Harvest reflections and plans for the Centennial year
Saturday musings on a delayed harvest, early fall migration, and hopeful signs for 1984. The writer recalls hot weather, drought, rising oilseed prices, and plans to mark former rural school sites and pioneer trails as part of a regional Centennial celebration.
Fowl supper and garden produce mark community calendar
The community calendar invites support for church fowl suppers and women’s organizations with profits benefiting church needs. Olha Oakburn and more appear on weekly listings through November. An orchard of cucumber growing prompts notes of summer ending and upcoming harvests.
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Olha
Oakburn
Quebec party rethink reshapes federal election bids
The Parti Quebecois contemplates forming a federal banner to contest the next election, seeking to back PQ aims without full separatist aims. Rene Levesque weighs options, favoring a compromise that lets candidates run as Quebec Firsters under a new banner while avoiding outright separation.
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Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Levesque
Joe Clark
Clark
Mulroney
Trudeau
Grits
Diefenbaker
Maurice Duplessis
Political musings amid Quebec overspill and a new party
Paul Hellyer faces uphill battle outside Quebec with prospects of forming a government, while Levesque distrusts Trudeau over constitutional veto. The piece weighs up unpredictable politics, recalls Caouette era, mentions Leger and a no-name party. It also surveys garden produce, black bears, wild fruit reliance, and anticipates Ken Stewart's fall fish survey results for winter ice fishing plans.
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Quebec
Central
Nova
Levesque
Trudeau
Marcel Leger
Caouette
Ken Stewart
Provincial Conservation Office
Reading the weeklies wrap up of local events and plans
A Saan Store plans to open in Russell next year at the Fur niture Towne site with a tentative March 1 1984 opening. Canamax eyes a potash mine 13 km west of Binscarth pending government approval, with drilling about 854 m and promising potash quality. Lions Club and Agricultural Society race meet on September 9 10 drew $57 000 in bets, with a $300 payout. A Mock Disaster at Birtle tested local responders. firemen arrived within three minutes after the alarm at 3 45 pm. Bear found on a Roblin area swather seat was dead, placed by pranksters, and removal requested by the Dept. of Natural Resources.
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Canamax
Binscarth
Minnedosa
Birtle
Dept. of Natural Resources
Roblin
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