Defensive Driving Week Urges Careful Holiday Travel
Readers are reminded during Safe Driving Week December 1 to 7 to practice defensive driving. The message stresses using seat belts, avoiding alcohol, reducing speed in bad roads, signaling turns, and keeping doors locked. It also notes Manitoba forestry tips for Christmas trees and outlines October forest fire figures across Canada.
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Department of Forestry and Rural Development
English visitor’s mix up at drugstore over tooth paste sizes
A visiting Englishman asked for a small tube of toothpaste in an American drugstore. The clerk offered three sizes Large Giant and Super. He misunderstood and realized he had been given the small size, though the label read Large.
Poured floors new DIY caution and professional advice
Miss Peggy Barker notes poured floors offer seamless, high gloss waterproof surfaces. The process requires an experienced dealer, with base prepared and color chips added before polyurethane coating. installation takes 24 to 48 hours and costs about 1.50 per square foot.
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Onalee Rudd
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Know Your Christmas Tree in Manitoba
An article discusses selecting an evergreen for a Christmas tree based on attractiveness and needle retention after bringing indoors. It notes eastern Manitoba has had areas set aside for several years and covers practical guidance for choosing a tree.
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