Budgets cultivate business blooms
Small firms urge governments to ease tax burdens and paperwork, seeking risk capital and lighter regulation as budgets across Canada address growth. British Columbia, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan highlight measures from payroll credits to tax holidays and loan programs to spur small business, jobs, and regional economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Carsor
Ottawa
British Columbia
Victoria
Newfoundland
Rural Development Authority
Farm Development Loan Board
St. John's
Saskatchewan
Supper Time Transform Plans by Peter Hessel
A playful yet pointed diary style piece on family dining battles at mealtime. The narrator recounts the nightly struggle to get children to the table, obey, and endure blessing rituals before dessert, with comic frustration and plans for change starting May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Elizabeth
Duncan
Stephanie
Alexander
Peter's Plan for Suppertime Experiment
A family trial begins May 1 to organize supper as a structured mealtime. Parents outline rules for opt in or out, conduct, timing, and behavior with consequences for offenses, aiming for calmer, more enjoyable meals and better family interaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Elizabeth
Port of Churchill Faces Long-Term Money Loss Despite Aid
Peter Warren warns Churchill remains a money loser despite a 14.5 million federal pledge for harbor dredging and wharf work. He doubts major growth, notes grain shipments and rail issues, and urges realism about Manitoba’s northern port’s prospects amid political spin and uncertain futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Churchil
Churchill
Mark
New York
Canadian ‘Wheat Board
Great performer Fr. Larre and his Bosco Homes influence
Fr. Lucien Larre is described as a dynamic public speaker and founder of Regina’s Bosco Homes, running seven private residences turned treatment centers for troubled teens. His programs combine encouragement, therapy, and supervised living, with staff including supervisors and psychologists. He tours nationwide, and his fees fund Bosco Homes. He also operates Canada’s largest country western event, the Big Valley Jamboree. Willie Nelson has just been signed for the 86th Jamboree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Larre
Prairies
Fr. Larre
Regina
Bosco Homes
Larre
Ria ‘Kaal
Fone
Bosco
St. Walburg
Oblates
Canada
Craven
Willie Nelson
Dam Breaks at Millwood Flour Mill Dam
A sequence of vintage notices recounts a April 1906 flood event when the Assiniboine River ice overwhelmed the Millwood flour mill dam, shattering the structure downstream. Other items note mid century activities in Russell including confirmations, excur sions, and curling club champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assiniboine
Millwood
South Dakota
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Tt Street
Russell
Rojiwo
United States
Chaloner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
Peter Hessel
Ayorn
Peter Warren
Churchill Levator
Aerma-Trost
Erik Nielson
Ed Schreyer
Arctic University
By Fred McGuiness
F. Boyd Thompson
Binscorth
Me. Thompson
Jolve
Messrs
Smellie Bros
A. Brown
Manitoba Agriculture College
Iris Mawhinney
Violet Botheway
Shellmouth
Miss Mawhinney
Prof
George
Yorkton
Phil Kingdon
France
England
Christ Church, Russell
Mary Ellen France Eshelby
Margaret Eshelby
Mary Ruth Esther Eshelby
Lorna Ann Glasman
Ida Rush
Mary Greaves
Vernon Ian Cross
Donald Winston Shipp
Richard Thomas Shipp
John Stanhope Archer
Jack Wilson
Lorne Davidson
Bert Mills
Toronto
Mills
Cherylle Simms
Alex Simms
Apri
Russell Curling Club
Gary Gordon
Grant Bily
Ross Graham
Ron Whitmer
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