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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1967
Page
4
Prime Minister Pearson informed Premier Thatcher of a proposed floor price of $1.95 a bushel on wheat if international prices drop sharply. The measure, seen as a subsidy, would cover the period until the new international wheat agreement is ratified next July.
Manitoba University horticulturist Louis Lenz advises homeowners to deep water trees and shrubs after leaf drop and before freeze up to prevent winterkill. Water should reach 12 to 18 inches below ground, with holes drilled 12 to 18 inches apart from trunk to crown edge to ensure root access and soil recharge.
Trade Minister Winters told the Commons the federal government will subsidize wheat sold by the Canadian Wheat Board below Geneva minimum prices, effective July 1 next year. He said subsidies will cover the difference from last August 1 to July 1, 1968, and do not expect heavy treasury impact as the market strengthens toward the Geneva range. The old five year wheat agreement expired last July 31.
The U C will hold its Fall Bazaar on Thursday November 9. The notice invites community members to attend and shop at the event.
No headway was made at a meeting between The Pas Indian reserve representatives and Churchill Industries about a sawmill on the reserve. A new meeting date will be announced. An Indian Affairs spokesman in Winnipeg said no formal land request has been made. The company plans a 100 million dollar development in The Pas area with timber rights on 40 000 square miles. Mayor Trager said the land initially eyed was annexed by the town and muskeg ruled it unsuitable. Churchill operates under Monaca AG, Technopulp Inc, and Haindeische Pakrfabrikien.
A blaze last Thursday damaged 29 shops in a Sudbury business block at Elm and Durham streets. Ten families were evacuated from second floor apartments, but no injuries were reported as firefighters from Sudbury and nearby towns battled the fire after it started around 2 a.m.
CCF Leader Woodrow Lloyd told about 230 people at an election rally that Ottawa s guarantee of 195 a bushel for wheat is insufficient and will lower farm incomes. He warned Saskatchewan faces economic hardship, farm exits, urban unemployment, and calls out provincial inaction while citing Pearson s 1963 pledge of 2 a bushel.
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