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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1985
Page
2
The Russell Banner lists subscription rates payable in advance. One year within a 40 mile radius costs $10.00, $11.00 per year in Canada, and $28.00 for United States and overseas. Chaloner Publishers, Clayton G. Chaloner, publish. Second class mail registration number 0678.
A Vancouver Island publisher claims Canada Post pressured him to distribute printed flyers through the mail and steer merchants to print with the publisher. He notes penalties for mislabelled inserts and suggests postmasters were directed to win advertising revenue, challenging the agency’s claim it is not in advertising. He cites incidents in Port Hardy and Williams Lake as evidence of a broader tactic.
Ex hockey enthusiast Bill Smiley reflects on a bygone era in hockey culture. He recalls local town pride, aging gear, and the influx of imported junior players who captured attention with flashy uniforms and modest wages. Smiley laments modern playstyles and media coverage, longing for authentic, dignified hockey.
A Millwood sidewalk delay is a community topic amid lumber shortages while plans for new elevators emerge. Harrowby will host two or three elevators this summer with Crown Elevator Co. drawing a site and Northern Elevator Co. tentatively planning one.
A Manitoba column features letters to Peter Warren from readers across the province. A youngster asks for guidance on nuclear war liquor and dope TV, divorce abortion and family life. A second writer praises a Canadian justice move for Cameron Kerley. A third criticizes a festival grant and Canadian content, wagering on future repayment.
A reader from Wiarton Ontario requests help tracing John Coyne born August 20 1847 near Birtle with five sisters and four brothers. The family settled in Birtle Binscarth area from the early 1880s to the early 1920s and the writer seeks any information on descendants.
In a Steinbach Carillon column Eugene Derksen weighs rural versus urban policing noting rural drivers face stiffer penalties for impaired drinking than city cases. He cites RCMP actions in Brooks and Nipawin and laments uneven law enforcement, urging balanced application of justice across regions.
The piece notes the Russell Dairy and Poultry Co op naming Texaco oils related plans and work on a bulk sales plant. Larry Arnold replaces a cop friend, OGIT girls join a rally in Winnipeg for the CGTL milestone, and April 24 1975 shells awards honor Manitoba agents while Lorraine Abbott becomes president of the Russell Figure Skating Club.
In a 7 year old pilot’s witty column Century Bound Burt Garnett questions Reagan age and duty. He quips Reagan is still not old enough and muses on Reaganomics as childish while praising his screen lines and political savvy amid tax cuts and debt debates in Ottawa and Washington.
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