Weir Pledges Balanced Manitoba Budget With Tax Equity
Premier Walter Weir commits Manitoba to a balanced budget for 1969 70 with no tax increases and tighter spending. He trims the prior year’s $375 million program by $29.6 million, boosts unconditional per capita grants to municipalities to $8.00, and raises education foundation grants from 65 to 70. The Pas Stand to gain $25 000 in grants as councils consider longer term tax strategies amid calls for police expansion and welfare cuts.
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Walter Weir
Manitoba
Weir
Premier Weir
Pas
Kelsey
Stan Reid
Reid
Council
Russ Tawse
The Pas council hears calls for broad municipal reforms
The Pas officials debate how to manage rising costs and expand revenue. The report to Council emphasizes applying strict controls in public works and adopting a steadier property tax stance aided by extra government grants and higher assessment figures.
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Council
Weir
Reid
Pas
Manitoba
CBC Coverage Critique of Open Season Telecast for Northern Manitoba
A Winnipeg CBC critique argues CBC TV is not fully serving northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. It urges broader live coverage and local participation on Open Season, noting misalignment with The Pas and Flin Flon voices and concerns about producer bias and area knowledge.
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Cbc-Tv
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ontario
CBC
Greater
Pas
Flin Flon
Snow Lake
Churchill
Farmer Letters Critique grain drying claims and policy
A Manitoba style letter to a local newspaper rebuts a Front Page report on grain drying. The writer disputes claims about interest free advances for drying, notes dryers run since Feb 14, and challenges the idea farmers sit back waiting for a miracle. He urges accurate portrayal of quota based supports and field conditions.
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CKDM
Nickel
Churchill Forestry
Wheat Board
Disappointed Regional Development Meeting Critiqued
Sidney Wilton of The Pas Chamber of Commerce writes Regional Development officials in Thompson about March 1 meeting. He objects to chairman choice, lecture content, and lack of actionable plans, noting the film fell flat and meals were taxpayers funded. he encloses a $2 cheque.
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Herald
Wilton
Chamber of Commerce
Norman S. Bergman
Dept. of Industry and Commerce
Bergman
Thompson
Pas
Danyluk
Sidney Wilton
Pas Chamber of Commerce
Expo enmity and aid test city fairs in Canada
The piece contrasts Montreal Expo's debt relief and federal support with Toronto's C N E. It notes Montreal's looming revival under a $25 million Expo debt moratorium and Toronto's resentment, while arguing federal backing may favor Man and His World over the C N E as a wiser use of public funds. It closes by weighing public preference for a single great fair versus the traditional, budget-minded exhibition.
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William Dennison
Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Man
Ottawa
Expo
Canada
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Hamburg
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Dial Electric Co
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