Ed Wall Letter Urges Rejection of Bill 45 Punishing Retired Teachers
A letter to the editor argues that Bill 45 by Education Minister Peter Bjornson imposes age and gender biased COLA cuts. It claims the bill reduces COLA to 66 percent, leaves future increases to stock markets, spans ten years, and pits current teachers against retirees to please Manitoba Teachers’ Society leaders.
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Peter Bjornson
Manitoba Teacher Society
Ship
Peter
Debate on cyberbullying prompts criminal code rethink
A writer reflects on technology's impact and online bullying. The Canadian Teachers Federation urges the federal government to make cyberbullying a separate offense under the Criminal Code. Provincial education ministries direct schools to craft policies to combat digital intimidation.
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Canadian Teachers Federation
Ministry of Education
CTF
Dear Editor calls out premier for backing fossil fuel shifts
A reader condemns Premier Deer for re embracing fossil fuels and a natural gas plant, arguing the moves mirror a failed 2005 subsidy and threaten hydropower and renewable energy, calling the stance 19th century and out of touch with green progress.
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Deer
Manitoba Hydro
Ed Schreyer
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July listings highlight multiple properties including a $209,000 two bedroom home with a partial basement, a $150,000 three bedroom family house, a $94,400 walkable to school home with yard and workshop, and a $50,000 renovation candidate. Also available are residential lots from $10,000 to $22,500 and commercial spaces such as a $99,000 38 by 80 building at Augusta and Main and a $59,900 1700 sq ft property with parking. Binscarth offers a furnished two bedroom home at $65,000 suitable as a first home or B B option.
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Six to One: Iran Not Up for Attack This Year
Gwynne Dyer argues Iran and its Revolutionary Guards see US and Israeli threats as bluff. He notes the Shahab-3 test shows capability but questions guidance and missile defenses. The piece cites the December National Intelligence Estimate denying an Iranian weapon, and casts doubt on a US or Israeli strike. Six-to-one odds favor no attack this year.
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Israel
Iran
United States
Gulf
Washington
Jerusalem
Iranian Revolutionary Guards
George W. Bush
Bush
Ehud Olmert
International Institute
Morocco
White House
Pentagon
Six-to-one
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