Benson Promotes Free Housing Lending and NHA Reform
Treasury Board President Benson urges freeing the National Housing Act lending rate to attract funds for housing and supports abolishing NHA loan ceilings. Critics warn high interest rates and taxes hinder home ownership, urging subsidies for buyers and tax relief on building materials.
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Treasury Board
J. Benson
Benson
Genson
National House Builders Association
Western Liberal Conference
The Dirty Old CYC Month Critics In Canada
A column denounces the National Flail Away at the Company of Young Canadians Month. Alberta Premier E C Manning and Saskatchewan Premier Ross Thatcher lead the critique, with Manitoba Premier Walter Weir declining co chair duties. The piece questions why these leaders oppose CYC volunteers and urges public clarity on their actions and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nis
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Ross Thatcher
Saskatchewan
Walter Weir
Manitoba
CYC
Thatcher
Manning
Weir
A World With Little Work Foretold by Dr Preston
Dr Anthony Preston warned Canadian Club members that around 32 years hence only the elite would be working. Lennoxville Bishop University vice principal said by 2000 work would be a status symbol and non workers would get government allowances. He argued such a life of leisure would breed rebellion and discontent despite social efforts.
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Anthony Preston
Bishop University
Lennoxville
Quebec
Canada Unification of Armed Forces Triggers Somber Reactions
Across Canada soldiers and airmen mark the birth of a single service with wakes and private observances. Downsview holds a mock funeral for the three services while others see mixed feelings among veterans. Unification ceremonies vary by city as Gov Gen Michener receives the new insignia in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Toronto
Downsview
Vancouver
Jericho Beach
British Columbia
Atlantic Provinces
St. John’s
Nild
Derek Criteh
Old Colony
Confederation
Halifax
Tve
Ottawa
Roland Michener
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Navy
Air Force
Commox
B.C
Prince George
Mail Sharing Sparks Debate in Assiniboia Council
In Assiniboia Manitoba councillors now have mail opened and posted at the municipal clerk’s office after a council resolution. The practice applies to mayor and councillors’ municipal correspondence but not to mail to their homes or businesses. Councillor William Kay calls it an infringement of rights and a insult to the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Assiniboia
Les Jones
William Kay
Farmer Boycott of Machinery Hits Manitoba Sales
Winnipeg CP report notes a farmer boycott of farm machinery last year may have caused a 10.1 percent drop in Manitoba sales and 10.5 percent in Saskatchewan for 1967. William Whitmore, president of the Manitoba and Lakehead Farm Equipment Retail Dealers Association, urged restraint on proposed cost compensation schemes, saying litigation would spread to manufacturers and transporters. He praised dealers for offering service and blamed market conditions for the farmers cost squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
William Whitmore
Manitoba and Lakehead
Proparty
Association
Whitmore
Ken Singleton
Manitoba Farmers Union
Bridging the First Crossing and Totogan’s Lost Seaport
The piece recalls Saskatchewan Trail history at a bridge site once crossed by ox carts and wagons moving supplies 1200 miles to Edmonton and Rocky Mountain House. It notes a 1874 land office nearby and mentions Totogan as a vanished seaport tied to this spot along the Amaranth ridge and Lake Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Edmonton
Rocky Mountain House
Amaranthridge
Lake Manitoba
Totogan
First Manitoba sheriff tied to pemmican war
February 1 1814 at Fort Dear, John Spencer became the colony of Assiniboia’s first sheriff in a clash sparked by food shortages. The pemmican war pitted Hudson's Bay Company against the North West Company and Metis settlers, ending with Macdonell’s exile and the colony’s dispersal before eventual survival and growth.
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Fort Dear
Assiniboia
Manitoba
John Spen
Lord Selkink
Hudson’s Bay Company
North West Company
Lord Selkirk
Pembina
Buffalo
Macdonell
John Spencer
Canadian dollar strengthens on U S policy easing and rate hike
In Ottawa and Washington talks the U S treasury easing plus a one percent bank rate rise to seven percent buoy Canadian currency. Louis Rasmin sky of the Bank of Canada announced the rate hike and urged banks to curb cross border fund flows by foreign affiliates. Winnipeg finance minister Sharp welcomed the U S statement, noting funds moving from U S subsidiaries to parent firms but expected a reverse trend.
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Washington
U.S
Ottawa
Johnson
Canada
U.S. Treasury
Bank of Canada
Louis Rasmini ¢Sky
Rasminsky
Winnipeg
Sharp
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Liberal Policy Conference
Martin Cohes
Calgary
Cohes
The
Macgregor Herald
Imursaay
MacGregor
United States
Post Office Department
Audit Bureau OF
Allen McGregor
Britain
Chester Martin
Selkirk
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
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