Land Banking Not Answer Says Steen
Robert Steen, president of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities, says land banking won’t lower housing prices and may even raise land costs. He favors some government role but against excluding private firms, proposing buying land to develop and funding services. He endorses higher taxes on vacant lots to spur building or selling. Albert Chapman of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities supports some land banking but defends free enterprise and urges tackling high farm land tax assessments near growing cities.
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Robert Steen
Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities
Steen
Sam Askin
Winnipeg
Mines
Sidney Green
Albert Chapman
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Canada
Chapman Reeve
Daly
Manitoba Hydro Sells Surplus Power to Ontario
Manitoba Hydro signs an agreement to sell at least 47 million dollars of surplus power from the Long Spruce generating station to Ontario Hydro. The pact covers 500000 kilowatts from 1978 through 1982, with the plant expected online in 1977 and a capacity of about one million kilowatts.
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Manitoba Hydro
Ontario Hydro
Long Spruce
Winnipeg
Nelson
Ontario
Long ‘Spruce
Dutch farmer plans tidal flats vegetable farm near Pender Harbour
Frank Roosen and his family convert 22.5 acres on Sechelt Peninsula into a vegetable farm by constructing dikes to reclaim tidal flats. A five foot high, half mile long main dike will be built, with a 11,000 square foot greenhouse from Holland to grow tomatoes. Roosen expects 10 tons of tomatoes this fall and more next year after central heating is installed. The project mirrors Dutch tidal reclamation methods with soil rich in nutrients and minimal salt.
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Holland
Frank Roosen
Pender Harbour
B.C
Vancouver
Roosen
Joanne
Canada
Pender Harbor
You Have a Date honour for Darlene Blundell event
A date honour for Darlene Blundell will be held Monday August 5 at 8 00 pm in MacGregor United Church Hall. Darlene plans to take up hairdressing soon. Everyone welcome to attend. Contributions to a gift for Darlene Blundell and Les Ducharme may be left at Co op Lo cost Drugs or Marrs in MacGregor.
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Darlene Blundell
MacGregor United Church
Darlene
Les Ducharme
Locost Drugs
Marr's
MacGregor
Manitobans angered by meeting on Lake Metigoshe project
Manitobans protested a Garrison North Dakota meeting over the Garrison diversion, saying questions were cut off and their freedom of expression denied. Manitoba Environmental Council officials and local U.S. officials discussed project timing, canal completion, and cross border water management amid calls for a Manitoba North Dakota advisory board to the International Joint Commission.
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Manitoba
Lake Metigoshe
N.D
North Dakota
Onno Kremers
Provincial Environmental Council
Roy Holand
la Moure
Metigoshe
Garrison Conservancy District
Kremers
Iowna
William Guy
Holand
Canada
J. J. Keleher
Manitoba Environmental Council
Guy
Manitoba-North Dakota
International Joint Commission
Dorothy
Snake ‘Creek
Lake Sakakaware
Lake Audubon Wildlife Refuge
Oakes
Jamestown
Lewis To Lead NDP One More Year Without Commons Seat
David Lewis said he will remain NDP leader until next year but does not plan to run for a Commons seat. He favors a younger leader, will not seek a byelection, and may pass the leadership to a temporary figure like TC Douglas if needed. The July 8 election reduced NDP MPs to 16. leadership plans center on the next convention in July 1975.
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David Lewis
New Democratic Party
Commons
Mr. Lewis
Toronto
York South
Lewis
Douglas
NDP
Travel Industry on the Increase in British Columbia
Provincial officials predict BC travel industry will grow significantly by 1980 with 25,000 full time jobs and 150 million in payroll. The Investment Potential report forecasts 20,000 new accommodation units and expansion of hotels and motels, as US tourists remain the largest share and Japanese visitors rise. Eight tourist regions are outlined for focused investment.
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British Columbia
Department of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce
B.C
United States
U.S
Ghost Ships Puzzle Huntsville Radar Experts
Experts at a missile base near Huntsville Alabama report puzzling radar findings from last year’s Pacific tracking exercise. A 10 by 40 foot inverted saucer shaped object appeared near the ICBM nose cone at 400000 feet, vanishing after crossing the trajectory.
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Huntsville
Ala
Pacific
Dallas van Hoose
Army
Ballistic Missile Defence
Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Command
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Island
United States
Air Force
Vandenburg Air Force Base
Kwajalein
Navy
Pacific Test Site
Meck Islands
Aund
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Roosens
Oyster Bay Flats
Macgregor Herald
Member
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association ‘Akien McGregor Rc
Garrison
Symen
McClusky Canal
R. E. Dorothy
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Senate
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Tve
Andy Hogan
Victor
Cape Breton-East
Richmond
Ed Broadbent
Oshawa Whitby
Max Saltsman
Waterloo Cambridge
Donald MacDonald
Clifford Scotton
Travel Industry
Attention Children Vacation Bible School
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