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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1985
Page
2
The Russell Banner notes weekly publication on Wednesday from Main Street Russell Manitoba. Subscription is 10 dollars per year within a 40 mile radius. Advertisements state terms, with allowances for typographical errors and price changes.
The Winnipeg Sun notes Manitoba must translate laws into French or risk striking them down after a Supreme Court decision. Proponents say the deal with Societe Franco-Manitobain avoids full translation by extending French services to major centers. Opponents fear entrenched bilingualism and costly, ineffective changes.
Reggies Ramblings critiques the New and Improved Federal Budget linking paycheque changes to tension. Smokers seek quitting amid tobacco tax rises, while readers mock the term Filthy Tait and the debut of the Candy Tax as a trigger for strange remedies and irritation.
A reader letter catalogs debates on the Tory budget and Prime Minister Wilson, while venting about Canada’s weather obsession. The piece riffs on aging voters, finance, heating woes, and a conservative bid to curb costs amid seasonal complaints. The tone blends humor with blunt critique of leaders and daily life.
A notice recalls the death of John C. Seebach a leading figure in Seeburn. Meanwhile the new Presbyterian Church at Shellmouth opened after planning since last summer led by W S Wallace D Stewart A Stewart and R Patterson. The church measures 46 ft 6 in by 26 ft 6 in with eaves at 16 ft.
The Nipawin Journal readers face a budget dispute over a proposed 26,000 pay raise for lawmakers. The Carlyle Observer critiques performance, while the Neepawa Press and other papers debate agricultural spending, capital gains tax, and tax relief. Writers reference RCMP era politics, unions, and a shift toward corporate tax breaks, with local notes on a Legion charter and a Ross Burn high school bid.
Peter Warren profiles a Winnipeg based group of seven to nine Family Conciliation Service professionals under the Queen's Bench Act. They help separating couples craft child custody and land arrangements before court, emphasizing joint decisions, not petty allocations, and may conduct assessments and prepare reports for custody orders. The service faces mixed lawyer reaction but claims an 80 percent success rate and directs couples to appropriate services.
Highways Minister Walter Weir announced the first paving contract for the Winipoy Portage Prairie Expressway worth 1 165 496 dollars. The lineal 12 5 mile segment runs from the No 4 highway junction to one mile west of Erie. Other notes mention Cattle Ramsay Construction as the awarded firm and a brief list of bicycle rodeo winners.
The document critiques a new budget proposing a liquor tax and favorable terms for self starters, suggesting workers face higher costs for essentials while entrepreneurs find loopholes. It notes sarcasm about quitting and jokes about self employment as a remedy, reflecting frustration with fiscal policy.
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