Manitoba Opposes Oil Price Boost at Energy Ministers Meet
Manitoba Industry and Commerce Minister Led Evans urged Ottawa to extend conservation programs beyond Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. He warned a $1 to $2 per barrel rise would raise unemployment, lift consumer prices, lower GNP, and hit heating, transport, and utility costs while pushing Manitoba to seek equal federal support and energy conservation funding.
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Prince Edward Island
Industry and Commerce
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Canada
Tent Caterpillar Management Advice for Farms and Gardens
Forest Control notes warn of likely tent caterpillar hatching this spring and provide approved insecticide options. Malathion Diazinon Methoxychlor Dipel Thuricide Dutox Carbaryl are listed with spray ratios, with caution not to spray Sevin on blooming apple trees. Spraying should wait until most hatch is complete, around mid May, and vegetable waiting periods are given for Malathion use. For questions contact Hamiota Agricultural Office at 764-2767.
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Annual Collegiate Spring Production in Hamiota
Hamiota Collegiate rehearses Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun with Nola Dixon as Annie Oakley and Hugh Wilson as Frank Butler. Supporting cast includes Wendel McConnell, Dienna Mathison, Wayne Mathison, and Ron Meakin. Advance tickets after May 15. rush at door June 14. Adults $2.50, students $1.50.
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Hamiota Collegiate
Irving Berlin
United States
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Nola Dixon
Hugh Wilson
Frank Butler
Wendel McConnell
Dienna Mathison
Wayne Mathison
Ron Meakin
Canada announces 1977 cow calve stabilization program
Agriculture Canada outlines a $70 million federal stabilization program for 1977. About 100,000 cow calf producers are eligible, 60,000 have applied, and those in existing beef income assurance programs are exempt. Eligible cows, certification rules, and the payment formula are described, with payments based on 90 percent of calf prices and adjustments for production costs.
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Interprovincial drought action coordinated by premiers
An interprovincial committee will coordinate drought information and actions with two members from each province and federal representation. The Western Premiers Conference urged emergency program coordination in agriculture and forest fire protection, inventorying well drilling gear and pumping piping, and ensuring community water supplies. Federal cost sharing and research cooperation were sought, noting Prairie institutions like MFI and VIDO as models.
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