The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Winnipeg - Manitoba hotel and bar owners, fearing a big drop in business if a proposed provincewide smoking ban goes ahead, want to offer more gambling to keep customers coming. The Manitoba Hotel Association predicts many smokers will stay home if the province enacts a ban on smoking in all indoor public places as of next October. "This is a very frightening situation for the small operator in some of these towns where the acceptance of smoking as part of a normal lifestyle is much greater than in larger urban centres," said association president Jim Baker. The association wants the right to operate video lottery terminals on Sundays. Toronto - Paul Martin's transition team is lobbying two hard-line aboriginal leaders to play a starring role in his new cabinet and help fulfill his promise to alleviate poverty and improve native living standards. Northwest Territories Premier Stephen Kakfwi and Assembly of First Nations vice-chair Charles Fox have both been tapped by Martin aides. Montreal - More than 60 per cent of Canadians are concerned about knowing if the products they buy are made in Canada, an opinion poll suggests. The survey also indicated that 62 per cent of Canadians boycott a company's products if the firm has established its manufacturing plants in countries that do not respect labour rights.
