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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
3
In a seasonal column, a critic rebuts claims that Christmas has lost its meaning to commerce. The piece defends gift giving and Santa as rightful parts of the season, while noting quiet local scenes of faith and community. It also jabs at medical experts' shifting health guidance in a brisk, reflective tone.
A shopper recalls a con on a busy street corner where a bumptious man guides a stranger with a maze of directions to Black Street. The stranger repeats the route, follows it for an hour, and returns to find the same man still there, who demands payment claiming he gave correct directions. The trick hinges on identifying the right path from a jokey but useless set of turns.
A holiday letter to Santa lists hunting gear and a boat trailer while Lake Winnipeg updates cover fisheries expansions in the Narrows and Sturgeon Bay, a new hatchery at Grand Rapids, and provincial winter works plans. It notes infractions by some hunters and praises Conservation Officers, ending with season greetings for 1971.
The 1969 NDP government boasted of halving medical premiums for all, a cut praised as aid to elderly and fixed income households though a couple still paid 99.60 annually. Now Alberta Tories plan removing medical care premiums for all citizens 63 and over by January 3, a move framed as campaign promise fulfillment.
The Roblin St. Vlads pace the league as a top team while the North Stars face the Pat Huskies in a midweek Intermediate Parkland League match. The Huskies outplayed the Yorkson Millers, winning 11 to 4 with strong penalty killing and solid net coverage.
In Scandinavia, traditional evergreens signal sadness. Gala ribbons, colorful papers, fruits, flowers, and decorative balls and candles become favored holiday decorations indicating a cultural shift in festive symbolism.
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