From Hobby To Enterprise In Prairie Towns
Hobbies spark business in Camrose and across prairie towns as locals turn passions into companies. In March, 13 students enrolled in an Entrepreneurial Program at Augustana University College, funded by the Canada Employment Centre, with help from banks and agencies. Three launched ventures, three tested the market, and others pursued home based ideas. Vickie Gross built a 1800 doll collection that now centers a display and gift shop, Audrey Lerat makes Eskimo style coats, Vic and Lorraine Schupley run Rock Creation Centre with jewellery and crafts, while Roy and Harriet Griffith diversify by breeding animals and running multiple ventures. A message: with talent, market study, and initiative, jobs can be created locally.
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Department of Continuing Education
Augustana University College
Canada Employment Centre
Camrose Canadian
Prairie
Vickie Gross
Warren
Vickie
Audrey Lerat
Cowesses
Crooked Lake
Audrey
Vic
Lorraine Schupley
St. Claude
Roy
Harriet Griffith
Hanna
Let's Talk Taxes How tax policy hurt Canadian airlines
A Canadian Taxpayers Federation feature argues government taxes cripple Air Canada and Canadian Airlines more than market forces. It cites fuel taxes four cents per litre plus an aviation tax totaling 550 million on flyers, plus GST and state levies, and warns a bailout ignores root causes.
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Conference Board of Canada
U.S
Air Canada
Canadian Airlines
Canada
Calgary
Toronto
The
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Hill Top Companies taps volunteers for skin tests across Canada
A Manitoba based Hill Top research unit promotes paid volunteer skin tests for products from after shave to moisturizers and pharmaceuticals. With centers in Ohio, New Jersey, Florida and Arizona, Winnipeg hosts the only Canadian centre. Volunteers, including teens with acne and new mothers, can earn substantial funds, sometimes up to 3150, supporting community finances from St Pierre Jolys to Notre Dame de Lourdes and local schools.
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Manitoba
Ohio
New Jersey
Florida
Arizona
Winnipeg
Hill Top
Wendy Lazer
Therin
Llenlawn Collegiate
Dakota Collegiate
John Taylor Collegiate
Charleswood Community Centre
Wendy
Pembina Highway
Environmental Check-Up for Small Business Guidance
Twenty years after the Earth Summit the piece urges immediate action to curb pollution. It presents易 an Environmental Checklist for Small Business with over 30 practical tips such as using biodegradable cleaners, car pooling, office greening with plants, home composting, recycling, reducing packaging, and buying recycled office supplies.
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Los Angeles
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Reform Party Says Policy Aims At Farm Costs
Dale Brown of the Reform Party clarifies a misquote about prairie farmers. He argues that high input costs and unfair pricing depress farmers, urges tax relief and reduced government taxes and regulations, and promotes value added processing and rural employment over subsidizing farming.
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Preston Manning
Manning
Reform Party
Canada
Dale Brown
Dauphin-Swan River
Letter to the Editor on history month in Canada
A reader argues that awareness of history guards against short sightedness and highlights ongoing undervaluing of women and children in Canada. Referencing the Russell Banner September 1 article about October being history month for women, the writer urges engagement through writing taping or recording to recognize women’s history.
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Canada
Russell Banner
Short-Sightedness on Persons Case and Canada’s Legal Status
Fr. Bryan Bayda cites 1929 as a milestone when women were legal persons in Canada and urges progress toward recognizing children as persons. He criticizes ongoing lip service and calls for a new landmark to end neglect abuse and abortion while invoking Nellie McClung’s call to know the past to understand the present.
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Canada
Nellie McClung
Bryan Bayda
C.ss.r
Russell
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