Quebec woman turns backyard into eel tourism and language keynote
Gertrude Madore, 54, of Kamouraska, runs an eel fishery tour from her windward home on the St Lawrence River. She blends ecology with Quebec independence advocacy and language pride, housing a French only Eel Interpretation Centre and a shrine beside a sign with coromants and pink flamingos.
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Daniel Drolet
Ottawa Citizen
Kamouraska
Que
Gertrude Madore
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Gertrude
St. Jean Baptiste
Montreal
Ping
Riviere du Loup
Lower St. Lawrence
Philippe
Alberta cattleman contrasts land wealth with political divides
Rex Armitage of Red Deer Alberta runs a 12 000 head yearly feedlot and farms 6 500 acres while railing against constitutional fights and Quebec language policy He notes severe rainfall and stinkweed but seeks national unity preferring Canada Day to celebrate all origins and urging mutual understanding among regions.
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Robert Lee
Ottawa Citizen
Red Deer
Alta
Alberta Plains
Rex Armitage
Bowden
Stinkweed
Armitage
Meech Lake
Buttercup
Tipperary
New York
Canada
Food bank funding boosted after letters to The News
In early spring the Fifth Avenue United Church food bank faced severe finances as the Santa Claus Fund dwindled. Dean Pelkey of the Medicine Hat News wrote articles that spurred donations of over 13 thousand dollars, enabling continued service. Reverend Hugh MacGregor thanks Pelkey, service clubs, fraternal bodies, and readers for support.
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Food Bank
Fifth Avenue United Church
Santa Claus Fund
Dean Pelkey
The
Medicine Hat News
Pelkey
Hugh MacGregor
Medicine Hat
Newfoundland family debates Meech Lake after TV viewing
Bill ONeill and his daughter Lisa discuss the Meech Lake accord at Cash's Restaurant in Cape Rock Newfoundland. The piece notes their pride in Premier Clyde Wells for backing Newfoundland while recognizing Quebec's distinct society and the regional tensions over constitutional reform.
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Paul Gessell
Ottawa Citizen Fermeuse
Nld
Bill
Dash” O’neill
Cash’s
St. John’s
Brian Mulroney
Lisa
Meech Lake
Canada
Clyde Wells
Ottawa
Toronto
Mark
Mulroney
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Avalon Peninsula
Confederation
O’neills
Wells
Quebec
Southam News
Ontarians who backed Meech Lake face an uncertain Canada
Ann Dillon and Ted Cape in Toronto once favored compromise and now fear Canada’s future as Meech Lake collapses. They organized Friends within Canada to support Quebec’s role, contributed to ads targeting Manitoba Newfoundland and Quebec, and vow to teach their children Quebec culture and language to preserve national harmony.
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Quebec
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Rene Levesque
Gertrude
Philippe
Katy
Chris Hall
Ottawa Citizen
Toronto
Bay Street
Ann Dillon
Ted Cape
Confederation
Senate
Ontario
Dillon
Cape
Meech Lake
Wells
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Med icine Hat shopper decries store smut at cash counter
A resident of Medicine Hat criticizes grocery stores for販売 offensive gossip tabloids near checkout. He argues the materials profit from others' lives and urges moving such literature to a place where customers can opt out. The piece reflects on city life and shopping habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Irvine school decision questioned by Krause critic
Stan Krause accused 914 Dunmore Schools supporters of being misled by a fact sheet. He said 95 percent of polled resident taxpayers could not distinguish fact from fiction and warned that withdrawing disgruntled taxpayers from No. 4 School Division would not sway the board's plan to build a school in Irvine.
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Stan Krause
Dunmore Schools
Irvine
Book title error in Barbara Shave letter
The letter corrected a misprint about Dee Brown borrowing the last line Bury my heart at Wounded Knee for his 1970 book title. The News apologizes for incovenience caused by the error and notes the poem was written early in this century.
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Barbara Shave
Medicine Hat
Dee Brown
Wounded Knee
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