Outcry Over Russell Postal Outlet and Local Business Pressures
A letter from Joe Shipp questions the Russell postal outlet's accessibility for residents and tourists. He argues against perceived monopolistic limits, urges free enterprise for convenience stores, and cites delays in daily newspapers reaching post office boxes. He cites Gladstone Manitoba as a comparison and calls for better weekend and holiday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Russell and District
Russell
Gladstone
Manitoba
Postal Employees Union
Central Post Office
Winnipeg
Joe Shipp
High Prairie reunion for 1966 to 1973 graduates
Organizing committee invites students who attended Prairie River EW Pratt School or graduated during the 1966 to 1973 years to a reunion in High Prairie Alberta. The event runs June 29 30 and July 1 1990 with space limited to 1000 paid registrations. Contact Kay Savill Box 1024 High Prairie Alberta 0G 1E0 or (408) 523-4988.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie River - EW. Pratt School
High Prairie
Alberta
Kay Savill
Neighborly News on Inter municipality Cooperation
Fred McGuiness argues for neighborliness between communities and cites inter municipal cooperation in Minnedosa Basswood and surrounding rural municipalities. He recalls ambulance service ice rinks and shared waste disposal sites as benefits of collaboration and urges peace among towns to ensure regional economic survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mane
Minnedosa
Basswood
Shaunavon Standard
Yorkton
Rms
John Donne
Fifebeart
Manitoba Families Face Soaring Costs and Child Poverty
The piece cites Statistics Canada and the National Council of Welfare on rising inflation, taxes, and utility bills. It highlights Manitoba as ranking third in poor children, with $124000 needed to raise a child to 18, noting urban rural split, higher food costs for the poor, and greater poverty risk in single-parent households led by women. It critiques policy focus, health coverage gaps, and provincial politics under Filmon and Epp amid broader national taxes and mortgage rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistics Canada
National Council of Welfare
Manitoba
Nancy Higgitt
Department of
Family Studies
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Letter urging support for Operation Eyesight Universal to aid sight restoration
A letter addresses Easter readers urging support for Operation Eyesight Universal, noting that blindness robs millions in developing countries of color, life, and dignity. It outlines OEU’s work since 1963, how donations fund treatment and prevention, and provides contact addresses in Calgary and Scarborough for contributions. The piece ends with a donor acknowledgment and tax-credit details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Developing Countries
Operation Eyesight Universal
OEU
Developing World
Eyesight Universal
Western Canada
Calgary
Alberta
Central
Canada
Lawrence Avenue West
Scarborough
Ontario
Randell G. Sonmor
Gladstone Road
N.W
Peter's Point April Fool Contest Opens for Fun
The column invites readers to submit April Fool's jokes for a five prize contest with autographed copies of the author's book. Entries must be clear marked to the Editor and can be sent by mail or fax. The piece plays with humor and political quips while promising future serious columns on Meech Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Barbados
Meech Lake
Peter
Customs and patriotism in a Canadian letter
A reader letter from DB Acott, Prince Albert, praises Canadian laws and customs, defends racist accusations as misguided, extols Mounties in scarlet, and argues pride in national traditions while urging respectful host standards for newcomers. The writer cites Daisy Walker Acott and appeals to the Supreme Court for brainy guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Herald
Harrowby
Daisy Walker Acott
Acott
Prince Albert
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Fellow Studen
By Fred McGuiness
Russell Banner
P.O
Pfice
Main Street
Chatonter Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
United States
Peter Warren
Earl Sweet
Royal Bank of Canada
Blue Cross
Filmon
Jake Epp
Mulroney
Mabel
Supreme Court
Dorothy Binscorth
Ahat
Rome
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