Rent control folly in Manitoba noted in frontier critique
Notes from the Frontier argues rent controls harm tenants by shrinking supply and raising overall costs. It cites declined private investment, deteriorating existing units, higher taxes for public housing, and shifting tax burdens to homeowners. The piece urges ending controls amid lower rents and high vacancy.
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Manitoba
Gary Filmon
Sterling Lyon
Filmon
Winnipeg
Calgary
Canada
Peter Holle
Plan to Move Grain Faces Mixed Reactions Across Railways
The article surveys optimism about winter grain movement as railways, grain companies, and the Wheat Board push a CAPG driven plan. It notes possible branch-line cutbacks, consolidation onto main lines, and government safeguards to keep traffic moving despite loading inefficiencies. Critics warn faster reforms may still falter plans.
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Peingessnet
Wheat Board
David Collenette
Feds
Car Allocation Policy Group
CAPG
Prairie
Veteran laments Remembrance Day shift from 11th to holiday
A veteran writes to the editor arguing against renaming November 11 as a generic holiday. He recalls two minutes of silence at the 11th hour and honors Canada’s wartime dead, recounting a 1995 Holland visit for the 50th anniversary of liberation. The writer contrasts past solemn remembrance with today’s extended weekend perception.
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Holland
Appeldoom
Newsman Becomes Newsmaker After Biggar Train Derailment
Daryl Hasein publisher of the Biggar Independent and EMT volunteer helps at the Sept derailment six miles west of town. He attributes strong ambulance coordination and a central dispatch in Saskatoon to saving lives and urges mock-disaster training for towns.
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Daryl Hasein
Daryl Hansem
Daryl
Biggar Independent
Via Rail
Biggar
RCMP
Saskatoon
Biggar Hospital
Central Dispatch Adn
David Morrison
Brewster Tours
Morrison
Canadian Captain Remembered at Holland Cemetery
At Sroesbeek and Holten cemetery Canadians are buried. A Captain from Thunder Bay, aged 28, killed by a sniper, is remembered beneath a shade tree. He served in the Italian campaign and died in Holland, leaving proud parents and many others who sacrificed six years to stop tyranny.
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Holland
G.B. Beelac
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Independent Public Policy Research Organi—“‘Or
Fred McGuinness
Realtys
Ussburn
Unin Y.mb
Osha Realty
Darlene Yakubowski
Ross
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