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Discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the use of hemp. Hemp as used for cloth, paper and oil for thousands of years; Hemp as banned in Canada since 1923; Modern uses for hemp; Comments from Amanda Stewart of the True North Hemp Company, Edmonton; Reasons for decline of hemp industry; Problems with hemp usage.

Discusses the efforts of Willson Stationers Ltd., the last Canadian-owned stationery chain, to compete with foreign-owned businesses like Corporate Express. Comments from Douglas Lawson, president of the company; How Lawson became president; What he plans to offer to customers as an attraction away from stores like Staples and Office Depot; Outlook.

Forecasts success for stationery stores in Canada in the 1997 Christmas season based on the success the industry saw during the back-to-school season of 1997. Possible double digit increases in sales; How the vibrant economy has impacted sales; The role of government cutbacks in education on sales; The changing buyer preferences.

Examines the debate in Canada in late 1997 over the status of Indians. How the rejection of the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy has impacted the lives of Indians; The role of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Social conditions which Indians live under; Allegations against Indian leaders of corruption from their people; Challenges to the race-based ghettoization. INSET: Privatization and the American experience..

Reports on the closing in 1997 of five Alberta community newspapers in the Red Deer area owned by Record Publishing. Names of the papers; What the closings are attributed to; Papers which will attempt to fill the gap left by the defunct papers; Comments from editor Rob Gilgan about the importance of local businesses to the success of a community newspaper; How the newspaper industry has responded.

Opinion. Investigates the failure of daily newspapers in Canada to take the forefront in news gathering and agenda setting. Possible causes for the poor performance of newspapers, including the rise of the electronic media and the focus on journalistic objectivity; Reference to a story related in the book `Alberta Was My Beat: Memoirs of a Western Newspaperman,' by Fred Kennedy.

Presents the author's view of Tom Kent's solution for Canada's medicare problem, as put forth in a paper he prepared for the Caledon Institute of Social Policy. Kent's call for the medical care and social needs of children under the age of ten to be handled by the federal government; Kent's career in Canadian journalism; The author's unsuccessful career with Kent at the `Free Press'; Kent's political appointments; Assertions that the federal government would ruin any programs for children.

Provides excerpts from the personal papers of former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, presenting his version of events in Canadian politics in the 1980s which led to the Constitution Act of 1982. Negotiations between the provinces and prime minister Pierre Trudeau; Premier Rene Levesque and Quebec nationalism; The meeting of premiers in 1981, the so-called Night of the Long Knives, that Levesque missed.

Looks at the attempted robbery of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by two teenagers. The weapon being a box of tissue paper; Description of the teenagers attempting to rob the bank; How they were caught by police; Comments from Kelly Gordon, Edmonton police spokesman.

Reports that the livestock industry in Alberta, Canada wants a province-wide code for intensive livestock operations. Groups that pushed for the instituting of a code; Discussion paper circulated by the government; Definition of an intensive livestock operation; Bill being worked on by the government.

Addresses the problem of too many developmental activities and not enough focus on the basic skills and learning in Canadian public schools. Examples of time-wasting activities; Main causes of classroom busy-work; Inadequate teacher training; Changes in classroom curriculum; Comments by British government's chief inspector of schools, Chris Woodhead.

Discusses the wiretaps placed on the phone lines of three Edmonton journalists by police. Leak to the reporters of a paper linking a police commissioner to organized crime; Views of one such reporter, Janice Johnston; Why the reporters were wiretapped; How police obtain permission to wiretap.

Mentions Canmore, Albertan Cyndi Foster's use of animal dung in her handmade papers. Colors and textures of Poop Paper; Her comments about using herbivore dung; Public reaction to the paper.

Discusses the supposed antagonism that the `Edmonton Journal' feels toward the Reform Party in Alberta, Canada and how that was shown in the October 1998 Senate election. The paper's series of articles encouraging voters to spoil the Senate portion of their ballots; When the `Journal' started their campaign to discredit the Reform party; The effect of the articles that promoted the spoiling of ballots.

Focuses on logging trucks in Alberta. Concern for overloaded logging trucks, according to Alvin Moroz, an engineer with Alberta Transportation and Utilities; The cooperation of truck manufacturers to explain their individual rating capacities; The distance that a truck needs to stop safely; Brief statistics on accidents involving logging trucks; Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd., owner of peace River Pulp, starting its own safety program.

States that Toronto, Ontario-based newspapers are descending into British-style sex and sleaze. The need for increased circulation and subscription; The hostile takeover bid of Torstar Corp. for the Sun Media Corp.; View of Chris Dornan, director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, on the viability of the Canadian Press wire service; Suggestion that Southam Inc.'s `National Post' is doing well on the newsstand; Mention of Conrad Black, majority owner of Southam Inc.

Reports news briefs relating to Canada for November 16, 1998. The effect of Hurricane Mitch on the peregrine falcon being tracked with a satellite transceiver on its leg by the Canadian Wildlife Service; The report released by provincial Energy Minister Steve West on the cause of the electric power outages experienced by Calgary; Reporters and newsroom employees of Southam Inc.'s `Calgary Herald' voting to join the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union; More.

Reports on two dogs being beaten to death with an aluminum bat in Edmonton, Alberta. Daniel Herman Kohut and Michael Paul Melmoth charged with killing a domestic animal without a lawful purpose; Why they were not convicted; Justice Canada circulating a discussion paper among humane societies for revamping laws on animal abuse.

Mentions Albertans Adam McKay, Abraham David, and Jason Ewert. How they helped the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology School of Business win a first-place spot in the Green line Investment Challenge, a Canadian competition for finance students; Comment of instructor Pat Latham.

Focuses on the corruption and lack of accountability of officers in the Canada's officer corps. Efforts of Dave Krayden, former public affairs officer at a British Columbia military base, to get the military reformed; Scandals within the Department of National Defence at National Defence Headquarters; The issues of political correctness and quotas for women in the military; Allegation of cover-ups in the Somalia and Croatia inquiries.