Reducing Canadian red tape for small business growth
Ann M. Smith reports on a cross level effort led by Small Business Minister Bernard Valcourt to curb government paperwork. Agencies, provinces, and groups like CFIB and the Chamber of Commerce push a Paperwork Reduction Action Plan to monitor forms and ease burdens, with calls for broader government follow through and proof of impact on jobs and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann M. Smith
Canada
Bernard Valcourt
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CFIB
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Manufactures’ Association
Retail Council of Canada
Valcourt
Dale Botting
Daydreams of a Circus Life and Other Fantasies
Peter Hessel recalls youthful fantasies from running away with a circus to making a financial fortune and a concert career. He muses on how daydreams contrast with today’s realities, notes the costs of choices, and asks readers what their own children imagine.
Obituary honors Ralph King a Manitoba business leader and humanitarian
Peter Warren recalls Ralph King as co founder of Gemini Fashions and a civic figure who enriched Winkler Morden Miami and Steinbach. Born in Ohio, King studied garment work in New York before shaping rural Manitoba communities with generosity and vision. He spoke with leaders, mentored workers, and shared ambitions, inspiring many during a nine month cancer battle that ended Aug 14. His legacy includes community involvement and a life of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Warren
Ralph King
Gemini Fashions
Winkler
Morden
Miami
Steinbach
New York
Ohio
Winnipeg
Ronald Reagan
American Marketing Association
Dallas
Texas
U.S
Barnesville
Ralph
Kenneth Krakoff
Regional meetings urged to guide Western Development Office
Neighborly News notes skepticism toward the new Western Development Office with a promised 1.2 billion dollars but no funding details. It advocates regional meetings with citizens and officials to plan lasting benefits, warns of past failed federal grants, and urges a practical, West‑focused national attitude. The piece laments editorial cynicism and asks readers to stay tuned for further bulletins as the search begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulroney
West
WDO
Western Development Office
Department of Regional
Canada West
The
Prairies
Brian
Esterhazy Miner Journal
Times-Star of
Deloraine
Scratheing River
Morris
London
Ontario
Stan Oberts
New Western Party
Japan
Eletronics
Windsor
Detroit
U.S
Managing your money retirement options for RRSPs and RRIFs
Canadian article explains that at age 71 RRSPs must be deregistered to avoid full taxation and outlines three main options: deregister all or part of the RRSP, purchase an annuity, or convert to a RRIF. It notes RRIFs started in 1978 and offer flexible income with minimum annual payments, preserving some tax deferral and control over withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Mardon
Investment Funds Institute of Canada
IFIC
Toronto
Montreal
Russell area notes from 1907 to 1970s local items
A chronology of Russell region happenings across decades. Entries mention McDougall grading outfits shifting from Snake Creek to Russell, harvest help shortages, new silos and shipments of cattle by rail, merchant gatherings and retirements, restaurant remodels, medical society meetings, road association prize winners, and M P C graduates receiving bursaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDougall
Snake Creek
Russell
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Ruggell Bauer
Lan
Statistics Canada Survey
Great
Britian
Forum of Private Business
Ottawa
Peter
Peter Hessel
French Foreign Legion
la Grande
Indochina
Algeria
Equatorial Africa
Tahiti
Boston Pops
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
Conservatory of Music
Manitoba
Gary Steiman
Gemini
King
Meyer Klapman
Philosphy
Steiman
Krakott
JP Doodles
School Board
By Fred McGuiness
McKinnon Hill
J. Devlin
Asessippi
CNR
A.G. Smellie
Bill Mazur
Angusville
North-Western ‘Manitoba Medical Society
Manitoba Good Roads Association
Town of
Carol Soderstrom
Tom Fenton
Wally Jackson
M.P.C
Lorne Todoruk
Dalziel Silver Beach Cottage
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