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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1982
Page
2
W Roger Worth argues the Canadian economy faces high inflation over 11 percent and 1.2 million unemployed with rates harming homeowners and firms. He warns of budget damage, rising failures, stubborn wage demands, and public-sector power, urging cooperation among business, government, and labor to avert deeper trouble.
Peter Warren interviews Don Poulin on vertebrate pest losses in Manitoba, detailing $42.2 million in yearly damage from gophers, blackbirds, rats, and ducks. He notes farmers’ reliance on pest control, warns against dangerous chemicals, and questions urban calls to kill pigeons while highlighting provincial contrasts.
Reader Bill Smiley critiques education policy in Ontario, attacks politicians from Thatcher to Reagan, and defends Dr Bette Stephenson while criticizing newspaper uproar. He defends teachers’ efforts, jokes about unions, and defends common sense civics amid national political debates.
A compilation of dated items covers farmland rights for a railway, early car owners in Russell, community events, hotel ownership changes, moves of residents, church farewells, and civic commentary. It ends with editorials on local government transparency and press-access to council meetings.
A letter to readers from the Official Board of the Russell Inglis United Church Wider Parish urges delaying Sunday sports to 1 PM to avoid forcing families to choose between worship and games. They cite a shift from occasional afternoon games to full day tournaments and invite public views.
In 1964 a man pulled a 119 pound sturgeon from the Winnipeg River. An 1903 report claims water in Sturgeon Creek was blocked by a giant fish, dug out but its scales eluded weight estimates. A York, England find notes a Viking era wooden sack suggested for cleaning and preservation, provoking nostalgia on aging materials.
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