250000 new jobs from independent firms boost Canada economy
Independent businesses in Canada created 250000 jobs in the first half of the year, with forecasts to add about 170000 more by year end. The CFIB poll shows optimism post 1982 downturn, with capital investment expectations rising and Alberta and Quebec leading gains. unemployment fell from 11.2 to 10.4 percent during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Teall
CCFIB
Alberta
Quebec
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scot
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
CFIB
John Bulloch
Canada
City Life Is Tough By Bill Smiley
The piece laments urban life as fall days drag on with dreary commutes and exhausted residents. It contrasts city fatigue with rural superior living, noting tense routines, crowded transport, and the lonely evenings spent with little human contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smiley
Rural Fall Nights Show Contrast With City Living
The piece contrasts small town routines with city life in autumn. It describes family routines, outdoor chores, and community events, highlighting the appeal of rural evenings like leaves burning, church suppers, and farm life versus city sightseeing and traffic. The tone blends affectionate nostalgia with pointed critique of urban pace.
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Metropolia
Mabel
Conservation and Slaughter Club
George
Church Hall
Landseekers busy in our istrict and relics of time
A compilation of notes from various dates recounts land purchases at about 16.00 per acre in the Reserve, a donation of an organ to St Matthew's Church at Binsearth, a boy's miraculous school accident near Binscarth, and local meetings and community updates spanning 1905 to 1974. It captures shifting community life through names, places, and events.
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Ben Murray
E.M. Williams
Russel
St. Matthew's Church
Binsearth
Chavez grape boycott risks tarnishing a legend
The author criticizes Cesar Chavez and his grape boycott call as outdated and harmful to California farm workers. It argues that past gains from the movement were earned under difficult conditions, but today the push would hurt Mexican American labor, illegal workers, and the broader industry amid financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers of California
California
Washington
Chavez
Mulroney
Margaret Thatcher
Eycott
United States
New York
Canada
Weather and wind data spur a prairie forecast quest
In a five month diary column the author recounts starting weather data collection after a 195 km gust and describes Canada US data sharing, public versus private forecasting, farm needs, and satellite service impact. He cites Carol Kaplonski, Prairie Weather Centre chief, and notes farmers relying on dish data, Telidon limits, and rising satellite viewership while calling for better forecasting to cope with extreme events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Service
Satelite Weather Service
U.S
Carol Kaplonski
Environment Canada
Prairie Weather Centre
Weather Bureau
Public
Canada
Telidon
Farm Weather Service
Atlanta
Moosomin
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Russell
Nitob Rojiwo
Aroner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
Tony Carlson
New Brunswick
Carl Bily
Wilie
Binscarth
Silverton
W. Har
Dgreaves
D. Cochrane
H. Salance
Wolverine District
Roy Nelson
Gwen
Eadcliffe
Mr. Lorne Vandear
Mr. Pawluk
Inglis
Joyce Denham
Jimmie Atkins
Billy le Porte
Gertrude Ross
Vera
Knox W.A
G.W Davidson
L. Foster
C. Casitar
A. Bennett
Central Hotel
Harry Winckless
Russell Elks
Hallowe'en
Paula Dunham
Peter Warren
By Fred McGuiness
Weather Data
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