Poppy Coin Distribution Draws Veteran Backlash
Rebecca Gingrich of Princeton Ontario questions Tim Hortons role as the Mint’s exclusive distributor for the poppy coin. She argues the arrangement rewards a private business and commercializes Remembrance Day, urging people to buy a poppy from a veteran instead.
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Tim Hortons
Canada
Tim Horton's
Rebecca Gingrich
Princeton
Ontario
Doctor shortage worries Canada wide and locally
A Royal College survey of 61 000 doctors finds many plan reduced hours or closing to new patients. In Canada 3.6 million lack a family doctor, with 3 800 more retiring in two years. Communities urge business leaders to craft long term physician incentives. Local doctors and RHA strive to recruit, while thanking visiting physicians who covered clinics.
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Canada
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ana
RHA
Rossburn
Waywayseecappo
Langenburg
Russell
North America
Down East
Out West
Barnard
Honiball
Henning
Pelser
Grophi
Birtle
Land values near pig farms questioned by letter writer
The author cites studies from Minnesota Missouri and Michigan and a Manitoba realtor claiming property values fall near large animal factories. He notes a 88 percent drop within a tenth of a mile and recounts a Michigan family forced to move after a pork plant opened 700 feet away. He references John Kilpatrick and The Appraisal Journal supporting the concerns.
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Manitoba Park Council
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Harrowsmith
Quebec
Gordon Rowe
Park Council
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
Michigan
John Kilpatrick
Illinois
Kilpatrick
Larry Powell
Green Party of
Prohibition Era Prairie Tales and Capone Rumors
A historic overview describes Prohibition as a failed noble experiment fueling speakeasies bootleggers and a crime wave led by gangsters. It covers Canada’s mixed wet dry policies Western provinces moonshiners in Saskatchewan and Alberta 1922 Coleman violence Emperor Pic and Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan liquor warehouses and notable figures like the Bronfman family and Al Capone visiting Moose Jaw.
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Speareass
al Capone
United States
Canada
Saskatchewan
Bronfman
Regina
Moose Jaw
Chicago
Alberta
Coleman
Emilio Picariello
Emperor Pic
Manitoba
U.S
Estevan
Bienfait
Oxbow
Cardot
Carnevale
Gainsborough
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