... the economic slowdown afflicting North America pose additional stress for the clubs. Since it's highly unlikely the federal government will bail any NHL franchise out - remember the failed bid by Ottawa owner Rod Bryden in 1999 -it appears the brunt of the problem will filter down to the provincial and municipal governments, and the NHL itself, (see a $14 million stipend the ... are making money. While revenues have risen, they're still not keeping pace with costs, and the situation is particularly bad for the Canad! ian franchises with the exception of Toronto, and for the U.S. franchi...

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... its first major convention in Regina, Saskatchewan, and the original policy platform first proposed by the CCF was replaced by a manifesto prepared by an LSR committee and originally drafted by a Toronto scholar, Frank Underhill. The Regina Manifesto, as it is known as today, put emphasis on "economic planning, nationalization of financial institutions, public utilities and natural resources, security of tenure for ... of October in 1987, 306 delegates from Western Canada converged on Alberta, in order to found the party. These people were fed up with the traditional Liberal/Conservativ...

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