Canadians debate space messages and riot funding fallout
The article links a defence petition for space message regulation to scandals over taxpayer financed events. It notes Yvan Dutil and Stephane Dumas warn aliens could be invited by transmissions. It also recounts April Manitoba protests against Premier Gary Filmon, riot police, and allegations of paid protest attendance. It cites golf fee spending by Crown corporations including Jean Carle and the Canadian Business Development Bank, highlighting rising executive perks from 1993 to 1998.
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Department of Defence
Ottawa
Yvan Dutil
Stephane Dumas
Dutil
Earth
Assembly of Manitoba
Canada
Nto
Canadian Business Development Bank of Canada
Jean Carle
Western Disdain for Ottawa Plans Revealed in Tribune
A prairie reader vents at Ottawa for a westward federal push praised for optics but seen as condescending. The letter argues Liberal detachment from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, calling for genuine federal attention to rural producers and businesses in the west.
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Winnipeg
John Harvard
Ottawa
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Lyle Vanclief
Great East West Divide
Prairies
Seniors embrace Internet life across Canadian towns
A Grenfell reader argues seniors lack Internet literacy while reports from Mount Forest Burks Falls and Regina show robust senior online use. Moses Shebib, 89, trains seniors in Ontario to email grandchildren and locate relatives in Lebanon. Community Access groups plan training for hundreds, proving seniors’ growing digital engagement.
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L. Argue
Grenfell
Argue
Grenfell Sun
Dartmouth
Prairies
Moses Shebib
Mount Forest
Ontario
Moses
Lebanon
James Kirk-White
Burks Falls
Saskatchewan
Brenda MacLauchlan
University of Regina
Brenda
W.L. Phelps
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Bob Ross
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