Roblin Fair critique questions future community events
A reader laments Roblin Fair lacked excitement and entertainment while acknowledging organizers effort. The piece suggests replacing the fair with a homecoming or joining with neighboring towns for a larger event, notes strong attendance this year elsewhere, and urges local involvement in the Ag Society to spark change.
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Roblin
Gilbert Plains
Grandview
Inglis
Russell
Yorkton's
Roblin Fair
Ag Society
Information Age and the Internet Journey
The essay describes a novice entering the Internet via university networks. It explains Internet as a global system connecting universities, governments, and private researchers. Two main functions emerge: direct user access and immediate information retrieval.
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Internet
Information highway reshapes work and learning
Fred McGuinness describes how access to thousands of libraries and the Internet connects scholars in a global network. He explains newsgroups, gopher paths, and direct access to Oxford's library, highlighting how information literacy and computer networks drive markets in Alberta and British Columbia and shape employment for the young.
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University of Michigan
France
Germany
Denmark
Tasmania
Australia
Europe
England
Oxford University
Alberta
B.C
Roblin hall project debated as calls for delay rise
Citizens urge delaying the hall build citing 1946 era free labor by veterans, now declining population and rising unemployment. They warn of higher costs, tax impacts, and better needs like downtown parking and lodging amid hospital and medicare concerns. Public support remains uncertain.
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Roblin
Clean Environment Commission
Russell
Roblin- Russell
Liberal candidate condemns Wheat Board barley removal
The Liberal candidate for Dauphin-Swan River criticizes the federal action to remove ex port barley from the Wheat Board authority. He denounces public policy arrogance, notes farm policy groups’ advice, and asserts that only Western Canadian farmers should decide Wheat Board powers as Liberal policy.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Farmers of
Western Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
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