Postal strike costs hit small firms billions say federation
A Canadian Federation of Independent Business survey of 1 242 members estimates the summer stoppage cost small and mid sized businesses about 3 billion in conservative terms and caused over two million lost workdays. It highlights emotional strain and argues for curbing postal strikes and improving reform of the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roger Worth
André Ouellet
Ouellet
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Peter Warren Questions Mixed Up Priorities In Public Mind
Peter Warren laments crass commercialism eroding memory of sacrifice behind Memorial Day observances. He notes four in ten would fight to preserve freedom, cites color TV and video games as distractions, and urges parents to challenge school boards over curricular priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Argole
Letter to the editor on beet import impact on beef industry
A reader blasts the NDP and MP Lewycky for not attending meetings on rising beet imports. The writer cites beef producers’ plight and calls for the party to discharge its responsibilities to protect them, contrasting with alleged prompt action for the Grain Handlers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.p
Lewycky
N.D.P
Repetition ways Bill Smiley Parallels Canadian life and liberty
A column by Bill Smiley critiques Canadian life amid inflation unemployment and cultural tensions. It contrasts conformity with individual freedom, laments trust erosion from government and banks, and urges practical self-reliance and frugal living while urging resilience against national gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smiley
Emstone
Sin
Manitoba Chamber Comments on Budget Actions for 1962
The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce president will offer comments after 9 00 P M CST on the 1962 federal budget. The chamber expects focus on federal deficit reduction spending cuts tax increases and cost shared program reductions. Executive Director Alex Milton can provide further information at 401 17 Lombard Avenue Winnipeg RB OWS telephone 942 2561.
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Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Manitoba Chamber
Alex Milton
Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg
Manitoba
RB Ows
Editorial Voices and Personal Edits Across Canadian Weeklies
This piece surveys how weekly editors reveal persona in editorials across several papers. It notes forgiving yet pointed tone in editorials from the Independent and Claresholm Local Press, plus calls for editors to defend policy and urge farmer action. It cites Bow Island and Carman Leader examples and laments rising strike disruption and calls for labor policy study.
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Stettle
Independent
Melville
Ald
Nick Eremke
Don Abel
Claresholm
Grannie
Aise
Bow Island
Carman Valley Leader
Carman
Neepawa
Olden Days items from Russell area span births to tributes
A retrospective of local notes covers Mrs. Angus Matheson’s 90th birthday along with weddings and school electors in Russell and Silverton. Items include a Manse tea, a November 4 wedding of Alice McFadyen to Lindsay Keating, a Russell School Athletic Association president, council acclamations, livestock shipments to Toronto, telephone counts, crib scores, and obituaries of Walter Spencer and D Russell Coulter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Matheson
Binscarth
Alice
F. McFadyen
Lindsay Keating
J.0. Keating
Silverton
Betty Page
Russell School Athletic Association
Leonard Fenton
Dorothy Whitmer
Ronnie ‘McKinnon
Donald Keating
Charles Keating
Lorna Bennett
Jas Rea
H.W. Bailey
H. Thomson
Angus Bennett
Russell
Watson Dunn
E and V Dunn
Toronto
Minniska
Silverton Hall
Mona
Harvey Hyde
Mushumanski
Aong
Vern Rosnoski
Pat Wooldridge
The
Grim Reaper
Walter Spencer
D. Russell Coulter
Mich
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Russell Banner
Main Street
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Peter Warren
Canada
Oldsman
Paranoi
Bank of Canada
North Amer
John
A. MacDonald
Fin
Pepin
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