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Manitoba Ford dealer celebrating 125th anniversary
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Daylight savings
Eight years after Henry Ford got into the business, Metcalfe’s Garage opened its Ford dealership Myron Love
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reherne, a small town in southern Manitoba (about 125 km southwest of Winnipeg) holds the distinction of being home to the oldest Ford dealership in Manitoba and, possibly, Canada. In 2000, the Metcalfe Family celebrated their 100th anniversary operating by hosting a dinner and dance for 550 of its customers. Come July 2025, the Metcalfe family will be celebrating their 125th anniversary in business with an equally large party. The Metcalfe story begins in the late 19th century when farmer Thomas Metcalfe and his family arrived in the Treherne area from Ontario. In 1900, in a natural evolution for an enterprising farm family, Metcalfe, and his son, Clare, opened a farm implement dealership in town. u 8 ‘Celebrating 125 years’
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Back to the podcast!
Where Yesterday’s Music Lives Today (plus some gardening and issues of the day) Alex Regiec
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ood news. The Transition of Lifestyles 55 from internet radio broadcaster to provider of Podcasts is complete. You can access our new Lifestyles 55 Podcasts website at: https:// www.lifestyles55radio.ca/broadcasters.htmllifestyles55radio.ca It is on this redesigned website that you will find information about us, including our broadcaster biographies and a link to our pod-
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cast episodes hosted on Buzzsprout. On Facebook we have one page, a business page, which keeps followers informed about our selection of podcasts available for downloading and listening. This transition away from the linear medium of internet radio broadcasting gives our listeners the ability to tune into their favourite shows on-demand at our new Lifestyles 55 Podcasts. Data has shown that we attract larger number of listeners via podcasts compared to internet radio. The podcast medium is also less expensive to operate and
much easier to administer technically. It's really easy to find your favourite music or topic, just go to lifestyles55radio.ca/broadcasters. Click on the broadcaster you want to listen to, and the list of their shows are at your fingertips for the choosing. Please note, that we do not have to register with the CRTC under the Online Streaming Act because our company is well below the allowed exemption threshold of $10 Million annual revenue. Phew! Here’s to a new beginning.
uch has been studied, written, and especially argued about changing the time on our clocks every fall and spring. When daylight saving time (DST) arrives, I could care less. Love it. I remember hearing that DST began because farmers wanted the extra hour in the summer to work in the fields. Not true. In fact, the U.S. agriculture industry was deeply opposed to the time switch when it was first implemented in the U.S. on March 31, 1918. The first implementation of DST in Canada was by Port Arthur (today merged into Thunder Bay), on July 1 in 1908. Brandon and Winnipeg adopted it on April 24, 1916. Today, approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India, and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving. In an effort to avoid the switch in spring and fall, some critics of the time change have suggested that the abolition of DST and a return to permanent standard time would benefit society. They are wrong. Lives would be saved. Darkness kills. It seems to me darkness in the evening is far deadlier than darkness in the morning. The evening rush hour is twice as fatal as the morning’s. Far more people are on the road, more alcohol is in drivers’ bloodstreams and people are hurrying to get home. Crime would decrease. Darkness is a friend u 8 ‘Daylight savings'
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