Parliament reform urged as a cruel joke and waste
Ken Wappett argues Canada’s Parliament is irrelevantly run, limited to an hour of hostile question period. He calls for overhaul modeled on municipal voting, elected MPs selecting a prime minister, cabinet approval, and bills from members rather than the cabinet, ending party-driven gridlock and regional dominance.
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Canadian Alliance Party
Liberal Party
Canada
Ottawa
Preston Manning
Ontario
Civil Service
Stanfield
Manning
Douglas
Scouts Plant 5000 Jackpine At Arden Site
Eric Genaille of Brandon among 69 scouts and leaders who planted 5000 jackpine on a reclaimed gravel pit near Arden on May 5. Scouts from Minnedosa Brandon and Neepawa joined to reclaim the land donated by Don Olsufka for wildlife habitat. The five acre field is now forest ready to grow with rainfall aid from the Whitemud Watershed Conservation District.
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Arden
Don Olsufka
Minnedosa
Brandon
Neepawa
Whitemud ‘Watershed Conservation District
Memory Lane Cottage and a Prairie Fire Story
A writer recalls a two room cottage near Oak Leaf School and Central Church, neglected and boarded by time. An elder recounts a 40 plus year old prairie fire where a mother saved her children by diverting flames with soaked sacks and back fires. The tale underscores courage across rural homesteads.
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Oak Leaf School
Memory Lane
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Ken Wappett
Eric Genaille
Gien Nichol
Riva Friesen