Transportation Talk: Farmers Blame Others for Suffering
Farmers discuss the poor farm incomes and a supposed end of a perpetual Crow transportation subsidy. The piece argues farmers are price takers in global markets with rising costs from banks, chem and rail firms, urging focus on systemic issues rather than blaming the poor and external groups.
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Raultseingessnet
Feds
Butt
Robin Hood
Bank of Canada
Manitoba cancer campaign aims to boost provincewide care network
The Manitoba Cancer Foundation launches a $19 million fundraising drive to expand Rural Community Cancer Program sites in Thompson Flin Flon The Pas Swan River Dauphin Brandon Portage la Prairie Morden Winkler Steinbach Gimli and Selkirk and to fund state of the art equipment and top researchers A $3 million provincial grant backs the Winnipeg center expansion while Senator Norma Paterson Foundation pledges $500000 and a 200 member volunteer team will fundraise across Manitoba
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Manitoba Cancer Foundation
Manitoba
Raymond McFeeters
Lyonel Israels
Gary Filmon
Gary Doer
Jon Gerrard
Winnipeg
McFeeters
The
Great- West Life Assurance Company
Andrew Paterson
Norma M. Paterson
Paterson
Canada
Julia DeFebr
Thompson
Flin Flon
Pas
Swan River
Dauphin
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Morden, Winkler, Steinbach
Gimli
Selkirk
America
DeFehr
Shoal Lake hospital fight voiced in letter to editor
Bill Lambert criticizes Manitoba Health and MRHA over mislabeling personal care beds as hospital beds and denying a Hospital Conversion Grant. He laments a promised new hospital, alleges political neglect, and calls for proper council and MLA action after 25 years of waiting.
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Shoal Lake
Manitoba Department of Health
MRHA
Len Derkach
Filmon
Sandra Delorme
National Post earns high marks for Canadian content and coverage
Fred McGuiness reviews the National Post calling it a promising major daily with coast to coast news coverage, albeit editorially right leaning. He compares it to the Globe and Mail, notes its National scope, profiles a Calgary entrepreneur restoring Reaidyn, and warns readers to endure the editorials.
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National Post
Globe and Mail
Southam
Toronto
Catherine Ford
Calgary Herald
Klein
Manning
Barbara Amiel
Supreme Court
L'Heureux-Dube
Itas Amiel
Amnesty International
Alberta
Texas
Port Alberni
Corner Brook
Art Hazle
Calgary
Readiyn
Moose Jaw
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