The stuff of life facing tough wheat year
Farmers face higher costs and low wheat prices as heat and drought stress crops. The Canada Wheat Board is criticized by Canadian Farmers For Justice for not delivering fair prices. The piece argues grain is essential and calls for policy change to value farming.
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Wheat Board
Canadian Farmers For Justice
Canadian Wheat Board
CFFJ
Powers That Be
Taking Immediate Steps to Take Back Our Streets
A local mother’s letter prompts discussion on youth gangs and community safety. A 200-person Youth and Violence Seminar in Dauphin highlights gangs as surrogate families, with RCMP seizing weapons. News from Meadow Lake notes a court upheld curfew and fines for two 16-year-olds. Yorkton council hears that three youths from Swan River caused 150 vandalism acts, costing about $19,000, with restitution and community service. The Bow Island piece praises service clubs while blaming “yahoos” for vandalism, urging nonjail remedies. A Weyburn picture shows a 19-year-old jailed on multiple charges with an 18-month sentence and high reoffending risk. The piece questions jail costs and urges diverting funds to troubled youth.
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Opasquia
Dauphin Herald
RCMP
Dauphin
Meadow Lake
Yorkton
Swan River
Bow Island
Ball Diamonds
Weyburn
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