European wage rise won’t fix Canada’s high cost problem
Toronto Star editor warns against overreliance on rising European labor costs to narrow Canada’s competitive gap. While European wages appear to grow faster in percentage terms, the actual impact on global prices favors Canada’s lower folding money costs. Europe’s gains may not last, and Canada must address own production costs.
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Canada
Europe
Jack McArthur
The
Toronto Star
Mr. McArthur
U.S
Court cautions on blood alcohol tests and magistrate duties
Dr Rabinovitch warned Western Ontario graduates that blood or breathalyzer readings alone do not prove intoxication. He urged courts to require corroborating evidence and noted defendants have rights not to take tests. Safeguards against test malfunctions and misinterpretation were stressed to prevent miscarriages of justice.
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M. Rabinovitch
Montreal
General-McGill University Institute of Cell Metabolism
University of Western Ontario
Dr. Rabinovitch
High Pressure Laws and Election Talk in Ottawa
Ottawa observers expect a barrage of economic and tax measures before a general election. MPs act as if campaigns are already on, favoring a Speech from the Throne with new plans and crowd-pleasing old ideas. A revived Made in Canada tariff, broader double depreciation for underemployed regions, and Bil C-70 for foreign firms may reappear.
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Ottawa
Clive Baxter
Financial Post
Canada
Senate
Brandon's Homecraft and Family Living Weeks Offer Courses
The Brandon Short Courses run February 26 to March 2 and March 12 to 16, organized by the Department of Education with the Department of Agriculture. Workshops cover mosaics, basketry, upholstery, drapery, textiles, makeup, hair, interior finishings, lighting, and horticulture with a $1 daily tuition and $10 weekly room and board at the Agricultural Extension Centre.
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Brandon
Department of Education
Department of Articulture
Agricultural Extension Centre
Right Eating Keeps You Swinging for Teens
A breezy health pamphlet explains teen nutrition focusing on GO GLOW GROW. It outlines proteins for growth and repair, carbohydrates for energy, fats for staying power, and minerals and vitamins from bran milk liver. It urges balanced rest exercise and diet for better skin teeth bones and mood.
Antibiotic For Plants Could Aid Sickly Crops
British scientists report venturicidin as a potential agricultural spray after screening 8000 soil samples. The anti-fungal agent, not an antibiotic for animals, appears to stop apple scab mildew and other plant diseases while posing no animal harm.
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Nature Magazine
North Norfolk reminiscences trace early schools mills and churches
The article recounts the early settlement of North Norfolk, noting the 1882 opening of Beaver and MacGregor schools, the growth of churches including Presbyterian and Anglican buildings, and the rise and destruction of several grist mills. It mentions a 1910 union of MacGregor and Beaver Presbyterians and Methodists, and tracks later creamery developments and agricultural society gaps.
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Arizona
Williams
Norths
Edkins
Beaver
MacGregor
Austin
Sidney
A. Struthers
J. L. Gould
Rosehill
Emmeline
Springbrook
Norfolk
MacGregor and Beaver
Alex Edgar
George Rogers
Woodstock
Ont
David Hird
Ontario
John Barleycorn
Rogers Bros
Walter Clifford
Gilroy
W. H. Glover
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Homemakers
BY Feggy Hood
United States Weather Bureau
Science At Work
Harvard
Robert Barth
North Norfolk
Cairns
William Cairns
Herald
Agricultural Society
Trimbie-Rains Funeral Chapel
eKillop’s Ltd
Portage LA Prairie
Manitoba
the Dangerfield
Winkipes, Mak
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