Canada Post Ten Year Plan Aims 18000 Franchise Stations
Canada Post unveils a Ten Year Plan to place up to 18,000 retail franchise postal stations across Canada over the next decade. Franchises would operate in grocery, book, drug stores and malls, selling postal equipment while boosting revenue. The CUPW led by Jean Claude Parrot vows a national walkout, signaling a lengthy dispute and possible strikes amid privatization fears.
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Canada Post
Post Office
Canda Post
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Jean- Claude Parrot
Parrot and Co
Rhubarb Returns to Stephanie After Grand Doll Search
A frantic two week hunt for Stephanie's doll Rhubarb ends when the missing Cabbage Patch figure is found on a log pile near the house. The girl’s mother recounts the playful chaos of a 64-square room search, a telephone blitz, and a switch to a new doll named James Africa before Rhubarb reappears and Stephanie rejoices.
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Peter Hessel
Stephanie
Penny
Melanie
Bunny
Sweet Shop
Gerber
James Africa
James
Alexander
Africa
Afric
Prairie politics explode with new parties and splinters
The piece surveys why prairie voters spawn multiple political parties from independence yearnings to DIY attitudes. It notes the rise of groups like the Christian Heritage Party and Republic of Alberta ideas, alongside NDP strength, editorials on Broadbent, and party-splitting tensions in COR, with calls for caution over vote splitting.
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Fred McGuinne
Christian Heritage
Canada
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Neepawa
Opasquia Times
Pas
Broadbent
Alberta
Republic Party
Republic of
Hallowe'en
Winnipeg
Western Assembly
Hanna Herald
National Citizens’ Coalition
Manitoba
COR
Winnipeg dog bylaw joke sparks citywide satire
Peter Warren vents on Winnipeg dog bylaw chaos that failed to curb pets and sparked jokes from celebrities to neighbors. He recalls Bertha Rand the cat woman, media scorn, and suburban missteps, arguing politics over dogs distracts from bigger issues while praising rural readers.
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Peter Warren
Winnipeg
Bertha Rand
St. James
Bertha
Selkirk
Harry Walsh
Winnipeg Humane Society
Manitoba
Village Renovation Sparks Foxwarren Pride and Local Activity
A collage of notices from 1097 to 197 students highlights renovations by H Prost in Foxwarren, flour mill upgrades by W Skinner, job moves in CPR and CNR towns, business changes in Inglis and Russell, the death of George R Case in Winnipeg, editor Hedrick Peadie at Manitoba Commonwealth, town property sales, and council awards for water and sewer work.
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H. Prost
Foxwarren
W. Skinner
Winnyrey
Millwood
Smellie Bros. Ltd
Inglis
Shnider Bros
Sheho
Geo. Smellie
Russell
George R. Case
E.C. Shepherd
Angusville
Charles Albert Russell
Shepherd
Main Street
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ROJWO
United States
Chaloner
Clayton G. Chaloner
Ann M. Smith
Peter
Askfi
Secu
By Fred McGuiness
West
Oylaw
Pearl McGonigal
Pawley
ICG
CBC
Taffy
Jordy
G.R
Yosef
Patrick
Buddy Cocker
Hector
Merchant
Binscarth
Hugh Riddner
Stockholm
Sweden
Hedrick Peadie
The
Manitoba Commonwealth
Organized Farm Movements
Corporation Movement
R.M
Silver Creek
Angusville Village
Northern Industrial Structures Ltd
Regina
Pratt
Tracey Suzanne Honey
Robbie Mather
Gloria Palmeruk
Doris Olynyk
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