Uncorking controversy a place like home
Saskatchewan officials and Premier Lorne Calvert weigh lowering the drinking age to 18 to keep graduates in the province. The writer argues students will drink regardless and condemns the plan as insulting and patronizing while citing Statistics Canada figures. Ryan Dahlman of Southern Alberta Newspapers signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Lorne Calvert
Canada
Ryan Dahlman
Southern
Alberta
Rdahlman
My403
Keep Christmas Carols in Public Life
Lutz Perschon urges preserving Christmas traditions in Canada noting carols in schools and malls, the season’s cultural and historical ties, and concerns over political correctness eroding the term Christmas and related celebrations. He defends the holiday’s Christian roots and questions replacing it with generic greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Christ
Lutz Perschon
Commuinity Editorial
Agriculture in Canada Faces Farm Struggles and Outsourcing
In a Christmas week look at rural Canada, agriculture remains vital though hit by mad cow disease reducing export markets and farm profits. A Statistics Canada study notes a shift from on farm labor to specialized agri services, with a 1996 ratio of 10 workers in farming per one in services, highlighting growing outsourcing and industry potential despite climate and subsidy challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauderbach
Ont
Canada
United States
Caule
Europe
Statistics Canada
Canada envisions an agri food powered 21st century economy
The text argues for stronger science driven gains in Canadian agriculture and agri food. It notes mechanization reducing farm labour while boosting productivity and farm size. It cites StatsCan data on productivity in agriculture and food processing, and highlights global demand, examples of high quality products, and ongoing research in Saskatoon and Guelph as foundations for a leading export oriented agri food sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
StatsCan
Statistics Canada
China
Brazil
Mexico
India
Canada
Singapore
Shanghai
Saskatoon
Guelph
Healthy school food and City rail maps praised
A letter thanks Principal Leahy of St Marys Junior High for replacing vending with nutritious meals. The writer also commends the city council and parks department for winter rail trail maintenance and free rail maps available at City Hall, Parks, and Medicine Hat Real Estate Board Office.
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Leahy
St. Mary's Junior High School
Parks Department
City Hall
Medicine Hat Real Estate Board
4Th Street
4Th Avenue
John MacLaren
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Ela Dahlman
Lutz
Perschon
Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc
News Building
Dunmore Road
Medicine Mal
Michael J, Hertz
Southern Alberta
Alan Poirier
Ron Perry
Bill Hartley
Ron W. Turner
Dalerea Newspayr
Callum Scott
David Crane
Medicinehatnews
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