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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
2
A discussion on community as the arena for individual life, growth, and social betterment. It defines community as a group united by shared loves, with leaders, standards, and collaborative action, and highlights the need to address housing, lighting, schools, and health while promoting harmony and shared aspirations. It emphasizes cooperation, resource use, and the joy of belonging.
Despite steady overall unemployment, local officials report a 39 percent year over year rise in student jobs. Through June to August, 104000 students were placed, including 55000 post secondary and 48000 high school students, boosted by new federal jobs at military installations and public works.
The Consumer Price Index rose to 130.3 in October from 130.2 in September, remaining steady for the third straight month. Inflation ran higher early in the year with food prices falling while housing costs surged, rents rose modestly, and health and personal care costs climbed, keeping the index about 5 percent above October 1969.
Brandon entrepreneur Glen Lawson proposes a $1.5 million plan to roof four blocks of downtown, adding a parking ramp and heating system to create a climate controlled mall. The project aims to stop retail leakage to Winnipeg and Minot and could use 20 year debentures funded by downtown merchants.
Canada’s October jobless total rose to 419,900 from 398,000, while employed persons increased to 7,988,000, lowering the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 6.6 percent. The rise in jobs exceeded normal seasonal declines in farming, offsetting construction and forestry losses, with regional jobless totals showing Atlantic 34,000, Quebec 159,000, Ontario 108,000, Prairies 49,000, British Columbia 69,000.
Manitoba Premier Schreyer cautions that crude economic growth exacts ecological costs. He cites pollution of Lake Winnipeg, urban sprawl, and resource strain, arguing against unplanned expansion while stressing need for higher living standards without worsening damage. He rejects population halts as extreme but aligns with curbing rapid growth.
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