Bennett aims to curb public sector tenure in BC
Canadian Premier William Bennett moves to end job security for thousands of civil servants by allowing layoffs based on performance. The plan, backed by CFIB and opposed by unions, would let the province fire the least effective workers while retaining high performers and preserving pensions, arguing the system is too costly and complacent.
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W. Roger Worth
Dtng
Canada
British Columbia
William Bennet
Bennett
B.C
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Bennetts
CFIB
John Bulloch
Ottawa l
Bulloch
Labour Canada
Pension Theques
Secor
Manitoba
Peter Bower
Mani
Esterhazy
Miner Journal
Ottawa
Feds
Monique Regan
Bow Island
Brooks Bulletin
Begin
Hanna Herald
Melfort Journal
Saskatchewan
Devine
Poor Planning Brings a Comic Bricklayer Tale
A humorous clipping from a Canadian labor newsletter depicts a bricklayer's accident report blamed on Poor Planning. The worker describes hoisting bricks in a six storey building, a dramatic ascent and descent, multiple injuries, and a barrel mishap before surviving a six story tumble. The piece then contemplates Canada’s social system and quality of life, contrasting hardship with resilience.
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Bill Smiley
Jack Ryan
Workmen's Compensation Board
Civil Service
Rev Fenue Canada
County ‘Weed, Commission
Lam
Evacuees of 1940s War Reach Out For Memories
University of Saskatchewan historian Geofrey Bilson seeks both evacuees and Manitoban hosts from Britain’s 1940 era to share letters and memories. The project notes many were aged 5 to 15, with letters recalling upheaval and first tastes of ice cream. Archives director Peter Bower urges preservation of records, warning against self sorting of potentially valuable material.
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Britain
University of Saskatchewan
Geoffrey Bilson
Manitoba
Materiar
Bilson
Winnipeg
Bower
Ove Iewers
Battered wives and税 Alcohol taxes spark provincial debate
Prairie readers confront domestic violence and police role while Ottawa taxes tobacco and alcohol. Editorials condemn lenient sentences for wife beatings, urge stronger penalties, and note varying local responses. Provinces discuss liquor and cigarette taxes amid concerns over public health and revenue impacts.
Elevator work opens new CPR track upgrade
A report from September 3 1988 notes workmen of CPR laying in railway track west of the village as part of a new elevator project for Northern Elevator Co. The article mentions new machinery for an electric plant and a stock loader purchased by J McKay, plus a Harrowby minister moving to Queen's University for studies.
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Northern Elevator Co
CPR
Tom
J. McKay
Ot Suvervon
Naecrel
Harrowby
Queen's ‘University
Kingston, Ont
Sptember
M. Ernest Render
Brandon
Manitoba Power ‘Commission
WD. Falls
W.A. Coburn
Hitle
Bill ‘Storey
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Main Street
Rojiwo
United States
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Chaloner
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Russell Banner
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Unai
Argyle Communications
Peter Warren
Etter
England
Halifax
Brita
Dorothy Garbutt
Saskatoon
SiNoWwo
Fred McGuinness
Prairie
Trudeau
St. Albert
the Gazette
St. Regis
Legis
Pamley
Lyon
Dominion
McIntosh
John McIntosh
Winnipeg Normal School
Binscarth
Noah
Donald ‘McLeod
Russell Chamber of Commerce
Bil Wails
Frank Clement and Sons Ltd
General ‘Motors
General Motors
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