Lowering the barriers to the future
Ottawa pushes a Canada US free trade framework amid debate. Proponents led by CFIB tout opportunities, market access, and global competitiveness, while opponents fear erosion of national identity. Supporters cite small business optimism and niche market growth as key gains under the agreement.
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United States
U.S
Canada
Hello
John Bulloch
Busines
Bulloch
CFIB
Canada-Us
The trials of summer by Bill Smiley
The author reflects on a summer that defied expectations with unusual coolness and rain in October weather. He recalls a minor domestic flood from a broken toilet tank after a thunderstorm, the aftermath, and a string of small home mishaps that colored his season.
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Bill Smiley
Johnny
Floods, gifts, and old friends brighten a widower's summer
Bill Smiley writes of battling a flooded home with help from plumbers and a supportive circle of old friends. He details a dryer summer with travels to Victoria and Ottawa Valley, and letters of condolence upon learning his younger brother had died, while receiving gifts and stories from readers and acquaintances.
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Sant
Tom
Abe
Insurance Company
Victoria
Ottawa Valley
Goderich
Ont
Airforce
Anderson
Georgetown
Bruce Peninsula
Don McCuaig
Dieppe and
John Patrick Grogan
Dieppe
P.O.W
Stumper Books
F.R.2
Renfrew
George Cadogan
Bruce Coran
Hugh
Baker Lake
Nwt
Ben
Prairie farming in crisis sparks calls for shared costs
Editors across the prairies warn of drought and flood harms, low meat use, and rising input costs. They urge federal action to fund farm relief, soil conservation, and price supports while noting consumers must share the burden to save prairie agriculture.
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Oxford
Prairies
Vulcan Advocate
Ann
The
Herald of Hanna
Canada
Quebec
Altona
Echo
Esearch
Record Gazette
Peace River
Pioneer Trust
Canadian Commercial Bank
Ottawa
Grain Delivered At Russell Farmers Elevator Last Week
A report from Russell notes 1100 bushels of grain delivered last Thursday at the Russell Farmers elevator. The column also mentions building activity in Foxwarren with new dwellings and a business block opposite J Hall’s blacksmith shop.
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Russell Farmers
J. Hall
H. Hooper
Baker and Peters
Winnipeg
Post Office Facts From Canadian Mail History
The post office report notes 3ills account for 15 percent of mail to Canadian households. Over 44 percent of mail originates in Montreal and Toronto. King Richard II set up horse relay routes at 20 mile intervals. Corduroy roads aided early Canadian mail rides, improving over mud path stages. At the peak in 1982 seventeen sway post offices operated nationwide with 1,968 clerks logging 57.5 million miles.
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Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Richard II of England
Sway Post
Manitoba group helps step parents cope with blended families
Peter Warren profiles Lynn Naurdeki who founded Manitoba’s first self help group for step parents. The interview covers challenges facing blended families, grief after divorce or death, and strategies for acceptance, patience, and avoiding pressure on step children to call a parent mom or dad.
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Wough
Lynn Naurdeki
Manitoba
Lynn
Michael Ruta Place
Winnipeg
Jim
Lynnn
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Julie
France
Evelyn
Gerry
England
By Fred McGuiness
Christ Church
UH. Boulton
Charles Frederick
Lee
Harrowby
Russell School
David Miller
Svetober
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Rochedale
Tomlinson Construction Co
Righway
Angusville
Geo. Allen
Gmr
Cameron Collins
Harrowby School
Arthur Olson
M. Corley
Russell Orchestra
R. Bennett
Russell
Birtle
A.R. Tingley
Wayne Ostopowich
David Ross
Bil Custar
Betty Stevens
Theresa Ray
Sharon Russel
Manitoba Telephone System
Vewwver
Erry Kowalishen
Peter Warren
Abe Sts
Ynn
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