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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1967
Page
4
The wage board plans minimum wage 25 percent higher than most provinces and equal to federal rate, matching British Columbia and Alberta. A staged increase sets the rate at $1.10 starting December 1, with subsequent increases planned.
The plan sets hourly increases to 1.15 on April 1 1968 1.20 on August 1 and 1.25 on December 1 1968. Manitoba average hourly wage is 2.30. The June 1967 CBS report lists 92 27 weekly wage for the industrial composite. The minimum wage applies to anyone 18 or older. The Minimum Wage Board has studied revision for about a year weighing various factors.
Harold D Cope is announced as President of TransAir Limited at the Winnipeg head office. The pilot with broad airline experience from World Airways Safari Air Services Trans International Airlines and Saturn Airways aims to introduce turbo prop aircraft on Manitoba services.
The message thanks voters and supporters for help during the campaign and notes a splendid turnout at the polls. The candidate emphasizes the challenge of pleasing everyone, asks for continued support, and hopes for frankness and harmony to improve The Pas.
The article notes changes in living costs and employer capacity to absorb raised pay. It states the first stage boost to 1.10 an hour this December marks a 10 percent rise in the province's minimum wage in one year, with later steps locking in a total 25 percent increase by December 1968. Manitoba's cost of living rose four percent in the past year.
Proposed $4 000 Arctic hunt would fund trophy bulls on Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands with Eskimo co operatives outfitting and guides handling meat and hides. Critics warn of conservation harm while backers claim old bulls offer no breeding value and could boost $48 000 yearly for local families. A hunter could shoot from a plane as animals stand in semicircles.
Officials from Manitoba’s wildlife branch note a superb upland game bird season with early check stations in Fraserwood and Woodlands indicating a bumper crop. Opening weekend data and initial reports from the North Interlake area suggest strong numbers as final tallies await.
The tally reports 580 birds caught by hunters including 81 sharptails 748 ruffed grouse and 21 spruce grouse. Calculations show a daily bag of 3.6 grouse per hunter with 2.3 hours per bird and a high proportion of young birds suggesting a strong next season.
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