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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1973
Page
2
A community letter questions the February 1974 Trappers Festival plans. It notes no May meeting advertising and predicts no large-scale festival unless enough residents show support soon. The writer urges locals to vote in favor if they want the event to occur.
Cal Gibson, newly elected president of Norman Regional Development Inc, leads a critique of a 179 page freight rates report for northern Manitoba. He argues policy and higher trucking costs, not lack of competition, drive living costs and urges government restraint to let the region grow. He notes local co ops and retailers and calls for real development over more studies.
Andre de Tremaudan recounts from 1912 to 1927 how the Saskatchewan and Pas rivers rose with snowmelt and floods in The Pas area. He notes high water altered routes, caused temporary grounds to flood, and a 1927 ice barrage altered flow, with dredging helping Pasquaw Lake recede.
A historical account notes irrigation driving Southern Alberta settlement, with Pasquaw Lake drying during droughts of the 1930s and haymakers migrating from Saskatchewan. It recalls the Pas river dropping to a foot and the Saskatchewan River's extreme low level in 1931, and a visit to Bishop Charlebdis in hospital amid health concerns.
A scrambled broadcast grid lists daily showings from EdA to CBC TV Nat News with programs like Sesame Street Green Acres Coronation Street and Hawaii Five O across May 10 to May 16. It includes time slots for Morning to late night and mentions sports and film entries amid jumble.
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