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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1983
Page
2
The piece highlights farmers and fishermen facing borrowing costs and volatile prices amid high interest and policy shifts. It notes Canada’s self sufficiency in food, the burden on producers, and the benefit to consumers, urging respect for those who supply food domestically and internationally.
Peter Warren argues public employees perform essential services and shape civilization. He notes Calgary in a graveyard strike, Winnipeg hospital staff walkouts, and Portage la Prairie municipal issues while cautioning not to overvalue their labor compared to farmers merchants and publishers who are not on strike. He criticizes underpaid workers yet emphasizes broad labor equity.
A columnist contends lawmakers ignore the distractive effect of wild arm waving while speaking. The piece notes focus shifts away from content when gestures are excessive. A restaurant promotion is mentioned offering sirloin steak spaghetti sand and garlic toast for 14.99, praised as a tough price to beat.
A collage of archival items notes carpenters overhauling a store to be taken by Mr Crowe of Winnipeg, a serious farm fire near Hugh McLeod destroying granary and stables, a flood of phone disconnections, prizes for tidy yards, twin calves at Endcliffe, gas farming boosts, CPR leadership change, a Chinese visitor in Russell, Governor General Vanier's oath, housing project plans, and civic developments in Russell across decades from 1908 to 1973.
Ray Spencer of Binscarth Manitoba asks space to respond to remarks in a March report. He describes his selection for a Beet Program role with 160 dollars per month, notes no conflict of interest, and thanks farmers and the Natural Products Marketing Council as he attends meetings in Winnipeg.
Budget notes by Harry L. Marden outline multiple tax measures coming into force after parliamentary approval. Key items include removing the $100 standard deduction, expanding the employment expense deduction to a 3 to 20 percent range with a $500 cap, and enabling many low income earners to reach the $500 maximum quickly. The plan also aids married couples and full time students, allowing larger deductions and dependent status for student dependents.
Readers explore local history and genealogy through archives, churchyard hunts, and provincial societies. Fort Qu'Appelle Times highlights Myrna Morris, Donne Bjore, and extensive research networks in Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and nationwide. Public offices are joked as easy paths to lineage traces.
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