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Check firearms licence expiry date
By Allan Dawson June 16, 2012
Thank you, Inky Mark. You saved me 80 bucks and probably a lot of grief. Your letter to the editor in last week's Manitoba Co-operator prompted me to dig out my Firearm's Licence to check the expiration date, which turns out to be next Feb. 28. After getting the licence in 2007 it was shoved
Cereals, Opinion
Letters, June 7, 2012
Farmers own CWB assets Gerry Ritz, once again, attempts to justify the confiscation of the contingency fund and other assets of the Canadian Wheat Board single desk, "Contingency fund not owed to farmers" in the May 31 issue. He is correct in stating that the fund was not generated by the CWB's "normal" pooling operation
Gun dealers welcome the end of the long-gun registry, but overall reaction muted
The long-gun registry seems to have gone out with a whimper instead of a bang. Bill C-19 received royal assent on April 5, killing the long-gun registry in every province but Quebec (where a court battle over destroying registry records prompted a judge to issue an injunction keeping it temporarily alive). Longtime registry opponent
Want A Gun Registry That Works? Put It In Writing – for Sep. 16, 2010
By Daniel Winters September 16, 2010
Next week, left-leaning politicians, as usual, will forget whatever principles they once pretended to possess, and instead vote to save their own skins. That, more or less, shows how democracy in this country works, and how low the discussion surrounding the long-gun registry has sunk. We all know that NDP leader Jack Layton has pledged
Bill C-391 Wins Free Vote Nod
By Daniel Winters November 12, 2009
Aprivate member's bill aimed at scrapping the long-gun registry passed a critical vote in the House of Commons last week, but local gun sellers and owners aren't breaking out the champagne just yet. Travis Vandaele, owner of Jo-Brook Firearms in Brandon, noted that before Bill C-391 becomes law, it will still have to survive more
Guns — And Paperwork — The Order Of The Day
By Daniel Winters October 29, 2009
Agun auction is a good place to meet up with old hunting buddies, listen to tall tales, and bring home a bargain. It's also a good place to see how Canada's gun laws work in real life. In Arden last week, about 150 people attended the fall consignment sale put on by Meyers Auction and
Twelve Votes Needed To End Gun Registry
The latest attempt by Conservative Party members to abolish the controversial long-gun registry comes up for a House of Commons vote Nov. 4. Twelve extra votes from opposition party MPs are all that the minority Conservatives need to pass the legislation ending the requirement that individuals and businesses register their rifles and shotguns, said Tory