Strike hits Canadian small firms hard in postal strike
The 23 percent federal rate and postal shutdown crippled small businesses driving job creation. Banks aided by accepting payments at one branch and routing funds nationwide to suppliers, easing cash flow. CFIB represents 60,000 owners urging branch level bank support as unions face backlash over essential service strikes.
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W. Roger Worth
Tome
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CFIB
Hearing aid help in Manitoba offers free services and safety
Peter Warren reports on Manitoba hearing aid safeguards after a Portage la Prairie reader questioned sellers. Health Minister Bud Sherman outlines medical guidance, audiologist referral, and provincial supports including 80 percent subsidy for equipment over 75 dollars for under 18s, mobile clinics, and regional access via Audiology services. The Hearing Aid Board provides a bulletin with statistics, noting one in 40 Canadians have hearing loss and Manitoba hosts about 40 000 affected residents.
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Portage la Prairie
Portage
Manitoba
E. Prior
Oddfellows Towers
Bud Sherman
Prior
Manitoba Health Services Commission
Manitoba Consumers’ Bureau
Hearing Aid Board
Letter routing mysteries defy quick postal timeframes
A Winnipeg man notes a Toronto letter took fourteen days despite correct address and postage. He cites an English language requirement stamp in NE state and a Return to Sender notice, contrasting with another well addressed Toronto envelope arriving in two weeks. He seeks official explanation from postal heads.
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Post Office
Nova Scotia
Per Holting
Holting
Winnipeg
Toronto
Community reflections and small-town vignettes from weekly papers
A collage of editorials and anecdotes from small Canadian towns covers vandalism cases, RCMP reactions, neighborly acts, and light human-interest notes. Highlights include youth mischief blamed on older media narratives, a Yorkton house party police response, and Biddy Hastings’s civic spirit followed by a charity effort to aid her. The piece also nods to serendipity as Lena Kazakoff loses and regains a wedding ring after 48 years.
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Assiniboia
RCMP
Yorkton
Redcoats
Halifax
Lves
High River ‘Times
Biddy Hastings
Little Theatre
High River Times
Bonnyville Nouvelle
Grand Centre
Cold Lake
Lena Kazakoff
Peter
Kazakoufs
Eaton's
Bill Smiley Too much to handle
Bill Smiley laments a packed June workload as English department duties collide with a family move. He describes the chaotic planning of moving Kim and the kids from Moosonee to Cochrane, the logistics of hiring a U Haul, and the absurd hurdles from officials and friends, comparing the strain to a military operation.
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Bill Smiley
Trepid
Agredient
Kim-and-the
Moosonee
Cleopatra
Joe Stalin
Cochrane
James Bay
Kim
General Rommel
General Scheisskopf
Dudley
Long-Running Russell Local Notices Span 1901 to 1971
A compilation of dated notes reports construction at a bank, farm sales in Russell, nurse appointments, grain harvests, and various civic events. Entries mention the Arthur Bryant stone wall, Dr Barnardo farm sale, nurse district appointment, Flying Cross award, skating courses in Winnipeg, fire at Marchwell, and the closing of the Eadcliffe elevator landmark. Multiple individuals and local agencies are named across August dates from 1881 to 1981.
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Violet Clements
Dorothy Cope
Harry Cope
Nellie Anderson R.N. Thas
Shellmouth
Boulton
Silver Creek
Binscarth
Russell
Rossburn
Eadcliffe
Inglis and Cracknell
B. American
National
Miss Lightly
Glenboro Hospital
Campaign重 to support muscular dystrophy research
To be held hostage is a terrifying experience. Today, more than 20,000 Canadians are held captive by muscular dystrophy and more than 40 other nerve and muscle disorders. Research alone is the promise of their release. Support is urged via Ken Taylor Campaign Chairman and the Jerry Lewis Telethon on September 6 and 7.
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Russell Banner
Canada
United States
Overseas
Chaloner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
Peter Warren
Reggies
Argste Com
The
Arthur Bryant
RJ. Young
Hugh McLaughlin
Minniska
L.A. Newell
Sandy Lake
Messrs. Hughes
Jas. Minshull
William Lewis
Angusville
Belle Snedden
Dauphin
Heather McIntyre
Roberta Cochrane
Gail Page
Gloria Pacey
Russell Athletic Council
RH. Watts
United Grain Growers Elevator
Arborfield
Sask
Marchwell
Westbourne
Bing Juckes
Ken Taylor Caneys
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