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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1969
Page
3
Residents note ongoing efforts to tidy the Lac du Bonnet cemetery with volunteers and a church supervisor regulars cleaning sections and repairing fences. The Chamber of Commerce backs a week long drive and an upcoming work night next Tuesday seeks more helpers. A proposed joint RM village fund could cover upkeep costs to relieve individual burdens.
Ottawa focus shifts as new provincial leaders emerge. In British Columbia, 68 year old Premier Bennett faces a strong challenge from Tom Berger of the NDP and Liberal Pat McGeer. Alberta also sees a buoyant Conservative challenge to the Social Credit government as new leadership rises.
Ed Schreyer enters the Manitoba NDP leadership race, posing a strong challenge to Premier Walter Weir and complicating Liberal R. W. Bend’s path to re election. The piece notes urban gains unlikely to offset rural needs and predicts a three way general election battle. It also covers a stamp proposal for Winnipeg’s 1970 World Hockey Tourney and a lighthearted chair collapse incident in the legislature.
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