Reader letter rips Harper and Alberta provincialism
Thornhill Ontario reader questions Stephen Harper’s plan and warns Canadians to keep his minority government on a tight leash. He argues Harper is an Albertan provincialist with a narrow national outlook and urges hard questions on immigration, revenue, transfers, and long term policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
House of Commoners
Alberta
Harper
Mr. Harper
Jean Chretien
U.S. of A
Liberal Party
Mr. Dithers
M. Baloney
Ottawa
Stephen Minority
Robert Ede Thornhill
Russell Pool Loss Sparks Community Plea for Support
A Russell area letter laments the loss of the town pool for the season and details planned fundraising. It notes about fifty swimming lesson registrations and potential increases, cites grants and local donations, and calls for volunteers to keep programs running. The writer urges community support while insurers decide future viability.
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Russell and
Area
Silver Beach
Binscarth
Rec Commission
T.W
1000 Needed Inventions by Raymond Yates, 1929
A 1929 preview of future tech from Raymond Yates outlines needed inventions such as a noiseless clock, automatic garage doors, non re usable candy boxes, snow melting sidewalks, durable golf balls, and improved film animation methods. The forward urges continued invention and notes energy, medicine, and solar ideas as priorities.
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Raymond Yates
Bureau of Inventive Science
Rochester
N.Y
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Etter
Ottawa Press Union
Rt. Hon
S. Harper
Mulroney
Preston Manning
Reform Party
The
West
Parti Quebecois
National Energy Program
NEP
Klein
House of Commons
Senate
Russell
Russell Pool
Westpark Realty
Mantn Rosse
Tus
Gro‘eres
Uist
Sean
Bob Ross
Joan Montgomery
Angie Esplen
Abe
Mr. Yates
Janitopa
Russell Banker
Main Street
Manitoba
Gilroy Pap
Province
Government
Canada
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