Teen girls in Canada more likely to smoke than boys
Health educators warn of rising teen and preteen female smoking rates with 40 percent of girls aged 15 to 19 smoking. Surveys cite 12 and 13 year olds smoking daily, despite a long standing prohibition on sales to minors.
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Health and Welfare Canada
Manitoba
Leave the kids alone letter to the editor
Lloyd Pierce defends Safe Grad views in The Roblin Review letters page. He notes supporters called him or his wife while opponents directed anger at his teenagers and invites discussion. The paper requires signed letters with address and phone for verification.
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Safe Grad
Lloyd Pierce
The
Roblin Review
Prairie Editors Unite on Meech Debate Blame Mulroney
Editors across prairie communities unanimously blame Mulroney for the Meech setback. They describe brinksmanship as the core error and view the failure as a learning moment. They urge renewed national discussion on the Canada Quebec relationship.
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Mulroney
Quebec
Meech Lake debate leaves Prairies wary of national press
Prairies readers and editors challenge Ontario biased coverage after Meech Lake discord. The author argues premiers and MPs ignored constituent wishes, notes journalist icons Bay Frum and Peter Mansbridge lost objectivity, and calls for open public discourse coast to coast as lessons from the constitutional fight.
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Meech
Prairies
Meech Lake Accord
Barbara Frum
Peter Mansbridge
Bourassa
Barb
Peter
Jean Chretien
Quebec
Meech Lake
Natives seek breach of 1977 flood deal with Manitoba
Thirteen years after the Northern Flood Agreement was signed with five northern Manitoba bands, little progress has been made on compensation for flood damage to hunting and trapping grounds. Negotiations remain tangled over how to fulfill the pledge to eradicate mass unemployment and poverty on reserves.
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Manitoba
Schreyer
Sterling Lyon
Winnipeg
Buyout urged to end long running Northern Flood Agreement dispute
Provincial lawmakers consider a proposed 253 million package including a 50 million development fund to settle compensation for 10 000 band members on reserves amid years of disputed terms and rising poverty. Officials emphasize finalizing a settlement benefits all parties and ends ongoing negotiations.
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