Readers of weeklies are the real losers
By W. Roger worth. The postal strike hurt Canadians and hit small business hardest. National firms used own delivery or couriers. small firms faced lost orders, layoffs, and rising bank loans at high interest. About 1100 community newspapers suffered, proving their local voice matters and strikes in essential services should be outlawed to protect readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roger Worth
Postal Service
Big ci
Canada
Canadians favor in-Canada constitution changes said poll
Attorney General Gerry Mercier cites a July Gallup poll showing about 90 percent of Canadians want constitutional changes except amending formula to be made in Canada by Canadians and roughly 90 percent want the Prime Minister to meet premiers to seek agreement. Eight provinces urge patriation with a made-in-Canada formula and provincial consent for changes, while opposing unilateral federal action.
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Gerry Mercier
Gallup
Canada
Mercier
Manitoba
Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Normal versus wife a satirical split in daily life
A comic monologue contrasts a husband and wife in daily routines. He enjoys solitary shopping and reading the paper, while she organizes, plans, and pushes for efficiency. The piece riffs on mismatched habits, preferences, and tolerances within a long relationship.
Longtime spouses reflect on a 35 year marriage
An overheard chat at St Regis Hotel Coffee Shop notes a quirky exchange on aging, marriage, and a skeptical view of law. The dialogue references a five year age gap, a strained relationship, and a caricatured view of the RCMP and legal standards.
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St. Regis
RCMP
Reggie
Chronicle of early 1900s community notes and events
A compilation of local items from Silver Creek and district dates, detailing crop sales and yields, wheat deliveries to Russell mills, teaching assignments for Dorothy Cope, long distance telephone linkage with Roblin, introduction of a Stewart sheaf loader, students pursuing Winnipeg studies, and a reorganization of the Board of Trade under President A G P Smellie with H Clee as vice president and LC Boulton as secretary, plus a note on Mr. Coulter opening a business.
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G. Keating
Silver Creek
Robt
Anderson
Russell Flour Mills
John Watson
Dorothy Cope
Minitonas
Roblin
Wim
Isobel Smellie
Millie Setter
Bernice Currie
Alice Bates
Winnipeg
C.W. Thom
Board of ‘Trade
A.G.P. Smellie
H. Clee
LC. Boulton
My Speedie Wife and a Week of Locusts on Summer End
Last week's woes turn to small graces as a wrenched elbow heals and golf returns. A pair of grandboys unleash chaos from dawn to night while Grandad, aging like a playful eighteen, copes with breakage, soilage, and marital friction. The couple marks their 35th anniversary amid rapid daily chores and opposing temperaments.
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Woods
Henry James
George Eliot
Bill Smiley
Grandad
Gravel on Manitoba roads sparks windshields and woes
Readers and listeners press for action as gravel truck damage prompts questions about law and enforcement. Manitoba Highway Traffic Act requires loads to be secured. ministers claim gravel is a mineral and royalties complicate changes. Officials report meetings with truckers and fewer complaints, with a follow up promised.
Aging drivers and drinking age debates flash across Alberta
A column reviews aging drivers and re testing, cites Manitoba and Saskatchewan proposals to raise the drinking age and stricter checks, criticizes light penalties for assaults on RCMP, and recommends Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave as a provocative read. The piece laments lax enforcement and calls for safety checks, medicals after 69, and clearer rules to curb risky driving.
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Fort Saskatchewan
RCMP
Three Hills
Alberta
Gazette
Manitoba
Commission of Enquiry
Neepawa Press
Michigan
Boissevain Recorder
MacGregor Herald
Opasquia Times
Pas
Enquiry Commission
Bards Argu
Alvin Tofh
Silverton store fire threat narrowly averted garage saved
Early Thursday a fire nearly destroyed a building in Silverton, but quick alarm by John Coey saved the Spar row garage. The structure was owned by D. Dunn, contents largely by Loney and David son, with minimal loss reported. September 9, 1941.
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Silverton
John Coey
Sparrow Garage
D. Dunn
Loney and Davidson
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Russell Banner
Ve Russell
Main Street
Russell
United States
Chaloner
Clayton G. Chaloner
Argyle
C. Coulter
Peter Warren Bine
CJOB
Autopac
Highways and Transportation
Don Orchard
Adilemma
Earth
Mildred Peddie
Mildred
Marjorie Dunn
Margaret Knight
Sacred Heart Hospital
Lorna Tennant
Binscarth
RG. Smellie
Jean Muirhead
Gladstone
L. McLennan
Theo Lesley
Vancouver
B.C
Susan Robinson
Red River College
Betty Hepburn
Brandon
Pelly ‘Trail
Dianne Tremaine
Pelly Trail Office
Bud” Sherman
Dea
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