Grain transport debate signals federal action on Crow rate
Ottawa faces a clash over Western Canadian grain movement with Minister Jean-Luc Pepin warning of looming rail capacity limits. He cites proposed CP tunnel and CN double tracking as vital, urges a task force with prairie farm groups to finalize solutions in months. Conference fallout highlights producer, taxpayer payment questions and railway subsidies.
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Western
Canada
Manitoba Farm Bureau
Jean-Luc Pepin
Pepin
Canadian Wheat Board
Farm Bureau
Crow Rat National Union
Ted Strain
Strain
Soviets Are Softening Stirs Atlantic Winter Wrath
Winter six weeks brings five major storms and heavy snow paralyzing New Brunswick and Atlantic provinces. Motorists marooned, digging out shoulder high drifts, a sight familiar to prairie dwellers. Ottawa figures Lloyd Axworthy in new controversy over CSW women and a Lib verdict.]
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Kelly
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Lloyd Axworthy
New Dem
Pauline Jewett
Flora MacDonald
Council For the Status of Women
Fred Arney
Legislature
Alan Eagleson
Canada
Winnipeg Jets
St. Regis
Jets
Editorial Debate On Municipal Councils And Public Access
A collage of editorials from Manitoba and Saskatchewan papers questions council openness and fiscal restraint. Highlights include reporting versus secrecy at meetings, a $10,000 drainage bill without prior approval, and calls for clearer conduct and conflicts of interest rules. Local editors urge accountability and cautions on centralized ownership diminishing local voice.
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R.M
Dauphin
Dauphin Herald
the Herald
Valley
Carman
Robert Koskie
Esterhazy Miner Journal
Miner Journal
Don McKenzie
Koskie
Robert Earley
Wetaskiwin Times
Earley
Moosomain
John Meen
Stettler Independent
Rocky View News of Calgary
Reeves
St. Albert
Ode to Winter by Bill Smiley
Canadian columnist Bill Smiley laments arthritis from aging in a humorous ode to winter. He shares failed home remedies from family and odd anecdotes, then muses on winter poetry and a neighbor’s grade twelve milestone, ending with a note on moving on from Angoe Communications.
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Bill Smiley
Japan
Switzerland
Needham
Wilson
Ater
Angoe Communications
Local notices and sports blurbs span years and towns
Extracts recount community events from January 1831 to January 1971, including curling challenges in Inglis, whist drives in Woodstock, hospital fundraisers, and personnel shifts in local businesses. Notable items mention district pioneers, hotel proprietors relocating to Winnipeg, a Rams roster downturn, and the Yorkton Millers beating the Russell Rams 7-6.
Russell Kinsmen Pee Wee Hockey Team Thank Yous
A letter to the editor thanks game officials referees kitchen helpers caretakers and Russell residents for support at the gate and for billeting out of town players. The writer also extends appreciation to the parents of the team.
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Russell
Cour
Russell Kinsmen
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H. Armstrong
Wm. Hancock
J. Doughty
E. Leifer
Woodstock ‘School
Sacred Heart Hospital
Hitler
Grant's Pass
Oregon Daily Courier
U H. Kieper
Kieper
Julius Kieper
Russell District
Charles F
51 Rams
Murphy
L. Foster
D. Kinney
Brent Kinney
Florida
West Indies
Greyhound
Yellowhead
Bil Hodgson
Beaver Lumber
The
Pas
Yorkton Millers
Russell Rams
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