Immigrants bear the brunt in Winnipeg garment layoffs
In Winnipeg, immigrant workers face layoffs across 25 plants amid a downturn. Generosa Concepcion, 59, losses at Tan Jay and others reflect a wider pattern of reduced hours and shrinking pay for migrant women, with wages as low as 3.90 an hour and rising living costs. The industry cites a weak economy and high import competition as drivers.
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Winnipeg
Generosa Concepcion
Canada
Concepcion
Tan Jay
Bill Haiko
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Sterling Stall Group
Knit Rite Mills
Nida
Manitoba
Ray Winston
The
Manitoba Fashion Institute
Dear Ann Landers Letters on Health and Relationships
A reader urges compassion for an elderly mother with possible osteoporosis after multiple fractures from turning in bed. Another letter defends bisexual union while Ann Landers cautions the pattern is harmful, followed by a divorced woman recounting a twenty-year bisexual marriage and repeated heartbreak.
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Ann Landers
Kentucky
Ancient sponge contraception eyed for comeback in Canada
A 4,000yearold sponge contraceptive study cites ease of use rivaling the condom and potential overthecounter availability after safety checks. Researchers note risks include toxic shock and infection while noting other methods under study such as injections implants pills rings diaphragms and spermicidal products for both women and men.
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Paul Gessell
Ottawa
Jacques Rioux
Journal of Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada
Rioux
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Laval University
Quebec City
B.C
Egypt
Vancouver
Mary Bishop
Federal Health and Welfare Department
Canada
Planned Parenthood
The
Consumers Association of Canada
Canadian Consumer
Quebec report says immigrant women face hurdles in work
A Quebec government study released after a conference states immigrant women must be two times better than native women and four times better than men to advance. It notes language barriers and discrimination despite higher education, with 51 percent in the labor force versus 41 percent of native women and 68 percent not speaking French, often in low paid domestic, factory, and service jobs.
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Montreal
Quebec
Spon
Sweet corn care from Medicine Hat gardeners
Philip Dixon advises on home garden sweet corn handling to preserve sweetness. Early planting with Captan treated seed, proper banding fertilizer, and block planting improve pollination and yields. Hydrocooling after harvest preserves sugar. avoid heat exposure and buy freshly cooled corn at market gardens.
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Medicine Hat
Examiners Named For Royal Conservatory Tests In Medicine Hat
Examiners Sandra Cannon and Lorna May will judge music and speech arts students in Medicine Hat this week. Cannon trained in Calgary and holds Royal Conservatory diplomas. May is a Royal Conservatory keyboard faculty member with ARCT status and international study and performance. Spring tea and bake sale at WA hospital on June 9 features Dorothy Reesor and Hazel Henderson with a volunteer team handling bake sale, kitchen, and tea service from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Royal Conservatory of Music
Medicine Hat
Sandra Canno
Lorna May
Cannon
Calgary
Leona Paterson
Royal Conservatory
Toronto
Mount Royal College
Trinity College
London
England
Ms. May
Earle Moss
ARCT
Europe
States
Kathy McKay
Jerry Nekrasoff
Dorothy Reesor
Hazel Henderson
Thelma Porter
Audrey Simpson
Marion Iback
Helen Young
Jerry Stenerson
Molly Odenbach
Dorothy Anderson
Lorraine Hook
Betty Stephanson
Elinor Reidy
New Horizons 10th Anniversary Display at Strathcona Centre
Medicine Hat notices announce New Horizons 10th anniversary display at the Strathcona Centre with summer games on the grounds scheduled for June 9 at 1 PM. The Schreyer Cup dance by the Medicine Hat Soccer Association is set for June 12 at 7 PM in the Ortona Room of the Medicine Hat Legion. Tickets are available by calling 527-7474 or 526-3260.
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New Horizons
Strathcona Centre
Medicine Hat Soccer Association
Ortona
Medicine Hat Legion
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Gale Lazarus
Anchorage Zoo
Alaska
North America
New York
Texas
Duped
Cheryle Mosier
Philip Dixon District Agriculturist
American Matthay Association
University of Toronto
Auxiliary Hospital
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