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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1996
Page
3
A Winnipeg woman battles addiction during pregnancy with three children in care as courts address protection rules. The piece discusses abortion debates, legal definitions of a child, and broader social concerns about population, resources, and societal attitudes.
The Banner invites readers to submit signed letters. Submissions may be edited for length and taste to fit the newspaper’s standards.
A writer recalls Nazi era grain seizures to warn that the wheat board monopoly harms producers. He cites a farmer jailed for selling outside the state system and argues the board preserves its power while stifling competition and entrepreneurial ideas.
A Thunder Bay reader urges reforms to section 256 of the Criminal Code to require automatic blood tests for drugs and alcohol in any death in an accident. She cites a 1995 Duncan, B C crash that killed her son and daughter in law and left twins. The letter calls for modernizing impairment testing and asks readers to contact Justice Minister Allan Rock with postcard support.
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