Watching Warnings and Common Sense on Flood Warnings
In a CBC style voice the author recalls Manitoba and Saskatchewan floods, praising flood watches and warnings as crucial for diking and sandbagging. The piece warns against ignoring forecasts, urges regional cooperation, questions past water management, and urges wiser use of land to prevent future disasters.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Assiniboine River
Lake Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Neil
A Week of Lighthearted Whimsy and Simple Pleasures
The narrator details a week of small joys and playful mischief from teasing dogs and enjoying comic bits to trimming trees by the Tarzan method and spotting skunks. They recall family moments, mosquito swarms, and a preference for frozen cookies while appreciating lighthearted mischief as harmless vices.
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James Herriot
Sleep In At Last After Years Of Early Mornings
The speaker reflects on waking late after widowhood and later remarriage to a farmer. She notes farmers’ early alarms and hard work, contrasts with her freedom to sleep in, and expresses gratitude for fulfilled hopes and joy in autumn life, trusting in the Lord.
Rivals Set Aside Rivalry For Storm Repairs
In Rivers Man Hyndman praises three local electricians Bill Rod and Graham who arrived after a storm. All three worked with cooperation and good humour to repair damage quickly, showing pride in their town.
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Bill
Rod
Graham
Rivers
Flooding and topsoil loss threaten province drainage
The piece argues rivers and lakes are shrinking due to sediments and topsoil. Returning soil to fields and forests could boost drainage capacity and reduce flood costs and conflict, suggesting hiring a Dutch expert to manage this reallocation.
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Holland
Two missing zeros in a proposed universal income
Leonard Paramot of Arden Manitoba argues that a $20 000 annual payment to every adult Canadian would cost about $500 billion, not $5 billion, due to missing zeros. He notes tax clawbacks would leave only about $11 000 to $12 000 for high earners.
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CBC
George Strombolopolous
Steve Smith
Red Green
Neil Strohschein
Saskatoon
Earth
Heaven
Rita Friesen
Hyndman Rivers
Man
Leonard Paramot Arden
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