Summer reading picks across politics sports and radio in Charlottetown
The writer lists favorite summer books including Peggy Noonan's What I Saw at the Revolution and George Will's baseball work, plus Clifford Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg. Betty Large’s Out of Thin Air is noted with respect to CFCY broadcaster history, and Peggy Noonan’s Reagan era reflections are praised for sharp political insight.
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Charlottetown
Anne of Green Gables
Random House
Peggy Noonan
Reagan White House
George Bush
Noonan
Reagan
America
Wills
Will
Clifford Stoll
Doubleday
Stoll
U.S
Hanover
Germany
Betty Large
Col
Keith Rogers
CFCY
Atlantic Canada
Don Messer
Neighborly gestures and community ties across towns
Neighborly News profiles George Vogt in Gilbert Plains who receives a hand powered three wheel cart from Bob Lee to move his wheelchair. It also covers the Coates family raising Buffy the bison calf, Jewel Heinrichs at a Rosenort credit union, Bob Banman’s Harvard plane in Steinbach, the SIGN initiative in Yorkton’s 20th anniversary, and a Pas columnist finding a birthday card on a grandfather’s grave.
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Gilbert Plains
George Vogt
George
Bob Lee
Dauphin
Bob
Dauphin Herald
Lloyd Coates
Willingdon
Carstairs News Chronicle
Coates
Buffy
Cattalo
Jewel Heinrichs
Rosenort
Credit Union
Jewel
Scratching River
Steinbach
Bob Banman
California
Harvard
Steinbach Carillon
Yorkton
SIGN
Pas
Opasquia Times
Aboriginal influence shapes Manitoba election campaign
The provincial race highlights how native issues and anti poverty promises increasingly drive votes. Aboriginal groups and Cree compensation talks intersect with party strategies as leaders court diverse communities while debates over Mohawk Oka, Meech Lake, and self government frame the contest.
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Meech Lake
Oka
Quebec
NDP
Sid Green
Progressive Party
Green
Liberal Party
Calgary
Manitoba
Filmon
Carstairs
Deer
Ottawa
Manitoba Hydro
Norway House
Cross Lake
Red Power
Global bankruptcy surge warns of GST driven recession risk
The 1990 Canadian economy shows a sharp rise in bankruptcies with 30 percent more personal and corporate filings in the first half, June up 32 percent from last year. John Bulloch warns of 1982 scale severity unless GST delay aids inflation and rates, saving thousands of jobs.
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John Bulloch
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Mulroney dismantling Canada's farm support programs
Kenneth Sigurason requests editor attention to the shift away from the Canadian Wheat Board and oats marketing, noting August 1990 price quotes of 62 cents per bushel and arguing removal of Wheat Board marks a move to open markets. He criticizes government policy, cites Maguire and Mayer, and urges awareness of transportation subsidies and diversification. The letter reflects NFU concerns about free market impacts on Canadian agriculture.
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Swan River
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Charlie Mayer
California
Canada
Pillsbury Co Agra Ete
United States
Mulroney
Rey Mayer
Larry Maguire
Mayer
Wlse
Maguire
Old Mayer
A.D.A
Cargill Grain
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Manitoba I Musketeers
Gary Filmon
Sharon Carstairs
Gary Deer
CCF
Tommy Douglas
Elijah Harper
Peter Warren
Nat
Banoa
By Terry O’shaughn
Sulloch
Ag. Suport
Mr Mayer
Manitoba Cooperator
Thunder Bay
Vancouver
Kenneth Sigurason
National Farmers Union
Che
The
Russell Banner
P.O
Russell, Manitoba
Roj Iwo
Russell
Joner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
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