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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1975
Page
2
The Pas faces no mill rate cuts and potential tax increases as council hammers out the 1975 budget. Officials cite inflation, provincial grants, and uncertain reports from a northern taxation task force as key factors shaping a bleak fiscal year.
Manitoba editors urge a $514 500 Red Cross goal in 1975. Canvassers will seek support from city and rural residents, with emphasis on blood transfusion, emergency services, nursing and veterans aid. Volunteers ask every person to donate about half a dollar per capita, to help Manitobans in need.
The Pas Wildlife Association circulates a letter to Ottawa official Warren Allmand arguing against further gun control. It cites England and New York laws to claim crime rises with restrictions, praises Switzerland, and warns that new limits would curb lawful hunting and recreation while not stopping criminals.
Churchill and twenty North delegates at the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party convention in Winnipeg approved a policy package. The Northern Policy Committee endorsed ending discriminatory Manitoba Hydro rates and supporting renewable resources including full fishing harvest and a transportation subsidy for northern fishermen.
Delegates demand a long range all weather road program including winter routes to connect 37 communities under Highway and Northern Affairs oversight. They seek restructuring of the Northern Affairs Department to boost local budget control and empower Community Councils and elected bodies.
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