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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1970
Page
2
A Ontario Traffic Safety workshop examined impaired driving and the .08 breathalyzer. Experts expect a significant fall in traffic deaths from drunken driving, though not an immediate 15 percent drop. In 1968 forty four point six percent of drivers killed were drunk. Ontario relies on breathalyzer to deter and reduce fatalities and injuries on highways.
National Geographic Society notes federal backing to create Klondike Gold Rush International Park spanning British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. The park will protect the Chilkoot and White Pass trails famed for mule laden climbs toward the gold fields, reflecting a growing national interest in history.
The Manitoba NDP government opened its first full session with a Throne Speech focusing on social and economic reform. It forecasts broad legislation including civil liberties, social assistance control, education funding, northern development, and law reform while avoiding major tax changes.
Government to spend over 200 million dollars by 1972 to aid 22 special areas in eight provinces for services and utilities. Jean Marchand announced in Commons, outlining provincial agreements and five year plans after June 30, 1972. Newfoundland critics, Saskatchewan concerns about planning and industry slowdown appear in the debate.
Roy Daniels of the Indian Brotherhood told Jean Chretien that federal plans for a Great Slave Lake region park threaten native hunting and trapping rights. He urged halting park planning in crown lands under two treaties and warned assurances from the government may not bind future administrations amid mining stake activity in nickel and uranium areas.
Canada plans to curb consumer spending with new credit rules on purchases over 100 dollars. Finance Minister Edgar Benson said the bill, to be drafted in six to eight weeks, requires 20 percent down and up to 24 months to pay, 30 for cars, with exemptions for existing loans and certain purchases. The measure targets durable goods and services like travel, aiming for a modest overall impact.
The Manitoba government launches a study led by Rev. Clement Cormier to assess creating a French teacher training college serving the prairie provinces and British Columbia. The review, aimed at implementing a royal commission recommendation, should wrap by March end.
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