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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-15, Page 16Page 4--CIroSSrpadS---Feb.J 5, 1 I received a letter from a woman in Cochrane which I am sure reflects the feelin of a lot of people in Northern Ontario..e begins: "We watch Global News on TV most nights, and more and more lately, it seems as if Northern Ontario is another country, not in Canada at all. We hear about the PLO and Lebanon, IIIA bombs in Lon- don and detailed items of news from the USA. But at your comfortable desks in Toronto, do you ever stop to wonder what is going on in the northern part of your own province, Ontario?" There's more, in the same vein, and, a suggestion that for a start we should do a story on what alcohol is do- ing to the native population. "Anyway," she says, "next time you ramble on about the Middle East, spare a thought for the Immediate North, in your own country. Many of the stories end in murder or bloodshed, so it's a war too, in away." She is right, of course. Glo- bal's coverage of the North is almost nonexistent, and so is the:coverage of most of our southern competitors. But let me quibble for a minute. Anchor desks in Toronto are not comfortable places. And it would be difficult for any of us not to spare a thought for the north when so .many of our viewers in the region rightfully give us the devil for ignoring it. Mostly, it's a matter of time and money. Getting stories out of the north can be hideously ex- pensive and time-consum- ing. Ironically, it's much easier to bring in a story from Calgary or Halifax than it is from Northern Ont- ario. As it happens, we re- cently had a crew in the Sud- bury region doing a series of stories but that is the excep- tion to the rule. The -neglect -of -the -north -by SAVINGS WEEK AT BURNS. FULLY COOKED SMOKED PICNIC PORK SHOULDER PRIDE OF CANADA REGULAR OR ALL BEEF WIENERS 1.28 450 g PKG. PRIDE OF CANADA SLICED - VARIETY PACK COOKED MEATS f.79 375 PKG. the media is just one of the immutable facts about life in Canada, and a serious part of the problem faced by Cana- dian communicators. It con- tributes to the fact that more and more of our television news is becoming American. The cost of covering Canada is prohibitive, and because inos-t Canadian news organi- zations are clients of one or more of the American net- work a flat annual fee for ac- cess to all of its news mat- erial. The feeds a fat one, but when you work out the cost per item of the American material used, it is infinitely cheaper for us to show you a • same-day story from Leba- non that it would to show you something two days old from Moosonee. Even Canadian coverage from abroad is cheaper than Canadian coverage at lime. I once satellited a storfrom • Southern Lebanon for $700 a time when it would have cost us $4,000 to feed the same item from Vancouver. This too is one of the ugly facts of life in the Canadian TV news business. That's why, night after night, you get intimate detail of news events in the United States and nothing from Cochrane. It's one ma- • jor reason why this country faces an identity crisis. And it's a subject I'll lake up again when I'm less discour- aged about it. BENCHWAQ s• fpIV/ When did Babe Ruth make his first World Series ap- earance whot 1i• he do? Copley Yew Service, A� •66!II!4d of ssol you t •z u! bfo papunoJ0 — sopuoxely .h A0i J sa!II!4d lsu!o613 4,6 u! 0104S 0!w3 poi t4 43u0 4inb 'n!4d -16'P°I!4d as Stilt 'B 'PO BURNS COUNTRY CLUB S1 n_J VARIETIES PRIDE OF CANADA SLICED SIDE BACON 2.49 500 g PKG. PRIDE OF CANADA BONELESS SWEET PICKLED PORK BUTT COTTAGE ROLL 4,37 1.98 /kg lb BURNS PORK & BEEF BREAKFAST STYLE PRIDE OF CANADA SLICED Ib. COOKED NAM 175 g PKG. 1.49 PRIDE OF CANADA SMOKED FULLY COOKED VINTAGE HAM 7.9f 3.59 PRIDE OF CANADA SWEET. PICKLED CORq t EAL€D TURKEY MEAT /1)(5Gg f.49 LINK SAUSAGE 3.71 1.69 CUT FROM GRADE 'A' BEEF TENDER WING OR T-BONE STEAKS -67 /kg BACK B r,.7.69 , 49 THE /kg Ib. PIECE 11 CUT FROM GRADE 'A' BEEF FROM THE LOIN SIRLOIN STEAKS We reserve the right to limit purchases to reasonable weekly family requirements. DELI SPECIALS. BURNS REGULAR ji OR SANDWICH STYLE' COOKED HAM PRIDE OF CANADA VINTAGEkg 5.49/k9 2.49b. 8. 36 SMOKED HAM .3.791b COUNTRY CLUB VARIETIES TURKEY MEAT .4.99 lb. INSIDE BONELESS TOP ROUND ROAST OR STEAK 6.S1/kg3.091b. RULMP ROAST 6.81/kg39tt' BONELESS SIRLOIN TIP K 703/kg 3.191b. ROAST OR STEAK SUMMERS SAUSAGE 8.13/kg 3.69Ie. MEATS CHURNKS ••6T/kg COUNTRY GOLD SLICED CORNED BEEF FOUR 50 g COUNTRY GOLD SLICED SALAMI 175 g PKG. NO NAME SLICED CHICKEN BOLOGNA 'BONELESS EVE REMOVED OUTSIDE Ord N ROAST OR STEAK 6.37 .89 /kg am Ib. 1.19ib. 2.29 99° 375 g PKG. t 19 FRESH PORK SIDE RIBS 3.9/kg Ib5 1.79 . �cn CUT FROM GRADE 'A' BEEF FROM THE HIP ROUND STEAKS 347 • /kg FULL CUT BONELESS Ib. Ib. • 1 PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CANADA NO. 1 GRADE CAULIFLOWER SIZE 113 PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CALIFORNIA NAVEL ORANGES SAVE 90C ONTARIO NO. 1 WHITE EA. 4.39,x, MUSHROOMS f.99,. •f.f9 PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CALIFORNIA FRESH BR PRODUCT OF CHILE SEEDLESS DOZ. 4.39.8 GREEN GRAPES t99,, PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CALIFORNIA BUNCHES REEN ONIONS,/i9# CANADA NO. 1 MILD SWEET ONTARIO COOKING ONIONS SAVE 20C 2 1b. PKG. PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CALIFORNIA LEMONS 6/79' PRODUCT OF U.S.A. CALIFORNIA COLE SLAW PKG: 49' SAV 60C Ib. CRISP IN - YOUR SALADS FRESH! PRODUCT OF U.S.A. ENDIVE IP BUNCH PRODUCT OF U.S.A. SPANISH TYPE %'4/k9 ONIONS 7PrIb. PRODUCT OF U.S.A. FRESH'. SPINACH 10 oz. PKG.