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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1996
Page
3
A Manitoba reader argues rural communities are thankful and stable, while daily papers desensitize residents with grisly violence from distant events. He urges local media to balance coverage, focus on regional news, and report both positives and negatives to address local issues.
The Banner invites reader letters signed by authors and notes letters may be edited for length or taste to fit space and maintain decorum.
The Manitoba legislature closed a fractious fall session after 23 NDP members disrupted proceedings over Bill 67 to privatize the Manitoba Telephone Service. Speaker Louise Dacquay ordered the session ended despite filibusters led by Steve Ashton, while the NDP faced sharp commentary from critics and a campus paper view.
A reader blasts the government for handling the MTS sale and argues it was a political decision. The letter accuses former premier Filmon and minister Glen Findlay of signing off on costly improvements, suggesting a private buyer will gain from the expenditure.
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