Farmer challenges Manitoba land expropriation for provincial park
A Manitoba man, Gunnlaugur Benson, owner of 158 acres on Hecla Island, fights a government offer of 1170 for his land slated for a provincial park. He values land higher and plans to stay, noting his livelihood from fishing, cattle grazing, trapping, and wood cutting. The case pits man against the state with an uncertain outcome.
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Manitoba
Gunnlaugur Benson
Hecla Island
Lake Winnipeg
Benson
Women at Work in Ontario Labor Stats Highlight Shifts
Ontario Department of Labor figures show growing female participation across fields from elementary teaching to librarians, nurses, engineers, and lawyers. Women constitute the majority in education and hold notable shares in medicine, law, and journalism, though many roles remain male dominated.
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Ontario
Risky Journey of Migrating Birds Across America
National Geographic notes migratory hazards for birds. Robins feed on fallen fruit in Florida refuges and become intoxicated, while night fliers collide with lit towers, lighthouses, and the Empire State Building which reduces lights but still sees many deaths. Towers, airports, and storms cause massive casualties, including Louisiana State University campus wreckage and a Minnesota snowstorm.
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National Geographic Society
Florida Wildlife
Empire State Building
Louisiana State University
Minnesota
Florida
Saskatchewan Retail Merchants Seek Clamp on 24-Hour Shops
The Saskatchewan Retail Merchants Association urged the government to curb extended hours, arguing only large chains gain from 24 seven operation while smaller stores face closure. Currently urban retailers may stay open one night weekly, with some petitioning for around-the-clock hours. Since 1946, outlets fell from 13,300 to 6,080 by 1970, including 1,220 rural closures.
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Saskatchewan Retail Merchants Association
Saskatchewan
Equalization reform urged by Manitoba and Saskatchewan leaders
Premier Allan Blakeney and Manitoba Treasurer Saul Cherniak pressed Ottawa to adopt a new five year equalization formula extending 1972 1977 with potential revisions as evidence mounts. They urged including municipal revenues and provincial automobile licence income in the national average, and linked stabilization grants to current economic activity while proposing a regional stabilization fund and Bank of Canada finance support.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Saul Cherniak
Ottawa
Blakeney
Cherniak
Yar
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Bank of Canada
Beards Fuel Winnipeg Kitchen Controversy Over ByLaw
Head Chef Bruno Kuhl notes a ban on beards in Winnipeg restaurants threatens culinary tradition. He cites 21 years in the city and German training arguing a small beard signals skill, while council pushes clean shaving and hair coverings for sanitary standards.
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Bruno Kuhl
Winnipeg
Kuhl
Fort Garry
Germany
Pgs
Manitoba Eyes Drug Park At Selkirk Region
Manitoba plans a pharmaceutical industrial park north of Winnipeg in Selkirk to manufacture antibiotics diagnostics and prescription drugs. Noco Drugs of Toronto is buying the Futronics building in receivership and negotiations with six to eight national firms aim to set up plants locally to serve western and national markets. A provincial study on drug purchasing and price lowering is not finished and a law to allow generic substitution by physicians may be considered.
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Manitoba
Howard Pawley
Selkirk
Winnipeg
Mr. Pawley
Noco Drugs Ltd
Futronicste
Manitoba Development Corp
Pawley
Reg
Western
Noto Drugs
Possession or Profession of Faith Examined
The passage describes a boy named Samuel aged about eight whose sister, sixteen, becomes a believer and dies about a year later. She rejoices in the Lord and desires to see Him who bore sins. Samuel wonders at her happiness in death and asserts he is saved, though the text emphasizes salvation is a matter of possession, not profession.
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God
Christ
Samuel
Mali
Jim Webb
Prandon
Manitoba
MacGregor to sell lands for arrears of taxes notice
Village of MacGregor Manitoba issues a tax sale notice dated November 3 1971 detailing parcels with arrears and costs. If unpaid by December 15 1971 at 10 80 am the lands will be sold at public auction with the council intending to be the tax purchaser.
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MacGregor
Manitoba
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China
France
Council
Civic Health Committee
Galleos
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
Samuel Hamilton
Nngialts
Hell
Jesus Christ
A. M. Kay
Macgregor Herald
Atu
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