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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1968
Page
5
The Liberal caucus debated expelling Ralph Cowan after his York Humber abstention against a three percent tax bill on personal and corporate income. Cowan said he would vote against the bill on principle, noting its clauses mirrored a previously defeated measure. Honky declined to confirm expulsion details after the meeting.
A Saskatoon committee formed Sunday to oppose utilization fees under the Saskatchewan hospital and medical care plans. Dr. Sam Wolfe said several doctors pledged 1,000 dollars to fight the new fees and about 150 dollars was donated by attendees, describing the move as an attack by the government and the College of Physicians and Surgeons on the medical care plan.
Canada produced more silver, lead, and zinc in 1967 than 1966, per the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Silver output was 37,206,023 troy ounces versus 82,824,514. refined lead totaled 190,279 tons vs 184,871. refined zinc output reached 396,136 tons compared with 382,612 the previous year.
Allan James Goodbrand a 41 year old from Hamilton Ontario pleaded guilty to armed robbery negligence in operating a vehicle and possession of a firearm dangerous to the public. The charges stem from a 25 dollar service station robbery February 6 at Ste Anne ten miles north of Steinbach and a police chase at speeds up to 120 miles an hour. He appeared in court Thursday in a community about 25 miles south of Winnipeg and faces sentencing next Thursday.
Broadview Saskatchewan reporter Mary Ann Lavallee addressed an Alberta native women's conference urging Indian women to reclaim identity and challenge stereotypes. She pressed on equal job opportunities, pay, divorce and abortion laws, and highlighted issues from school dropouts to infant mortality, arguing for voices beyond social aid and time to assess Royal Commission on the Status of Women impacts.
Health Minister MacEachen defends no cut in funds for Indians and Eskimos health and welfare. He acknowledges a possible rearrangement of services amid opposition questions and a departmental review. Walter Dinsdale raises concern over federal service cutbacks affecting Indians and Eskimos.
Governor General Roland Michener will visit Saskatchewan May 14 to 16. Premier Thatcher announced the trip and said Michener will receive an honorary degree from the Regina campus of the University of Saskatchewan during the visit.
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