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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1982
Page
2
The nation advances toward metrication with Ottawa backing, costs rising, and shops facing price shifts as Canadians adapt from pounds and inches to litres and metres. Campaigns tout benefits while critics warn of expenses and consumer confusion amid new expressions and federal spending.
A Peter Warren column revisits Ottawa's Indian identity disputes and 1964 Alberta protests led by Chief Esto miskisi-ksi-num Black Bull. It contrasts past hopes with present limits, noting education, land rights, and citizenship debates along with the sting of beer restrictions for Indians in 1964.
In a combative reminiscence Argyle Communications Inc. veteran criticizes modern hockey culture. He recalls childhood gear shortages and local pride, laments imports, and blasts high salaries, theatrics, and off-ice drama while defending traditional values and past players.
Readers note a hype driven launch with CBCs National Journal drawing praise as intelligent yet critics label it crude slapstick. The piece contrasts prairie discontent with stormy weather in other regions and quotes on jobs and wealth rights amid Quebec and federal political chatter.
Letter to the editor from Lee Sage tions Officer of the Manitoba Teacher Society requests authenticated photos of teacher training institutions and student teachers outside Winnipeg and Brandon prior to 1940. Readers with such photos may loan them for copying. originals will be returned promptly. Contact the Society at 191 Harcourt Street Winnipeg R3 3H2 or call 888-7961.
A survey of editorials and letters from Alberta and Saskatchewan papers reveals communities using letters to shape policy from ambulance contracts in Innisfail to school smoking rules in Eston and Wainwright. Citizens press MPs, council decisions, and energy policy, proving democracy in action through persistent, pointed communication.
In the Russell Banner January edition a reader question prompts a reporter to explain why school board in camera sessions occur. The editor asserts openness when public information is not confidential and notes policies are not debated in private. The writer invites reader impressions on Watson Thomson’s Manitoba work to aid understanding.
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