Government feed grain policy sets barley and oats prices
The Agricultural Products Board will pay 1.98 per bushel for feed barley and 1.16 for feed oats, mid-way between initial wheat board prices and expected final payments. Farmers may choose APB fixed price or the Wheat Board's system with later final payments. APB aims to protect incomes.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Federal
Wheat Board
Otto Lang
Products Board
Lang
the Products Board
Manitoba unveils comprehensive work incentive program reform
Manitoba introduces a wide scale work incentive under a 1.5 million plan benefiting mothers allowance disabled persons and general assistance recipients. Earned income exclusions amount to 70 cents per hour or 20 dollars monthly with 30 percent of gross earnings allowed keeping. Program starts September 1 with effects from October 1 benefiting up to 2 000 cases initially and potentially 16 000 long term. A day care plan to reduce employment barriers accompanies the reforms. The initiative seeks to curb social allowance costs and explore universal guaranteed minimum income concepts.
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Manitoba
Rene E. Toupin
Canada
Toupin
Beer Cheaper Than Milk In Edmonton Yellowknife Compare
A market comparison shows Yellowknife shoppers paying more for eggs, butter, coffee, potatoes, bacon, and especially milk versus Edmonton prices. Milk may drop to two cents per quart cheaper than milk by November as local dairy costs rise and transport shifts raise prices.
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Edmonton
Yellowknife
Mackenzie River
Albert Exgenbergers
Eggenberger
Sugar King: Western Canada Sole Supplier Wins Sweet Profits
B C Sugar, a Dickensian waterfront refinery, reports rising sales and profits aided by a long standing labor pact. Chairman Forrest Rogers notes friendly unions and stable prices, while the firm remains the sole sugar supplier to western Canada despite potential competition.
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Columbia Sugar Refinery
Canada
B.C. Sugar
Manitoba
CO Nyst
Cuba
Forrest Rogers
Mr. Rogers
John Squire
Ees
Rogers
Peter Cerniavsky
One Way To Find About Housing Debate Sparks Mock Test
Frank Howard of Skeena urged Urban Affairs Minister Ron Basford to spend a week with a poverty-stricken family and stay in an outhouse in 40 below temperatures to expose housing misery. He argued the mortgages bill proposed by the government will not aid those most in need of better housing and would not improve slum conditions.
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Ron Basford
The
Commons
Frank Howard
NDP— Skeena
Basford
Employees May Buy Oil Plant at Calgary Refinery
A worker-led group at Oil Ltd Calgary refinery formed a company to negotiate buying the Imperial Oil plant as Imperial Oil plans to close Calgary operations next year and concentrate in Edmonton. About 120 workers are employed, with some protesting at a regional conference over the shutdown and potential job losses.
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Oil Ltd
Calgary
Imperial Oil
Edmonton
Bill Dorman
Calgary Refining
MGEA Seeks Arbitration With Provincial Government
The Maratova Government Employees' Association represents about 11,000 civil servants and has formally requested an arbitration board after rejecting an August offer. The prior MGEA contract ended March 30, seeking wage and benefit increases in a one year term. Government offer proposed seven percent for those earning under 14,000 and five percent for higher earners in year one, with 72 percent increments in year two for both groups. E. G. Metcalfe says R. A. Harrison, retired former MGEA executive director, will serve as the arbitration nominee, with a government nominee expected soon to select a third member as chairman.
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MGEA
E. G. Metcalfe
R. A. Harrison
Harrison
Alberta Government Employees’ Association
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