Parliament reforms push for faster sessions and stronger committees
Ottawa report by Laverne Lewycky outlines a year long experiment in Parliament with morning sittings and no evening sessions except for emergencies. It calls for smaller standing committees with power to probe government bodies and shortened speeches to allow more questioning.
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Obituary for Gordon Lavern Staple of Roblin Manitoba
Gordon Lavern Staple aged 83 of Roblin Manitoba died December 29 1982 after a lengthy illness in Roblin District Personal Care Home. Born June 7 1898 in Norland Ontario he worked at Five Roses flour mill Keewatin Ontario, farmed at Tummel Manitoba and later with Roblin Forest Products. Survived by wife Jennie four children eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held January 3 1983 at Roblin Knox United Church with interment at Tummel Deer Park Cemetery.
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First Red Cross emblem in Canada found in old ambulance flag
A 19th century improvised red cross flag created by Surgeon Major G S Ryerson during the 1885 Batoche fighting protected wounded soldiers. The banner, sewn onto a white cloth, predates formal Red Cross adoption and is now housed in the Toronto Public Library's John Ross Robertson collection.
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