Dear Santa Letter From Peter Hessel Pokes Holiday Gripes
A humorous row letter to Santa from Peter Hessel listing a mix of wishes and jabs at government and postal services. He jokes about losing weight without dieting, dental perfection, universal health care, subsidies for columnists, and road repairs while cheekily noting his own good behavior. He also references the Canadian Encyclopedia and Canada Post with a playful plea for gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hessel
Santa Claus
North Pole
N.W.T
Santa
Canadian Shield
Mel Hurtig
Feds
Canada Council
Canada Post
Tle
Cleaners
National Postal Service
Peter PS
O.K
Why did MTS enter into an Arabian business venture
The piece discusses why cautious MTS management backed the MTX incorporation aimed at tapping the Saudi Arabian market. It notes MTX as a wholly owned subsidiary planned long before the new NDP administration, highlighting AT&T breakup, growth in extensions and devices, and looming staff layoffs as drivers, with the venture evolving through the 1980s to a distant dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MTS
MIX
New Democratic Party
New Manitoba Telephone System Board
Saul Miller
NDP
MTX
North American
Sage
At&t
Letter urges KAP membership amid fiscal strain in Manitoba farming
A reader laments severe financial pressures felt across Manitoba farming communities, citing Keystone Agricultural Producers Inc. meetings in 12 rural locations. The letter urges nonmembers to join KAP and work with neighbors for a better quality of life, noting KAP's 1964 founding purpose and call for collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Agricultural Producers Inc
Manitoba
KAP
Bargain Roundup From Peter Warren Advert Chaos
Peter Warren highlights a flea market of bargains across Canada with cheap shoes in Regina and Toronto, discounted cookbooks in Montreal, battery shavers at two dollars, Perkins diesel engines, and assorted merchandise from heavy machinery to souvenirs. The column riffs on large volumes of ads and reel through the catalog of low prices and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Warren
Toronto
Regina
Marion Brown
Montreal
Foullard Farm Supplies Ltd
Box
White City
Sask
Redvers promotes local tourism with a car raffle draw
A front-page Redvers Optimist story details a promotional plan where 80 local firms back a new-car raffle. Shoppers over five dollars receive coupons, deposited in a Main Street barrel. weekly 16 names get ignition keys, eight weeks of buildup lead to a December 18 key-off event. The scheme aims to curb leakage to big-city shops, reflecting Prairie concerns on local economies and cooperation among merchants.
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Redvers
Main Street
Prairies
Nipawin
Drum
Melfort
Russell District News Digest 1907 to 1986
A miscellany of local items spans elections in Russell Agricultural Society leaders, Sliver Creek officials, tea room purchase in Victoria by J.L. McCauley and Miss Marion Storey, curling club reorganization with named skips, community hall gathering for Mrs. A E McLennan, meat market ownership change in Russell, Gordon Newton leaving for Dauphin, birth notices for Shirley Laycock and Terrance Bennett, Harrowby School closure due to illness, Major Pratt Collegiate Reach for the Top participants, and Santa visit to Russell Community Hall with seven local children.
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A.E. McLennan
Ings
T. Reid and Sons of
Winnipeg
Russell
Gordon Newton
L. Margetis
Dauphin
Andy Newton
Shirley Marlene
R.G. Laycock
Terrance Leroy
John T. Bennett
W. Zwicker
G. Laycock
Harrowby
Major Pratt Collegiate
Bonnie Clement
Barbara Plumb
Wally Jackson
Brian Collins
Brandon
Santa
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Rat Agymheweny
Mountain Road
Stewartville
Memders
Clerd Cinge Mall
Cee Tornm
Tate
Peter
By Russell de
Ffaegane
Oh 28
By Fred McGuiness
Thern
Ould
Sme
Anne's Ra
Rim
Miles Phillips
Boissevain
YES
Broadview
Ont
Miles
The
Russell Agricultural Society
Peter Hyde
J.H. Farthing
E. ‘Wm. Hembrott
John Peddie
Nan and
John Rea
Sliver Creek
Reeve
Geo. Phizacklea
G.D. Nield
D. Hall
W.J. Chittick
R.rutherford
D. Gallant
D. Deaf
Ira
J.L McCauley
Marion ‘Storey
Victoria
B.C
Angusville Curling Club
J. Anderson
C.E. Ferguson
G. Forrest
E. Shepherd
Hla. Staples
W. Chaytor
Ameld
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