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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1974
Page
2
Gladstone MLA James Ferguson of the PC party warned in Canada’s Manitoba legislature that illegal hunting by Indians and jack lighting may have halved the province’s deer population. He urged stronger enforcement while noting Indians have special hunting rights under federal law.
Work progresses on the first of several contracts under the Canada Manitoba Agricultural Service Centres Agreement for Winkler Manitoba. The project funded by grants and loans totals about $200000 with CMHC and Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration involvement. The current contract by John P Enns Construction Ltd Altona includes sewer mains water mains manholes hydrants and related work valued at $72336 aims to improve central utilities in Winkler as a key agricultural centre.
In Naismith public school Almonte Ontario Grade 8 industrial arts boys and girl home economics students competed in a chocolate cake bake off using identical ingredients. A panel of three teachers judged texture appearance and taste with the boys narrowly winning.
Premier Ed Schreyer announced Manitoba, with Manitoba Saskatchewan and North Dakota, would monitor a 500 million irrigation project to limit water impact. A six monthly review set to address salinity increases in Souris River and potential effects on Manitoba waters with Canada and US officials coordinating to protect interests.
Bathurst Inlet Lodge a former Hudson Bay Co. post inside the Arctic Circle turns into a summer holiday site hosting a five day Arctic survival course. Glenn Warner and wife Trish operate the lodge opened in 1968 inviting territorial officials and flyers. the program includes psychological prep for survival and a mix of wildlife viewing with char, caribou tongue, seal liver meals. total cost for the survival course 995 and one week holiday 1085 including air from Yellowknife meals and lodging.
Vet Dr David Cartledge of the Edmonton Association of Small Animal Veterinarians urges careful dog buying. He says temperament matters most and purebreds often have better dispositions though individual dogs vary. He recommends shows for breed behavior, obedience classes, and humane rehoming via SPCA rather than destruction.
Raleigh Industries, part of Tube Investments, reported 26 million pounds overseas sales for 1973, up 14.5 percent from 1972. Traditional Nigeria demand stayed strong while US orders surged to 500,000 bicycles, Canada shipments over 165,000. Chairman Tom Barnsley aims for a 25 percent export rise in the current year if raw materials allow.
Mr. and Mrs. Lars Willumson of Okotoks Alberta host 100 to 150 Canada geese each spring. The birds, wild yet tame at times, gather as their young fly, then depart for northern Canada for summer. They return in fall but winter southward during cold spells. The flock began visiting in 1940 after the couple bought the land.
Justice Louis Deniset of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench ruled that doctors employed by the provincial government may transfer their affiliation from the Manitoba Government Employees Association to the Manitoba Medical Association. The decision states the provincial labor board was properly served in law when it ordered hearings for 65 doctors to determine this affiliation.
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation directors call in Attorney General Howard Pawley to probe land speculation allegations by staff. Announcement made in Legislature by Saul Miller. Asper urged broader conflict of interest review but scope limited to specific park land case in western Winnipeg.
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