Values and education clash over classroom indoctrination
The piece traces value education from the 1960s to today, noting a shift from voluntary value clarification to force fed values. It argues schools should focus on reading, writing, math and thinking, while values educate themselves through family and society, not curricula.
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Little Johnny
Jenny
Johnny
Dave King
Mr. King
Doctors warn Medicare reform risks patient care in Canada
An inter provincial doctors committee meeting in Edmonton flags a collapsing medicare system if control shifts to physicians. It urges balance billing limits, preventive care, and para professionals to curb costs while safeguarding patient protection and the Hippocratic oath.
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Edmonton
Ontario
Alberta
Committee On Assessment of
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Closure of Mexican consulate hits Winnipeg
A Canadian spokesman notes few Mexicans live in Manitoba as Winnipeg loses its fourth major consulate in seven years with the July closure. Britain West Germany and Switzerland had closed earlier in 1979 1976 and 1974.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Canadians face postal strike test as unions push benefits
Christopher Young argues the Ottawa strike reveals essential service questions and right to strike in Canada. He criticizes Postmaster General Andre Ouellet for deeming the post office non essential and notes unions push to capitalize on transition to Crown corporation while seeking more benefits before independent management.
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Ottawa
National Broadcasting Service
Hamilton
Sault Ste. Marie
Andre Ouellet
Ronald Reagan
United States
Reagan
Lum
Bermen
Ouellet
Montreal
Crown Corporation
CUPW
Paris in August Reflects a Socialist Shift and Everyday Life
Allan Fotheringham notes Paris on a hot August day with Fouquets as a social hub. He observes a turning political mood as Francois Mitterrand expands influence, while locals and visitors mingle amid sunshine, shopping, and newspaper reading. France edges toward a unique socialist blend, with elections looming in 1986 and 1988.
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Paris
Champs-Elysees
Spain
Francois Mitterrand
Charles de Gaulle
Fouquets
Europe
Scossa
Victor Hugo
France
New Zealand
U.S
B.C. Lions
Paris Herald-Trib
Roughing it in the bush on a salmon fishing trek
Five anglers trapped by weather at Old Fort River Quebec plan overland trek toward Blanc Sablon and Newfoundland. They recall seven days of fine fishing, discuss flies and gear, note two near mutinies and a successful day by The Judge with a White Wulff, before setting out by launch and on foot toward Blanc Sablon.
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Morgain
Old Fort River
Old Fort
Blanc Sablon
Quebec-Labrador
Strait of
Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Deer Lake
New Brunswick
Brigitte Bardot
Southam News
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