The Painful Cure to Resale Price Maintenance Reform
The Liberal government in 1951 abolished resale price maintenance, then amendments by the Conservatives re established a disguised form. Manufacturers can cut off supplies if a retailer sells below minimum prices, addressing loss leading selling. Justice Minister Davie Fulton backed changes to eliminate loss ledner sales and shift the onus on proving supply refusals.
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Ottawa
Justice
Davie Fulton
Appliance makers markups reveal resale price limits
The article probes how GE and Sunbeam set minimum profitable resale prices for retailers. It explains manufacturers use dealer-wide ranges to gauge needed markups, not individual profit goals, arguing loss-leader sales risk harming small retailers. The piece notes price maintenance was eliminated in 1951, yet questions persist about overall market impact.
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Dick Irvin
Maple Leafs
Canadiens
Canada
Winnipeg Monarchs
Irvin
Monarchs
Toronto
A. A
Ontario Hockey Association
Monarch
O.H.A
Elma District Notes Share Local News and Milestones
Mrs Mary Smerechynski writes of illness and renewal as area residents mark baptisms infant milestones and birthdays Tracey Jane Kowalyk turns ten February 6 Elma 4 H raises 19 dollars for March of Dimes volunteers Linda Lanja and Sandara McCalder Hockey team Elmo defeats Whitemouth 3 1 Miss Stuart attends sewing club meeting Pastuschyn and Demski families mourn losses queen of Elma Lorna Kurian announced Ice skating season continues despite warming weather
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4-H Club
Linda Lanja
Sandara McCalder
Obituary notices from Beausejour and area dated 1961
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in Beausejour Manitoba and Lac du Bonnet region. Individuals include Mrs Martha Kopp of Hazelridge aged 51, Pauline Bachman of Beausejour, and other local residents with surviving spouses children and grandchildren. Funeral services conducted by Zion Lutheran and Lutheran churches with interments in local cemeteries. Surviving relatives include Annie, Joe, Mary Hynes, Paul, Walter, Edward, Louis, Arthur, Garry, Arnold, George Leiman, Arnold Sedo, Michael Bachman, and others. Interments managed by Russell Funeral Home.
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Toronto
Lac du Bonnet
Annie
Joe
Lac Bonnet
Mary Hynes
Paul
Walter
Edward
Louis
Los Angeles
Calif
Princess Elizabeth Hospital
Winnipeg
Man
Martha Kopp
Fred Kopp
Hazelridge
Zion Lutheran Church
Beausejour
Heysmann
Lutheran Cemetery
Russell
Poland
Canada
Arthur
Garry
Arnold
George Leiman
Tyndall
Arnold Sedo
Beausejour Hospital
Michael Bachman
John Erhart
Martha
The Paradox of Close Ties: Love and Strife Among Friends
A reflection on how deep closeness breeds dependency and friction, where affection and reliance quickly sour into conflict. It explores how constant closeness can precipitate strain, redefining bonds as negotiation rather than harmony.
Seven Sisters Tea and Nursing Service Notes
W A of the United Church sponsored a Women's Day of Prayer on February 17 with soloist Mrs. M Gunson and pianist Miss C Howcroft. The Seven Sisters Red Cross branch hosts a tea on March 8 with a silver collection and nursing certificates presented to women who completed the course. Birthday greetings extend to Cathy Morton turning six on February 17, with friends aiding the celebration.
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Tee. W.A
The
United Church
Seven Sisters Branch
Red Cross
Cathy
Mipper
Red Cross Staff Served Across Congo Morocco and Chile
Last year doctors nurses physiotherapists and technical representatives of the Canadian Red Cross Society served in the Congo Morocco and Chile. The note highlights international relief work by Canadian volunteers and medical personnel in diverse conditions spanning three continents.
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Canadian Red Cross Society
Congo
Morocco
Chile
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Manitoba Highway Safety Division
Canadian School Trustees’ Association
Pam Overyard
Anne Harley
MacDuff Ottawa Report
Tony Allen
Sportsman's Corner
Colony Street
Sunbeam
General Electric
Mrs
Mary Smerechynski
Eugene Kowalyk
J. K. Ewanochko
John Ewanochko
Lesley
Johnnie
Elmo Hockey Players
Whitemouth
Stuart
Sewing Club
Elma
Pastuschyn
Michalina Pastuschyn
Michael Demski
Lorna K Kurian
Montreal
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Usuel
Rosemary and
Pat
Y Mies
Cathy Mr Morton
H. Tittlemier
Wee
L. Kondrak
Kondratak
E. Lawson
M. Picard
J. Cowell
Sydorko
North Star Oil Limited
Steve Sydorko
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