gladstone Airport
BraPrize
A. M. Briggs Ltd
Manitoba
Butler
Thomas Potato Equipment
Lockwood Super
Thomas
Harvester
Thomas Windrower
Butler Grainaries
IHC
Briggs Enterprises Ltd
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