Budget signals cautious growth push for job creation
Worth notes Marc Lalonde's first budget earns a decent grade for stimulating investment and employment, with $2.4 billion in public works over four years and housing support. It aims to boost confidence while balancing spending and deficits, praising consultations with business and labor groups and highlighting Canada's fiscal path ahead.
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W. Roger Worth
Marc Lalonde
Ottawa
Lalonde
Peter Warren speaks on insurance reforms in Winnipeg
Peter Warren advocates for consumer protections in insurance and public awareness. He notes cases of inadequate replacement value payments after fires and disputes with Hydro lines over electrical damages. He tentatively works with a Manitoba citizen group to address orthodontic coverage gaps for a recently adopted child. He can be reached at 1142 45 Broadway Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Hydro
McGill
Manitoba Government Employees’ Association
Broadway
Winnipeg
Reggies Ramblings on Andropov Question to Samantha
A light column notes a 10 year old American girl named Samantha wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov asking why he wanted to conquer the world. The response was a friendly denial stating he wanted nothing of the kind.
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Samantha
Yuri Andropov
Broadening income criteria for free legal aid in 1989
Attorney General Roland Penner announced new eligibility thresholds effective May 1 1989. Single applicants keep 1982 limits, while other family sizes rise by six to eight percent, with gross annual incomes set at 930 for a single person and 12000 13200 14300 15400 16500 17600 for larger families. Legal Aid Manitoba will assist those whose incomes rise above these limits if they cannot cover all legal costs. The criteria remain flexible to avoid selling essential possessions to pay legal bills.
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Roland Penner
Penner
Manitoba
Bill Smiley on Paul Hellyer as Canada’s Defence Minister
Bill Smiley harshly criticizes Paul Hellyer for becoming Defence Minister during Pearson years, accusing him of opportunism and ill advised plans to reform the armed forces. Smiley argues Hellyer wrecked esprit de corps, pried apart regimental traditions, and left Canada’s NATO forces a laughing stock while politics overshadowed service. He predicts bipartisan fallout and says he looks forward to a forthcoming Admiral Brock memoir.
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Cory
Bill Smiley
Paul Hellyer
Defence
Hellyer
Canada
Canadian Armed Forces
NATO
Pierre Trudeau
Admiral Brock
Artle Communication
Herbs In Daily Life Grow From Kitchen To Clinic
Neighborly News interviews households and retailers about growing and using herbs. The report notes rising herb interest, lists popular plants such as basil savory mint thyme and marjoram, mentions McFayden Seeds and Janet Vickers Calgary, and cites garlic's historic and medicinal uses from ancient to modern times.
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McFayden Seeds
Ray West
West
Janet Vickers
Calgary
Village improvements and new business notes emerge
A village diary records sidewalk work near the station and general town improvements aimed at visitors’ favor. It notes Owen Burdett’s new ice cream parlour, Wilson’s insurance agency, and local telecommunication contracts. Police use of a Ford patrol car is mentioned along with a radio set at HL. Baird’s Royal Hotel visit.
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Surroun
Owen Burdett
HL. Baird
Royal Hotel
Hughie
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Regina
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Russell Theatre
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Bud Glasman
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