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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
2
Curt McCulloch a Smith Transport driver with over 20 years of experience shares insights from Ontario Traffic Safety bulletin. He explains truck dynamics including stopping distances blind spots and safer passing. He urges motorists to signal wait for safer gaps and avoid weaving at high speeds to protect families and themselves.
Maxwell Paupanekis, a Cree elder and Manitoba's lone Indian magistrate from Norway House, recalls 1930s trapping life in northern Manitoba. He describes traps, gear, rations, and the Hudson's Bay store as lifeblood, notes the decline after 1945 as fur prices fell, and laments the loss of trapping skills among youth while education reshaped living.
Manitoba minister Leonard Evans says next year the government will seek lower drug costs for consumers and may consider public drug manufacturing or bulk purchasing for hospitals clinics and welfare recipients. He also accuses Premier Schreyer of being misled about a multisillion forest industry project at The Pas noting about $2 million in government loans were granted under the Manitoba Development Fund during the prior Conservative administration.
Bill C-197 to reappear in the new session seeks a national marketing board for agriculture to end the chicken and egg trade war among provinces. Joe Hudson of an independent egg producers group calls for a plebiscite and urgent Supreme Court clarification on interprovincial trade barriers. He criticizes the bill for lacks controls on imports and favors elites over farmers.
Premier W A C Bennett announced Queen Elizabeth Prince Philip and Princess Anne will visit British Columbia during the Centennial celebrations next year. The royal party is scheduled to arrive May 3 and depart May 12 with Bennett hoping to tour all parts of the province.
Transportation Minister Joe Borowski and counsel A S Dewar pressed twice to subpoena the minister as hearings into the dismissal, suspension, and demotion of Manitoba highway department staff continued. Commission chair C F Schubert promised a decision. Winnipeg lawyer W L Richie noted Borowski’s active role in the investigation.
A series of meetings on agricultural policy will be staged across Manitoba this month by Manitoba Pool Elevators United Grain Growers and the Manitoba Farm Bureau. The last two meetings in October will let farmers discuss and propose preferred policies with a view to presenting these to the Canadian Congress. the meeting program is to be announced.
The Canadian Forces base at Rivers Manitoba may close gradually over the next year while exploring a practical training operation. Mr Kent, in Winnipeg for the forestry institute meeting, said a plant producing varied products and offering training is possible. He noted study into more special areas for higher federal grants, with Brandon and Rivers prioritized if Ottawa approves development aid.
Gary John Connolly, 24, of Nanaimo, admitted possessing and cultivating marijuana after police seized 19 plants. A six-foot tree was found in his backyard on Jingle Pot Road, with others ranging from several inches to large mature specimens. Plants were harvested and hung to dry. Judge William Philpott remanded Connolly to October 22 for sentencing.
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