Westman Cable to replace North Dakota stations with Detroit fed signals
Westman Media Co operative seeks to boost service quality by replacing NBC and CBS North Dakota stations with satellite fed Detroit stations. The plan aims to improve signal reliability while keeping a mix of channels and adding six specialty channels to basic service. Ottawa regulators’ stance could influence allowing Canadians more viewing choices.
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Westman Media Co-operative
North Dakota
Westman Cable
NBC
CBS
Detroit
Winnipeg
PBS
Westman
Ottawa
Brandon Sun
Drugs and Alcohol Topic Echoes Across Alberta Talks
A composite of opinions on addiction highlights tobacco and alcohol issues, school drug awareness, and the Calgary congress on alcoholism. Articles note air quality rules, drug searches in schools, and Calls for hard hitting reviews of consequences. Local papers applaud hospital smoke restrictions while cautioning about policing and deception by smokers.
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Brooks School Board
Calgary
Alberta
Carstairs
Nipawin Journal
Manitoba Oil and Gas reports nine of ten wells successful
Manitoba Oil and Gas Corporation and partners report a nine for ten success rate among this year's test wells, the first producing wells for the crown corporation. Production comes from Virden and Daly area sites, ranging 10 to 40 barrels per day with an expected 20 barrels daily on average. The minister notes the company is an established, promising player in Manitoba’s oil industry.
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Manitoba Oil and Gas Corporation
Crown Corporation
Energy and Mines
Wilson ‘Corporal
Virden
Daly
Manitoba
Parasiuk
Steakhouse sign sparks reflections on Canada's changing mores
The author observes Canada’s social shift over decades sparked by a steakhouse and tavern sign. He contrasts past attitudes toward drinking, taverns, and class with present permissiveness, recalls youth in the thirties, and critiques modern journalism and urban sociability while noting ongoing nostalgia for stricter times.
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Canada
Tam
Carrie Nation
Joan of Arc
Pope John Paul II
Upper Lakes
Duluth
Detroit
Chicago
Ontario
Finner
Nation turning into a nation of slobs observations on decayed culture
A writer condemns rising steakhouse and bar culture, high ink prices, and sleazy pubs. He laments crude language in Parliament and schools, obscene T shirts, and widespread vulgarity among youth, warning Canada is becoming a nation of slobs.
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Thas
Canvass group seeks volunteers for local charity drive
Maisie Rannie writes to ask for help with the C.N.L.B. canvass in Binscarth as the Binscarth Homnettes H Club can no longer cover districts. She invites individuals or organizations to contact her or the C.N.L.B. in Brandon, noting the cause helps locals.
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Binscarth Homnettes +H Club
C.n.lb
Brandon
Binscarth
Maisie Rann
Historic Mayoral Dates and Local Happenings Through Time
October entries chronicle community events from 1885 to 1975 including shop acquisitions, church services, harvest milestones, and public notices. Notable items reference Knazan Bros purchasing The Fashion Shop, Bowley’s high grade barley, council accounts totaling 48701.76, and local graduations and Hydro appointments.
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Manitoba
United Church
Binscarth
J. Hunter
Margaret Hume
Jim Clegg
Billy Innes
William Morrison
Barbara Sheppard
Anette Hunter
Hazel Strachan
Gertrude Clement
Hope Braendle
Ina Hunter
Knazan Bros
Winnipeg
Misses Jackson
Hembroft
Misses Crystal
Jackson Sill
Scotty Gillespie
August Leifer
Assiniboines
Clark's Crossing
Bowley
Silverton
Christ Anglican Church
I.A. Norris
David Bryer
Pratt Collegiate
Pelly Trail
Steve Hudey
Manitoba Hydro
Frank Sitko
Donald Ross
Brandon
Earl Ross
Manitoba landlords decry 3 percent rent cap for 1986
Manitoba landlords protest a three percent ceiling on rent increases for 1986 affecting about 250,000 tenants. They cite bankruptcies, evictions, and damages under the 4.5 percent limit, and accuse the NDP government of double standards by allowing higher rents in public housing.
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Manitoba
John Bucklaschuk
Winnieg
Winnipeg
Manitoba Landlords’ Association
Sid Silverman
Silverman
Landlords’ Association
NDP
London
England
New York
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Ghitter
Kippan and
McFarlane
W.S. Crerar
Peter Warren
Fords
Akes
Gven
Regulation Bureau
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