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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 1974
Page
2
Manitoba government proposes to strike color restrictions on margarine from the 13 year old act and allow diet margarine. The bill would remove color prohibitions and adjust fat content rules to permit various margarine colors and products.
Mayor Tom Farrell of Thompson Manitoba says the city will appeal a welfare advisory committee decision ordering continued assistance for a Thompson resident. The man, married with three children, was relocated from Elliot Lake Ontario last year by Canada Manpower and had 18 job offers. The city alleges he worked only three days at International Nickel Co. and that he accepted and quit several jobs, while pursuing extra funds through a sham separation with his wife. The committee acknowledged the man’s complicity but held the city must ensure his dependents’ basic needs are met. Farrell said the appeal will argue the recipient must accept reasonable employment under policy.
Natural Resources Minister John Kowalchuk announced a program granting up to 500 to Saskatchewan organizations including sportsmen groups and 4H clubs to protect wildlife battered by sub-zero cold, heavy snow, and drifted roads. The plan considers crown land shooting areas and tax credits for landowners preserving habitat, with talks of designated wildlife habitat zones such as Maple Creek sand hills.
Uskiw accuses Manitoba opposition of using a big life approach to voters in 1973 provincial campaign. He claims Conservatives and Liberals ran fraudulent campaigns and would fail without honesty. He cites land lease policy attacks and alleges Liberals misrepresented timing and Liberal Izzy Asper involvement. Spivak is said to have implied the plan was new, though details were already tabled in the Legislature.
A loose archival piece traces Winnipeg history from its 1873 incorporation debates and early labor unrest to 20th century growth. It notes immigration patterns, diverse ethnic press, cultural institutions, and historic civic projects including sewers and municipal celebrations.
The Milk Control Board of Manitoba warns of a critical dairy product shortage unless farmers obtain higher returns. Fluid milk output rose 5.8 percent to 248.5 million pounds, but costs and labor limits hindered production. The first annual report to the Legislature cites price increases in 1972-73, rising feed and herd replacement costs, harvest conditions, and cattle dynamics as factors. Revenues climbed 18.2 percent to 168 million, with a higher average price per hundredweight, while quotas and market share concerns loom for interprovincial and international trade.
Neepawa festival runs April 16 to 27 featuring choral vocal school choir pianoforte violin guitar ensembles brass woodwind solos rock folk groups recorders piano accordion band spoken poetry speech, drama square and folk dancing and original film. New events include story telling original poetry and an poetry display. Adjudicators include Frances Wickberg Winnipeg Freda Danielson Winnipeg Jane Evans University of Manitoba Merton Utgaard Bottineau North Dakota. Syllabus available from Mrs. David Bennett. Closing entries March 1.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce urged rapid adoption of a long term energy policy and supported building an Arctic gas pipeline and extending an oil line to Eastern Canada. It urged timely setting of royalties and profits to stabilize the energy sector, warned against exporting bans, and noted prices should reflect long term levels while maintaining exports to the United States.
The agriculture department reclassified carbaryl, citing poor results against orchard aphids corn earworms and corn borers on several crops including alfalfa barley and wheat. Preharvest intervals tighten from one to fourteen days, blueber ries one day beet tops fourteen days.
Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce accuses authorities of favoring southern Alberta in library book allocations. A letter to Culture Minister Horst Schmid requests one of five Canadian book sets be sent to Grande Prairie, noting the department plans to allocate to Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
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